Summer Fun 2011

A spur of the moment trip to Traverse City, Mi. Four days of sun and fun.

Oh, how relaxing it was.

We took a day trip to Macinaw City to shop, see the Mackinaw bridge and the lighthouse.

If you didn't know, the Macinaw bridge is five miles long. It was built in 1960. The only other way across to the upper paninsula or the island was ferry service.

Lew and Sylvia getting ready to go kayaking.

Good-by Traverse City, until a summer not to far away.

A Special Package

I was ever so excited yesterday when the mail came.

I had won a giveaway from Miss Vanessa at afancifultwist.

She ever so kindly sent me a very spooky book, two of her fun jar labels, a book mark, a card, two of her Halloween greeting cards and a very special key. I will have to wait and see what my magic key opens.


Please visit Miss Vanessa's blog and find out what amazing things she is up to.
She is a very talented artist and so inspiring. She brings out the artist in all of us.

Where The Wild Things Are...

What a surprise my daughter Sylvia found in the yard!

Two baby squirrels!

The first thing that she did was find out if they were alright. They were breathing, however thier eye were closed and ears still tucked in. They moved around slightly and made very tiny noises but seemed to be in shock, maybe from falling out of the tree.

The mother did not appear to be in sight. So she decided to take them in. She put them in a box with some bedding left over from ginuea pigs she used to have. After doing some quick research online about caring for them she proceeded.

There was one boy and one girl.

After reading she went to the local pet store and bought kitten milk and tried to feed them with a seringe. This was just until we could find the proper people to help care for them.

They seemed to take to the milk just fine. Suckling on the tip of the seringe.

Calling around she was able to track down someone locally who is certified in animal rehabilitation.

It is good to know that there are still kind hearted people in the world that love animals as well as nature to keep the cycle going.

September Artful Bag Challenge

I used two types of paper for this bag, I used shinny poster board for the trim. I wanted to make it look like shinny metal, and I also used scrapbook paper for a textured look.

I used a pearl button for an embellishment and tiny pearls for fun.

I found a textured ribbon, and used it for the handle.

And here is what you get, a small elegant bag for an evening out on the town.



Please check out Anna at Frostedpetunias for more wonderful bags. She is doing a wonderful job with this challenge.

I hope you are enjoying yourself.

Artful Bag Challenge and ATC Swap

Thank you Anna from Frosted Peunias for setting up this bag challenge. Please check out her Blog for more bags.

My swap partner was Penny. Look at the amazing job she did on her ATC.

Please checkout her blog for more artful things.

It even opens up and has a chain handle. Penny put a few extras inside.

This is the ACT that I sent her.

It was a lot of fun doing this challenge this way. I hope that you all like what you see.

Thank you for stopping by.

Mushrooms in the Morning...

This morning at the crack of dawn I noticed something growing in the yard...Mushrooms

This one in particular looked like a star shape. When I got a closer look, it was just that.

Bangle Bracelets Made Easy

The other day I was blog hopping and found, to my delight. A segment and tutorial on bangle bracelets. I found it at afancifultwist. Miss Vanessa did a wonderful job of explaining how to make them.

You should give it a try also.

Here are some of my creations.

You can add almost anything that you want to.