V-day cards

I was just having some fun with a Valentine's day thing going and came up with some V-day cards. These were my faves so I thought I would share them.









Please do not steal my designs they are a copy write of Shellbug Designs.

Accents

At work we are talking about all the words that our West Texas accent has us say wrong. Well mostly what I say wrong. See, I work at a newspaper and all of the people that I work with are really great with words. (well I'm not) I am an artist that means that I find other ways to express myself without words. So anyway some of the words that I say and spell wrong are:

Decided - I want to say decited
Potato - I want to say butata (I know this is bad)

There are many more like the word kinda, or wont to, I know that I sound like the "you might be a redneck joke but this is really sad. I want to know what words you have problems with.


This is day 3 with no sugar and I really really miss it. I know its crazy, but I WANT CHOCOLATE. When I started my new workout I decided not to have any sugar (I'm sure this decision is going to impair my brain function.) I love candy and all things sweet. I was doing really good yesterday until I got hungry before dinner and Johnathen wasn't home yet. I had to work really hard not to get that left over truffle out of the frig. Well, I didn't eat it. I cleaned out the freezer so that I could fit the truffles in there instead. Yah for me! I will admit that I still eat things that are made with sugar (no not cake and donuts and such but I had a bagel for breakfast and that has sugar in it just the more natural stuff.

Oh and I found this Ann's House trail mix with dried fruit in it. Its really good. You should try some.

Up-dating

I started a new workout yesterday. I know most people start stuff like that the first of the year but what can I say I'm always late. I have to say that I was just going in to run then I saw this girl with killer arms and I must say I had arm envy. So, I started doing some weights and all that stuff that I haven't done in years. Almost 10 to be exact. My goal is to have great tank top arms and of course with killer arms you don't want flabby legs, butt, and abs so Legs, and Abs are today. I hope that I can stay with it. It is my goal. I will let you know how it goes.

Also, this weekend we had my sister-in-laws baby shower. She had a really great shower and got some amazing stuff. It always amazes me the things that babies get. That baby got more clothes than I have. It really was a great shower and we had a lot of fun. Now if my (not really mine but my nephew and niece) 2 babies would just get here so I can hold them. Can't wait.

Thats really all I have going on as of now but I will let you know when things change.

Marker Fun

So I will admit that I have been playing with the markers. No they are not great blending colors or anything like that but what do you expect from $3.50 Crayola from Wal-mart. I have to say this is not my best work but I was having fun. I don't know why I think that I need to play with markers again after all these years but I was getting in touch with my enter-child. (Truth be know that enter-child comes out more than most peoples).

I don't really have a lot going on so for a resolution (will not say New Years because it came about before then) I am trying to spend at least 30 min. a day on something art related. It seems like a lot of time but its really not. Most people spend more time watching TV than that. One of the great things about only having a DVD player is that I have seen everything that we own so I don't mind not really paying attention to it. Hope all is well and blessed for you.

Dinobird

So I have been drawing more and more and came up with this little Dinobird. He does not have a name yet. I have been drawing him a lot. You might be seeing more of this little guy but I will not make any promises. But maybe I will take the time to color him without the markers. Sharpies don't blind well.

Glitter Grapes

For a Christmas party I made something called Glitter Grapes they were a really big hit and very very easy to make. I took pics and will tell you how to make them if you care. Also, I posted the pics they are very hard to find on the internet. Trust me I looked.

Ingredients

1 pound of seedless grapes
1 3-oz. package regular gelatin, flavor of your choice (NOT prepared)
Water

Directions

Spread the gelatin mix on a plate, about 1/4 at a time. (I dumped it all, I don't follow directions very well.)

Rinse the grapes under water, and place a handful on the paper towel. You don't want so much water that it makes they jello start to liquify. Just get the jello to stick. Thats all you need.

Roll the grapes in the gelatin, coating the grapes.

Place coated grapes on to what every you want. I put them on the platter that I was serving them on.

Repeat with the remaining ingredients until all of the grapes are covered.

Put it all in the refrigerator, until the gelatin is set.

These are better the colder they are.

I used grape jello for the grapes and strawberry for the strawberries. I know it is very original but what can I say. Also I didn't get the strawberry quite dry so the jello doesn't look as pretty on them but we can't all be perfect they taste wonderful. Oh it is was a hit. I had very little left.

Angels in the cotton field

I must admit I had way to much time on my hands and got board. I was looking at Paige's pic that SMP Photography took and call my good friend that is the photographer and she let me play around with it. So Paige I hope you like it if not I had fun and it cured my boredom for a time at least. Shiranda thank you so much for letting me play with you pic. I want everyone to go see how good she is check it out here. Thank you again.