Tuesday, July 31, 2012

At The Beach





These are my glue book pages for
July's blissfullARTswaps group.

Thank you for visiting today!

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly


Monday, July 30, 2012

Something New Mondays

Introducing my very first
Steampunk art piece!

I had so much fun creating this for
my swap partner, Lynn.
(you can see the amazing piece I received from Lynn here).

I used this great image from
The Graphics Fairy.

I have wanted to try my hand at the Steampunk style for quite a while now,
I am a huge Tim Burton fan,
so I cannot believe it took me this long to jump in.

I feel revitalized creatively,
which has inspired me to keep going,
to try something new each week,
and hopefully,
post about it here on
Something New Mondays.

I would also love to hear how you have challenged yourself this week.
Please leave a comment sharing your story.

I am linking to:





and for a little retail therapy,
check out the shops linking to:


 
Thank you for visiting!

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly


Friday, July 27, 2012

Another Reminder

Only a few days left to save 25% at
aJOY2bheld.etsy.com!
Sale ends midnight July 31st.

Simply enter:
MERRY25

in the discount code box at checkout.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

July ATCs Must Be In The Mail!

Here are our swappers for July:

Karla - arrived
Sabrina - arrived
Tabitha - mailed
Sherry - arrived
Sylvia - arrived
Jane - arrived
Amy B
Amy Y
Liz - arrived
Marva?
me
 
Anyone who has not been marked as arrived or mailed,
please leave a comment here,
as to status.
 
Reminder,
there will be no August swap,
swaps will return in September.
 
enJOY a lovely weekend,
Kimberly
 
 

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

A Happy UNbirthday Swap


This is the Happy UNbirthday Cake Box
I created for my swap partner.
The swap was hosted by

I love these little banner stamps,
they are from
Anna Griffin.

I filled it with some of my favorite things,
I hope Terri likes them too.

enJOY a lovely day,
and Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Sharing Beautiful Swaps And A Little Thanks

Let me begin with a heart-filled thank you
for all of the kind words left on my last post.
Your kindness lifted my spirit,
and I am once again looking for the
Blessings in each day.

Please enJOY peeking at all of these
beautiful works of art
that I have received in recent swaps.

Above is the gorgeous card that
included with the beautiful heart
I shared in my last post.

I was so very happy to be paired with
in our
blissfullARTswaps group
for the steampunk Altoids tin swap.
The level of detail and story she tells with all of these
bits and pieces
is simply incredible.

This is the lovely tag I received from
in a private swap.
So sweet.

Our super talented and super, super busy swap hostess,
made these beautiful little fabric tri-folds for
blissfullARTswaps'
recylced charm swap.

Here are the gorgeous pieces I received.
Wendy did a post here
with close-ups and links.

JoAnne hosted a
mini mermaid card swap
over at
The Vintage Dragonfly's Yahoo Group.
JoAnne posted pictures and links to all the swappers

Tabitha hosted a
Happy UNbirthday Cake Swap,
and I was paired with Terri,
lucky, lucky me.

As if my "cake" was not awesome enough,
here are the amazing goodies that were packed inside.
I cannot wait to play with these.

Thanks so very much to all of these beautiful women
for sharing their talents with little old me.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Mixed Blessings


I must confess, that I threw myself a great big pity party this week.
The humidity was horrid,
the grass pollen unbearable,
 the air quality oppressive,
and I felt miserable,
but yesterday,
I was able to open up the whole house
and welcome in fresh air.

We went to a wonderful dinner with our dearest friends on Wednesday.
He has just completed chemo
for the second time in 6 years.
We were hoping that the worst would be over,
but it seems the doctor gave mixed news.
(I would so appreciate a prayer or two for him).
They were the kindest most thoughtful people before the cancer battle,
and they are the strongest and most inspirational since.
We have the best time with them, always.


My beloved Mr. was in a very frightening car accident on Friday.
He drives (drove) a Corvette convertible.
He was struck broadside on the drivers' side.
He is fine,
the car is not
(it's only stuff).

Finally, I love swapping,
and I pride myself on being a conscientious swapper,
this week I missed the deadline on a swap for the first time,
but I received another swap in the mail.
All of these beautiful images are of the perfectly beautiful heart
that I received from dear Dorthe.
We agreed to a private swap,
the only request I made was that
 she include a small bit of drift wood in whatever she created for me.
I cannot thank you enough Dorthe.

I try not to get overly preachy about things here,
and I have never discussed my belief system before.
I am a Christian,
and all that implies,
I feel God's hand in my daily life,
and am grateful for that. 

Looking back over the events of this past week,
I cannot help but beg of you
 to
enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly


Saturday, July 21, 2012

Christmas In July Sale!

I need to clear out my shop to make room for
new Halloween and Christmas items.

For a 25% discount off everything at
aJOY2bheld.etsy.com
simply enter the code
MERRY25
at checkout.

The sale runs until the end of the month.

On or about August 1st,
I will begin listing
Halloween goodies
and
a week or two after that
I will start stocking the shop
for Christmas.

Thank you for stopping in for a visit today!

enJOY a lovely Saturday,
& Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Friday, July 20, 2012

Mailing Deadline Is Only A Week Away!

Here are our swappers for July:

Karla
Sabrina
Tabitha
Sherry
Sylvia
Jane
Amy B
Amy Y
Liz
Marva?
me

Still time to sign-up, here,
ATCs are due to in the mail in one week,
Friday, July 27th.

There will be no ATC swap for the month of August,
I have already begun my Christmas creations,
and am up to my eyeballs in glitter these days.
We will resume the swap in September.

enJOY a beautiful weekend,
& Your Blessings,
Kimberly



 

Friday, July 13, 2012

2 More Weeks

A Lovely Day At The Beach
Swap is due in the mail 2 weeks from today,
July 27th.

Here is our list of swappers:
Karla
Sabrina
Tabitha
Sherry
Sylvia
Jane
Amy B.
Amy Y.

There is still time to sign-up,
just as long as you can meet the mailing deadline.

enJOY a lovely weekend,
and Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Thursday, July 12, 2012

June's ATC Recap

June's swap went out in last Saturday's mail,
so just about everyone should have their returns by now.
So, here's a peek at the great mermaid ATCs
that were swapped out this month.









Just a note to our group,
Sabrina enJOYed creating her mermaids so much
that she sent along a few extras,
which I randomly tucked into a few packets.
So, if you received an extra card,
now you know who to thank.

Thanks so much to a fun
and talented group of swappers!

Remember sign-ups are still open for July's swap,
"A Lovely Day At The Beach."

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Mini Mermaids Swap







These are the mini cards (1 x 3 inches)
I created for JoAnne's mermaid swap.

This are the first mini cards I have ever done.
I do hope it's ok that I went off the card on most.
I never could stay in the lines.

Thanks so much for visiting today.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly
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