G is for Green

This is part of a scrapbook page that I did for my son because he liked the color green...I love doing collages like this.  I've done pinks, oranges and blues and creams....I like the color of green,,,the color of life.

F is for Fabric, Farm, Family

Here is my green patch of stripes/strips....the 2nd from the left and at the end on right are the only fabrics on this piece! The rest is scrapbook patterned paper, an envelope from my mom , vocabulary words torn from an old children's reading book and some tissue paper with glitter on it.  I love fabric though!  I have an extensive dots only collection....  I will post the "dotty " quilt after I get it all quilted. 

Here's little Marilyn playing in my puff quilt project.  My sis Janette and I have been working on this...she cut out individual squares (alot from my dot stash) stuff each individual tiny pillow and sew them together. The old vintage puff quilt that I got off Ebay was done this way.

F is for Farm....Here is the barn of my sister Roni and her family have in Minnesota.  We had a little farm on Vinegar Hill in Minnesota when I was a little girl ...I used to help Dad milk cows.

F is for Family....Here is a group family photo of all my siblings and me, last April at Dad's memorial....we hadn't been all together in one place for about 20 years.  Hey everybody!  Love ya's!  Today be on the look out for delights in your life that begin with the letter F.......

E is for Eating,Elf

I love the chicken salad from Bajio's ....with black beans and a wheat tortilla....I subscribe to a fantastic magazine called "Seeing the Everyday" and the topics that they talked about in the latest issue is Eating... They did some research..."The simple act of gathering together each evening to share food and conversation, to reconnect with each other, appears to have far reaching effects.  Children from families who frequently eat dinner together 

1. get better grades in school
2. feel less stressed
3. are less bored
4. and are less likely to be involved in substance abuse."

ELF  I found this little elf at an antique store for a dollar.

So have a delightful day and sit down and eat together!

D is for Dip, dogs, Dad, doll

DIP...LINDA'S DELISHIOUS CREAM CHEESE/COTTAGE CHEESE CHIP/VEGGIE DIP....I make this occassionally to bring to work.  I double the recipe (yes, over 3 lbs. of dip) and it dissappears so fast!  One of my nurse friend's,Catherine, stated "I could just drink this stuff!" in her cute little southern accent.:)

Dog...

DANTE Is my little black chihuahua.  One year for my birthday my daughter Kandra made me a vinyl image of him to put on the back of the car.

DAD... my cute little dad here with me and sister Sandy a few months before he passed away.  It would have been his 81 and a half years birthday yesterday! Happy ,happy, DAD!

C is for collections, cat, chair, colors, candy....

 CANDY..and COLORS.....My sis Janette made some yummy suckers with valentine hearts in the center to sell on her Etsy.com store.  The CROCHETED afghan I found at DI for $8...washed it up and the flowers "bloomed".  I love having colors all around.

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COLLECTIONS...Back in the 70's I collected all things hippo....now days it's books, owls, old orange quilts, and My Little Ponies.....oh, and Harry Potter stuff!  I have books, everywhere.  I had someone build some bookshelves around the fireplace, plus I have shelves in the basement, in my room, and some old lawyer bookcase with glass doors that I got for $25 at Deseret Industries (thrift store).  I put a bunch of books on the fireplace mantal, too.   I am probably going to buy a Barnes and Noble Nook but I will still have all my hard copy eyecandy books to look at.  I 've got books about books:  Living with Books by Alan Powers, Decorating with Books by Marie Hueston, and At Home with Books :How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries by Estelle Ellis....Amazon Books is my favorite website ever!!!!  A lot of the books I buy used on that site.   I should have been a librarian....

CAT , CHAIR....this rocking chair used to be a drabby green color...I had it reupholstered in a micro fiber orange...another DI find for about $20!  I won't say how much it cost to reupholster though!  The orange and white blanket also DI...Darla the cat is a found object as a kitten....I call her "Darla the Hut".      Hope you all find some delightful "C" things to be grateful for in your day today.  And be mindful of "D" things for next time.

B is for blog,bird, blue, brother,Bolivia

Hello, here, are some things I love that start with the letter, B...BIRD....found this cute peacock at an after Christmas sale and put it on my vintage Ebay puff quilt.

BLOG...Here is a photo of the Artful Blogging magazine.  Marilyn is yawning here.

BROTHER and friend, BRIAN ...we met at BAJIO'S for lunch today. I had the usual, lime chicken salad with blackbeans...yum! Dennis, on the right , is visiting from Denver.  Brian(left) is going to BYU.  He was on a mission in Memphis, where he met Dennis (at his navy job).  I love the mosiac countertop that the restaurant has.

Yaay! My 1st blog! A is for

Artful Blogging, the awesome magazine that has inspired me to start my own blog.  I buy it from Barnes and Noble.  It has beautiful photography and excellent articles.  One day I want to be published in it....one needs to have their blog for 6 months so here I go.  I will do my best to post 2 to 3 times a week if not more....I am a full time nicu nurse, have 4 kids and a lot of pets so I am busy but I love creating things such as scrapbook pages, art journals, photograpy, and quilts.I also love to read!  I will share these things with you in my blog.  The cute little girl in the above photo is my little Marilyn who is sleeping in my lap as I type.  The quilt is from my orange vintage quilt collection I got off Ebay.