Goodies & bEes Oh My....~ Day 37

The day started off in a low key...especially since I didn't finally fall asleep until about 3:00 am this morning..  Had a lot lingering on my mind that I couldn't shake away, so that I could visit "dREaM LaND"...  why's that ~  nights that you can't sleep you get up early... hmmmm there must bee some logic to method of madiness of a sleep pattern.... 

Had two important appointments today, so I needed to stop fretting about not getting any rest... One to my foot doctor and the other to motor vehicles to register my Lovely Yellow Lemon Bug....  Mind you I still can't drive but low and beehold my friend Robin is always there to chauffeur me around to were ever it made bee that I need to go (and this is in between all the running around that she has to do for her family & herself)... I treated her to brunch beefore the appointments than off we went, laughing all the way too and fro...after all was said and done she dropped me off and went her merry way...

As I approach my little cottage, I notice two packages were awaiting me...one was square and the other was an large envelope...happy was I ~ knowing that these weren't bills or advertisements they were goodies for me... You see I knew that the square one was from a lovely lady by the name of Vivian from http://www.vivs-whimsy.blogspot.com/ ...I won a contest that she was having at her blOZ & my name was picked by one of her felines (kitties)... I was speechless, my prize came beeautifully package with a lovely card and a tag attached to it...inside beefore my eyes was the sweetest looking bee looking back at me... Viv created this little honey of a gal especially for me and she is so CUTE ~ I LOVE her...Viv hand felted the little one and she is standing on a pin cushion with a pretty pink flower growing beeside her...OMG she is too adorable... Thank you sooo much Viv ~ everything was special to me down to the little chocolate bunny ;O)

But wait that's not all, the other package was a surprise from my friend & pal ~ Mz. Sal aka Sallianne of Art is....YOu inside of the package was the magazine Somerset Life ~ I sooo love this magazine... Since I'm not able to get out and about I haven't gotten my fix of magazines...this little surprise was right up my alley, as soon as I finish this post I am going to sit down and get INSPIRED by all the creations & ideas it has inside... thanks Sallianne, this will really get my creative mojo flow going .... love it ;O)

I did get one more surprise... but this surprise came yesterday and it came at the perfect time... it was from Wanda of http://www.ratpajamas.blogspot.com/ ~ I purchased a few goodies from Wanda but inside my package she added a gift for me that spelled out "hONeY cOmB cOTtaGe"..... thanks Wanda it was a little surprise that got me in a big way... ;O)

You see, I made a decision that changed a great and loving thing that was beestow on me in October... my dREaM "hONeY cOmB cOTtaGe" was named as the charity for the Art Retreat that two SUPER GALS by the names of Ellen & Sal (yes the Sal from the paragraph above) who host  "Art is ....You" ( if you get the chance to get away & want to create, this is the place to bee tell them that mIzZ bEe sent you) ......you see they saw the dREaM in me and put their FAITH & heARTs into my dREaM... I can't tell you how I felt and how I still feel now about these lovely and caring chick-a-dees...I am honor to call them my friends... but I hit a few bumps and a pot hole or two in my path of LIFE and I wasn't able to put my best foot forward on my dREaM... so I asked the gals if it would bee alright with them if I could switch their generous gift over to a wonderful charity called "Sarah's House" 

Ellen. Sal, Colleen & I had the pleasure of meeting a caring gentleman by the name of Stan who was assisting/helping at "ARt in the Rough" ~ hosted by the lovely couple Taryn & Scott of Navel Jelly Studios...you see Stan lost his wife to the drended disease of cancer... this home would help souls who have this disease...  I knew it was the right thing to do.... I know it is, beecause you see I lost MANY to this disease... two especially special people it took from me was my MOM and my AUNTIE (who was my guardian that raised me after my dad & mom passed away...) I also lost my mom's dad & mom, my dad's dad & brother & more family & friends too...  as I type this, tears are welling up in my eyes and I know I need to finish this soon ... I only wish the BEST in Stan's Dream in building "Sarah's House".... I've been told that Sarah means Sunshine, I think that is a sign in itself that this House is from Heaven above.... not to worry, I am NOT giving up on my dREaM ~ its just on hold... I have FAITH & heART that it will come TRUE...beecause you see God place in my LIFE two lovely ladies who might bee angels in disguise sent by my MUM & Auntie, their names our "Ellen & Sallianne" and I blessed to call them my friends....and I know God will lead me to path that I will go to see my dREaM bEe... ;O)

Thank you all!! for all my lovely gifts they ALL are special to me...

Have a honey of a night ~ sweet dreams...

Love,

Marlene

Colorful Journey "What Are You Up To Today? Wednesday"

Colorful Journey Journaling
from the beeginning to ~

Yes it's 1:00 am in the morning on Wednesday
but I have a lot on my mind
one thing that I've been thinking of is my journaling
so I decided that I will make today my "Colorful Journey Journal Day"..

I promise to make my journaling
the beeginning and ending of my day
but in between I have a couple of things to do..

One is I have a doctor's appointment
that has been on my mind
going to find out my results of my ultra sound on my leg
and to see how much longer I need the boot cast..
which by the way is terrible to sleep with,
but you gotta do what you gotta do to get well...

Well I think it's time to say "Good Night & Sweet Dreams"
 & I will bee going to bed
...


Have a honey of a night oops I mean day ~
Marlene

"the end"

F.R.A.G.I.L.E ~ Bee Careful Egg~tra Special Cargo ~ Day 36

Have a honey of a night
sweet dreams

Marlene

weLL heLlO dOiLy ~ iT's sO nIcE tO sEE yOU wHerE yOU bEe LoNG ~ days 34 & 35 two posts in one

Today's post on the "dAiLY dOsE of vITaMiN bEe" ...will bee two doses & an added doodling too...  my computer has been acting up alot lately... and last night when I was beginning to down load the picture on the left ~ the computer froze...after beeing patient at first and then beecoming upset that it still wasn't moving, (by this point it was almost 11:50 pm) I decided to call it a night...  well here is what was causing the freeze... its a pin made out of a doily, a piece of fabric, a button & bean, small crochet circle, little netting and yes a bEe...a little flower pin to wear on a spring day...

Now onto today's post... its the making of a wrist corsage like the ones that you wore back in the day...I remember getting one for my "sWeET 16 bIRtHdAY" it was too adorable & sweet and it was given to me by my "Auntie" who also celebrated the same birthday as mine (August 17th)... I was making a tutorial on how to make one...but I'm a little stuck, you see the one that my Auntie got for me had sugar cubes on it with a bee and sweet roses & some baby's breath too... that white block in the corner is a cube of styrofoam that I want to cut and make look like sugar cubes (cutting into small squares ~ dipping into mod podge and then sprinkling clear & white glitter) not sure if this is going to look right but I'll have to take a chance ~ do you by chance have any suggestions...  not only does the wrist corsage have a bee it has three ;O)

Now I'm ending the post with my doodling notes, I so love this little calico cat inspecting the butterfly who is inspecting him while all the time the sun is checking them out too while a little bEe buzzzzz on by...

Have a honey of a night ~ sweet dreams!
Marlene
;O)

Golden Eggtra Special Bee Skep ~ Day 33

I love it when things come together...I've had a plan for a long time to make these special eggs... but I'd always put it on the back burner... till finally the flame was turned on the back burner... I found the opportunity to make egg ~ that one little spark was ignited by a fellow bee Mizz Betti Zucker and she is an eggceptional gal...and a creative & kind soul too...

Betti put it out there to all of us Sunny side gals & guys of ~ Art is....You and to the blOZ world too...if anyone wanted to get in on the scramble of making eggs anyway you want... I jump at the chance of beeing in on the group and this made me crack the egg open and let the creativity pour out... Here's just a glimpse of the egg...it will bee on its way this week with another one to my friend's hive...  there will bee more pictures to follow...  here's hoping that whatever shape or form that might release your creativity and that you're having a great time with it...

Have a honey of a night ~ sweet dreams!

 Marlene

beeautiful cuff bracelet ~ Day 32

"the 3 views of beeautiful cuff bracelet"

taught by Pam Huntington
beegan my me
& finished today with a bee...
beeautiful things happen
in their own sweet time..

Have a honey of a night
Sweet dreams~
Marlene

Don't Quit ~ Day 31



"Don't Quit"

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit~
Rest if you must, but don't you quite.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
Any many a person turns about
When they might have won had they stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow~
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out~
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't Quit...

Author Unknown

(can you see the bee it's in the top of the picture this will bee a part of a project that I am creating for a swap ~ I hope that you stick around to see the outcome...)





"Don't Quit Bee True To Yourself"

I've started this quest of the 365 days I'm not giving up
Tough times are past me ~ I'm moving on to better things...
I'm not going to give in...I won't quit
I'm going to bee true to myself...

Have a honey of a night
Sweet dREaMs ~
Marlene
xox