Chatty Wacky Whims

10/24/08

Zentangles

This week in the Zentangle Society Group our theme was an Open Theme meaning it is open to your own interpretation.

Butterfly Delight

2.5 x 3.5

10/23/08

Peaceful Woods

A couple of cards I made for myself to represent the woods that surround us.

Size 2.5 x 3.5

and here is the other one......

Medium: Watercolor Paint
I also made three other wood scene drawings which I title Trinity Woods. I did those for the NorCal Swap that was being held over at ATCsforALL

10/22/08

ENTHUSIASM

ENTHUSIASM IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE

With renunciation life begins.

~Amelia Barr

As I grow older,

part of my emothional survival plan

must be to actively seek inspiration

instead of passively waiting for it to find me.

~Bebe Moore Campbell

10/21/08

Home Sweet Home

Challenge for this week is Home Sweet Home

Size 2.5 x 3.5

My version of Home Sweet Home.

For me Home Sweet Home is have the birds sing outside your door. The sweet smell of the flowers beauty all around your. Not to say having a dog or cat maybe a bird or two.

Inside the home is the beauty of a relationtion with family. Here I portray a child playing house with her little doll.

10/20/08

Matrimony

Over on the Flickr site I participate in a group name Maggy Monday Musing. Each week they have a challenge that is due on Saturday.

This challenge is on matrimony so this is my version of Matrimony not many of us pick the right mate the first time so for those of you that manage to stick it out it must be true love an ever lasting love!

10/19/08

SUCCESS

Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes,

Is oft but perserverance in disguise.

Continuous effort of itself implies,

In spite of countless falls, the power to rise.

'Twixt failure and success the print's so fine,

Men sometimes know not when they touch the line;

Just when the pearl is waiting one more plunge,

How many a struggler has thrown up the sponge!

As the tide goes clear out it comes clear in;

In business 'tis at turns, the wisest win;

And, oh, how true when shades of doubt disma,

"'Tis often darkest just before the day."

A little more persistence, courage, vim,

Success will dawn o'er failure's cloudy rim.

Then take this honey for the bitterest cup;

There is no failure, save in giving up.

No real fall, so long as one still tries,

For seeming set-backs make the strong man wise.

There's no defeat, in truth, save from within;

Unless you're beaten there, you're bound to win.

C.C. Cameron

10/18/08

I THINK THAT GOD IS PROUD

I think that God is proud of those who bear

A sorrow bravely-proud indeed of them

Who walk straight through the dark to find Him there,

And kneel in faith to touch his garment's hem.

Oh, proud of them who lift their heads to shake

Away the tears from eyes that have grown dim,

Who tighten quivering lips and turn to take

The only road they know that leads to Him.

How proud He must be of them-He who knows

All sorrow, and how hard grief is to bear!

I think He sees them coming, and He goes

With outstretched arms and hands to meet them there,

And with a look, a touch on hand or head,

Each finds his hurt heart strangely comforted.

Grace Noll Crowell

10/17/08

Zentangles

Aw Zentangles again.

ZENTANGLE with a TWIST

SOCIETY GROUP

This is a card that I made for this week challenge.

Theme: Fall Harvest

10/16/08

ATC

As I worked on these cards I just had to do one more.

Office Calls

This is my last card in this series.

10/15/08

DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR US

We Must Do What's

Right For Us

The great thing to learn about life is,

first, not to do what you don't want

to do, and, second, to do what you

do want to do.

-Margaret Anderson

10/14/08

ATC

I had so much making atc using the theme Telephone Book I came up with this one.

MAY I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

10/13/08

ATC

I belong to a group at the Flickr site. Each week they have a challenge. Well, I got confuse as to the due date so I ended up keeping this card. We were to make one card and the challenge theme was

TELEPHONE BOOK

This is the card I made for the challenge

10/12/08

I SAW TWO CLOUDS AT MORNING

I saw two clouds at morning,

Tinged with the rising sun,

And in the dawn they floated on,

And mingled into one:

I thought that morning clound was blest,

It moved so sweetly to the west.

I saw two summer currents

Flow smoothly to their meeting,

And join their course, with silent force,

In peace each other greeting:

Calm was their course through banks of green,

While dimpling eddies played between.

Such be your gentle motion,

Till life's last pulse shall beat;

Like summer's beam, and summer's stream,

Float on, in joy, to meet

A calmer sea, where storms shall cease-

A purer sky, where all is peace.

John Gardiner Brainard

10/11/08

FAITH FOR TOMORROW

"Tomorrow, friend, will be another day,"

A seer wise of old was won't to say

To him who came at eventide, in grief,

Because the day had borne no fruitful sheaf.

O Lord of Life, that each of us might learn

From vain todays and yesterdays to turn,

To face the future with a hope newborn

That what we hope for cometh with the morn!

Thomas Curtis Clark

10/10/08

Zentangles

Well now, here are the cards that I turn in to swap over at ATCsforALL

Zentangle Black n White plus 1 Color

Will what do ya think?

Like them?

I even made one for the Host which I don't do often I knew CattyCat would really like this one and I was right I gave her the choice to pick and she picked this one.

It was hard to let this one go too. I sure love those Zentangle in my day we called it Doodling now it has become an art form.

10/9/08

Zentangles

Zentangles Black n White plus 1 Color

A swap over at ATCsfor ALL

I like these so well that I kept these for myself. Now I need to make more cards for the actual swap.

I love doodling so much that I actually started a society group over at ATCsforALL the name of the group is called

ZENTANGLE with a TWIST

a few ladies have join we are having a blast!

10/8/08

OUR FAITH AND BELIEF CREATE OUR REALITY

Positive Thinking and Self-Fulfilling

Prophecies and Actions

Beauty to me is being

comfortable in your own skin.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Man is what he believes.

Anton Chekhov

10/7/08

The Little Book Challenge Swap

Now the book is completely finish. Remember the first and last page go back and check it out the finish product sure changes the look!

Oh heck!

Here the finish back view too.....

10/6/08

The Little Book Challenge Swap

This is the last tow pages in the book.

My favorites the page on the left is about reading being a book warm. The little girl I drew then the page on the right 2 vintage clip art with wording underneath about friends.

10/5/08

HAPPINESS

Happiness is like a crystal,

Fair and exquisite and clear,

Broken in a million pieces,

Shattered, scattered far and near.

Now and then along life's pathway,

Lo! some shining fragments fall;

But there are so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

You may find a bit of beauty,

Or an honest share of wealth,

While another just beside you

Gathers honor, love or health.

Vain to choose or grasp unduly,

Broken is the perfect ball;

And there are so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

Yet the wise as on they journey

Treasure every fragment clear,

Fit them as they may together,

Imaging the shattered sphere,

Learning ever to be thankful,

Though their share of it is small;

For it has so many pieces

No one ever finds them all

Priscilla Leonard

10/4/08

MY CHURCH

My Church has but one temple

Wide as the world is wide,

Set with a million stars,

Where a million hearts abide.

My church has no creed to bar

A single brother man

But says, "come thou and worship"

To every one who can.

My church has no roof nor walls,

Nor floors save the beautiful sod-

For fear, I would seem to limit

The love of the illimitable God.

Unknown. Signed E.O.G.

10/3/08

The Little Book Challenge Swap

These two pages were fun. I decided that I needed to do something different so I made a open pocket so to speak using the Vegas theme. When you open the card up you will see all sorts of gaming machines and so much more.

The page on the right is a pocket with a tag in it that has a picture of a key. Hence the title Key to my heart.

10/2/08

The Little Book Challenge Swap

This page is funny. I don't know why but I got to thinking about years past when I was in High School it was such a big thing to have somebody streaking through the school grounds only in their shoes n socks. Darn! I never got to see it there sure was a buzz about it though. Since I could not get it out of my mind I decided to add it in the pages of this book.

10/1/08

The Little Book Challenge Swap

As this challenge went on I discovered that I needed to make things up for the pages. I did not want to just glue different pieces of paper together I wanted maybe some kind of a theme on the pages.

As you can see here I had a poem about friends that someone gave me that I put with this picture then on the right side a picture of Ma n Dad I made up a letter you can see part of an envelope with a stamp on it.

9/30/08

The Little Book Challenge Swap

Here are a couple more pages what made this book a ch

we were to only use the what ever we received from others

I did not think it would be such a challenge but it turn into one.

9/29/08

Little Book Challenge Swap

I have been working on some pages for the Little Book Challenge Swap over at ATCsforALL the next few days I will be sharing you pages of this book that I made.

Here is the front and back pages.

9/28/08

LEARN TO WAIT

Learn to wait-life's hardest lesson

Conned, perchance, through blinding trears;

While the heart throbs sadly echo

To the tread of passing years.

Learn to wait-hope's slow fruition;

Faint not, though the way seems long;

there is joy in each condition;

Hearts through suffering may grow strong.

Thus a soul untouched by sorrow

Aims not at a hight state;

Joy seeks not a brighter morrow;

Only sad hearts learn to wait.

Author Unknown

9/24/08

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Living One Date at a Time Is a Key to Happiness

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey.

-Harold B. Melchart

9/23/08

Rings of Angels

Wow, here is the one I was waiting for and mine.

That makes 4 angels

The one on the left is Aileen the one on the right is mine.

Didn't they all turn out really nice?

So pretty n dainty.

Once we received them we were too attached all the angels together. Well I decided not too. It turn out we all did not follow the directions completely. Three of us made the angels accordingly to the direction, one angel was made completely different. I love them all.I decided to use them here n there in my home instead. Then maybe one day I will make another one then I can attached them together making a ring of angels to sit on my table.

9/22/08

Ring of Angels

A while back I share with you all four fabic quilted angels that I made for a swap. We were to keep 1 send three off in return we would get three back.

Here are my first two that I received. The one on the left is from Joan the one on the right of from Beverlay. The angels are adorable. Joan Angel is flat so I'll be hanging her's on the wall where as Beverlay angel is two sided where I can put it over an candle it just use as decoration. Now I'm waiting for one more should be here any time!

9/21/08

AT THE PLACE OF THE SEA

Exodus 14

Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life,

Where, in spite of all you can do,

There is no way out, there is no way back,

There is no other way but through?

Then wait on the Lord, with a trust serene,

Till the night of your fear is gone;

He will send the winds, He will heap the floods,

When He says to your soul, "Go on!"

And His hand shall lead you through, clear through,

Ere the watery walls roll down;

No wave can touch you, no foe can smite,

Not mightiest sea can drown.

The tossing billows may rear their crests,

Their foam at your feet may break,

But over their bed you shall walk dry-shod

In the path that your Lord shall make.

In the morning watch, 'neath the lifted cloud,

you shall see but the Lord alone,

When He leads you foruth from the place of the sea,

To a land that you have not known;

And your fears shall pass as your foes have passed,

You shall no more be afraid;

You shall sing His praise in a better place,

In a place that His hand hath made.

ANNE JOHNSON FLINT

9/20/08

GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK

....as a kid I can remember singing this song....

My Grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,

So it stood ninety years on the floor;

It was taller by half than the old man himself,

Thought it weighed not a pennyweight more.

It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born

And was always his treasure and pride,

But it stopped short-never to go again-

When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering-

Tick, tick, tick, tick.

His life seconds numbering-

Tick, tick, tick, tick.

It stopped shout-never to go again-

When the old man died.

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro

Many hours had he spent while a boy;

And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know

And to share both his grief and his joy,

For it struck twenty-four when he entered the door

With a blooming and a beautiful bride,

But it stopped short-never to go again-

When the old man died.

My grandfather said of those he could hire,

Not a servant so faithful he found,

For it wasted not time and had but one desire-

At the close of each week to be wound.

And it kept in its place-not a frown upon its face,

And its hand never hung by its side;

But it stopped short-never to go again-

When the old man died.

It rang an alarm in the dead of night-

An alarm that for years had been dumb.

And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight,

That his hour of departure had come.

Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime

As we silently stood by his side;

But it stopped short-never to go again-

When the old man died.

Henry Clay Work

......funny, hm, I don't remember it being so sad, we loved that Grandfather Clock.

9/19/08

Altered Domino

Lately I have been working again on altering dominoes. This one was so much fun it is a combination of painting, stamping and collage.

Then I sealed it with several layers of Diamond Glaze

9/18/08

OH SPECIAL DAY!

Today is a very special day.

My husband and I was married on this day 15 years ago.

Boy where did time fly too.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

9/17/08

A FRIEND'S GREETING

I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me;

I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be;

I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day

As you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.

I'd like to do the big things and the splendid things for you,

To brush the gray from out your skies and leave them only blue;

I'd like to say the kindly things that I so oft have heard,

And feel that I could rouse your soul the way that mine you've stirred.

I'd like to give you back the joy that you have given me,

Yet that were wishing you a need I hope will never be;

I'd like to make you feel as rich as I, who travel on

Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to lean upon.

I'm wishing at this Christmas time that I could but repay

A portion of the gladness that you've strewn along my way;

And could I have one wish this year, this only would it be:

I'd like to the sort of friend that you have been to me.

EDGAR A. GUST

9/16/08

ATC Butterfly Delight

This piece came to me while I was working on a set of cards over at ATCsforALL in a swap that I was participating in. For that swap I painted tulips some with butterflies. Here I hand drawn a stump

adding a vine of flowers and a butterfly. The medium I use for this card is Watercolor. this was fun and I plan to make more in this series.

9/15/08

Altered domino Key Chain

One of my many hobbies is altering dominoes. This one I made into a key chain for a swap over on the Flickr site I belong too. We were to make a key chain using the them Travel.

I decided on this one to collage it I started out with a map that I cut up the size of a domino. Then I decided that I needed someone traveling what better than a fairy. From there I wrote a couple of sayings:

Tour the Country Side

Road Trip

Once I was done with all my embellishment I then started layering several coats of Diamond Glaze. It took a few days to complete for each layer I let dry 24 hours. Once this was all done then I made the chain with rings which I accented with beads then added the key ring. Now what we have is a

Altered Domino Key Chain

9/14/08

SUNSHINE AND MUSIC

A laugh is just like sunshine.

It freshens all the day,

It tips the peak of life with light,

And drives the clouds away.

The soul grows glad that hears it

And feels its courage strong.

A laugh is just like sunshine

For cheering folks along.

A laugh is just like music

It lingers in the heart,

And where its melody is heard

The ills of life depart;

And happy thoughts come crowding

Its joyful notes to greet:

A laugh is just like music

For making living sweet.

Author Unknown

9/12/08

TWEAKING A PHOTOGRAPH

Here is my last tweaking picture of this beautiful rose.

9/11/08

TWEAKING A PHOTOGRAPH

Well here I am still tweaking that rose. Once I get started playing in my photo program time gets away from me. Here is another picture that I just have to share with you.

Cool!

9/10/08

TWEAKING A PHOTOGRAPH

I love to take pictures especially with a digital camera. Then I sometimes like to tweak it a bit on the computer. The Rose that I shared with you, the full rose bloom, well this is what I did with it.

This would make a pretty quilt, to bad it is just a photo.

9/9/08

A ROSE

Now here is this little minature rose in full bloom

9/8/08

A ROSE

I was out the other day taking photographs of what little roses I had left.

A Rose for you continue tomorrow.

9/7/08

THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A FRIEND

"The only way to have a friend is to be one"

Emmerson

The only way to have a friend

Is to be one yourself;

The only way to keep a friend

Is to give from that wealth.

For friendship must be doublefold,

Each one must give his share

Of feelings true if he would reap

The blessing that are there.

If you would say, "He is my friend,"

Then nothing else will do

But you must say, "I am his friend,"

And prove that fact be true.

Author unknown

9/6/08

PRAYER

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

St. Francis of Assisi

9/5/08

Ring of Angels

Over at Friendship Doll Group there was a swap going on. A swap is where people make a commitment to each other to fulfill their commitment to each other. In this swap we were to make four angels,

we were to take three of these angels send them off to three other members of our swap. Keeping the fourth one for our self. Then each of the other three swappers did the same. We would all end up with four angels each. Once we received our angels we are to attached them together. They can hang or sit in a circle on a table.

Well, this one is mine, now I'm waiting to received three more angels from three different swappers.

9/4/08

Little Books

Little Books are just that little books. Here I made four for a swap I was participating in over at ATCsforALL. We where asked to make a book leaving the pages inside blank. We were to decorate the front and back. Well here you see the front as for the back, well, I just put my name chatty on the back. The inside I make blank pages staple them together then glue the first and last page to the front and back of the book. I was really please how they turn out. At the time I was not feeling well when putting these books together. It was nice to see how nice they came out.

9/3/08

ERASERS

Erasers are the nicest things!

Of that there is no doubt.

We write wrong words. A few quick swipes-

And big mistakes fade out.

And you will find erasers,

Of a very different kind,

Extremely helpful, if you will try

To bear these facts in mind:

When you bump someone in a crowd,

And almost knock her down,

A soft "I'm sorry!" may bring smiles

And a rub out that old frown.

Apologies, invariably,

Obliterate mistakes;

And three small words, "I love you!"

Can erase the worst heartaches.

Author Unknown

9/2/08

Art n 4x6 size

Picture Profile

card made for

Irish Rose

9/1/08

A Yellow Rose for You!

A Yellow Rose

for you!

Hand drawn in Prisma color pencils.

8/31/08

WHO HATH A BOOK

Who hath a book

Has friends at hand,

And gold and gear

At his command;

And rich estates,

If he but look,

Are held by him

Who hath a book.

Who hath a book

Has but to read

And he may be

A king indeed;

His kingdom is

His inglenook;

All this is his

Who hath a book.

Wilbur D. Nesbit

8/30/08

THE ANVIL-GOD'S WORD

Last Eve I passed beside a blacksmith's door,

And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;

Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor

Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.

"How many anvils have you had," said I

"to wear and batter all these hammers so?"

"just one," said he, and then, with twinkling eye,

"The anvil wears the hammers out, you know."

And so, thought I, the anvil of God's Word.

For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;

Yet, thought the noise of falling blows was heard,

The anvil is unharmed-the hammers gone.

Unknown

8/29/08

My Darling Husband

My Darling Husband as I sit here writing this letter my thoughts are on you. I do hope that you are warm not catching a chill. The nights are getting colder I wish you where home with me instead of fighting in this war. I do understand still wish you where home with me, your loving wife.

8/28/08

Shy

When Bertha asked me to draw this picture I thought oh my, I can't do that. But as I study it I decided that I could draw this picture and I did. I title it Shy, to me there stood 2 sisters shyly having their pictures taken.

8/27/08

Best Friends

Best Friends playing with dolls under Mom sewing machine.

Collage

8/26/08

Little Mr. Mischief

Now isn't this funny. When I first drew this picture I was so proud of it. Now as I'm looking at it I see so many flaws. Look at they eyes, now look at the shading around the mouth area. Oh my, what a mess. Hey though that is how we learn by drawing keeping the pictures going back through them then shake our heads asking our selves, what in the world was I thinking?

8/25/08

Mail Art 4x6

ATCsforALL Art Group

Made for Sashibala

8/24/08

LIFE LESSON

There are times in one's life when all the world seems to turn against us. Our motives are misunderstood, our words misconstrued, and unkind words reveals to us the unfriendly feelings of others.

The fact is, that it is rare when injustice. or slights, patiently borne, do not leave the heart at the close of the day filled with a marvelous sense of peace-perhaps not at once-but after you've had a chance to reflect a bit. It is the seed God has sown, springing up and bearing fruit.

We learn, as the years roll onward and we leave the past behind, that much we had counted sorrow, but proved that God is kind; that many a flower we'd longed for had hidden a thorn of pain, and many a rugged by-path led to fields of ripened grain.

The clouds that cover the sunshine; they cannot bannish the sun. And the earth shines out the brighter when the weary rain is done. We must stand in the deepest shadow to see the clearest light; and often through Wrong's own darkness comes the welcome strength of Right.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox