Paper flowers

Okay so I was going to post about them and I forgot to take more pictures . so here's what I got.. I did not put Bling in the centers yet so these one are incomplete. These are my new favorite ones to make. I started with these paper flower on Leah Fung's blog http://leahfung.typepad.com/ . she has lots of great ideas and is great with flowers and they call her the flower lady .

My design is funky and I used lots of glimmer mist and vintage papers (found at local thrift shops) .

Altered Book class

I am so excited !! I finally will be teaching an altered book class at Scrapers and Stampers Delight, In Boise Id. I will call it (SSD) for short. I am posting my photo's on here I am very excited about this book and how it turned out. Thank you Cam, you are inspiring! I finished this book so fast and normally they take me forever . Please leave me comments on what you think and I will be posting on the paper flowers tomorrow. Oh yeah I am teaching on Jan.20 from 6pm to 9pm you can sign up at the store . It's a really fun class and lots of fun so come and see me .

Altered Twilight

so this is my ART table yes it is covered with stuff but I have room to create. I am working on some altered books . Twilight books altered it's so much fun and inspiring . I can rip and shred and paint and glitter and all kinds of fun techniques. I will add photots as I finish but for now I still working on them .

A little Birdie told Me

so I have super busy and have not had any time to blog but tonight I decide to open up my "Bravery box". I had kind of a bad start of the week it's the holidays and my hubby is not here. I miss him and then I thought about something that happend to me at Brave Girls Camp . Every morning you could go on a hike and of course I did a bunch of us walked and chatted along the way the first hike we did I needed to run I needed to forget everything so I ran I ran hard and as far as I knew I could go. I felt free , I felt like a bird soaring through the air and light and airy. I had time to free my spirit and take in the beauty around me and breathe the mountain air. After my short run most the girls were at the bottom of the hill. We took some beautiful pictures and chatted about life. on the way back I walked slow to take in the mountains and hold back some of my tears from the beauty. When we arrived back at the cabin I sat by Melody Ross and her and her husband Marq asked me about my hubby and we talked then she held out in her hand a small army man . She said " Now he can always be with you " . The weird part is that the army man was randomly found on the porch after the hike.I don't know if she knows how much that meant to me but words can not express it. Latter we went to the beautiful art tent and started our " A little birdie told me books" I was really excited until I realize what it was . It's hard for me to explain but the best way I can put it is messages to myself to remind me I am brave, beautiful and unique.

I am sharing these with you the picture above says Dear Christi, Angels are watching over you right now ...beside you..in front of you ..behind you ..you do not travel alone.

Dear , christi You were never meant to fit in you were meant to stand out as a light in the darkness.

these are just a few the others are very personal . I am sharing this because I needed to this week . I have had so much going on in my life that I needed that reminder I was never meant to fit in and I do have angels watching out for me and my husband. So a little birdie did tell me and stared at me at target ( I will explain this one later). I am Brave when I want to be and I do hard things.

This is SCARY

This is my Art apace and right now it's a bit messier than this picture . I don't know were to start . I walk in a start cleaning but I get side tracked on a project I would love to finish or I get into sketching down idea's . My art room is a battle felid and I trying to clean it up .. a friend of mine we have a contest to see whose Craft room gets done quicker I think she might win . I think I might be working on it for a long time, but I will post after pictures and show maybe progress or a cleaned up space . So this is my biggest project I would love to win the contest of cleanest craft room . Or I might find someone I could pay to do it for me .. I wonder if that is cheating ..We never set to many rules.. So today I am going to go into my SCARY craft room and NOT work on projects and CLEAN...CLEAN ...CLEAN and try to get it a least started

Go Were the peace is ...

for the last two weeks I have have sat and pondered what else I could possibly write about Brave Girls ...There is just so much and my mind has been spinning and trying to wrap it's self around all the wonderful things that came from Brave Girls.

The next 2 1/2 days were filled with beautiful art and friendships that are Forever

We got to listen to Beautiful music sang by Kathy and her sister Linda ,they are breath taking .

And of course had wonderful food ...I love this place I love the people and it has changed me and I am forever great full to Melody , Kathy and their Family .

This is a what I have learned ...

God , he never will leave us comfortless and alone he is always with us . There is more to life life than stuff ,, Family is so important . Friends who build us up and not tear us down and love us for us even when we keep them up till 3 am . Flying is hard at times but I can and I will! I can go were the peace is , I can find what gets me through and be happy with the now and not worry about the latter . I can follow my dreams that my mom has always said to . I will be were the peace is ...and I will fly and soar .

Brave Girls Camp

I am sure if you have not heard about this this .... You will

I am a different person because of this place . I am not great with words but I do know that I can try to express how I felt and how I feel now .

It's been a hard year in a half I have been though things that more people have never dreamed of I had been following a Blog "Melody's Sofa " and found myself saying if she can weather any storm so can I . Then she wrote about having broken wings and learning to fly again . I am that bird with the feathers and the wings that forgot how to fly . I had forgotten what I truly loved in life .. I know I loved my husband and our kids but I was not sure If I could love my self .

I will be forever great full for Brave Girls ...

When I read about the camp I signed up as soon as I could I wanted to be there no matter what . I first met Connie who got to stay at my home and I picked her up at the airport and we both walked by each other ( we had both dyed our hair darker ) then we stayed up till 1 am . We left Eagle at 10:30 ish and drove on a crazy windy road ...We had two stops one at a scenic byway and another close to the cabin .

I was looking forward to the second stop I was very car sick and I had taken anti nausea pills (they did not work). When we got there I said I need to get some air and then Melody came down from the cabin and gave us these loving hugs like she had known us for years. then she told us to take out our bird seed and leave our worries to the birds.

Candice another brave girl and I decided to walk back to the cabin . I was so glad she wanted to walk to .

When we got there in side was beautiful .. I was so overwhelmed our pictures were hung from twinkle lights and everyone was hugging you and I lost it ....Kathy (Melody's sister ) I had been talking to allot on the phone I felt like I knew her she wrapped her arm around me and said they would take good care of me .

We had a wonderful breakfast and then were told we get to go to the art tent . This is when I got really excited .. I love to be creative ! On the outside it looked like a tent from Mash . On the inside WOW pure beauty and beyond words . And then pure magic beyond what I can express, the friendships formed at our table and the beautiful women around us. The No judgements , The we LOVE you for you .

At dinner The Food was perfect and SO SO good Thank you Kathy and Family you are the best . It was beautiful I felt like I has left my scary world and found love and peace .

We had a beautiful fireside that night and we learned from the beautiful Tamera that we make our choices and we can choose in life and our pain is ours . This has changed allot about how I feel and when I got home we had a big choice to make if my hubby would stay in Iraq another year or come home in Feb. Yes .. I have been holding this so secret and holding my breath at times and praying that this was not the right choice . Today we both decided he will be home in 3 1/2 months that's not that far away. I still have to pray at times for the strength that I can , BRAVE it out for 3 months .

There Is so much more to this retreat and I am at a brain freeze and I think I will post much more tomorrow ...So keep a watch out .