Tintype: Banjo Player With Stogie

Tintype: Banjo Player With Stogie, originally uploaded by mrwaterslide.

I found this tintype via flickr(mrwaterslide) and thought it fit perfectly with the Toby Keith song I had playing. Can't you just see this man having to listen to his wife "yap" 24 hrs. a day and never getting a word in! Ha. My hubby doesn't like Country music but always manages to grin when he hears this song, wonder why?

Or maybe it fits in better with song #9 on my playlist. hahaha. That song is so not what I would usually play on here but I was looking for a love song by Vince Gill and when I played this one I just had to laugh. I guess Jo Packham's letter in the front of the Where Women Create Spring 2010 just got me to thinking abt. "men" and what they think abt. us women some times.

Hope everyone just gets a laugh out of all of this, be back with another post later.

love,

angela

Starting Over

About 2 years ago I was searching for something on the internet and stumbled across Kim's blog, DaisyCottage. From there I hopped and skipped all over the world, blog to blog, in awe of this "new world" that I had found. I foolishly thought that it would be so simple to start blogging myself but all the while wondering if anyone would really give a flip abt. my life. It has been a struggle ever since to keep up with my life, remembering to take pics and then to recount it all on here. I never have found a groove for this "blog" thing and have thought many times of just giving up and quitting but I have met several of you in person and feel like I have made a connection with some of you that blogging only strengthens. My biggest struggle is whether to treat this blog as my online diary and share things with all of you that are real and true in my life or do I only share only a fake, perfect, happy world, or do I just share art and crafts? For the few of you that have gotten to know me in whatever small way, y'all know that I am an open, sharing TOO much info kind of girl. Much to my hubby's horror, it's just the way I am! It has been very hard trying to share with y'all while not really sharing at all. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I am saying all of this to tell you that my blog is going to change. I am starting over as of today! My favorite blog is Tongue in Cheek because Corey shares so much of her life with us. I have laughed and cried while reading her words and even tho' I have never met her, I consider her a friend. She emails me privately after I leave a comment and will even answer one of my emails. That is what I want my blog to be like, not that I will ever compare to her but I do want it to be an honest picture of me and my world, the good-bad-ugly and just way too much info.

Don't worry tho' I won't start sharing on this post, I think you have had to read enough already. I do want to thank those of you that have called or emailed to check on me and thank you to Sherri for really letting me unload on her!!

All of my "girls" above will be listed in my shop tonight.

love to you all,

angela

OH MY GOSH< MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL OF THIS!!!

I tried to download a pic of this but never could get it to work so just go check out each blog and do what they say!



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Revised

Here is a thinner version of the previous post. So whatcha think abt. this one?

I have added this to my etsy shop, you can find it here. I have one made and can take orders for more(just give me a couple of days to make) if anyone is interested. Thanks for all the comments, I'm always nervous abt. putting my "stuff" out there, not sure if anyone will like it.

The Old Rugged Cross

Whew...Mistletoe Market was insane! I sold over 50 wreaths on Friday and was completely sold out just after lunch! I stayed up all night making more and I don't think I ever stopped all weekend, and still I have orders to fill....YAYAYAYAYAY!!! I so needed a sale like this one, I was really discouraged and so many things are going on in my home that it was just what I needed at the moment. Sorry to say I didn't take a single pic, I never had time to get my camera out of the bag. Tammy came to see me with her sweet, sweet Mama Ru and sisnlaw Judy and took a few pics. I sold all of my paper mache' dress forms and have 2 more almost ready for their debut.

One of my customers asked me if I could come up with a cross done like my wreaths and my hubby has been on me for a year to try one and this is my version or first try anyway. I'm thinking I need to thin out the middle of the arms so that it is wider at the center and the points, whadya think? Please be honest, is this a keeper or no? Please ignore the inside of the fireplace, candles are everywhere and I didn't have alot of options for 10:30pm pics.

I can't wait to here what y'all think of the cross and whether I should thin it out, something just doesn't look right. I'm hoping this customer loves the cross and maybe I can offer them in my etsy shop.

Love to you all,

angela

Christmas Shows

I don't know if I have any visitors left after missing an entire month here but I am frantically trying to get ready for Mistletoe Market next weekend in Perry Ga. Last year, I had a friend help out with making things and working the booth with me but this year she has decided that she cannot and I have a double booth to fill.....(can you hear me screaming Calgon?). Now you know why I haven't been here! I also had 2 swaps from Silver Bella that I stayed in even tho' I had to back out of going, one was a Bella book with Scrappy Jessi and another was a Shabby Bella ornament swap hosted by Heather of Speckled Egg. I didn't get a great shot of the ornaments but now that the recipients have gotten them(they swapped last night), I feel safe in showing you the one little pic I did take. I was really nervous abt. this one, not knowing if my ornaments would be "up to snuff" with the other girls involved, so I really hope they like them and cannot wait to see all the Silver Bella pics.

Well I'm off to "create". I would love to see some of you next weekend at that show!

love,

angela

GIVEAWAY HEAVEN!!

Get on over to Kasey's and enter her giveaway...holy cow! or maybe don't go and that way I have a better chance of winning, hahaha!