Long term problem…fixed

I do believe I have finally fixed the issue with my email subscription form here on the blog. I’ve heard from so many of you that it hasn’t ever worked even though on my end it appeared to work.

Now is when I need your help. If you are one of those people that tried to subscribe by email in the past…please try again and let me know if its working for you. If the subscription was successful and you actually receive notice when I post something new.

Thank you so much for your help and continuing to visit my blog.

<3 Halle

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201405/09

Inspired by the jitters

I’ve been drinking WAY to much coffee lately. Not that I make a second pot at home for myself but I’ve been out and about and the coffee seems to be free-flowing. Jitters…shakes…good thing I wasn’t doing any fine motor things because I would have gotten a big old F in any of those.

The bonus to my coffee excess is that it got me thinking about an altered book I started many years ago. Seriously…years…ago….This is by far my favorite page in this AB so far. The others all seem forced in comparison. I likely shouldn’t compare since I’ve really grown as an artist in the years since I started this project but it’s hard not to self-criticize.

The ad is from an old cookbook I tore apart. I love that it’s a little piece of history.

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Altered book, coffee, ephemera

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201405/06

T Tuesday: Camp edition

Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday.

I’m back from a whirlwind weekend of fun with my favorite girl. Little J and I were on a Mother/Daughter retreat with a bunch of friends up in northern MN. Unlike last year, the weather cooperated this year and no one got sick! Hooray!

We did lots of outdoor activities such as horse back riding.Little J conquered her fear of heights on several stations at the high ropes course.

In addition there were crafts…

including the leather shop…

These are just her practice pieces…she must have taken the finished product to school.

We were all surprised that the ice was out on the lake this year after the brutally cold winter we experienced. Last year, this same weekend, it was still completely covered in ice.

I’m still working thru the piles of laundry that seem to come with traveling. Hopefully I’ll get my creativity back in gear then.

What are you doing today?

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crafts, day in the life, T Tuesday

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201405/02

Thrift store treasures

I picked up more art supplies at the thrift store recently. You wouldn’t believe how many rubber stamps they had. I’m trying to cut back myself but I just couldn’t pass up a few…especially since I had a 25% off coupon for the day. I’ve already pulled the scrapbook paper off the canvas and have it ready for a painting of my own. I’m looking forward to playing with the bright colored embossing powder with the idea that’s bouncing around in my head…we’ll see if it turns out like I’m thinking. I also picked up these paper craft magazines for inspiration. Mostly card making but color can be very inspirational as well. Seeing a card put together even if you don’t like the images themselves can still inspire.

Happy crafting…

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supplies, thrifted treasures

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201404/30

Amazing life hack

This is going to change my life…seriously. I didn’t believe it until I tried it myself.Did you know the best way to clean that nasty caked on grease from the top of your fridge or other surfaces in your kitchen is with oil!! I don’t have a before picture since it would have been seriously embarrassing.

Here’s a small example of what the top was like…except think 10x thicker….ewwwwww!

I dipped a paper towel in a bit regular vegetable oil and wiped across the icky grease.Ok, now your thinking well yeah it looks great because there is a film of oil on top.

But check this out…Totally clean…smooth…shiny…awesome.Amazing…right!?!

After cleaning all of the items on top of my fridge in the same way I now have the prettiest fridge top in town. I did end up using a Pampered Chef scraper in a few spots with the oil where it was really stuck on. Again….ewwww. But now that I know this trick I plan to wipe it down on a much more regular basis so it doesn’t get to that stage again.

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cleaning, kitchen, life hack

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201404/29

T Tuesday: rainy week edition

I come to you today with wet feet. Figuratively…thank goodness. We’ve had over 6 inches of rain in the past 72hrs and it’s still coming down….and is expected to thru Friday. Today as usual I’m making my lists. It’s yet another busy week…actually busier than normal. I’m thinking I need to redefine my normal.I did do another painting over the weekend. It’s on a 12×12 canvas. I’m thinking that I want to put a gloss or at least satin coat over the top because I liked it even more while it was still wet.So far it’s untitled. The top makes me think of sun flares and the bottom, the ocean…what’s in the middle? I’m not sure. I just loved those colors together and the bleeding effect both up and down.

Oh joy…I just looked outside and now it’s snowing.Actually much harder than this picture, now that I got it edited. Camp is not going to be fun if this keeps up.

I’m off to do errands but will be back later to visit all my T stands for Tuesday friends.

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canvas, Gracie, painting, T Tuesday

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201404/26

Completed collage cards

I put some finishing touches on about half of the mini collages I’ve made over the last couple of days. They are addictive to make.

The rest I think should go on colored card stock and I didn’t have any of that cut, folded and ready to go. Plus I’ll likely match each collage to particular paper before cutting.