The Merry Busy Month of May

The month of May so far has been very busy for us, top photo is the house that we are house sitting, the house I believe is a former "boathouse", in the yard you will find Turtleback Mtn, along with the Rio Grande, then you see the "water nymph".  Love viewing the mountain, trees, river & of course all the beautiful birds, all done while watering the garden, trees & the grass.Planted a few things in the extra garden space, corn, peas, beans, radishes & lettuce of course.

I am also housesitting another friends house & taking care of her two cats, Shadow & Sheba, plus watering the plants & the garden.

This week I have managed to get a few coats of paint on the "paper mached wine boxes".  Then I will paint designs on them, one will be used for a "cat step" to the window, the other a foot stool.  Have been working on these two items since last summer when Kate taught me how to paper maches. 

Latest creative items are my "Doodle greeting cards" from my doodling at strange times, my little "Guardian Angels", I figured that we all need one or more to keep us safe & in good spirits.The Angels can be attached to your purse, jacket, or anywhere you would like. you can even hang them from your mirror in your vehicle.

  You can find my Doodle greeting cards & my Guardian Angels at my Etsy shop 

http://cibjotee.etsy.com 

I also have been busy sewing more crazy quilt pieces, turned one into a handbag for myself. Hopefully soon these will be available in my Etsy shop.

Fiesta TorC

Okay when one loads the photo's they come up a-- backwards to what a I want them to...ugh

This past weekend TorC, NM celebratedthe 60th Fiesta, we watched our first parade,which we felt was excellent, then we headed over to the Ralph Edwards park & found this lovely hat vendor from Madagascar 

, wow, beautiful people & wonderful hats..........then DH & I went down to where we are house sitting to watch the junk boats go by, sorry I missed taking the first one that went down the Rio Grande, but I did catch this one...which was the last one...made from the remains of an old "dock"...it was slow going for them but hey it made it down the river.

Then I added my latest beaded "Angels" to my http://cibjotee.etsy.com store....I have also been busy sewing, watering & just being plain busy.  Seems once the nice weather hits I go none stop, DH is still going slow most days, he is excercising but I still think he is not totally comfortable with retirement.  You know having that schedule to 

Golly time is sure flying by, busy beading, then quilting, then gardening, not much time for anything else, although we did manage a Yard Sale last weekend (Kate dressed up in flippers & pink hat) & yesterday we went to the beach (Elephant Butte Lake)to celebrate a Tracy's 60th, we flew kites, BBQ Hebrew Nationals, yum, then headed back to the Rio Grande River for Buffalo Burgers & of course more homemade potato salad.   

PS did forget that I am also housesitting & watering the green things....plus I fogot I am making crazy quilt bags, one shown is the one I gave myself, plus am getting ready to list beaded"ANGELS" hoping to sell a few of these at my Etsy shop..you know

http://cibjotee.etsy.com

hope to list them next week when I have some other computer work...stay tuned.

Hugs Jody

Yard Sale Anyone

Times are tight, so when one needs some cash flow "YARD SALE" times arrive. Hopefully the weather will be co-operative so we can have 4 family yard sale this Friday & Saturday.

Busy doing some printing for a friend, design work, then back to crazy quilting, baby quilt, beading, cooking, cleaning, etc. etc. etc.

Some of the latest photo's from when we went to the beach, enjoy!!

Wordle - The Etsy Connection

Wordle - The Etsy Connection: ""

Wordle - Enjoyable Life

Wordle - Enjoyable Life: ""

Give this Wordle a try, I did, it sure if fun, I used all the words that make me feel good, you can to!

Soon to be April

Since having my 60th birthday on March 11, I've decided that I really do need to de-clutter my life with "stuff" plus other stuff, so that means I am going through most of my rubberstamps, magazines & offering them up for sale.  I've already offered the magazines, now I need to go through more stamps and photograph everything.  However presently I am piled high in fabric & trying to sew.

Yours truly is also quiting most of they Yahoo Groups, think I belong to say 6 now, whew what a relief.  At one point in time I needed the groups, now I seem to be keeping busy with the things that truly interest me.

I would like to get back into more beading projects, so I may see if Robin Atkins is offering any more group projects.

This latest photo is the big 60 for me, needless to say I was not too thrilled, but I did manage to enjoy the day with my DH & a few friends.

More of Ann's Applique

I just love the series of chickens, beautifully done.  Have included the description that Ann wrote, please be sure to read it.

Handsewn Applique Quilts by Ann All My Cats

recently I went to the local quilt show & discovered Ann's beautiful  cat quilt

Quilt Show in T or C, NM

Quilts from the local quilt show....very colorful

This month is flying by........

A full moon A photo from the Gallery

Holly Humphrey's "Cowboys on Black" at the Rio Bravo in TorC,NM

These photo's are of Holly Humphrey's "Cowboys on Black" art showing.  Yours truly is printing up the cards which Humphrey sells locally at her shop or our shop on Etsy at http://newmexicofullcircle.etsy.com

I took some wonderfully colorful photo's of a sunset the other night, will try to remember to share them here.

Thanks for stopping by. Til Later...Hugs