Got Leggs?

Yes, this was the "grocery box" notebook I worked on last week as a birthday gift to Larcy. I really enjoyed this and had a lot of fun.


Strewn among all the blank pages are clip art .... since Larcy is into all things "Paris" I added a little bit of that to the pages. All of the items I had and didn't have to go out on a shopping trip which means I am using my "stash" - YEA....



The Louvre was stamped onto acetate and then run through Zyron machine and glued to the page. Found a little Marie sitting on the desk and slapped her on....





On Saturday, I took her gift over to her and then took Oliver and her out for dinner. We loved the ribbon I used on her bag and decided to decorate Oliver. Hmmmm, not sure if he was being patient with us or just tolerating it since he knew he could eat outside at the cafe we were going to. He is a smart little cookie.

Ribbon:

Oliver:


I am busily working on getting ready to go to a workshop this weekend call "Summer in Paris" and is a wonderful getaway! I will be taking two workshops:

1) Everyday Photography on Saturday; and

2) Caught in Canvas Journal on Sunday morning

Also have to play team tennis tonight - we were rained out last Wednesday and have to replay tonight and hopefully the called for scattered showers will stay away. Before we go, check out sign at our Reston Town Center......

Just remember my little peeps ...... NO MOKING within in 0 Feet!

Summertime and the livin' is easy..... hot and humid

Only one way to spend a hot and humid summer day...... Oliver style! Inside air conditioning and napping....
Makes you wonder - when did two toys become better than one? Last night, nephew-pup Oliver went a visiting next door to the neighbors for a little steak, a little shrimp, a little potato salad, cupcakes, baked beans, - all of that was for me, Oliver did not eat the shrimp!

I did get one item done yesterday besides working on the Off the Walls notebook, I managed to put together an Acrylic Organizer Stamp Album I had picked up a few weeks ago.

Right now some of the cling mounted stamps have been hanging from my "clip-it-up" and that is OK for some but that clip it up is so full and I have no room for another one that I needed to transfer some stamps....

Got out my trusted Zutter (love it)

And got started putting the book together. Grabbed the stamps and clung away.... almost too thick to close, oh my!

and now TODAY, July 5, I have been doing some work from the my office and took a break and decided the "stamp" organizer needed some help and I needed to make some "pockets" to put the descriptive images of the stamps in..... Had some paper I have been "hoarding" and, what the heck, I cut it up.... oh no.... put it on the "non-stick" divider page....

Cut the paper into an 8"x71/2" piece and xyroned it... On the other side of the divider I used left over paper and made a pocket... The "girls" paper was double-sided and so you can see the blue design through the clear divider....

Decided to add a rub on to the front of album...

See the image by the two rub-ons? That is the BACK of the Hero stamp, I thought it worked out as a perfect "cover" for the book. Now all I have to do is finish the dividers and pockets and it will be all "decorated" my style.... See ya later! Summertime --- and the livin' is easy...... hot and humid!

Happy Birthday America! Crack, Snackle, Pop!

Oliver pup and I are still just lazing around the honeysuckles and smelling the roses. Yes, we have really lazed today. What a grand way to spend our beloved America's Birthday. Is that bliss or is that bliss. Oliver doesn't have a care in the world!


While the pup napped I finished off the second Geisha page in my Off The Walls notebook. If you remember the first page looked like this:



Notice blank wall to the left - this is what we worked on. The before:




And the after:

Added, once again, some black feathers, some rub-ons, and Asian print,


A Dapper Men Stamp (--no you are not seeing double, I restamped over the image) and black ribbon,



And the two pages together:


And while we were at it -- added a silver flower to the cover -- Absolutely love these Prima Flowers.... I just thought it might spruce up the cover a little. *wink*


Enjoy your 4th and stay safe..... I have a sleepy nappy pup that needs a long walk! ALSO, yes this is an "endorsement" - I found this at Starbucks the other day and it is delicious and wonderful with a little milk added to it.....yum yum.




Hugs!

It is a Wonderful Life Among the Honeysuckles

Yup, 13 days and counting, been working straight through since last week and Harley and me are back home! The meeting went well, the golf tournament fun, although HOT and MUGGY, but we had fun.

Now, for those who don't know, I live in the Washington, DC, area in Northern Virginia. We got hot, muggy, traffic, and beautiful country here. Harley went with me and assisted in working our national meeting and, let me tell you, he worked his little red paws off. You can see all the traffic behind Harley - a beautiful view from our hotel room on the 17th floor in Crystal City....


Off to golfing.....


Harley - to his amazement found the KING......


And some golf clubs - hmmmmmm, wonder what he is doing on those golf clubs?



OK, I am taking the keyboard back from Harley, the little tramp..... I did get a page done in the travel journal. That was fun working on it in the hotel room as we rested our sore little feet after being on them all day. Here is the final page:

Sorry - I did not get a photo of the blank page before I started, I just started stamping, cutting, and gluing.... and adding to it each night......

The stamp of the woman with umbrella is from Mary Mata's Clear Art Stamps called "A Walk in Paris." I took my pencil and added a little shadow around her feet and then took the pencil to outline the angel. Speaking of the angel, it is from a set of greeting cards called "In the Garden" featuring photography by Christine Triebert.

Bits of paper here and there - I really love collaging....... I really do. NOW, last night, Harley and I had my Nephew Pup Oliver show up for Oliver's vacation while his mummy and daddy went on a cruise. This is Oliver's home away from home and he showed up in his usual whirwind style and will be here for 10 days!

Oliver's middle name is "trouble"!!! SO, Oliver shows up and then an incredible Dream Angel shows up at my door.

This beautiful work of art was a thank you gift from the wonderful artist Marilyn Rock. I was so overwhelmed by her generosity. She is a wonderful friend I met here in a blog community and we will always be tied together by a stamp set named "Nellie"........ only in blog land could we say that! LOL. Click on the link in the previous sentence and you will see Marilyn's post of her Nellie story..... In my blog I featured Nellie here. Dream Angel now has a special place in my nest...... with another angel that I made years and years ago in the middle 90s...

I am starting to ramble, and yes, I'm tired and so is Oliver....


Looking forward to starting to post more regularly - I've missed my blog peeps. Love and hugs!

Off with Your Head?

Oh me, oh My, my little honeysuckle breezers. We have gone mad here in Aliceland. Yes, after one year almost to the date with The Shark (my Sebring Touring Convertible) I traded it in for The Red Queen.

Yes, say good bye to The Gray Shark, and do you spy the shy queen before her test drive? Or could it be a red Shrek?

Yes, after the test drive, she became mine. I have so missed a red car that is all I had until the Grey Shark..... I never warmed up to the Shark, he was big, muscular, hard to park, and the biggest mother car I have EVER like EVER had. He drove well, the convertible was to die for (had a convertible now for 6 years)... but a "moon roof" will have to do..... Welcome home, Red:

Just a little chatting before the final paper signing:


Yes, the dear Koons Chevy dealer even bought me an ice cream sandwich. . . Hmmm, how much do you thing that little itty bitty ice cream sandwich cost me? hmmmmm, yum yum

And to make a long story short, Red Queen made it home and is parked snugly in a close-to-the-condo parking space.....

Yes, moon roof and all tucked in for the evening. Poor Oliver will just have to adjust to Auntie M not having a convertible, but I trust he will. We can always let him stick his nose out the moon roof? Woof woof....

And tomorrow my little honeysuckles, we will wrap up of our London Photo Sleeve Album - The Tower of London - oh my, talk about queens and "off with their heads!"!