Showing posts with label Quilling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quilling. Show all posts

Saturday, May 4, 2013

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. -William Feather

Oh bother, another beverage is order!
Long, picture heavy post!

I'll show you the quilled sunflower first, then you can continue blog surfing!
Don't feel obligated to finish the post!
This needs a sentiment, but I'll have to think about it, or wait until I want to use it!

 
I dug out a cross stitch last night!
My boss needed a ruler that had circles in it.
While looking for my knitting needle gauge, I found a couple pictures I should do up!
 
Anyhoo, it's been an eventful week!
 
Earlier this week, in a random blizzard, I was looking for the elk.
Hadn't seen them yet this drug out winter spring!
 
Here they are at the far end of the pasture.
 
 
And here they are on the road one morning!

 
When I drive down there, there's just the tracks on the road!
They're like ninjas......they just vanish!
 
I saw an eagle!
 
 
Here he is giving me the evil eye!

 
No leaves on those trees yet people!
 
I saw the usual geese, ducks, & swans.
 
 
Then added to the mix one day was a bunch of cranes!

 

 
Hahaha, this guy on the right was giving me the finger.....REALLY!

 
Lookit this!
 
 
He/she was just having a rest in the yard!
So cool!
 
After the -16 morning on Tuesday, Spring arrived Thursday night with a vengence!
This is sunrise Friday morning!
The bridge board across the small well behaved creek, is trying to leave the scene!
 
 
This was last night!
The road goes over to the fenced pastures!
I mow on both sides of the little dirt road!
You can see my poor little spruce trees are getting a real good drink!
 
 
Here's Shadow.
She's saying, "Do you SEE this!? My forest is full of water...WTH!?"
 
 
"OH well, might as well check it out!"
Worse than a kid I tell you!

 
On Wednesday one of the gf's said, "Is it dry by your fire pit yet?"
I said, "It will be in a few days"
(Insert maniacal laughter here!)
It's flooding!

 
 

 
Here's the footwear of choice to check out the water situation!
Short pants & rubber boots!

 
It's gone down quite a bit already today!
I think it was just the initial thaw in the forest!
 
The wood furnace is shut off!
It's probably tired after 7 months of working!
All the dry wood left in the woodshed will get split for the fire pit!
I got a hug this week in the computer store for this Sympathy card!
I was buying a new TV for my craft room.
A 19" flatscreen.
I'll let you know how I like that!
I know the sound is better!
 
I took my peeps from the OFH to Walmart in Peace River today!
I only had a few things on my list!
Vanessa met us there, and we picked out some outfits for our friend that had twins.
She has a 1 1/2 year old too, so she's getting a sun dress and coloring book!
 
I was looking for a milk frother!
Vanessa said, "Are they on sale?"
I said, "I don't even know if they have them here, I just googled them and Walmart popped up!"
Vanessa, "OMG, you're just like some people that come in the store, and tell us they saw something on line, and why don't we have it!"
I said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to make a scene, I was just checking to see if they had one!"
They didn't!
 
Ray got new tires put on the van while I was gone.
And he washed it as a bonus!
 
The tire swing got fixed when I got home, and I cleaned up some more garbage in the yard!
Where does that crap come from!?
And if all the snow would melt out of the fire pit, I'd clean it out, so I'm ready!
 
Shadow's going to the vet on Monday, so I'll be back down in PR.
Vanessa's checking to see if they have a milk frother at her store, and Ray needs a new phone.
Shadow's not sick, she's going for her annual shots,
and I'm actually going to pay to get her hair cut!
And a mani pedi, and what ever else they figure she needs to be comfortable in the heat.
If we have heat!
 
Better go, been up forever!
Hope you're all well!
Talk to ya later!
Ta ta for now!

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. --Shirley MacLaine

Better get a beverage people, this will be a long one!

Stressful week this!
A friend of ours had her twins on the weekend, and her dad died this week.
He was battling cancer.
I need to send a few cards.

Work is CAH RA ZEEE busy!

Had a few commitments, and ended with Happy Hour at the OFH last night!
Somewhere between arriving & leaving last night, I got talked into taking my old peeps to Wal Mart next Saturday.

I fixed my vertical blind that Vanessa & I wrecked when we assembled the tread mill!
I. KNOW!
We're home wreckers!
The blind got pulled off, and it busted the little clip!

 
I got out my trusty little dremel,  my jewelry card making tools,  some hay wire
and got busy!
 
 
I love the dremel set.
A little FYI; that sucker can drill through anything so don't drill directly on your countertops.
Just sayin!
 
Here's the fixed blind!
 
 
I was going to replace them, cause I've always hated them, but hey, they work!
 
Here's some pictures I took this week..............We'll start with the sunrise this morning!
I was up at 4:30 WTH!?




I found this nest over by the creek, which is running.
It's only about 3 feet off the ground; my mom thinks they didn't know better.

 
This was just cool!


 
Here's everyone getting along!
Some geese, ducks & swans!

 
And this guy posed on my way to work one day!
Wish I'd have still had the camera out when he lifted off, his wing span must have been 7 feet!



We cleaned some of the yard today................
The garbage that was sticking out of the snow, went to the dump!

Had to make some ditches in the lawn!
Remember this post, the mess they made digging in the water line!?
Well there's a lake back there!



I guess we'll have to add more dirt close to the house.

Let me give you todays weather report!
Ya know ya live in Alberta if you can go from:
10 degrees above 0, to pouring rain, to below 0 & snow!
Yup, I kid you not, and it's still below 0!

I finished a Mini Album for one of Vanessas' friends.


Then I did a make work project...you know me, there's very seldom an easy way when I'm on a mission!
I received my goodies from Quilled Creations!
I got this kit!
The instructions are not great....usually when quilling they'll tell you to make so many circles or what ever and you use one of these to measure!
These instructions say to make random circles....hahahahaha!
So I did!


That lilac is no way gonna fit in that cute little oval card!
So I made my own!
Here's the finished product.

 
It's going to be a birthday card for a friend.
 
I'm doing the sunflower now, and trying my darndest to make it to fit in the oval card!
 
Ok I'm done!
Hope you're all well!
I'll be visiting soon.
Talk to ya later!
Ta ta for now!