Mixed-Media Pictures.....having fun!!!

Spring almost officially here!!! in South Dakota!!!

It has just been a lllooooonnnnnngggggg winter here. We should never be surprised as far as South Dakotans go with the weather. It is what 95% of the conversations are about with the farmers and well, the other 5% comes with great variety!!! Now, we will have to worry about flooding issues, hoping the farmers will be able to get out in the fields and that basements won't get filled with water! In the midst of all that, always remembering God shows Himself through all of this and we choose every day how to handle it, how to perceive it and how we will let it affect our day!!!

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I have so enjoyed reading others' blogs and seeing what everyone has been up to with the shows, spaces at flea markets and when you all share inside your craft rooms and family. I have been inspired and encouraged through some difficult stuff lately, so want to say thanks for that.

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Looks like a great movie is coming out called "Soul Surfer" based on Bethany Hamilton's true life experience with a shark. Do not know if the movie will touch on how much she loves the Lord as she states in personal interviews. I hope it does.

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Well, my 14 year old is needing my attention. Hope all is well outside of my little town of Redfield, South Dakota.....deb

Looking for Spring amidst the Snow

It's official, this winter records have been set for snowfall!

I could have told you that!!! Ha!

Anyway, looking forward to some green eventually!!

Blessed day! deb

Valentines Day coming up!!!!

It has been sooo long since sharing anything here. Hard to believe it is February and it has been a cold one!!! Interesting how so much of the nation has been swept up in this cold! We have lots to be thankful for in just being warm! Created some things for the upcoming holiday. I call them my Handmade Vintage Valentines. The backdrop is the reflectors for the old Christmas lights. I was putting things away earlier this week and found these reflectors in my hand and the wheels just started spinning! It is so fun when that happens. So, I have been busy with these and a few other things that I will share later. Have went off-line at home so am figuring out how to download from one of those memory sticks to get pictures here. Always learning.

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Hope this finds everyone fine. Been doing a lot of reading as of late! Anyone read any of Ted Dekker's books? Great stories...mystery, intrigue with a spiritual underlining and thankfully, no swearing and unnecessary sex! Finish a book and feel well-fed...this is a good thing!!!

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Take care and blessings this day.....deb

Ended on a great note!!!

So hard to believe that we are into 2011. I remember like yesterday when we were concerned about how everything was going to be once we entered the year 2000! A lot has happened in the 11 years since and I wouldn't begin to even try to recap for you! Just didn't get our picture sent out for the Holidays so here we are minus Melody. Am giving you both as you can see either Joe looks like someone just gave him a wedgy or Isaac is being goofy. Josh is in the gray shirt, Jacob in the blue, Jenae with her fabulous hair is behind her dad. I in my flannel....forever in flannel and blue jeans!!! May the Lord richly bless you in Spirit and in Truth for 2011....

~deb

Angel Song Ornaments....wishing you a Merry Christmas!

Angels watching over me......

Wishing you a blessed "Merry Christmas!"

~debbie

Plantes, Teacups, Vases......no, Pincushions!

One of my favorites.....this is a violin planter and I had so much fun and am so pleased at how it turned out to be turned into a pincushion. What do you think?

I call them "Keepsake Pincushions" as each one has a little locket that opens up.

To think that maybe, at some time, this beauty had DIRT in it!!!

Isn't the detail beautiful??!!

A cup of tea anyone?




This is a shell planter. The fabric is from a stretchy type shirt...the texture was so cool!



A neat little vase highlighted with gold. Again, the fabric was from a ladies' top....nice and stretchy with flakes of gold!

A silver sugar bowl....saved the lid for something else. The patina shows that this divine sugar bowl has some stories to tell. The handles have a character of their own! The fabric is blue velvet from a dress or blouse....

Almost saved this little coffee cup to put in my own cupboard. The fabric comes from scraps from who knows where as I have been saving over the long years. The doily just seemed so right for this one.....

This cup is from Czechoslovakia. There was a small chip on the rim so adhered this gold leaf pin to it and it added so much to this piece...really made it special.

This clog type shoe was made in Boys Town...says so on the bottom. The velvet fabric came from a jacket...it was so hard to make that first cut!

Another sugar bowl....I collected quite a few over the years. The fabric is from a child's dress. It is very hard to cut up clothing items but I know that I would never be able to afford this fabric by itself and where in the world would one find it? Again, a doily for the top. Someone worked awhile on this one....a beautiful rose flower....

A baby bootie with the same fabric from above. My oldest is 23 and I did use cloth diapers back then. I learned the hard way about not having so much cholorine in the bucket as it really eats away at the cotton fabric! This would be a great place to put the diaper pins....

Another great planter with SO much personality.....this looks like a "Daisy" to me and she seems ever so pleasant!

Another pincushion for a precious little one!

I used this fabric alot....gives the pincushions such a vintage look.

Almost done....Mary's little lamb looking quite perplexed leaning against this

baby book. I could easily bring this little one home.

Sweets for the Sweet....didn't know how this would turn out. The fabric is from a skirt that would definitely need a slip underneath! Blue glass....love it!

Well, the PINCUSHION FASHION SHOW is done! Have many more, but not enough time. I want to put these in my etsy shop. Do have some of my Angel Song Ornament Angels in the shop along with a Journal. Please e-mail me if anyone is interested in anything shown here as I do not know if my intentions will get done....you know how it is! Blessings! Remember, God loves you so much....He sent His Son and would have done it just for YOU if YOU were the only one! Busy with work, singing, teaching and enjoying the fellowship at one of our local nursing homes.....planning a craft for next Monday that we can hang on all of the doors.....open to any ideas....yes, yes, yes!!! Our Thanksgivings are spent helping at the local Senior Citizens Center where we serve a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day so everyone has someone to share with.

We are greatly blessed beyond measure!