Just a little relaxation before all the baking starts this morning. And what better way to relax than by coloring. My favorite coloring tools are Copic Markers. The blending is unbelievably easy and the paper never balls up because you're using too much ink (or water if using watercolor pencils). I know you know what I mean!
So this morning,
a little stamping
+
a little coloring
= relaxation
and now
the turkeys await!
(talkin' the food variety here)
I've mentioned before how weird this Thanksgiving is going to be . . . in both a good and bad way.
In January we lost my mother-in-law.
In April Beau finished his 4 years in the Marines with two tours to Iraq and returned to us safe and sound.
In July my Dad died after a really quick 3 day illness.
In October, my nephew transferred to the Philippines to keep his job for another 5 months
and this year my Aunt was put into a care home for those suffering from Alzheimer's.
Since we got married in 1972 I've been having Thanksgiving dinner at our house. This year the tradition continues with the exception of the number of people we're having. Only 23. That's a fairly low number for us.
My *relax* time before Thanksgiving day is spent decorating the tables. This morning, with a case of insomnia close by, I dug out the Thanksgiving accroutrements and decorated the dining room table.
So here's the dining room table.
I'll give you a closer look:
This year I added some things to the table that will represent each person
I'm missing in my life.
The jar of marbles were my Dad's when he was a young boy.
The Morton Salt for my mother-in-law
who LOVED salt on anything she ate
and lots of it please.
I was going to put the salt in a salt dish
but think the family will get a tiny bit of a laugh out of the
entire salt box on the table.
Always have antique postcards on the table
but this year added this little antique book
for Margie (my aunt with Alzheimer's).
Tomorrow: The *kid's table*
with
THE TABLECLOTH
& a little somethin' so my nephew can still be part of
our family Thanksgiving Day.
Now, gotta go polish silver before the sun comes up
& you really see what this table looks like!
Forgot to mention:
Opened the silverware drawer and found a
penny!
Pennies from heaven?
of the DSC weekend.
loved each and every project and idea from Debbie Schuh
however
by far my favorite
was this:
ATC holder from 7 Gypsies
and
stinkin' cute embellies
from
K&Co
added to
DSC folds
and hanging ephemera
with kitty cats sitting in office chairs.
I'm not a cat lover
(sorry, too many allergies)
and
I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this:
and teeny jars converted to mini-books that open
ATC cards all dressed up and ready for a spin!
with layers of bling and cuteness
This project had it all for me.
vintage
bling
layers
tiny
add-to
instant gratification.
WOW!
Thank you
I learned so much from you this weekend!
and for those of you who are rookies to my blog . . .
DSC = DebbieSchuhCute
all one word.
look it up.
i think it's in webster's dictionary.
More eye candy from this weekend doing the DSC:
those are just a few of the pages in the
Once Upon A Time
album.
Here's another one we did this weekend.
the cover is grungepaper
that feels like leather
once you learn this awesome technique from Debbie.
more to come later!
When you say this, *Debbie Schuh Cute*, you must say it as if it's all one word. A new word. Should be in Webster's Dictionary. It may be already. Haven't checked yet.
Here's one of the projects we did this weekend with Debbie Schuh @ For Keeps Sake Scrapbook:
I think For Keeps Sake still has some of these albums left.
Get in there and get yours today.
They're cheap - no kiddin'
and would make adorable Christmas gifts.
I'm not a cute person.
Before you start nodding your heads and agreeing with me,
I'm not talking about my looks.
I'm talkin' 'bout style. I like inked up, winter colors, patterns galore projects.
Always have.
Always will.
The girls at For Keeps Sake know this to be true
and thus their mantra for me is
"she doesn't do cute".
Enter
Nobody does cute like Debby Schuh does cute.
I fell in love with her style at CKC Provo.
That's how I'm going to
(from now on)
describe the CUTE that I like.
DEBBY SCHUH CUTE.
a little bit shabby + a little bit cute + a little bit vintage + a little bit inky
=
Debby Schuh Cute.
So many ideas for this project. Debby suggested:
and the list goes on . . .
I'll post more photos tomorrow of the individual cards we made for this 7 Gypsies project.
