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and the verdict is...

well, the verdict is still out on the basket case. haha. not even funny!  our Easter weekend turned out  a little different than we had planned. Jake ended up working because we are headed out this week to see Jakey in Pittsburgh. he wanted to make sure everything was taken care of so he could leave with peace of mind about the jobs we have going right now. he was really exhausted so we decided to stay home, work in the yard, watch the Masters, and just try to catch up on some much needed rest. we are going to celebrate Easter with the Wichitans (a.k.a. Burgandi, Mike and Harrison) the week after we get back. so, i have an other week to decide. i'm leaning toward the wire bird cage or hat. she does love vintage and she looks great in hats.

i have several friends and family members that i pray for on a regular basis and this week i've found that i have been in continual prayer for several of you.  you all know who you are and my heart is with you guys. i found these scriptures last week and i have been praying this before i start my prayer for all of you:  Psalm 5:1-3: Give ear to my  words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, my King and my God. For to you I will pray.  my voice you shall hear in the morning, O Lord. In the morning I will direct it to you and I will look up.  -NKJ
just know i am adding my faith to yours everyday.

Jocelyn tagged me this week. thank you for being such a great friend. i feel like we have known each other for ever and i love the phone conversations we get to have every week. i look forward to that. here's the tag and the rules.

1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 10 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

1. Sharmaine
2. Jennifer P

that's all i'm gonna tag for now. my eyes are getting very heavy girls.

i want to share this link with those of you that are into the art journals right now. i stumbled upon this blog and i really LOvE it. have fun looking and reading. the site is called amonobooks: handmade journals and mixed media art.

here's one of the art journal pages i finished. i played with paint this time and it was fun too, but i'm partial to paper.
journaling reads:  Ain't no sunshine when he's gone. It's not warm when he's away. He's always gone to long any time he goes away.
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone. this house just ain't no home... any time he goes away.

hope you all get a chance to art it up this week.

Art Journal - Woot!

hello friends. i have been wanting to start an art journal for some time now. every time i would think about it, i always talked myself out of it saying (to myself mind you) that i don't know enough about art to try to make an art journal. well...i decided to just go for it.  and i had so much fun! i went junk shopping and found some old photos i just couldn't pass up. so i brought them home and i copied this one onto a transparency. it didn't work out the way i wanted it to,  so i copied it onto card stock and distressed it. i painted the scallops at the bottom of the page using a piece of a package from a stamp set. i tore, crumpled, distressed and inked the edges of the card stock and book page. the butterfly and bumble bee are decorative napkins that i took apart, cut out and decoupaged on the page.  i just have to say it again. this was so much fun!  so...i got to create a new category for this post. cool, huh?

i want to say a big thank you to all of you who were praying for Harrison. he is doing so much better. he still doesn't have his appetite back completely, but he is drinking and is not getting dehydrated. we went to Wichita Falls to see Burgandi, Mike and Harrison this last weekend. they then followed us home so Burgandi could pick up her car. we had a great weekend. we took Burgandi shopping for an Easter dress and i bought goodies for the Easter baskets. it was great to just  relax and do something fun.
i hope you all had a fun weekend too.

i don't know why, but he LOvEs Jakes work van. well...actually he loves big trucks and vans period.
but when he sees the van he goes crazy and wants to play inside.
well of course his Papa J obliges.

here's a few shots of him playing in the yard.

i'm hoping to get more art journal pages or scrapbook pages done this week, but i have a terrible sinus headache and my stomach is really upset right now so i don't know if that is going to happen. 
i hope you are all having a great week.