WOYWW211

Here I am again and thanks to all the SIM card problems I had to reset Blogsy. All this techie stuff makes me nervous as I am never quite sure what is going on as the instructions are not quite like my screen.

Here is my work table, what fun I had today and yesterday trying to make a couple of cards, work in my journal and die cut. I will tidy it up tomorrow after my work out class as I have a doctors appointment and in the evening, Book club and do not want ink in my nails for either of those. So a goos time to tidyi

I tried to figure out how to use my new die from Papertrey then stamp it

The wheels go round!

In today's mail I received two ATCs from Sandra in Australia. They were in a small pocket made from sheet music and they are gorgeous. My photo is not doing them justice. Thanks Sandra.

 

Who sting this Tuesday evening. So I can visit everyone tomorrow on WOYWW coming to you all thanks to Julia at Stamping Ground.

 

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WOYWW 210 The work of a woman obsessed

Recovering from our trip to Arlington Scrapbook Convention and Texas Motor Speedway.  Trying to find a home for my new buys and unable to resist the lure of the wonderful Dylusions Journal I bought.

First my ATC swaps received from, Kim Young, on upper left, Ria Gall"s on the right, on the lower row from Krisha, this is us in RV! and this ATC will go in the RV.  I think they are fabulous and so great.  Thank you everyone.

Krisha sent the ATC in the card.  Now is that a fun and guaranteed to make you smile!

And on my workspace today My first spread in my Dylusions journal.  The box behind is what I used to spray and avoid spray everywhere, well it is on me.  Body art.

Here is some of my loot.  I thought everything was very expensive no show specials

Work-space Monday night.  I tried to buy things I can never find in stores like rub-ons and that small tattered floral die as well as clear embossing  powder and Perfect pearls spray Biscotti.


Busy day of creativity here is my journal of Doings. I added the trip.  At the convention I was given a demo on Fold Cut and Connect  and was given  the cuts which involved folding.  That flower opens to a wreath and the bird cage is 3D.  In the pocket, left, is the negative space folded so I can repeat this

I rented a car and the RV was parked at the TMS.  Chris went to all the practices while i was at the show and we went Friday and Sat to the night races.  

 Blogger never gets photos in order so here is another spread at the show.

  I paid for 2 classes and was late for the book binding .  it turned out to be very elementary, a pamphlet style book, that I will not make but use the kit for something else.  the other class on Washi tape was not me: a scrapbook page and little decorations to make out of Washi tape for your cup cakes and and put on band aids. 

 So there we are .  

Last Wednesday i had no time to visit you blogs, see detail in the previous post about crashing iPad and and other high jinx of life in an RV.  And I never even mentioned the race where we sat among some real crazies and a woman removed her leg.

Home and trying to find my GROOVE

The Sew Create Craft Show (formerly the Great American Scrapbook Show) was a blast once I discovered Tim Holtz was demoing for Stampers Anonymous.  Along with Mario who is like a perfect executive assistant, it was demo all the time except for a lunch break.  I learnt a lot and bought the products I can never find in the stores.  Then on Friday disaster my iPad crashed dumping me on a freeway  construction site, I was using the map app to get me from the convention center to Central Market, happily I navigated my self onto the frontage road and found my way to the store.  It is in the yuppy suburb of Southlake and a CM, employee showed me how to reach Apple Store in the very trendy Mall.  it really is not a Mall, but one of those planned town centers with tree lined street, side-walk cafes and horrendous teenagers trying to be cool as they spend daddy's money.  Apple fixed it but all the stored things were gone like photos on camera roll.  It was the first time I had downloaded photos from camera to iPad and thought I had erased them from the  camera.  Minutes ago I was delighted to see I had not!   


here is Tim Holtz buys showing techniques and inking up

This is Mario who is the perfect Man Friday.

The blue packets are Artists Cellar stencils at the gelli plate Booth.  Every time i went to this vendor they were busy demonstrating how to use the stencils 

   Wendy Vecchi, a very hard working artists who showed me how to use embossing paste.  So i bought some.

 Everyone at the show was very helpful.  Many of the show vendors were selling  paper for Scrapbookers.  Sizzix showed a great new way to make paper flowers using a stylus, specially designed. Missed thmy first class but they gave me the kit and the Washi class was not my thing.  The sewing part look sort of old fashioned and drab.  Martha Pullen was the organizer.  it is probably my bias, as the Houston Quilt Show is vibrant  and so innovative. 

We were staying at the Texas Motor Speedway that is off I 35W.  It is like a Temple to the Gods of Speed.  It was so different than Austin, where the stands are built with don't give a dam attitude for you lot who don't buy a lifetime seats in the air conditioned stands for $15,000 and so are chintzy, lacking shade and there are NO permanent potties just Porta Pots and the beer, water and food is OVER priced.  The TMS in contrast is grand with a domineering presence and so laid back that they allowed you to take in a cooler and any food or drink you wanted.  the Indie Car race was spectacular as the track is 2 mile and perfect to watch cars at 220 mph. 

 We arrived home about 3 pm yesterday after a storm rolled into the camp site at the Texas Motor Speedway at 5 am and  lasted 4 hours.  We found a route that went west of the storm and my weather app predicted severe weather in Kerrville at 6 pm.  Chris teased me about that until 5.05 pm when the weather changed in an instant and a storm blasted out power in the neighborhood.  

So now sorting out, tidying up and trying to find time to create!

WOYWW 209 on the road

 

My worksapce today is the RV as we head north to Arlington , at town between Fort Worth and Dallas. It realy is one long strip of cities, a huge metroplex. We started in bright sunny cloud free skies and now clouds movinf In and boomers tonight. I am beading as it is easier than any paper craft when traveling .

For the next two days I will attend a craft show at Arlington Convention Center, then join Chris at the speedway.

 

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WOYWW 208 the biggy

Congratters Julia! you started a movement for all us nosey's to get to see others work space all over the world. When I sit to write this I forgot what anniversary it is for WOYWW. Another senior moment. I worked this week on making ATC for the swap and 6 made .  So any takers?   My email www24groups@gmail.com 

 I also bought the pedal pushers die and stamp set from Papertrey. I have already lost the quotes stamps, not even tried them out. So pissed off. Tripper must be running a cat group. I made a couple of cards that I gave to people. This is a first venture in that direction. I want to make a bunch that I can just get to and send instead of rushing around every time an occasion calls for a card. Things like get well and a note for various things like thank you. That appears to be a great way to learn to stamp.

Hopefully stamping on a die cut is one of those skills that with practice you usually get it right. That saves sticking bits of flowers and cuties on it to cover up mistakes.
A friend called me to tell me that she just watched a program about a hoarder who bought scrapbook supplies and went into debt. She is buried under mountains of cute but no made scrapbooks.
This is Tripper, our sweet, now old, baby who rushed off into the bathroom on hearing Momma Cardinal hit the window. The nut case bird is attacking her own reflection.

Not too happy as he missed her.

The past week we have had. Heavy rain. The aquifer is -12 feet above normal and the temperature is around 86 and it is 80 inside. Today we made marmalade as a friend and neighbor, who lives in Houston and is a gardener, Carol, gave us a bag of grapefruit from her garden and some lemons (see previous post about lemon bars and lemon meringue pie made by Kay with some of the lemons)so here is the results of our labors. The jar with the label is half full. To be eaten soon!

This is the shot from across the kitchen catches the light from the windows above the cabinets. It was the first time making it on the induction top and we were unable to use the enamel canning pot for making as they do not have stainless bottoms. We used the pasta pot to process the jars and it worked OK. They are beginning to make more Induction pots. To Europeans it must seem strange as they have had induction for years. now natural gas is expensive so induction is a great alternative to gas and for us much better than propane.

Well time to dig out the left overs but first here is a toast to you Julie, the liquid sort so no marmalade.

To Julia!

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A dinner with friends

Yesterday we had Kay and Art over for Dinner. Kay is a fabulous cook and so she offered to make dessert and I asked for a lemon meringue pie, as Carole a gardener from Houston gave me a dozen or more of the largest wonderful, juiciest lemons ever. Carole also grew incredible grapefruit that we will use to make marmalade tomorrow. Not only did Kay make this pie she also made lemon bars, luscious and yummy.

 

So I had to come up with a great dinner. We had a pork shoulder in the freezer and so decided to mAke this the focus. Not wanting to make Pernil again, its a Puerto Rican, and the Latin sides I decided on French. On Line cooks came up with nothing so I returned to a Julia menu form her More Company book.

 

Starting with a celery root remoulade, Imagine HEB in Kerrville carried this veggie served with green beans and tomato. Next was the pork shoulder, a diversion from the menu but pork just the same, rendered scrumptious with olive oil, garlic and rosemary and roasted in the oven. The clincher was the side Butternut squash with ginger and garlic and Steamed Mixed Greens.

 

Because Chris considers all meals without gravy inferior and really has a sauce and...... I created a light onion gravy.

The Star!

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Of course no food is really great without wine so we had Navarro Pinot Blanc to sip on and the appetizer then Navarro Rose of Pinot Noir. Incredible! For dessert a Colorado wine Stone Cottage , a sweet delicate dessert wine. Then Chris decided we needed to share the Paso Porto we had saved for many years with good friends. So six bottles was quite a record. My memory is fuzzy of all the details but there was a session of photographing the planets on the deck and even the kitchen was cleaned up.

So quite a memorable Memorial weekend.

 

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WOYWW 207

This weekend we went to Austin for the V8 Australian car races.  An easy trip, so we thought.  I drove my Beetle and Chris the RV.  He had a tire blow out after 20 miles, my iPad cratered just when I needed it and Chris had not fully set up his mobile.  great start.  I went to the Apple store over at a fancy mall on Saturday they reset it.   Pity there is no way to know that from the basic manual!  Chris of course was wild about the race and the Circuit of the Americas track, chatting to all the visiting Aussies.  Me, I was not happy with the lack of shade.  Mind you, for $1,000 and up you can sit in the air conditioned stands.   And it was HOT, very hot in the 90s  (32.22C).  I thought the "public" area was total tack.  Not a canopy anywhere.  They are so penny pinching they made Chris throw away the sandwich I made him!  eventually I found that in the concert arena there was a canopy for the sound equipment and the huddled masses were chilling out there.
Glad to be home. 

For me the best part was dinner Saturday night with friends Kate and Dennis at the Dominion  a very trendy mall in north Austin, pronounced "too Dallas" by locals.  I thought of it as Peking west!  It was not covered just lots of streets and there were apartments over the shops like a true small town.  Happily this was where apple was located so i dropped Chris at the track and headed to civilization.  So today I am making some pages in my travel journal.  This is the opening page of the trip.

and here we have the second and third pages.  I had a photo of the winner all set to be glued in and had to run over with my car for an oil change.  This gave tripper the opportunity to mess around on the desk top.  Photo is gone!

 here is fashion from the race track!!
 he said the hat was worth every penny, one of the huddled masses!

If you look closely the scarf is attached to the hat with paper clips!

And here we have the true fashionista!!! I have ordered a hat that will surely place me in the foreign legion!

So onward with Wednesday wanderings to everyone's desk and I think we are close to the ATC week.  thanks Julie.

WOYWW 206 no time to clean up

It is 2 17am here in Kerrville Tx. Why am I up? A thunder storm just finished after two hours of boom and flash. My desk is a mess as I had a friend over yesterday and we looked at some of my old stuff.

Bits and pieces I made in an on line group . Just playing around. The cat photo says "mirror, mirror on the wall who is the cutest cat of all". I did not have time to clean up when MaryVee left.
We travel to Austin on Friday for the Australian car races. I am going up in my Beetle and Chris will drive up earlier in the RV.
May try for some sleep and check you all out tomorrow. I want to see what the swap is all about.
Apologies for posting twice.  It must mean I should get back to be but my post never showed up on iPad!

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205 WOYWW

Well here we are Wednesday am and time to show my desk again.

We arrived home from a trip to the Crawfish Festival in Louisiana and I was at my art day with my friend Deanie yesterday so I dumped everything onto the table. I worked on my Swatches Journal on the trip and yesterday I returned to beading this cuff, started 3 years ago!

Now off to gym and later todAy will work on finishing journal and maybe a short time on the cuff. Will try to post this now as it is written in Blogsy for the iPad.

Have a great day.

 

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WOYWW. 204

Well yesterday I thought I had completed the Swatches classes and then today Kelly put up 29 and 30. That means 2 more to go. I finished 5 backgrounds and intended writing them up and embellishing on the trip to Breaux Bridges for the Crawfish Festival. They will be finished and then on return will finish the final two. After completing the backgrounds , my desk was cleared and I sorted all the images. I may have to attack the garbage to find a few good backgrounds! So here is the tidy desk, hay! It' relative. On the front left all the bits traveling with me, my big , too big journal and the baskets with torn out images and one with backgrounds

Made a tag as a thank you for friends. This is it.

Wiped out my camera in error Sunday and lost some great shots
Tomorrow it will be 90 F and 40 in the pm. Enough to screw up the world!

Bedtime and tomorrow it is load the RV, buy groceries and generally prepare for the trip.  Just a short trip but it takes as much work as a long one.

See you next week and I will try to visit everyone as I just love popping into all you crafting worlds.

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