DH and I quietly rolled into 2019 with a new family member. Meet Giorgana … or Georgie, for short! She’s 5 months old, and such a sweetheart! The bulldog gang, along with the rest of the crew have already bonded… And Chloe likes to ‘mother’ her! And, I’m cleaning and reorganizing the studio, with a …
Category: crafts, family, non-glass ... dogs Tags: birthday cards, bulldogs, card making, computer struggles, ER nurse, Georgie, Neapolitan Mastiff, New Year, stamping, studio reorganizing, temporary fix
Wrapping up Christmas 2018 with lil Sis … Who is HOME! And she’s snuggling with the bulldog pups (Pignacious and Clyde) … As promised, a couple of cute photos of the Neo babies, just after bath time! We’re starting the transition to kibble … baby steps! I did a bit of coloring, starting on my …
Category: bulldogs, crafts, Neapolitan Mastiff Tags: 2018 Christmas, card making, copic coloring, cute puppies, ER nurse, flowers, fused glass projects, fused glass studio, giraffe, Lil Sis, murrini, new year resolutions, scrap glass
Here at Clayton Hill. It’s all good, I wouldn’t have it any other way! Tubby had her babies – 7 beautiful, healthy, fat pups joined our gang on Saturday. DH and I are smoothing out the process of providing 24/7 pup-watch coverage for mom and babies, while still getting chores and jobs done. As it’s …
Category: crafts, fused glass, knitting, Neapolitan Mastiff, vitrigraph Tags: card making, christmas prep, Clayton Hill Neo's, felting, fused glass studio, gift making, gifts, knitting slippers, murrini cane, night lights, night owl, pups
Haha! OK, kind of … for the moment! But, I’m on top of my post – so there’s that. News: We are officially EMPTY NESTERS. Baby boy moved into his apartment this week … Wow! 27 years of motherhood (including pregnancy) … DONE!!! [I know, it’s never done until I’m dead, but … STILL!] AND …
Category: bulldogs, crafts, fused glass, vitrigraph Tags: bulldog sisters, card making, Chloe & Ro, dressing dogs, empty nesters, fun with bullies, fused glass studio, getting older, glass spoon rests, murrini cane, nutcracker, proud of my kids
I ran out of time last week to post. So, here I am in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, planning out my week ahead and reflecting on last week. We did a beautiful coe96 vit pull on Friday. Here are photos of the gorgeous red murrini from the cane, and the pull progression from …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, fused glass, Neapolitan Mastiff, non-glass ... dogs, vitrigraph Tags: cane, card making, Chloe, christmas ornaments, coe90, coe96, foiling on cards, fused glass studio, glass, more crazy birds, murrini, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, recipes
And a little of that. This week in review: Starting with this super-cute pic of my sisters. Makes me smile every time I look at it … AWWW – they LUV each other! I spent a bit more time cleaning and organizing the studio … or trying to, anyway. Here is my storage for card …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, Uncategorized, vitrigraph Tags: card making, Chloe & Ro, chowder, coe90 murrini, copic coloring, date night, embellishment storage, ER nurse, mostaccioli, organizing, vitrigraph cane
Our youngest daughter was sick last week … and then DH & I both came down with a virus that wiped us out for a couple of days. [Yep Baby Girl in Ghana, and we get sick too!] So, I made her a get-well card, along with a Halloween card. And, our oldest son turned …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, fused glass Tags: birthdays, cane, card making, celebrating, Chloe & Ro, coe96, flu, fused glass studio, murrini, organizing, ornaments, recipes, water color
Yep … I did it again. I bought another plotter. This one is the (Brother) Scan N Cut DX. It’s sole job (for me) is to cut out stamped/colored images. Now I don’t have to fussy cut, or buy dies, or fight with my Big Shot … I LOVE IT! So, we cut some images …
Category: bulldogs, crafts, fused glass, non-glass ... ER nurse, vitrigraph Tags: Blitz, bulldog sisters, card making, Chloe & Ro, murrini, not-adulting, procrastination, Scan & Cut DX, yearly competencies
We are totally taking advantage of our Indian Summer – and the heater in our pool. Pool dayz … Gotta love ‘em! In between, we had a vitrigraph (murrini cane) pull. Requested yellow and black … make for a Green Lantern-esque cane. Hmmm … I like it! Our Neo pups are seven weeks old, and …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, recipes, vitrigraph Tags: cabbage roll soup, cane, card making, Clayton Hill, coe 96, english blulldog, Indian summer, murrini, Neapolitan Mastiff, pool time, vit pulls, warm weather, yellow and black
Time to get out of the pool and back into the swing of things! DH got a bit ahead of himself … and bought a boat. I have to say, though – I like the view from inside the pond (boat)! I stamped a few card fronts, ready for coloring. But, decided I needed those …
Category: cooking, crafts, fused glass, life, recipes, vitrigraph Tags: adult coloring, card making, coe96 Murrini, fused glass studio, our lake placid, stamping, trying new recipes, vit stacks