Another Craft Moment...

Can't believe its been over 2 months since I have posted on here, but when you're in the process of grieving, you totally forget about everything that ever mattered to you or the hobbies that you once did. BUt God is pushing me little by little to get back into my room and start crafting. I have a piece to show you, as this was a special day (April 21, 2013) as my sweet friend Marcie Gray came to California to help ready her parents to move back to Tennessee. In her week of being here, she was going to be singing at Pastor Ron Barker's church in Tehachapi and wanted to give him a momento from some of the "old" members from Panama Church in Bakersfield. We put our heads together and found the perfect verse and then added the names in attendance. I forgot how much I enjoyed designing speciality tiles with a certain verse for someone. This was done on a 12x18 Tile and black vinyl was used. I can't remember the cartridges I used, but will come back and update once I find my notes. Excuse the flash, as the church was kind of dark when it was taken.

I'm Still Here..

Nothing new to post or to show as I haven't quite gotten back onto the creative mood. Its taken me this long to force myself to go up to my craft room. Wayne did so built so many things for me in there to make the room perfect and his presence is heavily felt when I'm up there and I know you're saying "that should be a good thing" but trust me it is very hard. Just looking at all he has done, has brought me to gut wrenching tears.

So little by little I'm making it back up there even if its only 5 minutes at a time. Please continue to follow me. I have lots of things I want to make and share, but timing is still not quite there for me.

Hugs to all who have visited. Please leave comments so I know you're still following me. :)

Life Can Change So Quickly....

Its hard to imagine that its been 4 months since I last posted on here. In the 4 months of my absence my husband passed away after a long battle with cancer. He went into ICU on my birthday (June 25th) and passed away 3 months and 3 days later. It has been a very exhausting and tiring journey, but he and I both finally reached the peaceful shores from the turbulent waters we had been treading. He is now up in heaven with our precious Lord and Savior; talking and walking on the streets of gold with Jesus and all of our loved ones who have gone before him. He is no longer in pain and has anew body to run, walk and move like he never was able to before. I will be getting back into crafting and sharing items at the beginning of the year, but for now I can't even go upto my craftroom as he built it for me and all the customazation he did, makes it hard to be in there as I see him everywhere in there and just cry. So please be patient and say a prayer for me to regain my strength and help the healing process become a little easier. After 20 years of having a soulmate sent from heaven, its hard to be alone in the house and time will heal I know, but until then...thank you for checking in. Please feel free to leave comments. Here is my sweet hubby's memorial page for any who would like to read it:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98645558

Hi Everyone!!!

It's hard to believe its been 6 weeks since I last posted on here, but time has a way of getting away from you. Hubby finished up his radiation about 2 weeks ago and is doing good. The radiation continues to work in the body for another three weeks. We go back to the radiologist on July 5 to see if any further treatment is needed. Crossing fingers (xx) that the cancer has been completely eradicated. We go back to USC on the July 11th for another MRI to see how everything compares to the first MRI they took. Hubby has kind of gotten back to himself, yesterday we went to see an opthamologist to get him glasses to keep the right eye strengthen and from being so strained as it has been these last few months. He has cut back on the pain meds and that has seem to help him have more energy and easier to be around. At the end of this month we are going with friends over to the coast for 4 days and I think that will do him good to get away form the ordinary routine and hum drum of everyday of being home. I have been working on projects and will be posting them as soon as I get the pictures unloaded from camera. Thank you for all your prayers, they certainly have worked for him and are still needed until this journey ends.

Thank You and Update

Good Morning All! It has been a crazy month and a half, but things seem to be looking brighter on this journey we are on.  Before I go any further, this is the card I have made in multiples to send out this week to all who have been so kind, compassionate and johnny on the spot for everything from taking him to his cancer treatments, cooking yummy dinners, cleaning our home, running errands and being there just to give us a shoulder to cry on and who have lifted us up in continuous prayer. There are not enough words in the dictionary to tell them how appreciative we are of the love they have showed us!!!! Hubby had the "Big Surgery" on April 6th. They were able to remove most of the cancer and had stated that the 4 weeks of radiation he had, did shrink the cancer some; but they found that the cancer had definitely spread to the brain in the cavenous sinuses. They removed nerves, muscles and all the other stuff that is in the orbital area of the left eye. His left eye was to be removed, but they left that and his eye will now be permanently closed since he has no muscle to raise the lid. So hence, we begin radiation again in two weeks for the cancer in the brain. Chemotheraphy isn't an option as it was stated to us that the brain doesn't absorb but 1% of the medicine used in chemo. It was a little disheartening to hear that, but on the brighter side my hubby's survival rate went from 2 to 5% to 25%. So Needless to say we're excited about that. Please contniue to pray for him as we still have a very long journey ahead of us. Thanks for looking!

Good Monday Evening!!!

I hope your weekend was restful and you managed to get some things done that needed to be done in your craft room. I have been making out my plan of action for items that I will be making for the Relay For Life Bazaar. If I can get them done, it would benefit our team quite well. But I needed to get these cards posted that I made back in February to celebrate Love and Valentine's Day and never got them posted as things were starting to get a little crazy with hubby's illness. So here they are without further adieu. I used a combination of Stamps, Cricut Cartridges and papers that I have had for quite awhile. My kids and even my hubby tease me and tell me that I could open up my own store with all the craft supplies I have accumulated over the years. LOL!!! But I am a sucker for glittery papers, bling and anything that has hearts and is very girly and feminine. But I think my favorite colors of papers I seem to go after over and over again are the blacks, reds, shimmery whites and silvers. There is something just so rich about them. Which may explain why my hideway/craftroom is done in these colors especially black and white with a hint of red. Touches of silver/chrome here and there. I guess that seems to be the mainstay of a lot of craftrooms that I have seen on many forums. Its just a bold and yet clean crisp look. Enjoy!!