Back From Somewhere.....

Hey all,
I'm back from where ever I have been lately. Can't believe I haven't posted in a month. So sorry.
I've been in rather a funk lately. I don't know how to describe it other than I have been super busy , but yet at the same time doing nothing at all ( or so it seems). Does that ever happen to you? When you get the feeling that time has passed you by and you don't know what you've been doing during it? It's kind of a blur? What is that?

Actually I think Perimenopause is to blame.
I have pretty much been having all of the above symptoms ( Plus a few more fun ones)
Ain't it grand being a woman?
And a middle aged woman to-boot!
This one here just about says it all.
Except they forgot the super duper heavy maxi tidal wave flow pads!



Yea, I've kind of felt like this too.

Oh well... Life goes on.
And ya gotta have a sense of humor about it too!

In other news, I just finished my tags for the Vintage Halloween Tag Swap hosted by Sarah of Gypsy Mermaid. Here's how they turned out.

We had to make 13 tags and send them to Sarah, where she will put 13 books together and ship back to each one of us. I'm so excited to see what everyone made!

Well that's it for now. I'm off to sit in front of a fan and get to work on some new stuff.
Take Care!
Tracy

P.S. Sorry, I forgot I am having a giveaway. I don't have the picture right now but it is a Halloween Cone/Tussie Mussie. Just leave a comment on my blog now thru September 13th to be entered. I will post a picture my next post. I promise not to wait another month.
Cheers!

Sneak Peak Halloween

I have been frantically working on Halloween items now every chance I get.

Halloween is my favorite Holiday. I love the decorations and watching spooky movies, and just the plain fun of it. So here is a sneak peek of what I've been working on.

Have a BOO-tiful Day!

Wednesday Craft Night

Well craft night last Wednesday went pretty well. It was our second get together of our weekly craft-a-thon. We decided to make decorative cones for Easter. However, we were late getting started and weren't able to completely finish our projects. I also didn't do a very good job of photographing what we were doing, but I managed to get a few pictures.



First we painted our cardboard cones light pink, then waited for them to dry, and waited.........and waited........and waited.........
When they were finally dry we applied a vintage Easter Graphic to the cone.




Then we brushed watered down elmer's glue and sprinkled with pretty crystal glitter. Then we waited for them to dry. and waited..............and waited............and waited..........



And by this time is was getting late and we were getting tired. So we decided to finish our projects at home. Here is how mine turned out.

I put some sparkled trim around the lip and bottom and tied some green vintage seam binding to make the hanger. Then filled with pink paper filler. Now it just needs some candy in it.


Hmmm, my camera has the wrong date on it for some reason, just noticed that.

So there it is. The big project. Hope you enjoyed my first little crafting journey. I will work on improving the quality of post and pictures.

Until next time,
Happy Crafting
Tracy

Focus, Focus, Focus

Well I've decided that this year I really need to try to focus on just one and maybe two crafts. There are several things I like to do. I like to sew, knit, crochet, paint, make jewelry, some paper crafts, and other miscellaneous arts. I always have so many ideas floating around in my head and never enough time to do them, but I think that those who tend to focus only on one medium tend to be more successful. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. What do you think?

I also want to focus on my Blogging skills. I love reading other people's Blogs and find them very interesting. I don't, however, find myself very interesting and have a hard time coming up with things to say about myself. I guess I don't really need to just talk about myself and my latest projects though. After all there really aren't a lot of them to talk about since I'm not a professional. (Yet) LOL, but there's always hope.

So here's to a new year and hopefully some new improvements for me and my Blog.
Good Luck to you and yours,

Tracy M.