keys to love

keys is this week’s challenge for wednesday stamper.  i used a number of key stamps, cut them out & strung them together.  then attached them to a stamped heart image, which i stitched onto a floral velvet paper. 

back on track

thank you for your kind words.  we had a rough couple of days, but things are getting better slowly but surely.   the dh apparently had a wicked bad case of the flu.  & if that wasn’t bad enough, he is prone to SAD (seasonal affect disorder).    

when i met my hubby 11 yrs ago, one of the 1st things he told me was that he was prone to SAD primarily in the winter time.  i told him (& still do) that he is not alone.  there are tens of thousands of people who are affected by some degree of SAD.  some winters are better than others.  when the dh is active, fit & busy working, then SAD isn’t an issue.  this winter, though, with certain recent events & on-going family stuff, that blasted SAD snuck its way in while the dh was down & out  with the flu.  but things are getting better for him.  thank God.  for a while there, i really was beginning to fret something awful. 

 

now, that the dh is on the mend, i’ve been getting back on track with my arty-crafty wips. it’s been slow going at first because i had a little mishap the other day.  nothing big…just slipped on a miniscule patch of ice (while trying to avoid a pile of dog poop).  i didn’t think anything of it, until the next day (yesterday). i woke up to a swollen ankle!  yesterday i basically took it easy (tho i did try going to yoga class…didn’t get to do much there either…i just couldn’t bear weight on my right ankle). 

 but today, it’s much better & the swelling has gone down considerably.  so, back to the studio i went.  here are some stuff that i managed to complete today (project atc & CED are back “on”).

 a card for my secret stampin pal ( a local offline swap i do)

  since i’ve been mia with my pet project, i made 3 atcs this morning to make up for the couple of days i missed.  i had to be there for the hubby those past couple of days…he was really having a time.  i think i would have felt wicked guilty crafting away in the studio knowing how sick he was feeling.  but today, i am feeling guilt-free! & eager to get back to my projects.  🙂

i also looked around in the studio to find something suitable to house my growing collection of atcs.  i found a couple of photo albums that i think will do the trick.  each album has 200 pages. so i should have plenty of pages for my pet project, project atc 2008.  🙂

a couple of more valentine cards, one for an unsuspecting flickr pal (oh how fun it is to surprise someone!!)

 

& the other for a custom order.

a week ago or so i had ordered some clearanced xmas stuff  from here.    last year, i started collecting things (on sale, of course!!) made by this group of vintage folk artists.  i received this wonderful dancer

 by  nicole sayre.  i also ordered this jar ornament, also by nicole sayre, but when it arrived, the little arm was broken…literally hanging on by a teeny piece of papier mache!  so i called the company & they said they would promptly send me a replacement, at no additional cost.  i asked, should i mail this defective one back to you?  the customer service rep said, no.  do whatever you want with it. 

wow, how cool i thought!  i used some carpenter’s glue & after a couple of hours, the hand was reattached! 

 not too long after i placed that call to customer service, i did indeed receive my new, non-defective replacement.  SWEET! inside the base of the ornament, there  is this wicked cute glass-glittered star wand. 

i realized that now i had 2!  what to do with the extra one, i wondered?

well… i thought about doing a giveaway.  yes, let’s do that!  i really don’t need 2 of the same ornament.  & if you do not mind a mended hand, plus also paying for shipping ($5.00 for us mail; $9 for international), then pls. leave me a comment with your name & email addy.  i will take names until midnite cst tuesday, january 15, 2008.   ONE lucky name will be drawn & announced on wednesday, january 16, 2008. 

good luck!

it feels great to be back on track!  😉