My Morning Walk

Good morning friends, Wowzers!
 I hope you are all doing well. I've been out of the blog loop for what seems to be forever. After 10 months, my grand babies were able to reunite with their mother, just yesterday. It was a joyous day for my daughter and her babies.. This morning I felt strange ? My gosh, I felt like I should be running around getting my grandson ready for school, bribing his little sister to get her shoes on so we could take him to school... But, there was no morning chaos, just quiet. It was a bit to quiet for me and I knew if I sat around to long my heart would start aching for those cute lil' grand babies.

So I went for a walk down in our own little slice of heaven.

 

                   
            I listened to the birds converse with one another, chirping and chattering.

                                       
                     I sat for a minute to review my, to do in the garden list.

            Then, I meandered back up the path.
 When I reached the top I looked back at the beautiful
       slice of heaven my hubby created for us.

                                                 Now I'm ready to go do a little gardening!

Wishing you all a fantastic day!

Happy February & Giveaway Winner!

 Happy February friends!!!
 A month of Love, Red & Pink Hearts and delicious Chocolates...
I've never really have been a decorator for Valentines, but this year since I have the young ones running around I thought I'd do a little something. So the above pic shows the extent, and my attempt at it :)

I'd like to thank everyone who visited from Vickie's  Blog Party.
I had tons of  fun, and met so many wonderful people.
 I wasn't able to get through the list yet. It seems I am always competing for computer time here on the home front, but I will make my way to visit everybody in time.

I drew the winner for the Snowman Candy Container & heart Containers yesterday, but like I mentioned earlier, it's a down and dirty fight to the computer..lol..

The winner is.....  Kathy H.
I will be getting her goodies on their way to her home the first part of the week.



Thank you to all who visited and left a comment, and to all the new followers :)
I am so excited to get to know and visit you and your blogs.

Before I close this post, I wanted you to meet this lil' Love Cupid Ornament that I just finished.

He is made with paper clay over a Styrofoam armature.

And, finally finished with acrylic paints and a touch of fine glitter.
I haven't decided where I'm going to sell the lil' feller yet???
Guess I'd better figure it out before Valentine's Day has come and gone.
He is will be $ 9.95 and a $3.00 traveling fee.

Well all, thanks for your visit today and I wish you all a wonderful evening and Sunday.
hugs,
~Diane

Lost in a Winter Wonderland

Hello friends,
It's a Winter Wonderland here in Northern Utah. I haven't seen this much snow in a long, long time.
I took this picture just out my back door looking down toward our pond.

 I think the snow is so peaceful and most beautiful to look at.
But, I must be honest, I have been wondering how long this mass of snow will take to melt..
I have projects I'm so anxious to start working on, that i can only do outside...

 Our Ol' girl Tessa is in no hurry for the snow to melt, she loves it!
She rolls in it, scoots her nose then her whole face into it. To watch Tessa play in the snow, you would never guess that she was 13 yrs. old.

I thought with all this wonderful snow, a cute lil' Valentine Snowman would be fitting.
This sweet lil' guy was created using a salt shaker and some paper clay.
He is my first addition to my " Evoke a Smile" boutique found on the tab above.

Well, I'm off to get some rest before the next storm rolls in. Gotta love that shoveling ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope your day is the best!

Grow Your Blog Party and Giveaway!

                                                       Welcome!
      I am so happy :) you stopped by.

        Please, help yourself to some scrum*dilly*umptious refreshments while you look around.

 Before I tell you about myself, I would like to give a special thank you to Vicki, over at 2 Bags full for hosting this wonderful blog party.

 Vicki is a very talented, and very sweet lady. I really think you will love Vicki and her blog.

                           A little bit about myself;
   My name is Diane. I am married to 
a great guy, who supports me in all the crazy things I do.
   We are grandparents raising beautiful grandkids, and we love every wild and crazy minute of it.
Though, I'll be honest, they sure wear me out sometimes,lol.

I started blogging several years ago.
 One of the art groups I belonged to, had suggested starting a blog to help in promoting sales.

I found that the blogland is simply amazing!
I have met so many wonderful and talented people, and I am looking forward to meeting you too:)

I am an artist,
 and I work in many mediums, but my favorite is air dry clays.
You can view some of my work in the pages above, under "gallery".

I like to go thrifting, and give old  discarded items a new purpose.

          Or, Jazz up new items!

 Like these little plastic containers I found at the $ store. 
There were 10 in a package for                              only $1.  
I thought, WOW! I can sure make some extra cute candy containers for all the grandkids and my booth space up town, with those lil' cutie's.

If you would like, I'll show how i did it!

I gathered my supplies: Spray paint,Mod Podge Dimensional glaze ( I LOVE THIS STUFF! It can be found at any Hobby Lobby or Michaels craft store). Glitter ( I use Martha Stewarts fine glitter). Acrylic craft paint and the plastic containers found at the Dollar store.

First I gave the lids several coats of spray paint.

Then like in above pic, I added dimensional glaze and spread it around.

Then, while the glaze is wet, I generously sprinkle with glitter.

After about 5 minutes of dry time, then add a top coat of Dimensional glaze. This will seal the glitter in and give a sparkly glazed look, and it keeps the glitter from getting everywhere.

Now you have some wonderfully, glittery lids.

Then you paint your design...
I kept mine simple, painting hearts.

You can finish with adding some dimensional glaze to the heart to seal and give it shine ;) if you want to add dimension to the heart you can add as many layers of glaze as you like, then you have a puffy heart..

And wallah, cute candy containers...

And now,just for stopping by my blog and reading this far, I'd like to invite you to enter my giveaway for,
 this lil' Valentine Snowman Candy container, and also 2 little heart candy containers seen in the tutorial.
All you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment.  I will draw the winner on Friday Feb. 1st and announce the winner on Saturday Feb. 2nd 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog,
And I look forward to meeting you :)

Have a Happy Day!

~Diane