Today

wonderful day, wonderful people.......and KAREN AND TOM look the same as they did 25 years ago......Karens sister, Shelia hosted the party and did a fabulous job.......

and all I can say about Dolly (karens mom) is

I TOTALY ADORE YOU

thank you for including us.

what a sweetie

This afternoon we are going to celebrate Karen and Tom Stevens 25th anniversary....these are two of the nicest people I have ever met....they just don't come any better.And don't they look pretty spiffy in the wedding photo.....

of course they look just as happy and young 25 years later.

Blanca Medina from http://magicmoonlightstudio.blogspot.com/

has such a lovely a lovely blog and an abundance of talent. The other day I received these beautiful tags in the mail and was thrilled ............soooooo cute. What a wonderful generous gesture, thank you Blanca so very much. Be sure to visit her blog

http://magicmoonlightstudio.blogspot.com/

or her shop http://magicmoonlightstudioshoppe.blogspot.com/

I am sure you will love her work as much as I do.

sooooooooooo...... someone has informed me that my heritage is french. who'da thunk???? My maiden name was always Jackie Lumbatis

(i was always just a jackie).....now they spring on me a new name

Jacquelyn LamBatise'

whoa whoa......wait a minute...sure sounds fancy. wonder if I would have been more sophisticated and genteel had I known this in my formative years????

maybe instead of rollerskating and swilling beer I would have learned the waltz and sipped on champagne. I really don't know if I would have been different but I think I may start now.....

BREAK OUT THE BREITENBACH(i am fresh outa the bubbly) and crepes

or as Marie said

let them eat cake

summer is finally here

It is just beautiful here....iris, phlox, and columbine are all showing off this morning. I finally got my porch pots planted and now it is time to sit and enjoy them.

Beeswax had been on my mind...there are two blogs I follow that do wonderful things with it. I felt my projects had been missing a sense of depth and maybe this would help. Dragging out that Ranger melting pot I had purchased a long time ago I popped in some beeswax pellets....and waited....and waited....nutin'.....what the crap???? maybe it was a little ticked I had waited so long to play with it, but it sure wasn't heating up. I asked for advice from Suze Weinberg and got an immediate response....it must be something wrong with the heating element, so I drug out a small old crock pot and it worked. not so easy to work out of but it got the job done. I now see the benefits of the beeswax....a soft glow, dimension, and did I mention I love to smell it.

My daughter Chrissy and I have a friend that is getting married in a wooded setting. Mindy and Dennis wanted some very rustic invitations so Chrissy and I made 30 of them Wednesday night....whew about seven hours. It is very hard for me to do repetition but we hung in there and got them ready to mail. It was a hard night but I really enjoyed working with Chrissy.

well, the weekend is upon us so I better make the cole slaw and pickle some eggs.

It is a rainy ol'day in Ohio....I have zillion plants to get in the ground but mother nature seems to have it in for me. With my hubbys new schedule me and the kittys have been crafting late at night. I work later than I should and of course I wake up with a super huge mess every morning. Oh well, just means I can get started again right away. I found a funky old dress form the other day, it should make a nice piece to display jewelery and doflinkies for the mill show, and don't worry somewhere in this mess I am sure I have made some. I know she seems to be listing a bit to the starboard side.......maybe she likes margaritas as much as I do.

Last night I worked on a canvas piece, before that darn cat talked me into going to bed. It was fun and yes, I had to drag absolutely everything out as far as supplies go. I need to add some more texture but could not get my melting pot to heat up.....I have had it but never used it, so I went to sleep disappointed. Suze Weinberg and jack and cat curio do such wonderful things with beeswax so I will give it another go today, since there won't be any planting of flowers.

boy , am I a crappy photographer.....suggestions, please