Getting Things Done on a Snowy Day

Well another foot of snow today :) what can I say, good day for the craft room, baking, laundry or just lazing around. So I did a little of everything.

I made homemade egg noodles but no machine makes rolling a workout. Mix together 3 eggs, 2 cups of flour and 1 tsp. salt. Roll them out, mine should have been thinner but my arms wouldn't do it :) Cut strips and let dry for 2 hours. This is enough for 4 or 5 servings--depending how hungry you are. Store the thoroughly dried noodles in an airtight container.

So for dinner, I sauted onions, mushrooms, peppers, celery, prawns and when that was almost done, tossed in some fresh spinach and nutmeg. While the noodles were cooking, I made a white sauce to which I added a little parmesan cheese. Mixed it all together and voila! Dinner.

I made a mosaic card, thanks Sue for reminding me of this technique. Check out Sue's mosaic tag at http://abittatteredart.blogspot.com/ I have never tried it and good heavens, I can finally put to use some of the rubber I have saved! My piece of acrylic isn't very big so I had to stamp a couple of times.

Directions can be found on SplitCoast Stampers.

The inside.

I love how it turned out. My ruffled flowers are actually pinker, not sure how they got the orange look.

Good gosh, if we get more snow, who knows what can happen around the house :)

Have a great day Everyone.

Tea on Tuesday, Chunky Pages Put together

Another project put together--I picked an easy one this time :)

It's pretty chilly outside and I'm enjoying the comfort of my nice smooth cup of tea!

Awhile back I was in a swap to make a five page, 4x4, Chunky Page--with a twinchie--underwater themed book.





The front cover is my finished page. The twinchie is a piece of memory glass, sponged-on ink, stamped with mermaids, edges wrapped with gold foil and a couple of little shells glued on. Beside the twinchie is a piece of wood found on the beach and a couple of coloured shell pieces. Along the bottom, there are little seed beads and shells.
The little saying from Shakespeare says "I love this place and willingly could waste my time in it."



Well, these are the beginnings of my pages. I painted the chipboard with acrylic paint, sort of smoothed on tissue paper and started adding embellishments.





Inside my cover piece has a piece of inked, gyproc tape, a piece of cardstock 'coral' and words from Anais Nin, "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Gorgeous colour on the second page, cute poem and beautiful beads with a gold star fish.





Wish you could feel the painted texture background, love the twinchie too :)







"The Mermaids Song" beautiful page, the picture doesn't do justice to the texture and embellishments!







'She had time on her hands and no where to go'! Again, the texture, the beads and a mermaid charm!











I love how this little chunky book turned out, thanks to the ladies in the swap for sharing their artistic talents!

If you want to see what other tea drinkers are doing :) check out Kimmies blog, artinredwagons on my sidebar :)

Happy New Year!

Oh my goodness, the New Year was nice for three days and then came the snow! Would you believe it melted during the week after Christmas and we had green grass up until Monday January 3rd.

Now, I know it is not good in this country to have NO snow because it can get pretty cold. However, this is getting ridiculous :) I have been out shovelling---three times yesterday and once, so far today! And I really want to get to my craft room!

I had a wonderful Christmas with family. Hope you all did too! Thanks to everyone who sent lovely cards, I love seeing all the creativeness. As you can see, I've made a card 'tree' on the wall with some of your cards.

My decorations are coming down, a little early for me but I've got the tidy bug and have to take advantage.

The craft room......that's another matter :) after working on a couple of things and doing all my wrapping in there......it's a mess. I have four Christmas boxes to take out to the shed, but that won't happen today--the snow thing! However, I'm going to wade in there this afternoon and see what I can do.

No Resolutions for me, but before Christmas I was working on finishing a few things and seemed to do just fine, so I'm going to continue on that trend this month. I have a box or maybe two :) of 'started' paper projects. Those are top priority on my to-do list, then on to the fabric and yarn!

Bookmarks

These are the bookmarks that I finished today. There were supposed to be nine--funny how 'stuff' happens! I'm happy with these :)

This is the view from my patio door today :)

It's a great time to stay indoors, however, I do have to do some shovelling!

Tea on Tuesday...oh baby, it's cold outside :)

It's an 'in' day for me, -26 out there :) however, winds are calm and the sky is blue and the sun is shining, so I'm not complaining.

My tea today, a gift from my Daughter-inLaw, is from a new little tea shop we have in town.Wonder of wonders, I haven't been there yet, but it is on my to-do list :)

This sample is called Mistletoe. Amongst the flavours, I can pick out apple and hint of cinnamon--lovely and cozy.

So, while I'm having my tea, I'm creating :)

I'm making 9 bookmarks. The words will be added later with rub-ons, when they are all done.

As you can see, I'm also making a mess in the kitchen :)

I am blessed with the views from my windows and the other night it was the huge full moon.

After I took the picture and put it on the computer, I saw that I must have moved when I clicked. However, it looks like the branches have a hold on the moon and are trying to stretch it!

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Whilst having my moring coffee...

And that's the important cup---the first one! Anyway it is about 8 am.

Here is My morning VIEW. I'm not a talk show host, it is just the beauty of nature :)

Here Comes The Sun....in the window, lighting my day :)

And speaking of light, yesterday I finished a light block--another project done! Well, almost, I just have to get another light strand to stuff inside the block. The one I had, got hot in one hour!

This block has a napkin, a clear sheet of adhesive, sprinked with fine glitter ritz and the flowers and leaves were touched up with a Stampin Up marker--just to bring out some of the colour.

I added a rub-on of holly down the side and the words, Winter Greetings. Then I wrapped a beautiful green satin ribbon around it and added the gorgeous gold ribbon for a topper.

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Puzzle Swap

Finally :) After soooo long, I have finished this piece. Really, the only thing left, is to decide what I want to use to hang it--there are two Tim Holz knobby things at the top to attach 'something' to.

This is the first time I have sewn on anything :) I think I like it!

The idea for this came from seeing some scrapbook pages on Such a Pretty Mess blog

(check my sidebar), I love her style. She has a few tutorials on flower making also.

I drew lines on the paper as a guide for the 'diamond' swirls.

These pieces would have all fit together, but I wanted to showcase them separately. Beautiful pieces Ladies :)

Tea on Tuesday

This rainy Tuesday, I'm enjoying a cup of regular tea and catching up with some crocheting. When all the squares are joined, I want to crochet a few rows of black around the entire piece.






I started this one a long time ago :) just been adding left-over colours as I make other things.
Thanks to all of you who have come and made comments on my blog :)

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Tea on Tuesday........

With a lovely cinnamon raison bagel and I have a small bowl with honey for dipping it too :) way more fun than spreading it on top of the bagel! The aromatic tea is double bergamot earl grey black tea--I could just sit here and sniff it. Maybe I should put some in a pot on the stove and let it simmer :)

This is a nice little center piece that I won :) made by my Daughter-in-law, my name was drawn by my Grandson.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. Had my Kids and Grandkids here to help eat all the turkey, trimmings and pies.

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Wednesday......need there be words

Nina

Tea cup chandeliers......

Just a note to the Tuesday tea drinkers :) and anyone else who loves tea things.

Maybe some of you know of this site with the chandeliers, but if not, check out http://www.shabbyfufu.blogspot.com/ this is a sample of what you will see :)

Tea on Tuesday, among other things

This is where I'm having tea today. Sort of relaxing, fun really and if you look closer, you will see my tea on the counter.....way over there :)



This is my 'old' counter top/cupboard unit. Unforturnately the space was not wide enough to fit all three cupboards, but it does allow me sit on a stool with my knees underneath--more comfy.

Thought I'd show you a couple of views from my windows today--it is so pretty out :)



I hope all of you out there are having a great day. It is so beautiful and warm, I have windows and doors open :)
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Tea on Tuesday

Back home for tea :)

Today I'm really being lazy--I think travelling has caught up with me. My tea is the Cleansing lemon balm and honey with elderflowers. I love bagels, this is with laughing cow cheese spread on top.




Below is a photo that I found on a tea site quite a while back. I loved the picture but didn'
t save the name of the site or person who took it---hope they don't mind :)



I'm off to see what everyone is doing today for tea---check them out at http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/

A Week Away

Well, it was great going to Vancouver and over to the Island. Even though the weather didn't cooperate, I still did a bunch of looking around and shopping :) and best of all, a bunch of visiting!

Looking at Vancouver from Lonsdale Quay.

A beautiful day!

The famous clock at Gastown, tourists took our picture for us--me and my daughter . Drizzling a bit, but walked around before going to The Old Spaghetti Factory for a very delicious supper.

Leaving Vancouver.

Quesnel, our little city surrounded by two big rivers. It's good to be home, but nine days wasn't long enough :)

Sunflower

I had to share this picture I took this morning. I moved into my new home last April, had a worn out gazebo torn down and wonder of wonders, someone had dropped a sunflower seed throught the old floor.

Well somehow it survived the winter and sprouted. I recognized the little plant and let it grow.
The flower is so bent over, I hope it doesn't break!

The seed head is 8 inches across. The seeds are not ripe yet.

There is a little self-made bird bath from the rain.

I'm just going to leave it to nature and see what happens!

Tea on Tuesday

Peaches and paper Flowers :)


A quiet cup of tea in the sunshine of my livingroom. This is the same tea as last week :)


I bought a box of peaches! Now I need to do something with them, but of course I'll keep a few to eat.








Peaches cut in half ready to freeze. I have never done this before, so I hope it works!
















These ones are going to be canned, here they are all washed and I sit with my tea :)











Yesterday was gray and rainy, so I decided to make some paper flowers. On my side bar is a blog called Such a Pretty Mess---I love the work she does and she shows how to make these.









I used Stampin Up cardstock and sprayed them with glimmer mist. Sorry it is a bit blurry---a photographer I am not.

I have a bunch more done in other colours, but it is a bit time consuming, so maybe tomorrow :)


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