An Awesome View of Life

Fun day today.  The past several days have been spent getting things done before we leave for Florida.  My business is the most organized it has ever been.  This morning I cleared my custom order board and mailed out all pending orders.  Late this morning I headed for the kitchen and created some wo nderful lotions. The pretty peppermint jars contain "Peppermint Perfection", a luscious hand balm that has a heavenly peppermint scent. The "Green Stuff" is a boo-boo salve.  It works great on cuts, burns, very dry skin and it stops bug bites from itching. And the pretty lotion in the middle is "Mara's Magical Moisturizer" which I created for my granddaughter to help relieve some of her dry skin caused by eczema.  This is a new and improved version.  I am hoping this will work even better than the last batch. Not in this photo is the body wash I made.  Super rich and its wonderful smell is peppermint and sweet orange. The...

This was taken earlier this weekend while visiting my Dad at the lake. It was a hard decision which photo to use first.   The clouds in the background are what I love the most about this photo.  The trees reflected in the feeder are pretty cool too.  The hummingbird is pretty fun as well.  I guess all in all this is a pretty good photo.  (: More great weekend photos to be shared throughout the week.  Enjoy your week.  #livelifetothefullest

This is Barn Quilt attempt #2.  I like this one much better than the first one.  I wanted a brighter orange but settled for more of a coral instead.  But it is still pretty. This is today's "art" project if anyone is keeping up with me on Facebook.  It actually took most of 3 days to paint this one. As always my photo is a bit tilted.  I'm thinking I'm what is tilted.  But I'm okay with that. (:  Let me know what you think.  About the barn quilt or if you want to chime in about my tilted-ness that's okay as well. ha!

  When I was a teenager I promised myself I was going to be a hippie when I grew up.  Today, I realized I've always been one.  (: These are photos of my creative endeavor on this rainy, rainy day.  The tree branch is from my Dad's house.  I'm pretty sure he thought I was crazy for dragging them home with me but I did have a bit of a plan in mind.   Below is a close-up shot of my fun suncatcher/windchime. And I already have another project started.  Hoping to find time to work on it tomorrow.

I found this "little" guy having breakfast in my back yard this morning.  ha!

This is today's creation.  I've wanted to make a Barn Quilt for a really long time.  This one is very simple with only two colors but still had its challenges.  (: But I am loving the finished creation.  Barn Quilt #2 is already in the design stages.  Just trying to figure out colors.   This quilt square is named "Sister's Choice". Now where do I hang this?  I think it might be perfect fence art.

This evening was an awesome evening of creating.  There is nothing better than the eventual success of creating something.  A few days ago I bought this wonderful 7 speed, fuchsia pink, beach cruiser bicycle.  I absolutely love her.  After pulling off all of the factory stickers she looked pretty but I knew she needed a bit more to live up to her name "Funicello".   Funicello, you ask?  I wanted a 60's movie star name and settled on Funicello.  Annette was suggested but since I have a classmate by that name, I chose not to use it for fear of showing some sort of favoritism.  ha! Okay, back to her cosmetic makeover.  I wanted her to look very beachy and wanted some fun flower decals.  I looked online for something but didn't have any luck.  So I turned to my trusty Silhouette paper cutter.  I found the exact flowers I wanted, did a bit of research and after a few misses on technique her she is all finished. A ba...