Happenings

its been a long arduous Past few months since my last blog post since then I have left my husband I got a little sick of all the abuse and b******* and being treated like hell so I left I've been staying with friends not the greatest situation things are getting better though dating I have to say really sucks I've been on countless dates over the past few months all massive fails I've learned the men in Jacksonville North Carolina lack quality ,one would think after living here almost my entire life that I would know this after being tied down for so long I forgot . On another note my best friend in the entire world Joseph Miller of JOE NAVY DESIGNS has a incredible website that he just finished incredibly detailed showcasing all of his work you should really go check it out he's an incredible artist does an amazing job designing  tattoos .I outta knYuriow I have his work tattooed on myself and his super hero work can't be beat so go see it .Ill add the link so anyone happens to come across this can check it out.so go run don't walk click the link does support an amazing artist and former military member after all if it wasn't for the military here in the US we would be screwed righthttp://www.joenavy.us/#.Go Go support A service number you know you want to

The past 2 weeks, an adventure i wasn't quite ready for ...

2 Saturdays ago a friend got in a bit of trouble on his way home from a local strip club, after having a few beers he got caught up in a dui check point, needless to say he  acquired a dwi and found out he lost his DL , it being no longer in his possession the local state troopers locked him up in the drunk tank, and suspended his driving privilege for 30 days , In to this situation i was drug, the following day he asks me if i would e willing to be his driver so he can still work, you see he works on equipment  that is used to help diagnose cancer all over the eastern sea board , i said yes not realizing what i was getting my self in to , by day 2 of getting up at 5 am, i was dragging, and by noon i could hardly keep my eyes open, sooo 2 weeks later 8 trips to Durham NC one to Spartunburg SC   and finally a 4 day weekend while he goes home to Texas to try to get a replacement  DL im exhausted, i slept till 2 pm today! but in these journeys i have seen places i have never been and had the chance to work on my photography,  soo here are the pics i have taken over the past two weeks, while missing out on time with my husband and family, and loosing

 money in my etsy store....   this first batch are all in  SC and a stop on the way home at south of the border taken with my crappy cheap walmart camera , this second batch are of Duke university and the sara p duke gardens..

Thee are bunches more on my new smart phone which i havent quite figured out yet as play time with it hasent been an option driving 12 and 16 hours a day, i really dont know how much more of this i can take, i still havent gotten the feeling back in my butt and im not to sure it will come back, Nor am i sure after wenesday upon his return wenesday, i am not sure i will drive him any more, its beginning to get in the way of what life i do have , i make money off my etsy store and commissions off Deviant Art , hes only paying me 450 for a frigging month ive already lost out on that much in 2 weeks having to turn down jobs.. what to do? make his pay me for the income ive lost or just tell him to go screw him self? hubby wont let me do the latter... what a conundrum...

TTFN

HOPE

The Background Fairy: Blog Background - Paris Bird Collage Theme

The Background Fairy: Blog Background - Paris Bird Collage Theme: Click on image to enlarge and then right click to save to your computer Today's blog background is a jazzed up version of the antique F...



My new background from the graphics fairy, love all she shares with the worls ill have a new post in a ffew days with a bunch of images from her site used in all of them, thank you Karen for all the great vintage images you share with the world.

Long time no see and latest finished project

First off i have to start off with saying toshiba  products are pieces of CRAP, My beloved laptop's harddrive crashed back on the 8th of January, the 3rd time it has happened, and the 3rd time it had been replaced! So after finially getting to borrow a friends pc and useing my beloved Amazon.com i found one we could afford and after what seemed like months it finially arrived, YAY ! After 8 hours of reinstalling windows 7 and every critical driver needed to make this think work my toshiba lives again, ive been lost with out my connection to the world wide web, sitting in this small camper all day with nothing to do was driving me absolutely NUTS, So on to the project i finished while i was computerless, I have a slight obsession with my little pony they were an huge part of my childhood, and even though  the ponies in my opinion aren't as cute as they were when i was little at least in my opinion, i mean  dont get me wrong the new g4 ponies are adorable but i am partial to the looks names and simplicity of the g1 ponies from the 80's, so i combined the 2 a new style g4 plush pattern with eyes more like a g1 or 2, And not being able to get to the fabric store i had to use what i had on hand,  A Twilight Sparkle emerged, she was suposed to just be a trial of the pattern made from super cheap walmart fleece, but low and behold she turned out amazing , now mind you she is the 8th pony i have made, the others of which i have shared on  DeviantArt , and a couple other forums i live on, i love how she turned out i must say , her hair which is complicated in and of its self is made up of multiple piece's and colors, i cheated a bit with it thinking that she would end up in the box with the rest of my pattern tests, but she did not the pics i have of her really do suck and i so need to take better pics with a simple background but the weather lately hasn't permitted me to , so with out further a due here is My fan version of Hasbro's Twilight Sparkle  my little pony

also is a image from another DA artist so you get an idea of what her character looks like, also heres a pic of the new Hasbro version of the same plush, cute but not very accurate and her hair is crappy as well well its about that time to feed the family and settle in for the night , Take care . 
Hope

Quickie share from another blogger

 Just a quick post today since its sunday came across this super cute frame wreath on facebook, Ive seen it before but thought i would share it some where other than pintrest, ass is well in our world for the moment lets cross our fingers it stays this way for the day


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Thoughts and prayers

Christmas night my family received a devastating phone call, My mother is in a burn center in Memphis Tennessee, with burns to  her entire right hand arm and splash burns all down her right leg and foot, she has been heavily medicated and has been very our of it, has had one round of skin grafts that seem to be taking but it is still going to be a very long road before she can even consider leaving fireman's memorial burn center , with constant prayers she seems to be doing better , but she will never be able to use her hand again which means she will never work again, she is in mental anguish and more worried about my fur brother Kota than her own recovery, With our financial difficulties and a lack of a vehicle being 13 hours away my hands are tied when it comes to going to be with her, I hate she is alone and has no one by her side. So thoughts and prayers are all i can give her right now.
   

On a Brighter note, my 1 year wedding anniversary is on the eleventh of January  and my husband who is one of the gift inept , (we have been together almost 5  years and he still has no idea what to get me ever, like its hard crafting supplies ,fabric , heck a box of junk i could make in to something else, would pure t tickle me to death, ) i had to step in this time because the constant build up of ohhh hes got something planned this time only to be let down with just a "happy what ever day"  is killer on ones well being, sooooo i  took matters in to my own hands, opening up the web browser  to the gift i want and using the sticky note app left a huge hint that even he couldn't mess up   oh yes i went there, i had to !
    

 

So today i have a recipe to share as well, Gummies , my husband favorite food of all times , gummy bears to be exact but he is not to picky most of the time, though he will kill a whole huge Sam's  6 pound bag  of mineral oil gummy bears in 2 days, soooo ive started making him gummies , the taste is not the same obviously but  they are sooo much better for him and dont cause the gastric upset of ingesting like a half a gallon of mineral oil, soooo on to the recipe,

                                                             homemade gummi bears!

All we needed was 1 -3 oz box of flavored gelatin and 3 – 1/4 oz  packages of unflavored gelatin, water and candy molds. (i used two candy molds)
Place 1/2 cup water in a small sauce pan. Sprinkle the Jello and  unflavored gelatin over the water. Let sit 5 – 10 minutes. (If you like chewier gummi candy add in another packet of unflavored gelatin.)
Place sauce pan over medium heat and stir until gelatin is dissolved, about 2-5 minutes. When mixture is liquid and all gelatin has dissolved, remove from heat.  Let cool a minute and then pour into a container that is easy to pour from.  I use my measuring cup because it has a spout .
Fill molds. If you save the inside of the advent calendar for  projects like do, it works perfect! The sheet of star molds worked a bit better than the bears because they are a bit deeper.

Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes. They may be placed in a refrigerator for about 10 minutes if you are eager.
Once cool, the backs can be lightly dusted with corn starch, if desired.

Peel the gummi candy out of the molds. Don’t be shy, you won’t hurt them when peeling them from the molds. No need to oil the molds unless you use deep molds and in that case like a batch of mine i highly suggest using cooking spray,

Enjoy!
                        

A day in the life of a creative sparrow

Ive decided to jump in to the world of blog land and share my creative exploits with the world,  I am 30 years old and have lived a very difficult life and over came it, My life revolves around My husband and our 3 dogs and of course my general craftiness, i have been sewing since as long as i can remember , sitting in my mom and grannys lap guiding fabric through the machine while they pressed the peddle .Now i have my own Etsy shop i sell from as well as i use other internet avenues and flea markets swap meets and craft fairs. Not a day goes buy that i don't make something new weather its trying a new recipe i found on pintrest or its working on a new order that came in from etsy, or a gift for a friend or family member, i drive my husband nuts  with my craft stuff every where in our camper. So this blog will be a little bit of every thing , my projects, neat things i feel i need to share, my love of my little pony( i have a slight obsession ) maybe a guest post or two from fellow artist and marvel comic artist Joe Miller, recipes life lessons and much more, so keep an eye out for much much more!

                                                                            Sincerely
                                                                               Hope