Happy 2015! I hope you all had a very nice Christmas and a Happy New year!

We have had an arctic blast of very cold weather these past few days. The temps have been -30 or more at night, so today with the temp hovering at 16 degrees it feels like a heat wave has rolled in.
OH MY WORD, I am so glad the chilly weather seems to be over for now.
With that kind of weather it makes it difficult for cars to start, and makes waiting for the bus a major feat in trying to keep warm. So with all the really cold weather I am going through my craft stuff, stamps, fabric and other things one collects with the intent of making unique items. Yes I STILL need to purge more in ALL areas to make it fit in my little spaces I have set up in my living room. I have a LOT of everything! Yes I STILL have more things in the garage to go through as well! As soon as I go through and see what things I want to keep, I will go and price everything and maybe have a garage sale or indoor sale at a later date. If I can cut back on a lot of stuff I should be able to fit it all in the allotted spaces. Selling the other things can bring in much needed things I need, like adhesive. Almost out (you know what they say, "It's all fun and games until the adhesive runs out".

Ok back at the purging, and I will see you later. ;)

We are HERE!

Our new home in Unity!

We are still living with many boxes all over the place, but we are working on getting them emptied out and put in their places.

Yes we still have a lot of snow, even for April! When we get the sun and warmed up temps, that will melt this white stuff.

May you all have a blessed day.

Has it been THAT long since I posted anything on my blog??

Well hello there! Sorry I have been missing so long. We have been busy here with the girls and all their schedules and are now in the process of moving so blogging hasn't even been thought of.

I have been creating and teaching as well and want to have another card making class before we do leave this old house in Knox.

After being here for 13 years I find out just how much stuff we have accumulated! YIKES is all I can say. HOLY MOLY do I have "stuff"!

Right now we are in an arctic cold spell and are trying to stay warm.

Well have got to finish up more packing so I will be back hopefully sooner than later! May you all be blessed!

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I found this in my Drafts folder and didn't post it. So here goes! Should also say it was dated August 2011! This is just a little bit of what we have been up to!



Playing with the kittens ALWAYS fun!



making a playhouse during a storm is fun too!



Rubbing Princess' belly, never gets old!



helping with the garden is fun, not to mention hard work!



Watering the garden is fun too!

Album for a Cause

I started Album for a Cause when one of Destiny's classmates was diagnosed with Leukemia. I wanted to help this 12 year old with his medical bills, but the cash flow in the Kendall household is barely a trickle. So my thought was to pick out one of the albums I made and put it in a raffle. I went to a crop in China at the Masonic Hall and raffled it off. I was hoping to get at least $15 for the raffle and was very surprised to raise much more than that! Thank you ladies! Your generosity it breathtaking! I raised $65 for the soon to be teen. Thank you Jesus! This was the album that was donated. All the proceeds will be taken to the school and given to the Principal after vacation ends.

Hello Everyone!

Here is a Christmas Album using a K & Co. paper packet. I have used cardstock for the pages instead of paper bags (couldn't find the size I wanted). This album was very easy to make and allows for some good sized pictures to be included in it.

This is the inside of the album. I have many tags that can incorporate even more pictures or journaling.

This is how the binding looks on the outside. You can also see the back cover.

Baby shower gift

I made this for my hubby's co-worker. They are expecting a girl and wanted a pink themed baby shower. Hope they like this.

This is the cover of the memory box. I also have a 9" x 9" accordian fold album inside.



This is the first page of the album.



Second and third pages.



forth and fifth pages.



sixth page.



Seventh and eighth pages.



Here the album is standing up beside the memory box.



I will be at a rather large holiday craft fair in October in Bangor at the Civic Center. So off I go and work on more items to sell.

Thanks for visiting my little place on the web. Hope you all have a blessed day!

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Morning at the Kendall residence

This is the site that greeted me this morning. How beautiful looking out over the horizon.



We have had much snow as you can see. Hoping we will not get any more until next Christmas.



May your days be blessed and many.

Time

Time goes by so fast these days. Trying to fit in so many activities with the girls I seem to forget to post on here.

This year is going to be a "gifts from the heart". It is not HOW much you spend but HOW much LOVE you put into the effort. I am making gifts for my family and friends. Some have already recieved their gifts, and others will be getting them later.

The girls are making their own Christmas cards to give to classmates and teachers this year. And I am teaching them how to make cute gifts to give as well. We will be picking up some lollypops to decorate and give away for starters. Not sure what else we will find today.

Thank you for stopping by my neck of the blogasphere!

MIA

Sorry I have been MIA for so long! I have been a busy little bee (hence the no posting), but have accomplished a few things on my "to do list". Yippee!

The girls have been enjoying school and I have enjoyed them being there! Nothing like being honest here! LOL.

I will post pics of things I have worked on later.

May you have a blessed day!

School

Here is Emily in her "first day of school" duds. Isn't she cute? She is now officially a first grader! Wow!!!! It seems like yesterday I was holding a sick little girl in my arms, I blink and now she is going on 6!!!



Here is Destiny in her "first day of school" duds. Hard to believe she is now a 5th grader! Wow!!!! She is now quite the beautiful young lady! I believe we will soon have to chase off the boys that will come knocking on our door in the not so distant future!



Thank you for coming to my side of the blogasphere! May your days be blessed!

Books

This is what I have been working on! So cute and with different papers you can create a mulititude of various thems!

This is a simple composition book, add some papers and you have a cool looking journal.



Don't have those kind of books? Ok then, using simple spiral bound notebooks, cover them with beautiful papers and you can make whatever type of speciality book you want.



Or if you have a few coasters hanging around and a bind-it-all, you can make your own art journal (or diary, etc.) that will make the kids want to have for themselves!



You could even have a party for your tween and guests. They can make their own "books" and embellish them as simply or detailed as they desire!

No matter what you decide to do, have fun with it. Enjoy the time you have with your family. May you have a blessed day!

Changes

We all go thru changes in our lifetime. Good, bad, but totally necessary for us to become the person God wants us to be.

These are just a few of the changes we are going through right now (in no particular order):

Destiny and Emily love to scrapbook as much as I do! See how big they are getting! Destiny will be going in the 5th grade! And Emily will be going into the 1st grade! My how time flies!



Tyler is now 16!!!! WHERE has the time gone? I can remember when he was a baby in my arms, and now look! Handsome young man.



Dad died this past April, and it still seems strange not to see him when I go over to Pat's!



You see me in the picture above, I no longer have the long hair, now it is really, really short! I will have to take some pictures of me with my new do!

Whatever changes you may be going through, know that you are not alone. Jesus is with us every step of the way!

Gardening

Here we are (I was here too, just forgot to have someone take my picture doing some work) working in our garden spot. Last weekend we were busy/rainy to work in it. So thought the time was running out to plant. I told Les, if we don't get it planted by this weekend we will not get anything out of it.

Here is Les and Destiny, she is watering the newly planted veggies and Les is explaining something to her.



I showed the girls how I make a hill for cukes, zuchinni, and summer squash, so they do not get eaten by birds and will not come uncovered when it rains.



Here is Les writing on the sticks what is in each row (cause I tend to forget over time).



Here is Destiny writing what is in the hill. LOL. love the look on her face).



Emmy also helped with the projects here and also wanted a "turn" to water the newly planted seeds.



I hope you all have a safe and happy "4th of July"!

Just a little of what I have been up to.

Destiny has a new bed. Here she is on it.



and a picture of Destiny and Emily.



Here is Tyler. He is a little camera shy.



There is no hiding when Grammie has her camera.

अ फिएल्ड ऑफ़ Lupin

A Field of Lupin
I took these photos this morning before leaving for daycare. Enjoy!











May your day be filled with beauty.

मोर्निंग dew

Morning Dew

I still haven't figured out how to fix my problem in the title. I think it is set on a different language.

Anyway, this is what I saw out my kitchen door. Click on the pic if you want it larger.



Isn't it beautiful?



when I saw this I had to run and get my camera!



This is the grape vine that runs along the railing on the deck.



When Les and I first moved into this house 9 1/2 years ago the vines were considerably smaller. Look at them now.



Simply beautiful! May you all have a blessed day!

हैप्पी मदर'स डे

What is up with this??????


Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms in cyberworld!

I will be posting more things later on this week.

May all you Moms be having the time of your life today!

Blessings to all.

अत अ लोस फॉर words

I haven't been blogging for awhile. I had some family that was ill. The majority of them are better.

My Dad had a heart attack on April 15th and was hospitalized with it. He went to EMMC in Bangor. He was there for a few days and was getting better. He died Sunday April 18th. We had visitation last Wednesday night and a short service Thursday night. Tommorrow we bury him with full military honors.

This is Dad with my sister Patty taken a couple of years ago.



This is one with Dad and Emmily and Destiny.



This one is the girls and I with Dad.



Dad, you were a special man, special Dad, and an awesome grandfather! You have touched many people's heart. You will be missed greatly. Love you!