Ding Bag is Done

Not too shabby eh?

Schploggin' Like a loon today

I seriously think that I've let almost 2 years of pent up creativity out in the last 2 days!

Out of My Rut :o)

My layouts so far today :o)

Sunday Morning Silence

I woke up way earlier than planned this morning. I had hopes of sleeping in until at least 9 or 10. But at 7am my eyes popped open (with a little help from Kinsey nudging me to go out) and I'm so glad that they did. It's a glorious morning here in NJ! In the midst of August and sweltering heat, we have a gorgeous morning. The sun is shining, the sky is clear, the temperatures are cool. I have my windows wide open, fans going, taking in as much cool fresh air as possible before it heats up again outside. Kinsey's out back as I type, with her nose in the air chasing bugs, waiting for the little Pomeranian next door to come out and play with her. I'm here with my big old cup-o-joe, listening to nothing but the sound of the fan whirling, the clock ticking and nature outside my door. Truly Lovely! Every day should start like this!

I have big plans for being crafty today. My plans started last night, on the way home I stopped at JoAnn's and picked up some cotton canvas fabric (Inspired by Lala's trip here last weekend). I got some really cool, quite happy fabric to make bags with. Started mine last night, just have to finish sewing the lining in :o) It makes me so happy when I look at these!


Other things that have my all sorts of joyous right now are
Butterflies, because they always make me happy!
of course! I'm just in LOVE with this little pip of a car!! The Toyota Yaris! And the fact that I should be getting my camera on Tuesday!! Can't wait!

After today, life will go on as usual. I'll have to start studying again, because yesterday I received my acceptance letter from the College for the fall semester in the Ophthalmic Science program! I'll be going on Monday 8/13 to take the placement tests :O) I'm off to enjoy today!

Oh Happy Day!

I love Thursday's. Mostly because it's my Friday, I'll have a glorious day off tomorrow, much on my to do list, but that's okay, because work isn't one of those things. Today was also a good day because it was a payday, though I can kiss that cashola goodbye because rent is due. I did however treat myself to a little gift today. A happy early Birthday to me, and congrats on my graduation gift (so what if I need 2 reasons to justify spending money on myself). I got myself a Canon PowerShot A570 IS Digital Camera at a rockin' price no less :o) I can't wait until it gets here! I've been dying for a new digi cam for a long time now.
I took a couple more pictures today, some hydrangeas and a yechy cicada shell. With my day off tomorrow, we'll see what new and exciting things I can find! On that note I'm off to bed early for once!

Wednesday

Today was a ridiculously long day at work. I had a horrible time sleeping last night, so I was groggy as all get out through the 11 hour day. I'm ready for the sweet surrender of sleep. Since I've not actually been able to get all crafty yet, I've started taking pictures of just everyday things. I'm hoping to get more inspiration from them!

Long Time No Bloggin'

I've been meaning to get here and do some blogging for weeks, the time's flown by and with one excuse after another, I've not been posting. My Lala seems to be MIA tonight so no yapping with her, I suppose my excuses have run out.

Some very exciting things have happened in the last few weeks. On 7/3 I had a long talk with Dad, he was working, so there was no Clytie in the background piping in every 2 seconds. It was sooo nice to just be able to talk to him alone. During our conversation we were talking about their wedding and how he doesn't want to get married in a church, because he's about as atheist as one can be. Soooo with that opening the door for me, I popped out of the broom/Pagan closet, and was replied to with "well shit, I coulda told you that long ago". Why is it that any time I have some concern about telling him something in my life, he's super cool and open about it?? Gotta say My DADDY ROCKS! On 7/14 I took the GED exam and passed with flying colors! I was way over prepared to say the least. I'm really excited to get registered for college classes in the next couple of weeks!

Laura was up this past weekend, we had a great time as always. Saturday, after Craig left, we went to Sun and Moon and stocked up on some goodies, then toodled about town. Had some late night crab cakes.. yummmm! And spend Sunday hanging home and checking out fabric at JoAnns. All in all, a fantabulous weekend.

Now I've got the crafty/creative bug! I've spent the better part of the last 2 days pouring over Ali Edwards and Elsie Flannigan's blogs in search of ideas and inspiration! Hopefully my mood will continue into the weekend when I've actually got some free time to work on somethings!