Time flies when you're having fun - or not looking! Hard to believe that January is already just about a memory! Also, it has been one month since I last sat down and did a little scribbling here! California has been in a drought situation for about the last 3 or so years - cities have rationed water, put down strict restrictions on water usage - etc., but this month we have had some pretty ferocious rains! Our street has flooded a little bit, some areas of Long Beach flooded so badly they were on the news! Last fall we had a lot of fires in some of the canyon and hillside areas - and that is always a worry when rain comes - because mudslides could happen. Luckily, even with all the rain and flooding, there weren't the mudslides that everyone feared would happen. That doesn't mean they won't happen if we get more rain - but holding off disaster is always a good thing! The last week has been sunny and clear, but they are predicting rain again this week.
On the 22nd and 23rd I was able to attend the CHA sponsored Craft SuperShow - I took a few classes and got to see a lot of crafts! It was more than scrapbooking and rubber stamping - welding, painting, a little beading. The stores were there with demostrations and make 'n takes - it was a lot of fun!
Last evening we went to Disneland to meet up with my brother, his wife, my niece and my mom - they surprised her with her own Disneyland Annual Pass! She was thrilled! We got her on It's A Small World, Tiki Room, and Pirates. It was a nice little unplanned adventure.
This morning some tree trimmers are cutting back all those awful branches and yucky trees that have been growing wildly for the past 10 years! The cypress trees aren't even ours! They are actually growing from the yard behind us - and he has let them get out of control on his side - I've been wanting them down for years - they are a mess to live with! So finally they are being cut back away from our side.
So now I need to sit down and make up a little blueprint of what I'd like to see happen to the yard!
I really hate it when I forget to save! I wrote a neat little diddy and I forgot to save! Now it is lost forever in byteland! Oh well! On to the next thing!
One other thing I did this month was to make some bookmarks for a swap I joined last fall. We had a deadline date of 15 February. I actually had them completed early this month, but only got around to mailing them off yesterday! We did a bookmark swap a couple of years ago and it was so awesome! The bookmarks I recieved back from the other swapers are gorgeous! I love to read and it has been so fun trying to "match" the bookmark to the book I'm about to read! Last fall a few of us mentioned how much we enjoyed that swap - and one of the girls in the group offered to be the hostess!
I use embossed metal this time around to make my bookmarks! I hand embossed some of them and one some of them ran them through my Big Shot machine! You get a different look when you do that. It was a lot of fun! I also used my alchaol inks on the metal - very cool! I can't wait to see all the cool designs I get back this time around!
