tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61255447983325597622024-03-13T13:57:13.570-04:00Aralia JaneJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-16931741297071659972013-07-01T16:06:00.000-04:002013-07-01T16:06:21.801-04:00July already!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hard to believe it's already July!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since Google Reader's closing today, I've moved to Bloglovin. Hope everyone has found a new reader, but if you haven't, this one seems to work fine. Not sure why Blogger wanted to close Google Reader, but I suppose they had a good reason, right? </span></div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-47843364464941965302013-01-02T06:23:00.001-05:002013-01-02T07:05:11.746-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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It's been ages since my last post, when Blogger said I couldn't post any more photos. Haven't had a chance to work on that yet, but saw that some post their photos from Flickr. This is what I'm testing today. Hope to learn a lot more about photos and blogging in 2013!</div>
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Celebrating our 50th Wedding Anniversary!<br />
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Decorated our Christmas Tree with mostly gold and white ornaments<br />
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-81320416772329237992012-11-22T23:39:00.001-05:002012-11-23T00:06:15.454-05:00Happy Thanksgiving Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-10901512559078827842012-11-13T11:02:00.001-05:002012-11-28T23:17:09.383-05:00Christmas is coming!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cold one day..... warm the next ... a few colorful leaves .... blue skies .... almost the end of Hurricane Season .... hard to believe Thanksgiving's next week! </span></div>
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Thanks so much, Ladies! I just love all the tags - see another detail every time I look at them! And thank you, Dawn, for hosting this swap! Really enjoyed it! You were a wonderful hostess!</div>
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Not nearly as showy as in the northern states, but even here in Florida there's a little Fall color and a definite change in the temperature! Loving these cool mornings!!! Fall is in the air!</div>
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We have an October Halloween-Birthday-OctoberFest to celebrate the many October family birthdays. That's always fun!</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Aren't blog friends amazing? When I didn't receive one of her tags in Kimberly (</span><a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/2012/10/wrapping-up-swap.html" style="text-align: justify;">ArtJoyStuff</a><span style="text-align: justify;">)'s recent Halloween Tag Swap, my friend Sherry of </span><a href="http://createology.blogspot.com/2012/10/dia-de-los-muertos.html" style="text-align: justify;">Createology</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> sent me one. Just look at this wonderfully creative wrapping!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">And here's Sherry's oh-so-cleverly creative tag! Can you guess what that little item with the spider web on it really is? Go </span><a href="http://createology.blogspot.com/2012/10/halloween-creative-tricks.html" style="text-align: justify;">here</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> to find out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>The tag I sent to Sherry - a little different from the others I made for the swap. I usually make several before deciding what to make for a swap.</div>
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Of course there are many other reasons for loving October - these are just a few!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Birthday Month</b></span> <span style="font-size: large;">for our family - almost too many to count! </span></div>
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We often have one big Halloween/Birthday/October Fest towards the end of the month to celebrate all the local birthdays - and that's what we'll do this year - if I can recover from these dratted <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shingles</span></b> in time to prepare!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>October</b></span> brings Fall weather, a welcome relief after all the hot and humid months of summer. Always enjoy the Fall and Halloween swaps too! Such fun to see what everyone's making and swapping - so much creativity - Wow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, Kimberly, you did it again - what a wonderful swap! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Go check out <a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/2012/10/here-they-come.html">ArtJoyStuff</a> to see all the other tags - over 20 swappers in all!</span></div>
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The back of Carol's <b>Pink Fairy </b>page - the really dramatic background doesn't show so well in my photo! Karla used vintage wallpaper for the inside front and back covers, as well as the back cover.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so happy that I was able to join this swap! Love my book!!! When I made my pages to send to Karla, I made an extra to keep for my own book. I'll show it along with the others I made in my next post - soon, I hope!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just when I thought I was all set to post some craft photos - a swap here, a swap there, gifts sent, gifts received ..... all that fun stuff .... I once again woke up to the dreaded "tree falling" sound in the middle of the night! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is always pretty scary since it's a very distinctive sound and, of course, it's pitch black outside - 20 or so wooded acres with no street lights or close neighbors. The first thought is always, "Am I sleeping in the safest room? Is it going to land on the house - and on me?!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our telephone pole is under there somewhere! No telephone - no dsl - no email - no Internet - no Facebook - no Pinterest - no Words With Friends! Just a plain little cell phone for my lifeline - not even an iPhone! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This isn't even an entire tree, just one "branch" or section! That's the remains of our old tool shed in the foreground and my parents' house (unoccupied) in the background.The house was not damaged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here you can see where the piece broke off the tree. That was the second piece of that tree to fall, so we decided to have the rest cut off since it extended so far towards our house. <u>Very expensive week! </u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's so sad to see these huge old oaks go! They've been here so long - at least 60 or 70 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This all started way back (!) when Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaac was heading up the other coast of Florida and on towards New Orleans. We had no wind but quite a lot of rain over here on the Atlantic side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few days after the pole was knocked down, a telephone man came and temporarily hooked us up, but the tree people came </span><span style="font-size: large;">the next day </span><span style="font-size: large;">and unhooked the temporary line. Then they came back a couple of days later to finish the rest of the tree so we didn't call AT&T until they were all through. Now today AT&T put in another temporary line and said another crew will come by the end of this week to bury it. Yay! Love those buried cables!</span></div>
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Lots of flooding and lots of rain across the state until Debby suddenly picked up and swiftly moved on across and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Just a couple of days ago, the forecast was for us to be continuously inundated until "2 a.m. Friday", but then she started moving and bid us farewell. </div>
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Today we woke up to sunshine once again, but there was lots of flooding and many roads were closed for a day or two. No flooding at our house, but plenty of rain. Someone said we had 24 inches of rain, but I'm not sure what part of town. Jacksonville encompasses over 600 square miles, so some areas probably received more rain than others. </div>
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I read that, in spite of all the rain from two tropical storms, we're still in drought! Hope we've had our share of storms now for this year, at least. It seems strange that TS Beryl came directly here from the Atlantic, and then TS Debby came straight here from the Gulf - hit from both directions in less than a month!</div>
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Just wish we could've sent some of this rain out West to help put out the fires!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No complaints after months of drought, but we have had an unusual amount of rain lately, even for June, the traditional rainy month. So when I noticed all the mushrooms or toadstools (no idea which!), I decided they must be our Rain Flowers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't this one look like a little fairy home? So cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly, no beautiful peonies or roses to show here - just these funny little "Rain Flowers"! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A wonderful package of flowery goodness arrived a few days ago!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our terrific swap hostess, Kimberly, always has a creative way of packaging the swaps. This time she used actual pattern envelopes and pattern directions for packaging the <b>Sew Many Flowers</b> ATCs. What fun to receive this package!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kimberly included this lovely tag for each of us. This was a 3/3 swap, so lots of fun! If you'd like to see my ATCs, take a peek <a href="http://araliajane.blogspot.com/2012/06/what-do-you-do-while-waiting-for.html">here</a>, a post or two ago. Thank you all so much! I love my new ATCs! And thank you, Kimberly, for once again being such a wonderful swap hostess!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It might not be too late to join this month's<a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/2012/06/junes-atc-swap-sign-up-is-here.html"> <b>Mermaid ATC Swap</b></a>. Check it out here! Can hardly wait to see all the mermaids!</span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-28026126352709116052012-06-11T00:10:00.001-04:002012-06-11T00:10:29.252-04:00Rainy Day Fun<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It does seem a little excessive, though, to have SO MUCH rain all in the same week! However, it's much better than drought, so I am not complaining. In fact, I've been busy as a bee.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to buy this cute leftover Easter basket when they were marked down. Knew just what to do with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with a gift certificate for afternoon tea, there's another "little person" to add to a special garland I made for the Birthday Girl's important birthday a couple of year's ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She still has the garland hanging up and asks for another one to add each year. This little paper doll is a bit more dressed up than some because she's celebrating the Queen's Jubilee, complete with flag! She's right in style with her 'fascinator', but I think I put her earrings just a little too far up. Maybe she wears them at the tops of her ears rather than on the earlobes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cute frame I used for her portrait came in <a href="http://askmichelespecialpaperprojects.blogspot.com/">Michelle's </a>wonderful "stash" swap from my partner, Leann, of <a href="http://somewouldevensayitglows.blogspot.com/">The Old Parsonage</a>. Still finding new things to do with all the goodies she sent!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And what does this have to do with the Birthday Bee Basket? Well, I think it's stopped raining now, so that'll have to wait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Living in Florida, we know the "Hurricane Season" lasts almost half the year, June - November. As June approaches we start collecting our supplies: bottled water, non-perishable foods, batteries. Time to check all the flashlights, portable radios, portable generators, etc!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few years ago after a week with no electricity, constant rain, mosquitoes, high winds, and fallen trees, I was so jealous of one of my co-workers. When we finally got back to school and started comparing stories, he said he'd spent the week watching movies on his battery-operated dvd player! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last weekend we experienced our first 2012 storm - <b>Tropical Storm Beryl </b>- before the official start of the season! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jacksonville has been extremely fortunate - blessed - for many, many years by not having any direct hurricane hits, but TS Beryl came straight across our city last Sunday and Monday. While not a hurricane, TS Beryl had pretty high winds at her peak (up to 70 mph - has to be 74mph for a hurricane). Lots of rain and wind, but not nearly as bad as it could have been! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Mayor and other leaders cancelled quite a bit of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival and all of the Memorial Day activities. That was sad because the Jazz Festival is very popular and we had many visitors here for the US v Scotland Soccer game too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since Monday was Memorial Day the schools, government offices and many businesses were closed. Everyone was advised to stay inside and "hunker down", after spending Friday and Saturday gathering supplies and preparing for the storm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sewing beads on bits of satin and lace carefully saved from both my daughters' wedding gown fabrics saved me from just sitting here worrying while watching the treetops wave around in between torrential downpours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Was it just a week or so ago that we were so thrilled to have some rain after months of drought? Between that week of rain and TS Beryl, everything's looking pretty green around here at the moment! Best of all, while there were plenty of downed trees and branches, no deaths or serious injuries were reported. Several dried up lakes a bit further west were filled up as Beryl passed by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that it's June and officially "Hurricane Season" who knows what will come next? The only good thing I can say about hurricanes, which have destroyed so much in many of the coastal areas of our country and others, is that we do get the warnings ahead of time.</span></div>
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Both my daughters asked me to make their wedding gowns. What wonderful summers those were! Precious memories! As I collected the fabrics and pearls for these ATCs, I realized that almost every one of the stores that carried wedding fabrics and lace at that time has since closed. That makes me so sad.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the <b><i>Sew Many Flowers ATC Swap</i></b>, Kimberly asked us to make only three instead of the usual six. I made an extra one for Kimberly and kept the first one for myself. I almost always make a few changes after the first one for any swap. I forgot that the Post Office would be closed Monday, so had to race out to mail them Tuesday morning - the drop-deadline day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking forward to seeing what everyone else did with this theme. Thanks to Kimberly of <b><a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/">ArtJoyStuff</a> </b>for hosting this lovely swap!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently had a week of rainy days, or afternoons, after many months of drought - oh, so welcome! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The ferns on this little overhang were totally dried-out and looked dead before the rains. Now a week or so later without any rain, they're totally dried-out again.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I bought the red geranium because it reminds me of my Virginia grandmother who always had them on the doorstep or back porch. Every time I smell a geranium I think of her - and also of a friend who had left instructions to use geraniums at her funeral service. She had loved the book, <i><b>Stick a Geranium in Your Ha</b>t <b>and Be Happy</b></i>, by Barbara Johnson. They had hundreds of little geraniums all over and encouraged everyone present to take one home to remind them of her lovely spirit during her courageous battle against cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of our cute but pesky raccoons came out looking for something to eat. Don't be misled by that cute face - they are wild animals and can be quite fierce! I was almost afraid to get so close to snap the photo! They shouldn't even be out in the daytime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kimberly's package with the </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">April in Paris ATC</b><span style="font-size: large;">s came a few days ago! </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">She always includes something fun, </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">like this super sweet tag!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I forgot to take a photo of these little things I sent Kimberly to thank her for hosting another lovely swap. Luckily for me, she posted this photo! Hope you don't mind that I "borrowed" it, Kimberly! My father had brought the Folies-Bergere fan back in the late '60s or maybe early '70s, and of course we can all use a few pages of old French text and a 1970's National Geographic "Traveller's Map of France", can't we?!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They're pretty much the same, except for the bottom trim and the larger flowers. Also used a pearl to dot the 'i' in Paris instead of the tiny gemstones. I liked the girl's pose. She looked like she was dreaming about something - Paris? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of the gardens. Perhaps this ancient Live Oak was just a tiny seedling 450 years ago when </span><span style="font-size: large;">Jean Ribault landed and claimed what became Florida for France. The settlements he left here were soon destroyed by the later-arriving Spanish, but there are still quite a few place names left from the French era.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This special exhibit of the Impressionists - French and a few American - must've inpired me to make my "Dreaming of Paris" ATCs! It's been a long time - maybe time to go to Paris (again)?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">May already! With a couple weeks of various computer problems along with lots of "this and that", I've sadly neglected this poor little blog. I believe I'm a better <b>Follower</b> than <b>Poster</b> -- no question about that! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kimberly's <b>Celebrate Spring ATC Swap </b>was lots of fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last time I posted my ATCs. Now here are the beauties I received:</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aren't they all lovely! It's always such fun to see the many different interpretations of the theme and all the different techniques and materials used by our fellow swappers. Do go visit to see what else they're doing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Kimberly, for this lovely swap! And t</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">hank you all, Ladies, for your beautiful work! Can hardly wait for the next one!</span></div>
</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-84662138188963005552012-03-22T11:13:00.000-04:002012-03-22T11:13:57.924-04:00Springtime and Swaps<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's Springtime! Time for a Swap!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKN8tyhiqszxEy3d-rNqnbTLOJuHwYIHrYfUZSFUc7M3Z2cybaPhTHT4_BKbgl6qKF1aJnvoRIHUz5J_8gZOeIsrJi1rzUTGtAsLTu5WOgVX_skVFumojcfR7b0gQ7B9pV61zTrNViAFk/s1600/SDC13166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKN8tyhiqszxEy3d-rNqnbTLOJuHwYIHrYfUZSFUc7M3Z2cybaPhTHT4_BKbgl6qKF1aJnvoRIHUz5J_8gZOeIsrJi1rzUTGtAsLTu5WOgVX_skVFumojcfR7b0gQ7B9pV61zTrNViAFk/s400/SDC13166.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everything's greening up and blooming now - so beautiful!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Springtime, of course, brings Spring swaps!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I joined Kimberly's <a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/todays-day.html">ArtJoyStuff Celebrate Spring ATC Swap</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We each made 6 ATCs and will receive 6 back. This is the first time I've made each of mine different. Not sure why I did that, but it was fun! I think I wasn't too happy with the first one I made, so set that one aside and shifted to another plan - then just kept going. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My ATCs:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">My ATCs were too thick for the little plastic card covers, so I made some envelopes for them - then had fun making some little tags since I hadn't yet used the bunny charms I originally bought to use on the cards.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then I made a little gift for our swap hostess, Kimberly:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had purchased a similar Christmas ornament from <a href="http://merci-notes.blogspot.com/">Mary of Merci-Notes</a> a couple of years ago and just love it! Always wanted to try making one myself, so finally had the chance to do it. I wonder if Mary's still making them? Must go check.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were a few other Spring/Easter swaps I really, really wanted to join, but I decided to just do this one so I could really take the time I needed to work on it and enjoy it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks, Kimberly, for hosting this lovely swap!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Springtime!</span></div></td></tr>
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</span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-34066596319748596572012-02-29T23:40:00.001-05:002012-03-01T10:39:42.451-05:00Leaping Backwards A Bit. Part Two<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Still February 29!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leaping backwards to December and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">my <span style="color: red;"><b>White Christmas Tag Swap 2</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first White Christmas Tag Swap, in December 2010, was so much fun that I just had to do it again for 2011! Wonderful swappers and so many gorgeous Christmas tags!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnX97UjMzH1E8RIrYjcfPBTy5dvSC3SkPoNUc4bwLC-yX0SS5Uw9hkBeqc-GT3yNOYkbAbTTzmFNo8MZi1MDUgfHDSkWMHmP9G77B-37w8rhFcKGRbPd_MZvV_AuqLRuFsMxiGA0hJYg/s1600/Jane's+Tag-red.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnX97UjMzH1E8RIrYjcfPBTy5dvSC3SkPoNUc4bwLC-yX0SS5Uw9hkBeqc-GT3yNOYkbAbTTzmFNo8MZi1MDUgfHDSkWMHmP9G77B-37w8rhFcKGRbPd_MZvV_AuqLRuFsMxiGA0hJYg/s640/Jane's+Tag-red.JPG" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And my tag too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hosting this swap was every bit as much fun as the first one in December 2010. I want to do it one more time, but it'll be better if we can get the tags made before Thanksgiving. It's such a busy time of year. If you'd like to join the 2012 White Christmas Tag Swap, just let me know - and put it on your calendar. Nothing like planning ahead - especially when I'm just now posting the photos!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</b></span></span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-53624152678066744622012-02-29T23:08:00.001-05:002012-03-01T11:29:42.588-05:00Leaping Backwards A Bit. Part One<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it OK to Make a Backwards Leap on Februay 29 - Leap Day?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How about all the way back to Christmastime? I can hardly believe that I didn't get my Christmas swaps posted back in December, or at least in January! And now, it's just barely still February! Worst of all, it must be in the 80s today, although it was down in the 40s just a day or two ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite the weather, I'm thinking snow while looking (again) at these beautiful Christmas swaps ........</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Cindy's House Ornament Swap</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Cindy</b></span>, of <span style="color: red;"><b>Rickrack and Gingham</b></span>, always has such creative ideas for her swaps! Wouldn't want to miss one of them, and I really, really loved this one. So much fun to make the little houses - and then to see what </span><span style="font-size: large;">kind</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the others made! Of course, hanging them up to decorate was the best part!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LwbXZWoWC0u7RFWCb8qTPcrNHWl2BnSotHqWRQKdBoMC031mpRysOZdJv23s5SdY3_J68RWLxicKGXfpeGMLyPbbJXIh1Qoea5c8ewZmAhuWweFVQDtl1kfByNxmQxC6oXyvMdjGroU/s1600/Sweet+Bee+Cottage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LwbXZWoWC0u7RFWCb8qTPcrNHWl2BnSotHqWRQKdBoMC031mpRysOZdJv23s5SdY3_J68RWLxicKGXfpeGMLyPbbJXIh1Qoea5c8ewZmAhuWweFVQDtl1kfByNxmQxC6oXyvMdjGroU/s400/Sweet+Bee+Cottage.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Bee of </span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Sweet Bee's Cottage</span></b> made a wonderful beehive! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioX5PF1PgtQ9-cHn2fBenai11JXzKBaP_8keLZ7waxDrUn6IFcyF6kJVRHxga4s-iDCPgKDPOEX8ozZ_yCc7aQqWplDH0I4heDn3wjZKToKCslvFndfP_FU2ATAcQl_Yg2bjOs6h5FKJ8/s1600/Sweet+Cottage+Dreams.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioX5PF1PgtQ9-cHn2fBenai11JXzKBaP_8keLZ7waxDrUn6IFcyF6kJVRHxga4s-iDCPgKDPOEX8ozZ_yCc7aQqWplDH0I4heDn3wjZKToKCslvFndfP_FU2ATAcQl_Yg2bjOs6h5FKJ8/s400/Sweet+Cottage+Dreams.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A sweet cottage from Becky of <b><span style="color: red;">Sweet Cottage Dreams</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT1l73LIjfLtxg4pMYcIZ9E30-zw7ZN76HM_rK6wXCeV8NBSu0y8eL5G334yMkwriukqcgGyRjKOSY3VY0hX_GXsVw5sVeSoGt4HTm4Me1qJlDzRbnBf121TJlRAlGHb-RWT4C3W25ho/s1600/My+Vintage+Mending's+House.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT1l73LIjfLtxg4pMYcIZ9E30-zw7ZN76HM_rK6wXCeV8NBSu0y8eL5G334yMkwriukqcgGyRjKOSY3VY0hX_GXsVw5sVeSoGt4HTm4Me1qJlDzRbnBf121TJlRAlGHb-RWT4C3W25ho/s400/My+Vintage+Mending's+House.JPG" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Renee's cute house and tag - <b><span style="color: red;">My Vintage Mending</span></b></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0uzkVHf4JqCRZ0ed9Gqk2T_tTE1OEYEkq9R8EqBHcVJaGutMRuyYcZk4SPUvnS37tUJigAAjD2F8vDKmtReigSCfdYzBh7dwL3pM-V9neCxEzBhukx2XD3GX3aY5fXNyFjATu6vCnJc/s1600/Paula's+House+on+Wheels.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0uzkVHf4JqCRZ0ed9Gqk2T_tTE1OEYEkq9R8EqBHcVJaGutMRuyYcZk4SPUvnS37tUJigAAjD2F8vDKmtReigSCfdYzBh7dwL3pM-V9neCxEzBhukx2XD3GX3aY5fXNyFjATu6vCnJc/s400/Paula's+House+on+Wheels.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Paula's Palace of AltAred Art</span></b> - Paula's house on wheels</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNDZpSy3upm5Wr_XRl6hq7i_iRgaGRBhlMnaw06bgVn6uFN_G7d-go1gmVy5cFh_WmZDzTu2d3JNzW4N84KQG-VYOx-xXcf7IcyHum72bJi2TOfuCO2oYdh5efqopEoakZNt5Uh2LotE/s1600/Cindy's+House.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNDZpSy3upm5Wr_XRl6hq7i_iRgaGRBhlMnaw06bgVn6uFN_G7d-go1gmVy5cFh_WmZDzTu2d3JNzW4N84KQG-VYOx-xXcf7IcyHum72bJi2TOfuCO2oYdh5efqopEoakZNt5Uh2LotE/s640/Cindy's+House.JPG" width="321" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>Cindy</b></span>, our swap hostess, sewed these cute houses </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">of gingham, </span><span style="font-size: large;">with rickrack trim, of course!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcz3vsivp7KWVosz7gtIP4KzvtxTOa4odKNrzEF1k7jZcpr8NhlNyrO5xHb_sz_BXiGPwI3CTSZXz8VtyzpC97lEga3nGWSGwLr3Q3vGpMAL3av_vZ2xh76X9-5A0sv6NxCujvltd1YlI/s1600/Debbie's+house.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcz3vsivp7KWVosz7gtIP4KzvtxTOa4odKNrzEF1k7jZcpr8NhlNyrO5xHb_sz_BXiGPwI3CTSZXz8VtyzpC97lEga3nGWSGwLr3Q3vGpMAL3av_vZ2xh76X9-5A0sv6NxCujvltd1YlI/s400/Debbie's+house.JPG" width="312" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://cozyblanket.blogspot.com/2011/12/santa-is-in-house-well-kinda.html">Cozy Blanket</a></b></span> (Debby)'s cozy cottage</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb6fOHBb8L8FG3cxbLltF5ZWzDw6_8L9VAnteA3CDd_-qg-qNTl8CTpY-Q6NLKrXsZbW2nsUChmIWBssyjMXIYz7S5JCTbKou5V70R0oUokx3IwQGLu2UnIOFsHLN0SS3ieZ55e4_J5s/s1600/Finished+front2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb6fOHBb8L8FG3cxbLltF5ZWzDw6_8L9VAnteA3CDd_-qg-qNTl8CTpY-Q6NLKrXsZbW2nsUChmIWBssyjMXIYz7S5JCTbKou5V70R0oUokx3IwQGLu2UnIOFsHLN0SS3ieZ55e4_J5s/s400/Finished+front2.JPG" width="331" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here's mine! I didn't want to make a log cabin, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">so made a candy cottage instead.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The backs of all of these are just as cute as the fronts, I believe. It was so much fun, both to make the houses and to receive all these darling house ornaments from these lovely swappers. Thank you so much, Cindy, for hosting this wonderful swap!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125544798332559762.post-83995248413195823132012-02-28T09:09:00.001-05:002012-03-01T10:41:14.202-05:00It's still February - and Love is (still) in the Air!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Love is in the Air Tag Swap</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jacqueline Reed, Swap Hostess</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">My last Valentine swap - just squeaking in here at almost the end of the month! Jackye was a new member of our White Christmas tag swap in December, and kindly offered to host the Valentine swap. Great job, Jackye! </span><br />
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</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the tags are so beautiful - thanks so much to all the swappers! </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris - back- both sides are so pretty!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbTg5-TCZW5jl4fxVnj-eZB_GcUVQ4pv76QOFWVT7kZfxEBFwq9GhJiVNMdSJyySlZ0JuY3P9K1eO4sXqUQj8SUhyphenhyphenAwmoXtjINqQYDFJG9VTsKCBHaT3WUQfxVcigafVHcCaPy61iA9g/s1600/Chris.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbTg5-TCZW5jl4fxVnj-eZB_GcUVQ4pv76QOFWVT7kZfxEBFwq9GhJiVNMdSJyySlZ0JuY3P9K1eO4sXqUQj8SUhyphenhyphenAwmoXtjINqQYDFJG9VTsKCBHaT3WUQfxVcigafVHcCaPy61iA9g/s400/Chris.JPG" width="240" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Chris - front</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_1639778242"></span><span id="goog_1639778243"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Valentine tags might be the most fun of all! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163314579662654431noreply@blogger.com4