If you can't take the Glitter , get out of the Craft Studio!

Warning- this post may seriously affect your judgment on how much glitter is appropriate!

I had planned on doing a 15 Minute Wonder post, catching up on all the wonderful new digital cutting files from Suzanne's Silhouette store, and  I got hijacked by this one card.

Then I read Holly's post today on Quietfire Creations  and knew it was fate to just spend hours making lots of cards with just one file!

Below is the file as you DL it from the store.

Christmas Tree Flip Card

 Then hit ungroup and create with our limits!

Straight off the mat

 Add some stenciling and glitter...

and beyond!!

 The little tree flips when you open and close the card!

A smile is the best Christmas Decoration of all

More variation...

 Christmas waves a magic wand

When this Christmas becomes a memory

You can make this Christmas Tree 3D Ornament in 15 minutes!

Celtic Peace Postcard from my ,Off My Desk, series.

Soak up all of the ink off your craft mat, and only use stuff that is on your desk at the end of the session.

Comments and Questions welcomed!

Let the Glitter Games Begin! WOYWW Nov 12

WOYWW?

This holiday season I am going all out for glitter!

Cards are coming with all the  new Quietfire Design stamps and cut files.

The first wave here

and your Poetry Journal entries here.

(ED Note: if I don't put the links in I am besieged by comments asking, Where do i get that?)

I've been disappointed on the low turn out for poetry.

There are prizes!

Forgiveness in advance if I am slow to visit dear deskers this week.

I have two new ministries, and some work must move off of this desk!!

Comments and questions always welcomed!

Poetry and Pot lucks- T is for Tuesday

In that order, I found myself back at Dobra Tea  with hot chocolate in Rice Milk.

T is for Tuesday

The first poet reads, then picks the next poet.

After the first round we did poetry play, tossing words about creating poetry on the fly.

I'll be going again- do join us,

and till then join us at

Poetry Journal Monthly

( there be prizes!)

Friday night my dear friend Meg was exhibiting for the first time at

  The Red House.

Other friends

Eileen 

Libba

Libba is in the Squeaky Wheel Ceramic Collective with my DD.

and lots more and what you want to know about is the food.

There was lots of that too.

Come to a Red House opening hungry !

Repurposing! Bottle Lights!

Dashing across town, that same evening was the opening of the 

Everything is Worship Retreat.

Quakers are known for saving the world 

one pot luck at a time.

We got there late and you can see how good the food was by how much was already gone!

Forgive me in advance if I don't visit you all this week. I'm starting two new ministries and lots of other stuff is going on.

I do love you all !

Comments and questions always welcomed.

The Stamps are in the mail!

WOYWW?

Am I last?

It's still Wednesday !

New stamps came and went and to see what came next in on my desk please hop 

Here

and leave me some poetry journaling

Here

I'll try to visit.

Comment and Questions Welcomed!

It's beginning to look a lot like...

Christmas creation has finally struck on Peace Lane!

It's well after my birthday, and when the new stamps came, all my excuses went up in

ink!

I've used stamps from all three of the new sets

Celtic Christmas

Winter Wonderland

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

 The mountain is imbossed and popped up a bit. Olympia Green VersaFine Ink

 Queens Gold embossing powder- can't live without it!

Oh deer!!!

And wait... there's more.

Please visit Quietfire Creations often to see what all the Designers are creating with all of the new stamps.

They make great gifts too! as all the new stamps come mounted and ready to go!

Comments and questions welcomed!

T is for Tuesday- Dobra Tea

T is for Tuesday

I've made the statement that is is hard to get a good meal in Black Mountain.

I'm sticking by that, and if Dobra Tea Room moves into more of a meal, it might be possible this could be the place to change my mind.

Dobra is basically a tea house, with some light fare, treats and a lot of tea, and seasonal drinks.

The drinks and treats are way above average,

the wifi is good, 

and the service is variable.

Could be what I consider poor service others consider laid back.

I have had several delightful tea times with friends at Dobra, sometime with very good attentive service and  sometimes not.

This most recent afternoon, Dobra was basically empty and myself and two friends sat at our table for a good 10 minutes before our server appeared with the book and the bell.

She said ring when you are ready and disappeared.

Orderding here has a learning curve!

Other servers have asked if we had been there before and offered some instruction.

I don't think you should need instruction to order.

The "menu' is a thick book with everything you never knew you wanted to know about tea, which is fine, and a short menu sheet might be nice for those of use who prefer to remain in ignorance until after we have our tea.

When you are ready to order, you ring the bell.

I was excited to find French Broad  Chocolate Lounge Drinking Chocolate on the menu, with a variety of "milks" available: cow, soy and sunflower.

The best chocolate in my own home town and no waiting in line!

I asked the server what sweets were available and she said they had everything on the menu, and the first choice I asked for, she said, oh we're out of that.

I ordered my chocolate with sunflower milk, and she said, oh, we are out of that.

So, I got up and went to look at the bar where the sweets are displayed( would be helpful if the server suggested this) and picked out a 

Pistachio Rose Cookie

a seriously wise choice!

All the baked goods are gluten free- some do have butter.

We ordered two chocolates and a cider(see above) and I was a bit concerned that she didn't know which was the cow and which was the soy.

It was delicious and I was very glad to see it came in a decent sized cups.

I enjoy the tea here, and not the tiny cups.

All gone!

When I called to find out the name of the cookie, I was reminded that they have Poetry on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, 6-8 pm

Till then please visit 

Poetry Journal Monthly 

and link and comment.

Lots of new Quietfire Design stamps coming this week too, so check back soon.

Comments and Questions always welcomed!

Poetry Journal Monthly- November 2014- Walking over the Blue Route

Poetry Journal Monthly 

is a place to share and enjoy poetry, poets, creative journaling and each other.

PJM has moved herself over to RainbowWeaves in honor of simplicity.

Guidelines are here.

Please join me in bringing more poetry, color, creativity and journaling into our world.

Give Mr Linky below some love and leave a comment for  a prize drawing of a

 Quietfire Design rubber stamp.

We fought the building of PA 476, the Cross Town Expressway, known as the Blue Route for over 20 years.

They wore us down, lied to us, bankrupt us, and we tired, believed some of what they said, went broke and gave in.

People told me, its time to give up.

I wanted to lay down- hundreds of women and children in front of the machines, holding on to the trees and say stop!

They wanted to just throw more money at the legislature.

Let the lawyers handle it, they said.

I still haven't given up.

To get to my faith community I had to walk daily by the construction site.

They had machines that ate whole trees.

I looked at the men working there- just men- no women- and thought about them wanting to feed their families.

This what they had to do to feed their families.

I knew the true consequences of this destruction, desecration of the land, exchange for 15 minutes shorter commute.

To get to Pendle Hill after construction, I had to walk over the road on an elevated bridge.
Less trees, lots of concrete and cars. Lots of cars.

People came to me after the road was built and said,

"Why didn't you tell us it would be like this?"

I told you.

I am still telling you.

Now I have moved away, and they are still wanting to build more roads to go faster.

Where are they going?

Walking over the Blue Route

If I am down there, driving in my car

I am one of them.

Even tho my trip is righteous and will save the world

when I put my foot to the petal,

I am one of them.

Up here, feet on the earth, head in the sky

God's solar machine...

Where am I going anyway?

I can reach out anytime and touch the trees

get a drink in the stream

My miles per hour the pulse of the heartbeat of the Great Mother.

Oh yes, that's where I 'm going.

Mother calls me home to dinner.

"Stay on the path", she says, "Don't dawdle!"

I dawdle.

And I'm coming Mother.

The rivers and trees know when to go and where to stand.

How do I tell this to them?

They are in their cars, doors locked , climate controlled, DVD, cellphones vibrating.

If I say, "I Love you", will they give me a ride?

and then I will hijack them into the woods.

No gas stations in the woods.

Maybe, we could meet at a red light.

I would knock on their window and smile

"Come home to dinner", I'd say.

Here is the path.

Don't Dawdle.

Please leave a link below, and be sure to leave a comment to enter the prize drawing.