Weekend in Vegas...I mean Shreveport

Had a good weekend in Shreveport with MeMe and Marla. Gambled, shopped and ate our way through the weekend. Here's a couple of pics from the Horseshoe Casino.

A New Decade of Shopping

Isn't this puppy adorable? We saw him while stopping for lunch at First Monday Trades Days in Canton, Texas. This is a huge flea market that is open the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the first Monday of each month. New Years Day just happened to fall in that time frame.
Marla and Sandy met me at one of the pavillions and we shopped until we (at least me) dropped!

Sandy found some CZ earrings. Maybe if she loses one of these it won't mean too much!

Marla found some 50% off Christmas ornaments. These were for a gamblers tree! One is for Craps and the other says "High Roller". Cute!

Even the main street that runs through town get in on the act.

Two Dotees in one Envie

Look! Y and W Dotees from swaps! W should have been here a couple of weeks ago but, apparently lost her way on the way here. I got the same partner for Y so she mailed both together. W is "White Wolf" and Y is Yellow Yarn. They are both very cute.

I got lots of snail mail today. In addition to the dotees I got a Creative Memories catalog, an envelope full of Creative Memories stickers from my consultant and a friendship book from Stefan in Germany. Stefan wrote a very nice letter and asked me to be his penfriend. I'm really not interested in writing letters like that so I'm going to send him a PC and ask Heather if she would like a penfriend. Heather is really big into the PC sending and is on Postcrossing.com all the time. Maybe she would like a Germany friend (whose English is lacking).

Two posts in one day! Wow! I am back!

This is a Wonderful Thing!

I know it's been a long time since I blogged and I just found something wonderful....when I click the "Next Blog" link I don't get Russian, Chinese or Brazilian websites! I go to crafting blogs! I don't know if this is a good thing or bad....I will probably spend the next year just clicking next!!!

Holiday Scrapbook Page Made with Pages by Design

Wow! New Christmas page of CiCi and Heather printed on Epson photosmart printer. I used Martha Stewart paper from 50% off Christmas stuff at Wal-Mart from last Christmas. Red velvet ribbon H picked out for 50% off Christmas stuff at Wal-Mart this year. Reindeer, Sisters, 2009 and Christmas printed using my Cricut. Picture taken with my new Nikon camera and this blog posted using my new laptop. Last but not least, I set up the layout by using the Pages by Design system I bought on Ebay! HoHoHo! We are truly blessed! Everyone!

Back to Blogging

It's been a long time since I've been here. No sharing of what's going on in my crafting life. I guess my frustration with my old camera and the lack of "Quality Time" with the computer but a damper on my need to share. But, now I have a new camera and laptop and hopefully, I'll have more oppurtunities to blog.

The last Dotee I posted was the letter "N". I am now up to "Y". Here is my "Yellow" dotee to swap at swap-bot.com for the ~Y~ is for... Dotee swap.

I'm also working on a baby blanket. I hope to have it ready for pictures soon.

I'm glad to be back!

~N~ Dotee and a Fixed Camera...sorta

Got my camera back and no more black screen. But it still takes mediocre pics! I finished a new Dotee for a swap. Her name is Nitro Nancy. She's the NHRA's biggest fan. I got the idea from a gal at work while trying to come up with N words. Here she is: