Patti's Creations

2012-01-21T15:35:00.000-08:00

http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/sculpturesonice.php
Earl and I decided to take a drive down to the historical third ward in Milwaukee today and see the ICE Sculptures from a contest that took place yesterday! The theme was "Summertime and Livin it Easy". At 10 a.m. on Friday they began sculpting and then at 6 p.m. they had to stop and were judged.
There were not that many participants, but we took a drive to go see the completed pieces in person.

We were able to walk around them. I made Earl get int he shot with the lobster so you could see the size of them. It was dusk and the lights were not on yet.....and to be honest, the ice on the backdrop of our freshly fallen snow makes the pictures less desirable! :( But you will get the idea, as I will try and describe what they are!
Top to Bottom:
1. Flip Flop (tong) heel at bottom with a guy with sombrero kicked back on top.
2. Guy on top of tong, close up.
3. Bear laying back on a like a floaty with a drink on his tummy.
4. Artist drawing laying in snow of dog, who will be naughty are get someones bikini top.
5. Dog holding bikini top in mouth.
6. Palm trees, with a boat pulled up to island and hammock set up between trees!
7. Beautiful sun wearing sunglasses and woman kneeling and reaching an arm up sort of hugging sun rays.
8. Earl and lobster.
9. Lobster with tail at bottom and holding a nice drink in his claw.
10. Lobster
11. Lobster
12. Not sure what this is, even seeing it in person. I saw a face in it.
13. This is my favorite if I were judging. It is a boy fishing, leaning against a tree, with a bird at the top and a dog next to him and a distance away there is a fishing line and he is catching a boot......heheheh.
14. More of boy fishing, great detail.
15. Boy fishing
16. Lastly, our city tree is still up, so I snapped a shot, and there is an ice sculpture there with two random people looking at it. :)
This was fun to do, but it was COLD out. Brrrrrrrr! And I wish that I had seen it when the sun was out.....we were too cold to stay until the lights came on. I bet they look beautiful with a light shining.
They are supposed to reveal the winners on Monday at the link above this post. Click on the pictures to enlarge and see them better.
They were all really neat and I teased Earl that him and I should do one next year! Haaaaaahehehe!

2012-01-08T15:45:00.000-08:00

You know, art is not just for the walls any more!
A friend of mine,
Nina Owens, is going to be doing her FLOOR with tons of vintage papers.
You heard me right, vintage papers, ledger sheets, music sheets, foreign text.......and she is adding some collaged papers to it as well! Is that not the coolest thing?? It was a neat project to join in on. Obviously, I did not put anything dimensional or 3d on it at all, as it will be walked on! :) I wanted you to see the sheet close up though, really fun I think!

Imagine an art room with a floor like that! Sounds like heaven to me! Maybe I will do my DOOR that way, she is getting my mind rolling!
Anyways, here are some sheets I am sending her along with the one vintage doctor ledger paper that I collaged for her! I cannot wait to see how her floor comes out!

2012-01-08T12:31:00.000-08:00

Rufio says "Hello" to start the New Year (and wonders if you would give him a treat if he gave you this face?)! His hair is longer because we want him to be warm enough in winter with his own winter coat, so he is a bit shaggy, but none the less..........cute cute cute! :)

2011-12-19T15:47:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!
This is Earl and Rufio and me wearing our festive hats for you! haaaaahehehe! Rufio is none to happy about it. I am taking the picture too, so over all, this came out pretty well. Earl's hat is a Star Trek hat with Spock Ears, mine is Tinkerbelle (you really cannot see it) and Rufio's, well is like an elf and includes a collar too! He was happy when we were done! Haaaaaaahehehe!

2011-12-18T18:35:00.000-08:00

This sweet Reindeer card was made by Marcy Hudziak! I just love it! You can also see it on my Christmas card tree below! :)

Don't you love it when you have talented artsy friends? These beautiful pieces(card and wall hanging) were created by Barb Head, she is always thinking of me and sends me beautiful one of a kind pieces to make my day!

This beautiful ornament below was made by Marcy! My tree is filled with handmade artful ornaments this year and it brings such a fun tone to the tree and my heart!!!!!!

The Holidays are Happier with Art from Friends!!!!!

2011-12-18T10:19:00.000-08:00

Day 12-Terry Pritzel created a peace bird collaged with sequins and paints and beautiful feathers for the tail! You can visit Terry here......

http://theravenswhim.blogspot.com/

Day 13-Pat Winter created a sweet little pin that is filled with lavendar! She is an amazing sew talent and created this little pin with lace, and hand beading and roses. Just wonderful!!!!! You can see Pat's sweet talents here...
http://www.gatherings100.blogspot.com/

These are the beautiful steampunk dollie ornies from Linda Morgan-Number 11! I just love these unique beauties! FUN!!!!! Her blog is here, give her a visit!
http://purplecatcards.blogspot.com/

Hope Clinchot Number 9, made these beautiful face pins surrounded by lovely layers of pretty fabric and lace. :) She hand painted the face! This will add a special touch to a scarf or jacket for sure! visit Hope here....http://www.fibermixedmedia.com/profile/Hope

Cookies made by Amber and me this year! YUM!

Number 8---Corrine Gillman....she created this handmade paper garland for our trees or it would even look beautiful on a fireplace mantel or hanging up anywhere! It is different beautiful papers tied off with ribbons and buttons. Clever and unique! Thans Corrine...you can visit her blog to see more of her creations here.....

http://www.dosfishes.blogspot.com/

This unique and special little vintage thread spool was created by Terri Lightfoot-Number 10. It has Christmas music sheet and glitter,vintage buttons and glorious glimmer and shine! You can visit Terri here.....http://lostartcreations.typepad.com/

This swap has been a wonderful Joy, having something artsy to open every day for 13 days! Thanks so much to fun artists who played in this swap. I have really enjoyed it!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

MERRY CHRISTMAS to me! Hehehehe!

2011-12-11T06:54:00.000-08:00

Day Seven is Vivian Neroni's ornament. He is adorable and Viv has given our teree a bit of whimsey with her skinny snowman! Heheheh! He is handmade and his tall felt hat and painted face gives him perfect personality! Thanks Vivian!!!!

You can see Vivian's blog here.....

http://vivs-whimsy.blogspot.com/

2011-12-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

http://www.m-is-for-martha.blogspot.com/
Day 6 was from the lovely Martha Brown. Her link is above!
She created a beautiful glass ornmaent with the theme JOY, on one side and the other
has the detailed message! It can be hung either way and it is gorgeous!
Thank you Martha!!!!!

Day 5 was my ornament, a fabric cone, made from cheesecloth, vintage music sheets, flowers, lace, perarl and some free motion stitching. It was such a fun thing to make and the girls have given it wonderful reviews! That made me smile! :)

2011-12-08T16:19:00.000-08:00

These are the cute vintage candy dream ornaments from Leslie Brier.
http://www.brierdesignstudio.blogspot.com/
What a sweet little vintage inspiration and such fun!

I am enjoying these little ornaments so! :)

The 13 Days of Christmas continues!!!! What fun!
Here is the ornament from the talented Elizabeth Woodford.

http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com/

She made a beautiful vintage cone from a hand dyed vintage table cloth that she also did a sun print on it(you can see more of the sun printing on her blog, link above). The lace and velvet are all from old vintage items, repurposed as well as the buttons........Gorgeous!!

I am one lucky girl with a fun artsy tree!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day five is my ornament, that will be tomorrow!

2011-12-06T17:05:00.000-08:00

This is ornament number TWO from the talented and very kind Mary Zimany!
http://myonceuponamuse.blogspot.com/
This is an altered tin done with alcohol inks and stamping and the inside is done with wonderful fabric art, sweet stitches and glitter. There is a handmade off white rose on a velvet ribbon for the finishing touches!!!!! Spectacular! Thank you Mary! This is ornament Number One from Barb Burkard!
http://www.123lavenderlollipoplane.blogspot.com/
She made a beautiful image of the snowman on transparency and rolled it and inserted it into this glass ball. She made a bow, with a darling soft bell and filled the ball with darling gems and stones that sparkle and shine! Just beautiful! She also made each of us a lovely fabric cuff!!!!! So exciting and thank you Barb!!!

A sweet friend Elizabeth, http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com/

invited me to join a 12 Days of Christmas Swap for little ornaments. If you have never participated in one, you create 12 pieces to swap out and mail them to the hostess! You are assigned a number and wrap up your ornament and label it. I was number FIVE! The hostess swaps the packages back and you open ONE a day for 12 Days! Well, we had 13 participants, the more the merrier and we could not start to open on the 1st of December because some packages went out of the country. Long story short, the FUN HAS COMMENCED!!!!!!!!!!!! We have opened day one and day two! BOTH are fantastic ornaments from talented artful girls! :) If you want to see more detailed pictures of their ornaments, visit their websites, links above. They have some great shots of them!

2011-11-27T14:45:00.000-08:00

Here is our Christmas tree for this year!
Earl and Rufio are enjoying it from the new recliner and new rug below. Notice that Tinkerbelle is our tree topper this year! She looks wonderful up there and has fiberoptic wings that change colors. Amber got her from Disney for me, and I love her. :) AND I have handmade ornmaments from friends on the tree, and that gives it special meaning. They are all with me in spirit this season!

2011-11-26T08:53:00.000-08:00

This was a cheese ball that I made for a birthday celebration at work and one Thanksgiving. We decorated it like an elf! Heeeeeeee! You can do many different types of food decorations(he could be a snow man, a turkey, whatever. We served him with all kinds of veggies, celery, carrots, olives, etc. and crackers--the new wheat thins crackers with cashews are delish! :)

2011-11-20T19:27:00.000-08:00

Hello, this is the Waukesha Christmas Parade that Amber and I attended today. I am sorry my pictures are so far down that you have to scroll like this(keep paging down, they are very separated by white space :( boooooooo BLOGGER). This is the second time I uploaded and Blogger just is misery!!!!! Anyways, you can see the parade was wonderful. Danny Gokey was there and the Racing Brewer's Sausages, the Grinch that Stole Christmas, many high school bands, cheerleaders, poms, Girls Scout troups, Churches, Floats,Old Cars, and much music and fun. It was cold, so we had to buy some hot chocolate, but we made it through! Thanks for a fun weekend Amber! <3

2011-10-31T17:07:00.001-07:00

Muahaha, the witches have arrived. This is us at work today!
Julie and Vanessa, Jessica and Cathy were all PRETTY witches, and I........well, ugly witch for sure.(Do you like my warts and teeth?) Steve also dressed up as he likes to play.

Our group, Vanessa, Jessie, Julie, ME, Cathy--and Cathy made delicious apple cider and cookies and candy. :)

Click on the pictures to see larger.

Yup all the girls were pretty witches! There is no way any of them could be ugly! :)

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!

2011-10-30T14:22:00.000-07:00

Our pumpkin for this year.......
SCAR
the Disney Villian!
This is a pumpkin that has holes cut through and also shading done with cutting deeply, but not through.
This is how it looks in daylight as well, I spray painted it 3 different colors on the outside for some added fun.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2011-10-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

Go to this link below.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nju3-5TwoM

Do you want to see someone truly inspiring for Pumpkin Carving?
His name is Ray Villafane and if he does not inspire you, I cannot image who would.
He loves kids and he is definitely gifted from God with his talents!!!!!!!
Take a look at this you tube video and search him a bit and you will be awestruck to carve a new and exciting pumpkin this year!!!!!!!!!
Hugs,Patti

2011-10-17T05:37:00.000-07:00

Amber made cookies to take to work! Frankenstein and regular fingers (cookies)! Muahaha!

Here is our home ready for Fall! See Rufio posing in front of the beautiful metal pumpkin I got for my birthday last year!

Isn't the scary tree in the window cool? I love it!

Dad gave me the corn stalks and corn, and the mum is a birthday present from this year.

2011-10-06T06:15:00.000-07:00

Amber got an old white dresser from a rummage of sorts and when we got it home, she decided we would collage it with superheroes that she likes right now. Heheheh! Of course, some REAL life movie stuff along with some comics stuff too. So she cut out all the images and on they went with soft gel medium. Then we had to mask them all off and paint. It came out pretty awesome (we think). I just need to get the pulls on, and superhero drawer is good to go!!!!!

You will see everything from Captain America, Batman, Green Lanter, Thor, Superman, Wonderwoman, Ironman, the XMen, Hulk..............you get the idea! The drawer is a lime green and with that, you can't miss it! :)

2011-08-06T14:01:00.000-07:00

Chocolate covered bacon on a stick, deep friend butter and Krispy Creme Burger!

Earl and Amber and I went to the WI STATE FAIR TODAY! Ohhhhhhh it was too hot, brutally hot! But I made sure to take my camera to get a good amount of pictures to share with you! I believe that our State Fair is one of the VERY BEST! Just wonderful.

Amber was lucky enough to meet up with a dear friend from her Disney Internship that lives in WI also, Darren and his brother!

We posed by some fun signs, you will see.

We drank flavored milk, ate cheese curds and walked with the masses enjoying the day.

Between the deep fried food(look at the menu, everything from deep friend BUTTER, and chocolate covered bacon krispy creme burgers), and food on a stick to eat asap, the animals (all way to HOT poor things, laying and trying to cool off), the shows(The Kids From Wisconsin singing the Beetles and playing instruments and dancing Glee style), the winning handmade items from clothes, pictures, quilts, breads, desserts, to home grown items, veggies and flowers, and artwork from kids to adult, the rides, the cream puffs,the giant yellow slide, etc. The Fair is amazing! If you ever get the chance to come and go to the WI STATE FAIR, DO!!!!

I am going to load a TON of pictures. Just please go take a look so you can get a good round about flavor of the FUN of the Fair! I would not be happy to miss it, and I am thrilled to go...but I wish it was not so hot! ENJOY! We did! You can make your own fun at the Fair, you will see in the pictures! Happy Weekend!

2011-07-20T16:51:00.000-07:00

Please scroll down and see all the pictures. This is our chipmunk resting in the heat. My new garden next to the fence, and more flower pictures below.

I have to share some pictures of our Green Ash tree coming down! AND, some of the beautiful hollyhocks that I have in bloom right now! Enjoy. I am hoping for some relief from the HEAT, so there rest of the grass and flowers will not be burnt! :)

2011-07-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

This was my weekend project for Martino's! I wanted it to be a surprise. It is the LADIES BATHROOM. Earl came with me and we painted fun new colors(sky blue and yellow) first on July 3rd and then today, the 4th, we went back and did the fun veggies. ALL the condiments that make a Chicago Style Hotdog. We also made the mini ELEMENTS to create the best tasting flavor explosion. It is great fun and I think the ladies will appreciate the whimsical fun of it and it brightens the day. Of course, I USE the ladies room so I will get to see it every day! :) Without Earl, I never would have got it done! Wheeeeeee! Thanks honey!

2011-06-08T17:17:00.000-07:00

Amber has taken on an internship at the Waukesha Freeman newspaper! She started June 1st, and is learning lots and having an exciting first week.

She has already written two stories and it is very thrilling to see her name in print!
Here is a little view of her article and then a close up.....of her name in lights!

I know, it is a Mom thing to find this really neat! But I am entitled right?? :0)

2011-06-03T04:42:00.000-07:00

This is the HAPPY ENDING to our baby birds.

Watch the nest go from 3 to 2 to 1 to 0 babies and now they are out and about into the world. They landed in the back yard and Momma was still coming to watch over them, and yes even feed them a bit more. Aren't they the sweetest things. I have to say that I am thankful for the rain we have had. I think that kept the cats and other critters away and gave the babies a safer start. This was a joy to see.

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them bigger and you can go down a few more posts to see the eggs and other photos of the babies with no feathers. Hehehehe! Hurray, success!!!!!!!!!!

2011-05-29T10:53:00.000-07:00

The babies are getting bigger and bigger! See their crazy feathers! Heheheh! Darling, right?

2011-05-27T18:16:00.000-07:00

Here are the baby Robin's, over about 4 days. The most recent pictures are down at the bottom. They are getting big, see their open eyes! Oooooooooh, exciting! :0)

2011-05-24T19:04:00.000-07:00

More baby pictures! First, the Robin's nest, see how they are growing! All the beaks are pointing sort of towards the left. Their heads are all pointing that way and they are getting some feather sheaths now. Ooooooooo, so cute!
AND THIS sweet little yellow baby bird landed on our sidewalk. I was able to get close to it to get the shot. Isn't it ADORABLE! Happy birds.......:)

2011-05-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

OUR BABY has graduated from the University of WI Milwaukee! Today was the ceremony down town at the US Cellular Arena! Please enjoy a TON of pictures I took. Hehehe, why not right? Also, Amber, Earl and I went to brunch with my parents, Amber's Grandma and Grandpa and it was super nice. It was beautiful outside, with the sunshine and we got some pictures at the Botanic Garden area.

The little neighbor doggie, Dora, came over to wish Amber a happy graduation and say Hi to Rufio. So there are a good mix of pictures from the day! We're so proud of her and I decorated her Graduation hat with a quote that expresses her major; Print Journalism. There were not a lot of decorated hats, so that helped us keep track of where she was in the mix of kids there. There were two ceremonies and hers was in the early morning. It went LATE , but we had great fun watching them all! Thanks for looking!!!!!!

2011-05-21T17:12:00.000-07:00

Our baby birds are growing. These are the babies and the first two pictures are the earliest shots and now the bottom two are the babies today, getting the fuzzies! Hehehe! Wonderful!!!! Aren't they UGLY CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! I so hope they make it through the whole process!

Happy Saturday!

2011-05-18T16:26:00.000-07:00

More exciting bird news! I LOVE seeing the birds and I had a NEW visitor to my feeder! So immediately I looked it up in my BIRDS OF WISCONSIN book and there he was! A Rose Breasted Grosbeak. I included a page from the book for you to see. But I LOVE my pictures, as it was raining and he is little (another baby I believe) and his feathers are wet and goofy! What a beautiful little guy! WOW! Bird heaven at my house this Spring!!!!!! :0)

2011-05-18T15:53:00.000-07:00

You are seeing the pictures a bit backwards. The eggs increasing and then hatching....but you get the idea! CLICK on the picture to see it bigger!

Both babies hatched out today.

Second egg working on hatching. See the hole and crack?

So, they have started hatching! The babies!!! Robin Momma laid 4 eggs, and then pushed one egg out of the nest. (Maybe she knew something about that egg.) So, then there were again three. And this morning the first baby was there, hatched last night and we could see the second egg was already breaking through. Click on the pictures to see them closer up. When I got home from work, there were 2 babies hatched! The one baby is wearing the shell like a hard hat! Hehehehe! Anyways, by tomorrow the third should hatch! The eggs were laid a day apart and I read that they incubate for 12-14 days and that came out perfectly right! :)

Isn't it something? She made the nest in our back fence. I pray the babies make it without being bothered by a cat!!!!!! Or other creature! It is such a miracle to be able to see it, I have to take the camera above my head to snap the pictures, so they are coming out well for not seeing as I snap the pictures.

2011-05-12T05:23:00.000-07:00

I took this picture of a squirrel that keeps coming to eat under our bird feeder! He is not afriad and our Rufio barks his head off at him. He looks RIGHT AT YOU, like to say.......
YOU LOOKIN' AT ME??????
Haaaaahehehe, he is sort of cute right? Look at how his little feet are tucked into his chest. Hilarious!!!! I really feel like he is looking right at me as I took his picture. Wildlife is interesting to say the least! :0)

2011-05-09T17:40:00.000-07:00

How much wood , would a woodchuck chuck....................LOOK what we saw this morning!
I could not believe it when this woodchuck was IN OUR YARD! This is a first for seeing a woodchuck here. Amber got these shots before it ran off. It is on the far left side of this picture with the bushes in the front. He was inside our chain link fence and sat up like a prarie dog. Hilarious! Then he checked out the neighbors yard on the other side of the fence !I wonder if we will see much of him around here? Rufio was not happy with his presence.....so I am always looking before I let Rufio outside! This woodchuch was as big as Rufio easily. THAT would be a problem!

2011-05-05T17:04:00.000-07:00

One of the joys of Spring are the birds! I just love them, they come to my feeder and let me see their happy faces.

Well, a Robin has built a nest in our new fence! Ohhhhhhh boy, I hope that no cat gets up there to cause her or the babies any grief! Each day she has laid an additional egg! Now there are FOUR and I wonder if she is done. She is sitting in the nest on the one picture! I am wishing her luck, if this does not work out, I will not let a nest be built on the fence next year, because seeing those little babies destroyed will upset me. I hope they will be safe.

2011-04-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

Here we are! Celebrating the Royal Wedding in our fun HANDMADE hats at work.

The funny thing is, all the men who came into work, were confused as to why we had on these funky hats and the WOMEN who came in, laughed and knew right away........and said Happy Wedding Day! :0)

This is my hat. Lots of flowers, leaves, netting, springs, and even pipe cleaners! High class all the way!

I also made a button for everyone to wear with the Royal Couple's picture on it! Very fun! Working in them was another story! Hehehehehe!!!!!

2011-04-23T14:41:00.000-07:00

Our little family project of coloring eggs worked out just fine.

All three of us dyed eggs and our fingertips....and the table a little! Heheheh!
Happy Colored Easter Eggs!

These are pre-stickers!

2011-04-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

I baked some Easter cookies. :0 Some I baked on sticks, others not.
I shared them with my folks and then my work.....the basket had one for each of my co-workers. Fun! Also, one little plate for us here.......mmmmmmmmm.....there is always room for a cookie, right?

2011-03-02T17:38:00.000-08:00

Who likes cupcakes?? It is Julie's birthday at work tomorrow.......so these are some sweet treats for her! :0) There are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate pudding filling and chocolate and buttercream frosting.........and some fun sprinkle decorations! Mmmmmmmm, time for a cupcake, Cupcake! Hehehe!

2011-02-07T16:31:00.000-08:00

THAT'S RIGHT! OUR PACKERS ARE THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!

HURRAY!

Aaron Rodgers was chosen the MVP, so today, the day after the game....he was at DISNEY WORLD. A friend of Amber's sent Amber these pictures as she is still there and Amber wished she could have seen him there! CONGRATS Aaron......you're the best!!!!

Tomorrow there is a huge celebration at Lambeau Field to welcome the team home and give them home town hugs and props!

This was a fantastic season .........the whole state is happy!

2011-02-04T15:49:00.000-08:00

HELLO, NOT IN front of your FACES!

Here is our Packer crazy work crew today!!!!!
GO PACK GO!!!!!

Mike, Julie, Steve, Cathy, Diane(in gray)

(while Patti takes the piture)

Mike, Julie, Steve, Patti(I have a Packer tattoo on my cheek), Cathy (while Diana takes the picture)

left to right

Decorations included:Banner, GO PACK GO signs, and a

Clay Matthews and Aaron Rodgers pictures for inspiration! FUN!

Any customer who ordered a piece of Packer Cake, Green and yellow jimmies today, got us to all cheering with our pom-pons. We cheered even out of the blue too, or should I say, out of the green and yellow! Hahahahe, fun!

2011-02-02T06:20:00.000-08:00

Talk about work. We have cleaned up. Poor puppy Rufio still has to go outside, in between a wall of snow.

This clean up was WORK!

If the plow comes again, we will go back out!

For now...we are inside warming up.

Ohhhhhh we are in trouble here! The blizzard hit and we have drifts higher than EARL! It will take us all day to clean up. We will head out soon, but wanted to share some pictures. It is sooooooo windy, gusting to 50 mph, and blowing the snow everywhere....but this afternoon we are going to drop into the negatives...so we have to clean it soon, before it is too cold to be out. ACK!!!!

2011-01-28T16:19:00.000-08:00

http://jacquesmagnolias.blogspot.com/2011/01/thank-you-sweet-stuff.html

Go see Jacque's wonderful give-away! It is chuck full of lovely sweet items, including a darling stamp from Mangolia's.

Hoping all is well with you and that you have a SPLENDID weekend! Hurray, the weekend!

GO PACKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs,Patti

2010-12-08T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi All,
hope everyone is doing well! Would you like a sweet artful gift for yourself?
Then head over to Jo Wholohan's blog......

http://jpwholohan.blogspot.com/

she is having a wonderful Christmas Spirit Give Away going on! FUN!
If you win an item of hers, you will love it. She is a fantastic artist and friend.
xoxoxoxo
Hugs,Patti

2010-10-29T18:07:00.000-07:00

Martino's 2010--Send in the CLOWNS!

This is our work crew today! THE FUN!

Diana had the BIG nose and squirting sunflower!

Me and Cathy, horn honking!

My face make up at home before work.

Julie and hubby Steve.

Jona with a rainbow wig.

Cathy made witches brew! HOW Neat right? Using dry ice, it looked down right spoooooooky!

Steve was the scary clown!

Cathy made the witches brew and brought cool skull and spider glasses for us to drink from, and there was CANDY inside too! Mmmmm! I brought the clown horns and every time a customer said......CHEDDAR JOE, (our feature hot dog right now...,a hot dog with Sloppy Joe meat and melted cheddar cheese), WE ALL HONKED OUR HORNS!!!!!!!! It was hilarious! There was also candy for the customers , no matter what the age....every monster big and small deserves candy......MARTINO's was fun today!

2010-10-24T16:20:00.000-07:00

Earl (against his will---:0)did a great pumpkin today! In Amber's honor....Captain Hook!
He rocked this out...it looks fantastic!!!

I did a differnt kind of caring today, where you take off the skin and different depths of pumpkin!

She reminds me of my actual tree carving, sort of a Fall Goddess! Look at her lit up...fun!

2010-10-24T09:01:00.000-07:00

One super fun thing was, they had a PHOTO BOOTH there and we were able to go in and take photos, TWO printed out, one for us and one for the Bride and Groom, which we then mounted into a book and wrote a personal note there! SPOOKTACULAR IDEA! This is Earl and my strip of pictures! We did not realize the booth took more than one picture, so picture 2 was A-Dah, and then 3 was better again! Hehehe! FUN! The picture says Jason and Dana and the date too! What a fun little memory piece! :0)

This was at the food area! Haaaaahehehe!

Uncle(Farmer) Tom, Uncle Jerry and Auntie Arlene.
Auntie Marie, Auntie Joanie, Mom and Auntie Betty! Aren't they the cutest?

Ahoy Mateys!!!!!!!

Flinstone's Anyone?

This spider MOVED!

Dana (Bride) and Tammy(Mom of the Bride).

Decorations everywhere, just amazing and fun creepy.

I did not get pictures of everyone....Tiger was there, Elvis, and many more! Just super fun!

THESE were absolutely delicious! Red Velvet and Spice , both filled with cream...yum!

Beautiful Cupcake Display.

Cousins, Jill and Jason as Neo and Trinity from THe Matrix (cool)!

Ironman, hubby Earl!

Goat fun!

Dana(Bride) and Cousin Scott!

Cousins....Pam (Medusa), Sarah, Arnie, and Karen.

Cousin Scott, and his Mom, my Auntie Marie.

The guys in the bar!

The girls on the dance floor......Thriller playing.

This was a great party and much fun!!!!!!!!! Happy Wedding Celebration to Dana and Jason!
I could not keep Jason in one spot to get a picture of him, in his black tux SPIDER outfit......BOO!

He looked great too! Everyone did!

2010-10-19T18:06:00.000-07:00

Pumpkin time! :0) I decided to carve a pumpkin tonight for my boss and his wife.....they always have a fabulous Halloween Party, but this year, we have a dress up for Halloween wedding reception on the same date.

I just wanted to be sure to let them know I will miss seeing all the great HALLOWEEN at their house and bring a pumpkin for them!

I hope it lasts until Saturday for them!

Pretty scary lit up I think!!!! :)) Boooooooooooooo!

I also sort of decorated the cut area with sharpee, stickers and stickles glitter glue!

FUN stuff, I will do one for us this weekend I hope! I told Earl he had to do one too! He is not too thrilled.......and Amber is not home.....so I cannot force her!
Muahaha!

2010-10-16T19:42:00.000-07:00

I made a few cards today for Rak backs to my lovelies that have graced my mailbox with Halloween art! :0)

So scary and fun!!!!! BOO!

I'd like to thank BELINDA at

http://belindaschneider.wordpress.com/

for the fantastic FREE downloadable sheet of cool words for Halloween that I used on these cards! Bel is talented and GENEROUS! Thanks Bel!!!!!

Happy Weekend everyone!

Hugs,Patti

2010-10-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

Out for a Fall walk in my AJ Hawk Packer jersey admiring the colors!

See me and Rufio down below that big tree?? We look so small......I am holding him!

The colors are breath taking........glorious really. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

You can also see a snibbit of Halloween artwork I did in my blog header above. It was an envelope art and tag. Can you read the words? They are great fun......:0)

2010-10-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

I had a super fun day today! At work, all my co-workers made delicious foods to share with me as a pre-celebration. Cathy made a White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, Julie made a chicken and cheese and red pepper croissant wheel that she baked in the oven and Diana had taco dip and cheese and crackers! We had a FUN PARTY going! :0)

To top off wonderful food, FALL colors outside showing the glory of our Creator(which I will also upload pictures of), Cathy got me one of the MOST MARVELOUS PUMPKINS that we saw at Harvest Fest when we went together. Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh I LOVE IT! What a surprise! I have some pictures to share with you all of it! It is metal, welded together and painted and the most unique and beautiful thing ever!!!!!!!!!!! I am a blessed girl to be treated so well.......I am thankful! Hope you all have something beautiful showered on you too, so you can enjoy life and feel loved and appreciated!
Look at the FALL colors here in WI! It is a feast for the eyes!

Hugs,Patti

Who will be a year older tomorrow........I wish these birthdays would stop! :0)

2010-10-03T15:48:00.000-07:00

I am not an expert stamp carver by ANY stretch, but today I carved this little sweet bird and just wanted to show you! A friend of mine send me some of the carving rubber and I went to town! Hehehe! I would love to get some decent tools for this so I could do a better job! They always say it is if you have the right tools! :0) I cannot get details well, the tools I have are not the best.......but I made do! Hope everyone had a good weekend! Sending hugs!

2010-09-26T16:04:00.000-07:00

We got some fun Halloween/Fall decorations up this weekend! FUN stuff! I love the window clings.........aren't they spooky....muahaha!

The fun faced pumpkins are cardboard, and I had those last year already. :0) They make me giggle!

2010-09-19T16:03:00.000-07:00

This is our outing to Cedarburg today! WHAT FUN! TONS of Halloweenie goodies, and of course, veggies, flowers, foods, scarves, clothing, jewelry, everything imaginable for the vendors to sell!

These metal pumpkins were my favorites.....but very pricey! I had to just take a picture!!!! Do you see the word EEK behind there......ever so cool! That taller pumpkin was about 3 feet high! Just terrific, all metal work, and painted ....LOVED IT!

Look at the fun GOODIES, from gourds and veggies to fun other stuff as far as the eye could see!

Cathy, Mom and Julie by huge REAL carved pumpkins! FUN!

This is CHALK ARTWORK on a sidewalk! Beautiful huh?

Me and Mom by the pumpkins!

Loved going with the girls to this, it was packed with people, though the weather was damp and cool......it did not rain on us! THANK YOU GOD!

A super fun day seeing all the wonderful bits and bobbles.....one could buy a WEALTH OF FUN ARTSY THINGS if one was wealthy! :0)

2010-09-12T11:39:00.000-07:00

We took a llllllllllllllllong walk with Rufio today, down by the lake and through the parkway. We saw a swan, it is always in the same spot, so Earl thinks it is fake! Hehehe, the picture is not clear enough to determine!!!!

Rufio was not that interested in the waterfall!

Hurrrrrrmph! :)

He likes seeing the other people and doggies more......go figure!

Rufio posing on a rock!

Would you believe we have leaves changing already? I was sort of sad to see that already, but sort of happy to see the colors too! Just a bit surprised I guess!!!!!

Beautiful nature we saw as we walked!

2010-09-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

Is it just me?? Where we find BEAUTY, we also find the BEAST?

Well, today we had beautiful monarch butterflies winging around, like magic.

AND our usual beast being by the lake.......THE SPIDERS!

Like something out of a Halloween movie right? The spiders we have are BIG and have color and mouths and I am pretty sure they have relatives with names! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! So when we see the Beauty, we are able to tolerate the Beast.......NEVER IN the house of course! :0) I usually even spider hunt outside....because I do not want that dropping onto my head when I leave the door. ACK!!!!

2010-09-05T11:13:00.000-07:00

I decided to make stands for the concrete leaf bird baths, by taking coffee cans and spray painting them the color of my wood chips! I buried the cans into the ground to different heights and put the leaf baths on them! Here is how the finished little garden area looks! Look closely and you can see the cans underneath.

2010-09-02T16:42:00.000-07:00

Beautiful NATURAL LEAF BIRD Baths

No matter what I do, these pictures are not staying in the order I want them too! So, you will have to imagine them in the right order!

This a project Earl and I started and it took basically 2 weekends.

Here is a link, with instructions that are better than mine.

http://www.squidoo.com/garden-crafts-birdbath

First you pick out some fantastic BIG leaves! Mine are from a sunflower, a hollyhock and one unsure...I got it in our parkway! LOVE IT, it is my favorite!
Then you build a sandpile (for the curve) and lay the leaf face down onto a piece of plastic covering the sandpile.

You can see HOW BIG the leaves are in comparison to my hand!

Then you press Vinyl Patch Concrete onto the leaves! Wear gloves, so your hands do not dry out. Cover the concrete with plastic and let dry for minimum of 2 days! Turn over and rub off the leaves! This is putsy and time consuming, and running some water over it helps get it off!

ViOLa, you will see the pattern of the leaf veins, it is amazing!!!!!!!

Once they dry, you can add color with paints! My favorite ended up being with Lumiere's paint, and I also used acrylic! Then I sealed them with 2 coats of polyurethane. I need to make the stands yet, I would like to see mine off the ground. But they can go anywhere in your garden and hold a little pool of water for birds and butterflies! :0)
Even plain, unpainted they are beautiful!

This is my favorite leaf! WOW!

All painted and sealed and PRETTY!

Hollyhock leaf

Parkway Leaf

Sunflower Leaf

2010-08-23T17:23:00.000-07:00

Originally we had a chain link fence between the house and the shed! Then, when our obnoxious neighbors behavior forced us to put up another fence that stretches the length of our home front to back, Earl and I took down the chain link fence and turned the little area that was grass, into another little garden area! We also used the chain link pieces to close off the house to the new wooden fence and that makes sure that Rufio stays in the back yard. We put in the red scalloped concrete edging, the wood chips and plants and I found this sweet cherub on discount......could not resist!!!!!

It makes the patio look bigger and I always like pretties in the yard! :) I put some clematis against the fence and some ground cover that will flower blue and some other flowering plants too! I sure hope they all survive! They were all on sale from Stein's. A good price, sometimes mean they do not make it......too close to the end of the season, but fingers are crossed! I love the new area! Ahhhhhhhhh!

2010-08-15T16:09:00.000-07:00

Our weather has been so hot and humid. The other week, we had a swarm of dragonflies going nuts around here! Just tons! Today, as we worked outside, it was finally comfortable enough to get outside for a bit, the dragonflies were flying around us like crazy! They are stunningly beautiful really! I have never seen them this close.....but today, they landed on my Rose of Sharon bushes and I was able to get some pictures! There are 3 on one shot , you can click on the pictures to see them bigger! The wings are just amazing aren't they, and look at the little fuzzies on their undside! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-24T17:17:00.000-07:00

More flowers as they bloom in my yard!
Cone Flowers......so pretty, Hollyhock, my first year with these, wild rose bush yellow, and my two colors of Rose of Sharon bushes, light pink and deep pink. There is something magnificent about the world of nature......this is my little snibbit to enjoy! :0)

2010-07-11T15:22:00.000-07:00

Now to share a bit of what is blooming, and not quite ready to bloom in my garden areas!

Something about all this color has to make you smile right?

A lady shared some hollyhock seeds with me last year, and this is what is coming of those. I look forward to next year when they are established well. :0)

My cone flowers are not ready to bloom YET! But they are so pretty when they do!

I so enjoy the garden areas and what nature brings for us to enjoy!!!!

2010-07-11T15:13:00.000-07:00

These are some of the very scary but beautiful skies we had as crazy storms passed through lately. The trees and house tops, had a layer of dark clouds and then above that more clouds like a ceiling of color as the sun went down!

Also, Martino's (where I work) had an article in the Milwaukee Journal this past week, by a writer who stopped in and wrote this wonderfully article. We had no idea who she was, but am so glad she was pleased and the article was great! You can click on the image and read the article. I mounted it to a piece of foam core so customers can pick it up and see it if they had missed it in the paper. I added some font and some pictures of items mentioned in the article too!

2010-06-09T18:52:00.000-07:00

All of the waiters sang to us in the dining room on the stairs of the 3 level open dining room! It was ssssuper fun!

This is the curtain to all the dancing and singing broadway like shows, comedians, etc. we saw! It was not allowed to take pictures during shows. There was an ice rink and we saw an ice skating show also!

Here is a peek into our families cruise on the MARINER OF THE SEAS with Royal Caribbean and our wonderful cruise director......Casey! You see the ship, on on board 3d map to help you find your way around and the ROCK climbing wall and basketball court on the upper deck! Amazing right?

The GORGEOUS and scrumptious food and cooler than cool TOWEL animals in our rooms! Amazing right?

Yup, that is a WHOLE PIG! Amazing right?The food was delicious and beautiful! More than anyone could eat!

This is a port, we went to the Mexican Riviera, and visited, Cabo San Lucas, Puerta Vallarta, and Mazatlan. It was near 90 and hot!

These are some of the BEYOND fantastic staff that served us in the dining room! We felt like kings and queens and of course......you see the smiles right? This is Albert, our assistant waiter.

Below is Stevensin and Jose, the main waiter and dining room manager! Amazing right?

Bats..........look out! Hehehe, LOVED these! Fun surprises from our Room Stewart, Norbert!AMAZING RIGHT?

Mini golf on the upper deck! There was something to do if you wanted! Fun fun for all!

Handsome Earl at the back of the ship..........ahhhhhhhh dreams do come true on a cruise ship! :)

It was a super fun trip, Earl, Amber and boyfriend Anthony and I had a ball! These are pictures from my camera, and I had as much fun as they did.......believe me! Hope you enjoyed the tour. Take a cruise if you get the opportunity! It is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-06-08T16:16:00.000-07:00

Amber took some pictures of my flowers, ground cover,lupines, hostas, lambs ear etc. for me! Things are starting to come into bloom, and it is lovely. I just love the colors and textures and different heights and shapes of them all. Amber got some great close ups. THANKS kiddo!

2010-05-29T04:58:00.000-07:00

We are having some seriously disrespectful "un"neighborly issues, so we have had to install a new fence to protect our home. This is the fence to left of our garage. I think it came out quite pretty for a fence.

We planted some new bushes in the back between our two fences. And I will add some flowers in time too!

These are some of my flowers that are open or opening! There is nothing as beautiful as the start of color welcoming summer time from the flowers!

The spiders are also out. Look closely and you can see a huge web on my fairy! Darned spiders!

2010-05-23T08:48:00.000-07:00

We had a family wedding yesterday and it was MARVELOUS!
Great dancing, hugs for everyone and lots of reminiscing! What a beautiful day!

Smiles from Katie as her and Brad are wed and coming out of church!

The cupcake tower cake, delish.......red velvet, banana and marble cupcakes! Beautiful and fun!

Auntie Edna and Bryan(Katie's brother) walking in the Grandma's.

Mark(my cousin) and Sue and Katie(bride)all looking gorgeous!!

2010-05-16T13:47:00.000-07:00

Mine all MINE!!!!!!!!! You CAN'T have it!!!!

Ohhhhh, Rufio is loving his brand new duck toy! It flies pretty good and is a chase me toy. Of course, do you feel this is the face of a DESTROYER? No?
Don't be fooled. He destroys every toy that he can within a matter of minutes. This duck is made by Hartz and is tough, like canvas and he has a hole in it already and stuffing is coming out. He is rougher on toys than most big dogs I would suspect. He had super sharp grinding teeth and keeps on something until it is demolished! What a beast!!!!!!!!! Hehehehe!

2010-04-10T09:27:00.000-07:00

Amber absolutely loves Zombie movies (all movies really)and old vintage pin ups. She got a new tattoo last night from a special female tattoo artist named Rachel Gilbert. This tattoo is about 5x7 and it came out FANTASTIC as you can see! The colors, and detail are beyond striking and Amber loves it. Right down to the lace on the bodice,veining, and the How to Prepare Brains cook book......it is perfect! This is one rockin' zombie pin up!!!!!!! :0)

2010-04-09T15:57:00.000-07:00

This is a card and envelope for a one for one swap. We are going to use this image(the little girl) and create a card to send to eachother! FUN right? The card is in the front and the envelope is in the back! Feel free to click the photo to see it closer. Have a grrrrrrrrrrreat weekend!

2010-03-25T04:51:00.000-07:00

What a cute face........hehehe. This is my great Niece Emberli.

My brother's boy Ben and his wife Jozie's little angel! I got to see her last night before they flew back to NY where Ben is stationed serving in the Navy! She is a real sweetie pie, wonderful personality and a good bubble blower :0)

Those are some baby blues wouldn't you agree? My Dad is holding her I got plenty of time to hold her too. Wheeeeeeeeee! She smiles a lot, I just did not catch that with the camera!

2010-03-21T15:13:00.000-07:00

I joined a swap where we need to make 2 x2 tiles of clay(or another medium), total of 16 to swap out, 2 of each ---different kinds. So these are the tiles I made! The clay was not being cooperative, but I managed to get them done. I did rubber stamp the clay to get texture and I added some paint color, diamond glaze, microbeads, gold flakes etc. After I was done, Earl and Amber used the left over clay to make monster there.

Funny stuff!!!!!!! When I get the other tiles from the swap, I will share those. Have a wonderful Sunday!

2010-03-16T16:47:00.000-07:00

Here is some fun news for our little RUFIO! Amber submitted a little article about Rufio and he was chosen for the PET OF THE WEEK at the UWMilwaukee Post, the college newspaper! Hehehe! This is the article and the pictures they chose to publish of Rufio too! One of him being a sassy pup and one of him and our pumpkin from this past Halloween! Super fun and he is copping a bit of a "tude" now that he is a star.....but we expected that! Hehehee!!!!!!! Rufio is in the paper! Just too funny!

2010-03-16T15:53:00.000-07:00

Isn't this totally fun?I want to go to work and draw on the eggs in the frig! :0)
Thought this might make you smile. It did me!!!!!!!!!! EGGcellent! hehehe!
Hugs,Patti

2010-03-07T07:55:00.000-08:00

My good fabric buddy Laura and I took a duffle bag class yesterday with Wendy Rieves in Racine. It was a super fun class! Everyone's bags were different as we all brought our own fabrics and made a pocket. It draw strings at the sides and has a big zipper (I put in a zipper safely and it works.....wow)at the top. It can store lots of stuff to be taken where ever! I want to make another. Some of the ladies has formal looking fabric, some country etc. The bags could have any feel to them, mine is monsterish. I went for crazy fun!!!!!!!!! I do love it! Great class and as always, good to be with Laura working on a project or just eating Taco Bell! Hehehehe!

2010-02-28T09:59:00.000-08:00

http://blog.residesi.com/2009/01/worlds-most-incredible-face-paintings.html

If you have a moment, go and see this guy and his artistic journey to paint his face different for each day of the year! WHAT a fun and artistic person he is! Be sure and scroll down and see all his creations from food to fun icons.

I do not know him, just found him searching for something else! BLOGLAND, what a bunch of talent there is out there! :0)
Happy Sunday!
Patti

2010-02-24T16:00:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I share a picture of our silly nutball puppy Rufio! He is now a year and 5 months old and look how handsome he is! He has matured......see his face.....the top picture is his puppy shot and the one below taken just a couple of days ago! He is so funny, he likes to hide under the blankets and let the threads be his dreads! :0)

Anyways, as Amber would say,..."we love him long time".

2010-02-19T19:00:00.000-08:00

I have not posted in a while! Winter has been busy, with work, family and other things that have kept me from my artwork. But, today, for the SECOND time this winter......there have been ANGELS in the Park! To me, this is magical. Can you imagine, some talented person....has gone and made some angels from snow for all to see and enjoy! I just find this to be uplifting!!!

I thank whoever did this......and wanted to share what it looks like. There were MORE angels the last time, we had a ton of snow, this last snowfall was just a few inches, but that was enough to showcase this person/persons talents! How fun!
Enjoy the white angels in the parkway!!!!!!!

2009-10-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

Diana (kitty) and Leah (neat hot dog shirt) at work yesterday.

Halloween FUN!
This is Amber dressed for work as a fun clown! :0)

Tim and the sweet ladies at lunch time.

Steve as a Packer Fan.

Julie (Little Devil) and Ethan(Julie's grandbaby as Buzz Light Year).

Julie as a devil......and this is just the opposite of her personality.........very funny!!!!!!!

Cassie, hockey player with a black eye!

Cathy as OCTO-Mom Nadya........haaaaaaaheheeh. All 8 babies strapped to her back.

2009-10-25T13:29:00.000-07:00

Here is my inspiration for this years pumpkin! RUFIO.......hehehe. I carved him for Halloween! BOO ----ROOF----RUFIOOOOOOOOOOO!

2009-10-25T08:06:00.000-07:00

We attended a fun Halloween partayyyyyyy last night, and here are some of the costumes!
Nadya, OctoMom(hilarious), Tim was a yellow chicken, I was a Chicago Style Hot dog, and Earl, the personal trainer. There were some Swine Flu viruses, that I did not get a picture of, they were in pink t-shirts(that said H1N1) with pink wings, pink pig noses AND they were walking around with a tray of jello SHOTS. Funny!

The food layout is always beautiful at Tim and Cathy's, with carved pumpkins and their collection of beautiful and scary Halloween decorations that they have accumulated over the years!

Looks delish right?

Caesar stayed in costume all night.....and it was 40 outside, that is the bon fire his toes are in! Good job Joel!

Cathy(retired Hooters gal) and her folks, Mom, Penguin and Dad the Sheik. Hehehe!

Fun times!

2009-10-22T17:46:00.000-07:00

Here is my Bride of Frankenstein Cake to contribute to a party we are attending on Saturday night. OH the fun! I am missing the eye lashes and the neck bolts yet, but I wanted a shot, because tomorrow I am taking her to work. The first picture Amber took in her black and white green accent mode on her camera. The other two are in full color.

Anyone else making fun treats for Halloween?

Hugs,Patti

2009-10-22T14:22:00.000-07:00

What a lucky girl I am!!!!!
I donated to the Pink Artists who were raising money for Breast Cancer research!
A group of artists donated items to give as prizes to encourage donations.

You can see the Pink Artist Group here.....

http://www.girl-gone-thread-wild.blogspot.com/2009/07/pink-artist-drawing-2009-prize-wheel.html

ANYWAYS, I WON a prize from Patty Szymkowicz

from Magpie's Nest Blog. Her blog.......

http://bitze.wordpress.com/

The prize was a wonderful little pack of papers, some tea, bits of fabric,lace and an extra special wooden collage that I just adore.....in my favorite colors too! Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

Here are some pictures! I am tickled PINK and thank Patty from the bottom of my heart!

2009-10-18T07:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun Halloween atcs I did for an exchange. I used my cereal box collages as a background and then lots of stamping, aren't her legs cute(they are a stamp) and some stitching and glittering! Happy Halloween -----it's almost here!!!!!!

2009-10-03T06:53:00.000-07:00

A landscape company here is WI, celebrated it's 50th Anniversary and the restaurant I work at did the catering.......and I decorated 3 sheet cakes with their logo on it. (A tree and their company name.)
I was watching the news last night, and they covered the event, as David J. Frank does charity work for the community and involved it in his celebration, very cool!!! Anyways, here is the clip from the FOX channel six news here......don't blink, or you will miss the cake! :0)
You can put your curser on the video clip as it starts playing and a light gray pause button will appear and you can pause the frame on the cake if you want to see it at a standstill.
It was fun seeing it there on the tv!
Here is the link........
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-091002-germantown-landscaper,0,3753025.story

Everyone have a great weekend! Hugs,Patti

2009-09-26T07:05:00.000-07:00

As promised, here is that winning quilt I wanted you to see! This is a landscape quilt and beyond amazing! The thousands of different fabrics that composed this huge quilt, and the delicate quilting......and then the over all look...........was just beyond stunning! Hope you enjoy seeing it!

You can click on the pictures to see a bigger closer view! :0)

Look what I saw yesterday!!!!!! WOW, beautiful and no doubt heading south for migration! But he flew alone....and I could not resist snapping a photo!
Happy weekend!!!!!!!
Hugs,Patti

2009-09-23T05:56:00.000-07:00

Aren't these pumpkins with faces fun? I wanted to get some fall decorations up and get a happy feeling going.....so these pumpkins are doing the trick, with some fall leaf clings too! The expressions........crack me up! :) The faces are on both sides......so people can see them from the outside as well.

2009-09-22T06:16:00.000-07:00

The top left corner of the

red ribbon quilt shows the MONKEY.....isn't he something!

Can you see why I am absolutely loving these quilt shows?
Do you believe the talent in these pieces? I am always sooooooo inspired to see them! Here are a few more quilts to drool over and I will show you the show winner in the next post! IT is AMAZING!!!!!!! As these all are!

2009-09-18T05:25:00.000-07:00

(The bird house is a close up from the quilt at the bottom....the scene.) Amazing.....see even the sweet yellow finch on the chair and all the detailed quilting?

I went to a QUILT SHOW in Madison, WI with my friend LAURA, shown here with her wonderful quilt that was in the show. All the quilts shown were done by talented quilters and their names and explanation are posted on the sheets on their quilts. You can enlarge pictures by clicking on them.

The quilts were all different and amazing and I LOVE GOING TO THESE shows and seeing the ARTWORK of these talented people........some are MEN you know! :0)

I will share more in the coming days so you can enjoy them as well!

This is a scene done in fabric.........gorgeous!!!!!!! I will share a close up too to get a feel for all the detail! WOW!