I need to learn a little more about posting too. I don't know how to set up a picture right next to the paragraph about it. I just wantedto post an updated pic of the kittens and the bits of the things I have started and I wanted to explain a little about the cards I posted below.

The pinwheel one was a new tech I tried out for a swap. I like the tag pinwheels better. I also used heat embossing and the shaving cream marbled paper. The B-C-N-U card was for a friend and her family that moved to Texas in July. The "celebrate" card was a birthday card for a co-worker. Ok now back to work!

HI! Just a quickie to let the world know I am still here! I have mostly been lazy as far as writing in my blog. One of the things taking up my time has been trying to keep up after our growing menagerie of animals! Our Kitten had kittens! Back in last Sept Veornica found a tiny kitten abandoned in the bushes. We added her to our family and when I asked the vet about getting her fixed He said she had to be at least 6 months old. Sooo, fast-forward, she's about 7, maybe going on 8 months and I'm ready to call the vet and we look at her and say "Gee, she's getting kinda fat, isn't she? You don't think...". Yup, sure enough, she was already in the "family way". (I have always tried to keep our cats in, but I SWEAR they were walking through walls, so I gave up-I have them fixed-I just didn't get this one fast enough!) So at the end of July she had 4 kittens. (pictures to follow). Long story short, we now have 2 VERY active kittens that seem to be staying with us. 2 were given to friends and are doing very well also.

I also have been doing some creative things. My big problem is having my craft room in the basement. I don't like to go down there that much. We had it finished and it's not unpleasant. It's just not where I want to be! All the big windows are upstairs, my daughter and people are upstairs. I like to multi-task and the TV w/the DVR is UPstairs and so is my computer. I get inspired by all the great art I see from everyone else on their blogs and in my e-mail groups, but my supplies are not where I am. Then, when I make a point of going down to "the cave" to create, I'm lost for inspiration! I lose it somewhere on the stairs! Anyway, I'll post what I've got now.

I AM working hard right now because I have signed up to be in a craft show and I'm trying to build up an inventory. I think I approach making a lot of things differntly than I see other people doing it though. I see people who create a card or three every day and when I am trying to create more than a few of something I approach it almost "assembly line" fashion. I think, in part, it's because I really love to color and to stamp an image, color it, stamp another one, color it, etc,etc is tedious, plus I'm spending too much time in that place where I don't want to be. What I did was stamp a whole bunch of images to color and bring them upstairs, along with some of my favorite coloring supplies I'm posting some pics of what I've got so far and I'll post the copmlted tings when they are completed! And I do mean "things", not just cards, I'm trying to do lots of gift bags, boxes, gift items and maybe even framing a couple of my photos.