Dianne in the Sunflowers, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

We finally got around to seeing the 500,000+ sunflowers that Longwood Gardens planted along Schoolhouse Road near the main gardens. They are heavy with seeds now and it’s a field of green instead of a field of yellow. I was a bit disappointed. They aren’t really tall either as I am almost 5’3″ and they are about 10″ or so shorter than me.
It’s a warm day today. I need to do some errands to see if I can find a few little things for mom’s big day tomorrow. We are planning on taking her to the casino about 10 minutes from her house for their buffet. Sean is getting a cold, has a sore throat today. I hope it’s not much of one!
I was looking into getting a room down at the beach this weekend as it’s the gathering of my h.s. pals, but not sure if things will work out. I just want to get through mom’s birthday first. : )

Explore the Deep Blue Sea 4" x 4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I made this collage up before Sean and I went to Super WalMart out in Lancaster county today. I found some pretty glitter stickers at the store and added them when I came home.
We went in a GNC to get Bri some stuff-he isn’t taking PM stuff anymore at bedtime, so I got him something there, plus tea and stuff for his achy joints. We then hit a Dollar Store (tell me you don’t love looking for through all that stuff?) and then to Chili’s for fajitas before hitting the Super W. On the way there, we stopped at a thrift shop we stopped run by the local Lions and scored some cute things. Sean even got his mom mom something for her collection. Will clean them up and show you in a bit. There was this huge lithograph for a circus, but it $42, so I passed. I think I’ll look into those and see if I could double that price by selling online. It’s only 15 minutes from here, so now I have a new place to look. The only thing was that the guy who waited on me was rude, rang me up, gave me change and then the phone rang and he said he had to take it and left me standing there! I started wrapping my buys until an older man came and helped. Geez. Can’t wait to go back!

You are my Everything 4" x 4" collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I love to play with rubber stamps! Her dress was a stamper I got up at the craft warehouse a few days ago. I did it in black and embossed it in blue-sort of looks like a wool dress. The lady’s head worked well, but she had no arms. Instead of making some I just added the rolling pin and fancy purse-so she’s a domestic goddess and fashionista ‘rolled’ into one!
Having yet another quiet day as I had a bit of insomnia last night. I went around and took some photos and did a little laundry. The cupboards are getting a bit bare here-I know what’s on my agenda next! I have a sore left arm-my dominate arm which is annoying. I put an ace bandage on it too.
We may be taking mom to the casino and buffet near her house someday this week either tomorrow or her actual birthday. Since she will be 80, I’m going to try and do 8 fun things with her in the next few months.

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

I am not a world traveler, but I do get mail from around the world which is really neat. I sent some collage items to a lady in Saudi Arabia and I hope she got them, I need to ask her on Swap-bot. Thanks to Amer. Express for all the junk mail featuring the passport and cancellations as I’ve used them about 3 times now-lol.
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The Bon Voyage stamp was embossed and found at Anthropologie. I received the postage stamps on personal mail. I used some special pastels to color in the earth, plane and around the collage.
I’d love to have a yard sale before the weather turns too cool. Just to fit it in sometime is the question. I noticed the people down the road were left with a ton of stuff. I have some decent things like ice skates that were never used (good intentions I swear) and books from Martha*Stewart. I wouldn’t try and sell junk. I’d like to raise some money for Christmas. Our Chestnut trees are dumping the burrs now-terrible to clean up and I wouldn’t want to impale anyway. That would be the best place to have the sale, under those trees-rats! Today I was cleaning out the bottom of the bedroom closet and ran across a box of lps/records. That’s a funny place for them, but they’ve probably been there over 20 years before we put another closet in the family room. Now they are relocated in the family room and I had to move my crochet stuff to the bedroom. The thing is, no needle for the record player! So we have 100s of lps and nothing to play them on. Will Bri give up any? He needs to go to Radio*Shack to order a few if he can. Next on the agenda-going through clothes. I lots of things to the Goodwill, but it would be nice to make some cash too.

Time for Fall, Ya All! 4"x4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

For this collage I found the handmade paper that was sent to me first, that’s behind the sunflower. The big leaf was also gifted to me. There’s a few other papers, but the rest are really nice stickers-the clock (love) and owl are 2 dimensional. The acorn is a bit shiny due to the flash.
Here is the card I made for the 4 color project-navy blue, moss green, burgundy and gray. It wasn’t easy, but I like this card, especially the tassle.

Had a very slow day on Friday, but planning more stuff next week. Hope to see my Mom on her real birthday on Thursday.