Sharing, Caring, and Fa La La La La!

 

  Well, it certainly has become winter in our parts-brrrr! Thankfully no snow though. For those of you that celebrated- how was your Thanksgiving?  

 We had a really wonderful day/dinner with lots of conversation and chatter, and all shared in the best news- that our son and DIL finally won a bid on a home!!! It's been quite frustrating as the housing market is not only so overpriced, but the competition is really unbelievable😫. When they showed us the place they were hoping for we had a feeling it would be theirs because it is so them and their style. Yes, they did have to make some amends to get the owners to agree to sell to them and not any of the others in queue for it, but it was within what they were willing to do. And they will only be about 15 min. or so from us 💓. Move in won't be until early summer though because the current owners are in the process of having a new home built, and Todd and Kyra are perfectly fine with that.

 I didn't take any photos over our Thanksgiving dinner, nor of the after Thanksgiving dinner we went to on Saturday hosted by Kyra's grandmother. So instead, for T Stands For Tuesday I will share this art journal page:

 This page was for Day 5 of the November Creative 6 Day Challenge on Instagram with the word prompt of "Grateful". Tim Holtz collage paper background, Alpha Tiles. The cup is a stamp from Darkroom Door Coffeetime Set. 

 This page is from Day 4 - word prompt "Chrysanthemum":

 I used two different napkins for this page. The flowers and part of the leaves were fussy cut before adhering to the page ( yes it was a bit tricky 😜).

 And this page was for day 6 "Share":

  This one went quite quickly for me and I love how these collage clusters came out! I started with mini playing cards for the bases and just grabbed bits of papers, fabric, threads, etc. from my ephemera containers. The words are computer generated. I'll definitely make more clusters like this to use on tags and journal pages- a great way to use up those smaller bits floating around 😉.

 And I made this tag for Try It On Tuesday (winter wonderland), and the new theme at Tag Tuesday ( use the first letter of your name):

 

 For my "L" I chose "letters". I had just pulled out a Christmas bin of craft things as I was hoping to get my idea and prototype made for the Christmas cards I want to make for this year (YAY! It came together nicely and I've got a good start on them already!). I've been mostly making my own cards since about 1990!  Anyway, these old letter stickers that caught my eye are just what I needed to get my tag going. 

 And that's a wrap! I will also be sharing with Paint Party Friday. Stay warm, and be well🤗

       "The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see".                  Robert Holden