End of May

1. St. Paddy's Day and Lucky Me this is my honey !

2. My granddaughter Kari asked me to throw a baby shower for her and I did in April.

Here she is with her mother a younger sister.

3.The next with her babies father.

My Aunt Alma Passed away in Feb... and we are all going to miss her, she was a fantastic person and artist!

Easter has come and gone this beautiful lilic bush so beautiful as we hunted for eggs this year in Deming at my Son's house...

And as well as, Memorial Day we stayed home and BBQ burgers and hotdogs really very good cooked over the mesquite wood that is very prolific in this area...

June right around the corner, swimming and fishing ,camping hope to see some of my extended family come around this July for a informal campout at Riggs Lake...

I bought a new Brother "Quattro" sewing/embroidery machine in Feb. and have been learning how to use it... I've been machine embroidering and downloading free designs like crazy...

I also took a quilting class and have a Christmas quilt top done and now to quilt it and bind it.

Another class I took Scrap booking again and have learned some digital scrap booking it's fun but I still enjoy working with the papers. I bought a Cricut Expression and it's been fun to explore the images it can do...

In Ceramic class I did a Cristas and a Dragon and have cleaned and have some other things part painted...

Watercolor class again but not to much to show for it I only finished a picture and wasn't in class enough to do more.

We have had a lot of sickness this winter and spring between the gkids and and mama and Nana and papa...it's taken allot of our time just to get well...

I've signed up for a class with Sherry Goshon and Jean Bernard "Harpist, Vessel and Harp", that I think will be great...and get me back into doing more dolls.

Calender three views...and

Vintage Card holder...from the 12 Days of Christmas...Weedend Project Nov 22/23





These are so fun and addictive...to do...

Homemade Christmas Desk Calender

Online tutorial from MyCraftivity.com

This is the first one and I've done two more and will be doing 5 more for each of the adult children in our family...

They make nice inexpensive gifts ....

Ragdoll swap November 2008

FOCD had a Rag doll swap and this is the doll that I made for my partner...

Shhhh don't tell her it's up it goes out in tomorrows mail...she's an original and hope she'll like her!!

Frans Snowman class on Dollstreet is lots of fun! These are the small size and I'm gong to be starting the lg. size in a few days...

Victoria is here

Born the 5th of Nov at 8lb. 13oz.

to GS Anthony J. Garcia and Laura her name is Victoria Lynn Garcia.

More 12 days of Christmas workshop

Half way there the stocking is the #6 and I'm really enjoying all the projects.

12 Days of Christmas

the twelve days of Christmas online class with Lisa M. Pace on the www.mycraftivity.com/lisampace/

snowman is Jingel on left and the tussie mussie on rt.

Gift tag
The Angel is from Patternbee site in the freebie section.

Glitter and glue messy and fun!!!!

Bottlecap Pincushion

This is not a very good picture but I had a lot of fun making it. Here is the U"RL to the directions to make your own...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/verybigjen/sets/72057594099768007/

Babies are coming

Well I'm going to be a great Grandma.... a girl in Nov. and a boy in Dec.

I've been sewing flannel recieving blankets, and bibs, and burp cloths.

Wall Hanging

For Autumn

I made two one for me and one for my daughter.

I found this on GiftMaker e-newsletter made from scrapbook papers, chalk ink, cardstock, ribbon, glue, buttons, velvet leaves and sewn... It was a fun piece to do...

Summer Camping

Caught 4 and yes 1 did get away (just as I was bringing it on the bank) Rainbow Trout and good fun family time.
At Riggs Flat Lake in the Mt. Graham mountains nearby...a 2 hr drive...lots of rain and beautiful scenery... Son Larry and his family and Daughter Casie and her sons and I...

Trip to CG AZ....

Oh K!!!! I'm at my daughters house in Casa Grande AZ and brought them home after their visit...

this is Brandie and her honey Pete....

Holly Hocks & Dolphins

This picture of the school of bottle nose dolphins was from the Mutual of Omaha 2003 calender.
Done in the Inktense watercolor pencils and WC paper.










Well... I tried to do some holly hocks and I'll be doing this again from the picture that I took of them! I know that The scan didn't do a good job. Derwent watercolor pencils and WC paper
I gave Lillian this picture of them they were from her front yard.

Fathers Day and Anniversary Card and Gift

Here they are!

Sunday kickin'

Yesterday was our 17th wedding anniversary we went to dinner at a local mexican restraunt very good food, and then watched two DVD's Rush Hour 3 and Ace of Hearts. Both were fun to watch. I made Davids' card (my own design) and he gave me a beautiful Hallmark card.. and also a beautiful Rooster Cookie canister (that matches other things that he's bought me for the kitchen decorations.)...

I also made his Fathers Day Card which I used a Design by Tami Mayberry from the CardMaker newsletter...that I subscribe to. CardMakerMagazine.com

This is a recent picture of Casie and the boys... Jonathan 3 1/2 and Matthew 11 1/2 months

Nature Trail at Roper Lake St. Park

This is the beggining of the Nature trail across from the Hot tub! It's already in the triple digit heat here in Southeastern Az. and the man made lake is a big draw...

Cup of Coffee

Roper Lake fun with the boys and Casie and drawing this pic.

I was sitting and drinking from this cup that was Momma's.... Mom always had a cup of coffee and a ciggerette. June 3 2008

Another Water Color done at Roper Lake yesterday June 4

Left before it was completed when the wind came up really bad...it threw up my container (plastic) cola into my face and all over me...but the hot tub was wonderful to soak in ....

Everyday in May

This is the First drawing for June 2. I decided to try to draw everyother day in June so it won't be so furious and I can possibly spend more time on a project and do a couple other types of things.

This is an African violet plant that survived out of four and it bloomed this year. W/C pencils in journal.














This next picture is of a scene from a calender picture from Kauai Island.
Derwent pencils in the journal.



I caught this picture of Casie at the Sink last Christmas and it was mostly in shadows...This is a different approach using watercolours and 140 lb. watercolor paper.


This is a Conche shell done with Watercolor pencil in my journal that I've come to find a real challenge in it's self to paint/draw in.

Mothers Day

Here are two of my (April on the left and Casie on the right) daughters and grandson Jonathan.

Happy Mothers Day to one and all!