Pi Phi Baby Bank

This is a piggy bank I painted for one of my sorority sisters who just found out she is pregnant.  Our sorority colors are wine and silver blue, and our symbols are arrows, angels and carnations.

I think this turned out pretty cute - I had purchased a bunch of these small banks at the $1 store, and they are eaily painted with acrylic paints, and then I applied lots of varnish to make it shiny.

.....and HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!

New template

I felt the urge to change the color scheme of the blog today, so I did.  I can't believe how advanced this has gotten since I first started.  I remember printing out lines of code, and then trying to figure out how to get different colors in different places by inserting the proper color codes.  Most challenging.I would like to attach "tags" to the blog, to identify if it is a craft, story, birthday wishes, etc..  I'll check that out tomorrow :) 
I'm not sure if I am "feeling" this scheme yet, but it's the only one I went back to when looking at all the templates.
Later.

Dean's Big Gay Birdhouse

I did this back in June for Dean's birthday in July.  It's a birdhouse from Michael's that I painted and added personal stuff related to Dean. 

Baked Goods

Lovely pictures of some cupcakes I baked the other day!

Devil's Food cakes with Buttercream icing :)

YUMMY!

iSad

RIP 1955-2011

Thanks for making AKJN's lives more wonderful than we ever could have imagined!

OLIVER KITTY

This is our pretend pet, Oliver Kitty, in the garage on top of the car.  (When you say Oliver's name, you have to sing it to the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby").

Oliver lives next door in a very busy household, so he visits us every few days to chill out.  When he was a little bitty thing 4 years ago, he actually got stuck in our garage, and we think that has stayed with him.  We always leave our garage door cracked open, and he just strolls right in.  He is so friendly, likes to be held, and I got a kiss on the chin from him last night!  He has his own water dish out back, and we are trying so hard not to give him any treats, although Axel totally does not follow that rule!!

Axel adores Oliver!  Oliver finds Axel's computer stuff in the garage and upstairs office very fascinating.  He likes our office and dining room chairs.  He is totally comfy in our house, and loves to prance on the stairs. We are completely pet deprived, so Oliver is filling a big hole for us.  We are actually at the point of possibly considering owning a cat, but we've got a good gig going with the our sweetie Oliver, so we're still a two human household....for now!

Have a great week, peeps!!

Relax in Your Slacks, Honey!

This excellent advice was written in a note to me from Chrissy's mom, and I think it is my new motto!!  I've used it out a few times, now, and have gotten great reactions from it!  Always smiles, and ususally a chuckle, too.  Thanks, Bootie, for being a great pen pal!

My fantasy draft took place last Sunday, and the NFL gloriously started on Thursday night!  I just have to make a few tweaks here and there, and hopefully I'll have a great season.  I am so excited to watch the Eagles this year, and am hoping against hope that they can go all they way. 

Finally, I did something that I should have done a long time ago - I joined my local sorority alumni club.  I went to a Meet and Greet on Wed. night at the home of a woman who actually went to Old Dominion, too!  It is a great group of ladies, all ages, and they get together at least once a month,  if not more.  I felt very at home - I was so nervous driving there, like a teenager on a first date!  I am looking forward to next Thursday, which is the first official meeting.  After the ladies heard about some of the things I make and do, I was put in charge of making the nametags - 80 of them!  I am totally excited, and can't wait to get my laminator fired up!  Like I said, I should have done this a long time ago!  Here is a pic of us - don't you just love my devil eyes???!!!

Ok - that's all for now. I need to shake the sinus + upper chest infection I got going on.  I love Cali, but everything is in bloom ALL the time, so your allergies are always doing something to you.  
Later, peeps!