What have I been up to!!! Dec. 1st already....

Wow where has the time gone, so busy doing so many things I haven't had much time to devote to my prim blog and crafting. The past two months I have been ill and trying to get a Christmas Workshop put together plus work on some crafty items to sell at some Holiday Craft Fairs...CRAZY!!!

 I did manage to make some homemade rolls and lazz. for supper a few weeks ago, you know before turkey day. Which I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, I sure did and it was crazy meaning, two days before Thanksgiving I got a call from my sis that said you need to come home and cheer mom up....so with all that said we packed up and drove up home to Maine in a blizzard!!!! CRAZY if my sister didn't have a 4x4 wheel drive we wouldn't have made it....but we did safe and sound and surprized my mom not just for Thanksgiving but her birthday too...love ya mom.

 One day last month I was walking around my home just enjoying my decorations that I have made and this wreath spoke to me, it was the first thing I made from our bush out back in the yard the first fall we lived here. So love the simple joy it gives me.

 here is some of the craziness I have been up to rolling book pages into roses, wreaths, card making, sewing...ooooo the list goes on...and I am still not done.

 started to dabble in mixed media art to not bad for my first ever face......

Christmas Wall Art

 while I was home I can sit at my mom's kitchen table and get great shots of my favie little birdie!!!! so love it.

Well off to Olde Time Christmas in Lancaster, NH tonight, so love this time of the year!!!! Visiting my fav store that is closing it's doors, very very sad but understandable with the way the money problem is today...which just makes me want to open my shop in my home so bad....soon....

February Already

Can't believe is February already and I haven't posted anything yet....been busy with my girls in school with mid-terms to prepare for and my oldest daughter had a drama program that just finished their show this past weekend..this momma is happy for all the car running around and late night practices (dinners warm up more times than I like).
But happen endings to all! Now onto working on some items for me, with it being February and Valentines Day coming up I am itching to sew up some prim hearts. Creating some Valentine cards and treats for my family and friends.
I am ready for creative time, it just relaxes me and makes my heart warm and fussy, lol!!!
We have had many snowstorms lately, and as I type was are getting more snow we are expected to get other 3-5 inches tonight. We have so much snow now that roofs are failing, ours are still ok, but the ice build up scares me. Lee says it's ok, but I worry that it will leak back into the house or make a hole when it falls onto the other roof.
Spending time watching tv with my girls tonight and hoping to start some stitching. I am in the mood to sew a quilt or make a applique wall hanging. I will take pics of what I create for you all to see. For I love to look at others artwork it's fun to see every ones style and art.
Evening everyone.

A New Year 2011

Well this is a late Thank You to Sandy over at "Olde Country Cupboard" blog!! I was one of the lucky winners to receive this prim goodness of wonderful smelling soy tarts and this adorable feather tree..I so love it Sandy thank you again.

 The next photo is of my nephew craving his first deep fried turkey and soooooo good tasting the best turkey I have had...can't wait for the next family gathering.

 And of course we stayed in on New Years which I think alot of people do for safety reasons..it was storming here in New Hampshire, my daughter Emilee and I made it till midnight. Lee was in to much pain to stay up any longer, Emilee and I had a blast, we watched a musical and celebrated together..

 Emilee and I on 1-1-2011!!!!!!!

Peggy Lee

What I've been Doing!

Well I haven't been doing this, no my girls decided last week to go out and make a snowman, I came out and said well that's only half and they died laughing to them they built enough-I couldn't resist but snap some pics.

a snowman family!

I've been busy inside our nice warm home, creating Christmas gift, here is a box I painted and covered with scrapbook papers, created these rolled roses, the box is filled with handmade cards.

another snow day....

more playing with tags

here is a sample of a card class I took at the store I work at...

so not much else for news trying to finish up our Christmas shopping and creating. For more information on my paper crafting hop over to my other blog Creative Scraps by Peggy Lee.

Life's Moments

My title for this post is life moments for a very emotional heartfelt meaning that I hold dear to my heart. See this photo is of my husband Lee and I, early this year just a few days after our 18th year anniversary. Last week Lee was schedule for Rotor Cuff surgery, it was suppose to be an easy two hour surgery which ended up being over five hours and complications to follow. Lee had suffered a little heart failure while in surgery...he had pasted all the test to see if you can handle surgery, no one expected this to happen. He didn't fully wake up from this surgery for over three and half hours, complaining he couldn't breath-to find out his lungs had filled up with fluid from being on his side for a long time (which later we found out his heart wasn't working well enough for the lungs to work). The next day he was sent down to a bigger Hospital for a heart procedure to see if Lee had any blockages in his heart...and after a few hours the surgeons found he had 3 blockages and a narrowing of a y shape one, so another four hour surgery to put in stents and relieve his heart and lungs...all this to say I am happy to report he is home now recovering not only from one simple surgery but two big ones.
So for this Thanksgiving our family is so thankful to have Lee, honey, daddy with us for more happy moments to share. (you see the doctors told us that it was a good thing he had shoulder surgery for we would have never known about his heart and with the percentages of blockages Lee had he wouldn't have survived an heart attack.) wow that spoke volumes to me, hit me like a ton of bricks...I was strong for my daughters, but truthfully when alone in my bed late into the night I would cry and thank the Lord for keeping Lee with us...I will slow down and value life more with my family, and friends.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my prim friends!!!!!! enjoy life's simple moments and share them

around the house

I can not believe that it is already November!!! Our fall is fastly leaving and we had some snow already-here is a little peek of fall!!!! Love these colors but they don't stay long enough for me outside...so I created some fall garland to keep the beautiful rich colors longer....
November is the month devoted to Thanks. I am so blessed and thankful for my family, friends and blog friends. Thankful that God has given my the gift of crafting and creating!!!! What are you thankful for?

Celebrated 4th & Prim Art

Happy 4th of July to all my prim friends, as you can see in this photo the Baker family is really enjoying the night air and the fireworks...we had a blast!!!!
some of my photos came out really good of the fireworks, I have been taking pics for years and I think these ones are the best I have ever taken...

grand blast!!! ohhh ahhhh ohhh everyone yelled....

with the holiday celebration, I found some free time to play in my studio (when I really should have been cleaning it) here I created some EMBELLIES for my 4th scrapbook layouts I will be working on....

I was so inspired I decided to create these little prim artwork...they are so cute and fun to make...

Hope you and your family had a great 4th of July...

Peggy Lee

Where did my time go?

Our first cook out and camp fire for the year, we have been so super busy since prom passed us. Right into end of school finials, pool season started at work and really busy there. With graduations and parties life needs to slow down. But as you can see in the next photo life doesn't slow down when you get a snake visiting you in your dishwasher....eeekkkk

Isn't he kind of cute, not!!!!! He must of came in the house on the tomato plants we brought in for the night. Lee but him back outside, the poor little guy didn't like Lee kept on biting or trying to bite Lee's hand, his little mouth just couldn't fit on his finger.

Memorial Day our town has a little parade and Lee is one of the guys firing the rifle, it was a beautiful day and then we had friends over for a cookout. Now the tears start to flow, here is our youngest daughter Emilee graduating from 8th grade, she even received an award. We are so proud of her.

Emilee and her father. love this photo, daddy was so proud of his little girl. Boy they grow up was too fast. Now both our girls will be in High School, one a Freshmen and one a Senior.

I have been getting the bug to create some more primitive items, a line of cards would be nice, and some stitchery. I hope to create some over the summer. Enjoy your family and friends with a cool ice tea and a slice of watermelon.

What I've been Doing!

First let me say I will be happy when May is over, what a crazy month for me. Olivia's 17th birthday, Mother's Day, and Prom wrapped up in one month way to much....end of the school year coming to a close next month and now getting the yard ready for summer and working on our flower beds and preparing a garden whoooo!!! While working in the yard my husband stumbled upon this little guy we have named him "Bill" he is leaving under our shed, I said ohhh great he is living life free under our hotel and pretty soon have a free buffet for meals....time for a fence around the garden. But Bill is so cute!!! Olivia's 17th birthday party, it got really loud with the Karaoke singing. They had a blast!!!

Olivia's Prom 2010, here she is dancing with her father before the parents had to leave for the night. It's nice for the parents get to come and see everyone before the prom starts. Great photo moments.

Olivia and Heidi getting pics done at our friends house.

I have been so busy with all this and working now my time is nuts, sorry for the lack of blogging but we are enjoying the nice weather before it's gone...here on the East Coast you take what you get because the weather changes so fast. see ya soon

News from Peggy Lee

I have been busy making scrapbook layouts for awhile now, trying to be creative everyday for more scrapbook inspiration hop over to my other blog http://pegbaker.blogspot.com the flowers are made from strips of fabric I had laying around my sewing area, simple tied a knot at one end and rolled toward me and glued as I turned. I will post a more detailed post and pics soon. I have started my veggies inside but the weather isn't helping us outside, here in East Coast it can be touch and go in the Spring.
as you can see in the this next photo which was at the end of April, we got 9 inches of snow of course it melted right away but yuck, the weather man is saying for more snow this weekend. Come on I want summer already......winter is so long here.

more inspiration-trying my hand at blending inks over stamped images..love how these came out, going to make them into wall art for our house.

Here is Olivia she just turned 17 years old on Wednesday, where does the time go, she was only 7 when we moved home. Olivia is doing a little better with her health but we are still waiting for some test to come back.

blessings, Peggy Lee

What I've been Doing!

Spring is trying to come in the Northeast Coast here in New Hampshire, yes today is going to be a beautiful sunny day Yeah more yard work to be done....

Here is a pic of my daughter Olivia and me, you see my time has been spent taking care of her, she has been very ill for over a month and we have been in and out of doctor offices, blood work and missing alot of school. These photos are from last week, Olivia had a small procidure done. Now we are on the waiting game again for the test to come back. This is why I have been away from blogging. Sorry for that.

Poor girl first time in a hospital gown, room and hooked up the tubes, she wasn't very happy but they let her bring in her favorite frog....next photo is a layout I did with some new scrapbook papers I bought, I love how it turned out..and it's of Olivia.

Blessings, Peggy Lee

Resurrection Sunday

Morning prim friends, today is Resurrection Sunday. Our Lord Jesus Christ Has Resin and Lives!!
Mark 16 (NIV)
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
But when the looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they alarmed.
Don't be alarmed, he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen!

Celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Today and Everyday-build memories and sing Praises to Him.
Enjoy

Spring time Creation

handmade paper flowers-they are so fun and pretty to make, I realized I didn't have any Easter decoration to hang in the house. So I created this Easter Egg wall hanging. I just love how it came out.

looks so chic agaisnt the old chipped window hanging in the kitchen.
God's Beauty-breath takening...