One Week Ago Today.........

We lost our Sweet Coco Puff a week ago today. She was the cutest little Pom, smart, full of life, sweet personality and a once in a life time dog as my husband called her. She died of a Collapsed Trachea in our arms on our bed. It has been a very difficult time for us to accept the fact she is gone from our lives. We have had very dark moments. We talk about our feelings and cry together, she was as close to us as a child would be. We have had so many people say such wonderful comments to us through Facebook, relatives, friends, and people we don't even know. It helps knowing there are so many other people out there who care as deeply. I have a couple of dear friends who have lost their dogs and we all know what it feels like and we support each other. My husband said if he could have her back all well and healthy, he would give her half of his years he has left so that when she died he could die with her. Now that is a devotion of deep love, she was his special girl. I have had a special friend who I started sending messages too after I lost Coco Puff. I was able to give her my feelings in messages daily and in return she lifted me up with her words of support, love and kindness. I will always be thankful for her act of kindness to me. We have a battery operated clock in our bathroom. It stopped last Sunday at the time Coco Puff died. Makes you wonder doesn't it?? We have three other little dogs who fill our lives with joy and happiness and that has been our saving Grace. We know they miss her too and we are trying very hard to make them feel better too. My neighbor gave me a beautiful stone marker with sweet words to mark her grave. This is the draw back of having pets when you love them so deeply, you and your life are never the same when you loose them. She will be forever in our hearts and we will always love her deeply. Rest in Peace our little Coco Puff until we meet again xoxoxoxo....

Dear God

I know it has been a long time since I have posted a blog and I am hoping to get better at doing this. I have been struggling with a few issues and getting much better. I have felt compelled to do this post because I have a lot of friends in jeapordy and I am praying for them. I have been handed so much bad news for some and hope for others. I have been asked for prayers for a darling little three year old girl named Gracie who was burned in a campfire she tripped and fell in. Today she is getting surgery for skin grafting and I pray that everything goes well and she heals. I have been asked for prayers for a dear friend of mine that is desperately looking for a job. She wants to help the elderly with everyday tasks that they need help with. I pray that she finds this job and she will be rewarded for her passion to help others. I have been praying for my brother-in-law who just found out he has an advanced stage of lung cancer. The word no one wants to hear and he is facing a tough battle. I pray that he gets strength so he can get treatment with Chemo or radiation in hopes that it will give him more time or lessen his pain. I pray for his family too, they need strength to get through this. I have a dear friend whose husband is facing a test and results that I pray will be good news. I pray that what ever his treatments will be, it will help him. I pray for his wife, my dear friend in hopes that she is given the strength and faith to get through this with him. I have another dear friend that is trying to sell her house so she can live her dream, to have chickens, a garden, peacefulness, and be surrounded by beauty. I pray that her and her husband sell their house soon, be able to move and start living their dream. I hope that you will join me in saying a prayer for all these dear people that I care so deeply about, you know who you are. I pray that our prayers will be answered......

Hopeful Plans for The New Year

I made these two mixed media pictures for my Twin Sisters for Christmas. They are similar, but the picture in the middle with the three little girls with their arms wrapped around each other is what I loved. I love my sisters so much and I did my artwork around this precious picture. For once, since I have been doing this type of artwork I am happy with what I had accomplished. I felt in my heart I did a good job, so much better than my first pieces of artwork. So I felt renewed and I am wanting to do more. They loved their pictures and one of my sisters that is now retired is going to learn this type of artwork also.

Now that Christmas is over and the New Year is just around the corner, I feel which direction I want to go in. Oh I have plans, but I need to be careful and not have a whole lot of things on my plate. I seem to stagnate when that happens. I am signed up with a class right now I need to finish and I am going to sign up for another class here soon. These classes allow you six months to finish and that is great for me, I want to learn all I can and get the experience. I also want to turn some space of my laundry room into a small art studio corner. It has NOT been easy doing this art in my lap and working out of a box. Once I do this, things will fall into place and I will have my own little space for art, yeah!!!! We have a very small house and part of that laundry room is my only hope. I now have my sewing machine set up on a desk in there and there will be room left for my art area. I just need to move candle crafting supplies out of there and I can do it for the space I want so badly. I know where I want to go with all this and I am determined to make it happen in this coming New Year.......

I wish all of you a very Happy, Healthy, and Joyous New Year.......

Tis The Season

Tis the season is in full throttle.......I have been busy making Christmas presents and crafting as I go along. I listed these three Vintage Cupboard hangers on Ebay. Going to see if I can sell something on there. I have always done well on Ebay but I am not happy about the high fees they charge. I did list these for free but they are going to charge me 9 percent sellers fee. I have not sold anything in my Etsy shops yet, so I have decided to have a sale in hopes that will bring them on. If anyone is interested in these Vintage Cupboard hangers my name on Ebay is Deerfeeders. I have two shops in Etsy, Design Create by Debbie and Old Time Fun......If you have any trouble finding me let me know, I will send you a link....

I just don't know where the days are going. This time of year we have so much going on that the days run together and we never seem to catch up with ourselves. It will be a very simple Christmas for me and hubby. I just have to finish my Christmas gifts and get them mailed and then I can get back into my crafting and relax some and wait for the big day!!! Have a wonderful week ahead......

Going to Have Some Fun with "Twelve Days of Whimsy"

My artist friend Nancy Maxwell James is up to something that is going to be great fun "Twelve Days of Whimsy" with some help from Paper Whimsy.....if you would like to see what she is up to, please click on the button to your right that says "Twelve Days of Whimsy".  I am going to participate, so please take a peek....