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Good Morning!

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Today is my birthday! Happy birthday to me, lol. OMG, I am getting so old. And you know how I know I’m getting old? My body keeps fighting with me. One day I might feel fantastic and the next day, it’s like my body decided to go on strike or something. And when the temperatures drop (like they have been lately) my body goes through these changes. Years ago when we had a big snow fall here, I fell off the back steps from the ice on them. I landed on my ass and I think I cracked my tail bone because now whenever it rains or it gets cold, my back hurts like crazy.

And these days, it’s not only my back but also my hands and my feet hurt sometimes too. I guess from all the years of walking so much and crafting with my hands does make a difference later in life. When I lived in AZ I would strap one of my kids in a stroller and walk from one place to another. Once I walked from Phoenix to Glendale in a day. I would do stuff like that almost everyday too. And it’s crazy to think how you did things in the past that you would never do today.

Anyway, just thinking about how old I am today. I guess birthdays will do that to a person. I hope you have a wonderful day today! I’m going to try to have one myself and see how that goes. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

Smile Dog tag by Mod Girl

Crafting Again

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So, winter is a good time to sit inside where it’s warm and do some crafting. The past week I made 4 new journals. Below are previews and listed from left to right are the following;  An altered book journal, a flip-flop journal, an accordion journal and a one signature Valentine kitty theme journal.

journals I made

Yup, I’ve been pretty busy crafting and I’m loving every minute of it, lol. Oh, and I have some old packaging from a club cracker box and thought I would make a journal out of that too. I love recycling packaging from trash like that and they can make some great covers for journals too. When I get a chance, I will show you some of the other journals I created using food packaging too.

Anyway, just thought I’d show you what I’ve been up to lately. Of course I am still making tags for my online group too. But in-between doing that, I’ve been making journals and crocheting too. Got to keep busy these days because time is starting to fly by and I’d hate to wake up one morning and think, wow, I could have done this or that but I never did. I’m sure the world is full of should have’s from people all over the place. The trick is, don’t be one of them.

Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

Cooler Weather Means

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Cooler weather for me means doing things inside that keeps me busy. Years ago we started collecting movies in VHF and now we collect them in CD. Over these many years we have collected a wide collection of movies from every genre. When I am tired and not wanting to do much of anything else, I will pop in a movie to watch.

Now, when I am wanting to get busy doing other things I’ll do crafts like making journals or maybe some mixed media art stuff. And when I just want to lie down and watch youtube videos of crafting videos, I will sit there and either crochet, do some hand sewing or cut out some paper items for my junk journals. And now because it is getting cooler outside, it’s also the best time to get out that crockpot and cook up a hearty stew or homemade soup. Growing up in Texas I always liked to have a big bowl of chili during the winter months and when the weather turns cold, it’s a good way to warm up those old tired bones too, lol.

Anyway enough about food, lol. I recently made a crochet throw with white yarn and also left over pieces of yarn from other projects I was working on. I used both yarns together (a white color with the left over colored scraps of yarn) and the result was a colorful creation that turned out better than I expected. I will have to try and take a photo with my new cell phone and add it here so you can see it. And because I’m a newbie to these cell phones, I haven’t figured out how to add my pictures to my website from my phone just yet, lol. I will however figure that out one day and when I do, I’ll be able to show you lots of stuff that I have created over the years.

So, now that I completed that one crocheted throw I am now working on another one because I have so much of that left over yarn. But instead of using the white yarn to also use with the colors of scraps I am using a black colored yarn. Now, I have to tell you. I really liked how that other crocheted throw turned out but this one? I have to say, I like it much better! I didn’t think I would because the colors look so much darker sitting next to the black yarn but the colors just blend in to it so well that I am pleasantly surprised on how it is turning out.

What are you doing during the colder months? Anything in particular? Let me know by leaving a comment below. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

So Little Time

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It seems like there is so little time to do what I want these days. As soon as I have my mind set on doing something, then something else happens and changes that. And even though I would like to do all those things I’d like to do (and as soon as possible) there doesn’t seem to be enough time to do them or something happens that makes that impossible.

So, I was going to start adding some old stuff to sell on my other site but at the moment that’s not going to happen. I have a whole room full of junk to still go through and I haven’t even made any photos of any of the stuff I want to sell either, so there’s that, lol. But I’m going to try and see how much I can get done everyday until I get everything sorted out.

Of course if I had someone helping me do this it could get done much faster and much easier. But alas, hubs says I’m on my own and spends his weekends falling asleep on the couch watching sports and movies. It must be nice to be able to sleep like that. I don’t think I’ve had a whole 8 hours of sleep since I was in high school, lol. But I digress.

Anyway, instead on announcing when I will be adding any stuff to sell on my other site I will just keep things as they are for awhile until I can get things done myself or talk hubs into helping me. To get the one room cleaned out that he helped me with before, took us 2 days to do and we were exhausted when we were finally done. That’s probably why he doesn’t want to help me again, lol. And Lord knows he could use the exercise. He has gained too much weight lately and I am afraid if he doesn’t change his ways he might not be around much longer. But like all stubborn people, you can’t tell them anything.

Well, I guess I better get off here and get some work done. Wish me luck, lol. I’m going to need it. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

Punk Rock tag by Mod Girl

Selling My Old Stuff

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Okay, so I am in the process of sorting through all the years of stuff that we have collected. There is A LOT of stuff to sort through. An old Nintendo system that still works really well, lots of games to go with it and 2 brand new controllers that I recently purchased. Lots of old vinyl records (some that are collector items) like the Beatles and some old 70’s rock bands like Deep Purple, Bob Seger, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Doobie Brothers, CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival), etc, etc….

There is also a massive amount of fabric and books that I’ll be selling too. Most of the books are ones that I used growing up; Better Homes and Gardens type of books along with many cook books, craft books and sewing books too. I also have a set of children encyclopedias from the 50’s that are in really good condition. When going to flea markets and yard sales, I have found many items that someone might find useful.

I live in the Eastern part of NC about an hours drive from Myrtle Beach. If you live anywhere close to that proximity I can load the items in my truck and drive to the beach to meet you where we can obtain them that way. Otherwise, all items will be sent through postal mail. Sending by regular mail will be more expensive because there is the shipping charges that have to be paid. I will try and include those in the price itself so you won’t have to worry about that but I will have to increase the prices to offset the price of shipping also. Please remember that when you notice the prices of the items I’ll be selling.

Now there is a flea market at the beach and I might actually decide to sell my stuff there in the future. They charge by the day so it would be me selling on the weekends only to start. But that’s nothing I’m going to worry about right now. Plus there is a LOT of stuff to get rid of and it would take a lot of work to stock up the truck and my Kia Sorrento full of it all, lol.

Anyway, I will be adding some products this weekend to my online shop HERE. If you want to check them out please visit the site and look through my online shop. And I’m not altogether sure how much I’ll be able to add to the shop this weekend but I will try and that’s pretty much all I can do at the moment.

Thanks for stopping by and hugs, Mod Girl.