New Year's Resolution - broken

I thought I was going to post more after the first of the year. Too many FB's, websites, blog, personal diary and on and on....... I just can't keep up. Now there is this new thing called pinterest? I haven't gotten caught up in it yet and not sure I really want to. I'm ready to go back to the old days of email. lol
Today I taught a class at RWS, a LSS that I network with. Actually two classes. One in Copics (see card in last post) and a Penny Black sticker class. I'm saving all my class money so Jeff and I can get to Chicago this summer for CHA.
We have been so blessed these past few weeks I can't praise God enough for all the opportunities He has been giving us. The latest gift is the opportunity to do the Michigan International Women's Show. If you check out my website homepage there is a link there that will take you to my show page. Planning it and getting ready is so exciting. I can't wait to see what God has planned for us being there. I'm sure it will be BIG.
This bunny is a stamp from a friend. I don't know what company it is, but he's just so cute in his little navy suit. Easter is only 4 weekends away. Spring is popping up all over the yard. The crocus's are showing through all the dry lifeless beds around them with all their colors of purple and yellow. I love spring. It's always a new beginning. I don't like the time changes every spring and fall though. I lost an hour last night and it will take me at least a week to recover. I wish it would just stay the same (dst is fine by me).
Next month is Jalen's first birthday. He got his first tooth yesterday. Eleven months and his first tooth. They say that's a good thing. Drew hasn't lost his first tooth yet and he'll be 7 in a couple of months. That's not unusual for our family though cuz Kam didn't lose her first tooth till she was 9 yrs old. Ahhh the memories.
Have a wonderful week.
Til next time,
Cheryl

Kisses

This little number is from Penny Black, named Kisses. Got her in the other day and HAD to color her. I did this card for a class next month. Jeff thinks too much bling.... Everyone else is "just right". I think I see the image first then all the fluff.
It's been a long day. First church, then came home and placed an order with Cheery Lynn Designs while Jeff went to Costco. Then taught a 4 hour class, came home and fixed dinner, then a meeting. I'm tired.
Tomorrow my new couch is being delivered. I'm excited. I've never "ordered" a couch before, I always just picked one from the "floor". This one we actually ordered back in December. Then after they deliver I need to take some measurements and go get some end tables and a small chair to fit into the living room.
My class for tomorrow night was cancelled due to the fact I didn't get my samples to her in time. I've been teaching Copics at a scrapbook store. Running my store, getting my samples done takes a lot... then getting samples done for another store.... whew. BUT I get paid working for someone else. At my store... I don't get nuttin'.... except the gratification of teaching. :O)
Have a great night. Blessings til next time,
Cheryl

Long time no contact....

Well it's been a busy 2 months since I posted. Drew got sick and couldn't go hunting with papa. The Landlord ended up putting in a second wall between me and the banchies. I think this one worked. I took a couple of classes... this pic is from the watercolor class. Thanksgiving, Christmas and now New Years. We are getting a new POS system for the store. It should be in place by the end of January, if everything goes according to plan. :O) I'm going to try to keep up with posting new ideas. FB took a bite out of my energy, but I'm going to be more focused for the new year... that's my resolution.

Have a great holiday weekend and I'll see ya next year!

Til then,

Cheryl

The Book is HERE!

I'm picking up the book this morning. Can't wait! 52 pages of examples, patterns and instruction!! It's been a long road, but I'm glad I did it!

The landlord, to the store, filled the walls with more insulation yesterday. We'll see how it works on blocking the sound of the day care next to us.

Hunting weekend is coming up and Jeff will be gone for four days. He is taking Drew with him. This is the first trip up since his dad passed. I hope they have a good bonding weekend.

So, til next time,

Cheryl

Indian Corn

As promised here is a scan of the indian corn we did. There were no tops to them so they are freehand. I colored each kernel seperately and then dotted them with the white paint pen.

Not a whole lot more to add. It was a calm day.

Til next time,

Cheryl

Jalen's Baptism

Isn't he a cutie? His rosey cheeks are from one of the dogs licking his face. Kam finally figured it out after about 4 days. It would get really dry and red. This was after the baptism at my house. We had about 20-25 people at my house. They all wanted to be in my kitchen at the same time. NOT that much room in my kitchen especially when I had all 3 leaves in the table and it would seat 12!!

Took my book to the printer last week and did the final edits this weekend. This morning I took the revised copy back and I will have books by this weekend!! I'm so nervous now that I'm gonna be stuck with 100 books. lol I do have at least 10 sold, so I guess I will only be stuck with 90.

Well, I'm getting blurry eyed all of a sudden, so

Til next time,

Cheryl

Scarecrow time...

I needed something for Copic Club, so I took a clip art and removed all the color. We colored him in last night in club and he turned out quite well for all of us. One person used purples for his shirt and another one used greens. It's fun to see all the different colors on the same image to make them all look different. We also did Indian corn. I'll try to post that later.

Fall is upon us now and things are really beginning to hop around here. Next month is very busy. I hope I can keep up. We have shoppe hop, a convention and Thanksgiving weekend. It should keep me so busy that I won't have time to think about all the negative that has been happening over the last 2 months, right? :O)

Jalen is getting baptised this weekend. We will have a house full. I've been cleaning gradually and Kam will be here Saturday to do some more. It's really not that bad except for my habits of keeping all the mail on the kitchen table and chopping block. The office is cluttered, but we can close the door on that one. lol

Well, til next time,

Cheryl