In His Grip

Time 4 Fun Gift Box

I have been going to Sonic Drive-In happy hour (all drinks for half price) a lot this Summer.  So needless to say, I have accumulated several of their drink holders.  I knew that there was something cool to do with them I had just not figured it out yet.  Well, I finally came up with something.  A gift box.  I took strips of paper and sewed them together for the sides and then used my Cricut machine to cut out the "Time 4 Fun" letters. I then tied some bows here and there filled it with tissue paper and some shred and there you have it.  A very fun gift box.  I love to make something out of nothing, it always makes me feel so accomplished.

 

Three Word Thursday

The Government Can!

 

Child of The King Pendant

This weekend I had a great time in my studio creating some fun new things for The Pink Porch.  Here is one of the new designs I have come up with.  I had fun making them all different colors and using the new scalloped soldering tape that I bought.  There is also a fun little jewel on the outside of the glass just on top of the crown.  Because every princess needs a jewel.  You can purchase them through The Pink Porch or just contact me by email and I will be more then happy to send one your way or maybe two so that you can pass one on to a friend.  Hope you have a "royal" day!!!! 

Tomato, Corn and Avocado Salsa

Today at Indian Creek Community church, Gardner campus one of our creekers brought peppers from his garden.  We could take all that we wanted he had both jalapeno and habanero peppers.  So of course we decided that we needed to make of some fresh salsa when we got home.  I made the recipe as below but in order to use some of habanero peppers we separated out some of the salsa and add habanero to it.  Whew!  That can be really hot!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Tomato, Corn And Avocado Salsa

1 1/2 cups frozen corn (thawed)

1 4oz. can sliced black olives (drained)

1 1/2 cups diced roma tomatoes

3/4 cup diced red onion

1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced

1 1/2 teaspoons minced jalapeno pepper

1 avocado peeled and diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 teaspoon salt.

Mix together corn, olives, tomatoes, onion, red pepper, and jalapeno in a large bowl.  Gently fold in avocado, olive oil, lime juice, and salt.

Eat with chips and enjoy!!!!

Three Word Thursday

265 and counting!!!!!!

Sales Down Under

Okay, so you can now call me an "international" business woman.  I have made my first ever international sale.  I sold a table runner to a gal in Australia through The Pink Porch etsy shop.  I have made quite a few sales through my shop but they have always been to people here locally so they did not have to purchase on-line but from me directly.  For my first sale to be from across the world, is so exciting for me.  I have been working on some new items for The Pink Porch and will post them soon so check back often.  That comes from an "international" business woman, ha, ha.  Have a great day!!!!!!

Scrapbook Score!!!!!

Today when I was out on a Sonic Happy Hour run, Lindsey and I saw a sign that said "scrapbook sale".  Being the scrappy kind of gals that we are we followed the arrow on the sign and came to a house that had a driveway and garage full of scrapbook supplies for up to 80% off.  Cool!!! We started loading up on things that we have seen in stores but would never afford because they are too expensive.  How fun to just be out minding your own business and run into something that can just make your day.  Here are is the treasures that we found.  Now I have a plan for the weekend that looks to be full of bad weather.  Time in my studio with all of my fun new supplies, YEAH!!!! 

Three Word Thursday

Back to school!!!!!

My Sister is the Coolest!!!!

Okay, so is that bragging?  Well, quite frankly I don't care.  Janet has been a part of my life since I was 13 months old and has influenced me in so many ways.   She is always  challenging  me to be a better person and to really be intentional about things in life, i.e., relationships, decisions that I make, who it is that I am.   Janet is one person that can come to me and say, "I can I give you some feedback?"  And  I  know that what she has to share has wisdom and love behind it all.  Even if  the feedback is not always so positive, and believe it or not that does happen, I never go way feeling bad, but loved that someone would take the time to help make me a better person.  So now for the bragging part, Janet has been interviewed/written an article, click on the link

http://www.smallgroups.com/articles/2009/smallgroupsnapshot.html?start=2 .  Check it out, if you put Janet McManhon in the search box you will find other articles that she has written as well.   When it comes to small group life she is kind of a big deal.

Three Word Thursday

Never enough paint!

Passing Out Popsicles for Food

Last night the Indian Creek Community Church, Gardner campus outreach team passed out popsicles and flyers at the Johnson County Fair letting everyone know that we will be in the parade on Saturday collecting food.  Yes, that is right we have our own parade entry and we will be pushing shopping carts and collecting the nonperishable food items from people along the parade route.  We are partnering with the Gardner Multi Service Center to fill their food pantry for the people of Gardner who need help.  We had a great time meeting people and and telling them about how they can participate in giving a hand to help out in their very own community.  So if you want to have a good time, come on out to Gardner on Saturday at 10:00 am for the Johnson County Fair Parade and bring a some canned goods along and check out our parade waves.

Latest Dumpster Find

This is my latest dumpster find.  Now, I did not actually pick this one up, but one of Anna's lifeguard friends at the pool she has worked at all summer did.  It has been sitting in the pool office all summer for the lifeguards to lounge on when they were not on the stands.  So when the boss came by a couple of weeks ago and said that the sofa needed to be gone before the pool closed later this month.  My daughter thinking that I would love this, volunteered to cart it away and, ta da, it is in my garage.  It is in very good shape other than the fabric which kind of smells like a second hand shop, you know that smell that is always in used clothing and furniture stores?  But new fabric is no problem for  me, in fact, I have some yardage that has been left in my studio for two years that I think should do the trick nicely.  Hmm, I wonder if this sofa will fit down the stairs?  Before I go to too much trouble I have decided to get all of the outdoor work done first. So out comes the colonial red spray paint for the wood.  Once I get this part done I will do my best to make it fit down those blasted stairs, and then I will start the upholstery stuff.  I  will keep you updated on how the project is going.

Where Women Create

I bought this magazine on Saturday afternoon and by Saturday night I had it read from cover-to-cover.  This is a publication that shows the studio spaces of artists around the country.  Although I do not consider myself an artist so much, Jeff calls me an innovator, creator, and fabricator, all I really want to be called is a designer of beautiful things.   I am very inspired by these creative women.  The stories of how they were creative as children and looked at as oddities from time to time by what they would make; there were times in their lives that people told them to get real and quit living in the clouds because to make money you had to have a "real" job; are all things that I totally relate to.  All of these gals are well known in their fields of artistry, although I would only call myself well known by family and friends, I have found that I can only feel satisfied when I can find the time to create.  Twenty years ago I went from having a "real" job to creating beautiful things for other people in the spare bedroom of our home.  And in those 20 years my studio space has grown and even become an inspiring place for me to be not only during my work day when I am creating things that others have designed, but in my free time when I have the privilege to create and design things that I like to make.  So I will take my titles as innovator, creator, and fabricator, if that means I can continue to have the privilege of doing what I love.