Once Again Time Moved On Without Me

March 4, 2021 - already? The last thing I remember is it being Valentine's weekend. Then the Polar Vortex came through the state of Texas! 

We lost power, had to boil our water, cook around small pockets of time when we did have electricity. Slept all bundled up with layers of blankets over our heads in hopes of staying warm. 

Remember my posts a few weeks back when I was discussing survival tips and what you would do when the need arose? Well, we had to reach into that bag of tricks and use a few of those tips I shared with you. They were our saving grace…

Flashlights twinkling through the house when the sun and the light should have been shining brightly. (Thank goodness I had batteries!)

Playing dice at the kitchen table with our youngest daughter and her husband by the twinkling of the same flashlights. What an experience it was...

I couldn't finish the Ultimate Blog Challenge as I had set out to do on February 1st. I'm bummed about that just a little bit...there will be others I'm sure. I'm not sweating it...

A few months back I was told about a small Boutique in a town near where I live. It's called The Hangout Gift Shop & More. They have unique, handmade things in there for sale. I told the individual who had told me about it I would check it out...time-lapsed and I just recently was able to swing by with a friend of mine, Glenda Cates of The Mommies Review.  I met the owner and asked a few questions. We looked around and we left.

Since my initial visit, I have been tossing around if I wanted to commit to doing something like once again. You see, I have tried my hands at Craft Shows and honestly, it's more trouble and more money out of my pocket than I earned at the show. I have sold more of my crafty creations by word of mouth than I did at these craft shows. Should I commit or should I not? That is the question at hand. 

I told my daughter about the opportunity and she said, 'do what you want mom - I know you enjoy crafting". Still tossing the possibility around I buzzed my daughter on Tuesday of this week and asked her if she would go with me to check out the shop. I wanted her to see what I was considering...she obliged me and tagged along. Well, she drove us since she has the car seat in her car for my grandson! LOL

Visiting with the Owner again, I decided that I would place a few things in The Hangout. We left. As soon as I got home, my mind was going all over the place...I can make this, I can make that. I need to do this, and I need to do that! Oh yea, did I say this would even play into my blogging journey? Just think about all the other vendors in that little shop I could do shoutouts for!!! 

I'm so glad my crafting mojo has finally begun to make me happy again...it's been two years of hard-fought tears of trying to find my happy place again with it. Why you ask? LIFE. Marriage. STUFF! Thank goodness I know about Self-care, Coping Tools, and enough gumption to push through it all. Prayer also helped me muddle through the daily ups and downs with time moving on without me. 

This week, I have started another album. I am going to make five of these from different paper themes. I will also make a few legal pad holders, some Mother's Day Loaded Envelopes and a few other goodies. I will blog about this experience as I walk through it...I'm excited about that, to say the least. Who knows, one of these days I may even venture out and do a few videos of my own. It's not like I haven't been asked to do them... :-)

Since I started blogging in January 2020, I have been trying to juggle the nuances of the ins and outs of blogging. Some of that has been trying to find my niche and being comfortable with it. If you have followed my blogs any over the course of the last year, you will see I write about Crafting, Genealogy, In the Kitchen, Life's Journey, Reviews, and from to time a Give-A Way. 

I would be lying if I said it has come easy to me. It hasn't. I constantly question if I'm sharing topics that others find interesting or if they are just for my own personal gain. You know, CONFIDENCE building!!!?? I'm sure I have many flaws in my writings and the way I do things, but these are my thoughts, and I can only do me. So, I will stay in the arena that I have lived experiences with and expertise. Thank you for rooting me on...I appreciate it VERY much!!! I enjoy reading all the comments that are left on my blog posts. Do you ever see my responses when I reply to them? 

I am going to be juggling time to get these creations made in between watching the little guy for my daughter, and days that my health seems to be acting up. This week has been the norm for sure. Here we are on Thursday and I've had three horrific days of low energy. Thank you, Thyroid Disease, - for me being told the latter part of 2013 that Thyroid Cancer would be the easiest to live with, it has NOT been in any way shape, or form. I had surgery for cancer in January of 2014 and here we are in March of 2021. Still, I live with the challenges of the disease daily. UGH....anyway. 

I need to get off here as the little guy will be coming over soon. (It's my day to watch him while my daughter edits weddings). She is a professional Wedding Photographer. I have a new album sitting on my desk that I started yesterday. I'm still in the early stages of it...but here is a sneak peek. 

I refuse to let time move on without me today...how about you? What does your day look like? 

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day 25 Color of the Day is Fuchsia

We are almost to the end of June and that means we are on the home stretch in the Color of the Day Challenge. Today's color is Fuchsia. 

Did you know that Fuchsia was a purplish red color? I did not. I always thought it was pink! 

According to the World Wide Web, Fuchsia  - pronounced (/ˈfjuːʃə/, FEW-shə) is a vivid purplish-red color, named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named so by a botanist, Charles Plumier after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

I have crafted many things in Fuchsia. I find it to be a very pretty color even though I always thought it was pink. 

Meet my BFF. I created this scrapbook layout for her several years ago. Her favorite color is pink, but this paper had more Fuchsia tones than pink. 

Here is a picture of another layout I did on Friendship. The colors were Fuchsia.

I have made Christmas Tree Toppers that have had a color like Fuchsia. I always thought it was hot pink! I suppose it could fall into the color wheel of Fuchsia. What do you think? Yes or no?  

I enjoy making handmade envelopes. I found one that I made for Christmas several years ago. Purplish-red, I think this fall into those parameters. 

Several years ago, I inherited a few things from an Aunt. I had no idea she crafted. Among the many crafting supplies, I received - this beauty was in there. It is called a Collage Mat. There were some in an Asian theme, one in Vintage Notes and Postcards, then there was this one pictured. Is it not just beautiful? Look at those flowers! I used this in a Junk Journal I made for a particularly good friend. 

Loaded Envelopes are one of my most favorite things to craft. I found one that has purplish-red paper used. I embellished it with the flowers and ribbon in the purplish-red colors. This Loaded Envelope was my favorite. I have made many in a variety of themes. Some of those have been for Mother's Day, Teach of the Year, Graduation, Father's Day, Businesses, Birthday's, Just Because, and Christmas. They are a blast to make and even more fun to fill up with special goodies for the recipient. 

Purplish red is the Color of the Day. It is called, Fuchsia. Do you have anything in this color? If so, tell me what it is. 

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Y is for Yellow

29 Apr 2020
A to Z Challenge

They call me Mello Yellow...

or

So we sailed on to the sun
Till we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

(lyric excerpt from the Beatles song, Yellow Submarine)

The sun is yellow or is it?

Flowers are yellow.

Egg yolks are yellow.

Cheese is yellow.

Clothes are yellow. Although, I don't have any in my closet! LOL

Have you figured out that today's letter in the A to Z Challenge is "Y"?

Y E L L O W

There is one day left after today in the A to Z Challenge. I can't believe it...I've managed to stay with my theme the entire month. CRAFTING - - I'm ecstatic! I have met many wonderful people by participating in the April challenge. Many of those have commented on my posts and I have commented on many.

Looking through my crafting supplies, it donned on me, I don't have many things of the yellow nature. At this moment, I am a bit red as I've been having technical issues with a new printer. I may be yellow by the time I finish with it! Equipment - - I hate when things don't work the way they are supposed to work when a button is pushed. LOL The display reads 'clear paper jam'. I've checked it through and through, turned it off, unplugged it, cleaned the rollers and nothing seems amiss. Yet the message continues to show on the display. I've wasted enough time fiddling around with the printer I need to just walk away from it. YELLOW things...Bees are yellow. Wasps are yellow. 

Paper is yellow. In fact, I have some cardstock that is in this color. 

It isn't something I normally keep in my stock. I purchased this a few months ago when I made a folio for a friend. Her colors were yellow and black. (I forgot to take pictures of the end result). UGH, I hate when I do that...

There is a yellow meated watermelon. Squash is yellow. The canaries are yellow. 

In my stash, I have yellow pencils, yellow markers, yellow distress ink, and yellow paint. I also have a yellow flower that was sent to me by a Great Aunt. I always thought I'd use it on the cover of a Junk Journal. So far, that hasn't happened. 

I also have a few sheets of yellow scrapbook paper. I have yellow ribbons and yellow lace that I dyed a few years back. Yellow is not a color I gravitate towards...but like many other colors, there are times that I do need 'yellow' something or another. 

My plan today is crafting something YELLOW. It might be in my Glue book with yellow napkins (Oh yea, I have plenty of those!) It might even be a junk journal or a Traveler's Notebook (TN) Hmmm, I do have a new laminating machine I received for Christmas that I need to try out. A TN may just be what I make in "yellow" of course...! Whatever I may just craft a giveaway! How many of you would like an opportunity of receiving a Junk Journal or a Travelers Notebook in 'yellow'? I don't think it would be completely yellow, but there would definitely be the presence of yellow in the creation of it! 

I have yellow towels. There are yellow hair ties in the drawer. The rubber duck is yellow. A school bus is yellow and so are the Taxi Cabs. Lemons are yellow but I prefer limes. Bananas are yellow and I always have some on hand. I've seen yellow butterflies before. There are also yellow fish.

I made a yellow Loaded Envelope once. It had tags, embellishments, and special little goodies inside.

But YELLOW crafting supplies? The next time I can make it to a crafting store, I'm going to browse the aisles for "yellow" crafting supplies. I may just have to pick up a few goodies to add to the rest of my stash! 

Y is for yellow! 

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