What I'm working on

This is my NEWEST hobby... Taking Suzi Blu's online class and part is learning to draw faces. I have never been able to do a nose till now! At least it's a better one than I could do before. I know she's got flaws because I'm still learning how to paint ... So just overlook those...
I'm reading Breaking Dawn and I think she fits right in!! Green eyes and red lips... Maybe she just had a "bite" ???

Good mornin,

A typical grocery store visit but this time it looked picture worthy. My tummy is rumblin so I'd better go find me some munchies for breakfast!
Have a great day and Happy Scrappin'!

Late night

Oh it's hard to get the day started at our place this morning! The fur babies stayed up way past their bedtime and now they are cuddled up on the couch. This is not the normal for them! They hardly ever do this so it's especially sweet to see when they do!
Gonna be a hot one again today with no rain in sight! I've gotta go water a few plants again this morning. It's hard to keep up with all of them.... We have about 16 in the yard along with my flowerbed in the middle- that's not counting the big long ones here in front of the house! It's about 60 feet long by about 6 feet wide! And the roses in the backyard and the garden... Needless to say I HATE TO WATER!!!! But you reap what you sow and I try to remember that when the hatin' starts comin on! It's worth it in the end, I guess. Have a great day!
Happy Scrappin,
Lisa - and Bella And Gracie (as they snooze here beside me)

Preparing for the Spring Swap!

What a mess but oh what fun I had putting this together! I do hope the Swappers like this! Can't wait to post the hostess gift I made for Jessica! Can't till she gets it though don't want to spoil the surprise!

Swap sneak peek!!!

What is going on?? ALOT!!!

Well these things....
Jessica at Kid's Napping? I'm Scrapping! Is hosting THIS swap!!
The VERY VINTAGE SPRING EPHEMERA  SWAP

I can't wait to see what all goodies come in this one!
I just swapped with Jessica a couple of weeks ago in THIS swap

 .... Speckled Egg has the sweetest swap ideas! The Petite Inspiration Swap - Spring Edition.  I was in this one and another one awhile back. Now being the bad blogger I am I didn't get any pictures of the first one or now this one has gone by and I STILL don't have picts up of this one! BUT I WILL!!
Jessica sent me some of the sweetest things! My other swap partner Cassie also sent me a box of yumminess that I can't wait to show off!

Something else coming soon!!!!!

I participated last year and can't wait to do it again this year! Since last year I've moved from my little "scrap studio" back in to a spare bedroom.  I don't have as much space, but it actually works better for me as I know where everything I need is at! I keep my extra stuff out there and will use it as a crop room for my friends to come and "play" with me! It is still a work in progress out there.. .in here, it is getting much better day by day!

I have an INVITE to come TEACH at SECOND SATURDAY STUDIO from MICAH. I'm just THRILLED beyond WORDS that she would ask!! I'm going to wait for Micah to announce it on her blog first then I'll be here with the details!
So until then, I'll have my feet on the ground, but my head is in the clouds! Oh, almost forgot..............
 

                         IT IS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!! THE POOL IS UP, THE PICNIC TABLE AND ALL THE LAWN CHAIRS ARE OUT TOO! BRINGING THE BBQ GRILL AROUND ....
NOW IT IS TIME TO LIVE OUTSIDE FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
*** CAN YOU TELL I'M A LITTLE EXCITED???*****

HAVE A SCRAPPY DAY!!
LISA 

Cam Wow cool app

Playin with my iPhone again! Love the artsy-ness of this!

Hail from storm tonight

Wow! What a day!!!
This was the hail from our house today! Thank Goodness we were safe! Wind and hail was the main thing but there were some trees and power lines down just outside of town. This evening is just beautiful though. You wouldn't know what has been going on out there by the weather tonight! It is perfect!!

Good Morning

Mornin' fro Bella!!!

She Art Swap Coming Soon!!!

She Art Swap? Are you interested??? I'll post more details soon! If you are interested drop me an email at luvtoscrap1972@yahoo.com
This is a 4X6 painted on a Bind it All cover. I have tons of those white chipboard pieces and got a few down to see what would happen if I painted on them. Turns out they're great!!

Recovery in our little community

Last night brought us more storms, more tornadoes, and another death from the storms. This time it hit really close to home. Only a  few miles from where I live a tornado came through about 9:15 or so last night. Taking with it were homes and trees but also a very, very sweet lady.  Her name is JoAnne Bradley. Her son wasn't home and had called her and couldn't get her so he left work and went home and found her. According to this site it said she was thrown 50 yards away from her home.
I knew JoAnne from scrapbooking. Sounds odd to say it that way, but I used to work at The Scrapbook Attic in Batesville, just a few miles from home.  She and a friend came in to the store and I helped them pick out some things. After that we'd always talk and she was the friendliest person! She came to my very first class to support me when I first started selling Close To My Heart scrappin supplies.  She ALWAYS had a smile on her face! A great big pretty smile that let me know she was happy.  She always seemed happy! My heart breaks for her husband and her son. Her son is close to my son's age and they have a class together.  Hunter always talks about him and what a good kid he is.  He works at Sonic at town.  She was so proud of him for working and was always talking about how good he is. She must have been a fantastic momma to have such a good boy!
JoAnne showed me a picture of their dream home that her husband had built for her. I think he and JoAnne were the ones that actually built it too. She would tell me each time I would see her how it was coming along.  She invited me up to see it and her craft space but I never got up there... and it was just a few minutes away from me. I wish I had gone now.  That beautiful home was built on top of a hill. I can just imagine the view she had up there. The front had big glass windows...it was just gorgeous!! I'm afraid being on that hill was a bad thing.  As the crow flies, it was probably a straight shot from where the damage started to her house. The National Weather Service hasn't said if it was a tornado or not but my nephew was out with working with the fire department last night and he said the trees were just snapped off.  On the site I linked above the Sheriff said it was.  I would think we could hear it if it was that close, but I just don't know.  It just bothers me so bad to know that while I was sleeping, so relaxed here in my home, that one of my friends was going through something so bad.  I know there was nothing I could do even if I'd known what was going on, but things like that just bother me so badly! I just hurt for her and her family. I know this... we have NO cell phone service out here and hardly any internet reception-especially when it rains.  I think it is time those cell phone people think about upping our reception out here! She might have known what was coming if that was the case! I have to stop blaming and just pray because I know that placing blame won't bring her back.
She worked in town at Dollar General and seemed happy to be there! I don't think I ever heard her complain! I'll miss her smiling face when I go in there now.  I'm sure we all will!
I am just stunned because I don't think there was a tornado warning out for our area.  In fact I was asleep on the couch and woke up to hear the wind blowing hard and it was pouring down rain.  But I had looked at the radar earlier and it didn't show anything that looked too bad so I wasn't worried with what i heard.  The power started to flicker, but for our area that is definitely nothing new as it does it a lot. It finally went out and stayed out. Still I didn't worry.  Had I known there was a tornado only a few miles from my house ( and we live in a double wide mobile home) I would have been worried for sure! At least up and not snoozing on the couch. But we didn't hear anything roaring or nothing like that. I guess things happen for a reason and I just have to leave it at that.  Please keep JoAnne's family in your prayers... as well as the other storm victims from Arkansas and all across the areas that have been hit by these awful storms. There were also two people critically injured in the little town of Calamine, just a few miles up the road from me. We live in a little spot called Grange, about 8 miles northeast of Cave City. I haven't heard who they were or how the are this morning. The sad thing is, there is more coming today. I just pray the ones coming are not as strong as the one from Monday and Tuesday.  If anyone reading this out there is in the path of more storms, stay safe.
Have a good day!
Lisa

Typical day at my house!

Gracie is somewhere barking - as usual! And perched on the coffee table is Bella- as usual being our little oddball"! She keeps us laughing always!
Have a great day!
Happy Scrappin
Lisa

Look at this!

Skin cancer and lung cancer under one roof!! I took this yesterday outside my little town. Just couldn't resist! I knew there was sarcasm for the taking/ sharing. I didn't mean to offend anyone so please don't leave me "hate" comments.

Changes Coming On.....

Sometimes you just have to do things you don't want to do and it's a coming. I just hope I'm tough enough to hang on for the ride, 'cause it is going to be a wild one.

Gracie the Couch Potato

She's waitin for daddy to come home. This is where he sits and she knows it. She's not gonna miss a thing!!

Lenses (Alien)

Playing with my apps again! Haven't laughed so hard as I have tonight in a long time!!

A fantastic day!!

What a great day we had! A clear blue sky, warm spring- like weather made perfect tree climbing conditions. I've never seen Dakota climb like he did today! He just shimmied right up! Hope y'all all had a great day out in blog land today.

Be careful who you talk to on the phone, they might be contagious!

Well, I've dropped the blogging ball - again! Yes, I was doing so good ... and then.....
well here's what's been going on.  I started the She Art Workshop on Feb. 28... the same day I went out of town to go shopping.  Next day enjoyed the videos that went along with it. Love love love Christy Tomlinson! I so want to just BE her! Wed. still loving the videos and playing around with a canvas I'd started earlier (the one in below in a previous post) Thur. went to get groceries and that usually takes all day as I drag my feet (that is what the hubs calls it) at getting it done.  But hey, I usually don't go anywhere during the week so my trip to WalMart is like a mini vacation, so I look- at everything. You'd think I'd never been in there before I look so much, thinking I might find something new  HA HA! Ok, back to the whining/ er I mean story... Before me and my lil guy left Thurs. morning he asked if he could stay with his mawmaw.  So he called her and we found out she was really bad sick.  I told her I'd take her to the ER as she thought that was what she needed to do because she couldn't get her doctor on the phone.  She  told me no she didn't want me around her because she didn't want me to get sick.  WELL, LET ME JUST TELL YOU.... I GOT IT ANYWAY AND I GOT IT THE VERY NEXT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! BE CAREFUL WHO YOU TALK TO ON THE PHONE, THEY MIGHT BE CONTAGIOUS!!  So mom is STILL sick and SO AM I!!! I'm better and so is she, but  a long way from A-OK.  I STILL cannot smell OR taste anything and it is driving me C-R-A-Z-Y! I mean I know there are worse things in life as I was sick last Sat, Sun, and Monday and stuck in bed and DIDN'T care that I couldn't taste.  I would just like to rush things along. Hey the good news is if ya can't taste you won't overeat.  I've been wondering why bother lately.... seems like a waste, to eat food you can't taste.  Or why eat 2 slices of pizza? Thinking if you keep eating it might come back? Nope, tried that, didn't work either!
It hasn't been all bad though.  I got an order from Scarlet Lime with my mixed media order, received my swaps from the Flea Market Matchbox Swap and they were fantastic I might add.  ****Will post more about that later****
Well, now that I feel like setting up and messing with this computer I think I'll go check my blogs I read and just enjoy not feeling like mud under a shoe!
More creative stuff later as I've started 2 new She Art projects. I'll have to post those, and oh yeah! I have a new niece! She is adorable!! Hailyn is her name.  She is so sweet and makes me want another one so bad.  BUT I snap back to reality and think --- NO.  I'll love her and spoil her and maybe that'll do me??
Have a great day everybody!!
Happy Scrappin' and God Bless,
Lisa

Valentines Day *early*

My hubs brought the sweetest flowers home today. I don't know what kind they are but they smell delicious and the color is the most beautiful vintage pink. I want to plant a garden full of these!! Off to see my momma for a little bit. Will post more pictures later of what I found when I came home from grocery shopping.