tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64823889278302600532024-03-05T19:20:02.762-08:00Kindred Spirits Part Deuxfran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-79850831712759343012014-06-19T04:34:00.000-07:002014-06-19T04:34:03.641-07:00Documented Life Project I love to art journal and I don't always make the time to work in one of the several art journals I have going. As a goal for 2014 I wanted something to keep me focused on "making time" for art; to make my time more productive so I can do art and to help keep me organized so I don't forget important dates. With all this said, I also wanted this process not to be work but to be fun! That is when I stumbled on the <a href="https://arttothe5th.squarespace.com/the-documented-life-project-details/"> Documented Life Project</a>. After researching this group for a couple of weeks I decided I'd give it a try.<br />
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A little late to the party as usual - I always find out about these great things after they start - I joined [in March] the group, ordered a moleskin planner from Amazon and got busy. There are five artists, living in Florida, who started this group. There is a dedicated <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedocumentedlifeproject/">Facebook</a> group for this project where you can share your pages with the more than 7,000 [that's right, MORE THAN 7,000] members - not all are artists, believe me you do not have to be an artist to be part of the challenge. <br />
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I have become totally addicted to this project. As I said I would share some photos in my previous post, the following is a sample of a few of my pages:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This challenge was to open one of your Pinterest<br />
boards and be inspired - I was "inspired"by a Christy Tomlinson pin<br />
of one of her boot girls….I drew the girl then water colored her -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Challenge - have someone draw in your journal and you finish it -<br />
I asked my grandchildren for help with this one - week 13</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Challenge - Monochromatic, use shades, tints & hues of one color…<br />
I used 'crimson lake' Koi watercolor - week 15</td></tr>
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These are a few random pages. The project is in week 25, as I mentioned I started late and haven't 'caught-up' with all the previous weeks [ I have done three or four] but I'm not stressing over it. I do, however, make time to do the challenge every week. I may just add whatever I want to the previous weeks and not follow the challenges….we'll see. I am having so much fun with this. When I showed my journal to a couple of my friends not too long ago they were as excited as I and jumped aboard, too. I haven't seen their journal/planners yet but I am about to tonight - I can't wait! I will share a few more pages with you soon.<br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-29429432770449825322014-05-16T05:48:00.002-07:002014-05-28T03:15:24.179-07:00Niko's Special Day & Mother's DayOn May 3rd my grandson made his first communion [when did he get so big?]….it was beautiful and he looked so handsome…check him out:<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">We were not allowed to take pictures in church as they provided a professional photographer to take pictures . . . we had to sneak the two pictures above!!! Then after the service there was a luncheon for about 60 friends and family at </span>Koto's<span style="text-align: left;"> Japanese Restaurant - complete with Hibachi tables.</span></div>
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<i><b><a href="http://dicarloautobody.com/">Angelo</a> DiCarlo - DiCarlo & Son Autobody<br />&</b></i><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="http://amandaziterphotography.zenfolio.com/" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Amanda</a><i><b> Ziter - Amanda Ziter Photography</b><br />[ two great businesses in Troy, NY] </i></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I hope everyone had a glorious Mother's Day! The weather was gorgeous all day. Thank you to my sweet niece </span><a href="http://amandaziterphotography.zenfolio.com/" style="text-align: left;">Amanda</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for hosting a "ladies only breakfast"… it was delicious. OK, Amanda, who is a professional photographer took numerous pictures of us. Which one does she share with everyone on FB….this one:</span></div>
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There we are in all our glory stuffing our faces. The best part is Amanda deliberately posted this picture! Oh well, in case your wondering who everyone is, here we go: starting on the left is Shari [Amanda's MIL], next is Deanna [Amanda's SIL], me, Christina [my niece, Amanda's cousin], my sister Anne [Amanda's mother] and Cynthia my SIL [Amanda's aunt]. The only one missing is my DIL Moani who was in NJ with her family. <br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-48760385993063914452014-04-09T08:55:00.000-07:002014-04-09T08:55:23.385-07:00Journal PagesIt looks like Spring maybe be making an appearance here in the Great Northeast….finally. The sun is feeling warmer, the days are warmer, things are starting to pop-up from the ground the birds are singing and the trees have buds! All sure signs that Spring is struggling to appear.<br />
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I was very dormant for awhile this winter as I previously posted. I did, however, manage to keep up [well, almost keep up] with an <a href="http://journal52.com/">an online art group [ journal 52 ]</a> I belong to called Journal 52. It's free and every week you receive a new prompt for a journal page. I will admit, we're presently on week 14 and I have not done every week. I really want to catch up at some point! I have shared some previous ones on my blog and today I have a few more to share.<br />
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We recently had a beautiful new addition to our family. Her name is Julianna Angelica Zwack and she is my nieces daughter. She came into the world on Weds. March 19th….she is so adorable and it's so nice to have a baby in the family again. Sadly, this will probably be the last baby for a long time. <span style="text-align: center;">Another niece,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmandaZiterPhotography" style="text-align: center;">Amanda</a><span style="text-align: center;">, is a photographer and she did the photos for both the second and third pictures ….she is a wonderful photographer be sure to check out her FB page.</span><br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-67310859932734894722014-03-27T07:09:00.000-07:002014-03-27T07:09:32.493-07:00Hibernation is Over!!!As I live in the "Great North East" it's a fact that our winters can be long, snowy and cold. I am a winter lover and rarely complain about the snow or cold. With that being said, the winter of 2013-14 was a bit much! I was holding on pretty well until March, then I just couldn't deal with the windchill and freezing temperatures anymore. I was ready to pack up and move south. This was all due to weather pattern that descended upon us early in the season and is still holding on with both hands [and April is just around the corner]….the "Polar Vortex"! I really don't know what it means in meteorologic terms, but it my terms it was BONE-CHILLING, FREEZING, BLOWING, SNOWY, COLD, COLD, COLD with no let up. Cape Cod had another blizzard like snowfall yesterday. Everyone here on the Eastern Seaboard is complaining about it. Because of this, many of my friends, including me, have been experiencing a state of inactivity and metabolic depression. In other words, hibernation!!! Ya know, spending the winter in a dormant state just like a bear. The creativity levels have been very, very low, as have been morale…. but I for one and DONE! I'm done with the complaining, I'm done with the hibernation and I'm moving on! I want to throw away my winter coats. Today the sun - that's right, that big yellow ball of fire in the sky - is shinning down on us in Latham, NY and I'm going to enjoy it. It's not that warm, but I don't care. What I will do today, I do not know, but I will be happy doing it! I haven't blogged anything since January…I couldn't believe it was that long ago that I last posted. But now I'm back - good or bad - I'm back. The wonderful weather people out there are predicting our temperatures will be in the 40's today and 50's over the weekend. Of course there will also be rain, but what the hell it's not 10 degrees with "feels like" -2 degrees and windy [that was yesterday]! <div>
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Inspiration two was again from Junelle's recent class. This time I took the idea from a watercolor Christmas card she did and used it to create a pattern for a felted wool candle wrap:<br />
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I am also participating in an online art journaling workshop called Journal 52 - it can be found <a href="http://journal52.com/">here</a>. There is a weekly prompt and the idea is to create a journal page each week for 52 weeks from a prompt that is given on a Monday morning . Now will I be able to do keep it up? I don't know if I can do each and every week but I'm sure going to try. This workshop started three weeks ago and here are my finished pages for the first three prompts:</div>
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I have also been working on a Valentine tag swap, another candle wrap, favors for an upcoming baby shower and the everyday life of sitting with the grandchildren, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping and of course there is the cooking!!! I would rather clean a whole house than cook one meal! Ugh! I will share the projects I'm working on [not the cooking, cleaning, laundry and sitting with the grandchildren unfortunately] when they are finished. <div>
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Here in the "Great Northeast" the extreme cold is expected to continue into next week and 1"to 3" inches of snow is expected tomorrow. Winter is in full swing! </div>
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-72351896128219875142013-12-29T09:36:00.000-08:002013-12-29T09:36:50.623-08:00Ornament Swap - 2013Since this is the "season to be jolly" I thought I'd share the latest swap from some of the talented artists from one of my <a href="http://inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com/">art groups</a>. We were to exchange "little art pieces" to hang on our Christmas Trees … it was very difficult to decide which ones to keep and which ones to trade. These girls do this to me every year!<br />
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On Dec. 4th there was an art "class" at <a href="http://kerriposson-artist.blogspot.com/">Kerri's</a>. We had a lot of fun playing & visiting. These are the projects we created [first picture is from Kerri's blog - second picture is from one of the gals who was at Kerri's] but let me add the Christmas Tree canvas is much more beautiful up close and personal:<br />
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We gathered at Michele's house on Thursday, Dec. 12th for a holiday party … her home was also where we gathered for our Halloween party. She cooked us a delicious meal that included lasagna, ziti, sausage, meatballs, salad, brownies, snowmen cookies and a mouthwatering cheese cake complete with cherries for the topping! We had a wonderful time visiting and creating. Our projects for the evening were these two sweet ornaments that Michele & Sue created for us to do:<br />
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Next to Michele on the left is your's truly, Doris, Maura & Mary. On the right is<br />
Sue, who was co-hostess, Laura, Janice, Donna and at the head of the table is Miriam.<br />
Several gals were unable to attend this gathering!<br />
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As I have mentioned in previous post's, my multi-talented friend Pam has gotten me into wool applique recently. After I had finished the snowman runner I made these silly snowmen pillows [Pam gracious gave me the pattern] to give as gifts; I had a hard time getting them off my bed, however. I didn't want to part with them. They are made from warm and natural, which is a fabric batting quilters use, and the nose and cheeks are wool, stitching for the mouth and eyebrows. Silly button eyes give them character, don't you think?<br />
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On the 14th of Dec. six gals gathered at my friend <a href="http://www.rockart64.blogspot.com/">Marilyn's</a> house for another holiday party to share friendship and create. We usually meet at Marilyn's every other month to either create something in an art journal or alter something. This day we altered plain, wood blocks cut from a 2 x 4. . . .we all had the same theme, which was a photocopy of two dresses. This is what we came up with:<br />
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It's hard to capture the textures in these photos, but we used vintage laces, fabric, gauze, plaster cloth, mica flakes, etc. Give us a little paint, some bling and great company and let us go! </div>
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This has been a busy month [for everyone, I know] I actually started this post before Christmas, but here it is on the heels of the New Year and I'm just finishing it. That's the way I roll….I'll be back soon with some post Christmas pictures ….<br />
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Have a safe New Year's Eve and a healthy, happy, wonderful New Year! Bring on 2014 - I'm almost ready!!!<br />
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There are some sparkly beads on the snowflakes and trees that are not showing up well in the photos. I am by no means considered "good" with thread and needle [I actually hate to sew, but admit, I love doing this]; I struggled with a little bit here and there but in the end I was pleased with the outcome. I will post Pam's runner and some of her other "objets d'art" soon. </div>
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In the meantime friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Christmas is fast approaching, an art class at <a href="http://kerriposson-artist.blogspot.com/">Kerri's</a> on Wednesday, Cookie Exchange on Friday, a lunch and shopping trip with some friends on the 9th, a Christmas gathering of one of my art groups on the 12th as well as an "art" party at <a href="http://www.rockart64.blogspot.com/">Marilyn's</a> on the 14th. So much to do and never enough time. But, no doubt, everything will get done and I'll have a good time to boot! I must admit, our house is decorated, trees are up, most of the shopping is done; I don't want to say anything to soon as I don't want to jinx myself, but I'min a good spot for a change!</div>
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<br />fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-49920829070206664352013-11-07T05:38:00.002-08:002013-11-07T05:44:50.108-08:00Painted Floorcloths<span style="font-family: inherit;">In late September my friend Pam and I decided we needed to go to Sturbridge, MA. to see what was what. We had been there during the summer and found a great shop that sold everything from antiques, candles, lighting, restored furniture to art and hand painted floor cloths. We purchase a couple of small pieces of furniture and some hand dyed wool for use in a future project we were planning. When we went back in September the shop had some new artwork and new floor cloths. The pieces that caught our eye was a 16 x 20 canvas and a floor cloth of a penny rug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in the 1800's most women had to make the best of the resources that they had, especially when it came to things such as splurging on decorations for the home. So, they would keep the small bits and pieces of the wool and felt that they collected from their clothing, hats, coats, blankets, etc., and then use these precious bits of fabric to make beautiful decorations for their homes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When they had a nice basket full of little snippets of fabric to work with, they would sort them into piles of similar colors. Then, to form the desirable circular shapes, they would use a coin as the template to cut their fabric pieces from. Using something as small as a coin would insure that the smallest of scraps could be used in the project. This is how the term penny rug came to describe these little pieces of art. What's also interesting is, the penny rug was not normally used as a rug at all, but rather, as a decorative cover for a bed, shelf, wall hanging or table runner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a sample of a penny rug table runner I took off the internet:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The back of the linoleum ready for a base coat ….</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Base coated with black gesso . . .</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Borders . . .</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Painted pennies . . .</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finished piece in my hallway . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had also painted one more floor cloth but I actually did use canvas cloth for this one:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This one is sitting in front of my kitchen sink…<br />the fold marks where I laid it over a chair to dry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">will work out after a while . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Yesterday Pam and I got together and worked on wool appliqué table runner - I'll post pictures when they are complete.</span></div>
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-49764472796266893442013-10-26T17:40:00.002-07:002013-10-28T08:28:57.516-07:00Halloween GatheringI belong to an art group called "<a href="http://inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com/">In My Vintage Room & Beyond"</a> and Friday night two of the gals, Doris & Beth, hosted a Halloween themed gathering, which was held at another member's home, Michele, who graciously let us use the dining room of her beautiful home as a meeting place. <br />
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Due to bad weather, last year's Halloween gathering had to be cancelled. However, our challenge for last year was to alter a paper mache Witch's Hat - because of the cancelation we never "revealed" our hats. This year the challenge was to alter a Tim Holtz Alarm Clock. So with our Witch's Hat and Clock in our bags we all showed up at Michele's for a wonderful evening of delicious food, desserts and great conversation! Everyone oohed and awed at the reveals! Our hands-on project for the evening was to altered an old wooden thread spool and to create a Halloween inspired pin to wear - sorry, I do not have pictures of them. <br />
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Unfortunately, I don't know the creators of all of the hats and clocks....we forgot to put the artist names on the artwork!!! But, nevertheless, I will share the pictures I captured last night and guess at the ones I think I remember:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miriam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is easy, Steampunk - it's Maura's!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fran - that's me!</td></tr>
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Here are the clocks that were altered - I believe I gave the names are correct:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miriam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laura</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maura</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fran -me!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beth</td></tr>
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Girls, please forgive me if I gave you credit for the wrong artwork or didn't mention your name at all!!!<br />
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Now let me introduce you to the members of "In My Vintage Room & Beyond" art group who were in attendance last night:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sue, Maura & Mary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary & Miriam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top row: Michele, Laura & Doris<br />
Bottom row: Donna, Janice & Jennifer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doris & Beth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy was our table favor......filled with chocolate!!!</td></tr>
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Our next gathering is back at Michele's in December - she & Sue are hosting - can't wait! Until later, good wishes . . .<br />
<br />fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-7473066463536115822013-09-15T05:20:00.003-07:002013-09-15T05:24:21.893-07:00Journal PagesAs I have mentioned before, I had taken an online class from<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-indent: -14px;"> </span><a href="http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/">Junelle Jacobsen</a> this summer called <a href="http://www.wildartsummer.com/">Wildflowers</a> and I thought I'd share a couple of more pages from my "Junelle Art Journal"...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea . . .</td></tr>
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I have several more pages in the works and one of these days, when I finish them, I will share . . .as you can tell, I love Junelle [as I have taken all of her online classes], her style of painting and sketching, her inspiration is never-ending and I love the words she writes. I would love to take a "live" workshop with her sometime.<br />
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Hope you find peace and happiness on this beautiful day . . .<br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-16496341413862032192013-09-09T05:19:00.000-07:002013-09-09T05:20:37.194-07:005th Annual Family Camping Trip - 2013For the past five years my entire family [meaning my sister, brother, me and our families - 23 of us] descend upon an unsuspecting camp ground for our annual end of the summer bash!!! Well, not so unsuspecting as we had to rent the cabins ahead of time - the owner's just didn't know what they were getting into!!! This year Loon Lake was our playground for nine days - Aug. 24th through Sept. 2nd and playing we did. I happen to have friends, Skip & Mary Kaneg, who have a great lake house on Loon Lake [right on the water] and we spent time with them and their family as well. As luck would have it, for us anyway, they were actually right across the lake from us so it made visiting convenient - just had to boat over. <br />
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Of course there was the usual disagreements [not as many as you might expect], much laughter, poker, alcohol [poker & alcohol not always a good mix], plenty of good food and the fish were abundant. The little kids had a spectacular time fishing, swimming, tubing and jet skiing [thank you Kaneg's for taking all of us out on the jet ski]. My nephew Jonathan had a new toy this year in the form of a motor boat named <b>Il Coglione</b> [please don't ask what that translates to] and gave young and old rides on the tube and boat. Here are some visuals:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaneg's Lake House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of our private beach from our cabin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cabins - we occupied 5 out of 6 cabins on the grounds </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niko & Mahina jet skiing with Jennifer Kaneg</td></tr>
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A great ending to Summer of 2013!</div>
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-90652061437667697482013-07-09T18:51:00.000-07:002013-09-09T05:22:07.121-07:00Time Flies. . . I don't know where the time goes but it flies right by me! I can not believe July 4th has come AND gone already. I don't know if anyone else feels this way but I have always felt that the 4th of July marks the "middle" of summer - everything after this is downhill! I don't know why that is but it is how I feel. But, on the other hand, this hot, humid, sticky, miserable weather we're having is saying anything but! To further my feelings of the summer slipping by I was recently, two weeks ago, at our local Hobby Lobby only to find them stocking the shelves with Autumn AND Christmas merchandise! The Autumn products were in the aisle right next to the 4th of July decorations!!! Nothing like rushing through the seasons......when do you think they will be stocking Valentine's Day goodies - my guess is right after Thanksgiving?!<br />
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My last post had me describing the "tornado" that passed through our town and the mess our chicken coop was in. Glad to report, although no pictures, it was repaired and up and running three days later thanks to my husbands diligence. The "Ladies" were very happy when their roost was restored. My husband even build a small coop for the "babies" - they were moved outside by the end of June and they love it. All is well on the "Coop Estates"!<br />
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I do have some art to share with you today. I was recently in a tag swap and my entry was this:<br />
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We were to create a #8 size tag in the fashion of Tim Holtz....no specific theme had to be followed. This swap is being held on a monthly basis - so the July tag is due the end of the month...I hope I get it done.<br />
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I have also been busy repainting my granddaughter's play table and chairs. We had gifted her with this tea table for her 3rd birthday; it is in her bedroom and she uses it daily. One day she decided to remove her nail polish with real remover and, of coarse, spilled it on the top of the table. So Meme [that's me] told her not to worry I would fix it for her. The table top was plain white when it was new and this is how I altered it:</div>
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Part of Mahina's 4th birthday gift was a set of three "dresses" that I painted and were wall hangings....they never got on the wall so I altered them to this:<br />
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All this was done while my son and his family were visiting my DIL's family in Hawaii...so she was surprised when she came home. We also surprised her with a new ceiling fan and altered the chandelier that was hanging in her room to a swag light:<br />
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My grandson was wondering why we didn't "alter" anything for his room but he quickly put that idea aside when we handed him three more "Skylander's" to add to his ever-growing collection. Boys are so much easier!!!<br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-14113779962739245682013-05-30T08:27:00.000-07:002013-05-30T08:27:04.386-07:00The "ladies" Big LossI'm not talking weight here, I talking about the "ladies" being homeless. The previous post had pictures of the chicken coop that was installed on our property in April. Today's post has the most recent pictures of the "ladies" home after a tropical storm passed through our neighborhood last night. Thankfully, no one was injured - not us or the "ladies", just their new home. Amazingly, this giant limb had missed our big shed - I don't know how, but it did. And we are thankful that it was just a limb and not the whole tree. We had some water in the just <i>recently finished basement </i>due to a window-well that filled with about 8 inches of water in less than 1/2 an hour. We also had a 10 hour power outage and had to clean up in the basement in the dark with flashlights. Tony, our truly wonderful neighbor, came right on over with a generator to hook up our basement water pump. All in all, we managed to get through it thanks to God and Tony. <b style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">I can not even comprehend what it is like to be in the midst of the destruction that recently happened in </b><b><i><u>the Mid-West! </u></i></b> <div>
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As I said, we were so fortunate not to have this mammoth tree limb hit our home! My husband and son are off buying a chain saw to see if they can rescue anything! Just praying that they can handle the chain saw! Hopefully the "ladies" are not in too - much shock and will not be homeless too long!</div>
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-85356722013584035902013-05-25T06:05:00.002-07:002013-05-25T06:06:26.280-07:00A trip to Vegas and the arrival of the 'Ladies" . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know it has been awhile since I last posted but life has a way of altering your schedule! Super busy with gardening, chickens, grandkids and a few days in Vegas.<br />
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Our chickens have gotten big - I will post pictures soon. We have also added a new coop that came with 14 chickens....our baby chicks 'the Girls', 11 of them, have not been added to the coop as of this posting as they are too little to be put with the Ladies. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 14 Ladies" survived the road trip . . . the grey chicken<br />
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The end of April my husband and some of my family visited Las Vegas for the first time. I tell you it was exciting but also overwhelming! It is like New York City on steroids! You never know what time it is or what day it is for that matter. Everyplace is busy ALL THE TIME! Sadly to say I left all my $$$ in Vegas, but one of my nieces and her husband had a very profitable vacation.....good for them! Although we were overwhelmed we probably would go back and try it again. While we were there, Vegas was experiencing a early heat wave....a couple of days it reached 98! It was too hot to sit by the pool - the water was warm and the heat intense [not like our heat here in the Northeast - but still very, very hot]. Only I, who truly hates the heat, would be there at that time. Oh well, we still had fun and many memories were made. Here are a few pics to share...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paris in Vegas . . . just beautiful [my favorite place]!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paris - inside - it really felt as though you were walking on an<br />
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I have been to Venice and this was pretty darn close . . .</td></tr>
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Well, vacation is over and life has resumed it's normal craziness. I will be posting pictures of our baby chickens soon as well as some art I have managed to create in the middle of life. . .<br />
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Wishing everyone a happy Memorial Day . . . remember all the brave service men and women who have given their lives to keep us free! Thank you for keeping us safe and may God be with them . . .<br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-18677824515200417912013-04-13T08:37:00.000-07:002013-04-13T08:37:22.149-07:00Altered Cabinet Reveal & Spring Gathering<br />
Last Friday evening, April 5th, I co-hosted the Spring Gathering for local members of <a href="http://inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com/">In My Vintage Room & Beyond</a> with Miriam. We gathered at an art studio in Latham called <a href="http://artsmartsparty.com/">Art Smarts</a>; 11 gals were in attendance sharing friendship, art and refreshments. We also revealed the "naked" cabinets that we were given back in December to alter by our moderator <a href="http://berrybestdesigns.blogspot.com/">Doris</a> in December. You cannot believe what these talented girls created so I will show you:<br />
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I told you they were spectacular and honestly you really cannot see the details that were put into these little works of art! [two of the gals forgot to bring their cabinets and will share when I receive their pictures.] These pictures were graciously taken by Maura [you can find her at <a href="http://twocraftingsisters.blogspot.com/">here</a>]. Thanks for playing photographer, Maura!<br />
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Here are the talented artists:<br />
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We are now looking forward to our next gathering in the Summer, which will be hosted by Maura and Lori...hopefully Spring will come to this area very, very soon!!!<br />
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good wishes . . .fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-9352648299510111562013-04-07T04:17:00.000-07:002013-04-07T04:35:26.213-07:00Building Easter Memories - 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dyeing eggs, waiting for the Easter Bunny and the great egg hunt! These are what memories are made from. Every year my grandchildren along with their friends get together to color eggs. Equipped with 5 dozen eggs and 3 or 4 sets of egg dye they went to town getting more dye on them than on the eggs. Happy to report only a couple of spills and dropped, cracked eggs. But here's a secret - the girls were messier than the boys, but don't tell the boys! Of course, there were many more pink eggs than any other color. These girls rule!!! With all this going on, my DIL was baking 3 batches of chocolate chip cookies! The kitchen resembled the aftermath of a hurricane that blew through.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niko - how did that boy get dye on his face???</td></tr>
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On to Easter and the Great Egg Hunt at my niece's house. The older children hid the eggs and the younger ones hunted:</div>
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Hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter! I know one thing for sure, these kids had fun and will have wonderful memories!</div>
fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-26123895550045966692013-03-23T13:05:00.000-07:002013-03-23T13:09:33.819-07:00Here Chick, Chick . . . For her birthday my DIL wanted baby chicks and a chicken coop . . . well, she received 12 baby chicks and the coop is on its way. The kids, along with their mom, gave <b>s<u><i>ome</i></u> </b>of the chicks names: McNugget, Hot Wings, Bossy Mahina, Bossy Sarah, Talulah, Golden Nugget, Henrietta, Millie and my favorite Birdie. We're hoping they are all girls <b><i>cause we can't have any Rooster's in our hen house!</i> </b>Here are some photos I took this morning of a few of them - they are two weeks old and as cute as can be . . .<br />
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My niece Amanda, a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmandaZiterPhotography?ref=stream">photographer</a> [click the link to go to her site], came over to our house today to take pictures of Niko & Mahina with the chicks for Easter. What fun we all had with the chicks running, chirping and pooping all over the place! She took some wonderful pictures - can't wait to see all of them. While she was snapping away I took out my handy Canon power shot that is probably 5 or 6 yrs. old and took some random photos along with her, uploaded to my MacBook and did a little retouching and this is what resulted . . .<br />
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Right from the barnyard [the great room] to you! Happy Spring . . .fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-18426008449484892022013-03-04T06:00:00.000-08:002013-03-05T05:18:30.119-08:00Felt InchiesAs some of you know, I belong to several art groups - one being <a href="http://inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com/">In My Vintage Room</a> and my friend <a href="http://twocraftingsisters.blogspot.com/">Maura</a> [check out her Feb. 21st blog post] is hosting a new swap this month. We were to alter either a fabric or a felt inchie! Well, if you know me you know I have an aversion to thread and needle! I used to love to sew but over the years I got away from it and it is now a major project to just sew a button on anything. But I thought why not? If you're going to get frustrated with sewing you might as well get really frustrated and try sewing something on a square inch. Here is what I came up with....remember I said I don't sew . . .<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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But I have a secret - I had fun doing these - they might not be actual pieces of art, but if I don't say so myself, I think they're darn cute ;-)<br />
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good wishes . . .fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-52567187241068092312013-03-02T16:45:00.001-08:002013-03-03T04:35:21.897-08:00And the Winner Is....One of my favorite artists and blogger is Lori from <a href="http://www.elviestudio.blogspot.com/">Elvie Studio</a>. Recently Lori held a giveaway for a new book in which she is a featured artist. As I visit Lori's blog often I left a comment on her blog [as I frequently do] never thinking in a million years I would win. Was I surprised when I received an email from Lori telling me I was the lucky receipient of a copy of Creative Lettering by Jenny Doh. It's a techniques & tip book from 16 top lettering artist including another favorite of mine, <a href="http://marthalever.blogspot.com/">Martha Lever</a>.<br />
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On another note, Lori makes the most wonderful watercolor journals. She has an Etsy shop and sells these great journals from time to time. I have purchased several as gifts [and, of course, own one as well] and everyone who has received Lori's hand-bound journals loves them. Visit <a href="http://www.elviestudio.blogspot.com/">Lori's Blog</a> and discover this talented artist ... I know you'll love her style as much as I do.<br />
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good wishes . . .fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-3228443215244488482013-02-18T05:10:00.003-08:002013-02-18T05:28:03.114-08:00Altered Paint BrushI recently had the opportunity to gather with some friends for an art day. One of the gals came up with the idea of altering 4" paint brushes [that were purchased at Lowe's] after she was inspired from the <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2012/11/th.html">Altered Art Project</a> over at Donna Downey's Blog. Here is what we came up with:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One side of steampunk at its best . . . </td></tr>
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If you go over to <a href="http://twocraftingsisters.blogspot.com/">http://twocraftingsisters.blogspot.com</a>, Maura has photos of the process as it happened . . . Maura is the creator of the steampunk brush . . . and she is so good at "Steampunk"!</div>
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With the Holidays coming quickly and leaving even more so, I can't say I know where January went! I had one of those old-fashioned colds that knocked me off my feet for over a week, and just the aftermath of Christmas, I literally lost January. Well I'm happy to report I didn't loose February - I think I have a hold on it. <br />
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Back in December we all survived the "end of the world", which was scheduled for Dec. 21, 2012....here is what appeared outside my kitchen window that very same day . . .<br />
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Obviously, not the end of the world - we're still here! We survived the last day of the earth and the latest weather system as well. With Boston, NYC and the Eastern seaboard still being slammed with Nemo ??? - we here in the Capital District of Albany only had a few inches of the white stuff....thankfully, that is. Although they started closing things down on Thursday night and most of the schools closed before a single flake was visible! I just don't get it - we have become a bunch of sissies! It wasn't that long ago when 3, 4 or even 5" of snow wasn't even worth mentioning - now it a National Emergency and please do not leave your homes for three days! And WHEN IN THE WORLD did we start naming snow storms??? I can not believe this is what we have become....maybe we should start thinking of names for Spring Showers....!!! Thanks for listening to my venting; now on to other things...<br />
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One of my pre-holiday projects was altering bottles creating snow-people. Actually, I along with some friends, try to make this an annual event....sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. These are the five I made this year - two were for gifts and three were for my collection [a little selfish, I know!]...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This silver one was a gift . . .</td></tr>
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I had made several of these bottle trees as gifts, too! I wasn't as selfish with these as I was with the Altered Snow-people.....<br />
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Finally on to February - I'll share with you a project I created for a swap being hosted by Doris from <a href="http://inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com/">In My Vinetage Room</a> . . . the swap was to alter a tin, any tin, with a Valentine theme. I choose to alter an old Altoid tin I had. The swap has not been exchanged as of this posting, but I'm sure there will soon be pictures on the In My Vintage Room blog. . . check the above link after Valentine's Day to view everyone's altered tins. . .<br />
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The "roses" were made from card stock and the red heart on the bottom of the box was made<br />
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I'll take this opportunity to wish you a special Valentine's Day! Stay warm and be safe....until next time. . . good wishes!!!fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-82866445735791250842012-12-23T16:28:00.000-08:002012-12-23T16:28:39.832-08:00Merry Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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December sneaked in and swept me off my feet. I cannot believe Christmas is upon us. Where did December go? This has been, as with must of us, a very, busy, busy month. I did not realize that I haven't posted anything since last month. I do have a lot to report - let's start with the annual visit from "Prize" - Niko & Mahina's Elf...<br />
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Then came my 5th annual cookie exchange - 19 bakers each baked 10 dozen cookies to share....it was much fun and everyone went home with many, many cookies!! I baked these butter cookies!</div>
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Mahina's Christmas Pageant - her last one in Pre-K....next year Kindergarten!</div>
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Niko helping Meme with Christmas Cards...</div>
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An award ceremony at Niko's school....he won an award and was so proud & happy!!!</div>
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Decorating Gingerbread Houses with Niko's first grade class.....</div>
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<br />There were many more activities that went on this past month in preparation for Christmas....shopping, lunch's with friends, shopping, baking, shopping, <a href="http://www.andersruff.com/custom-printable-parties/free-printables/weve-been-elfed-door-signs-and-instructions/">Elfing</a> the neighbors, visits with friends, a few parties here and there, shopping, on and on we go. So I end this post with good wishes to all my family and friends for a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy, prosperous new year....<div>
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT....SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-65534160311975591282012-11-26T16:54:00.000-08:002012-11-26T16:54:52.754-08:00ATC Christmas Ornaments-2012As some of you already know, I belong to a Yahoo group of artists called <a href="http://inmyvintageroomandbeyond.blogspot.com/">In My Vintage Room and Beyond</a>. I recently hosted an exchange in our group - ATC Christmas Ornaments. Nine artists, including myself, played in this swap. We had to create three Christmas themed ATC's with a hanger for displaying the ornament. The girls outdid themselves - the ornaments were wonderful. It was very difficult to give them up! With my DIL's help, we sorted out all the ATC's and everyone received three in return for the three they created. I packaged all the beautiful ornaments and put them in todays mail. This is an annual event that we have been doing for at least three or four years and, I for one, look forward to this swap every year. So feast your eyes on what the artist's created:<br />
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I told you they were wonderful!!! Thanks girls for playing in this swap.....fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-15356748920431362752012-11-13T09:54:00.000-08:002012-11-13T09:54:04.703-08:00Altered Vintage Cookie CuttersFor those of you who know me you know I'm a Pinterest Addict. Yes, I will admit it, I am - I cannot help myself. If anyone knows of a Pinterest Anonymous Group in my area let me know quickly. I don't care much about Facebook or Twitter, but I love, love, love Pinterest! There I've said it again. <div>
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One morning while pinning, I came across a couple of photos showcasing altered vintage cookie cutters, which were then turned into Christmas ornaments and my mind went racing. Now I had a desperate need to have vintage cookie cutters - and I had to have them right now! So I put in a SOS to my friend Lori who is a antiques junkie and asked her to be on the lookout for cookie cutters in her never-ending search for unique antiques. Lori's home is filled with beautiful finds and she displays them with such detail. Her home really should be featured in Country Living or Country Home! She mixes new with old in a way only Lori can do! <div>
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Back to the cookie cutters - well, Lori, Bill [Lori's husband] and her sister Beth found me dozens of these cookie cutters at different antique shows. Along with the cookie cutters Lori gifted me with a large book of vintage sheet music and Beth with buttons [great friends, by the way]. I had all I needed at this point to recreate what I had seen on Pinterest. I have a specific goal for gifting these treasures and in a future post I will share who the recipients are. For right now it's a secret. </div>
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So here they are....I'm sure not everyone will be as excited about these as I am, so be it!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first three pictures are some of my <br />altered cookie cutters</td></tr>
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By the way folks, I am not responsible for anyone's addiction to Pinterest!!! But you should give it a try.....<br /><br /><br /><div>
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fran pascaziohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14867310250212077212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482388927830260053.post-69611935050868193432012-11-03T12:31:00.001-07:002012-11-03T12:31:39.187-07:00Witches Hat RevealDue to the storm Sandy earlier this week [thankfully this area of New York was spared major disasters - my heart goes out to all those who are suffering the effects of this terrible, devastating storm] the Yahoo Art Group's Halloween Gathering had to be postponed. We were given a witches hat to alter and were to reveal them at this gathering. I had posted the hat as we received it on Sept. 19th. Here it is again:<br />
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Here is my finished project:<br />
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I cannot wait to see all the witches hats finished. Everyone will get a chance to reveal their's when the gathering is rescheduled. Who knows, we might be celebrating Halloween in January!!! That will be fun, too!!! I think a witch would love to wear this hat, don't you???<br />
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