Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hi Everyone!  Happy New Year's, Happy Valentine's Day and everything in between!  Yes, I am quite behind in everything, but the year started off running....Oh wait, not actually.

New Year's Eve day, my husband and I decided it was time to sneak out of town and get our snow fix.  Yes, we really did sneak out of town.  It was great!!! Loved the snow at Snoqualmie Pass, my sister and family had snow at their place, and it snowed a couple more inches while we were there.  We visited for 5 days, enjoyed the snow, relaxed, played with their family's dogs and cats, enjoyed the snow some more, and then drove home in the snow over White Pass. Even saw Elk up there.  Nice mini vacation, much deserved!

Upon returning home, we jumped right back in to medical appointments for the husband, some annual medical stuff for me, getting ready to do our income tax return (those are done, check!), and all manner of family stuff.  A brother moved in temporarily in early February to work full time at a contract job.  That contract was extended another month, so he's still here.  My sister from eastern Washington came over with her family in late February to attend a concert.  They bought tickets so we could attend with them.  Not our usual kind of music, but it was actually relaxing and enjoyable.

In the meantime, I've been able to sneak in some card making time here and there.  Here's what I created in January.....and I'll post more cards over the next several weeks.  Enjoy!

 

 With this set of cards, I am trying for simple, very simple, but still attractive and/or fun.

Embossed backgrounds, ribbon and/or design on top.  Simple but nice.

This one is hand layered (I put the pieces together).

Commercial layered sticker for a fun summer card.

Another layered I put together.

A Peacock tag still makes for a nice greeting card!

This Rose turned out to be too much for a greeting card, so I put it in a trivet, added a few bling, ribbon and background paper, and gave it to my husband for his Valentine's Day "card."  He loves it!

Merry Christmas everyone! 

Safe travels, and have a safe New Years!

A view of some of the greeting cards I sent out to family and friends. Catching a cold earlier this month put me way behind schedule; I still have more cards to make.

 And, yes, plenty of my 3-D, layered cards.

 This one is an ornament that can be taken off the card and added to their decor.

Merry Christmas and Happy, safe, New Year!

These are the last 2 items I have prepared for this weekend's holiday bazaar:

Instead of a card, I turned this Space Needle design into a trivet (hot pad).  It is a big design, so figured it would look nicer in the trivet instead of a card.  Yes, it is counted cross stitch.

I finished cross stitching this Pug two weeks ago, and finally got him fitted on a greeting card today.  Our customers love Pugs, but I just never have enough items available.

Remember -- The St. Pius X Holiday Craft Bazaar is tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday.  My husband has his popular chocolates ready to go, including Dark Chocolate-Caramel Truffles!  Happy shopping!

Happy Veteran's Day!  Seven members of my and my husband's family (or their spouses) have served in the military over the years, with 3 during wars -- WWII and The Gulf War. Thank you to EVERY person and military Dog who has served in the military to keep our country safe.

We are getting ready for our first Holiday Craft Bazaar this coming weekend. Last weekend, I worked up a slew of the Vintage card line that I started last fall:

If you haven't noticed, these are all Dog greeting cards.  They will be available at this weekend's show:

St. Pious X Holiday Bazaar

22105 - 58th Avenue West

Mountlake Terrace, WA 

November 14 - 15

Saturday 10:00 am to 5:30 pm

Sunday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

I still have the Vintage Cat greeting cards to do, but they won't be finished by this weekend's show.  They should be done over the next two weeks for the Thanksgiving weekend show.  I will also work on the Vintage Christmas Cards.  If you are looking for Hanukkah cards, they will be available at this weekend's show.

Hope to see you on Saturday or Sunday!