Love Blooms In Me

My New Little Shop

For the first day of my new ebay shop, it was pretty good! I sold a few cards and some Prima Flowers. Not too bad for a start! I wish I could upload things to sell and work on cards at the same time, but that's not going to happen!! Check out my site see if you see anything you might like! 

Barry heard from the unemployement folks yesterday about this training program. He goes to sign the paper work for school next Friday and then starts the following Monday! At least something is happening and that's a good start for that too!

I worked on a few cards yesterday and this is one. I haven't used this darling little bee stamp in ages, so I inked it up yesterday. I used several pieces of Making Memories paper and of course a Prima Flower. I love the gingham ribbon, but this small piece was the end of a roll. Now to remember where I got it. Wally World here I come!

Well, I'm off to work on some cards, do the wash and even empty the dishwasher that I put up yesterday. Flank Steak for dinne is for dinner tonight. I love to make that because then I have left-overs for tomorrow!

Have a great day!

Fun News

I took the jump last night and signed up for an eBay store! I thought if I had a store then maybe I could sell some of the "stuff" I have hanging around all over my house! I plan to upload a bunch of goodies in the next few days so if you can, check it out!

My EBay Store

I've been stamping up a storm the last few days. I made this card with SU stamps and paper.

 

I know it doesn't look a whole lot different then some others I've made, but I used a pretty piece of lace from my stash and added some leaves to the flower. Notice the little verse? It's from a Studio G $ stamp set I got at J's. I put the card on eBay yesterday and as I was listing them, the number of sales started to disappear! A wonderful new customer was buying!! 

A bonus card today!

 

Some My Mind's Eye paper I bought last summer in FL and a stampin up set of flowers.

Well, have a wonderful day and come and visit again!

I AM Blessed

With good friends and friendship! Sometimes I feel as if I'm the luckiest person alive to have so many friends. I know I am. I have friends I've never met, friends I've known forever and friends in-between! I sell lots of cards on eBay and I've been doing this for years and in that time I've met of the loveliest women I know. They are kind and loving in their caring about me. I am always amazed at the kindness these ladies show even though they only know me because of either my blog or eBay. Life can be very good sometimes!

I think Barry has finally made up his mind as to which school he is going to go to. There were two that he felt really good about, but the one he is going to chose has training from 9-9. That means if he's working he can always go later or miss a day if he's got something important to do. With the school he chose, he can also work at home and even when he does get a job (please Lord) he can continue getting the training he needs. Now if I only knew where I could find a program that would give him a free laptop! It would make my life so much easier, but we'll have to do with the one computer we have! I am lucky we have a good one that's only two years old.

 

I love this card. It turned out just how I thought it would. That doesn't happen very often. I get a picture in my head, and sometimes that's just where it stays! I'm sure you know how that is!

I need help with idea's on making a card kit for my Granddaughter's Sixth birthday. She loves to make cards and my son said she would like to have her own card making kit for her birthday in two weeks. What should I put in? The first thing Barry thought of was Glitter Glue. She's hooked on that stuff. She also buttons. I have a TON of those, so no problem there. Glue and Prima Flowers are also a must and what girl would make a card without ribbon! Any more ideas?

One last thing, did you see the ad's on my blog? Could you please click on them. I get paid a small amount for each time you do. Hey a penny here, a penny there. It will add up!

That's it for today. I'm off to create something while Barry is at his Lion's Meeting tonight. He'll be home before I know it and he's off tomorrow so that means not too much creating goes on!

Have a great night and blessing to you all!

You Know When...

You've read one too many blogs when you start to say to yourself "what were they thinking"! I have a list, like most of us, and faithfully go to their blogs and check out their new work, but lately, I've been thinking that either some of the work is too off the wall, or it all looks the same! I know I've fallen into that myself. I've been using some of the same stamps day after day and my work does all tend to run together! How about you? And because I've fallen into this myself, I'm going to show you some of my work that looks just like work I've done before!

 

Stamp in Up's Tart & Tangy still is a sweet set to make cards with. I was able to dig up enough paper to make a set of 4 cards. Only 2 are like this one and the other 2 have apples on them.

 

Yes, you're right, this design and stamp set seem to look like something you've seen before! It's another old favorite from SU. It's hard for me to make a spring card without my Martha butterfly punch. I heard she has another one that I need to have. The butterfly is open. Sounds like it's going to be on my "must" list!

Last night Madelyn came to visit while her parents when to a big dinner. We had Wendy's. Maybe I should say she had a Wendy's Strawberry Shake because her chicken nuggets didn't move out of the box! Instead of crafting, we watched Harry Potter until she feel asleep. It was a race between her Grandpa and her to see who could stay awake the shortest! She won!

Today Barry is working all day and I'm doing the wash and trying to finish up some cards for sale. I only have one left on eBay this weekend. I'm so happy they are selling. The money really come in handy! Tomorrow Barry is off and as usual I'm sure I won't get a whole lot done, but he's got a meeting in the evening so maybe I can work on cards then. It's time for Graduation and Father's Day! The year is flying bye.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy your weather!

Friday Again, Barry's Sick

This is a never ending story. One cold after another this winter. But winter is suppose to be over and he's still getting them! I almost give up, but not yet!

 

What do you think of this card? After seeing a card on my friend Kim's blog, I remembered that I had this stamp set from Verve and thought using it nice little verse would be perfect! I have millions of cards saved in my "like" the cards and saw a layout similar to this and used it too. Yesterday was my day to "case" others. My mind was on overload but I ended up getting lots of work done. The paper is from SU Bella Rose. I don't have much left of this stuff, again. I've been though two packs since the summer. It's so pretty!

Since the weekend is here, do you have any plans? Barry has Lion's tomorrow morning and work in the afternoon. Madelyn is coming to spend the night with her Grandparents. Tina and Larry are off to a special dinner. We love having her. I'm hoping to get lots of stamping done in the daytime.

Have great weekend and enjoy the wonderful weather!

Green Day?

I'd settle for it to be raining green---green money that is! Oh, it's not that type of green day? Sorry, I was getting my hopes up!!

Well, since it's not going to rain money on me, I'll just have to share some cards I made and have for sale!

Happy Graduation and Way To Go! This Hanna stamp has been used for everything from Christmas to birthday wishes and now for graduation! When I went to buy glue at J's the other day I found some cute, cute Studio G $ stamps. They had several for graduation, father's day and even Mother's Day. I tried to resit, but the devil said "only a dollar" and so home they came! Barry wasn't too sure about the color of the hat, but they it's only a card! The paper is a piece from the never-ending stash from My Mind's Eye.

Nothing good new at the Bloom house. Barry has another cold and now seems to be dying from it. MEN! It's a cold, but when I say that he just gets madder. I'm so glad the doctor told him last week he's doing fine or else he might think he's really sick! At least he works until 7 tonight and I can get some stamping done. I'm a little slow right now. The idea's are there, they just aren't in any hurry to come to the desk right now!

I do have one good story. I finally got some cards on eBay yesterday and after I listed them all I went to check to make sure they were all there and I thought I had a lost several---NO! They were being sold as I was listing! I am so lucky to have really great customers who buy from me.

Gotta run and get something done. One card in an hour isn't going to do it!! Have a wonderful day and hurry back, if anyone is really reading this blog anymore!

A New Week

Another Monday, another start of another week! I have high hopes that this one will be a good one, if only I can make it until Friday! I'm not wishing away the days, just the problems that happen on those days! So how was your weekend? Did you have record breaking heat or did you have some late winter snow? We had some rain and lots of clouds, but the temps were fairly nice for April in Texas. We are really having Spring. That's nice for us!

I worked on cards a lot over the weekend and sold all of them but one. My darling Tilda is still hanging around. I really must start to work on some more cards today. Barry is off but has gone to take some tests. Just another thing to do before he can see if he gets the funding to go to school. He took the sample tests last night and got "ok" with them. They are like GED tests or something like that! Who is their right mind can pass that stuff at 63 years old?????? I have my fingers and toes crossed right now. He really needs to get this training and if he doesn't because he can't remember how to use some verb then the system will have failed him again! Ok, I'm sure he'll do ok. Please say a small prayer he'll do great!

Now for some cards.

 

 

Have a good day!

What Is the New Normal?

I've been watching the news this morning and they are asking what's the new normal for people spending money. There is NOTHING normal about anything anymore!! I'm so far from normal that it's beginning to fell normal! Have you ever seen those ads asking if you are depressed? I think I fit into all of the answers! Basically I just want to stay in my bed and pull the covers over my head---then I remember I need to wash them! That is the story of my life!

Barry is off today and he's working this morning at a Lion's project. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's only half a day! He was off yesterday as well. Now I'm really ready for him to go back to work tomorrow!! Monday he goes to take some tests so he can get into the program for more schooling. I hope he passes. I'm sure he will and then he can see about starting full time learning some new programming languages. YEA!

We learned this week that our good friend was in a rehab center in our little (100,000) town. Her daughter is a friend of Barry's and she never told us that her Mom was just down the street. Barry heard from a friend on Thursday and he remembered to tell me yesterday. After breakfast we went to visit. They are trying to build her up her after being ill for about a month. Bev will find out if she can go home on Tuesday. I'm going to go visit her later today again. She's such a sweet woman!

Now for a few cards. I've been creating a lot and trying to sell them on eBay. They are some of the best work I've done and I'm still fighting for every penny I can get for them. I'm trying to raise the price because all the things I buy to make them, like glue, paper, and even pop dots, have gone up! Well, that's another story!

 

Is It Delight-Full?

 I thought I'd show you the inside of my card tonight. I'm really making an effort to finish them up. I think that helps them sell, and so I'm giving it a go! This card was make using some SU papers that are sooooo pretty and a Verve set of flower stamps. The inside is stamped with a Mother's Day verse from CHF. The punches are SU.

Ahoy Matey!

Enjoy the pictures today. I'll be back tomorrow with a word or two!