May you choose to see beyond life's storms, to uncover the blessings that the rain brings, and during all of life's twists and turns, may you always choose.--Michelle Sedas

"Success is not the key to happiness.

Happiness is the key to success.

If you love what you are doing,

you will be successful."

Happy Mother's Day!

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts ~~Josephine Baker

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Happy Monday!

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.-- Mark Twain

Elder Wasden

Elder Wasden painstakingly made this absolutely stunning card for his Mother which included a mini CD of all the steps he made to come up with this Masterpiece! His mom is going to be so very proud of her little boy.

Elder Potter

Elder Potter Made an absolutely beautiful Mother's Day Card. His Mom will be so proud, especially when she opens it and finds a tiny CD of about 50 pictures on the process of putting together this labor of Love for his mom.

I made the little book then, using redline tape, attached the counter samples to the inside. I usually over the samples with dsp or something, but I left these exactly as they came.

Still finding new uses for those little bitty counter samples. This is a little book

I think I will go crazy.
Last Friday a friend came over, I can't say a name because she called in sick to work, and we went through all my retired stamps so I could sell them.
My MileHigh 'support' group is having a Craft Fair and Bazaar on May 9 and I am taking a lot of other things I have made to sell there. Others are having 'make-n-takes' drawings galore, other vendors with things to demonstrate and sell and others to demonstrate new techniques. It will be tons of fun!
Anyway, on Monday I got a wild and crazy idea and decided to post my stamp sets on SCS to see what happens. If they sell, then I don't have to lug them to the Bazaar, which is in Denver.
I spent the rest of the day sorting out the who wants what and in what order and sold a lot!
Thanks SCS! Now, I will have to go back through my 'stash' and see if there are any others I want to get rid of.
In the midst of all this the Sheetrock guy came to finish the 'flooded' room in the basement. He found mold and mildew so we had to have that treated and removed. Yesterday another guy came and finished up the sheet rock and taping and mudding and everything else they do to walls to get them ready for the texture.
Today he will texture, then we will be ready for the paint and hopefully I will get my basement back.
With 3 very unrelated and totally weird reasons for floods last year alone, I have had it with water. The next time I am leaving the water and telling everyone I have a swimming pool in my basement and to come over to take a swim and leaving it there.
well, maybe not

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.-- Robert Heinlein

More discontinued countertop samples using the new oval all set, bella blossoms, and Pocket Silhouettes. These are the little mini samples and I made a 'tent' for a stand on the back.

I believe these will be reserved for door prizes and hostess gifts.

I finally started to work on the little tiny cabinet counter samples I had.

I covered the front with designer paper and an image and of course, some bling (those are actually crystals after the sentiment)

I colored the black and white checked ribbon with the pumpkin pie marker.

The dots on the butterfly are made with the silver end of the painty pen.

I cut a piece of cardstock twice as long as the back and added one inch. I scored that from each end the length of the sample to make a little triangle to make it stand up.

Happy Sunday!
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We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other.
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If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you. — Jeff Warner