It's Pink this Week!!

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Last week was a great week for me. My grand-daughter and her son were in town and I had a chance to visit with her and play with my great-grandson....whew...who knew...great grandkids would be added to the family mix so soon......but I love it. He is such a cutey-putey!!!...and my grand-daughter is too!!

This week for the "Summer of Color" challenge.........it's PINK!!....I now see why people participate in the challenges....it sure keeps you focused and touching your art all the time....and the prompt sends you in directions you might not have gone...soooo....this is where it led me. I've titled it Vintage Pink as the quilt and photo are truely vintage!The picture is of my Grandmother (who I never knew) and a quilt that she made sometime during the 30's or 40's. She made many quilts in her lifetime, always using scraps of clothing and flour sacks. She didn't have much in the way of extra's in her life but she found a way to create beauty with her quilts. I treasure this quilt and I hope this layout gives her the honor that she deserves.

It's a Green Challenge....

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Another week and it's time for the next challenge in the "Color of Summer" challenge over at Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star blog. This time it's green.........soooo not my favorite color to work with. I tried to get some creative juices going....but...you know how that can go.....brain clog.... :) but here is the result.

And....again, thanks to Elizabeth at "the Last Door Down the Hall" for freebies that I used in this layout. Her blog rocks!!

....M

WOW...

Hello World.......

......... and what a kind world it is out in bloggerland. I am so amazed that I actually got some feedback on my "Love is Blue" entry for The Summer of Color challenge...and positive at that.

and.............then I asked the lovely Kristin at Twinkle Twinkle Little Star who is hosting the challenge if she could help me get her challenge icon on to my blog...and she emailed right back with such a good explanation that I did it first try........yippee!!!

so thanks people for sharing the excitment of creating art.........I'm loving it!!

(hummmmm........now on to green for next week)  :))

Finally....I did it...

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I finally decided to do a challenge. The everso Crafty Dawn over at Journal Journeys
http://journaljourneys-dawn.blogspot.com  is participating in "The Summer of Color" challenge over at http://www.twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/. So I thought I would tag along and do my first challenge.( oh I am soooo scared to show my work.) Since I am glued to the desk all day in the office I deceided to do my entry digitally and even though I am not proffiecent at PSE.....what better way to learn. The challenge for this week is blue, and here is my first project to go out in cyberspace!! What do you think?

 It looks washed out......hummmmm....but I wanted it that way but.....hummmm, maybe someone will give me some tips on what I did wrong. Anyway....I did it....stuck to it allllll week...didn't give up....

Also, I would like to give credit to Elizabeth at "the last door down the hall" for all the elements that I used except the sheet music. She generously allows everyone to use various elements that she post.

Dear Jane

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Over the three day weekend I was able to have some creative play time...yippee!!....I worked on my "Dear Jane" book.......dedicating it to "all Jane Austen" stuff. It was soooo much fun creating pages that will soon have text and images on it. Do you want to see a few pages????....ok...

I created the book....it has two signatures of 7 sheets of paper...creating 14 pages....per signature. (maybe that was too many pages...hummm).The book is a compulation of Donna Downey, Mary Ann Moss's " Remains of the Day" class, and Bluebird Paperie blog techniques. I am learning what I like and to just let it flow....it is was it is....and I am VERY happy with the outcome.  Now on to the next phase....yummmmmmmmmmm

Memorial Day

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A three day weekend with such deep feelings for those who have served our country.For my generation is was our fathers.......and now our sons. I am proud to have had my son serve four years in the Army after his high school gradution. We were not at war during his service, but never the less......his time committed to our country served us and him well. Thank you my son!

and.......... my oldest daughter is married to a man who joined the Marines after high school and choose to make it his career. He did serve in Iraq twice and I am soooo proud of him because I know from my daughter what a sacrific it was....to him and his family.

So thanks to all our men and women...........we truely appreciate what you have done for the citizens of the United States of America.

Remembering Those Who Have Served

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It's been a while since I have posted...feeling uninspired...but as Memorial Weekend is here I thought I would share my thoughts on those who have served our country.

The men and women who have served our country, no matter what branch of service, have always held a special place in my heart. My father served in WWII..Army Air Corp,

 as did my father's brother (Navy) and sister (WAC). Stationed in the Philippines for 3 plus years was very traumatic for my father....I remember his nightmares as I was growing up and knew that the war was deeply ingrained in him. It scared me that he was still scared.
Also...............he and my mother married before he had shipped out and my sister was born while he was gone so he missed all those early years of attachment to her. That is such a sad thing.....our men and women sacrificed so much for our country.I am always grateful for what they did for us future generations.
AND..............my father always took us to Arm Forces Day.....we climbed into jeeps, cockpits...and any and everything that was available. We watched the Thunderbirds...............we listened to patriotic music and always hung our flag out when ever we could. We were deeply patriotic. But....the clincher (is that a word?)............was the Bob Hope Specials during the Viet Nam War. When he entertained the troops.........and as the cameras panned out so you could see the vast sea of men.........I still get weepy...That broke my heart... that all those men, in base after base, were there...facing death....except for that brief moment of Bob Hope's visit. And........when the show closed with everyone singing Silent Night....oh my....I was so sad as I cried for them. These memories are deeply embedded in me.
I honor them this Memorial Day..........

Tomorrow I will write about my son who served 4 years in the Army and my son-in-law who is a current career Marine.

Love to you all.............