Happy Mother's Day!

My beautiful Momma when I was just a twinkle in her eye!



I wish you a very special day, Mom! I wish we were there to honor you in person. Just know how much you are loved and appreciated!

The Party of the "Century!"

Dubbed the Party of the Century, our amazing daughters planned a hundred year party to celebrate Bob and I both turning 50 (even though I did it awhile back)! Our son and his sweetie couldn't make it. Boy, were we surprised when we walked into our neighbor's son's "Graduation" party and were greeted by lots of OUR friends and our two daughters, one of whom lives in Virginia and the other in North Carolina. They each brought a special guy...Phil, who we've claimed as part of the family for several years and Trey, who we had the pleasure of meeting for the very first time. I can think of no better word than perplexed to describe how I felt when we walked in... well, maybe dumbfounded would work, also! Our very special friends, Bill and Treesha opened their home and coordinated with the girls to pull off this event. I loved seeing our friends from different social circles and our daughters and their guys all together and getting to know one another. We feel honored, we feel loved and above all, we feel extremely blessed! Pictures to follow later...

Ban the Orphan Works Bill!!!

If you are an artist or care about someone who is, you MUST read about this bill and take action to protect your(their) rights.

"The Orphan Works Bill is designed to benefit big corporations and legalize theft. Individual artists would have to pay to register their work at private institutions. Anything not registered would be an "orphan work" and free to use without penalty or payment.
Effectively, artists would lose any right to make money from their artwork.
We can prevent this. Ban the Orphan Works Bill!" (as stated on "thepetitionsite.com")

To take action and read more about this bill click here.

Name that Plate!

I gave myself some Artistic Outpost time and had fun with this image collage on a 14" 14" canvas. I believe there is at least one stamp from each plate except for the Christmas plates. Can you name the plate each image came from? Link here if you need a "cheat." :)

Here's a close-up...

Rubber Fun!

Where has April gone!? I can't believe that I've lost track of time so badly! I've been a very bad blogger...and apologize to those of you who check on me regularly...I hope you haven't given up on me! In just over a month you will know why I've been so out of touch. We have something new up our sleeves and are so excited to share the news! Think...treasures, think...I've been looking for that, think...unique, think...creative, think...artsy, think...outside the box. I encourage all paper artists in West Tennessee to attend the annual Artiscape in Jackson on June 7th, where the official announcement will be made.

The exciting news I have for you today is the release of two new stamp plates from Artistic Outpost. Go on over to their website and check out the sale that ends today. These plates, Playful and Adventure, are great fun for playful hearts! Reg. $11 on sale today for $9.35 (20% off).

I'm working on a big project with lots of Artistic Outpost stamps and will post a picture later. So check back in the morning!

Inspiration

I want YOU to take time to watch Primetime on ABC tonight. You may have heard of this man, Randy Pausch who is dying of cancer, but really listen to his story. It will help remind us of the importance of THIS moment. Watch this video as a gift to yourself...especially if you won't have time to watch him on Primetime. When you're finished listening to "The Last Lecture" listen to this one on Time Management. You won't be sorry!

In Production...

I don't mind a little production work...you know...after all the brain work is finished and you can just produce while you are thinking about something else. The problem for me is that while I'm scoring and folding I'm dreaming about the wedding day...that brings on the "waterworks"...'cause I'm such a big baby! I think about my wonderful son seeing his bride in her dress and it just brings on the tears of joy. All water marks on these will be totally unintentional!