This is tooo SPOOKY dun dun dun..
is there a ghost in Jan's kitchen
or what do you see, spooky...

The grandaughters all ready to go
trick or treating bringing back hugh
bag of CANDYSSSSSS..

Three checky monkeys, Jan not even in
a costume same old witch herself... LOL
Her 2 grandaughters Mary the giraffe
and Victoria the princess (nice hat
she has been wearing it since she got it.
Dad wears a baseball cap so I guess
this is hers LOL )

Well look at this little fellow with
a costume from the Lion King.
Soooo cute....

This is the house nexts to Jans nearly sunset, they
are young parents and have 2
young daughters. you'll have to look at it large
to see everything there...

Frank carved the Hugh pumpkin, it must
weigh 75 pounds. People kept coming up
to touch it they didn't think it was real..
the can beside it was full of candies..
Jan had a night side table lamp inside.

The night time ones did't turn out very good, I don't
know if it me, I need a tripod, or its my camera.
The guy next door took one on his nice camera
and it turned out perfect. Maybe my camera
needs new batteries. Geesss who knows.

THE BEAUTIFUL BABY SISTER

Look what I have for a screensaver, now I can see
her everyday. Please look at it enlarged and see
how great she looks. She definatly has a Sandra
face on:):), some times I even make faces at her LOL...

I got this off Green's blog, I cropped it, nice shot Joe.

http://trappergreen.blogspot.com/

She is in my favorite village I've been to Lavenham.

I have some great memories of being there with her, that is where

the Crooked House Gallery is, love it there..

JAN'S CHRISTMAS GIFT...

Okay I finished Jan's gift for Christmas she never looks
at my blog (no internet), first pic is with out the frame then framed.
Close up on the writing. I painted a few metal flower, hard to see.
I took lots of pics but these are the only
ones to turn out but you get the idea.....

FAERIES

These are going on Jan's gift. I used some of Sue's
metal and some of the metal Jan gave me to
create the little faeries. They are not easy to paint
because they are very small, one is about 2in"
the other about 1 1/2in" so the faces are quite
small. I'll finish the whole thing and post it
when its done. I also have one of Sues gifts done
but can't show that. I'm working on Christmas
gifts now.........

WIRE PILOT

So can you see the difference, well I downloaded
this new programme to get rid of the lines.
I Love it, a lot of the pics I take have telephone
wires. Now they are gone YIPPEE..
If you would like to get it free here is the site
http://www.colorpilot.com/wire.html
Have fun.....:):):):):)

SHIELA'S BIRTHDAY

Sue and I went down to Shielas house to give her
her birthday gifts. She is looking at all the stuff
Sue gave her, a basket full of art supplies..

Here she is with the gifts I gave her and
showing off the card I made her, its covered in
pics of Scotland from the Peoples Friend magazine.

Look at that beautiful smile, she really is the
sweetest person I know and I have been
lucky enough to had her as my friend since
we were teenagers. Not sure how many years
that is LOL..

Look at the lovely shadow box Shiela made.
She painted the background and used some
of Sue's metal for the mountains in the background.
She is getting so good with her art..

I LIKE IT, KINDA LIKE ME..

Your Birthdate: December 24

You understand people well and are a natural born therapist. A peacemaker, people always seem to get along when you are around. You tend to be a father or mother figure to friends, even to those older than you. You enjoy your role, and you find that you are close to many people. Your strength: Your devotion Your weakness: Reliance on others for happiness Your power color: Lilac Your power symbol: Heart Your power month: June

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

GOODIES FOR HOSTING THE SWAP

I had to put a pic of all the fabulous stuff my Ladies
sent me. I covered the cost of shipping and ask for
goodies instead. These are fantastic, I love them.
These gorgeous materials, hand dyed and silks,
some threads,beads and raw felt, silk cocoon wrappings.
A couple of great books, a couple of zines which I know
now what they are all about and they are great.
An altered clay pot for my special pens, handmade
needle holder. A fabric pin, and a handmade blank
card. A really awesome polymer clay ATC.

The fantastic Chinese ink set with lots of colors.
Thanks so much to all my swap partners
for these wonderful goodies..

BOOK ABOUT MAKING GOURD INSTRUMENTS..

I just got this out from the Library.
I've seen all the doll and things
people are making. They have been
using gourds to make instruments
for centuries. amazing..

Intro about the book...

They make all kinds of harps with them,
I thought this was the coolest one..
Totally amazing..

Zithers in the Venna family, a lute type of instrument.

These are gorgeous.

The snake charmer uses gourds.

He made it all from the gourds and wood.