SECOND FAVORITE MOVIE

MY SECOND FAVORITE MOVIE IS "TRULY MADLY DEEPLY" WITH ALAN RICKMAN AND JULIETTE STEVENSON. I FOUND THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS LOOKING UP WHAT MOVIES ALAN RICKMAN HAD BEEN IN AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON HBO. I COMPLETELY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.....SEE IT!

FAVORITE ALL TIME MOVIE

WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER I SAW THE MOVIE "SOMEWHERE IN TIME" WITH CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND JANE SEYMOUR AND ABSOLUTELY HAVE LOVED IT EVER SINCE. IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC MOVIE. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN THE OLD JANE SEYMOUR APPROACHES THE YOUNG CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND SAYS "COME BACK TO ME" IT TAKES HOLD OF YOUR HEART AND HANGS ON FOREVER.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME?

COLORING FUN

WELL, LAST NIGHT I WAS SITTING ON MY BED WATCHING A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS AND THOUGHT I'D DO A LITTLE COLORING. I HAD THIS COOL NEW AUTOMATIC CRAYON PENCIL THAT I GOT FROM PENTEL, YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. IT HAS 8 COLORS IN IT SO WHEN YOU'RE ON THE GO YOU CAN STILL DO A LITTLE COLORING :) I LOVE IT!

A COOL FRIEND OF MINE GAVE ME THIS SITE FOR FREE NEW YEARS IMAGES. SO, I PRINTED OUT A COUPLE PICTURES IN BLACK AND WHITE AND THEN COLORED THEM IN.

HERE'S MY FAVORITE:

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.

A HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS

AS THE DAYS TURN COLDER AND THE LEAVES START TO FALL I LONG FOR CHRISTMAS. I LOVE THE SNOW, THE LIGHTS, THE COZY FEELING OF BEING INSIDE WHILE THE WIND WHIPS OUTSIDE. THE LAST WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS SEEM TO FLY BY SO QUICKLY THOUGH. I DID MANAGE TO MAKE A FEW HOMEMADE THINGS. I MADE CHRISTMAS CARDS, WITH THE HELP OF MY MOM AND DAD WHO WANTED TO EACH HELP....SO MY MOM DID THE YARN CROSS STITCHING AND MY DAD DID THE EMBOSSING. I ALSO MADE SOME GIFT TAGS FOR SOME GIFTS TO GIVE AT WORK, TO THOSE WHO HELP US ALL YEAR LONG AND DO IT WITH A SMILE....THAT SEEMS RARE THESE DAYS.

I WAS PERUSING SOME OTHER BLOGS AND WAS TOTALLY AMAZED AT HOW MUCH TIME SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO DECORATE THEIR HOUSES AND MAKE HOMEMADE GIFTS AND DECORATIONS. MY LITTLE ATTEMPT AT SOME CARDS AND GIFT TAGS PALE IN COMPARISON. BUT THEN I REMEMBERED THAT THESE PARTICULAR WOMEN DON'T WORK FULL TIME OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE SO THEY ARE HOME TO DO THE DECORATING AND CRAFT MAKING.

I DO WANT TO BE MARTHA STEWART, I LOVE MARTHA, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DREAM..................

I'VE BEEN TAGGED.......

SO, THIS IS MY VERY FIRST TAG! WOWZA! AND, IT'S FROM THE SUPER SEXY PAULA!

THE RULES:
1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

SO, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE 6 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME:

1. I still have my very first stuffed animal, a little brown and white dog.

2. I collect dictionaries. My favorite being the Oxford compact dictionary, the writing is so small it comes with a magnifier! I love it!

3. I hate to make any food that I have to get my hands into, i.e. meatloaf, kneading dough, etc.

4. When I was a kid and had to go to confession I made stuff up :) Now, I would have to make an all day appointment!

5. I collect rulers in my desk drawer, my favorite is a bright translucent pink one.

6. I can't open the gum with the foil wrappers like wrigleys, it gives me the willies!

The fab-u people I'm tagging:

Adelina

Becky

Geeta

Jenn

Katie

Michelle

WHICH ORACLE CARD ARE YOU?

TAKE THIS QUIZ AND SEE WHICH ORACLE CARD YOU ARE.

I AM THE EMPRESS CARD.......OF COURSE!

You are The Empress
Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.
The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.
The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

DISTRESS PAINT, I LOVE IT!

Here's a cool Halloween ornament and birthday card I made. I used Tim Holtz distress paint, Black ink and stamp, chipboard and the very cool white inkssentials pen. Can i say I love it!
I've gotta have that paint in every color!

WHAT'S ON MY DESK?

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH A GREAT BLOG HERE AND IT LOOKS AT WHAT'S ON YOUR DESK. IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN TELL ABOUT SOMEONE FROM WHAT'S ON THEIR DESK. WELL I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF MY DESK AT WORK AND LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT ME:

EVEN AT WORK I HAVE MARKERS, STAMPING SUPPLIES BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL CREATIVE. I HAVE MY EVER PRESENT WATER...USUALLY THERE ARE MANY BOTTLES OF WATER ON MY DESK, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN LATE IN THE DAY. MY FILES LOOK MESSY BUT REALLY THEY'RE VERY ORGANIZED. I CAN'T THROW AWAY ANY USABLE PAPER SO I HAVE STACKS OF PARTIALLY USED NOTEPADS AND SCRAPS OF PAPER IN A FILE. AH, THE BIG POST-IT NOTES, I LOVE THEM!

SEE MY PINK PENCIL CUP THAT SAYS ASHES OF PROBLEM CUSTOMERS? OH HOW I WOULD LOVE TO FILL THAT SUCKER UP WITH REAL ASHES. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE EVEN LEAVE THE HOUSE?

I LOVE MY HUGE PAPERCLIP CUP I GOT AT THE CONTAINER STORE AND I HAVE TO HAVE COLORED PAPERCLIPS. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HATE THE COLORED ONES BUT I THINK THEY'RE REALLY DEPRESSING PEOPLE AND SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED HOME AS WELL.

SEE MY LITTLE DUCK ON THE COMPUTER? I'VE HAD HIM FOR YEARS BECAUSE HE HAS A RIPPED WING AND I COULDN'T THROW HIM OUT. I REALLY DO BELIEVE ANYTHING IN THE SHAPE OF AN ANIMAL HAS FEELINGS. CALL ME WEIRD, I DON'T CARE. MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME TOO!

SO, THERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF MY DESK.....WHAT'S ON YOUR DESK?

SOON I'LL TAKE PICTURES OF MY DESK AT HOME............

3 GEEKS AT THE BREAKING DAWN RELEASE PARTY

HERE WE ARE, MYSELF ON THE LEFT, PAULA IN THE MIDDLE AND COLLEEN ON THE RIGHT. WE WAITED 3 HOURS TO GET OUR HANDS ON THE BREAKING DAWN BOOK. I'M STILL READING ECLIPSE AND AM GETTING MUCH GRIEF FROM THESE TWO BECAUSE I'M NOT DONE WITH ALL OF THEM YET!
UH HELLO, I HAVE T.V. SHOWS TO WATCH AND MY POOPIES TO PLAY WITH!
BUT I'M GETTING THERE, SLOWLY BUT SURELY.

A MUSE ATC'S, WOW ARE THEY CUTE!

HERE ARE THE A MUSE ATC'S FROM THE SWAP IN JULY.

AREN'T THEY THE CUTEST THINGS EVER???????

BLING-Y CARDS

HERE'S SOME FUN GLITTERY CARDS.

COOL ATC'S!

Look at these fun ATC's I received in a swap!

I love them so much I want to do my own swap for A Muse images. Here are the rules:

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 size, 2 layers, an embellishment and use at least 1 A Muse image. Make sure you sign the back and put 1/10, 2/10 etc. You make 10 of the same card to send to me. Include a self addressed envelope with the same postage you used to send yours to me. If SASE isn't included you will not get any back :(

Deadline is June 30th, 2008.

My address:

Kathy Bennett

721 Blackhawk Lane

Marengo, IL 60152

I'll let 10 people join......let me know if you want a spot! If a lot more people want to do it I'll start another one.

1. Kathy Bennett DONE

2. Tracy

3. Eva Richards

4. Elyss Jennings RECEIVED

5. Dawn Stein RECEIVED

6. Connie Heitner RECEIVED

7. Michele H. RECEIVED

8. Lee Anne RECEIVED

9. Paula Long

10. Lynnette Wapniewski RECEIVED

MY FIRST ATC!

I SIGNED UP FOR AN ONLINE SWAP FOR ATC'S. I'VE NEVER DONE AN ATC BEFORE SO THIS WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE. I DON'T USUALLY MAKE A LOT OF ONE DESIGN EITHER SO THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS NEW. THE STAMPS ARE FROM THE CAT'S PAJAMA'S AND THE INK IS THE NEW MEMENTO INK.

ANYHOO......

HERE'S MY CARD:

MORE CARDS AND DOGS, DOGS, DOGS!

HERE'S SOME MORE CARDS I WHIPPED UP THIS WEEKEND PLUS PICTURES OF MY LITTLE CUTIE PATOOTIE'S, WHO COULDN'T LOVE THOSE CUTE DOG FACES!

A*MUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #4

THE 4TH CHALLENGE WAS TO USE ONLY BLACK AND WHITE:

A*MUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #3

THE 3RD CHALLENGE WAS TO USE A PATTERN, HERE'S MINE:

A*MUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #2

OUR SECOND CHALLENGE WAS TO USE OLD FASHIONED GLITTER:

A*MUSE ADDICTS VIRTUAL MEETING CHALLENGE #1

SATURDAY NIGHT WAS THE 2ND ANNUAL VIRTUDAL MEETING OF THE A*MUSE ADDICTS. WE HAD 5 CHALLENGES.

THE FIRST WAS TO USE JUST STAMPS AND INK. HERE'S MY CARD:

I LOVE CHEERFUL COLORS!

Well, I finally had a creative spark and made some cards. A super-duper girl off the amuse addicts website, Katie, got me two retired amuse stamps, the life preserver and the saying "you're a life saver". So, I decided to make a card to say thanks! I also had to make some cards for a card swap at work so I did a bunch of cards for both.

I love the colors, what do you think?

WHERE, OH WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

IKNOW YOU'VE BEEN ASKING YOURSELF, WHERE OH WHERE HAS SHE GONE?

I WAS DROWNING IN HOME IMPROVEMENT LAND. TWO YEARS AGO I ADOPTED 2 CUTE LITTLE INNOCENT PUPPIES WHO HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE. ONE DAY I CAME HOME FROM WORK TO FIND MY KITCHEN FLOOR EATEN. A HOLE THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL LIE UNDER A CHAIR. I HATED THAT FLOOR ANYWAY BUT UNLESS I'M PUSHED TO DO HOME IMPROVEMENTS, I DON'T! SO MY 2 CUTE LITTLE INNOCENT PUPPIES HAD PUSHED ME TO DO IT. IT STARTED OUT BY REPLACING THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND HALLWAY, THEN I REPLACED THE CARPET IN THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM, THEN I PAINTED THE KITCHEN CABINETS AND BATHROOM VANITIES, THEN I REPLACED THE FLOOR IN THE BATHROOMS, THEN I GOT A NEW ROOF, AND NOW I'VE FINALLY COMPLETED THE BATHROOMS.

LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER'S, I THINK YOU'D AGREE IT WAS TIME TO DO IT.

WATERCOLOR THAT MAKE ME HAPPY!

Seven years ago my friend Natalie and I took a watercolor class together and had such a wonderful time. I painted two pictures that I thought were good enough to frame and are now hanging in my house. Each time I look at them I still love them and remember the fun we had.

Natalie and I have been friends since we were sophmores in high school. We didn't become best friends until after high school though. I can tell her anything and know that she'll hear me out and try to help me with whatever it is. We can laugh so hard that it's hard to breathe. There's nothing better than that shorthand you have with a friend, where you just have to look at them and they know what you're thinking and you burst into laughter. She was there for me at my saddest moments, the times when there's nothing anyone can say. But she was there to cry with me and hold me up.

CUTE LITTLE VALENTINE'S

Last night I went to Paula's house and made some mighty cute little valentine's. Eva was there as well and what a hoot she is!

I love getting together with the girls and crafting together. You get to see all the fun supplies everyone has and see the designs everyone comes up with.......and of course all the good juicy gossip!

I LOVE RED!

I put up our stores Valentine display this morning, I think it turned out really cute.
What do you think?

This weekend I'm crafting with my friend Paula, that crazy beautiful woman! I know I'll have fun :)

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COPIC MARKERS

I can't wait to play with my copic markers!
Look at the delicious colors, yum!

Color makes me happy, especially pink...........

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008

This is my first post, ever!

I wanted to document my life, my crafts and my loves.

I have so many things to say! But, where to begin.........

Yesterday I made this Valentine heart tree. Some I punched out of decorative paper and some were ready made hearts. I love how it looks old, so simple and yet so Valentine-y!