My car...

So I need a new car but I just can't bring myself to discard my current one.  However, with it breaking down on the way back from Hachie and having to be towed to Arlington and then repaired for approx. $1200, I am just not loving it right now.  Maybe a car wash and a detail job and I will be "in love" again.

I thought it was the battery but it was the alternator.

See my car in the back ground?  John wasn't happy and I just giggled that he was carrying my purse. 

Items made at Paper Cowgirl

Here are some of my creations (in random order):

Here I am with my Marie Antoinette doll.  I tried to paint her to make her look like an old antique.

I sewed this book.

And this is the tin that the book goes in.

This is the outside of the tin.

and the pages...

Journal #1

Journal #2

example of bee's wax project

My decorated Velvetta box.  And thanks to Nicky....it grossed $10 for a scholorship fund.  Nicky--you are the best ever!

The people you meet at Paper Cowgirl...

So Paper Cowgirl was an amazing art retreat and I highly recommend it.  The projects were great, the teachers amazing, but the people you hang out with are the BEST.  It is so fun to be around people who truly understand and get you.

Here I am with the Paper Cow Girl Prom Queen.  I ran out and bought my purple dress and begged the cleaners to alter it in time and Marsha found her amazing diva dress for $5. at a resale shop. 
I think I may steal her crown when she isn't looking.

Nicky, Me, and Tammy----a fun combonation in front of an even more fun fence.

I think she is my soul sister--she just gets me!

Jana and Nicky

I said, "act wacky" and here is the proof that we can act wacky.

Amazing Ann-Denise with her apron from the apron swaps.
 See here trusty assistant Kenny beside her?
  Love these cowgirls!

Debbe with her crazy name tag I made her.
  She is so cool! 
And you should see the apron she made me.
 It is just too amazing to use.

Debbe's shoes.  She is a true diva.

Paper Cowgirl 2011

Yes, even my mother noticed that I had stopped blogging.  It has been some busy days but now I am back and let me tell you what I have been up to...

Nicky, Jana, and Tammy

Paper Cowgirl in Waxahachie was so much fun.  Especially with all my fun, crazy, crafty, artsy friends.  I think Ann Denise tells it best with these:  Paper Cowgirl 1, Paper Cowgirl 2, Paper Cowgirl 3.    It was an amazign three days and I  can't wait to see my friends again soon.  Also, here is the bed and breakfast we stayed in...


Harrison House Bed and Breakfast in Hachie



school is out for summer

students are out for summer,

teachers are out for summer,

and so is this AP.

Paper Cowgirl Swaps 2011

My apron for the apron swap.  I found this vintage apron at an antique store. 

Made a corsage for the apron.  I thought it made it even more DIVA.

For nametag swap...I hope Debbe likes it.

My filler charm for the charm swap. 
I have had thses paper clips forever and hooked a bale and lobster clasp and VIOLA!

Charm for charm swap...found these tiles at school.  Don't worry they were headed for the dumpster.

Truckin'



I was driving home and saw this truck stopped at a gas station.  I had to have the photo!  COOL!