And now for the layout. . .

Here is the layout. I used some old sheet music which I burned the edges on for my paper, burlap for the Turkeys tag, bobby pins, cloth measuring tape, misc. tag, Turkey Lingo and "1st" embellishment from a magazine, embroidery floss and a Megan feltie circle.

My First Sale on Etsy!!!

Got my first official sale on Etsy. . .guess I'll be on the lookout for more hubcaps. . .so if anyone comes across some cheap ones, keep me in mind :-)

More Photo Art

I decided to list my photo art on Etsy to see what happens. . .Check it out here. This is a sample for the last name of Linde.

Father's Day Gift

My mom said that my dad would like me to sew a small leather bag for his Father's Day gift this year - - so since I'm a Daddy's Girl. . .Dad gets what he ordered.

Bad Hair Day

This is a pincurl expiriment gone bad. Skyler and I were cracking up so hard that morning when I took out the pincurls and her hair just kept getting bigger and bigger. :-) Thank you to Lisa!! I had never heard of this Wordle before and I had a blast making up papers with it!! Also - thanks to all of you as I copied a little bit of ideas I have seen on your pages - specifically I know Megan and Christina have outlined their words - - I lifted your

ideas for that. I also made a little ladybug - just used a pen and cut him out of craft paper. Thanks for getting me motivated to do my first page in a long time - even though I am not officially in the April challenge.

Also - for those of you who may be wondering - Skyler did not have to go to school this way - we fixed it before booting her out the door. . .I am not that cruel.

Cement Craftiness

Here are some projects that Skyler and I have been working on together. We actually had a lot of fun once we got the cement mixed up. . .Really only intended on making bird baths, but since there was cement left over, we quickly tried to come up with some other ideas before it became too hard to work with. The bird isn't done yet - it still needs some cement paint which will make it somewhat of a bluebird. I may post again once it is finished. Although I admit they look a little funky - I don't think they are too bad for our first attempt at this sort of thing. (Paul requested that I make him this Rhubarb Leaf Birdbath, so one of them will be one of his Father's Day presents.

Here is my latest Photo Art order. The last name here is "Klimpel."

And I just finished matting and framing this wedding gift - so here is the final product - it looks much better in person - I had trouble taking a picture without glare.

Skyler's Purses/Bags

Skyler and I decided that today would be a good day to classify as a "Craft Day" since rain was in the forecast for a majority of the day. So I dug through my stash and we decided to make bags and purses. Skyler has used the sewing machine with me in the past so was determined to try and run it without help this time. She did a lot of this sewing all by herself!!

Strawberry Jam

Skyler and I reaped the benefits of our hard work in our garden by gathering delicious strawberries and making our own jam. Skyler had requested that we make some jam if we had enough strawberries - - it was tough to stop eating them long enough to make the required measurement - - but we did it!

Meet Soks and Boots

Ok - no animals were harmed in the taking of these photos!! Thanks to Scott and Angie Z, we now have 2 new members of our family - even though they will live outdoors. . .We would like to introduce you to our new mousers and Sky's new buddies, Soks and Boots.