The days are just zipping by!

This is a picture of a collage I am doing for a family member. It is of Nubble Light in Maine. Our family just loves Maine and this is a special spot. My scanner cut 1/2 of the collage off so use your imagination. I might add , it is not quite finished .

So , much to do. I am always late in getting out Christmas cards. After a zillion shots in front of the tree...... We decided to use a picture from November ! I sent them to Walmart ( not organized enough to to an online site.) and went to pick them up yesterday ........ and they were out of paper. They said they might have them ready by Wed.! So , my cards will be late as usual. My site has been pretty quiet so I have been working on some new things , but I do not feel the rush to get them finished ..... kinda nice.

Have a great day! Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Something new.....

This is a new piece I just finished. I am working on some more chunky canvas pieces and should have some updates soon. Where has December gone??? I hope you are all enjoying your Holidays thus far.

I started a tradition a few years ago...... although not original it is fun! For the last 12 days of Christmas little elves ( me!) deliver presents ( dollar store, socks, candy) under the tiny tree in my sons room. They rush in every morning to say " Look what the elves brought today!!" I get just as excited as they do to tell you the truth.

Talk to you soon!

Courtney

It was a hit!

The birthday was a hit. He did not even notice that he did not have a blaster gun..... we had plenty of nerf guns that worked . We topped of the night with Pizza and macaroni and cheese ( his fravorite . This is not a typo this is how he says it). Instead of cake ( which he has had last weekend and he will have Sunday at his party) we had sundaes !

Now ...... I have some handmade gifts I am making for my family. I am curious about what you will be making this year ?

The hunt is on.....

Today is my little guys Birthday. He is not so little anymore and is 6!!! I can hardly believe it. He is my guy that is entertained by a mere cardboard paper towel holder, I love how creative he is . So ........ being that he has a December Birthday, I do not want him to feel overlooked. I was on a mission to find the Clone Wars trooper helmet ( that has a voice changer ) and the clone wars trooper blaster ( Moms with boys this age , you know what I am talking about and how very important these two things are to becoming the best clone warrior possible!!!!) . The kicker in all of this is that I wait until the morning of his birthday to go shopping! I have gone to 2 Walmarts, Target, K-mart and Toys r Us. At the last store I found the helmet but no such luck on the blaster . Lets cross our fingers that Santa will come through!

So at ever store I put money in the Salvation Army bucket ( 4 stores). At the last store I quickly walk by , and the attendant at the bucket says " Hey lady , Thanks alot!" and then he smirks and says " You have a nice Christmas too!!" . How is this possible when I have given at all the other stores..... I even gave dollars to one. Is there sense in the Universe???

I am going to take a deep breath and realize that everyone is under pressure and in the end does it really matter if my guy gets a blaster......... he will have a full belly , a warm bed and lots and lots of hugs. To me that is the perfect gift.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

New little birdies....

This is a new collage in my etsy site. Although it is winter my heart seems to be stuck in the spring. I love the calico birds. It was fun to glue together all my little scraps to make one piece. I think I will do some more of this in some upcoming things.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

What..... there are two!!!!

This is not the greatest picture , however it is off my two mini collages in one matte. I hope to upload a better one for my shop.

(This was a quick one!)

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

I just added this little chair collage to my shop. I have another to post tomorrow, however my pics were not good so I need to retake them. I have 2 original canvas collages to finish up and then I will be posting some photo prints later in the week. My pouches have been sitting just waiting for me to get a surge of creative energy ........ however nothing. I like to have them sit where I can see them and perhaps it will just come.

We had a great Thanksgiving. My kids, nieces and nephews ( a total of 7 from the ages 2-9 )all went bowling , roasted marshmallows in a fire and watched movies. A great time had by all.

Now on to Christmas. I started putting up decorations ..... My kids think that elves come in the middle of the night and place everything everywhere. I started this many years ago, because my son is very particular about where things go, and he believed that the globe snow balls and ceramic Santas would be great in the middle of the floor!!! Now that the elves magically place things..... he does not dare move them. The elves are Santa's friends so no need to upset them.

Plus the kids get so excited to see what new things appear ( the elves get a new decoration every year!) . Oh to be a kid again!!!

Talk to you soon,

Courtney