Happy New Year

Happy New Year All!!!

It's a wet rainy day here in So CA... but it is nice to have a whole day to be lazy and just hang out at the "puter" .. :) Ok so its 2011 and what are we all thinking about????? I have decided to not mak eany New Year's REsolutions that I know I will not keep, but instead make some new goals that I want to achieve sometime in 2011..................so here are a few of my goals:

1. organize my upstairs crafting room, so maybe I can actually have a meeting up there and more room to move around. It is amazing how clutered it can get
2. have some friends over for a crafting slumber party, make popcorn knit, crochet, tell stories and watch a good movie
3. work on more WIP, put them in order and when I am done with one go onto the next that is in line to do, that way I won't be searching if I put them an order to do, finish at least one a month
4. Read at least one new novel each month and conmdense my library
5. take out my patterns for my magazines that I like and put them in my file cabinet so when I am looking to do something I can find it easier than searching through all the mbooks and magazines, for books I will make copies and then put the books away

6. organize my buttons by color, size, and theme, so that I can find them when looking to add to one of my projects
7. join TOPS, and get motivated and meet some new friends wanting to lose weight and eat healthier
8. start WW and try to lose at least 20 lbs over the year [always got to have a weight loss, :)]
9. try a new recipe monthly and then share it with friends and family
10. make more gifts for family and friends using up my stash of supplies and yarn
11. Walk at least 20 minutes a day 4-6 times a week
12. join a dance lesson group to learn how to Tango and Waltz, I hav elaways wanted to do this and always procrastinate on joining
13. sort through my closet and jewelry and rotate out and make room to add new designs
14. take some of my older clothing items and crochet some trim on them to change their look
15. learn to make knitting cables as I have always wnated to learn and never have made the plunge

16. make more cards to send instead of buying them, start on Valentine cards, I love handmade cards they have so much personality and fun to make. :), add a recipe or pattern or poem or craft idea when sending along with a scratch off ticket for fun!

Impossible????  no, now remembering that is another thing....
 So I am going to print this out and hang it up on my refrigerator and craft peg board to remind me to it..... What's your goals for 2011???? Be sure to Link to me and leave a comment so I can hop over and read yours too.....let's see how many bloggers can join in....



Post Cards and Goodies and Feeling Better

Ok so today it is raining outside, sun is trying to peek through and I feel better than before, still not 100% but getting there.. :)

I went to the PO yesterday, house "buggy" and I was pleasently surprised with PC and other goodies...I need to get back to making PC...

So here's a look..this beautiful handmade post card was made by Laura aka LadyDoodleBug from a group on Flickr "Handmade Theme Post Card Swap" She is so artistically inclinded and they are always so pretty...now she forget to follow the theme...lol...but who cares with an art work such as this one! I loved it!!

Next are 3 wonderful PC made from my friends in another personal swap group ran by Brenda....they are always a joy to receive... Rhonda made me a beautifully embroidered PC for Vanentine's Day, Vicki designed a lovely one with rhinestones of star bursts, and Carol made the cutest flying cat, ...I do love bling!!!

Next I got a package from Joy that is in my "Yummy Recipe Swap" group and she made me a recipe for the theme "Gifts in a Jar" it was our Jan theme... The recipe is Hummus and she sent me an ingredient, a recipe book, a handmade mat, and a decorated recipe car. so much talent and I loved the recipe..oh yeah and the corn on the cob holders.. :)

Next was my button's package, That Cindy sent me...look at all the great buttons I get to play with...All for the "Winter White" theme.. :) along with a cute purse size sewing kit and darning needles..always need those.. :) Last was from Diane, what a great card she made, it is my Fat 1/4 swap bot swaps, and again it was Winter White, I got the cutest kitty buttons, and 4 fat 1/4 in WW and note cards..yummy!!! I had a surprise at the PO with all these wonderful gifts.... I am a happy camper!!!

I Joined a Material Post Card Exchange

Over at The Quilt Journey with Brenda I joined up for a wonderful "Fabric Post Card" swap. No pressure no real rules, just fun in making post cards and sending them off whenever. Now I have never made any before so it may be a little challenge for me, but I was looking for some different and I think this will be fun...

You make them yourself and design them however you want. I googled a couple sites and come up with these ones to help out on the basics. About.com shows some interesting ideas and Making Post Cards explains easy steps to making a fabric post card and Deb R has a really great tutorial on making them, and I like this one for a list of funny sayings to put on your PO. And the photo comes from another great tutorial over at Calidore so be sure and check it out.