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Inchie Swap - Realized

O.M.G.

Would you just look at the wonderful tiny works of art that I got to fondle?

The pictures below do NOTHING to showcase the ACTUAL fabulousness of these miniature wonders.

Thank you to all the talented GODESSES that participated.

AMY - Tsuruta Designs

ROSEMARY - Free Advice Worth Every Penny

TRISHA - Easy to Amuse, Hard to Offend

GINA - Tyggereye Arts

LORI - I Been Thinkin' Bout Inkin'

KATHRYN - Paper Matters

ELECTRA - Wishin I Knew How to Blog

Just click on either picture for an enlarged view. The details are amazing.

If you are wondering who made what, just leave me a comment and ask.

AND stay tuned. I'll host another swap in a couple of months.

It's killing me to wait, but I don't want to seem too greedy.

Menu Monday - Returns (cuz it's an easy week)

Monday - Sunshine Chicken, Steamed Rice, Steamed Green Beans and Salad

Tuesday - Restaurant somewhere in DC - Morgan and I are going to spend some time in DC. I have a business meeting on Wednesday, but other than that we are touring around. Woo Hoo. The others are home, on their own for meals.

Wednesday - Restaurant somewhere in DC. Possibly with a co-worker and her hubby.

Thursday - Restaurant somewhere in DC. Possibly with some friends.

Friday - Restaurant somewhere in DC. This time with Rosemary. YAY

Saturday - Pierces BBQ - I'll stop on the way home and pick some up. It's about an hour away, on the way home. Am I sneaky, er, ah, smart or what!

Sunday - Guess I'll cook, but have no clue yet.

(I'm easing back into this. LOL)

What's Cookin' Good Lookin' - OG #64 & KAH-WINK-E-DINK's Funny or Punny

The challenge at OPUS GLUEI this week is to use food in your project. I can do that!

My first thought was to do a little work on the recipe holder that I started. I used to have my recipe cards in a regular box type holder. But using them was kind of a pain. I had to use a magnet to hold them on the vent above the stove. That doesn't sound bad, but I am 5 foot 1 inch tall. Not ideal for me. But then I saw this photo holder in the craft store. AND I had a coupon. It was meant to be for me.

It holds the recipes up above the ingredients and bowls, so I can easily glance at the recipe without having to crane my neck or move things. YAY.

To further this project along, I started with a digital card, which I printed on regular cardstock.

Then I decided that it needed a side dish. Something a little healthy.

And to finish the meal off, a little sweet pie.


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SOMEONE in my family will complain at EVERY meal. So I am going to try to get them involved in the meal planning. (mostly so they can see that it isn't easy to please everyone at every meal - I want them to feel my pain - LOL - mean? maybe, but it's how I roll)

Anyway, I made these dice in the hopes that this "chore" will be a bit of fun.

There are three of them. To be used either all together or one at a time.

First one (far left) is for side dishes: baked potatoes, flavored rice, mashed potatoes, pasta, steamed rice or fries.

Next (in the middle) is the main entree: beef, pork, seafood, chicken, pasta or sausages (dogs, brats, keilbasa).

And finally (on the right) is the style: Chinese, American, Italian, Mexican, take-out or eat out.

I used square 1inch wood blocks. Gessoed them. Painted them with black and then an antique gold paint. Then used a 3/4 inch punch on the clip-art images and used gel medium to adhere them to the wood blocks. And then used my Copic marker to line the edges of each side with black.

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Last, but not least, I made a card. This was made for Kristen's challenge over at KAH-WINK-E-DINK. Her challenge this week is FUNNY or PUNNY. I chose funny. I love this quote, and thought that this dancer probably had a few margarita's under her belt.

Thanks for looking.

You should check out both of these challenges.

Friday Fill-ins # 185

And ... here we go!

1. This is what life does. It lets you find the rope to hang yourself with. OR not.

2. Am I really supposed to appreciate the moment?

3. Upon reflection I should have asked for salad instead of fries.

4. I could blurf for quite a long time.

5. Later, you wake up and wonder how that "10" from 2am ended up being a "2" at 8am.

6. To bad you can't send him to the far and boundless sea.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to some crafty time in my Studio, tomorrow my plans include cleaning up a bit, playing and meeting up with some friends for dinner, and Sunday, I want to play some more.

Make someone SMILE

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The challenge on OPUS GLUEI this week is "Sending Smiles". Rosemary is my partner in crime over at OPUS GLUEI, and we discuss ahead of time (almost always) what the up-coming theme's will be. When she suggested SENDING SMILES my first thought was to make more cards for OPERATION WRITE HOME. It is such a wonderful cause. So I made some cards.

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I really love making cards. They are little projects that are finished rather quickly BUT bring many smiles. I make more cards than I use, so it was a natural transition to start sending them to our HERO's overseas. My first box was quick to reach 100 with all of the cards I had already made.

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I have decided to send 100 more cards. I sent them a box full a while back, and am now working on filling up another box.

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I'll send an assortment of Birthday, Thinking of You, Miss You, and general cards.

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I think it might take a bit longer to get this box ready to go. I have about 20 made so far.

Let me know if you consider making some for OPERATION WRITE HOME.

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They will accept whatever you can make. There is no minimum amount to send in. The only real rule that they have is NO GLITTER. The glitter makes the service members sparkle at night and are visible with night vision goggles. So, it's a safety issue. Other than that, they will accept any cards. They do prefer 5 1/2" by 4 1/4", because it makes packing in the boxes to send to the service members easier, but will accept other sizes if you send the matching envelope.

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PUT A LITTLE BOOGIE IN IT!

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