away in a sleigh - with a little help from Fed Ex

Wow, just in the "Nick" of time (no pun intended).   A special friend needed a few gifts so I burned some midnight oil.

Christmas music on Pandora was blaring - there were charms, adhesive, chain, dominoes, and ribbon on every surface and although not everything worked out on the first try I was satisfied as I taped up the box with the surprise contents........................

 I was excited to hear today that Pam had received the Christmas box!!  But sad, 
because this beautiful dragonfly pendant 
didn't make it in one piece.  I used Multi Medium to adhere the metal and glass layers together, will use her on a different project.

I thought they would look awesome with jeans and a cute sweater.

Domino painted with Adirondack ink, Heart with Wings is created using Tim Holtz's Ideaology pieces and the soldered piece with the crown says on the back "I am woman, hear me roar" - love that!!!  The Joy and Paris pendants are soldered and embellished.

 

Finally a bracelet made with large stainless ball chain and inspirational reminders of what we need to live a "charmed" life.  I had so much fun creating  these for my good friend and I hope you  all enjoy the magic of Christmas and to all a good night ;-)

 

I love free stuff - don't you?

 You all know I'm a big Tim Holtz fan, right?  Well nothing could be better (in my opinion of course) than a stash of Tim stuff for FREE !!!   A fellow fan is having a HUGE giveaway including grungeboard, distress inks AND lots of Ideaology.  Can you say YAY?  Hop over to her Giveaway HERE, and good luck.  What are you up to this weekend?  Inquiring minds want to know .....

free as a bird......

That's me!!  Free as a bird today ;-)

So I put together this necklace for a friend of mine

I've been in a jewelry mode lately

It surprises even me how long it's been since I did any scrapbooking

This was the most beautiful Fall I can remember having for ages and the leaves are making me want to play with paint - do more collage - and see what happens!

My favorite ingredients...

I'm talking to my creative peeps today!  o.k.... everyone that knows me, knows I am crazy for Tim Holtz products.  And there are many - he has his own lines and designs for Ranger Ink too.

I'm wondering what is your FAVORITE item or product?? What can you not create without?  Your secret weapon - your weakness when you're trying to stay on budget, LOL (did I say budget?).

We all want to know ;-)