Joe's 8th Birthday

Today is my youngest grandson's 8th birthday.  Happy Birthday Joe!!!   Last Christmas Joe and his sisters spent a week with us and it snowed Christmas Day.  They had so much fun sledding down the mountain.  We live on top of a mountain out in the middle of no where.  There are tons of critters around which I just love.  Joe will be with us again this Christmas and we are really hoping for another great snowfall!!

Under the red and white paper clip there are 8 one dollar bills.  Of course there are 8 pennies, 8 quarters and 8 dimes.  Inside the paper bag is a secret message from Santa!!

And this is the very back - 8 nickels of course.  On the back of the secret Santa message is a special message from Nanny and Grampa Art.

I hope you got a kick out of my creation for my grandson and you know I would love to hearing from you!
Thanks!!!!!
Sandy

Melanie's Birthday

Today is my baby sister's birthday.  So I knew exactly the card I would make for her.  It tells the story of our lives perfectly!  Melanie is nine years younger than I and YES this is exactly what she looked like.  At least I thought so!!  LOL

 Fifty-five years later we have changed somewhat and so have our attitudes.  Of course a good bottle of wine helps anything!

So today we celebrated by having lunch in a really neat Japanese restaurant.

This is the back of the card.  My sister loved it and so did I!

Thanks for visiting and  I would love to hear what you think of my sister's birthday card!
Sandy

Happy Birthday Nicole!

We are celebrating Nicole's 12th birthday.  Nicole went with us on her own special adventure to the Southwest this summer and I made her a keepsake album for her birthday.  I plead guilty, I made it out of paper lunch bags.

I would like to tell you a little about the front of this card.  Princess Tilda is wearing a real turquoise necklace - stones I purchased in New Mexico.  The horizontal stones were purchased at the same time.  The feathers in Tilda's headdress are real bird feathers from around my bird feeder.  The feathers in the right hand corner are wild  turkey feathers from our property.  The buttons on the upper left hand side came from Nicole's great grandmother and are metal.  The Indian head pennies on the left bottom came from my grandmother.  I have had them for a long time.  So they belonged to Nicole's great, great grandmother. The album consists of several pages of pictures Nicole or Grampa Art took .  I have tied the album together with the twine you see on the right - yep it was tied in a bow.

I am only going to show the first two pages.  The bottom picture of Nicole on the left hand side was taken at Mesa Verde.  The picture on the right was taken at Monument Valley.  The cat stamp and paw prints are there because Nicole was hoping to see some wild cats.

This is the very back of the album using a picture Nicole took at Taos Pueblo.  I think she has a good eye!  She loves cats. The chair and kittens were outside one of the old adobe buildings.

I do appreciate you visiting my blog and as you know I appreciate all your kinds words. 
Thanks!
Sandy

Happy Birthday Cathy Lynn

October 21st is a very special birthday for our friend Cathy.    A very happy birthday to you Cathy and many, many more!

Cathy can you hear us singing?

Thanks for visiting my blog  and you can see all of Cathy's pretty artwork here.

I appreciate all your comments - a little love goes a long way!  Sandy