Friday, November 09, 2007

Photobooth Friday: nnnnnnnnnmmmmmm

photobooth friday: we're doing that tongue thing Taken at Grill whilst we were road travelin' vacationers. Mr. A-go-go is very fond of using his tongue as a prop. I think we can easily find a common them in some of our photobooth pics. This was taken before the strip that got eaten and I think the colors came out pretty nicely. they never scan in too well but it's a booth, what do ya expect?

Well folks, it's early and it's chilly and I have a lot of crafting to do, so hop on over to the Photobooth Friday pool to check out some more strips. I'm off to piuck up some polkadot ribbon, washers & flannel.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Only two swaps left...

...for The Coloriffic Swaporama and then it ends while it is still wonderful! I had no idea Coloriffic would become as huge as it did. There are over 1000 members and the monthly swap numbers would often reach over 100 players. It was a lot of work and I loved every minute of it but now it is time for it to end. I have received dozens of emails pleading to keep the group active and I just wanted to say Thank You to everyone who made it so successful. I had an excellent team of moderators and admins and it wouldn't have run as smoothly without all of you. The Coloriffic Swaporama pushed me to be more creative in many ways. It taught me to think outside the box when working with a color themes that wasn't "me", it taught me to take care and pride in the presentation, to take beautiful photos and to make everyday simply as pretty as I could. I hope those of you who swapped with the group found it as a jumping point for your creativity as well.

There are two swaps left. January & February. It was going to end with January but the greedy little child in me wanted a bang up last swap for my birthday month. I need to move on to other things like school, writing and work. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm still a swapping fiend. I just won't have the time and energy to admin such a large group anymore. Really, it was a full time job!

And now it's back to some frenzied crafting. Felt Club is coming soon and I have oodles and oodles of gnomes, pillows and cozies to make!

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

We like wandering...

cabazon: walking the earth We left for Bisbee, Arizona a day before we were to stay at The Shady Dell. Luckily, the three of us are pretty good and wandering. We had no specific plan other than I wanted to take lots and lots of pictures, get a coffee once in awhile and hang out with the dinosaurs at Cabazon. We left around 8am and headed out, first stop Cabazon and some hamming it up and playing with the color accent feature on the camera.cabazon: swampycabazon: a-go-gos pose The light was fabulous and the sky was a perfect backdrop for these concrete prehistoric beasts. We hit the outer edge of the crazy outlet mall for a starbucks run and bathroom break and got sidetrack with a bit of bee watching as their rosemary was in bloom. Yes, we like to watch bees. We're a slow and pokey kind of folk. After a couple of hours driving, we hit up a rest stop for much needed stretches and such and I took this shot of lovely-to look-at-but-not-so-great-for-the-atmosphere contrails.random rest stop After lunching at Denny's (aren't we American) and driving for many hours more we finally pulled into the strip mall parking lot for some tiki treats at the Kon Tiki in Tuscon, Arizona.

I figured I better recap our trip a wee bit now before I forget and it is too late. Anyone up for a slideshow? Anywhoo...I'm gonna bike on over to the camera place to pick up the holga rolls but first I may to a bit of much needed Felt Club crafting. Or maybe I'll take a power nap. I've already baked two poundcakes and did two loads of laundry...oh drats, I need to go to the post office also. Eps, gotta skeedaddle!

Monday, November 05, 2007

We Did It!

bowlful of gnomiesprocessing ordersThank you to everyone for all your support with my Lupus Benefit! I just donated $250 and I could not have done it without you! Donating for a cause is such a good and important thing to do. Even a dollar a day for one month can make difference! Can you imagine if you got everyone at your office to donate $1 tomorrow for a cause? One single dollar can go a long way when pooled together with other folks. If you are interested in helping another crafter donate for a cause, check out Jennifer at The Felt Mouse, who will be working her crafty magic for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. There's never too little and it's never too late. Help make a difference today!

The Week in Review: Vacation

Wowee! In a nutshell, we....

*romped with giant stone dinosaurs
*got serenaded by a Hawaiian man named Ernie
*shacked up with a very nice Indian family
*ate giant pancakes at Grill (and hopped into a photobooth)
*pondered the graves of strangers
*avoided a shootout at the Okay Corral
*walked amongst giant Saguaros
*slept in a golden, ionized cigar shaped trailer
*ate hot dogs at a tiny diner that came from my old stomping grounds
*wandered the wonky streets of a tiny mining town
*spent two hours in the company of hundreds of migrating Sandhill Cranes
*viewed an unrequited love story that involved a gilled fishman on a vintage tv
*had breakfast in a grand hotel, a hop, skip & a jump from Mexico
*inspected decaying trailers and debris at the site of an engineering accident
*took more than 400 photos
*had a most fabulous, fabulous time!

Friday, November 02, 2007

Photobooth Friday: Vacation

Thank goodness for Photobooth.net! We took a road trip to Arizona this week and I was so hoping we could find a booth on the road and we did! Yay! We had pretty good diner eats from Grill and then hopped on into the booth to growl a little bit. What a shock when our picture came out of the booth and it was a raven haired duo making out big time! Yowza! It was quite confusing. I even wondered if someone got into the booth just before us or something but it was 7am and we were the only ones there...then I noticed that our strip was stuck to the back and got all monstered up. At least it makes for good memories!

More Photobooth Friday fun here and here!