Dog Day Afternoon

A few weeks ago was the Fiestas in Santa Fe.  That's the Saturday that I met Di from Pixie's Crafty Workshop and Len on the Plaza.  There was lots of activities:  food booths, native americans selling their wares, arts and crafts venders, and yes, dogs.  Earlier that morning there was a Pet Parade.  I didn't get down early enough to watch but I did see several very interesting pups.

Yes, this is the front end.  Hello Rasta dog

No, mom, the hot dogs are THIS way

Then we had the poor working class

This vendor is VERY creative.  He was selling hats for dogs.  He had four of his own rescue dogs working the booth.  I saw a woman lean over to pet one of the dogs and he (the dog) wasn't happy about it - as the sign says, please don't pet us while we're working!

This guy was my favorite.  I got this great photo because his owner came around the table and stood next to me.  He followed that guy like a hawk!  Oh, but he had treats in his pocket.

It was a fun day.  I thought I had more photos of dogs but I guess I was too busy petting!

I hope your weekend was wonderful.  I've been doing a bit of organizing -- and looking for my glue gun sticks.  I wonder where they could be........  back to organizing!

Peace,
Kay

WOYWW 172 - Zentangle

It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday!  Woo hoo.  It all starts at Julia's at Stamping Ground.   I must thank Julia for getting us all together.  I was fortunate to meet my first fellow WOYWW -- Di from Pixies Crafty Workshop.  I'm hoping to meet more of you as time goes on. 

I took a Zentangle class from Suzanne McNeill.  The only experience I've had with zentangles is admiring the work of fellow WOYWW Neesie over at Neesie Natters.  I was lucky enough to win a set of her beautiful cards.  She does amazing work and is such a sweetheart.

We were given a pencil outline of a girl with a head wrap.  We then loosely followed the outline with a Micron .01 pen.  After that Suzanne showed us a zentangle and then let us choose where we wanted to put it.  We colored in the zentangle using a 1 Micron pen.  She also showed us how to add watercolor to our image.  I decided not to do that since I had lots of zentangling left to do.   I've been working on this the last two nights.

I've always wanted to be a hippy girl

Unfortunately there were some things that I didn't learn in class - scale being one of them.  Also, I think it would probably have been easier to work in "squares" when learning rather than all these crazy shapes we were given.   Having said that, I did enjoy the class and am excited to keep going.  I am really looking forward to combining the zentangle method with my doodling.  

The example supplied by Suzanne

I will try to visit those that leave a comment (please leave your number) and those that end in the same number as me.   I hope you are enjoying the week.  I know Wednesdays are one of my favorite days!

Peace,
Kay

Sympathy Cards

Unfortunately I needed to make two sympathy cards - in one week.  Two friends of mine both lost a parent.  Bless them.  I know all too well the sorrow this brings.  I dedicated a post to my mother on the anniversary of her passing.  To read that post check it out here.

I found the perfect sympathy stamp on a recent trip to Hobby Lobby (with Di from Pixie's Crafty Workshop).   I also bought the embossing folder during the same trip.

Here are the cards I made.  

Di came up with the idea of using the embossing folder as an outline for the text paper.   Isn't she one smart cookie!  The butterflies are a Tim Holtz die.  It cut my plate again - and I even used a Starbucks coffee wrap on the opposite side (so I got two additional butterflies).  

On this one I cut around the embossed edge of the white paper.  As you can tell, my cards are on the simple side.  As I slowly get back in the groove of making cards my mixed media madness may take over and you may see some with busy backgrounds.  Stay tuned!

I'm getting ready for a craft fair that I'll be in the first week of November.  Since our local card shop closed I've decided to make some cards to sell.  I'll also make some cards out of some of my photos.  I can't wait to get started!

Peace,
Kay

Hello Owl

A while back I got a surprise in the mail from Lynn over at One I Made Earlier Today.  She is the queen of doodly birds!  As a fellow doodler, we hit it off straight away.  

I started noticing owls, a lot.  I did a doodle and fell in love.  I even named him Ollie Owl! Unfortunately I can't "find" him in my photo library --note to self -- organize photos!

Anyways, I received a surprise package all the way from the U.K. from Lynn. 

Isn't this fabric just too dang cute!

What an adorable button!!!

While in JoAnn's I found this great owl pattern for potholders!  Aren't they adorable.  O.k. so my sewing machine is at the back of the deep closet and I honestly haven't sewn anything in years.  It's something for me to look forward to.  Although I won't be digging out my machine until after a craft fair that I'm in - in November.  

Lynn's cute doodly bird signing away to the owls.
The potholder pattern is in the background - aren't they cute!

Again, thank you Lynn for the lovely surprise!  I honestly thought I'd make a potholder before showing off your gift but that hasn't happened yet.

Peace,
Kay