Sweet Surprise!

My sweet Mama gave me this the other day:

She picked it up in Colorado last month while she was up there...

As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a KC Willis piece..she seemed surprised I knew who made it..I was surprised she even bought it..She not too much 'into' my altered art side..she's more my 'fine art' fan..so when she said she had an early B-day for me, I was quite shocked..She mainly got it for the cowgirl theme, for she knows I'm into anything cowgirl, altered, vintage or otherwise~

She loves blue too..so I'm sure that's the whole reason behind the color chosen..but I didn't object, I love blues too..and now it's proudly hanging in my Studio!! Thanks MOM ;)

Feel like your part of a circus act sometimes?? I know I do~

Have a fab-U-lous Tuesday :)

t

The Day BEFORE the night BEFORE Christmas

Getting closer!!

Want to wish our Daughter, Happy Birthday today! The girls and I are making her Birthday cake! We have the ritual of Birthday dinners in our family..we make her wait now that she's an adult to Christmas Eve for hers..that way we are all there and together and no repeats..Now when she was a kid we didn't make her wait..poor thing twas not her faut she came so close to the Biggist Birthday ever..

later,

t

a Birthday to Celebrate

Grand #1 has turned 6!
Where did the time go?? She was just born, right?? Now in Kindergarden~ wow it flies..



Loved this shot..chocolate on the lips and all!

Here is little sis (grand #2) with a prezzie... We had a good time and she was happy with her presents..It's a long wait when your birthday is close to Christmas. We went thru this with their mom, she's a 23rd baby..

Hope your shopping and such is going well!

Merry Christmas, t

And we Partied on...

This weekend was Grand #2's birthday...So we headed over there on Saturday to play and have fun in general...


Here is the finished banner I posted last week, from my manic art moment:




Here was the highlite of the party: Cake Pops

Here is the CAKE in all it's glory:

Here is the Birthday Girl in all her glory:

Hope the sugar high lasts all week...

I'm adding things this week to my etsy: WrightHandy , so pop over and see if I have anything you need...

Have a good one!

t

Thank YOU

Thank you for all the comments on the Birthdy/Aniv. post, that was Monday!

I gave everyone a number starting with the first post of the day as number one....

Then used one of those number.org places to pick 2 winners...

The first winner of the small collage and show leftover goodies is: Paula Clare!




The second winner of the Home Collage is: Jody of Just Jody blog!





Thanks again to everyone for leaving a message!! Ladies, I'll be getting in touch with you!





This is my favorite glue right now:

It has stuck everything from leather to paper to glitter to paper for me the last few days!! I love it and it was not too expensive at WallyMart...

I've been working on this little cutie for a few days when I have the time..it's for my Not So Secret Pal:

It's on the back side of a Scrabble game board..I love using these as backgrounds...



Then, look at this:

Can you guess what it is? I'll tell you Monday!

Have a great weekend!!!

t

Frisky Dog weather..

That's what I call these cool mornings...it makes even the oldest dog a bit frisky when it's out for it's morning rituals. Watched horses this morning doing the frisky thing..bucking, running, even a couple of jumps..they were frisky in this cool air~




Yesterday, the monarch butterflies were making their way South. I was hoping to see them again today..but no luck yet..

This one was on it's last legs, could barely hang on to my hand..poor dear...I put it on the humming bird feeder, but later found it dead in the grass....




There were hundreds of them and our area seemed the thickest..I traveled to town and they thinned out as I headed west..They were wonderful polka dots floating in the breeze..standing in the yard watching them float by gave me that sense of wonder and hopefulness you have when you are a child but seem to loose as you grow older..I felt that again for a brief time, it was great..





Remember to sign in for the prizes on my Monday post, it's open until Friday at 6pm. Thanks so far for all the comments and Birthday wishes..it was another one done..talked to my mama that morning..I told her thank you for the hard work, she said it was hard work...lol..My sister called me too, and the grands called me too..even a friend in Houston gave me a call. It was a nice day. Hub gave me a gift card for Michael's and a sizixx sidekick and dinner out...

More photos are being loaded up on the Paper Cowgirl flikr group if you are intrested....

Go out and be frisky today!
tina

Monday aftermath..

Ok, as promised to celebrate my Birthday (today) and my Blogaversiry (Saturday 27th) I'm giving away these wonderful prizes~

Blogaversiry prizes:

This is a few goodies left over from vendor night, a small collage, a bag of dominoes, matchboxes,number tiles,threads and a small altered Cabinet Card...

Birthday Give-away:

This one of a kind piece. It's 12x8 and on MFD board, mixed media piece called : Home

To enter in this multi prize giveawy, leave me a comment until Friday at 6 pm. I will assign each comment a number and use one of those random thingys to pick the number, first one picked gets the Blog set, second one picked gets the Bday prize..this is were being #2 is just as good at #1...it's my blog and I can do what I want...right??? So until Friday leave me comments..good luck~

Cindy and I received prezzies for being the hostesses with the mostesses...

Wonderful Phyllis Ann gave us each this wonderful ornie she did up:

Is that not too cute!?? Phyllis Ann is a wonderful painter and we have got her into the 'dark' side now~ she's loving this altered art stuff and it most certainly shows!! Thanks gal!! Loved meeting your smiling face! The ornie has a place of honor in my studio!!!

My AZ friend Becky sent us Via Mail this:

An Altered Bag, boot tag and a comfort doll!! She personalized them for each of us and did a wonderful job!!
See my blog stuff? and the HD stuff?? THAnks Becky for thinking of me!!! They are all in the studio for me to look at and think of YOU!!

And this Doll has on BOOTS!! Becky we soooooo wished you could have come and played with us! Next year (june) OK, be there?? !!! thank you for the goodies, you made me smile!

Again, thanks for the comments and reading my junk all year long, and thank you for joining us for Paper Cowgirl this last weekend! It was great fun!!

happy birthday tooooo meeee...

t