getting there

These are two of the cards I have done in preparation for my first ever craft show.

I have so far about 70 cards made for the show this Friday.  Whew!  But I still have more to make.

I guess it is a win win though, even if nobody is particularly interested in my cards it has been fun making them. 

feels like a good day to jump

So next friday I am going to enter my first craft fair.  Well really it is my first whatever fair.....ever.....

I have been told that I have the "best cards"  but sometimes i wonder what the people who don't see my cards through the eyes of loving me will see.  It is kind of like auditioning on American Idol--"my family says I sound like James Brown"  and really they sound like an alley cat.


And of course even if people do like them do they like them enough to pay money for them?  What if my glue doesn't hold?  What if they end up looking cheap next to other peoples things?  What if no one comes ?  what if they walk by my table the way i have walked by so many others in the past?  What if I am not as good as I would like to be or that others have said I am?


what if, what if, what if.......I can think of all kinds of dumb things to motivate me right now, but really in a lot of ways it is about my dog.  Sounds stupid doesn't it?  I am talking about my dead dog here motivating me to try something new.  why?


Because I loved Allie.  Loving God, loving an animal, loving things motivates one to take greater risks.  I loved my dog, I love making cards and those are two of the things that motivate me to step out on a limb.  Ultimately for me my creativity is inspired by loving.  Whether it is loving a living being or loving to do something love inspires me.


so here me and my dead dog go out into the unknown and the risk of all my whatifs coming true.  Feels like a good day to jump.

pom pom daisies

I know, I know, these are  not cards, but i have an obsessive compulsive disease when it comes to pom poms.

For real though.  We humans were created by a God who makes something incredible out of nothing special.  And since we are created in the image of God we all have within us the need to create something.  It doesn't have to be a huge work of art or a book published or a photograph seen around the world.  being creative is that which you do/make that gives life to you and to the people around you.

For me that is cards and pom poms.  They make me feel alive and most people kind of like them.  I feel alive when i am creating something,and i hope that through blogs like these people find something that inspires them to create :).

new cards

 so here is my latest crop  I made a set of seven of the daisy cards, all the same except the colors.

The other ones are primarily rubons.  I found a set that coordinated with a set of papers that i have.

I love to create things.  Pinterest has become my obsession and the more i look at it the more ideas I get!!  if you haven't checked it out yet it is Pinterest.com  you can find ideas for everything under the sun.

I hope that something i do sparks the creativity in others.  I have said before that i never felt i was creative and since I found out i am life hasn't been the same.  We all have some kind of creativity in us , I hope you find yours.

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 so i love this set because it is just fun and cute!
I usually prefer a vintagy look and feel to my cards but every now and then i love to do something that feels brighter and less serious. 

My friend Judy Todd bought these for me.  She is a wonderful, generous lady who is an awesome photographer.  Google her and prepare to be amazed. :) 

so my last month has been a bit chaotic but in the middle of it I found some peace making pom poms.....out of yarn......yes i said that out loud.  I just love the fuzzy little things :)  and each day it gets a little worse.  hope you like it :)

my life

so it has been a while.  I want to introduce you to my space  it is a very small space but works for me.  when I walk into my craft space my whole body breathes a sigh of relief.  so on days when things just don't seem to be going my way I think of my space and begin to feel better.

Most likely because for a little while I am freed from my constant thinking and i just get to do.