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Number 242

2011-01-02T11:04:00.005-05:00

I am journalist #242 in Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Art Journal Every Day movement. It's a commitment that I would like to do because Ima feeling artsy and just have to get it out of me and onto paper, clay, paint, stamps, etc.

Yesterday was day one ---> 01012011

Found a Journal. It's beautiful--green silk with orange silk-like binding, spiral inside, an elastic band on the back that whips to the front keeping it closed and best of all, there are little quotes on every other page-->inspiration!! Even has the word "Journal" on the first page. I am going to count choosing it as Entry #1 / Day #1 as it took me 10 minutes to find it lol!

Maybe I will post a photo of it soon. Happy New Year all.

Art Journal Every Day

2010-12-31T11:15:00.007-05:00

I am doing this too.: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer leads this adventure into committing 10 minutes of my day to an art journal. She and her art rock. Check her out here: Balzer Designs

Off to find a journal jff. Happy New Year and Aloha 2010!

Project ReStyle

2010-12-29T03:10:00.007-05:00

Fun!

I pledge to bake 52 Crafty Pies (not 'real' pies :} lol) in 2011 and post the results on Flickr

Elsie Flannigan and her crafty partner, Rachel Denbow, are facilitating this fun, free, open-to-anyone project. Read all about it here , maybe even join yourself?

Off to find a notebook to ReStyle. Into this magic notebook I will be organized with ideas, samples, inspirations.....hmmmmm......maybe the leetle notebook will become my first project. Whoo Hoo!

Can't wait to ReStyle my little part of the world.....just for fun!

xxooTammy

Flash Mob at Christmas...just beautiful!

2010-12-23T10:11:00.005-05:00

Seems these people got into two things this holiday season: Singing the Hallelujah Chorus at Nordstoms in Stoneridge Mall ala Flash Mob!!!! Beautiful. Just beautiful.

Click on the title of this post to get happy. I wish all good things for everyone in 2011!

Color Me Copic

2010-11-21T17:51:00.007-05:00

Here's a card for a Michigan girl. Colored w/ Copic Markers on a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp--love those stamps! Click here for Kraftin' Kimmies' store and be sure to check out the designer samples. Unbelieveably beautiful!!

Here's a super-informational and inspirational blog for all things Copic. Love love love the Copic Sketch Markers and soon will have them all.....bwaaahhhaaahhaaa! Color Me Copic

PS. Also love those Prima flowers!

Fish ON

2010-07-25T20:20:00.003-04:00

Been away for a while...and in honor of today, I added Fish ON! to the bottom of the blog. We all went to the beach and said goodbye to Daddy. I will miss you. More than you will ever know. Fish ON! xxooT

I bless the rains down in Africa.....toto

2009-11-07T16:37:00.004-05:00

African thunderstorm

yum. A choir from Slovenia...where is that my dear? dunno. Perpetuum Jazzile sings that 1982 song with the coolest part at the start-- African rain ala people. Crafty. Very crafty!

make something cool everyday

2009-06-18T19:30:00.003-04:00

i wish i could do this:

go there to learn about dollarstorecrafts.com where she posts instructions on hundreds of crafty goodies to make from the dollar store--the new craft city. hee hee.

remember mothera?

2009-06-06T21:23:00.011-04:00

this clip art of an art deco crab at da beach. two of my favorite things.

the vintage moth by abigail mooney offers up free antique & vintage images

for mixed media artists. what exactly is a mixed media artist? watching tv

while you create art? would mixing paint with more paint qualify?

here are a few of my favorite things from her bloggityblogblog. enjoy!

and my super duper long lost bff, melody, was into these for a time:

i love santa. always have. always will.

that's all for now. cut and paste on my sistahs, cut and paste. lol

LaChapelle

2009-04-08T16:27:00.004-04:00

hailed as a modern day photographic hero. hired by andy warhol. made a documentary on crumping=rize. calendar photo from an italian espresso company. wilde stuff! lavazza!

Fabricate

2009-03-20T16:00:00.007-04:00

Susan Wasinger makes ruffle-y flowers from old sweaters. so cool. someday my sewing machine(s) will come out of retirement and I will make PURSES BABY!

link in title is to her you tube video making these little lovelies.

i would buy her book. here.

mary mata -- my kinda girl

2009-03-11T18:50:00.005-04:00

i love the color purple. the book and this:who doesn't love pink? if you say you don't, you really do and are afraid to say it. i used to be that girl. i love pinkness!

collage sheets for arting. $4.85 for leetle beauties like these by mary mata who has my mind's eye in her head but gets off her ass and puts it on paper....my kinda girl....my kinda art.

mary mata's etsy shoppe go, be inspired.

my baby

2009-03-10T19:02:00.007-04:00

my baby. big now. very very loved. is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! much love.

the title, my baby, is not a webpage. just a link to a website i think he would like....go there Life Decanted. I love it. it's not crafty. it's just good. informative. nice. well-put-together. like we would all like to be.

xxoorichiexxoommmmmlove youxxooyour mom

i wish ms. m could come too. she rocks for him, for me, for us! we l-o-v-e her.

xxooms. mxxoommmmmmmlove youxxxxstay strongxxooyour mom

so excited. so in love with my baby.

my baby

2009-03-10T19:02:00.000-04:00

my baby. big now. very very loved. is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a t e l i e r

2009-03-08T00:35:00.007-05:00

atelier: per daniel webster is french for an artist's or designer's studio or workroom

Abigail Ahern - this chick rocks the interior design world. she even spells good on her blog, which is reachable by going to her website pictured above. dark. fun. classy. just my style!

tim holtz, ideology catty

2009-01-21T19:32:00.002-05:00

tim holtz. crafting world hero. link to his new catty, just out in time for CHA winter 2009. love tim holtz and his art and his philosophies and his cuteness!

i-d-e-o-l-o-g-y a thought or concept developed by the mind on what is or what is desirable or ought to be.

his blog can be reached by the link in the sidebar.

oh goody. another place to get lost in!

design*sponge love

2009-01-17T08:53:00.011-05:00

this post is dedicated to sandy. the nicest pit bull i ever met. rest in peace sandy. rest in peace.

crafty diy on the web is the best. i have this web place favorited--

design*sponge

i get lost there. lots of before and afters. lots of pretty, inspirational photos. lots of crafty goodness. they also don't use capital letters in the blog hee hee. the latest newness goodness are recipes. love that!

this kitty kat scratching box will be perfect for my kitties: patty, chewie and baby princess. here's how:

4" strips of cardboard. taped with masking tape. as you are rolling, ensure one side is perfectly even. The other side doesn't matter. cover outside with pretty paper or perhaps paint? cut bottom circle from paper or fabric to size and before gluing, slam a little kat nip in there. hee hee.

here's the complete directions by kate pruitt on design sponge. she rocks!

red velvet art

2009-01-15T19:21:00.002-05:00

who doesn't love that name? red velvet art. mmmmm. good. like pie. it's elsie flannigan's new store she will open. i signed up for the mailing list. if i had $$ i would do the classes she is offering. mmmm good. like pecan pie!

red velvet art

my gallery in splitcoast stampers

2009-01-06T16:45:00.002-05:00

crafty stuff on display. i added a 'badge' on the left-hand side of this blog for easy access to my gallery on splitcoast stampers. i love that crafty place and if you aren't a member, you should be!

Lots of inspiration and yakkity yak regarding stamping, crafting, scrapbooking, you name it they have it. the best part is certainly the tutorials which you can find at the top of the page under resources.

go there. see my stuff. join. comment on someone's stuff. make their day!

crafty blogs I visit

2009-01-04T20:01:00.005-05:00

whoo hoo. it's 2009. back to work tomorrow after two weeks off. delightful two weeks off.

<----i added a gadget to the side of my blog with crafty blogs i go to alot...maybe too much. it feels like stalking sometimes lol. go check them out. this girl always learns something and you will too, i am sure.

happy new year to you and yours.

digital crafting with photostory3

2008-12-30T21:19:00.009-05:00

welcome new year's eve 2009. it's going to be a good year. thinking positive is half the battle. it's going to be a good year. it's going to be a good year.

my sister and i are addicted to making movies with this software. it's from microsoft. it is photostory3. why they called it '3', i have no clue. it sounds better than photostory9....like they couldn't get the first 8 right. ha.

upload your digital photos, arrange and edit them, add music and words, if you want to, and whhaaa laaahhh! get the popcorn. get the kleenex. a movie is born.

here's a link to microsoft.com's photostory3 if you want to check it out. i am thinking mr. bill gates should pay me money for spreading the word about this.

digital crafting at it's finest. i love my dog. nice.

xxooTammy

first post

2008-12-29T14:15:00.001-05:00

welcome to my blog. it's about crafty stuff, served with pie.

scrapbooking
stamping
sewing
glue
pretty paper
ink
glitter
wire

i love them all.

seatbelts on? check.
scissors ready? check.
slideshow sliding? check.

xxooTammy