Welcome July!

July is here!

This summery month is always welcome!

I love the patriotic decor, warm nights and hot days....gardens are in full swing...pool swimming, camping and kayaking!

I however am not a fan of bugs!

Here in the PNW it has been rainy and cloudy most of the entire spring until now.

We also have critters everywhere...including a million prairie dogs....help!

They are a menace....but the rabbits and squirrels are cute! Prairie dogs dig holes, eat your flowers like candy and poop everywhere....like your patio...yuck.

Ok..I will stop complaining!

Above is a phone/tablet calendar for you to download.

This one is the computer desktop version.

I painted this sweet girl last year.

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This is my brand new art collage sheet:

Turtle love sea life 

available in my etsy shop.

I painted the art work...watercolor...they are my own design. You could make tags, stickers, add as embellishments to scrapbooking, journals pages, add to crafts, frame, and much more!

Turtle love....
This collage sheet of my art is a fun printable to use to make all kinds of crafty goodies.

This collage sheet (PDF) is of sea life, beach fun and turtle love. All are arranged on one sheet.

In the photo above... the left side is printed on glossy paper and the right is vinyl sticker paper.

There are assorted fish, a crab, a big turtle, coral, 2 jellyfish, seaweed, starfish, seahorse, shells, bubbles, "Beach fun" and "Turtle love".

I love using brown craft paper and tags from hobby lobby.

The sticker paper makes it super easy to use....print and then cut out.

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I finished the George Washington cross stitch I was working on.

The pattern came from a leisure arts book called "Holidays remembered". 

It is a FABULOUS book from 1993.  It was difficult on black aida.....but I like a challenge.

I mounted it on a cardboard oval, added gold trim, gold leaves and an old antique eagle pin I had....all on flag fabric.  I love it!

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Here in Spokane... I am having a local author book signing.

The first one is July 16th at the Spokane valley,  Barnes and Noble.

Come by if you are here....I am signing books and showing off the samples of the finished projects!

The second one is at the NorthTown mall in Spokane on August 6th....Barnes and Noble.

I am looking forward to seeing you...I will have an extra surprise for you too.

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Little Davy is settling in very nicely...but my old 15 year olds (lucky & Trix) wish he was gone I am sure.

He is a ball of energy!

He is very curious, even when I am taking an art class.

He loves the outdoors and climbing trees.. I caught him twice when he was falling...I was glad to have had gloves on.

He eats well and is very clean....smells like fresh kitten. 

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This year my husband and I got Kayaks....we loved borrowing some last year so we thought that we needed our own.  It is amazing to be on the water, floating and being with nature.

My sister Angie got me this sweet kayak necklace for my birthday, which was June 28th.

My hubby got me this my melody bag and wallet... I am so crazy about it.

My daughter got me this peanuts outfit and 2 other cool t-shirts....plus flowers.

I got this cool americana fabric flag at salvage 7.

Have a happy 4th of July!  

Oregon vacation shopping goodies!

My family and I went on a vacation to Portland Oregon and the coast.

The coast was stormy yet very beautiful!

Our hotel room had a wonderful few too. 

I wrote my name in the sand....just like a kid!

I had to do lots of shopping (We went to the zoo, discovered new places, walked miles around...etc. too).

We went to the "Fabric Depot"...a dangerous place to go when you like fabric so much!

Aisles of holiday fabric including Halloween. 

I had to add to my giant stash. 

These pumpkin are so vintage like...I love them...just so cool! 

Skeletons....this looks much nicer in person. 

Random fat quarters. 

This fabric is so crazy cool because it is like paint by number. 

It has some cool dots to go with it...like the oil paints you get  with a kit. 

I loved doing these as a kid...and then years later I did a gigantic one of the Titanic.  It was so much fun!

Pretty pastel butterflies and flowers 

Fairies....which would make great fabric for my daughters pendant blanks. 

Riley blake christmas fabric...yummy! 

Super cool coloring book!

The pictures are so amazing! 

Hope I can color them without it looking too dorky! 

Pusheen!!!  I always wanted this little guy...as if I needed it though...lol. 

I went to an amazing antique market....which had these little doll shoes.

Cool buttons and pretty papers. 

Fun buttons....I love " My Melody" the rabbit button....it takes me back to being a kid and going to hallmark for hello kitty, little twin stars and my melody stuff.

I think cats would say those things if they could.

Cool retro tray (it's like a huge lunch tray size)...now I can bring all my crafty crap out side in one fell swoop. 

Amazing dorky Christmas mice. 

A fun jar chuck full of lace! 

Halloween noisemaker. 

Wool felt too..

Love this witch....she will make a great addition to my vintage halloween items.

I went to a fun paper store called urban paper....in the Dalles, OR.

It was so much fun....I got this cute clear stamp set....little skunk. 

This one is a raccoon...look how she can hold stuff and has lots of holidays in one.

Sweetest tree ever! 

Cool pumpkin (this was in portland..photos is out of place)

Christmas stickers...

I love this light box...you can change what is says...like my business name or welcome...ect.

I got the flowery background. 

I think it will be fun at shows and in my office. 

I got lots of letters to use too! 

Powells book store had cool fabric books!

Love the japanese kid look.

Fabric from the forties....yay!

We had Voodoo donuts, came across all kinds of weirdos...you got to keep Portland weird! (my hubby got a shirt with that saying).  We were exhausted each night at the hotel...trying to recover for the next day...had a blast!

I wanted to show some cool linens with art of them from Michelle Palmer...a great artist on etsy.

I recently got these two ....the sweetest birdie and raggedy...

love them!  Maybe I will make a little wallhanging with them.

Have a fab monday!

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