Cupcake Cards

I added another photo of the Birds nest at a little higher angle. Well Thursday at Vic's we just had a layed back day and worked on our own thing!I worked on a Cupcake birthday card for her!Yes it getting close to her Birthday!!!I went shopping for her some Birthday Goodies,which I hope she doesn't already have,but the best things I know she will love is the old lace and things I shared from my stash!I admit I am A rat packer from way back!I collected dolls so I went to auctions and picked up old Material and laces!The tatted doiley under the cupcake is from some of that stash!here is the 3 cards I made up so far. The Thank you and Yellow toped one are not done inside yet and I will decide what wording to add as I need it!It was mostly an experiment to see how they would turn out! I would love to make them into A Quilt block design also!

Art accomplished!

Would you believe I actually got some art done today? I was working on altering this little cigarette box,and finally got it done. I think I better take a better angle so the little nest and eggs show better. Well I am looking forward to visiting with Vic tomorrow and have some garden veggies to share with her along with some apple Jelly ,sauce and canned apples!I hope she enjoys them. This is a picture of our" Billy the Kid" I think he is ready to" draw".LOL!

Shopping day!

Today was a run to Omaha to get some Groceries day.It was also a stop at Hobby Lobby day,Too! I didn't find what I was looking for,but that never seems to stop me from finding something!Sam's club and Target were the other stores we went to! Ron built me a shelf for my Room,but I didn't get a chance to take pictures yet!I am in the process of getting the shelves filled,I definetly need to downsize some junk in here clean,and rearrange soon!

Well since my get together got moved back to Oct.3rd,I am going to one of my favorite cousins house to play!Maybe I will actually get some art done!I am in such a creative slump right now.This is one of my favorite pic's of her,so sweet.Yeah she's grown up, but she hasn't changed much from that sweet inocent little girl she was!

Busy Autum

What a busy time!We have been canning more apples,tomatos,and I even canned 1 pint of rhubarb sauce.I had to plant some new rhubarb stalks this spring and only 1 grew,so it will be a few years before I get a good bunch to can.We had our Bubby for an overnighter Thursday night.His new thing is to give you the "LOOK".He squints his eyes and twists his mouth!He sure did enjoy Grandma's apple sauce!We had Karaoke last night and 2 Weddings tonight.Our Grandson Sam is doing his first Wedding.It is for My daughter(KORI's) husband's nephew!Me I begged off tonight!I hate setting there for 8 hours at a wedding!!! Since Art is taking a backseat right now I posted these Pictures I took of one of the oldest standing gas stations that I have ever seen.This is in St. Charles South Dakota,close to my home town.

Exhausted!

Two days of putting up with this Silly little boy is exhausting!We love his antics, he will do anything to make you laugh!His big words this time was Thank You! and ByeIloveyou,all in one breath! He is Grandpa and Grandma's heart!We all adore him around here!No really we don't spoil him!!!! Since we canned this week anyway, Here we have Canned Bubby (William)!Of course his parents cringe everytime we call him Bubby,but they have excepted it by now!lol!

Well of course no Art has been produced while he was here, so I have none to show right now,he is my Art!

WHEW! What A Busy Day

My Mom And Dad pictured above,came out today and we all canned Apples!We all took turns peeling,and slicing the apples,but the guys handled most of that when Mom and I started making the mixture of water,sugar,cornstarch,cinnamon,and nutmeg,after it is boiled and you add yellow food coloring and lemon juice, then pour into sliced apple-packed quart jars,then you give them a 20 min. hot water bath!When you use them they are all ready to put into the pie crust for apple pie!You don't have to add anything else!We canned 26 1/2 quartsWe also boiled the peelings and juiced the leftover apples we had sliced , We strained the peelings and added the juice and made 9 pints of Apple Jelly,and I used the leftover pulp from the juicer addded a little apple juice and water and made 2 1/2 pint of applesauce!YUM, the sauce and jelly taste so good!

We canned Tomatos the other day and have 15 quart so far!Is there anything prettier then fresh canned Tomatos,or fruit?We have more Tomatos to can sometime this week!

Well we are both exhausted and I bet Mom and dad are too,! Early to bed tonight I bet!LOL!

Morning Glories

I love these little Morning Glories and how they climb, but they do try to take over everything . I guess I will have to save some and plant them somewhere else.

Tomorrow will be a busy day of canning apples and juice.We also picked more tomatos today and will have to can them Wednesday or Thursday!I don't suppose I will have much time to do anything else!