CardShop

Hello there. Well, another card shop at Belinda's has come and gone. What a bunch of beautiful people!!! and by the way Kat, the cards turned out gorgeous!!!! I have been inspired once again by your creative talent. I just want to make more and more cards!!! Here are a few pics I took while everyone was busy embellishing their cards. Oh and take note, Belinda is the gal making faces behind one of the unsuspecting ladies. LOL, you are a funny girl!! And, notice that we had a new baby in our group, Princess. She is the cutest and most stylin' little pooch I have every met. Our next gathering is next Monday at Belinda's. We will be doing page layouts for scrap booking.

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Good evening, I had some fun tonight after dinner. I played with some paper and stamps and made these three little cards. I used paper from the pack "North Shore" that I purchased at the crop I went to on Saturday with my sister Kat. I love any theme that is nautical. So I used the stamps I had to make these note cards. It was fun making them. If you look real close you can see the embossing on the white part of the card. I am still hoping to purchase the cricut and the cuttlebug. I am waiting for them to go on sale too. Hope I still have money when they are.

What is St. Patric's Day All About?

Well, I was searching to find out what my name means (Patty). I came up with a site on who St. Patrick is. So I thought I would share it with you. My name is related to His. Anyway, there is a man named St. Patrick. who's real name is Maewyn Succat. Try to say that 10 times fast. lol

This man was born somewhere near the end of the fourth century. He changed his name to Patrick or Patricus after he became a priest. At the age of 16 he was kidnapped from his native land of Britian by a band of pirates who sold him into slavery in Ireland. He worked as a shepherd and turned to religion for solace. After six years of slavery he escaped to the northern coast of Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for twelve years. He came to believe that it was his calling to convert the pagans of Ireland to Christianity. Patrick was about sixty years old when he arrived in Ireland and it is said that he had a winning personality that helped him win converts. he taught the concept of the trinity by using a shamrock, a three-leafed clover. (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).

Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries and setting up schools and churches to aid in converting the Irish country to Christianity. Legend has it that Saint Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Evidently, they all went into the sea and drowned. The snake is a pagan symbol and perhaps this is a figurative tale explaining that he drove paganism out of Ireland.

Patrick's mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. He then retired to County Down and died on March 17 in 461 AD. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since. The first year St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in this country was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts. As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is Irish!" Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades.

If you want to learn more go to. http://holidays.kaboose.com/patrick-history.html

Fun Project

I'm back! This time I have a pic of a few cards I made a several of days ago. Finally got my camera back. I sat down one morning and just dug out some paper and stamps and began to create Valentine cards. I am not as fast as someone else I know, (my sister). But, I had fun making them. I'm not sure if the pic does them justice because they are suppose have sparkle on them. When ever I have time to create again I want to make MORE!!!!!!! LOL By the way Sis, can you guess which one is yours? Well I'm off to have more fun.

Good Evening

Good evening to you all. I was hoping to take some pics today of I don't know what and then I remembered that I let my son take the camera with him last night and he is not home yet. Oh well, some other time perhaps. I really don't know what I want to talk about. Nothing interesting has been going on around here lately. It snowed nearly everyday this week. Not a lot of accumulation mind you, but enough to annoy me. This is the first time in many years that it has snowed so much. I really should be finishing my cards I had started a looooong time ago. These cards would be Christmas cards. Yup! I know Christmas is over but, I will need them for next Christmas. I was surprised at how many people I know and have passed Christmas cards to. I even sent some to people where my husband works. They loved them. I guess they haven't seen many home made cards before. When one of the ladies had a baby shower at the place my husband works, they were all gagagagag over the crocheted items I made. My husband said that they acted like they have not seen much for home made baby stuff before. I though everyone or just about everyone got stuff hand made especially for babies. let me see if I can find the picture of her gifts I made. Yes it worked. You can see the picture at the top. You will see the blanket in multicolor (pastel) and the hat and mits in yellow. The blue and green thing is a shoulder cover for mom. These were quick, easy, and fun to make. I love making things for babies.

Monday Night

Well, it is Monday again. The weeks are going by so fast these days. I guess the saying is true. "The older we get the faster the time goes by." I apologize, I don't know who actually said that. Anyway I had a really great time on Saturday with my sister Kathy and friend Patsy. Thanks girls, can't wait to do it again. The crop was buzzing with activity as people took out boxes of memories and lovingly placed them on beautiful layouts. There was much chatter at each table, people meeting new people and others seeing old friends. I did not get a lot of cropping done but, I did have fun. I saw many things and I even bought some things from some of the vendors. Sometimes it is just nice to get together with other women and chat. I did learn some new techniques and saw some new (to me) tools used for scrapbooking. And now I want them all!!!!!!! Some day, a little at a time I will have them. Meanwhile, I will play with the stuff my sister has or my friend has. I know they won't mind. Well gotta go for now. It is getting late. Night.

Have You Ever Seen One of These Up Close?

Woe!!!!! Have you ever seen one of these up close and personal? And, no that is not my hand. I found this pic on line when I was looking for what kind of spider I had encountered one cool spring morning when I attempted to enter the laundry room. A spider that looked exactly like this one was creeping along the cement floor right across the doorway where I was standing. I stood there in shock not believing my eyes. It moved very, slowly across the floor closer and closer to the washing machine. I was totally creeped out by its long, hairy, legs as each one moved menacingly along carrying its fat, hairy, body along the gray, cool, floor. I gasped for air and stepped back and turned toward my son's room. Not realizing how loud I was I began to pound on his door, yelling, "Nathan, you need to come out here and see this!" Keeping my eye on the creepy crawler, I pointed to it when Nathan opened his door. (His bedroom was near the laundry room.) He said "Oh my God! But, I was the hysterical one. Screaming, I said" Oh, you gotta kill it Nate! Grab a shoe and kill it!" So he went back into his room and grabbed a shoe and went out to kill it. After a few seconds of chasing it, the dirty deed was done. Nathan then proceeded to go back to his room leaving the splattered, dead, spider in the path to the washing machine. My reaction was, "Eew! Please clean that up!" So he grabbed some toilet paper and cleaned up the glob and threw it into the flush. "Thank you Nathan, thank you so much! You are my hero." This is a true story. I had never seen a tarantula on the loose before. I have seen them only on TV. That was enough for me. I think back to that day and I am really sorry I had it killed. I should have put it into something and found out where it came from. I was so hysterical I just lost it. Even now when I look at the picture I quiver. If I saw one again I would probably call my hit man (lol) and have it killed. So all you arachnid lovers please forgive me.