Calling Dr. CrEaTIVe!!!!!

I AM A CREATIVE MESS!

Last week seemed like a lost week of creativity. So many things to do during the summer, not to say I didn't enjoy last week but I did and do miss the creative process. Usually I lay awake dreaming up new projects but I must have hit CREATIVE BLOCK, YIKES...I can't imagine!


So I am calling Dr. Creative STAT! Who is Dr. Creative? It's you! All my blog land friends can jump start me with just one sentence, how cool is that? I want to thank so many of you that share your creative lives and inspire so many of us when we hit a rut, and I bet you don't even know it. Sometimes I post and I think does this really matter to anyone and then I receive comments that make my day. So keep sharing and posting I am off to visit all the wonderful Dr. Creatives. Check back and see if I have been cured.

I did submit photos to the Shades of Inspiration last week the color was brown. I thought I would share a few.

A Mosaic piece I made and named STEAMING TEACUPS

Tiles I found at a sale and just couldn't resist...now the question, what am I going to do with these?

Pheasant Feathers. Who but Mother Nature could make something so beautiful?

Leaving you with Mother Nature's Freckles.

See You Creatively SOON!

Enjoy!

Kelley

After the Holi-DAZE

The 4th of July has come and gone. Does that really mean summer is half over ....please, please, NO! It seems like it just arrived. We were very fortunate to enjoy so many friends and family over the 4th! Now it's time to visit all my friends in blogland and tell you I am very behind in all the things I want to tell you.


I was presented with my first award from Mya about Creative Musings with Mya, a fellow Michigander. She is one talented lady! Visit her blog and I guarantee you will be happy you did!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MYA! You truly have made me feel very special.

ARTE Y PICO AWARD!

How does this award work?

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone. 3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name of and link to the blog that presented her/him with the award.4. The award winner and one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.Now comes the hard part. Choosing the five that inspire me.

Now I have the opportunity to pass this award on to my deserving fellow bloggers. They are:

Pam Warden at Pam Warden Art. Pam has just given birth to her new blog and it is a beautiful baby girl.


Joanne Kennedy at My Little Cottage in the Making. She is having a A Christmas In July Give Away for all of us to participate in, OH HOW FUN! I also want to mention she made me look very shiny at a 4th Picnic by making her Chocolate Covered Strawberries, YUM!


Kay Ellen at Kay Ellen Designs. She is fabulous interior decorator and a great photographer, she will leave you feeling great every time.


Ceekay at Thinkin of Home. This lady always makes me smile be it from the lovely comments she leaves to her great posts.

Patty at On The Way. This is an unconventional blog for an award because SHE DOESN'T HAVE A BLOG. Now let me tell you this is a real shame! She is the bright daisy in my Mad Hatters Tea Party Post. Although I must tell you she outshines any daisy in the garden, she is talented is so many ways and she is genius when it comes to knitting. She has been my own little cheerleader in blogland so now is the time...Start that blog so we all can meet you!!!

If you like leave a comment for her here and she will see it.

Thanks to all of you ladies for sharing so much of your talent, humor and lives with all of us!

Now let's find out who is the lucky June Give Away Winner is !!!!!!!

Diana Lyn from Candles From the Heart Congratulations!

Happy to be back in Blogland!

Kelley

A "Garden" going to The Mad Hatters Tea

OH the day is here!

Time for Miss V's Mad Hatters Tea Party
at A FANCIFUL TWIST

We have been so busy all week working on our costumes. What will we wear, what will be?

Finally a Garden Party Theme was agreed upon...now comes the tricky part...

What flower will they be??? Oh my such a big decision, this is how it went...

The beautiful Queen of The Carnivale, an enchanting creation made by Miss V. herself. This girl has attitude and insisted that she pick first since she personally knows Miss V. Although there is conflict, The Duchess of Avian Falls is an art doll of Miss V's and has known her the longest.


Guess who won? You got it the Queen herself, the Duchess politely agreed to The Queen choosing first. This just illustrates the kind soul The Duchess is. She could have reminded the Queen that her real name is Sascha LaGreca and really isn't royalty, she is a gypsy that is a bit on the bossy (but very beautiful) side.

SO the Queen chooses first. She will be a rose. How appropriate! Immense beauty full of thorns.






Now it is time for The Duchess of Avian Falls to choose. She shyly picks to be a Day Lily. The quiet member of the garden that sits in the background and blooms throughout the season.




Next Chrissie, my unconventional, Guardian Angel. She knows she needs to pick a BOLD flower or no one will recognize her (isn't that the plan). She finally decides the geranium she will be.






Now it is time for Miss Goody New Shoes. This girl has a hard enough time picking which shoes to wear. Let alone which flower to be. She takes her sweet time and still can't decide.

Positive, sometimes poopy, Patty has had enough and she tries to reason with MGNS(Miss Goody New Shoes) and tells her to be practical . Oh my, perhaps that wasn't the best advice Patty could have given her. MGNS screams "what does practical have to do with it"? Now Patty tries to reason with her using her sociology degree which MGNS totally misunderstands and says "if you are such an expert in social work why don't you know anything about parties"? OH BOY Patty changes from Positive to Sometimes Poopy Patty and tells MGNS she has chosen for her. She will be an IMPATIENT!




Finally Positive Patty is back and she reasonably picks to be a daisy. I couldn't agree with her more. A flower that gives all season and always has a sunny personality. (unless MGNS messes with her).


Now it is my turn, what will I be? All of a sudden I smell a wonderful scent in the air and realize that the peonies are blooming. Yes, I will be a Peony. The lovely flower that blooms big just once a year but as the years go by she gets stronger and stronger.




Last but not least is Cutter Bug, my Yorkshire Terrier-est. In true form he is being difficult. He insists that boys can't be flowers. I try to sell several different manly choices...
















A Hosta? No!


An Astillibe? No Way!

How about a Purple Petunia (I knew that would push him over the edge).

Cutter Bug: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING! I want to be a prince.


Me: A Prince?


Cutter Bug: Yes, I want to be a prince!!!


Me: I don't know about a prince being part of our garden party. Perhaps you could be frog and hope a beautiful maiden at the party will take pity on you and give you a KISS and POOF you become a prince.



Finally we have come to a compromise!



Look at all of us in our flowery finery as we head to our awaiting coach.


The Queen, a rose among thorns.



The ever steady Duchess of Avian Falls

My Guardian Angel, Chrissie, one of the few times she isn't flying

around on those beautiful wings

Miss Goody New Shoes trying to learn Patience

and ever ready with her purse (like we don't know who she is).

The Positive, rarely poopy, Patient, Precious Patty with her ever shining Daisy Smile

The Cutter Bug, once again having his own way.

We are ready!

We are all tucked nicely in our coach,

ON OUR WAY to see you at

Miss V's, A Fanciful Twist

Thank you Miss V for hosting such a great event.

I Hope you ENJOY!
Kelley

P.S. Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered in my Mini Me Clock Give Away!
A Mini clock of the one pictured above

Good Luck!

Prelude to a Party

ONE MORE DAY UNTIL... THE BIG PARTY AT MISS V'S A FANCIFUL TWIST.

ooooooh EVERYONE AT OUR BLOG IS GETTING ANTSY ABOUT THE PARTY,

LET'S TAKE A SNEAK PEAK WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE PARTY FROM OUR BLOG.

I just can't wait it is going to be so much fun. I can feel the creative juices flowing in blogland. Are you ready??? Visit Miss V and see all the pre-party details so you don't miss a thing.

Let Me Introduce...




THE QUEEN OF THE CARNIVALE
a.k.a Sascha LaGreca

The lovely creation by Miss V. you can read all about Sascha and her birth, just click here.
Now I do have a WARNING... This girl has ATTITUDE!

CUTTER BUG My little BFF, the terrier-ist. Hopefully he will show this time. His appearance at the Tea Party From Afar was less than polite.

CHRISSIE-My unconventional (i.e. crazy) guardian angel.

POSITIVE SOMETIMES POOPY PATTY- No one could ask more from a friend








THE DUCHESS OF AVIAN FALLS-She is another creation of Miss V's. She has had a tragic life, you can read her heart wrenching story here.

MISS GOODY NEW SHOES-How many shoes can one girl have? That was stupid question.

SEE YOU AT THE PARTY. TO SEE OTHER BLOGS THAT WILL BE ATTENDING JUST CLICK HERE AND YOU CAN VIEW THE GUEST LIST.

Enjoy!
Kelley

OH I forgot to tell you I am having Mad Tea Party Give Away...stop by Saturday and leave a comment and you will be entered.

Photographing THE BLUES

I have been busy this week photographing "the blues" the color of the week for Shades of Inspiration. I thought I would just share a few of my favorites.

Morning Flowers

Blues Bird Bath-that I made several summers ago

It has seen betters days

A Riot of Garden Color

These remind me of tiny blue snowflakes

A Old Blue window I'm mosaicing

This is the top of the purse I made for my Mother-In-Law

for Mother's Day

Bunny Blues

Well that should chase away any "blues" you might have. Thanks for visiting!

Side note-I have heard lots of chatter on the blogisphere about Miss V's party on Saturday-Hope you will be there! Be ready for fun, fun, fun see you there!

Enjoy!

Kelley

The Yorkie Paparazzi

I am still having fun participating in the Shades of Inspiration, color of the week challenge. Every week we feature a different color, this week it is WHITE so you can imagine I am on a white treasure hunt throughout the week. Although I have had a special mission when I get my camera out...TO GET A PICTURE OF "CUTTER". In an earlier post, A Tea Party From Afar, my camera shy Yorkie, "Cutter", would only let me take a "hide and Seek" picture. SO...since then I have been possessed with getting a picture of "Cutter". I have become the Yorkie Paparazzi, stalking the little fella when I think he isn't aware of my mission. HA! He is winning, we are on our third week of picture taking and this is usually what I get...

Now this does make me...

but I can't believe this little guy is constantly outsmarting me

SO I continue taking pictures of things that will stay still for my camera

Pretending all the while that taking "Cutter's" picture is not all that important....I act like I am totally fascinated by all the white flowers within my lens range and then...

I turn and SNAP a picture of the ever elusive "Cutter Bug", YEA!

He is my BEST LITTLE BUDDY and now you can see what a cute little bugger he is.

Enjoy Your Weekend,

Kelley

A PARTY with Miss V!

Miss Vanessa it throwing a party on June 28th. Check it out and plan to show up in your crazy party best and enjoy all the lovely guests.

SEE YOU THERE!

Enjoy!

Kelley