This Week in iPhone Pics and a Free Gift for YOU!

Here's what's happening this week in pics:

The cherries are beginning to blush

Apricots are getting fat and sassy

The lake level remains very high.  Lots of debris floating up on shore

I can never walk past pretty flowers without snapping them

See - told you!   And sometimes a subject is worthy of a series...

And then I play with some filters to top it all off

And then a totally unrelated pic -

I wanted to show how I used an antique crochet apron as a cover for the water cooler! 

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for - a little GIFT!  My friend Pam has generously allowed me to create a small series of vintage elements using her antique locket and to follow, some antique photo album plates and pages.  So check back now and again!    Please leave some love for Pam! 

This element is sized just under 4 inches at 300 dpi with no drop shadow. 

Personal Use Only

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Mojo 194 and Moping About :(

Why am I moping? 

I'm moping because my house is emp-teee!  My Mother and Father in Laws left this morning after a nice long 3 week visit.  I always find the first day after a long term influx of company to be disconcerting, not sure what to do and feel kinda lonely.  How bout you? 

So today I was especially glad it is Mojo Monday because I could make a card, and that's always fun.  Specially since my sister was able to join me.  Here's today's sketch:

And my take on it:





I used various papers and then taped them together and trimmed them using a scalloped edge.  The "engaged" letters stickers from EK Success (got these across the border at WalMart - the ONLY thing I bought when I went for a day trip with my parents, and I was in WalMart for a good hour - what's wrong with me?  My Mr. had even given me some fun money)  The charm is from a bracelet I had that broke eons ago so I just snipped it with a cutter and I embellished one of the hearts with silver glitter.  The ribbon is recycled from a card the recipient sent ME a few days ago.  I thought it would be fun to send it back to her. 





Back in a day or two with more iPhone photos and photos from our visit perhaps!

This week in iphone pics and a Freebie :)

 

Here are a few photos caught by my iphone this week:

 

 

Yup, uh huhn… I’ve been waiting for this day to come.  My first pair of glasses. Ever.  Well, other than some dollar store reading ones which I used for tatting.  That tatting thread is tiny don’t you know?  Only it seemed to be getting tinier and even a little fuzzy at times.  Or perhaps the lights in the house were failing.  Or…

I need glasses for reading and I need them for “distance” when driving too.  I wound up buying these online from clearlycontacts.ca.  Excellent service and had them to my door via courier within a week. And your first pair is FREE.  Really.  If you decide to try them, let me know, they have a referral rewards program and I’d love to be your “referrer”

 

I felt honoured to have held this beautiful little sparrow.  It flew into our front window and stunned itself.  I let it go after it had a few moments to recover.

Here is a small series of lupine photos – I culled these out of about 20 that I took upon the urging of my Mr. a few days ago when the conditions were perfect.

 

Notice the BIG FAT blobs of pollen Mr. Bee has collected on his legs!

Well, that’s my little show for this week. 

I’d like to leave you with a FREE element for you – to celebrate (belatedly) my Sister in Law Judy’s birthday!  You can visit Judy’s blog by clicking her link under the Family section of my links (to the left)

Miss KimB - (sticking tongue out phfffftttthhhhht! Its going to be 30 degrees here this weekend, woo hoo! Want me to send you some sunshine?) KimB always has something pretty to give away and beautiful products for sale, check her out! Click HERE!

This weekend with the sun finally out after weeks and weeks of rain, I'll feel like "Monkeying Around" for sure - and so I'm heading over to Linda's Bonapetit Blog to jump onto that blog train to pick up my parts of the "Monkeying Around" kit that is available. Sooooo sweet! Just click HERE.

I’d like to leave you with a FREE element for you – to celebrate (belatedly) my Sister in Law Judy’s birthday! You can visit Judy’s blog by clicking her link under the Family section of my links (to the left)

This element is personal use only.  Please do not share the link directly but do send folks here to grab it for themselves.  Enjoy.  Click the preview to download. I would l♥ve to see how you use my element – and even feature it on my blog! 

 

Mojo 193 and More Iphone Foto Adventures!

Time once again for Mojo - and I just bet I get to do it at the same time as  my sister this week.  My take on it is very convoluted and experimental.  I decided to do both round and square at the same time.  And to make several pages, always wanted to try that.  I'm not sure if it's a success or not.  You can decide for me.  Sure did take a looooong time to make, in between vacuuming, laundry, dishes and working out. 

I used a wordart from TLCreations and I embossed the black pattern with some black powder - not sure what it's called.  I did not realize unitl after that I should have put the parts of the card together and then cut the circle out all at one time, therefore some of the circles are not perfect.  Better luck next time. The sunshines are my own freebie from a few posts ago. 

  Inside the first page.  I drew the little swirlies.

Inside the second page - again, my own sunshine freebie and a little dollar store stamp on the left.  I like the idea I can write loads of good stuff in this card - almost more like a little letter story book.

Insided the last page - again, more writing space.  I pieced together coordinating bits of paper to make a cut out sun for the back page. 

Ah yes, time to get a new paint brush to sweep the embossing powder away more accurately - though I think its ok on this fun and casual card. 

Not sure if I would attempt this again, far too much work.  My head was swimming by the time I finished. 

Here are some random Iphone Adventure Photos from the past two days:

Stopped on our run yesterday which took me and my Mr. behind the airport where they were having drag races...

Gettin' ready!

They are OFF!

Love the color of these.

Cherries are slow this year.

I have a few more photos but will post these later.  Must go visit with my Mother and Father in Law!  Thanks for visiting. 

Toots for designer friends (nice downloads for YOU) and my iphone gallery for today

First I'd like to give "Toots" for two dear designer friends - first KimB - she has the most LOVELY Quick Page for giveaway on her blog! You can catch that by clicking HERE. Her blog is always full of adventures too - she fits more in a day than I do in my entire week haha!

The second "Toot" is for my friend Linda who has an entire kit for you - only don't wait or hesitate because its only available for free until June 1st! You will be kicking yourself if you miss this one - click HERE to be taken to her blog!

PS:  Leave these talented and generous gals some L♥VE!

The rest of this post is going to be devoted to my little foray out into the world to day – in photos taken with my iphone.  Hope you enjoy!

A burst of spring color! 

Pretty even before this blooms.

Lovely lupine.

Some sort of columbine!

Simply Stunning.

Beautiful underneath as well.

 

Even dandelions are welcome and sunny.

Alive or not so alive – a study in symmetry.

How I wish your browser had “smell” – the aroma of these red willow blossoms would make you levitate!

Plain old spear grass is not plain old (forgetting in a few short months I’ll be biting my tongue as I pick these little heads from my socks…)

Hope you enjoyed my little iphone photo gallery for today!

Mojo 192 - Weekend in Pics - Some Sun for YOU! (freebie)

Heavens - I thought last week was 192 but I see it was 191.  I'm out of sync.  Having a wonderful visit with my in-laws, terrific in fact!   Thus the lack of blog time - family 1st!   Speaking of family, I wanted to post WITH my sister today because that makes me happy but it turns out she's got other things cooking.  Ah well, perhaps next week. 

Here is my take - forgive the photos, taken with my iphone.

I don't know which designer papers these are - I do know thats a graphics fairy lilac and the baubles under the sentiment are both bits of jewelery I have picked up here and there.  The triangle and gold piece is an earring, the green beads from a necklace.  This is some of the ribbon I bought at the thrift store earlier this week - I used glue tape to run the mauve through the middle of the blue.  The scalloped edge of the paper called for my fiskars trimmer.  The sentiment is a stamp given to me by my friend Melanie O and the circle shapes cut out at my Sisters on her nifty little machine.  Sentiment embossed in gold tinsel.  

This week end in (iphone) pics:



Ah - SUNSHINE (Saturday)  Taking advantage of it.

First June Bug! 

I'm happy to see this little dude.

Garage Sales. 

I really REALLY wanted the Le Crueset pot (forefront) but resisted.  It was quite worn inside.  Since I've  gone through the Simplify Your Life workshop I'm resistant to collect clutter.  This said I did buy two new items at the yard sales.  One is a small ice cream maker (it has a cylander which you freeze, I had one before and loved it)  The second item is a rowing machine - a replacement for my old one which was falling apart.  Need this machine to work off all the wonderful food my Mother in Law is cooking up!



Num!  My Mr. cooks!

My Mr made these fabulous ravioli from scratch!  He filled them with a mixture of ground beef, mushrooms and boursin cheese.  Paired with cutlets Mom whipped up it was a memorable meal. 

Finally, here are some Sunshines for you - please use them as you wish. personal or commercial. It would be nice if you credit me when you use these in your kits and I'd LOVE to see how you use these in your kits or projects!    I created these from a drawing which one of my art students had in her sketchbook - turned them into line art.  About 5 inches in size, png format, 300 dpi.   Just right click on each to download.  Enjoy.