Corey Update

First I would like to say thank you all for your prayers & thoughts & kind words. I got an email from Corey, & he is to have an MRI for his back on the 18th. Please continue to keep him in your prayers & thoughts. He is not any better, he is the same. His back is still causing him alot of pain. Our family history has alot of degenerative disc & joint disease. My Grandmother had numerous back surgeries, My Dad has had back surgery, My daughter has had back surgery (last Christmas) & I had back surgery 3 years ago. So I am worried that he will also need back surg. Above is 2 photos of Corey & his military dog Robby. We all love this dog because he saved Corey's life in Iraq more than once. Thank God Corey is no longer in Iraq.

I have been working on a new project. I hope to have photos in a few days. I love this new project, it is so cute & fun to put together. I hope everyone is having a great week. Hugs***Renea

TA-DA FINALLY!!!!

I finally finished Kennedy's Stocking, YIPPIE!!!! I actually finished it Sunday night. This little stocking is so sweet for my soon to be born Grand baby Kennedy. Oh I am so excited! We are more that ready for her grand entrance into this world. The doctor still says the due date is December 10Th, so not much longer to go!!!!

Below is a photo of my friend Lisa & myself on Halloween. We had lots of fun. Lisa was a witch. I told her that her hat looked like she was in mourning. And of course myself the QUEEN! HeeHee! I had a beautiful tiara & of course my shirt with the crown on it. All befitting the QUEEN! (Me)!

I have been working on several other projects the last few nights, but I haven't decided if I am going to list them on etsy or give them as gifts. Whenever I make up my mind I will show you all the photos.

Photo of my Daughter's Family.........................................

Our Daughter called us tonight & asked if we would go to Austin on Friday. Our oldest Grandson will be marching with the band Friday night during half time. So of course we couldn't miss his first time to march! He plays the drums. I'm sure he will do a great job! Besides I love any excuse to see our Grand kids!

I have a prayer & thoughts request. As some of you may know our son is in Korea. He is scheduled to fly home December 5Th. He has been having alot of problems with his back. Back problems are major in my family. Well Sunday night he was out working, he was on the top of a mountain & he said his legs gave out on him & he & his dog fell over the side of a cliff. He said he fell 15-20 feet & that a tree stopped him. He & Stephie (the dog) got all tangled up in her leash. One of his troops helped to get him back up on top of the mountain. He spent 6 hours in the hospital, but his back is still causing him alot of pain. So please remember him in your thoughts & prayers. Hopefully his pain will be relieved. I hope by the time he is to fly home the pain will be gone. His flight home will be around 16-18 hours long, so I hope he will not be in pain that whole time. Below is his photo. His name is Corey.


I would like to say thanks to each of you for your encouraging words. I always look forward to reading your comments. Thank you for your friendship, thoughts & prayers. Hugs***Renea

Taking A Short Break

Just a quick note to let you all know that I am taking a short break from blogging. I must finish the Christmas Stocking for my soon to be here Granddaughter Kennedy. My goal was to have it finished by Thanksgiving, but I would like to have it done in 1-2 weeks. So I will visit you all when I can return. Hope everyone has a great Halloween! And thank you all for your sweet comments, I will be back soon, hugs to each of you***Renea

What a Dog's Life!

Do you remember the post where the dogs were in the window & had torn up the window shade? Well I went by there again the other day & guess what....they have removed the window shade & now the little dog just sits on the back of the couch! Yeap, he's there everyday now. I guess his owners new it was a loosing battle, so they let him win! Ha! Love this dog! What a dog's life!

Now I will show you a photo of my little Pixie & her dogs life. As you can probably see, she's not too little, in fact I took her to the vet 2 weeks ago for yearly shots & she weighed almost 12 pounds. WOW! I told dear hubby that he needs to stop feeding her table food that she is going to kill over with a heart attach. But one thing that I do let her do in the mornings is finish off my coffee. Every morning she waits patiently for my almost empty coffee cup, just like the old saying goes good to the last drop! Again what a dogs life! Such spoiled rotten dogs! But I love this little mutt!
As promised here is my latest project, it didn't turn out the way I had pictured it in my mind. I think it is okay, but will work on the next one to achieve more of the look that I want. This is a little keepsake box, the top looks a little pink in the photo but it is really red. The inside is black with a black & white butterfly.

Also I want to post a photo of the Christmas stocking I am making for my soon to be born Granddaughter! Here is what the final result will (hopefully) look like:

The photo below is the last photo that I posted a few weeks ago:

And here is the progress. Boy is this a lot of work. My goal is to have it finished by Thanksgiving. (So keep your fingers crossed) But I have made some good progress. Basically I will be working on the Sugar Plum Fairy in the next week or two.

Well I hope everyone has a great artful week. I have lots of work to do. I am continuously working on the stocking plus trying to squeeze in other projects. Hugs to you all *** Renea

Great Movie

Yes, we went to the movies again tonight. We really wanted to see Fireproof. It was great! Very heart warming, and yes it made me cry, but it also made me laugh! Go & see it if you get the chance.

We got to see our Grandkids this weekend, we met our Daughter & Son-In-Law in Brownwood. We met them for lunch @ Underwood's BBQ & visited with them for a couple of hours. They bought our old pickup & we were meeting them to bring them the truck. Those 3 boys are so cute & fun! Love them so much, wish we could see them more often.

I am still working on Kennedy's stocking, I will try & post photos sometime this week, I have everything done except the sugar plum fairy. Well one of her legs is partially done. I hope to have her stocking done way before Thanksgiving! We are going to be so busy from now until after the first of the year! WOW! Can't believe it is already close to the end of the year again. Where does the time go?

I have been working on something new, but still not finished. I hope to finish them sometime this week. However I did make some cute paper mache' letters & then stamped them. What do you think?

I think these letters are fun and would be a great gift idea. They are about 1" thick and about 7-8 inches tall, and about 5 inches wide.

Well not much going on here. Getting ready for bed. Hope you all have a great week. Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to read my post. Hugs to you all, my friends! ***Renea

New Etsy Listings

Just a quick note, I have added several new block sets to my etsy site. And I have several more to add. I have added several Christmas sets. And if anyone is interested in collaged block sets with your family photos as a gift please contact me as I would love to make them for you. I have made 2 sets for friends @ work with their family photos & they have turned out really great. I have been working on something a little different, but I love the way it is turning out. I hope to have it finished in the next night or 2 so you can all see. Again I am working with wood, but on a different scale and dimension. I hope everyone is having a great week. Got to go, running late this morning! Yikes! Hugs***Renea

Movie: LakeView Terrace

Who's been to the movies lately? We hardly ever go to the movies, but last night we decided to go to a movie. We wanted to see Fireproof, but it was sold out, so we went to see Lakeview Terrace. WOW-- what a suspenseful movie! Samuel L. Jackson plays an L.A. cop & boy does he have problems! He is one mean, messed up, son of a gun! This is one of those got to see movies, so if you get the chance go see this one! Don't want to give anymore details, but gosh it was good!

My hubby picked the winner for my giveaway last night. So look @ the last post to see who won. Congrats to the Funky Art Queen Lesley. Wahoo! Hope everyone has a great weekend. I'm off to go create! Hugs***Renea

We have a WINNER!

Yes we have a WINNER!!!! Yippie!!! And my sweet hubby & Tinkerbelle helped me out, he drew the name out of the box.

Here Hubby is laughing because he see's the name & knows who it is.

And here is the winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hubby had just said if Lisa or Lesley wins that will look funny. And I said if one of them win, they win. And guess who won. HeeHee! Congrats to Les!!!!!!!!! Yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love ya Les! Thanks to all of you who participated, love you all! Hugs***Renea

Don't Forget Giveaway & A new Lucy!

Don't forget about the giveaway, the drawing will be October 10th @ 6pm central time. The giveaway photo is in the last post if you want to look @ the goodies. Just leave me a comment about one of your funniest moments. And good luck to you all!

I have painted a new Lucy with a new technique, or at least new to me. I followed some instructions in Kelly Rae's new book "Take Flight" & came up with this Lucy that I named "catch a falling star". So here she is...............................
What do you think? Do you like? I wasn't sure I would like her, but now that she is complete I like her. I like the stars. The stars are attached with a nail in top of the wood canvas with copper colored wire, so that the stars hang loose. I am looking forward to trying another of Kelly Rae's techniques from her book.
Remember to sign up for the giveaway, leave me a comment about one of your funniest moments. Hugs to all of you my friends***Renea

Giveaway....And Round Top

I am having a giveaway, but hurry & sign up! Leave me a comment about one of your funniest moments. I am going to giveaway several items, some came from my trip to Round Top flea market. Lisa & I had a blast! I am giving away a small travel case with tons of zipper slots for all kinds of goodies to be stashed, a cute hanging frame that you could put your own photo in (this came from Round Top) it is made out of fabric, a Lucy post card, 2 valentine post cards, 3 wooden spools, a vintage hankie (from Round Top), a tag with 5 paper covered clothes pins, small pack of kleenex, and a note pad with pen. If you put a link on your blog back to this site I will enter your name twice for the giveaway. Good Luck to everyone.

And now here are some photos of me & Lisa at Round Top the biggest flea market in Texas. Of course one of our most favorite places to visit was the Junk Gypsies. They had some really cool jewelry & neat T-shirts.

And we couldn't resist taking our photo in front of their cute pink truck. The first photo is of Lisa.

And this photo is of me!
Lisa again.
Me again.
There was miles & miles of tents with all kinds of stuff, new stuff, old stuff, vintage stuff, antiques, you name it, it was there! Boy were we tired friday night. We got there Friday around 9am & didn't leave until around 4:30 or 5PM. Then on Saturday, Lisa went with her daughter Meagan & grandbaby Katrina & I went with my daughter Dusty. We had so much fun. We are already planning our next trip in April.
Don't forget to sign up for the giveaway. Hugs to you all ***Renea

GIVEAWAY-------YIPPEE!

I posted earlier that I would have a giveaway soon. In fact I posted that I would host a giveaway on my 100th post. Well guess what? I missed my 100th post. Yap sure did, missed it! So this is post #101. And yes I am going to do a giveaway! YIPPEE! It's really easy, just leave me a comment on this post about one of your funniest moments and you will be entered. And if you mention this giveaway on your blog with a link to this blog I will enter your name twice. I am going to the biggest Flea Market in Texas this weekend & there is no telling what I will come up with for the giveaway, but I'm sure it will be fun! So please leave me a comment. The drawing will be held on October 10th @ 6pm central time. Good luck to you all!

I have listed one set of my Christmas blocks on my etsy site. I hope to list other sets next week after my trip.

I'm off to Round Top tomorrow with Lisa from Wild Over Wine. We are so excited! This is our first time to go there & we want to see it all even though I know that won't be possible. But we will shop til we drop! Two great days! I'm sure I will have plenty of photos when I return. Hope you all have a great weekend! And Les we will miss you dearly! I know we will think of you often. Hugs***Renea

I have been chosen for an award. Bebe from Peaches and Dreams was so sweet in passing this award along to me. This is the Blogging Friends Forever Award. Bebe thank you for thinking of me, I am very honored. So here are the rules for this award:

1) there are only 5 people allowed

2) 4 must be dedicated followers of your blog

3) one must be a new follower of your blog, or live in another part of the world

4) and you must link back to the person who gave you this award

So now comes the really hard part, choosing 5 other recipients, so here goes:

1) Lesley the Funky Art Queen

2) Lisa at Wild Over Wine

3) Janet at the Lavendar Loft

4) Carmen at Distracted by Design

5) and the most recent follower is Rebecca At Wonders Never Cease

Again thank you Bebe for thinking of me!

Hugs***Renea

The Wonderful Baby Shower

The baby shower was wonderful! I wish you all could have been there! It was beautiful! What great friends that I have! Lisa & Lesley did a wonderful job! I love them so much. Here is a sneak peek of the shower. Isn't the table gorgeous?

*******************This is my sister, Grif & myMother******************* *******************This is Griffin & My great friend Lisa****************

********************So tired after opening all those gifts*****************

Griffin opened gifts for an hour and 15 minutes! WOW! So many friends & family were there. I think there were around 45 in attendance. They received so many nice things, stroller, high chair, glider rocker, baby bedding, little bath tub, a boppy, gift cards and tons of clothes! My Granddaughter will be the best dressed baby in Texas! Yippee! Lisa, Les thank you both so much for such a great day! Love you both dearly!

I've been working really hard on Kennedy's stocking. I have made some progress as you can see. I finished the Christmas Tree and almost have it appliqued onto the stocking.

I hope you all have a great week. My week will be short as I am going with Lisa to Austin & then to Round Top on friday & saturday. Still wishing Les was going. We will miss you Les. Hugs to all of you my friends***Renea

Follow up on crime partners

Well our 2 partners in crime must be in prison. We went back this week & there was the Jack Russell, but no sign of the big dog. We have gone back by several times this week & now there is no sign of either dog. So I suspect they are both in prison. And you know the difference between a good friend & a true friend....well...a good friend says I can bail you out, but a true friend is sitting beside you saying damn that was fun!

As you all know my Granddaughter is due December 10th. When my daughter was pregnant with each of the boys I made them all a Christmas Stocking. There stockings were so cute, each one has a different Santa face stitched on it. So of course I have the make one for Kennedy my soon to be here Granddaughter. And I think some of you know how crazy us Grandmother's can be at times...well I think this is one of those times. I picked out the cutest stocking with the Sugarplum Fairy on it, but oh my gosh is it sooooo detailed. I think I must have been nuts @ the time! So I have been feverishly working on this stocking to have it done by Christmas. If you have ever made one of these then you know how time consuming they are, all week I have worked on this stocking 3-4 hours per night & this is all I have gotten done!

Each little teeny tiny piece has to be sequined, embroidered, appliqued & sometimes stuffed! And this stocking must have 1000+ pieces! I keep telling my Daughter-in-law that she will be in labor & I'll will be telling her to hang on I only have one more gingerbread man to sew on the stocking. Of course I would expect to get something thrown at me at this point! Ha! Well my dil is coming today as her baby shower is saturday. I can't wait, that will be so much fun.

I would like to say Hi to Tiffany! Thanks for following, & if you have an email address you can send it to me! And also I would like to say thank you so much to all of you who take time out of your busy day to come & visit with me. You all mean so much to me. I love to read you comments. Hope you all are having a great week! Hugs***Renea