The Project

I have to give a huge thank you to Pat from Whimsiquills.  She painstakingly picked out all the colors for this project from a photograph I sent her.  She did an amazing job and I am really thankful since there really is no place locally who carries quilling paper.  I am usually a touchy, feely type of person and I like to see what I am buying, but I trusted Pat to help me with this task, since she has been quilling for quite some time and she certainly didn't disappoint me.
I have all my supplies now for my project and have started working on it.  It was a challenge where to start first since it's so BIG lol.  I have 19 colors of quilling paper scattered all over the dining room table (sorry family, no gatherings for awhile, lol) It started to get muddled so I came up with an idea for a portable paper stand and hubby being the great woodworker that he is, made it for me.  So now I can have the papers hanging instead of all over the place.  This will work for future projects so that I can have the colors that I will be using all in one place and be able to move them around. 
The project itself is coming along, albeit, slowly.  With trial and error and many do overs when unhappy with the result, is also slowing me down.  I am slightly impatient though as I can't wait to see it finished.
Here is a picture of the stand :)

And yet another stunning piece

There are no words.  This is simply stunning.

Quilling finds

I am constantly coming across amazing quilled pieces or maybe I am unconsciously seeking them out.  Either way I have found some gorgeous colorful works by some amazing artists.  Now, I would like to be able to tell you more about this artist but if you check her blog she is from the Ukraine and unfortunately it isn't in English, but then her quilled pieces speak for themselves.

Projects delay

I have been trying to work on a really big quilling project lately, without much success.  Just when I seem to get caught up around here there is another round of hospital visits that appears on the horizon.  Of course they are THE most important parts of my schedule and always will be.  I did do some orchids for my mother-in-law since she used to breed and grow them, but they were smaller pieces. 
The other project is going to take a very long time and it also has to travel to the UK.  So I have been experimenting with different preservation techniques to try and make sure it arrives intact. 
Why do I always have this go big or go home attitude?  LOL

Scottish Marriage Humor

Funny for the day. 

Recipe for a Healthy Life
Dugald was getting on in years and went in for his annual physical exam. The doctor said, "You're in incredible shape. How old are you again?" Dugald replied, "I'm 78." The doctor exclaimed, "Wow, 78. How do you stay so healthy? You look like a 60 year old." Dugald explained, "Well, my wife and I made a pact when we got married that whenever she got mad she would go into the kitchen and cool off and I would go outside to calm down." The doctor was puzzled by this explanation and asked "What does that have to do with being so fit and healthy?" Duncan sighed, "I've pretty much lived an outdoor life..."

Amazing Quilling Works

I love to wander around the web looking at the various sites and blogs of folks who are amazing at quilling.  I love paper and I think it stems from the very first job I had as a bookbinder with a top UK printing company.  Wages were spent on books sold at the little shop we had especially for employees.  Books that were rejected for one reason or another and which we were able to buy at drastically reduced costs.  I had known about quilling many, many years ago and had always thought I need to tackle this craft one day and never seemed to get there.  Now I am older and the body has slowed down, my interest has been resurrected.  I have found some amazing pieces during my search and it continues to grow.  There are some sites to the right that are some of my favorites and that list will increase I am sure as time goes on.

Humor for the day

So now I know what I've been doing wrong LOL

Healthy Living
At long last Donald responded to all the government propaganda about losing weight and exercising. So he joined a health club, believing that the annual fee of £400 would be well worth it. Six months later he was talking to one of his drinking buddies (he had cut down on that to just four times a week) and commented that he hadn't lost a pound. His friend, who knew the background, shook his head and observed: "But Donald, you actually have to go there - paying £400 only lightens your wallet."