ahh! country walking!

Going for a walk!

Started out , down the road at my girlfriends house..

silly girl hates to have her picture taken.

Turn around Beckie!!

Her two daughters Rebecca and Miranda,

two of my most favorite people ever..

graced us with their delightful presence!

They are children of the corn~!


They are rock climbers..

And master Jumpers..

(is there really such a thing?)

We found an amish or menenite house

hidden way back in the woods!

Its quite a house!

We were surrounded by woods and corn fields!

And there were some interesting paths..

though they were posted!

Im dying to see whats back there !

wonder who owns that property?

mountain climbing on the side of the road!

"woohoo.. hello up there Randie!"

OH.. and Rebecca too..

and yes.. I did climb up too..

it really wasnt that high..

but makes for a good picture!

At the end of the road.. 2 and a half miles of dirt road..

Wonderful place to walk..

as long as its not gun hunting season for deer!

After you walk the 2 & 1/2 miles up..

you have to walk 2 & 1/2 miles back!

We were a little pooped..

but it felt so good and was a beautiful

perfect fall day for a walk!

We werent sure of the actual distance so when we got back,

I drove it to see.. yup 2 and a half miles one way.

and since I was right there..

I stopped to visit an old friend..

my lake!

isnt she beautiful!

hope you also had a great afternoon!

halloween ornies !

Barb Burkard's sweet Owl Ornie!
Hes such a Hoot! (ha!)

I've been swapping the last couple holidays with this group of girls , making holiday ornaments. this time around I was the hostess, and a few of the original girls had to take a break so I got a few others to play in their place.

I love all the wonderful pieces the girls made in this swap.

each girl made 12 and then sent them to me,

I reboxed them, one of each and sent them back out.

Just look at the awesome little pieces of art!

another cool little owl by Zhulia Abrok!


Kathy Lowry made these absolutely awesome witches with their arms full of all kinds of halloween trinkets!!

Sandy Camarda made these wonderful beeswax covered bottles with the pumpkins on them. LOVE these!!

Natalea kandefor made this great little witch ornament.

Looks perfect on my little tree!

I love this soldered ornie made by
Melissa Merrill. It is at the top of my little tree!

Dont ya just love this perfect little pumpkin head made by Lori Guerin ?

I might have trouble putting it away after halloween!

And look at this perfectly sewn little ornie by
Joanne thiemehuffman ! cute baby!

I LOVE it!

the very talented Jane Raul made these fantastic cards.

I couldnt be happier with them!

look at those faces!

This sweet piece was made by Allegra .

Looks Perfect on my tree!!

This paper wrapped fall flower was made by the creative Danielle Green!

And last but not least.. I made these cute little pumpkin clowns!

See what I mean? such great stuff!

I have a swap to announce with in the next day or two..

Its going to be a christmas elf swap!

so be thinking about if youre interested or not!

toodles!

oh! and I'm behind on reading again..

I am really struggling keeping up with all of you!

but I shall not give up!!

night all!

ohhhh.. and if you havent already looked at the last post, be sure to do so now. I post the pictures from the halloween shadow box and pinkeep swaps!

Halloween fun!

Vanessa from fanciful twist has inspired lots of bloggers to host halloween parties today! I had planned on putting one together myself, but its not happening girls.. sorry. My superwoman powers must be on vacation or something because I just couldnt get it together!

but so as not to let anyone down and in honor of halloween, I am posting all the pics I've collected from the halloween shadow box and pinkeep swaps that i hosted! And I dont think you'll be disappointed! so many wonderful little pieces of halloween inspired art to see!

The swap is pretty much done and over with. There are still a few girls working on and getting ready to mail theirs out, so when I have more pics, I'll post them! so.. Enjoy what i have here for now!

Check out this great shadow box made by my friend Natalea of Kandeland! She and Ele below were perfectly matched partners!

This one made by Ele of a bit of pink heaven is so wonderful. Be sure to pop over to her blog to check out other pictures to get a much better look at it!


This one was sent to me by my dear blogger pal, Fran Meehan, of my doll land. She is a remarkable doll maker and I was soo glad to finally have her for a parter! check out this sweet witch pinkeep! shes even holding a needle and tread!

Just love it!

Pinkeep made by my sweet and precious friend,

Elizabeth Andrus, who is so incredible talented!!

This is some of the other sweet things Elizabeth sent!

check out that vintage crepe paper And the oh soooo very special and precious heart!

PInkeep from Cindy Owens of thimbleprims studio.. I love cindys work! thank you Cindy! I'm starting to have a little cindy collection at my house!

Cindy was one of my partners and she spoiled me with lots of goodies! xoxo to you cindy!

Precious shadow box from my OH so very artistic and talented partner, Lori Karla from my faeriewindow. I adore this! thank you Lori.

love this pumplin head pinkeep made by Tammy Rose from one frustrated momma's blog! Check out his sweet smile!

perfectly fall Pinkeep made by Danielle Green of collective elements blog.

Front cover of a very creative and spooky Shadow box by Michelle Mestas from chaoscottage.

Michelle's box inside, soo spooky! love it!

Shadow box by the sweet and talented Lisa Aaron of littlelovables blogspot.. love the chains on that ghost!

Wonderful shadow box by one of my favorite blogland friends! Kathy Lowry of country chintz.. she was sweet and sent me one of my own too!

By Jullie of whimsical notions! it lights up when you pull the pumpkin out of the top!! love it!

Adorably Cute shadow box by Jeanne Grip of Wildwood arts studios. this little candy man makes me Smile!!!

sweet pumpkin pinkeep also by Jeanne Grip. Several of the girls did both the pinkeep and shadow box swaps!

perfect little halloween witch pinkeep and goodies by Jandee of jandees this and that. Dontcha just love her!

love this shadow box by Hope Griffin of pixies ponderings . the face on her pumpkin man is perfect! and I love that little trick or treat bag!

Another great shadow box by Elizabeth High of bluebirds and bubbles . Go to her blog for pics, this one doesnt begin to do it justice! this is Wonderful!!

love this shadow box made by Courtney of mommasgoodies! check out the sweet little things in the little compartments! love it!

another sweet piece made by Cindy Owens. (she ended up with two partners!) I love this!

This one made by my special friend, Barb Burkard of 123lavenderlollipoplane so spooky!! Barb is soooo creative!!

And I love this one too, by the very creative, awtemnymf
of faeriewysperer's blogspot! what a great idea!!

I failed to take pics of the pinkeeps I made, though they were pretty much the same as this one, except that I had made them with the cats face facing forward instead of sideways!

This is the shadow box i made for Lori. I think I need to make me one now!

I have another swap I want to post pics of, but I think theres enough here for now.. maybe tonight or tomorrow I'll post pictures from a halloween ornament swap that I was in.

be sure to go check out all the Hallween fun through vanessa's fanciful twist!

Have a great Saturday!!

another 3.2 !

WOOOOHOOOO!!
ANOTHER 3.2 POUNDS LOST!
FOR A TOTAL OF 11.2 POUNDS IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS!
I HAVE TO SAY, IT HASNT BEEN THAT HARD.
WEIGHT WATCHERS MAKES IT VERY SIMPLE.
OK.. thats all.. Now its off to work I go! I have training all day today on DANGEROUS CLIENTS!
I do thing that some of the boys I work with definitely have the potential to be dangerous! I hope its a good training.. I always take paper and fresh sharpened colored pencils to doodle while I'm at trainings.. cant just sit there and do nothing. I wish I could take some sewing with me!!
have a great day girls!

busy weekend!

My daughter took me to see The Color Purple on Saturday night. I Loved it. One of my most favorite ever. I've been waiting to see it for about a year and missed it the last time it came. Thank God it came back to Rochester. It really was awesome! If you get a chance to see it, you should ... you wont be sorry! Omg.. Musical talent is something I have none of, but really appreciate in others.. I dont know where my daughter got hers!

Then Sunday, Jen and I went to "My Tomato pie" in buffalo to meet up with Natalea (Kandeland) and Jenny (be cheery) and Nats awesome daughter Scarlet, who I decided is my new best friend.. isnt she a doll? She is so funny too.


In between those things, I worked on some projects and cleaned the house. Finished witchy poo.. my fingers are black from dyeing the dolls original hot pink velvet dress black.. but.. hot pink doesnt turn black too easily.. it was a more purply color.. (but I'm into the color purple this weekend, so thats ok! haha!)

I think she turned out pretty good. But she needs some assessories. I'll have to think about it a little and decide what I want her to have.

I think she needs a spooky looking pendant of some sort.. What do you think she needs?

I do like her so far.. Her hair is so old and matted quite perfect for witch hair.

After finishing her up, I made this bear.

He is wearing a bunch of those needle felted acorns that I made. I dont know what I'm going to do with him now. He's a little odd, I have to admit, I made his arms to long.. or maybe his legs too short! and hes got a really long snout. Hes cute, just a little out of proportion!

I gave him eye lids.. can you see them? At first they covered half of his eyes and he looked very sleepy! I gave him a little nip and tuck eyelid lift! (hey.. I need one of those!)
In other news.. I'm still counting points! I have to weigh in tomorrow night at weight watchers... I hope I lost another couple pounds!! pray I did.. K!? Im still doing pretty well, it hasnt been that hard really.. Tonight I walked with a friend very briskly for one hour. my legs felt like rubber when we stopped! We've beem walking an hour three nights a week. Then I came home to home made soup and bread that I made today (had the day off!). ANd , my poor husband, he isnt enjoying my dieting food choices, brought home a pizza! ummm.... (it was good!.. I ate a small piece~!) not to worry though, it fit into my points!

well, I have a punch needle project that I need to get started on.. so thats where I'm off to for now!

have a great night everyone!

hugs!