Creative Creations

Oh how I love it when my daughter gets a burst of *lets make a quilt * LOL this is her idea of quilting but hey, at least she decided to make a birthday gift for her best friend and it took her under 3 hours~
I am finally able to get to my shop and get some creative juice flowing again......Had a few requests for bracelets in my shop so got those made and decided to put a few up in etsy as well.
They are fun and easy to make. Not sure why I do not bead more, both of my daughters love to make things with the beads
Just a simple strand sometimes is all we need
I made a few of these and gave them to ladies at the home, no clasp on them, just use the large stone and connect into a link of the bracelet....they love these! and I love making them!
Oh art trading cards, always fun and of course I have spring on the brain.....so here is a few of what i created in the last few days.


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The snow is melting good, been in the 40's so all is well, I might find a garden spot under the snow bank yet!!

Any how that is all from here for now, will be back in a few days to share more goodies!

Not forgotten

I can not believe how fast time flies when you get busy! *laughs* Like no one else in this world is busy!! It has been two weeks since i have even looked or been in blogger and I am far behind in posting and more important READING!!


It is cold, damp, raining with a forecast of sleet on the way later today and tomorrow. Smells like Spring outside but certainly does not feel like it!

I have been busy getting this 18 yr old ready for prom....can not wait to share the dress this year! Certainly not what mom would have picked but it looks good on her....Hope we can get someplace this weekend and look at ties for the young man and some extra hair stuff for her. Prom is May 7, so got a little ways to go and I have some things to do with the dress to complete it....

I have been busy in the scrap book world trying to get her basketball album (Sr yr) done., I have like 6 more pages to go.... that will be a huge relief for me when it is completed as I am running out of ideas.....so if any one out there has some good ideas for a lay out in a basketball theme I am open for ideas!

Not much else happening here, the garden spot is still under a 5 foot bank of snow so that is not happening any time soon, I did however buy some new pots to put out for graduation,. so got to get those seeds started soon!

Hopefully it will not be another two weeks before I return, need to set 1 day a week in the evening aside and work on this.

Blessings to all~~

The end of Basketball for Bee

On Feb 24, our daughter told us the coach was looking to house a spaghetti feed for the varsity team, but due to things being hectic in their lives...(him and his wife) and such a short notice he did not know how this was going to happen. As our daughter told the story I said we can do this!! If we all work as a team we can pull this off.....soooooooo

I made some salad, and filled a roaster full of spaghetti and 4 loaves of garlic bread.

On the night of the 25th, we housed and fed 15 girls, one coach, my husband and myself.

They came in some shifts due to other busy things but that was ok, no one went away hungry!

Even had a few show up that were not on varsity but we fed them any how LOL

I would not have missed this for the world! These young ladies were totally awesome, not just as a team but to sit back and listen to them all visit and their poor coach he is soo sadly out-numbered....but with a continuous smile on his face.... he just chimed right in!

chatter chatter chatter

they all got up said thanks I even got a huge hug from the coach and many of the girls and they thanked us for allowing this to happen on such a short notice....

they went back for more and talked for a good hour...good times good company

I did not leave my kitchen..... but I did not complain this time.... :)

as they completed and got done the wii came out and the tunes went on and those girls

danced......shared......cried and laughed.......danced some more

and some more...this night was almost as a good as prom night to a parent, to see them all as a *family* and team and having fun....
The house sure got quiet when they all left but was so awesome and I am so thankful I was a ble to do this for the team!

Last night we played 3 AA sections, our second conference game and we lost.....so my daughters high school basketball career comes to an end....

Had some rough plays.....touch defense..... we had a few turn overs and some missed free throw shots.... and in the end it all matters and of course cost the game

But they still had fun......

Until the final buzzer came to an end of course but we led most of the game and simply could not make it back but we made them work for it!!

All of a sudden this little young lady (8th grader) comes up to Bee and says "I have watched you play since I was little and I want to be like you, you have inspire me so much " Thats when mom lost it!!! Any how she asked for a photo :) Touching but emotions running high for me and for my daughter!!

This morning as I got up at 3 a.m. getting ready for work and grumbling about the weather and another load of laundry.... more tears fell as I realized I would never again wash number 34!!

Makes me wonder what we will call normal now!! 7 years of basketball... thanks for allowing me to share part of the journey! :)

End of Feb into March

The above photo is a glimpse of a ride home...I hate fog and white out conditions, Today the youngest daughter and I went shopping for prom items and roads were great when we left at noon after church, but when we came home at 5:30 this evening they were horrible. We could only do 30 m.p.h. and drifts were building up...Well one good thing about it, she got some winter driving experience in!!
This was the final (high school) game, They are now is Subsections, we are ranked second in our district right now and play again on Tuesday night. I hope for their sakes they can win!!
Our oldest drove up and surprised us...well surprised her sister with balloons and flowers for her final night.



Now that it is end of the month again I am updating my goal list that I created at the start of the new year!! Just my own way to be accountable and on track *laughs* funny how that works! I will only post the ones that I am currently working on or have completed.

1. Learn to knit (scarf or dishcloths)******(working on)



5. Make 36 ATC cards (3 for each month and what the month resembled)******Up to date on this!


7. Learn some new embroidery stitches.*** working on this.


10. Crochet 2 backpacks***** First one still in the making

11. Lose 25 -50 pounds**** Down 6 pounds and holding to that as of now...

12. Eat at least 1 piece of fruit each day******going great!





17. Take 1 college course. ( not sure what at this time)....I enrolled and am studying for my national certification in massage therapy....just refresher courses for now

18. Do more with my angel cards.***** Doing these weekly so far!

19. Organize at least two things a month, room or drawers*****Right on track!!



24. Graduation scrap books**** Got 2 almost completed and a third one in the starting process

25. Make over in sewing studio**** Still in the works.


Well not too bad!! Long ways to go to get things accomplished and all done but I guess I do have 10 months right! :)

Hope you all have a great evening and a wonderful week!

In like a lamb or lion

I can not believe it is soon March! I can not help but wonder if it will enter like a lamb or a lion! I can not recall a winter like this since 1997,....(not a good year)

I have spent a total now of 11 nights at work, I worked I do not know how many 16 hr shifts and managed to catch 4-6 hrs of sleep and arise and pull another 8 hours,..... Some day soon I am just going to fall and sleep for a day or two!

But for now I can not,...way too busy to slow this life of ours for some reason. Basketball Sections begin tomorrow night!! I hope our girls can make it to state. My baby is now done with her high school career games and we have had Sr night, and parent night and of course I cried ...(such a wimp) So I will be updating some photos over the weekend I hope!

I have had very little time to create anything fun other than my daughters scrap book which I will try and capture some photos this weekend and get them posted.

Tomorrow I have to sew some little girls (4 to be exact) brownie sashes for the local troop.... many of the moms do not sew and I told them I could put their patches on! kind of miss those days :)

Then when i get that done I get to take my daughter and go prom dress shopping!! Can you believe it is that time of year again.....Anxious to see what she chooses this year!

Well until I update this over the weekend I hope you are all safe and warm!


Reba~

Winter time Formals

It is beyond me why Schools have WINTER Formal!! My gosh Id not wear anything like that in summer let alone winter LOL but she is young and can pull this off!! The young man is a friend from SD, I thought they both dressed up well ! :)
The group that came to our home to get ready!! The three young ladies have grown up together and been friends all through school and now they all graduate in a few months, I will miss the days like this!
Her car died, was time to say so long any how so this is what we ended up with and I wanted to trade for this Bonneville and she could have my impala but she drives a hard bargain and no deal was made :)
The next day I go to leave for work and this is what I opened the garage to...ARG. enough of this stuff already! I love the pretty snow when it is Christmas time but we have more than our share!
Even Felix thinks we have had enough snow.This is by the front door. right now it is -2 with -33 wind chill factor. I have tomorrow off so maybe will get caught up on a few things around here!

So until next time have a great week and stay warm!


Reba~

Ahhh a new month

Well I am not sure how the ground hog is going to see his shadow if he even manages to pop his head up out of the hole tomorrow! We have so much snow and I just heard on the radio no travel advised in SW Mn so called my daughter in college to make sure she had food ect LOL.

I spent two nights at work so was a blessing to get home today and can maybe get a good sleep in tonight then work again tomorrow, sounds like the wind is up and the snow is blowing... I will share photos of that later in a different blog.,,,but for now I wanted to bring an updated list of my successes....recall at the new yr I posted 25 goals.....well I am not going to re-post the goals but I am going to update ONLY what I have worked on in those goals and where I am at!

1. Learn to knit (scarf or dish cloth) I am proud to say I am over half done on my scarf although not perfect, it is not too bad, and still consider myself learning and loving this!!

5. Make 36 ATC cards (3 for each month and what the month resembled)
Well I did make a few ATC's and such fun they were......I did like five of them instead of three :)

10. Crochet 2 backpacks.....got one in the making for a co-worker

11. Lose 25 -50 pounds............. For January I am down 5 pounds.....it is a start right?

12. Eat at least 1 piece of fruit each day...doing great on this one!!


18. Do more with my angel cards. Pulled them for meditations five times in January!


19. Organize at least two things a month, room or drawers.....Good start on this for graduation....I got several of the drawers done in our bedroom and also some old OLD photo boxes sorted!

24. Graduation scrap books.......... Still in basket ball season....but it is caught up to date
I got all of last years news paper articles in order in a journal for her!

25. Make over in sewing studio...... Well not a total make over but I did out up several new shelves and need to do some sorting and and revamping.....my creative space is NEVER tidy! *Sighs*



Well guys that's about it for now.......school is now 2 hours late for the kids....lucky them and I think it is time for some hot tea a dog in my lap and some stitching time......so until next time have a great week what is left of it!!