Nice things!

The winner in my Paper Cowgirl blog trail ride is: Paris Cowgirl~ KIM!!! Yea Kim!!! Thanks so much for everyone's comments and riding along with us!! Wish you all could come to Paper Cowgirl in June! I'll be in touch with you Kim for mailing directions!!

We've had the nicest things said about us here:

Lesley wrote the nicest post about Cindy, myself and Paper Cowgirl!!
Thanks gal!!

One for All and ALL for Paper CowGIrLS!

Starting Next week, All the Teachers of Paper Cowgirl are going to

have a give-away on thier blogs!!

Charlotte is at: www.charlattecreations.com

Mendy is at: http://www.mendytexas.blogspot.com/

Jan is at: http://www.polkadotbarn.blogspot.com/

Ann Denise is at: http://www.whimandfancydesigns.blogspot.com/

Cindy is at: http://yappingcatstudio.typepad.com

Joanna is going to be at: http://papercowgirl.blogspot.com

Dale is at: http: http://dalemclain.blogspot.com/

I'll be right here at my favorite place.

We will all be drawing for our prizes on April 10th.

So, Cowgirls, Saddle up your favorite pony and ride the Cowgirl Trail....

You never know what you might find!

see you there~

tina

Swap Goodness

OMyGosh..ya'll !!! I have to show you the goodness my Flickr partner Lisa sent me! She decorated the outsides and insides of it all..it was just one thing after another to look at! Her attention to detail is wonderful...


I have to confess, I've been very jaded about swapping lately..I have felt slighted more than enough times this last year...

But, this Vintage Ephemera flickr group, I'm in..these gals know how to swap!!!

I have lusted after some vintage Valentines for awhile now, for I have only found a very few that I would pay for..WELL, Lisa was very, very generous with hers to me!!!

We had to fill up a candy box with goodness..I just thought I stuffed my full to her...she gave a new meaning to over filled..lol

She even gave me a file folder (decorated of course) full of papers and sheet music and such..

So...there you have it..some of that goodness Lisa shared with me...It's been such fun 'meeting' people thru blogs and flickr from all over that share the same interests..you don't feel so alone when there is no one in your neighborhood how has the same addictions to paper and ephemera!

THanks AgAin LISA for all the goodness you shared with me and I hope you had as much fun opening yours!! Happy V-Day!!

Happy Tuesday!

t

Watch out~

Waxahachie! I'm headed over tomorrow to meet up with Cindy to work on Paper Cowgirl info packets we are going to mail out soon! And they are going to be super cute!! But we are going to 'go places' first..so loook out here we come!!

I'll be sure and take pictures!! Cindy and I have not ever met face to face, we met thru blogs about a year ago..she was whining about no bingo cards on her blog and I told her I'd share, so that got us going..now look where we are! Planning altered art get-togethers...what fun!

See ya!
t

Saturday's Adventure

Saturday was cloudy when we walked out of our rooms. It was a nice change from the furnace of the sun the last few days..after breakfast at BJ's we headed out.

We were on a mission, sort of..I'm thankful that Leonard and Sue are good sports and allowed me to have this time! Hub knows my ways, may not always "get" me..but he humors me..
Today's mission was to go to Center Point Texas to meet up with a blogging friend! After riding some good roads we stopped for me to call and 'warn' her of our arrival.





We found the white fence and the pink bicycles..that caught Sue's attention, pink bicycles..she's an artist too, so she undersands our muses..After making our rumbling way up her driveway we found Jan and Frank in front of the garage watching us arrive..

Jan and I have been emailing for awhile now..and she's a teacher at Paper Cowgirl. So, it was fate~ we had to meet sooner or later..and since I was in the area..we made it sooner

She couldn't believe I rode my own. I thought she read my blog..guess not... They welcomed us to their home with true Texas hospitality! Frank is a life long Texan and Jan got here as soon as she could, so we'll forgive her for not understanding my Texas speak sometimes...

We were shown around the studio and their wonderful house. The guys set around the table and talked guy stuff while we did our girl thing...Let me tell you if you ever get the chance to meet this fireball of a woman, you need to take it..and be ready for a full ride~

We all went to Camp Verde for lunch at Jan's suggestion (instance) and have the best sandwich we'd ate this whole trip..As we set there, the rain started..and finished for that moment..We had to get going and parted way too soon, for we were not done talking...so we'll have to pick up where we left off next month at the retreat~


We then traded Moo cards and we were off..Frank suggested a road near that we needed to ride down...

These fellows were along the way:

We stopped to admire their wonderful horns for there were 3 more longhorns and a couple of odd fellows like the one behind...

Bandera was the next stop. Not that far down the road. We made it there..the boys let us shop...and then a big storm was blowing in. We rounded up and headed out. Hoping to miss the storm, but it caught up with us down the road. We had to climb into our rain gear, as we just zipped up the last zipper it hit us..Large- hard- cold -drops... let me tell you, at 50 miles an hour, those things feel like rocks hitting any bare spots you have showing~ We made our way back to Camp Wood. As we pulled in, the bottom fell out. Off and on all night it stormed and Sunday we woke up to it pouring off the roof...We suited up again and after breakfast at BJ's before we headed to Llano our split off place..

We left Leonard and Sue at Llano, rain suits shed and sun shining on our faces. Hub and I enjoyed the dry and made tracks for home. About 2 hours later, we were donning on the rain gear again..and rode in off and on rain until we were about 45 minutes away from home. By the time we made it home, we were dried out from the rain and ready to be home.

So, that was our road trip! Hope you enjoyed it! We did...we are taking another one next month~

later, t

I've Been RAK'ed

Yep! found this in the big black mail box yesterday!





Look at this tag! Is it not cute? She did a good job didn't she?

There were some playing cards like this one, and super cute magnet in the box too..

And to top it all off Paula Clare put candy in that cute box ! Thanks so much Paula Clare, that was a nice surprise! Your Halloween mood was all plugged in for this one and you did good!

Random Acts of Kindness make you feel good when you give one and when you receive one~

Have a great day! I'm going to :)

t

Gone but not forgotten

Thought I was dead?
I'm off away doing a hugely large faux job...no computer, so bumming off the friends I'm staying with...So, I'm still alive and kicking!!

Go to Paper Cowgirl and tell Cindy to post her goodies she has, she's been dragging her feet on this, but don't tell her I said that... :0)

later ya'll
t

Not much work today

But boy, did I have some fun meeting up with other 'like minds'!!! I knocked off early today and headed East, to Mesa, AZ. Meet up with Becky and Mike at Mystic Paper. AND I got to meet Jennifer and Kim too!!

We all stood in the store and talked for almost 3 HOURS!! it was great..telling stories and sharing ideas and such!! Thanks so much ya'll for meeting up with me! I had the best time!! I love to be able the share ideas and such with others, it gets me pumped up for days!!!

Here were some goodies Kim and Jennifer had around the shop that I loved:

I could live there~ love that place, if I worked there I'd spend my whole pay check on the stuff there in the shop~ Kim would love that...I did find some goodies to take home with me! I'll share those with ya'll later...I think Mike is going to be another Tim Holtz if he gets it all rolling like he wants..he's got some great ideas! Becky is a hoot and we'd be in trouble if we stayed together too long, I know that..Jennifer is such a sweetheart and we would have great fun! And her son has the cutest dimples, they should be outlawed, they are soo stinking cute!..Kim is like me a cowgirl at heart, so we'd find all kinds of things to get into too if we were together too long..oh man..They appointed me to go to a place called : The City Dump, that is not too far from where I'm staying..so, this Sunday, Susan and I are headed over to check it out! I'll keep you posted...

Faux tomorrow..pictures too..stay tuned, same bat time, same bat station...

Night~t