feeling grateful...

lots going on around here....easy to get overwhelmed & discouraged.   But, I'm deciding to feel grateful instead.

This quote has helped me a lot:

" When we encounter challenges and problems in our lives, it is often difficult for us to focus on our blessings. However, if we reach deep enough and look hard enough, we will be able to feel and recognize just how much we have been given."

So, rather than feeling overwhelmed or discouraged I need to reach deep enough & look hard enough to feel & recognize how much I've been given...& I have decided...it's the little things that amount to the bigger things. like...

 loving a little Halloween crafting....

enjoying the fall weather.

getting excited for some glimmer misting tonight.

looking forward to a birthday celebration week...not just for cute Dear Lizzie....but some other people I know! *wink*

"We can lift ourselves and others as well when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude."

So...today I'm choosing an attitude of gratitude *wink* love you, Margie...it works!

Share this attitude & I promise you'll have a great day!

xo

r

Some days....you just need to hang on.

Just a quick blog post to my friends...you know who you are. Don't give up on ....hope.
Yesterday was such a sun*shiny day. Blue skies. blossoms everywhere. so glad I had my camera!
Today: grey skies & rain.
hmmm...isn't that how life is sometimes?
The great thing is: there's hope that tomorrow will be sunny! I've seen it before. I know it will come again.

So...to my lovies....hang in there! ....I'm thinkin' about you....

And, congrats to: Alicia! I'll be sending you one of my FAVE things to cheer up any space:
A House of 3 Wall art LAMP! woohoo!

Tonight: same time (7:00 pm MDT) & place,
join House of 3 for another LIVE Webshow. Heidi will be working her magic with Glimmer Mist again...mmmm! so excited! And, for next week, gear up: I'll be doing a whole show on gift giving for upcoming events in our lives: Mother's Day & Graduation!

see you soon!

DIY coloRed Coffee Filter Flowers

I've had lots of questions about the coffee filter flowers I did with Glimmer Mist & crepe paper ruffles. So...even though the pix are bad...just had my cell phone handy while I was doing it..I thought I'd give you some info:

step No. one> Create the Coffee Filter flowers following my video OR whatever way is easiest for YOU!

step No. two> With your favorite colors of Glimmer Mist, spritz a few squirts all over the flower. Be careful, because if you get it too wet, it will get too soggy! Let dry a bit...then sop up your excess spray with your flower....come on...sop it up! You'll get a lot of mileage from your GM! :) and...give your flowers more color!

step No. three> Take a roll of crepe paper streamers & get your sewing machine out....Simply slide in the streamer as you work it through the sewing machine with a simple straight stitch. This is so great because you can make them as long as you need them.

Below, I have them hanging down from a very high ceiling, & I did 3 different lengths for variety.
step No. four> Staple your colored flowers onto the ruffle & swag, hang, wrap, adorn!

Spring Junque is HERE!

(kits used: Spring Junque Banner & Circle Seals: print. cut. hang.)

Oh my goodness...I'm on a cReative high right now....& it's even a caffeine free one! woot!

It all started with the release of my ALL time fave House of 3 line: Spring Junque! THEN, my Creativity Exercise today was:

66. CREATIVITY QUESTIONS:: What kind of surprise can I include in this project?

weeeelllllll:
today's been all about creative surprises...I'm having so much fun!


I started out making the NEW Spring Junque banners. I printed out the tiny ones on the PDF Printable of this kit: it's a BONUS & it looks like this:


Then, I added all sorts of goodies from the printable Banners & Garlands as seen up above. And, I'm having a ball with the NEW Silhouette shapes that I just put in their store: Easter was cut out with the Silhouette on manilla file folder & then, I took Glimmer Mist to it...I even got into it with my eggs...I'll show you the results as I continue creating.

Go on over & check out Janet's fun 'starting point' photo, too! So fun creating in the Spring. I love it!