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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Subscribe to my newsletter for more goodies....each month there is free design (this is july's newsletter freebie sent on july 1st.) and more.

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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!  

Astrology embroideries- Capricorn - Virgo

Here we are...Friday again!

Time goes by so darned fast.

Here are the rest of the zodiac designs.

My daughter is Virgo and one of my sisters is Pisces.

These are pretty cute, sure to please everyone.

 

Here it is larger....it may get even bigger if you click on the image.

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Today I am looking forward to my Pisces sister coming for a visit....

she requested my husbands potato salad (which is always soooo delicious)

and we are going to have polish sausage with cream cheese and grilled onions.....baked beans, yellow cake with chocolate frosting.  All the bad for ya stuff.

In the evening a fire in the fire pit in our backyard...roasting marshmallows.

Then on Saturday is the armed forces Lilac parade...a huge parade in our city...it is always fun.

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Have fun this weekend!

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy Marshmallows which are kinda the same thing.

Come to the Pin me Linky Party and The Party Bunch!

DAncing MerMaid

Have you ever seen a mermaid dancing?

Now you have...her partner is a lovely flounder...ha ha.

I love how her top is concealed.

This would be cute stitched up and hung in a bathroom!

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 I am having a lil sale on these tags ....a SET OF 19 gift and inspirational tags on a digital sheet....u print.....so easy! Only 1.50

Just print on BROWN card stock or CREAM colored card stock(1 sheet is all that is needed for one set) when you need them, AND CUT OUT...punch a hole onto the end...string a lil string through the hole.  Use any color paper you want ....think pink, white...or your favorite color.

The words you get are: 2 Thanks, 2 congrats, 2 Happy Birthdays, 2 OMG, 2 love ya, 2 life is good, courage, hope, joy, dream, wish, inspire, and Good times. They measure between 6 3/8" x 1 1/8" to 2 1/2" x 1 1/8".

 

***These are great for your decor, tuck in a card, attach to jars and baskets, great for scrap booking , sweet in a dolls hands, use in altered art or collage art, bookmarks, and much more.

I often tuck one or two in a box I am mailing to a customer.

They are handy to have around when it's time to wrap a gift. 

Have a sweet sunny day!

 

 

Come to the pin me linky party and The party bunch....so many wonderful ideas!

Watcha doing this labor day weekend?

Hey....beautiful weather here in Eastern Washington.

Watcha doing this Labor day weekend?

So far we have been doing some tasks around the house....taking walks....making smores in our fire pit....going out to eat.

 

We used to go camping every labor day(the whole big family together)....but things have changed...most of the kids have grown up and moved away....kinda sad when things change.

My daughter will soon be Sweet sixteen (she is the youngest cousin) and I have been planning all that.

I thought you would enjoy this boy fishing.....getting a nibble.

It is from an old coloring book.

We always could catch fish on Labor day weekend....so relaxing....especially with a drink.

 

Have a great rest of the Weekend!!!

Yummy....Freebie Friday design

It's Friday once again.....seems the weeks keep racing by.

Above is the Friday Freebie...."Yummy". This cat thinks his dish of fish is so yummy.

We had fish on Monday, it was nice for a change.

Stitch him up into a cat food mat!  My cats are such slobs....they love to fling little kibble pieces around.

 



Come to Whipperberry's friday flair

Meow- Freebie friday

It is freebie friday......yeah!!!  You know how I love kitties!  I have 3 of them and they are such babies.

Gonna go to the antique show...love it....I don't need anything but...what the heck!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Come over to the party..... at Whipperberry....see all the creative things everyone has been up to!