Author: nurtureyrheart

Mom, Wife, Grandma, Multi-media Artist, Word-Smith, former elder caregiver

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3 Positives:
answered prayers
7 of 12 pieces of current project completed
a lovely “let’s catch up” call with a creative friend I haven’t seen or talked to (my bad) in nearly 10 years

My Journey Notes:
Short term memory was definitely in “short” supply yesterday. UGH! Not sure how to tackle this one – but the first thoughts are not to start a project and not stay in the same room to see it through. I have a feeling the hard boiled eggs are overcooked and likely a very thick black ring around the yolk. I’ll find out this morning and then we’ll likely have to do another batch. There were a few other things as well… not a very good day overall. Hoping today will be a better day all around. Fewer things on the general to-do list and maybe some time in the studio working on the 8th piece and tackling a couple of cards before having to get deep into making December’s group of b-day, anniversary and ministering cards.

an every day favorite

3 Positives:
checked off a couple of outside winterizing chores yesterday – just a few more to go.
worked on several parts of the 12 piece project — things are coming together
found a few ideas for some interactive pieces I’d like to try soon. Sketch book is filling up with ideas.

My Journey Notes:
Completed the “paperwork” for transferring scrips to the new pharmacy yesterday. Fingers crossed.

be the blessing…

3 Positives:
Breakfast for dinner
sketches for current 12 part project nearly completed
added 4 more designs to the cutting software

My Journey Notes:
Switching pharmacies again. Sadly, the two prescriptions that were called in early last week were not filled by the date promised. We even gave them two extra business days to get them done as they’re now closed on the weekends. They told A and T the 2 scripts weren’t in the system – um, yeah, they were and both prescriptions had been filled at the store previously and a new scrip for both are on file. I’m definitely not happy and now have to deal with completing the forms to get things sorted out and make sure everything is transferred over correctly to the new pharmacy today as I do need both of the prescriptions refilled ASAP. Sadly, they didn’t seem too concerned… yesterday was the third strike for that pharmacy. It’s a good thing I had an extra week of meds for both prescriptions, so I haven’t run out… yet.

hope

3 Positives:
rest
work
a little fun

My Journey Notes:
I had my first SVT episode in a long time. Luckily, I was able to get it to stop without having to go to the ER for treatment. I haven’t had a breakthrough episode like that in several years and no idea what might have triggered it other than lack of sleep. And if that’s the case, I’ve got to figure out how to not have insomnia! 😉 The one good thing coming out of it, was that I was able to rest for a couple of hours once the heart rhythm had reset. Feeling fine this morning — so hopefully, we’ll be able to get things back on track today.

Gobble, gobble, gobble

I’d wanted to use this file to create the Halloween version, but couldn’t get to it soon enough for this year’s display…

image credit Simply Crafty SVGs

so I decided to see if a Thanksgiving version would work. I think it does! I’m looking forward to putting it out next week!

I left the file at it’s original size, changed out the words for the spines of the books – using vinyl. It’s a fun box to make and pretty easy to assemble. The finished size is about 5″ x 4″ x 6″. A little big for the tiered tray, but will be a good companion piece all in all.

I created the feathers using a triangle from the SCAL library and then colored them using markers. I doubled them up for a clean finish front and back. I added some stitching details and inked the edges before gluing them to the turkey body. These are tucked into the body piece before gluing the sides together, but could be glued to the back panel instead if desired.

For the top of the box I added a maple leaf (also found in the SCAL library), colored it with ink and then roughed up the edges a bit before gluing it in place. The lid to the box is held in place with a hook and loop dot.

If I were to do another one, I think I would change up the book cover colors a bit and add a couple of leaves draping them over the edges of the books as well as add a few more details on the spines about the books with some different wording. Lots of options and I do think I see a snowman in a future iteration of the this file.

On a side note: Sandy is closing her web store sometime next year. She has set up an etsy store and is moving a few things over to Creative Fabrica as well. So we won’t be losing access to her creative files and work. You’ll also want to follow her on YouTube for assembly videos.

Wishing you a creative day! Have fun and keep nurturing your soul….