A WEEK OF JOYOUS MUSIC

This past week my hubby and I attended two (2) FREE live concerts here in our little town of Oroville, CA. The first performance was on Tuesday evening and was performed the US Air Force: What an energetic performance. The group consists of 35 to 40 vocalists, musicians, dancers, and technicians who are all USAF Airmen. They performed on Oroville's State Theatre little stage (I say little because I have performed on this stage) to a standing room only audience (theater only holds about 610 people). While standing in line to see the USAF performance a man was handing out FREE tickets to see the following performance on Friday evening . . . LARRY STATLER & THE STATLER BROS. . . Now my husband and I are not crazy fans of country music (it's a "take it or leave it" kind of thing with us), however, Friday night's performance was very entertaining. The Statlers not only sang, but they also interacted with the audience. It was a hoot!!! If you ever have the opportunity to see either of these performances I highly RECOMMEND that you do so. You'll have a wonderful time!!! Well that all for now, thanks for stopping by . . . until later. . . Hugs & Kisses LindaB

LOOK WHAT I MADE

A few weeks ago I was watching one of Kathy's Paper Phenomenon live Ustream classes and noticed on her work space a very curious looking box. Needless to say I was not the only PITA BABE who was curious and finally one of the BABES asked what it was. Well, Kathy had made little holders to place her "Stickles" in, point down! HOW CLEVER!!!! So of course I had to make one. I decided to use an ArtBin box with a handle - the one that holds 12x12 paper. Here is what I did (with dear hubby's help of course) . . . First I went to the local Home Depot to purchase PVC pipe . . . then at home dear hubby set up his band saw (it's really mine-he bought it for one of my birthdays-I bought him a microwave when it was his birthday = fair trade) anyhoooooo away I went cutting & making a mess . . . I next sanded any rough edges and wiped the dust off and finally I hot glued them all together . . . I then placed the glued tubes on a sheet of foam (that I had cut to the inside size of the box) and here is the finished project . . . There are a total of 92 holes!!! Needless to say it looks like I am going to have to go shopping for more Alcohol Ink, Liquid Pearls & Stickles to fill up the empty holes (HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY) . . . Well, that's all for now . . . thanks for stopping by to visit . . . until next time Hugs & Kisses . . . LindaB PS . . . bigger does not mean better, it just means heavier!!!

LITTLE BOXES MADE OF TICKY TACKY

During the past year I have been very inspired by the extremely talented Karin of the blog "Creative Chaos." Among the many items she creates she has made these pretty, pretty little "cake boxes." Well I got sooooooo inspired that I decided to try my hand at creating some of these boxes also and giving them as gifts to friends celebrating their birthday. Here are a few examples of the cake boxes which I created (one of these days I will remember to take pictures of things I make before I give them away) . . . I made the following Winter cake box as a decoration in my home and of course that cake box decided to have "babies" which were given to a few of my scrappy friends . . . As you can see some of the boxes were decorated with flowers I purchased and some of the flowers were made by me. And there is glitter, glitter, glitter everywhere (and I don't mean just on the boxes). Well, that's all for today . . . I hope that you will check out Karin's blog . . . thanks for stopping by for a visit . . . Hugs & Kisses . . . LindaB

ADMIRATION

I have great admiration for people who have a blog and post on it regularly. I have all these great plans to keep my blog "up-to-date" but then I don't make the time to follow through. Don't know why it just seems to be the way it was. Notice that I said "WAS," because I am going to make time to do at least weekly postings to this blog, whether anyone reads them or not. Soooooooo this is my first post to my crafting journal . . .

WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES

In the process of getting the spare bedroom ready for holiday guests I decided to clean out that room's closet last week and found all kinds of wonderful discoveries. This closet not only contains all my dressy/party clothes it also gets the overflow projects and supplies from the small office/craft room that I share with my husband . . . In this closet I discovered a couple of big plastic boxes containing miscellaneous craft supplies (you know - those crafty items that you bought but for some strange reason you cannot remember where you put them), finished scrapbook layouts (no pictures), some scrapbook kits (must be a least 3 years worth-that should keep me out of trouble) and 4 big plastic bins of yarn. Well all the purging (I mean cleaning) came to a screeching halt because I had to go through all those boxes of yarn, right? Of course right! I found scarfs and hats that were half way completed, the yarn & pattern for making my granddaughter a baby blanket (she will be 6 years old next month so this will now become a little throw blanket), yarn that I have no idea what I was going to make with it and a completed right foot crocheted slipper. Yes, that's right, only one slipper had been completed - I can only guess that it was a time issue and that is why I did not complete the slipper for my left foot. Soooooooooo I put everything (I mean everything-didn't get rid of anything) back in the closet except the lone completed slipper. I started right away crocheting the slipper for my left foot and 1-1/2 days later it was completed. YAY!!!! But wait, I wasn't done yet . . . the slippers now needed to go through the washing machine because they had to be felted . . . soooooooooo after 4-1/2 days of air drying (its winter after all) and 1 night (painted zig zags, using puffy paint, on the soles & paint dried overnight) the slippers are COMPLETED and here they are - PURPLE MARY JANES!!!!

Aren't they cute . . . and they keep my footies toasty warm! Well that's all for today . . . I have to get busy decorating the house for Christmas (which takes about a week) . . . so thanks for stopping by . . . Hugs & Kisses . . . LB

I'M BACK!!!!!!

OH MY!!! It has almost been one year since I last posted on my blog and what a year it has been! A lot of good things have happened this year (daughter is engaged I have been in cancer remission for 1 year). . . a not so good thing (lost my job on August 30th) and a whole lot of everyday living! I have a lot I want to share - but for now I have to become familiar with this new version of blogspot and how to change backgrounds, etc. sooooooo please bear with me. Have to go for now - need to run a couple of errands for dear hubby and find the pictures of last years christmas decorations so I have a hint of how I will decorate our home this year (funny thing - the decorations do not always appear in the same place from year to year) . . . I will post pictures of the this as I go along . . . sooooooooo TTFN . . .

DECEMBER 3 - DECORATIONS

Well as you can see the decorations are still in containers/boxes (12 to be exact)however they are one step closer and my 4-1/2 year old granddaughter will be coming over this afternoon after preschool to help YaYa deck the halls-walls-tables-shelves-tree . . . no doubt there will not be a bare spot in the house (now I am glad it is a small home) . . .

In getting ready to begin the decorating at home I decided to begin putting up the decorations at work . . . still need to get the greenery and candy/cookies put out . . . but its getting there . . .




Thanks for stopping by to visit . . . until later . . HUGS & KISSES!