Happy New Year!

OK...so I'm a little tardy with my Happy New Year wishes...but they are sincere...I wish you every happiness in the coming year.


So why am I so late?


Well...for one thing...I've been trying to clean my house...what an ordeal...I made myself a 12 item list...you know...things like: my closet, under bathroom sink, my dresser drawers, my craft closet...etc...wow...I'm actually almost done...only 4 of the original 12 left...I did my closet yesterday...it's amazing what you can find in a closet...ha...still have a few things that though they ought to be tossed or sold in a yard sale I'm just not ready to part with...but that's alright...you should see the stuff I've either thrown out or is crammed in my garage to wait for the condo association's yearly garage sale...I had even more...but gave it to the local senior community center in their rummage sale...which I was going to participate in...but had grandma duty (what a shame...spend time with the grandkids instead of sitting around in a rummage sale...ha...it was a very easy swap to make)...


Which brings me to the second reason I've not posted...my dear son-in-law had emergency surgery a couple of weeks ago...gave us all a bit of a fright...but he's now home after 10 days in the hospital...and is resting and healing...praise God...


Other than that...well...I've been working on a couple of things...one being a bracelet that will be auctioned on ebay/MissionFish in the fall when we do the "Pink Ribbon Turtles" Project...it's nearly finished...and I really like the way it turned out...I'll post a picture when it's done...

I also finished a piece that I am going to hang in my bedroom above one of my dressers...might also enter it in the contest for the Space Coast Art Festival...which if it wins it will be used as the design for the coming year's festival on the shirts, bags, and promotional posters...that one I can show you...I haven't named it yet...so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!

Living on the beach, and a barrier island (ocean on one side and river on the other), we have all manner of aquatic flora and fauna...so I tried to incorporate as much of it all as I could...if you look closely you will see a crab, fish, mermaids, birds, manatee, coral, freshwater pearls, seashells, turtles, and sandollars.  It was fun to make...it's at the framer's now...and is about 14"x15"...I can't wait to hang it up in the bedroom...

I have also finished my January project for the Beaded Journal Project...this year I'm doing feet...inspired by a course I took in reflexology...you've seen the hands I've done...so I'm doing matching feet...

Today is a day of rest...then I will tackle one of the other items on my list...but wanted to stop and share the blessing of my son-in-law recovering nicely from his ordeal...and a few of my newest projects...

Have a happy day!

"Oceana"

My newest baby...her name is Oceana...she stands about 3"...her hair is made of variegated embroidery thread...and she was fun fun fun to make...

Also...here is a little bead I found...and was THRILLED to find...in the "bead soup" at my local bead shop...the bead is made of wood with a hole from top to bottom and stands about 1/2 inch tall...I had three of them about 20 years ago...used one on a vest I made for a friend of mine...and one on a doll...but don't know what I did with the third one...I've been looking for some for a long time...so if anyone knows where I could get some more I'd like to hear from you!

It's COLD here in Florida today...and too windy to play any golf...oh shucks...guess I'll have to do some beadwork...haha!

Have a grand day!

At the Beach with Aidan & "Ma"

I hope you can make out this little "sand turtle". My youngest grandson, Aidan, and I went to the beach not too many mornings ago and built it. Pretty good if you ask me...since my little man is only 3. He had quite the artist's eye when patting him down and was also very earnest in his attempts to find just the right shells to decorate the turtle.

His brother, Avery, age 12, and he spent the night with us. It was the first time he had spent the night away from home...but did very well. The next morning Avery and "Pa" went to the tennis courts and Aidan and I (also known as "Ma") went to the beach. I hope you like our creation...we sure had fun making it!

Happy Day!