Hi everyone!  I know...I know....it has been FOREVER!

I have been on vacation (for our 25th!!!) And now we are home & totally out 

of holiday mode! (ex:Selling the house...got colds...paying bills...)

Anyhow...craft room is still packed up. Hope to be outta here soon & able to craft & share again soon!

But in the mean-time...I thought I'd share a couple of holiday photos from 

Huatulco, Mexico!!

The view from our room!!!

The beach

Part of the pool area

AHHHHHH!

Food after our sailing day!

Dessert at the resort (YEP...5 STAR)

A stop on the city tour....hmmmm

grasshoppers!   and cheese!

Some sweeties put this in our room!

For our 25th!!!!

Well...that is a little taste!

I truly hope to be back creating soon!!!

TAKE CARE

Hello again! It's been awhile...I know!

Busy...busy!

I want to share 2 things this morning!

First....a summer project that I did and have only just got around to posting it!

My basement stairs. TA-DA!  This is them...unfinished!

This next photo is during...

As they were drying...

Now for the stain and finished with loads of layers of polyurethane!

And all finished!!

And now...why not do the table!

During...the drying process!

And all done!  

(Not the greatest photo)

So...my stairs and bar table are all done. I love them!

This is a paper bag technique that I used. It's inexpensive...covers flaws...and is

so unique!!!

You can also use colored tissue paper on some projects. I once did a coffee table in black.  It looks just like leather when it was done!

Well....if you have any questions...please send a comment!

~NOW~

the next thing that I wanted to share...

A website!

It's our business website. We have been in business for about 7 years but I have never done a website.......till now!

go to

mideka.wix.com/just4starters

(Sorry...it won't link up because my right click on this mouse is not working!!!)

OK...that is all from me!

I hope to be entering challenges again soon....as soon as the house sells and we set

up my craft studio again!

It's depressing that it has been all packed up for a couple of months!

~sniffsniff~

Well....take care!

New item!!

Well....here is something that I have not shared with you before.

(at least I don't think I have)

I make diaper cakes, diaper bikes & diaper prams for baby gifts.

I was working on ideas for a diaper truck & a friend asked me to make a truck for a wedding!  I never had that request before.

The couple loves monster trucks so that is what they would love.

Here are some step by step photos of it!

                             

As always...I like to be sure that everything I use is a useable item.  So I used 

bath towels and baskets.

It is hard to see on the photo...I used some piping for roll bar (?) in the back of the truck.  Towels for the tires.

I took apart some of those fake candles and used the 'guts' in some little plastic containers.  If you put you finger behind...there was a little switch to turn on the 

"headlights'

License plate!

Back of the truck.

Box in the back to hold the wedding cards. They didn't really want any bows but I had to put a few!

For this...I cut the letters on the cricut.

The silver background was run through the cuttlebug.

The end result!!

It is very different & I hope they loved it.

Well...

That's it for now!

Take care!!

Hope we move soon and then I will be able to craft again!!

Crazy Life!!

Hello again!

It has been very busy around here.  Seems as though I am never home anymore...and crafting????  What is that?

It has been forever.

The reason for that is that we are trying to sell our house & I have had to pack up the craft studio so that it is not distracting to a potential buyer!

I am missing it a lot! But I am keeping busy without it!

~sniff~

Well...since I have nothing really new...I will share something not so new! haha

This is a card that I made for my parents anniversary! I colored the image with Prisma pencils. One of my first attempts at it!

This is the card opened up. It is called the tri-fold card. If I had more time I would link it to some instructions.

Sorry!

Well...take care.

I sure hope this house gets sold so that I can unpack and craft again!!

Take care & thanks for popping in!

An Older Card...

Here is an older card that I made...not sure if I have ever shared it with you before.

These are among some of the first I ever made.

Not sure why...but I did crop this one in iPhoto but it came out like the original!!

It keeps doing that to me for some reason!

A thank you flower pot...my first of many.

This is one that I did a long time ago for my niece.

Well...that was a bit of "history"  haha

And....by the way...could someone out there please tell me if my blog background has changed. From my end it is grey with white polka dots instead of the old damask pattern I had. I tried to install a different one...but it wouldn't change the look. Strange!!

Thanks & have a warm weekend!

=)

Cath Kidston!!

Hi again!

It is very busy times around here so I am sorry for the delay!

But I want to share something with you that happened way back in June!!

I entered a give away on Janes Journal.
There's a Bear in the woods..and the results of my giveaway

And I won a prize.

I have finally put the photo's on the computer!! And I cropped them all nicely...but

computers often do not listen so...  =(

This is a tea towel from Cath Kidston!

Very awesome towel! Thanks to Jane who send it all the way from the UK!

And I apologize for the delay in telling of my spoil!!

Take care!

Snow will be here soon!

I was just thinking...Winter will be here soon and I never posted my flowers!

This was early spring...we put a lot in this year and they all got huge!!

Too bad I didn't pull the camera out again to show how much they have grown!!

Have a great weekend & thanks for popping in!!

I am finally back!!

Well...I finally have some time to sit and do a post!!

There are a lot of things to share but...I will do my fave first!!

This is my nephews baby shower!

It was at my place...but my mom (aka:nana) did mostly all of it!

She is super talented!

The theme was...

"Sock Monkeys"

My mum did so much work.

The favors are in the little bags to the left. They are magnets that I made with sock 

monkeys.

These are the favors.

 Mum even did candy jars!

Here is the sock monkey 'diaper bike' that I made.

I loved doing this one because it is so different from my usual bikes!!

And the "man" of the hour???  He was pooped out! What a party!

Love this little guy!

He is my "lil Nacho"

=)

Hope to have more for you soon!

I have linked this post to 

one of my FAVES!!!

Lovely Crafty Weekend #92 and GIVEAWAY!

and

                                          MIM #109 with Digi My World
                                                              and

    Whatever You Want Wednesday #92