SANTA __ She's watching you !!!

THis is one of my fav pictures from last year -- I think the picture may be from Kris === They start getting confusing as I cannot stop collecting and keep adding to
my pics files -- I added a bow digitally -- But wanted to add a real santa hat for dimension -- I need to make a couple of these -- because I like it well enough to have one for myself -- and I don't -- also I have a Darling pic of sweet hubs at a very young age I want to add a hat to ( I copy them and keep the original intact )
and give as a MINI Christmas card to MY children -with a magnet on back for their fridge -- They will love it !!
ON Birthdays their cards or scroll or whatever I come up with to go with their present --now is expected to have a quirky picture -and one of my poems --
It is lots of fun , but sometimes a challenge --
Just thought I would unearth this card in my pic file to remember how I made it -- and thought I owuld share with you --
Need to do my food shopping for Thanksgiving -- Have a great day !! KAthy - ga ♥

Blessings and Thanksgiving and a little snowangel creation

The days are flying by so fast -- I can hardly believe Thanksgiving is almost upon us . I feel so blessed today --Truly amazing experiences of God working in lives , in my family - and for others reconnecting with their roots -- Hope you can experience the Peace and Love of God today !! It is amazing .

I have been creating and will post some pics of those soon , my camera skills need work -
This picture is one of a snowman angel on a canvas I made for a n ornie swap -
The snowangel is dimensional (hard to see I know ) .I love the blue and silver together -- the little poem is a fav - and this fits my whimsey side -of my creating - not the vintage side
of my style -- But i do love cute also .
I really want to do a small tree with my silver baby cup collection and some other vintage style decorations in my dining sitting room this year - --
Have another idea swirling around -- so off to get some silvery-gray ribbon .
And i love little vignettes under cloches -- or glass domes --So working
on that also -- I meet with friends and do a SAt - workshop -- for them each Christmas -- Trying to fit it in somewhere --we all have such busy schedules

Last years Christmas offerings -- what will this year bring ???

WEll seems like Thanksgiving is almost upon us --and Christmas is coming like a freight train --I am so not ready . TOld hUbs I felt like I am two months behind !-
Last year was a lot of creative fun -- and this year I have already mailed a Christmas tag swap -- as well as a Ornament swap -you get back the number you sent -- . I did about a 12 or so -- WAAH !! was at the post office when I realized I forgot to take pics -- Some were different versions of hanger ornies , but a lot were new ideas - snow ornies etc ..

SO since I still have one Ornie swap to go -- " A 12 DAYS of Christmas Swap "
and can't post and give it away --I am sharing some pics from last year -- instead --
the Santa stocking was one I unearthed from MY Country phase( as I ws looking thru my packed up things ( ya know need to get that organizing thing done .lol ) , when I had a business - 15 yrs ago -- I cut out and painted and embellished stockings etc as well as made thousands of ornies - whew !
The santa has stars punched into his Beard -- to funny -- but I still think he is cute -- so I made a pic of him ---

WEll Happy Creating all -- am working on my 12 days swap --I drew -6 geese a laying -- wow painted geese on everything 20 years ago -- not my fav thing -- but it was a big seller -- funny how things go in and out --


CHicken crafts were very big then also -- but very country - rubbed off -- not the sophisticated Shabby french roosters we see everywhere now --

Of course, even furniture 25 yrs ago was rubbed off and chippy now those are called shabby chic and waht we called antiqued -- rubbing in brown paint in the grooves -is now called color washes - and most ornaments that were handmade also were sanded off somewhat -- not glittery like now -- ( i am a fan of both - Hence my blog name >

Hope you enjoyed a few blast from the past thoughts -- Some things are always with us -- like the little gingermen -- and more and more people seem to be embracing vintage -- So seems like things get recycled !! SO hang on to your old ideas and patterns -- just freshen them up and see them in a new way !!
Have a great weekend !!-- Glorious here !!! Church picnic will be tomorrow and 75 degrees in the afternoon -- we are expecting about a thousand people -- and I have a few other things to do to help get ready for it ---
HAPPY FALL YA"LL -- Kathy - ga ♥

It will brighten your DAy !!!! Mission Children Having FUN !!!

Wanted to post a pic of our Mission kids we work with -- parents also -- It is really HUb's ministry -- besides our own church -- We are privileged to have a Member of our church with a huge farm and lake house , with a haywagon - and a place for the kids to play . Several times a year -- our friend Dalton's small group from Church hosts -- a big cookout -- hayride and fun for the Children and parents . We just have to get them there -- and they coordinate all of it , supply the food , the cooks and the HAy ride -- The children so love it .
These children's smiles are a mile wide -- and so adorable, some are shy and do not want to have their Picture taken . -- Some come from horrific circumstances -- but some just because their parents have fallen on hard times --- Thought their smiles might brighten your day . Blessings +_ kathy - ga ♥

Christmas tag swap Thewhyte paper --blog

These are the lovelies I recieved for my recent swap -- Each a little piece of art -- from watercolor painted scenes to Bright and cheery ones -- and
little sweet vinttage ones -- such talented girls -- What fun - Kathy - g a