I'm So Bored!!!!!

  

 I wish that I was back in Vermont!

              The Summer of Color Week 2

     This week is all about mint chocolate chip! I first met our lovely hostess Kristin while participating with a group of artists creating artwork from the workshop section of a wonderful new book by Shona Cole "The Artistic Mother." This project was about making name plaques. 

It hangs a little wonky but that's o.k Thats what makes it hand

made. Thanks to this prompt I finally got all the grandchildren's photos together.

                  There's a New Girl in Town!

                                                                                             
Back on April 24 we welcomed a new granddaughter to our family. Vanessa became grandchild number 5. My son Ken and his wife Erin now have three children. Big brother Dylan is 13 and big sister Cora is 15 months! 

   This is the quilt that I made for her. Love the colors. 

   Of course every new baby needs to have her own new sweater and blanket set to come home in. I love to knit for babies. I love the colors and knitting is perhaps the most relaxing of all my hobbies.

   I am such a lucky Nana!
     
     

                              I'm A Winner!!!


   A couple of weeks ago I left a comment to a post on one of my favorite blogs, "Confessions of a Denami Stamp Addict". Tina and Wendy were having a give away! We needed to share how we store our rubber stamps. 

   Like Tina ans Wendy I am also a Denami Stamp addict. I keep all my stamps organized by holidays, words, faces etc, in separate drawers. The Denami stamps are kept together in two drawers because I use them more than the others. It makes it easy to just pull out the drawers when I am building a card.

   My name was chosen and I received a $20 gift certificate to the Denami web site. I was thrilled to say the least, my Denami wish list is long. Needless to say I spent more than the $20. After all who can resist free shipping? It's like free stamps!

   These are the stamps that I received. Just love those Chickies!

   Now that my stash of rubber stamps has grown so large I keep a record of what I have so that I don't buy a stamp that I already own. It's not foolproof but it helps.

    So I got right to work and made a birthday card for my friend Nancy with my new Denami stamps, Sizzix embossing folder, spellbinders dye, Rubber Stamp Tapestry Stamps and Spica Glitter pens, all my favorites. Thank you so much Tina and Wendy and Denami.

"Life is Good"

These are my holiday blessings. I am the luckiest Nana in the world. And now we have another little one on the way for next year!  Merry Christmas!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I love Denami rubber stamps! Can't wait until Black Friday. 20% off my entire order. My list is long. The weekend will also include a trip to "Ink About It" in Westford. Another chance to get holiday supplies for 20% off. It's time to deck them halls and create handmade cards for the special people on my list. Gotta love the holidays!!!

                               For My Girls


I just love this song. This is for my sweet girls.


http://youtu.be/XHw9Q5tC0f8

What a Fabulous Summer Journey


    I can't believe that our "Summer of Color" is finished. Time flies when you're having fun. The artwork was amazing and meeting new and kindred spirits was beyond priceless. Many thanks to Kristin of "Twinkle, Twinkle" for hosting this incredible event.


   This week was about birthday cards. Next week I hope to start on the projects that I have racing around in my head inspired from all the beautiful work that I have seen over the past ten weeks.

   Happy Birthday Dylan!

   Happy Birthday Ian!

   Happy First Birthday Larrah!!!




  Looking forward to our "Summer of Ice Cream Colors" in 2012!

                  And Then There Was Orange !!!!!

   Here we are at our last week for "Summer of Color" projects. It was a wonderful process of making art and meeting new artists. 

   It's been a crazy busy week so I'm sharing a couple of garden photos and an art piece that was done a little while ago. 

   This was an important project for me. Orange was a color I wasn't comfortable with. I had to pick a crayon out of a bag and create something with whatever color I chose. I just knew that I would end up with orange. By the time it was finished I had gotten over my dislike of working with orange. Please stop by "Twinkle Twinkle" to visit all the wonderful artists from "The Summer of Color".

                              Purple !!!!!!


   This week was all about purple. Purple is not a color that I work with much. It took awhile but I muddled through and this is what I ended up with:

  There is texture and color all around. 

   I also managed to hang the nameplates of all the grandchildren. It still needs a little tweaking but at least it is finally off my art table. Now on to orange!!!!!

                                Red !!!!!!!


  This week is all about red! Lucky for me I was able to finish this before I left for vacation. I had a wonderful week with all the kiddies, but now it's back to work!

  Red  was the perfect color for Colby's nameplate. He is always on the go and full of personality. Now all the grandchildren have nameplates. I know how I want to hang them but I can't find the hardware that I want. It's packed away and I've been going bonkers looking for it. It's perfect so I won't give up until I find it. I have a mission. Thank you "Summer of Color" for giving me a deadline or these would have taken me forever to get to. Be sure to check Kristin's She's our amazing hostess and there are many more fabulous artists's work to see.

Brown 


   The "Summer of Color" is all about brown this week. I am on vacation in Virginia this week to visit my son and his family. We've also brought along the grandchildren from Mass. so we will have all the kids together. 

   This week I haven't been able to check out individual blogs but I have been keeping up on Facebook. All the artwork looks amazing. I am going to share a couple of photos for brown week.

  These tootsies belong to all four grandchildren. I love little tootsies.

   This photo is of my Oldest grandson Dylan and his new little sister Cora. Be sure to check out our lovely hostess Kristin to see more amazing art work.

"Mellow Yellow"


 I was feeling a little naughty this week. I have been dying to use my flying pig and my favorite quote. For some reason those little pigs just get to me. I have a little collection of them around the house. Someday I'll share photos of them, but today it's about art. Be sure to stop by the blog of our hostess Kristin to check out more yellow masterpieces.

   Hope you had a great 4th of July!!!!

"Think Pink"


This week is all about pink! Lucky for me it is my granddaughter Kate's favorite color. 

  Be sure to check in with our hostess Kristin at "Twinkle, Twinkle" for more pink.