I Rediscovered Disneyland

I haven't been to Disneyland in 20 years yikes!!! How could it be that long? How could I resist going again to see my niece's 2 year old triplets (3 in April) be amazed at the Princesses, scared of the Mad Hatter, hugging Mickey, dreaming of Ariel.

The real trick is how to get a picture of all 3 together!!! Don't they know we want PICTURES? Noooooo, they are just enjoying theirselves and screaming with delight at running thru rain at Bug's Life in California Adventure. Hmmmm maybe I should just enjoy the moments and relive the pictures in my head.

I can hardly wait to go again with the kids although I must find better walking shoes.





Have a wonderful DAY!

Scrapbook Royalty Charity Crop

Dear Friends and Family,

I am attending a Scrapbook Royalty event this weekend to benefit the Cancer Coping Center and the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos. On Saturday, March 14th there will be silent auctions and raffles and a company on site to buy your gold, silver, gems, watches, silverware etc for competitive market prices.

They will give you cash on the spot and donate 12% of whatever they buy to the charities! These parts of the event are open to the public and I would love you to come see me and support these worthy causes.

If you can't make it, could you please visit their auction and raffle blog? www.sbrauctions.blogspot.com This is open to the public as well. Or you can help me reach my fundraising goal of $200 by making a donation in my name through their website at http://www.scrapbookroyalty.org/slumbercrop.html

Thank you for your time and support!

Jackie

Art Meetups Coming Soon...

Yay! The remodel is completed. I'm "pretty much" moved in to the new room addition downstairs and working wildly to get the "studio" in some order to have the first Art Meetup of 2009.

I miss "the ladies" coming over and laughing and creating. To be safe probably won't have the first Art Meetup until April but hopefully a couple "informal" get together's in March to christen the studio...more soon on that.

Happy Birthday Cole, one year old today! Ain't he cute?

Creativity Abounds at the Barn!

Sunday I was lucky to take a soldering class with my friend Bonnie at La Maison Rustique in Temecula. If you haven't been, you MUST go to shop and now to attend an art class.

The first class was done by Rita and she lead us in a soldering class of making a glass tube writing pen right from the pages of Sally Jean's Soldering book.

Of course, I was so busy trying to solder that I didn't get many pictures but I point you to a couple blogs that did. Breathing Beside Us and La Maison Rustique and Rita's blog.

Here's my pen which turned out beautifully.







Great first project. Rita and her husband even provided yummy rasberry lemonade and champagne and warm and soothing onion soup.

Hmmmmm creative women, champagne, food, shopping what more could a girl ask for?

WHO needs a little Bling in Your Life?

I DO!!!

I was packing up some stuff for our big move in to the new room Thursday and ran across a partial creation I was working on as a necklace. So, I quit packing and finished up this necklace.

I used a vintage blinged belt buckle as the inspiration for this piece and a Hooty Who owl charm. Finished him up and hung him from a large ball and chain necklace.

Okay back to packing :}

It's Raining and I'm Sooo Happy!

It's been rainy here in San Diego the last couple days but construction work continues at our home.

The good news, yesterday the inside of our remodel is DONE!!!! Yay! There is some little things to be done but we can now move in. Next week we'll be moving stuff downstairs and stuff upstairs but in the end we will have our new bedroom and I will be able to start arranging my new art studio!!!!!!!

There will NOT be a Art Meetup for February but I'll be having a BIG Blow-out Art Meetup gathering in March.....at least that's my goal (Maryam break out the champagne). Wow! how could I be talking about March, 2009 already..........time is flying :}

I decided to let you in blogland know some of the things I would like to have so you can keep your eyes open for me and let me know if you find such things.

I really want a vintage 45 record player (that works) I think it would be so fun to have sock hop art meetup with scratchy old records.......some of us would remember others (youngsters) would laugh.

I am also looking for shelving for along the top of walls. I already have some pieces from the remodel. Nothing fancy....long pieces of flat wood?

Tables, I think rectangle is the best. Obviously, this is for work space.

Folding Chairs or old bar stools. I intend to have some high work space along with normal seat height.

A couple of child's chairs, I already have a little table.

Folding beds. Since we might have sleep overs and I might have guests in the future. I decided to get a couple of folding beds to store in the closet. These are harder to find than I imagined, so keep your eyes open for me.

That's my wish list so far. I have plenty of altered items and scrapbooking things which we will use to our best abilities soon.

Does anyone out there know how to take the mirror from this vanity and make it into a hanging mirror? If you have instructions, please let me know. thanks.



Have a great week. jackieb

A little bit of fun

I bought some of these Prince Albert Cigar Tins a year or so ago. Digging through some stuff the other day I ran into them again and decided to GO FOR IT....I needed some creativity in my life as it calms me and makes me feel good. I also had some of these adorable antique german doll parts so of course I had to try and put them together. I think she came out cute. I weighted her down by putting rocks inside the tin so she can sit on a shelf.

As far as the german doll parts, check out Retro Cafe Art. I love Kristin's online store and she is quick to ship and friendly.




These little "boxes" were made with my Cricut Expressions machine and Design Studio software.

I am trying to learn to use my Cricut Expressions and all the software you can get for it. Design Studio and Sure Cuts Alot. I downloaded a trial of Design Studio and am trying it out.

I used the GEORGE Cartridge and could have used just the Cricut Expressions and that cartridge and cut out the box but I wanted to "flip" the box so I could glue them together (back to back) so the inside of the box has the same design and the Design Studio software lets you do that yay! I added some flowers and hearts for embellishments.

And..........I got a digital collage sheet for Valentine's Day from Retro Cafe Art....yes, I told you I love, love her store. :} I shrunk my collage sheet and cut them out and glued them on.

Don't you think these would be great for a little Valentine gift with a few pieces of candy?

Well, enough creativity for this week. Thanks visiting, let me know what you think.