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Nov9

Watching

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Watching 4" x 4" Collage card, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I made this after talking to my uncle who gave me very short answers and acted like he didn’t want to talk. I feel so bad for him laying there in the hospital for over two weeks. He is still very weak.
Sean and I watched a kind of creepy movie called ‘The Lovely Bones’. It was suppose to take place in Norristown, PA, about 45 minutes or so from here. The author is from Malvern where Brian grew up. What’s creepy is the 14 yr old girl gets murdered by her neighbor. I was the same age as her in 1973. I had the same pencil box. We now have the same green lidded candy dish as the neighbor. Yikes. So after Susie is killed, she’s in like a pergatory and she sees big things and wild things. I guess my collage is influenced by that and this guy Randall who makes the same size cards and sells them for $25 each. There’s an idea!
Brian went to get bloodwork today, so wish him luck. He may have to get a few things checked out. His dad is getting his cataract consultation on Wednesday. I asked if he would not get the surgery on the 19th for obvious reasons (like I only have one birthday a year and he hasn’t been to the eye doctor in 15 yrs.).
I’m in the process of my pre-holiday cleaning. I can’t stand to have to clean and decorate-too much work. My back has been bad, especially if I sit on the floor or do too much leaning over. Ugh.

Hey, did you recognize Nancy Drew up there?

Nov2

Man in the Moon

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This was a candy wrapper! I did buy the milk chocolate bar at a store in Peddler’s Village (from Razzle Dazzle) for this vintage illustration of the “Game of the Man of the Moon”. I added the dragonfly and red hearts. The ribbon had been wrapped around the bar which only lasted until tonight as it was so chocolaty and creamy.
The next card is from a baby book my mom found at a book sale. The photographer is Lisa Jane who does a great job with babies. I have her holding a rose to go with the Buddha verse. I think it looks sweet.
Single Flower 4"x 4" Collage

Busy yesterday and today. I borrowed Sean’s car to go to my hometown to get my hair fixed and to also visit a bit with my mom and her dogs. The poochies are good-the little guy is a bit skinny from his ordeal. They were both so glad to see me and Kelsey acted like a circus dog standing on his back feet begging to be loved. I gave him lots of attention.
I got my hair done with more blond highlights and a little side bang. Then I took mom to Carrabba’s and I think she enjoyed the blackberry Sangria the most. We went into Macy’s and they have some decent sales and a few 70% off rack. I bought mom three very nicely made tops for a total of $23. I dropped by Kohl’s on the way home looking for some slacks that fit me well and they didn’t carry them at that store. Of course they had 80% off racks-really loaded down. I got a cute blue and gray Vera Wang 3/4 length sleeve top that I wore today and a few other tops and a cute cotton dress. I had gotten rid of three bags of clothes, and will probably do another closet too!
Brian and I took Cosmo to the vet today. He cries going and coming home. I noticed my van is really hot under the second seat-not good. Anyway, my little furball weighs 15 pds. I let him out of the carrier in the van and held him a bit, but he then went under the second seat and then back into the carrier. He’s been really sleepy tonight.
Tomorrow I am going with Sean to a Walmart so he can get new tires. Maybe there will be a Kohl’s I can look for the slacks in!
And my Uncle Don is still in the hospital and I can’t seem to get through to him as the phone just rings and rings. He’s in a private room now for a few days. I’m wondering what will be next for him.

Oct31

Happy Halloween!

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Made this about 7:30 tonight. Good one for the holiday and used 2d stickers mostly. We get no trick or treaters, never did, so we went food shopping! I eyed some cute decorations that may be half price tomorrow-may go see before I go to my hometown.
Hope today and tonight was a good time for all!

Some updates-
My uncle is out of the ICU and in a room, but in pain and on intravenous. That poor man. We have to go see him one of these days.
My mom’s dogs both came home yesterday and were zonked. If mom hadn’t found the empty pill bottle, little Kelsey would have been no more. She is happy about that, but has some issues still-getting an injection in her eye and then she goes to counseling.

Oct30

300 to go!

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Remember You 4" x 4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

Here are my collages for Friday and Saturday-I’m up to #65, so I have 300 to go! (Yikes!) The angel was found in a collection of angel statue postcards. The background was shiny and I roughed it up a bit. I added a few phrases for good luck.
The gentleman one was mostly from my scrapbook page that could separate in long pieces. I added the man’s head, the cityscape and trumpet.

Dressed to Nines 4" x 4" Collage
As of this morning, my uncle was still in the ICU. Mom said he had a tube up his nose. He’s a fighter!

Brian did some yard work mostly with the leaf bagger until it started to clog up on him. He put a lot of stuff (more like jammed it) in the shed, but he (we) need to clean up a little more. It was sunny but chilly today.

Oct25

Mushroomland

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Mushroomland 4" x 4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

Having fun with some new papers I got yesterday in Peddler’s Village at a wonderful store called ‘Creative Inklings’. I thought about that store all year! The ‘main’ paper is the mushrooms and the back of that is the orangey red and beige circles.
Here’s the paper goodness I chose and some ink and crackle finish. The ‘Man in the Moon’ is a big chocolate bar and that is the design is the wrapper.
Paper Goodness plus a few other things
And we enjoyed the wine we got from the Renaissance Faire (though the cork was brittle and we had to push it in and strain it) we bought winde from Chadds Ford Winery. They have a store up in Peddler’s Village too. Funny, because it’s down the road from us. : )
Chadds Ford Winery Goodness
We bought the Apple Spice and Sangria. We let you try the different wines so that was nice.
We went to a mall up there (about 12 miles from Philly) called the Willow Grove mall and brought these home:
Gertrude Hawk Goodness
Gotta love those chocolate caramel apples.

Oct23

Orange you glad I used oranges?

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Orangey 4" x 4" Collage card, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I was playing with tape transfer which is quite fun and easy-see the orange juicer in the middle which took up a lot of space in the collage. I had to cut up the vintage labels a bit. The label on the bottom is from a new drink lid cover. I wove some two tone papers together for the background. So that’s about #57!

Oct20

Fall exchange gifts from a friend

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I received my gifts today from my friend in Californina. They are just too sweet. I love miniature things and the box is also hand-painted (and filled with candy corn). I bet she made the pumpkin too. And the little book will come in hand. Think I’ll write some ‘original’ verses for my cards. Thanks G!

There’s a very adorable Halloween giveaway at Jill’s blog Bucks County Folk Art. She handmade vintage like shakers. It ends on Friday, so enter is you will.
And Jill, we are planning on being in your ‘neck of the woods’ on Sunday to eat at the Cock and Bull for our son’s 24th birthday. We will look around Peddler’s Village and probably New Hope too.

Oct19

Collage by the Month

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October 4" x 4" Collage card, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

This is the little lady card I made yesterday. I only added the pink ‘grass’ today. I saw a fellow collage maker do 12 ATCs with the month and birthstone and I thank her for the idea. Here the birthstone is an opal, under the butterfly. I added a bit of sparkle to it. Sean sure doesn’t care for an opal or a tourmaline which is a pink stone and used for October also.
Then I did September today. I had the Sleeping Beauty art cut out for a while and it seemed to fit on the deep blue color theme I was used. The gem sticker isn’t as blue as a true sapphire, but I will replace it if I find one I like better. I love that clock embellishment and also rubber stamped one and lightly embossed it in sapphire blue.
September 4"x4" Collage card

Oct13

More Halloween fun and no more drip, drip, drip

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Brian actually picked up the ‘Black Hat Society’ clipping yesterday from a pile that I found in a catalog and I used it today. Someone sent me the admit one tickets and the red sparkly embellishments are new.
Today, I went to wash clothes and a pipe from the kitchen sink was really leaking a lot into the basin under it. The thing is, it’s been leaking for months and months. We called a local company, they were here within an hour and it’s fixed, though my purse hurts, but it’s about time. We have another leak at times, the pipe from the toidy and that was $500 more,so me passed. They don’t just patch it, they replace the entire piece. The new stuff has a 2 year guarantee which is good. We’ve been gradually getting new pipes. We meant to ask him why the hot water pipe in the bathroom vibrates sometimes.
Of course the BIG NEWs was watching the Chilean miners getting rescued. What a joyous time. I didn’t know they had cots, etc. way down 1/2 mile under the ground. They really had it rough for days and the one fellow who is only 19 was so hungry, he dreamt of his mom bringing him food and cried. Heartbreaking.