Happy Sunday!

HOpe your HOlidAy WeEkenD has been a GoOd oNe!





I decided to drive home on Wednesday. Drove straight thru from Phoenix to Wichita Falls! Pheew...what a trip..it was 15 hours! So, I recovered on Thursday...Friday we went to a fish fry at a good friend's house! What made it extra special is that Soldier Son was able to attend! We had our whole family there among all the friends that are like family to us! It was great for us all to be together. Since Soldier son was in Iraq last year... So, please continue to keep those Soldiers in your prayers and Let's keep GOD in our country.


Here's all the goodies I hauled away from Mystic Paper:

Is that bird paper not YUMMY?? I should have bought more..I am using this as backgrounds!! I picked up some goodies that are not found around here and hope to put them to good use, tons of ideas flying around in my head now! Jennifer had a necklace I'd love to create..I should have taken a photo of it! Those bird stamps were too good to pass up, I know where I'm using them too!! Crowns were brought back too, and some of those are going to be soldered on some charm ideas I have too!

I had tons of mail to open after being gone for 10 days!

This box from Sherry was in, our Cowgirl Swap! Look at this cool bag she sent me:

And these tags were just wonderful!!
Thanks Sherry!! Loved ALL of the goodies!!!

this fellow has been my shadow since my return... Cindy and I have a date for our Retreat! Paper Cowgirl is going to be: September 26th - 28th in Waxahachie, Texas.

I'm going to teach a class on Vintage Watch Crystal necklaces..Sharon is going to do a transfer class, and a couple of other gals we are trying to talk into teaching..so get on our mailing list so we can get you info!! Let's drive over and get together for a fun altered art weekend!!! We are planning a vendor's night on Friday night, with goodies to purchase and goodies to snack on and fun times to be had!

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