So many projects...

... so little time!!!

Hello,

hope you and your family had a great

Thanksgiving and a wonderful start to

the Holiday Season!

I sure enjoyed every minute of this

long 4 day Thanksgiving weekend.

spending time with family and friends, a little shopping

and yes, lots of catching up on craftsy stuff.

As you will see I got quiet a bit accomplished.

I would like to start with the card I made for my

God-mothers upcoming December Birthday.

 Stamp from Hampton Art.

 One of my crocheted flowers.

 

 This card was super easy and fast to make.

Hope she will like it.

Finally finished the baby blanket for my

sons girlfriends brand new niece.

I found the free pattern at Modern Grace Design.

The pattern is very easy to follow,

I also adapted the size to make it a bit larger.

 And I even had time to make a little something for myself.

 My brand new boteh scarf.

Here is the link to Ravelry,

sorry, the pattern is not for free!!!

A little hint,

 I requested the book

The Best of Interweave Crochet: A Collection of Our Favorite Designs

by Marcy Smith

through my local Public Library

and got the pattern for FREE.

 Yarn is Red Heart, Boutique, Unforgettable

comes in multiple color combinations.

One thing I learned with this yarn is it is not easy to

crochet and not very forgiving (very hard to unravel) when you make a mistake.

But I love the color!!!

And last but not least some Christmas creations.

 Our local Library offered a program

on how to make your own

tomato cage Christmas tree.

Well what do you think,

not to bad for my first.

Didn't get it quiet finished that night,

added the decorations and some more mesh

for a fuller look at home.

Mesh and decorations are from WalMart.

 Christmas card production is in full swing,

cards are done...

... envelopes stamped.

Stamp "Evergreen Holiday" from

Inkadinkado.

Ready to get them mailed.

I will post the Christmas card when they 

safely arrived at their destinations.

Really hate this long weekend is coming to an end,

still have a few unfinished projects I would like to get finished.

So much to do, so little time!!!

Hope you enjoyed looking around,

thanks for taking time and stopping by!

Have a wonderful week!

Diana

Oh La La!

Hello everyone

and Happy Sunday to you all!

Sorry, my posts been very

very infrequent lately

and I really don't have a very good excuse

 besides time is just getting away from me!

Today I would like to share a 

little Birthday card with you.

I call it "Oh LaLa",

maybe because of the colors,

with the weather gray, cold

and gloomy I needed to 

create something

bright and cheery.

 Love the cute Poodle.

 This is the Stampin'Up! stamp set I used,

not sure what it is called,

I bought it used a long time ago.

A little sneak peek at my 

Christmas card production...

... 50 red crocheted flowers...

... 1 weekend...

... done!!!

My fingers are a little sore

but it was well worth it.

Stay tuned for more peeks!

Thanks for stopping in.

I hope you all have a great week!

Diana

Witching you...

... a very 

Happy Halloween!!!

Hello everyone,

so glad you stopped by!

Hard to believe Halloween is next week,

seems like we just been here

not so long ago.

I'm very hopeful that the weather will be better

then last year,

RAIN RAIN and more RAIN,

only a few brave ghosts and goblins ventured out

and 

we got stuck with most of the candy :(

Good candy that is,

all our favorites

 and sadly

we had to eat it all by our self.

LoL

Anyway, I have trust in the weathermen

who predict a great night for

Trick or Treating this year!

Keep your fingers crossed!!!

This is this years Halloween card.

 I know you can not see this

but the large black panel is

dry embossed with a spiderweb. 

 A little glitter paint on the flower.

 Love the little rodent!!!

All stamps are from Stampin'Up!

Sentiment - Haunting Halloween

Skeleton - From the Crypt

and the little Rodent - Piece of Poison.

I appreciate you stopping by

and hope you liked what you seen!

Wishing you and yours 

a

Wickedly Wonderful time for Halloween!

Stay Save!

Diana

Birthday Train!

Hello everyone,

hope your are having a great weekend!

WoW, doesn't it feel like fall outside,

leaves are slowly turning color,

my veggie patch is almost done producing 

and

the grass is slowing down growing.

LoL, I hate to say it but I'm not a bit sad 

about the grass slowing down!!!

Today I would like to share with you my

"Vintage Train Birthday Card"

I made for my Uncle's special day.

 Tickets are stamped with Tim Holtz "The Journey" stamps.

 A little sparkle to catch your eye.

 Train is stamped with Hero Art "Past Times" stamp

and the Railroad Poster is Stampendous!

Old trains bring me back to my childhood,

my Grandpa used to work for the railroad,

he was a Conductor

 and

as a little girl it was always a special treat when my

Grandma took me to visit him at work.

I still love train rides to this day!!!

I hope you liked what you seen,

thanks so much for stopping by my humble blog!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Diana

A little knit and purl...

Hello everyone,

hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Sorry no card in this post,

I thought I share a little 

knit and purl today!

I finally finished my knitting project

I started a few month ago.

I love playing with yarn during the colder

month, not so much in the summer.

I guess you could say "I'm a seasonal knitter" :-)

But I already had my eyes on a new 

crochet fall scarf, 

if you are like me I'm always burning to get

the new project started and

before you know it you have a few things going

at the same time and nothing finished.

So for a change I made myself finish the pillow

before starting the new scarf.

Well it took me all summer but here is

the finished pillow.

Yarn is Charisma from Loops & Threads,

off white and very soft.

Almost there!

The pattern is reversible.

I choose the flat/smooth side for my pillow.

Coconut buttons.

Hurray, DONE!

Pattern:

Cast-on even number of stitches. 

First row knit one purl one. 

Second row knit all. Repeat pattern of  row one and two.

Now off to my new fall scarf!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Diana

Back to School...

... or as my son likes to put it

"Summer is officially over".

Hello everyone!

Yes it is August already, 

time to send them back to school

and get back into our old routine.

I could swear you could hear a sigh of relief 

going through the county on the first day of school.

Sorry Kids!

But don't be sad, even so it feels like

all the summer fun is over, 

there are still a few good sunny days left!

Today I would like to share with you my 

"Back to School" 

creation.

I been hoarding the cute paper bags from one

of my favorite stores just in case

I could come up with some kind of 

creative idea to use them in.

 I cut and layered paper panels to cover up

the store logo.

 All stamps used in the project are from Hampton Art/Graphic 45.

 A little gift tag.

On the back side just a simple layered panel.

 Letters are die cuts.

 

A little gift bag to fill with goodies

to make the first day of school a little sweeter

or less painful!

Thanks for stopping in!

Wishing you all a great start to the new school year!

Diana

Yellow the color of sunshine!

Hello,

I hope everyone is having a sunshiny

kind of day!

First I would like to thank everyone

who took time to visit my little space during the

"Where Bloggers Create" event and

leaving kind commends!

Thanks!

AH, YELLOW!

What a beautiful color!

The color of sunshine and summer.

I thought what better occasion to celebrate this

cheery color then with a blog post in the

middle of summer.

Here are just a few of my favorite yellow things...

 ... a gift bag with a sweet little flower.

Stamp from Stampin'Up! set "Yummy".

 Flower is a Pansy punch.

 And guess what went into the little gift bag...

 ... Yes, some homegrown yellow tomatoes.

"Lemon Boy" what a pretty name for a tomato.

A gift for a co-worker who believe it or not

never ever had a yellow tomato.

 I made this card a very long time ago,

it's called "Bloom", 

still one of my favorite summer cards.

 Flower is a punch.

The background was stamped with flowers and bees

from the Stampin'Up! set "In Full Bloom"

and a chicken wire stamp.

 Background panel is also dry embossed.

The wire mesh is from an old window screen.

 Just a few more picture from around the yard

and the goodies growing in our veggie patch.

 Homegrown Wax Beans...

 ... and Squash.

 Yellow Lantana ...

 ... and Petunias.

And last but not least my yellow watering can.

I hope my yellow post cheered you up a little

and brought a little sunshine in to your day!

Have a sunshiny day!

Thanks for stopping in!

Diana