Put the pedal to the metal!

Go check out www.infernomotorsports.blogspot.com and see how my hubby did racing his late model after 18 years out of a race car!!! He had a blast! He is still in one piece and I am thankful for that!

Also Travis won a Trailer race over at Irwindale, CA this weekend as well, he has more fun with those derbies!!! He plowed into a boat someone was towing, gosh, that has to be one way to take out your road rage! They hook on a boat or trailer or camper (Travis had a pop-up camper he named Pop-Tart) and then they drive around and crash into each other until only one is left running!! I hope to have photos soon!

I am on the go all week with dentist, desert newcomer luncheon, mamma mia show...so stay tuned for more fun in the hot desert sun!!!

Class!

Whew, this was a two day class...
First day: we made the peace sign out of silver art clay, it was two pieces joined, fired, cleaned and polished.
Second day: we filled the wells with paint and little itty bitty pieces of abalone we had to cut up and stick in the paint, not an easy task...then we let that dry and filled it with resin and put it under a special light to cure it.
I think this is my best silver work so far!! It is pretty clean the spots you see are reflections in the silver of me taking the photo...the abalone looks much better in person, it is very hard to get the silver art clay pieces to look good on camera!

You get the good and the bad....

Blogging can't be all fun, in life we get good news and we get bad news...

My grandma passed away yesterday...she was a person I took after and most wanted to be like, she liked to laugh and goof off but she was not a loud person, reserved, never had the best luck in life, she could have had a great life had she chose to be with her boyfriend, Dante, they dated for over 25 years that I know of...but she chose to take of her daughter (my mom) and her kids (me and my sisters and the grandkids that followed)....she sacrificed everything she had for us...

Thank you Ginia and enjoy your peace in heaven, you deserve it!!

Me and Ginia about 1969

Digital fun!

Oh wow, had fun making that header....I have to thank www.shabbyprincess.com for their free downloads of scrapbook kits, if you are into digital scrapbooking they have great free kits and amazing kits you can buy for a small amount!
I am using scrapbook papers and elements to make my headers in photoshop.
I will still scrapbook the old fashioned way, I love feeling the paper and the whole 3 dimensional feel of real scrapbooking but Hey, this digital scrapbook stuff is great for blogging!!
I will probably change my header once a month to reflect the seasons and holidays.

Photoshop beginner!

I have finally taken some time to work in Photoshop. I went online and downloaded some free digital scrapbooking graphics, lots of places supply free stuff or you can buy kits for a few dollars. I saved them, opened photoshop and played with them. I watched a digital scrapbooking video on youtube to get me going on the basics, just search digital scrapbooking on youtube.
So I made my first blog header, I know kinda simple and primitive but it ain't easy!
I will play and play when I can find some more time and I hope to get better and better so I can have real intricate and fun headers!
Stay tuned!!

Motivational Posters

You see them everywhere and now people make their own and put funny sayings, they use their own personal pictures, some are outrageous...some are just basic....
Ok, I am becoming obsessed with these, there are some really fun ones out there, just do a search for motivational posters and search images, hilarious, and you can make your own at http://www.bighugelabs.com/

So I did....

Weekend again!

Geez, time flies around here...
had lots to do this week, dentist, art group meeting at the Yard House, that place is too loud to have a meeting in!
Will try to get some pictures up later of some projects I have been working on...