Sienna's First Drum Recital!

Operation Write Home

I recently took a cruise.  The focus of the cruise was scrapbooking.  While there I met two ladies who make cards for the troops.  I was intrigued.  As soon as I got home, I started making cards too.

The focus of this operation is to send hand-made cards to the troops so that they in turn can write back home to their friends and family.  It makes it so much easier for them to do this.  Can you imagine how thrilled their family and friends are when they receive hand-made cards from their loved ones.

If you are interested in doing something like this, please click on the link below for details.  It is fun and easy and really makes you feel like you are accomplishing something important.

OPERATION WRITE HOME
 

More shots of the crafters.  Large screens set up so we could see what our teachers were doing.  Boxes to the right is just some of the loot that was eventually given away to us.

This is a wave rider.  Yep they had the water going so you can surf on board the ship.

This is duct tape paper.  It runs about 2 dollars a sheet.  More goodies for us.  There was a competition and I saw a lovely wedding dress made totally from duct tape.

More tape.

More give away stuff.

 And more.  By the way I walked away with a roller bag plus a ton of other stuff.

Stayed tuned for more.

Part Three of Cruise Posts!

This is the nice track area on Deck 12.

Looking up toward the top of ship.

One of my projects out of clay....this is the start of it.

Some of the people and their projects.  There were 123 ladies on board for this and I should say men too because there were a couple of them.

Some of the collage canvases that were made.  I will show you mine later.

Stay tuned for more about my cruise.

Part Two of Cruise Photos!

Our Balcony....about half of it.

Our cabin.  It was really great.  I am standing on the balcony taking this photo.

Isn't this great.....swings on the ship....your own front porch!  Deck 11.

Just one of the lounge areas by the pools.

One of the pools.  Another installment will be coming.

Liberty of the Seas Cruise!

We went on a scrapbooking cruise put on by Michael's.  It was great fun.  We crafted all day on the days we were at sea.  However, I missed the open time as I took three excursions on each day we were in port. 

But we brought home tons of product including a roller bag.  We also met some great people.  Two girls were from Washington DC area and two were from Wisconsin.  They were great fun and we shared a lot of great ideas.

1. This is part of the ship sitting in Miami.  It was huge.  We were in a balcony room which was wonderful.  First time for me to have a balcony and it just makes all of the difference in the world.
2.   A view from one of the dining areas as we pulled out of Miami.

This is looking down on the grand Promenade.  This ship was huge.

One of the elevators facing to the center of the ship.

This was taken from my balcony looking toward the front of the ship.  Our cabin was right in the center of the ship so this might help you to imagine how large it is.  We were on deck 7 and there were 14 decks.

Stay tuned for more installments.  

I am closing my pendant shop!

I am closing My Pendant Shop
in January.  All my pendants are on sale for 50 % off the price marked in my shop.  I want to clear out as many as possible, so I do not have to transfer many back to my other shop.

The pendants are made with vintage Rummikub tiles which are heavy compared to the plastic ones you find now.  In addition, I have added a very large sterling silver bale to accommodate most chains or ribbons.  It is a heck of a deal.

If you would like one, please convo me and I will make a reserved listing for you and change it to the appropriate price.

Happy New Year to all of you out there in blog land.

Merry Christmas, Friends!

I always find it interesting to see how other countries celebrate Christmas.  Traditions are an interesting part of any culture.  I believe that all humans have traditions of one kind or another.  Traditions add meaning and comfort to our lives.
Click on the link below:


Christmas Around The World

December Excitement!! Well, I Could Have Missed This.

Well, had a little excitement tonight.  We were parked at Racetrack.  Allan was outside putting gas in and I was in the car.

I noticed the guy in front of me was wearing a strange hooded Jacket.  It was black and grey and had disaster headlines and I was wondering what kind of person would wear that.  It said, "Large Quake Hit...." and "Zeppelin crashes and kills...."that sort of thing like newspaper headlines.  

Then, I see this long haired woman running from the store with two employees shouting at her and she was shouting to the guy who was driving the truck in front of me who had gotten back in.   I heard, "Let's get out of here."  Suffice it to say, the front was clear put he chose to back right into our car.  They took off, the police came.  

Minor damage to our bumper.  We had just been to a nice pleasant dinner.  Now my steak is a tight knot in my stomach.  The policeman did not even want the description of his distinctive jacket.......can you believe it?  Before we left we heard there had been another shoplifting by someone driving a similar vehicle.  I am just glad they were not sporting guns. 

Be careful out there!  Merry Christmas everyone. :)

Angel Treasury!

Angel Treasury