What I'm Listening To In My Car

Ok, I'm in love with this book!

Eat, Pray, Love:
One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

by ELIZABETH GILBERT

DELICIOUS, REFRESHING...

are some of the words I use to describe this book.
I just love listening to the author's voice, along with her perfect combination of Sweet Smart Ass way of describing her amazing experiences.

Yummy!!!

Rose Bouquet Birthday Card

I made this card today. I am very happy with the result, and as always unhappy with the photograph. But I've decided that I need a new camera. I've used Walk to my Garden's rose, cut at 4.5 in. I made the vase a bit smaller, at 3 in. Luckily I had an envelop that was the same shade of green of one of the papers I used. Don't remember where the paper came from, but it's beautiful all embossed. The cardstock is gorgeous and shinny. I also used a metal bird charm hanguing from the bow, and dimensionals all over. If you have any questions, just ask. Hope you all like it!

I Miss You Baby Girl!

My beloved Zoe picked me to love when she was just a puppy on the streets of Emeryville, CA. She was such a beautiful puppy. So full of energy... no, really... crazy, overwhelming energy. After all she was a 4 month old Australian Shepherd... A Sheep Dog.
My life was so complicated then. I had no room for more responsibilities. And though I wanted to keep Zoe, I fought for a while getting close to her.
Then I fell in love with her and the rest is history. I was mom to Zoe for about 8 short years. She died 8 months ago, on August 21st.
Not a single day goes by that I don't miss her like crazy. I miss her totally, absolutely 100% unconditional love for me. She made me feel like "Hot Shit", the most important 'thing' in the world.
I will always love and miss you baby girl!

My Daily Affirmattions...

Life is Beautiful!

Meanwhile At The Sunset Drive...

It's so late it's early!

There's not much sleeping around here.

I lay on a loveseat while my 14 year old cat nests on my left arm and I try to type with my right hand the notebook that is on my left side, in the dark . You get the picture. Trying to fit on the sofa when Zoe is no longer here.
I make lists of ‘things to do today’, ‘things to do this week’, ‘things to do eventually’.
Thoughts of 'I need' race through my mind. It's not 'things' that I need, but things that I need to do to help my life run more smoothly. I need to organize my art space, I need to dedicate more time to my business, mostly I need to rest, I need to sleep.

Days of Spring...

I've been enjoying the gorgeous flower trees this year. The flowers came early this year, so hopefully the flowering season will last longer.
Luckily I keep a camera handy and took a few pictures... Here are a couple, I will post more later. Please click the first picture to see it bigger. The intensity of these flowers touches me
Enjoy!

Valentines Card

I love how this card came out.

The bug stamp belongs to the 'bee happy' collection, by STAMPENDOUS.

So Cute!

What I've Been Listening To In My Car

I drive 120 miles everyday, to and from work, so I have loads of time to listen to my cd's. Last week I 'discovered' this singer... went and bought her cd and I just love it!

The singer is
Brandi Carlile
the cd and song title is
"The Story"

Too Funny...

Found
this
while
on
one
of
my
'walks'
through
the
internet...
can't
remember
where,
but
thought
it
was
very
funny...

Happy Birthday Raul!

I WANTED TO MAKE A CARD FOR MY DEAR FRIEND RAUL... I WANTED FOR IT TO BE A COLORFUL, YET MASCULINE CARD, WHILE STAYING AWAY FROM 'BOAT' AND 'FISHING' IMAGES... LOL...
WELL, I WAS UNABLE TO STAY AWAY FROM BROWNS... AND ENDED UP USING A BOW...
RAUL IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN WITH A BEAUTIFUL FEMININE SIDE WHO CAN TOTALLY HANDLE A LITTLE BOW...

><> <><

Baby Boy Announcement Card

I made 30 of these cards, a few month's ago, to announce the birth of a friend's baby boy. I am very proud of how the card came up...

enjoy!