San Francisco Anniversary

My husband and I just got

home from San Francisco where

we were celebrating our

30th anniversary ~

We went with some of our precious

friends, Mark and Lori,

who have a timeshare there ~

We had a huge condo

in Union Square that was GORGEOUS!!

The weather was amazing so we

walked our legs off and saw

a ton of things ~

I have been to San Francisco

quite a bit but I forgot how

diverse this city is ~

Since we were close to China Town

we went there a couple of times

and had fun getting the yummy

veggies at amazing prices!

Of course we had to go to

Fisherman's Wharf and

the Golden Gate Bridge ~

One of my favorite places was

where the World's Fair was

in 1915 ~

Oh my gosh it was amazing!! It

totally reminded me of being

in Rome~

It was fun to see Redwood trees

at Golden Gate Park ~

They are a very favorite of

mine and it brought

back sweet childhood memories ~

I love love this age of life!

Mercury Glass Family Fun

{my niece, Chelsey }

Last week I got to go to

stay with my mom and dad in California ~

My sister, mom and I got in a crafty

mood and decided to try a

mercury glass tutorial from Pinterest ~

We started with cheapy glass pieces

to experiment with ~

First you we sprayed on

Krylon Looking Glass spray that we

found at Michaels ~ The tutorial

said to put it on the inside of

the glass bottle ~ I tried the candlesticks

and painted the outside and it worked great!

{my niece, me and my mom }

The other pieces we sprayed the inside

and the outside ~

Then you spray your piece with half

water and half vinegar and let it sit

for a minute ~

Then you just pop the little bubbles

with a paper towel ~

It was so fun and super easy!

Next time I want to try spraying

something darkish first so that

it has a darker look

under the popped bubbles ~

Stamping Charm Blanks

I have been asked if you can

stamp the blank charm

frames that are on my website ~

As a matter of fact I was going

to show you what they look like stamped

pretty soon .... but, I figured it was a good

time now since someone else just

emailed me :)

Here is a sample of what they

look like ~



This particular charm blank in

silver is sold out but I have

it in gold and alot of different

ones available here for a great price ~

Have fun stamping!!

Craziness & Picnik Closing ....

Life has been craziness the last 2 months

with some family things that have

taken my attention ~

Times like these completely make me

realize what truly are

the most important things !

On another subject though ......

So I kind of freaked out a bit when I heard

Picnik is closing !! Oh my goodness !!

I am a total computer

goofball and learn my thing

to do on my computer and

once I get it that is it .....

don't throw new stuff in there

because my brain freezes!!

I have been using Picnik since

the beginning of Picnik

( however long that is ) and now

I have been trying to teach

myself how to do my photos in

Photoshop Elements ~

I have been doing the pictures with

the frame thing forever ~

and now they are frame-less .........

which I kinda like !

I am all about a clean look and it makes

my website look less cluttered ~

Haha.... you wouldn't know that I don't have

a drop of A type personality

in my body by that statement!

Anyway today I added more things to my website

and am trying to transition my brain and website

over to Photoshop Elements pictures ~

I am going to kind of miss the

collage thing though !!

Does anyone know how to do collages with

anything else besides Picnik ?