Creative Moments

It's been a long long time

2010-07-13T18:45:00.001-07:00

I haven't posted here for a long time, it's not that I haven't been doing anything, it's just I've not felt my unfinished stuff would interest you. I get a point in some of my work that I say "o.k., I like this but now what?" and I tend to walk away hoping divine intervention will soon arrive.
this is a bench I received from my friend Janice. It sat in my family room for a time and then on my front porch for 23 years. Yup, 23 years. The cap of one of the arms popped off when I was washing it after the winter, and I needed new cushions. So now what? I've been doing some furniture refinishing, and like anything I do, I'm obsessed. I thought O.k. I'll just glue the cap back on and paint it black and maybe get another year out of it. It's a great place to sit in the shade and read. Well when I took it into the shop to work on my co-strippers went wild, "look at the wood" or "it's going to be fabulous when you strip and refinish it." considering my husband said "don't bring this back". I thought, huh! I think I'll strip it.
after a great deal of banging, these were the nails holding a couple of pieces of plywood down, forever.
It's now resting for the summer in the workshop, we can't work in the shop during the summer months no air, and too toxic with the stripper fumes. The wood under the many layers of paint looks good, I'm thinking a nice dark port, and then what, I can't put this much effort into a piece and then put plywood back on the seat. I'm thinking cane, but that's a skill I know nothing about, yet another new adventure.

Mellow Yellow Monday, No more...

2010-04-19T14:26:00.000-07:00

Mellow Yellow Monday, is hosted by Drowsy Monkey, check out the other participants.

It was a sunny, warm day, I had a reminder call from my mother-in-law to prune my roses. She doesn't know that whilst installing our new Air Conditioner in January, in the mist of a snow storm, most of my roses were demolished by my husband and the installers. So, I pruned what they didn't kill, and noticed my Daffodils were no more...they're being moved, for an all new adventure next spring.

I have to add a postscript to this post. I've been married to this man for 31 years, and every spring he does things to my garden and the plant is no more. I don't think it's intentional, anyway, I've now blockaded various areas of the yard. Next it will be crime scene tape. I should also like to tell you that is might be a joke of mother nature, or maybe God was just having an off day. My mother-in-law, the biological mother of my husband can grow anything, anywhere. She cuts off a little snippet of something, anything sticks it in the ground, never buys expensive fertilizers, none of that modern horticultural stuff and it's a jungle out there. So how does one have a son that pulls a beautiful poppy thinking it's a dandelion? God is such a trickster. In the background of my daffodils you can see my already done blooms of crocus' , the bunny had a feast.

Mellow Yellow Monday,

2010-04-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

A long while ago, when my boys were in elementary school, one of the authors that did a visit suggested we start our weeks with "the best thing about ... is and the worst thing about...is. So with that in mind, the best thing about Monday is yellow. A splash of yellow does make things happy, so thank you to Drowsy Monkey for hosting this Mellow Yellow Monday meme.

I posting this lovely little book, remember the "little golden books". This is a definite up-cycle of a book that was once loved and then discarded. A little creation I purchased from ONE OF A KIND. at Margi Laurin...maker of stuff booth.

On the inside not only do you get the story of our little Cookie Monster, but blank pages for notes and stuff. I originally bought this book to use as a cookie recipe booklet, but have just thought wouldn't this make a great little journal for a new mom with a baby. The story of the book could act as a journal prompt. How cool would that be.

O.K. now that I've justified journal books, I can jump to my real reason for rationalizing altered type books. I'm off to Art and Soul in Virginia, and the class I'm trying to convince myself I need to take is still open. I've just decided I'm in.

Happy Postcard Friendship Friday #6

2010-04-09T06:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Postcard Friendship Friday #6. Beth at The Best Hearts Are Crunchy is hosting this meme once again today, check out her beautiful collection if you have a moment.

Today my tribute in postcards is to the sister of mine (and her hubby) who follows the sun. They recently rested in ARUBA.

The back of the post cards have a beautiful stamp.

This one is also lovely, and check out the recipe on the reverse. What were they indulging in? Those Retiree's you know!

If I were...

2010-04-02T16:44:00.000-07:00

Today while just checking around I stumbled upon this at Lisa's blog, who got it from Tara's blog who got it someplace else, so I thought I'd try it.

If I were a month, I'd be June...
If I were a day, I’d be Sunday...

If I were a time of day, I’d be 3 p.m...
If I were a font, I’d be Book Antiqua....

If I were a sea animal, I’d be a sea horse....
If I were a direction, I’d be south...

If I were a piece of furniture, I'd be a wicker chaise lounge with puffy cushions...

If I were a liquid, I'd be a cool drink of Perrier...

If I were a gemstone, I'd be an amber...

If I were a tree, I'd be a magnolia...

If I were a tool, I'd be a jig saw...

If I were a flower, I'd be a frescia

If I were an element of weather, I'd be cool breeze on a hot summer day...

If I were a musical instrument, I'd be a harp!

If I were a colour, I'd be RED

If I were an emotion, I'd be LOVE.

If I were a fruit, I'd be a strawberry

If I were a sound, I'd be a whisper.

If I were an element, I'd be gold.

If I were a car, I'd be a Morgan...

If I were a food, I'd be a cream puff!

If I were a place, I'd be a Gazebo in Monet's garden...

If I were a material, I'd be a silk chemise...

If I were a taste, I'd be toffee :)

If I were a scent, I'd be dill.

If I were a body part, I'd be the heart.

If I were a song, I'd be ">Here.

If I were a bird, I'd be a canary.

If I were a gift, I'd be at a Faberge egg...

If I were a city, I'd be Krakow (the old part) :)

If I were a door, I'd be one with a handle like this.

If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be the Ruby Slippers

If I were a poem, I'd be...

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

-- Joyce Kilmer

xo

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Robins Egg Blues is Celebrating with a Giveaway

2010-02-25T09:26:00.000-08:00

Robins Egg Blues is Celebrating with a giveaway, you must check it out.

I've gotten my bug back today, so I'm sitting here to week to do to much, so I was blog hopping. I stopped by some of my favorites and discovered this wonderful blog, I'll be catching up by reading backwards. But check it out it looks great.

We have a winner.

2010-02-15T08:43:00.000-08:00

The winner of my One World One Heart Giveaway is Pea of peascorner. Congratulations pea. I used the random generator selection process.

Pea Said:
Such a delightful giveaway, I would so love to win your gorgeous doll, I became a first time grandma a year ago:-) Please enter my name in your giveaway and make sure you come over to enter mine, I'm #116. Thank you! xox

thank you to all of you who stopped by and visited, I've met some truly remarkable people.

Dawn is celebrating her anniversary with a giveaway

2010-02-08T08:05:00.000-08:00

Sweet Dawn over at The Feathered Nest is having
a giveaway celebrating three years of blogging.
I am constantly amazed at the generosity of bloggers.

If you haven't yet entered, please read my One World One Heart posting and enter your name there to win one of my giveaways. And if you have already entered, good luck!

One World One Heart

2010-02-07T09:04:00.000-08:00

This post will stay at the top of my blog until Feb. 07, 2010

Today begins the One World One Heart event. This is an International Blogging Event hosted by A Whimsical Bohemian. I spotted this wonderful event on Nancy's Blog last year and immediately participated, this year I'm in full swing. I hope you have a chance to check the other participants out. It's a lot of fun and you meet bloggers from all over the world. For more information go Here.

I'm a lucky lady. This year many of my friends and family are becoming grandmothers. In their honor I'd like to offer this beautiful doll as a give-a-way. One of my New Year's resolution for 2009 was to tick off at least a few of the things on my bucket list. One of these things was the attendance and participation at an Painters Convention. I've painted in some form or other most of my adult life, but never really gone to conventions. This was the year. I also wanted to paint something/with some product I had never used. Thus this cute little baby. It's a Secrist Doll, painted with Genesis Paints. These are paints that are heated to become permanent. Very interesting process, and a great class. So I'd like to share my enthusiasm for this new adventure with you. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog.You must be a blogger to enter. A winner will be chosen by random select on Febuary 15th. Please leave your e mail address with your comment so I may contact you when you win. Good Luck and don't forget to check out the other participants in the One World One Heart Blogging Event.

Colour me Happy

2009-08-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

One of the design blogs I read,had a little colour quiz posted, Velvet and Linen I thought I do the quiz just to see how wacky my house and tastes are. so here it goes.

1. What's the first colour you see in the morning?

A warm old parchment colour is on my walls, almost a light bamboo. I love bamboo...

2. What colour are your eyes?

I think they are hazel, not green but not brown.

3. What colour do you wear most?

I like to wear all colours.

4. What colour do you never wear?

I'm tempted to say black, but I don't like myself in black but, now that I've gained so much weight I do wear it.

5. What colour gets you the most compliments?

I had a peachy/coral top once and I got so many people say it looked good on me, that I actually went out and bought another top.

6. What colour is your lipstick?

My favorite lipstick is cappuccino.

7. What colour was your living room when you were growing up?

Institution green. Gross.

8. What colour was your bedroom when you were growing up?

I painted the room often, but for some reason or other my mother refused to let us paint it anyother colour than different shades of mint green. Gross again. We use to (my sister and I) change our bedspreads to camouflage the gross green.

9. What colour are your sheets?

Custard yellow, very happy.

10. What colour was your favorit crayon as a child?

I loved all my crayons, probably the one that got worn down the fastest was Cherise.

11. What colour is your car?

I don't drive, but if I did, I'd have to buy a magenta blue car.

12. What colour was your prom dress?

Our prom was after our grad, so my dress was ivory.

13. What is your favorite gem stone?

Diamonds of course, aren't they a girls best friend.

14. What is your favorite flower?

Too many to say "favorite" but probably a gardenia.

15. What colour makes you happiest?

Rose, pink, red, any of those shades.

16. What colour depresses you?

Mint Green?

17. What colour calms you?

Cream, Ivory, taupe.

18. What colour makes you grind your teeth?

PURPLE.

19. What colour do you wear when you want to feel sexy?

RED.

20. What colour would you like to try but are scared to.

Black.

ABC Wednesday, A

2009-08-12T06:54:00.000-07:00

Today is ABC Wednesday, I hooked onto this site because it drives me to read, instead of watching wayyyyyyyyy too much T.V. and since there is nothing worth watching... So here's how it goes. Reading at the Beach is hosting an ABC Wednesday check it out.

Todays letter is A. My book is Alchemist, The. (I'm a library techy so the is not a significant part of the title, or at least I'm not letting it be today)

This story , is about a Shepherd boy named Santiago who traavels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point him in the direction of his quest.

This short book is one, my son passed on to me for some unknown reason, but it's todays quest or should I say tonights quest. I love reading the books my kids read, (they are really men now) just so we can have something more than chores to talk about at the dinner table.

Monday Morning ---Mellow

2009-08-03T07:36:00.000-07:00

I've started to read again. I'm so impressed with some of the reading blogs I visit that I know I'm missing out on a whole lot of world. I just can't stand not doing things that I know bring me pleasure. So I've jumped on the reading blog challenge. Stocked up and ready to roll, now just to stay awake... I don't think we appreciate the gift reading is to us. I often sit with my mom, who's vision is not what it use to be and think, I would die if I couldn't read, and yet I know that day will come, so do it NOW.

3 4 5 Reading challenge

2009-08-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

Chick Loves Lit is hosting this new challenge, I found it on Reading at the Beach, (wish I was). Anyway it may push me to read books piled high in my room.
Rules of this challenge:
It will run from August 1, 2009 to August 1, 2010
You may sign up at any point in this time period
To complete the challenge, you must read:
THREE books from one series
FOUR books from another series
FIVE books from another series.
Only books that you read between 8/1/09 & 8/1/10 count
The books you read may count for other challenges

O.k. Here are mine.

3
The Josephine B. Trilogy, Sandra Gullard

4
The Sweet Magnolias, Sherryl Woods
Stealing Home,
A Slice of Heaven
Feels like Family
Welcome to Serenity

5
The Boleyn Inheritance, Phillipa Gregory
Constant Princess
Virgins Lover
Queens fool
Other Boleyn girl.

Happy Reading.

Friday 56

2009-07-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

Friday 56: Murder at the Chateau.

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Then the OYSTER and the van driver mimicked vigorous haggling over the price of what the van would carry. Reaching a grudging agreement, the OYSTER and the driver carried boxes of fish from boat to van. Soon the First Lady and her friends shared the back of the smelly little vehicle with a load of fish.

Who knew Eleanor Roosevelt was a sleuth? I sure didn't, but since I like historical fiction I decided to read this before I labelled and shelved it in the library.

Friday 56

2009-07-03T09:45:00.000-07:00

I love to read. I've neglected my writing over the past year or so, and so my reading also suffers. I've decided to post on Friday 56 here, just to get me back to the book I cannot seem to finish.

Friday 56: Between You & Me

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog. Story time with Tonya
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

They're still struggling. And in the east they're still getting refugees from Darfur. Good example of international failings ahead of the next G8.

The book I'm struggling to finish is" Between you & Me", by Kirsty Scott, don't know why. but I only allow myself one book a year to abandon due to "not good enough to finish" so I really try hard to finish most, just in case you buy a book and pay god awful prices for it and hate it.

Perhaps I'll finish it today.

Mellow Yellow Monday's How to...

2009-06-22T01:09:00.000-07:00

When I first participated in the "Mellow Yellow Monday" I thought I'll never find enough yellow to do this for long. Well to my surprise, life is better with a splash of yellow in it. We began this project with an Ikea mirror, which had been primed with a flat paint, the mirror is taped off. And then you chose tiles and glass and cut and glue. You must then let this all set for at least 24 hrs. and then grout.

I was immediately drawn to the blues and yellows of the tiles, and so this is the result of my creation.

This was our learning piece, now we'll be watching for things to mosaic, our next project is a bird bath. I could kick myself, my mother's home had a porcelain pigeon which I either threw away or gave away, and now wouldn't he look great in my bird bath.

Brenda's Photo Challenge, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

2009-06-06T06:26:00.000-07:00

This week TheBrenda's Photo Challenge is hosted by Karen M. Thank You Karen. I don't have any difficulty in seeing the beauty around me, often things that I find beautiful no one else does, hence "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

I must admit I'm a basket junkie. When we were first married I went out and bought baskets, my husband had a fit, he said he wasn't working to pay for baskets, well he got over it. As a matter of fact when my beloved niece didn't have a bread basket, I just couldn't believe it, she's been married for 5years. I'll be fixing that.
I also need to draw your attention to the navy blue table cover, that's a tree skirt, a Christmas Tree skirt, it's a huge painting project that I've set my time for as Christmas in July, I love the blue of it I believe its a Catherine Holman Design I'm doing on it, Love Catherine Holman designs.

There are many other things I love to look at, and sometimes buy, when the price is right. I bought this little teacup when I was 12, yes 12, it cost 10cents at Pan Daca's store. I had used my snack money or bus money after polish school. I don't have the saucer for it, but I keep looking and look what I find in the process.
I always figure if I find a saucer for this teacup, I'll have to look for a cake plate to match, because no one has tea without a piece of delicious cake.

This is a figurine I picked up in Poland, about 30 years ago, again a real steal, the lace on the dress is damaged, but at the time I was designing dresses so your petticoat would show and thought that was quite cool.

Just a couple of finds whilst looking for a saucer.

I wasn't looking for the saucer on this adventure, I had gone in to a local florist to get flowers for a friend who's husband had passed away and the florist had a box of dishes on the floor label free to good home. When I checked it out on E Bay it's probably 100 years old and worth somewhere in the $185.00 range. Now that's if I've entered all the info correctly. Antiques Road Show here I come. (along with my $5,000 penny, but that's another blog.)

And then there are the beauties that are closer to my heart. My yard is a mess, as is my house, with all these car parts. My brother in law has nervous twitches every time he sees this. But, if you're a mom, and you've experienced your child moving away, you'll understand why I keep these around. It must mean he'll at least come back for his car.

Here's what the card making friends did this week...

2009-05-21T07:01:00.001-07:00

Just because I care simple shadow stamping on upper portion of card. gross grain ribbon accent.

Blue pportion of this card is hole punch using an awl and the grid/pad. simple stamp on inset, blue satin ribbon accent.

scallop punch strip, inset with small hole punch to tie ribbon.

Pattern paper background scallop circle and round circle, simple stamp satin ribbon behind.

All packaged up in this designer paper gift bag.

designs by Michelle Leishman

Cards, cards, and more cards...

2009-05-16T05:21:00.000-07:00

I get a card just randomly from my friend Janice, so I think after making all these cards I need to send her one, she's the only person I know who just writes to tell me she loves being my friend. Watch your mail Janice.

Here's what the card making friends made this week.

Coloured with water colour crayons, on watercolour paper.
Sentiment reads, Joy is not in things, it is in us. Richard Wagner

This is a pot of violets, coloured with inkpads using daubers. Then a vellum overlay with sentiment stamped. torn spine with punch holes for ribbon.

Just stamped images on layers of pink and brown paper, ( a little boring after the adventures with velum and water colour., but cute)

This was a kinda fun image, you stamp the solid coloured part colouring the image with markers, then using your lining up tool you stamp the skeleton with black on top, kinda challenging to line things up.

Stamped image in black, with coloured in with stamp pads, using water colour brush. a little glitter and viola.

Same process as above but certainly more tasty.

A new adventure we used resist ink to stamp the background cars, then a briar rolled in two ink pads, on gloss card stock. then a layer of brown car. Now that I've scanned this one, I see my back end needs alignment. Cool.

Card Design by Michelle Leishman

Here's what the card making friends made this week

2009-05-08T08:02:00.000-07:00

Card Design by Michelle Leishman

check it out

2009-05-05T15:30:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure how to post with out doing a whole new post so I'm linking my layout from Tuesday here as well.

Good times, good friends, good scrapping...

2009-05-02T07:53:00.000-07:00

My sister Barb is a Creative Memories Consultant. She use to host a National Scrapbooking Day each year around this time. It was a big to do!

We'd always do a lovely presentaion to welcome our group to the day's activities, with many suggestions and prizes and giveaways, with a great lunch and a lot of comaradery. And even if you didn't get a million pages done, you most certainly got a jump start and "in the mood" again.

Remember "A Page a Day in the month of May" is at least one book complete. Happy Scrapping.

Friday card adventures

2009-05-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

Most of the cards I make have no sentiment inside, just because I like to write a lot of "feeling" but, I think I might try a few next adventure with sentiment inside. It them becomes far more a planned thing, than "Oh I'll just make a card".

This one was embossed, I like embossing but it's a lot more work than you think.

I always think I want to make flowery cards with pink and blue and then when I do, I'm not so thrilled, but I do like the stitching on this one.

The center of this card is a bookmark, with magnets on the ends.

Some of this grouping is still a stampin up class, some are adventures with Irene creations, see if you can see which ones. I didn't have my glass of sherry until after card making so I'm not sure why this last one is askew, quite possibly the scanning. Card designs by various designers. I. Makarewicz, M. Leishman, and Lynda Yamamoto.

Thurs. card session

2009-04-30T19:43:00.000-07:00

O.k. we made a blue and white grouping, two birthday cards, a gift tag, and a gift card, all wrapped up in a decorated folder, tied with a ribbon. Four plastic envelopes hold these cards when the packet is opened.

Michelle Leishman is the designer or all the above cards, and a most patient instructor.

Back on track...

2009-04-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

I subscribe to all those magazines and articles on scrapbooking and while I love the creativety of these creations, I think "you've only got one picture on that page", how many pages would I need to do to place all 200 of these pictures, not to mention the 3,000 pictures I have yet to do, So if it doesn't look too creative, sorry, it's all about the picture for me.I love working on black pages. So when I finally remembered that it jump started my scrapping session.

The problem of coarse for me is making the change over to white pages, when I need to. I always seem to work on a centre spread. And now that I'm on a role, I hope this will expedite the completion of the long overdue book.

You must think I've gone missing...

2009-04-10T18:26:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in this blog for awhile. I have been scrapping, but the layouts are so boring, I can't bring myself to photograph them. I'll be making a sizable donation to the Breast Cancer fund because of it. I have not met my deadline with this album, but then again, perhaps it will be a better book if I don't rush. Huh! This is quite likely the most difficult project I have taken on. My cook book is coming along as well, and then I'll have to test and photograph each of the dishes so I can include a coloured photo. I'm feeling a little more energetic with the onset of SPRING, it has been a very long winter. Happy Scrapping.

Week 5

2009-03-16T18:33:00.000-07:00

I'm stuck. I have a number of pictures that are not very good. But, they are the only record for this event. So I'm stuck. I've changed layouts so many times, and I hate it all. Now you know why I started in the middle of the book with that cute little girl, that was a fun page to do. I did replace the brads in the flowers with round brown felt so they look a little more like flowers. But with the next grouping, I just can't seem to please myself. So I've walked away. See you Thursday.

Week 4

2009-03-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

I have not had the energy to post a new series of layouts, but hopefully tommorow, I can at least get started. Those centers of the flowers are still not right so I'll be "fixing" that up as well.

Challenge week # 3

2009-02-21T08:32:00.000-08:00

This weeks post is part of a book I've started to celebrate the 5oth Anniversary of our friends Casey and Carol. Dyngus Day is my deadline. (Dyngus Day is Easter Monday,celebrated whole heartedly in Buffalo New York). Since I know Andy will be going he can deliver the completed Album. I guess I'll be busy.

I'm not too happy with the little brads in the center of the flowers, will have to think about that. And I have gluing issues with the stems. I've left a lot of the blue area blank in case another photo of this mother/daughter team shows up, and I think for a great deal of journalling.

I know why?

2009-02-07T08:43:00.000-08:00

I know now why I'm loyal to Creative Memories. I decided to warm up this challenge by making a little album for Janice's young niece. Pictures we had taken on our last adventure as tourists. I had purchased a little album (not Creative Memories) to have some fun with stamping and inking around these photos. What a pain. Every page was a different size, it was a cascading book. TIME. I'm not good at kit things, I need to make them my own. So a kit stifles me, and frustrates me. I did a course in alchohol ink and that was a great class, somehow, my piece looked like crap. Then I stamped on the front cover, (if you have worked with alchohol inks you know they are messy, messed up my front cover. So I had to cover the front, and print my stamped sentiment on a piece of vellum, used my CM cutting system and paisley punch to complete, it. I was starting to feel happier. Then came the inside pages. Cut each decorative paper separately and mount photo. I do love doing the captions, or journaling on vellum, But I have to really plan each page to do that and just do one print.

So this completed the most time consuming little book. If I had used a 8 X 8 CM. Book I could have spread my wings a little more and left room in the book for more adventure shots. However, I love alcoholic inks so maybe another project. I really like alcoholic inks on transparency, but perhaps in another project.

Here I go again...

2009-02-05T13:07:00.000-08:00

A great many years ago my dear friend Leslie invited me to a join the Thursday painting group at her home. I was so flattered that I moved the schools pizza days to another day just so I could go. One Thursday Leslie had invited a really swell lady to the studio and we were introduced to Creative Memories a company that promotes care of your photos. While the scrapbooking industry has grown, and moved in different ways, I remain loyal to Creative Memories, I've learned a lot about scrapbooking and stamping and altering in the process, and thereby developed my own style. I do however, never have enough time. So in an effort to "make time" My sister Barbara (a creative memories consultant) and I are embarking on a challenge. The Challenge, it will seem trivial but it is to get us back to "doing", is to do one double spread each week and post our page. The consequences of not doing so, is a toonie in a bank, proceeds to be donated, the one with the most money gives the tax receipt to the other. So the first week of February our challenge begins. So ready set go...