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Post by nylene on Oct 1, 2021 14:26:50 GMT
This challenge is for those who scrap slowly and need encouragement to keep scrapping all month or those who want a little encouragement to continue scrapping. It is great for those new to Challenges and is a fun place to come chat with other Pokey scrappers. 1. Post a layout each week, or four layouts per month. These can be posted in the thread or in the gallery. If you post in the gallery, be sure to come to the thread and tell us you posted and tell us the name of the layout so we can find it. You can copy the URL from the gallery and paste it directly into your thread for a link. 2. This challenge can be combined with any other challenges and can be paper, digital or hybrid scrapping. These can be cards, layouts or altered items or any other creative projects. 3. Please comment on the work of others on the thread as your time allows. We all love comments on our layouts. 4. Have fun with this! This should be a "no pressure" challenge. Just post what you finish whether it is one layout or more than four. Come chat with the group as time permits. We love to welcome new members . If you are doing the Team Challenges, this challenge is worth one point for each page when you complete all 4. So that's 4 points for completing the Pokey Pea Challenge.  |
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Post by nylene on Oct 1, 2021 14:31:47 GMT
Welcome to October. It's cold and crispy here today which tells me Fall is really here.
I hope we can all find crafty time to do scrapping, card making or organizing. Be sure to check out the Cards section of General Scrapping for lots of ideas on cardmaking.
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Post by Linda on Oct 1, 2021 14:37:07 GMT
Thank you nyleneI'm exhausted today - Paddington (just turned 5 months) has unexpectedly gone into heat and kept me up all night sharing that with the world. Both kittens have surgery schedulded for Tuesday. Thankfully Dusty is not yet 4.5 months and males mature slower. Homecoming today so DD14 is off early for the parade (which she's not going to). Tonight is the football game and tomorrow is the dance and Sunday is her birthday. Add in Lego Con tomorrow and Girl Scouts on Sunday and she has a very busy weekend. |
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Post by nylene on Oct 1, 2021 14:43:19 GMT
Linda , what do you do with all your free time? LOL You are so scheduled. I hope that you don't overdo with all you have going. I'm sorry about the kitty in heat. I hope everything works out ok. Thanks for the great sketches for Sketchtember. grammadee, gramma and kitbop, thank you so much for your great sketches. I still have 5 to do but I can't finish for a week or so. I feel bad that I have not stayed on top of comments. I have tried to keep up but just fell behind. I hope I can go back and pick up the ones I haven't yet enjoyed and leave some love.
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Post by Linda on Oct 1, 2021 14:46:01 GMT
Linda , what do you do with all your free time? LOL You are so scheduled. I hope that you don't overdo with all you have going. Thanks for the great sketches for Sketchtember. Weekends are busier here than weekdays but I'm not going to Lego Con - that's a DH/DD14 thing. But yes, this weekend is busier than most even for us. |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 1, 2021 15:37:13 GMT
Happy October, Pokeys! Just getting my head around the month. Tomorrow dgs and his dad will arrive mid day and be here until some time on Sunday. I plan to make another btch of lasagna on Saturday. Monday my housecleaner comes for the first time. I hope she doesn't run out the door screaming after she gets a glimse of my messy home! Then NEXT weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. On the Saturday, dgs has a Ninja competition that I would really like to drive to the city to watch. On Sunday dd's family are coming here and Thanksgiving Monday I plan to cook a turkey and all the trimmings. The following week (18th/19th) dh has appointments at the heart centre in Edmonton. I think it is routine, but if they need to do another procedure that will be done then too. The following weekend is a 3 day in-person crop with justjac. I had wanted to get down to the Calgary area to visit two ds's and families down there, but with restrictions in place--and changing all the time--that becomes difficult to plan. Right now I am sitting here with my second cup of coffee, relaxing. Later I need to process some tomatoes, go to town for groceries, and figure out something for supper. But right now, just hangin' out. CARDtober is underway on the Stamping/Cardmaking board. And this weekend--World Cardmaking Day is Saturday--is a busy one for card makers. I think kitbop and justjac will be busy with the SCT classes. And there are a number of WCD blog and other activities across the WWW. But I am not feeling it today, still have my mind playing with page ideas. Not actually creating any pages today. Still have some page kits complete with photos left over from my week with dgs. Think I will add to them with the photos I have printed since I returned and some new goodies I picked up along the way. That way I will have them to pack for the crop. With the left over SKETCHtember sketches, of course. Yesterday I picked up some things I had had on hold at the LSS and ran some errands for dh. Had a hamburger at lunch which my gallbladder took exception to, so once I got home I had hot tea and Advil for supper and spent the rest of the evening in bed. Pain is gone this morning, but I just feel blah... There are some days I need more caffeine than others... |
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Post by gramma on Oct 1, 2021 15:49:36 GMT
grammadee. Do you ever slow down? So sorry to hear about the gall bladder. They are evil!!!!
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Post by justjac on Oct 2, 2021 13:02:59 GMT
Hi Pokeys. Happy World Cardmaking Day. grammadee I did sign up for Crop & Create Cardmaking, but my aunt scheduled my uncle’s interment this weekend so we got up early today so we could be on the road at 6 AM. We’re staying overnight and coming home tomorrow. I worked from home last week. Covid numbers in our area are very high. Thursday was the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada so I wouldn’t have been at work anyway which worked out well because my friend needed me to drive her to an out of town medical appointment. |
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Post by kitbop on Oct 2, 2021 14:13:07 GMT
justjac - I'm sorry both that you have a sad event in your family, and that you are missing the crop and create. I'm enjoying it so far and have made 4 cards just during the "marketplace". Did you happen to see the new Bella Blvd line ("my tribe")? For me, seeing that after our NDTR day here, and trying to educate myself on indigenous history, well, that left a BAD taste in my mouth! Further, what's your take on "every child matters"? Why is it not "Indigenous children matter"? Didn't we learn a lot from BLM? I'm trying to educate myself - maybe I'm just more aware of messaging now. grammadee - I'm not sure how you do all you do??? Farm people, I tell ya'. When we get farm people in hospital, we know what we're getting and we almost have to rope them in their beds if they need to rest... I'm sorry you had a yucky evening. Caffeine can be a wonderful thing. Last night, I double dosed on caffeine to get to the gym after poor sleep and a hard day. At 5pm. BIG mistake - I was up until 2AM, eyes wide open. Linda - good luck with your speedy sewing! And it would really surprise me too to have a kitten that young go into heat. Of course, we purposefully pick male cats now because we find them friendlier and more laid back. Our female cats have been such princesses - then they get really affectionate and nice at about age 10! - but we like our boy cats. Girl dogs, boy cats! nylene - thank you for setting up this thread for us month after month! I did a rotten job of commenting this month. I tended to just head to the gallery instead of checking the multiple sketch threads. So glad we have a universal "sharing thread" now.
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Post by Linda on Oct 2, 2021 16:54:53 GMT
(((Hugs)) grammadee - hope the gallbladder is back to behaving. You are busy busy busy! justjac - I'm sorry for your loss. Safe travels. I'm sorry you're missing your event - is it recorded so you can catch up later? Hopefully although I know it's not quite the same. kitbop - sorry about the caffeine overdose - it's so easy to do and then it just becomes a cycle of poor sleep, more caffeine. Thank you - the skirt is finished - took 3 hrs from printing the pattern, glueing it together, cutting it out, cutting the fabric, and sewing to done! Hopefully it fits - if not, I'll be cutting off the waistband and re-doing it. kitbop - we also purposefully pick male cats - Paddington is only our 4th female ever and we've had close to 20 cats over the years. She was thought to be a boy when we picked her up but...Little Friend (our other current female) is definitely a princess...still waiting for the nice bit to kick in - she's 12 this month. She also must have gone into heat young as she had kittens at 6 months (that when we acquired her and the litter - she moved them in under the house). nylene - I also didn't do a great job of commenting  |
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Post by joyfulnana on Oct 3, 2021 15:09:59 GMT
kept me up all night sharing that with the world. I'm sorry Linda but this made me literally LOL! I purposely choose female pets since I had a household of male hoomans already. I had to try to balance that number lol. Abby is a sweet princess. She's mostly nice, but she has her moments. Her adoption anniversary is this month. That year has flown by! She has spent the past week hanging out in a box that she barely fits in. She cracks me up lol. justjac I'm sorry for your loss and that you are missing out on the crop and create weekend. I have a lot of FOMO over that right now and I don't make cards lol. I think our numbers are currently going down in my county. Although my mom actually said the other night "Back before the pandemic was over"  But honestly, around here it feels that way. When I came back from Springfield, where masks are not worn by many, I asked Cody if the pandemic was over and no one told me. I hate the way it was handled here in the U.S. They will extend our county mandate another month tomorrow. grammadee I hope you are feeling better after you gallbladder attack. Any word on when they will be taking it out? You have such a busy month coming! I wish I had your energy! I'm also feeling quite jealous of your three day in person crop with justjac. I was exhausted with the long days scrapping at mine, but I cannot wait to do another one. kitbop I've been peeking in on the crop thread and your cards are so beautiful! nylene you are not alone, I barely commented on anything last month It's hard for me to balance time on the board, life and scrapping. Laundry for me today I need to clean up the mess from scrapping yesterday. I need to start on my sketch sample that isn't due until the end of the month. I'm currently still in my pjs and being slow to get going lol. |
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Post by nylene on Oct 3, 2021 19:15:24 GMT
grammadee, I hope you are feeling better and that your GB will settle down. Are they just ignoring it, or do they need to wait until after the Pandemic to take it out? I ache for you! I'm so glad mine is gone. We have been watching General Conference all weekend and tomorrow we leave for wonderful Wendover. (extreme sarcasm here) I need to take DH to a 4 day conference. There is nothing in Wendover if you don't gamble. No store except a tiny grocery. Just fast food joints and hotels and casinos. I am hoping to get a bunch of stuff ready so I can make Christmas Cards, but I am missing some pieces and there is no hope of finding anything there. One year I forgot my scissors and there was no place to buy a pair of scissors. I asked at the front desk and they loaned me a 12 in, not very sharp pair but it was better than nothing. DH didn't decide to go until Friday, so I haven't been able to go get things. I may just lie around and watch TV. It costs an arm and a leg to hook into their wifi. Enough griping! I'll check in again when we get home.
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Post by grammadee on Oct 4, 2021 18:53:39 GMT
Happy Monday, Pokeys! Hope your Conference trip is going well, nylene. Hope you get to put together lots of cards. Glad I am not the only person to borrow scissors from the front desk at a hotel! I will be taking some card making stuff with me when dh has his medical appointments in a couple of weeks. Not sure how much I will get done, but I hate to be "stuck" in a hotel with nothing to do! ((((HUGS)))) to your family, justjac. Hoping you had a safe trip and that your aunt got lots of comfort from having family there. So many things we used to take for granted have been taken away this past year & a half. But I am glad you were able to attend. Venues in Alberta have been checking for proof of vaccination and noting ID's. We don't have an official vaccination passport, so I don't know how secure the current system is if people want to crash an event, but I guess it is something. Hoping you can catch up on the Crop & Create weekend videos now that you are back home. At least one of the participants said that "next time" she would plan on doing one class per day until she had gone through all the videos, instead of cramming all the excitement into one weekend. So you might accidentally have ended up with an optimum way to "do" C&C. And kitbop, the cards you shared on the C&C thread are GORGEOUS! I really want to give some ink blending through a tembplate a try. LOVE the sunset ovals with the stamping on top. Sorry I missed the on line fun, gramma. I keep thinking I will get some free time to scrap together, but doesn't look like that will happen until at least the weekend after Thanksgiving (October 11th). You will be happy to know I ordered some gnomes today, but not the ones you were sharing. Ordered a bunch of page protectors from CTMH, and what do you know, their slim line card dies and stamps were on sale--and they had some garden gnomes... So glad that Abby has settled in so well for you, joyfulnana. We have two male cats who live in our garage. One is extremely friendly, rubs up against anyone who steps into the garage, sneaks into the house whenever he can. The other is very stand offish except when he is "in the mood" to be pet. He announces when ONE of the three dishes is empty, and shows up for food, but most of the time ignores us. It has been a long time since we have had kittens around here. Some times I envy you, Linda, but then again, I remember how much time they can take and how much trouble they can get into, and I am happy to live vicariously through you. Even dd's dogs annoy me sometimes. Our pets come and go as they please, and are fed once per day, but always leave some for grazing later, so don't need to be constantly let in or out or fed on a set schedule. Guess I am just getting lazy! I was able to settle my gallbladder down with clear fluids, Advil, and a hot pack. Think I caught it before it became too inflamed. Have to pay attention to the early twinges, I guess. Although it was "twinging" quite seriously by the time I got myself home last Thursday. Heat really helps, so my vehicle's heated seats came into play. No surgery on the horizon. Alberta has no space to take on "elective" surgeries with the Fourth Wave bowling over the health care system, so the only way they would fit me in would be if I were in major crisis. |
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Post by kellyr21 on Oct 4, 2021 22:06:57 GMT
Happy Monday! Boy, what a weekend I had. On Saturday, we went to a "Art Walk" festival in the city next door. It was 95 degrees that day and SO HOT. I got to see some of the displays and activities but couldn't stay out there too long. Plus, I got to meet the event organizers. I am submitting my art for their upcoming show so it was nice for the to see my face.  I did finish my art that was due yesterday. This is for an art show hosted by our city's orchestra and art coalition. I worked on it feverishly all weekend until I got her done yesterday afternoon. I was so excited to submit my email to them and I hope I make it in this show. It is only for one night but it still is an opportunity to get my work out there and inspire. I can't wait for you to see this new art! nylene- Oh, I hope you have a good trip! I wish we could keep you company while you are there. grammadee- Thanks for all the hard work you do around here with the monthly scrap events!!! Also, glad to hear you are feeling better. Take it easy! linda- I read that you are sewing. How did it turn out? How long have you been sewing? I hope to get my machine out again and practice sewing. justjac- Hugs to you and sorry for your loss! Man, this year has been a beast with all the losses. Take care of you! joyfulnana- Waving hi to you and Abby! Hope you have a good work week. |
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Post by Linda on Oct 5, 2021 0:51:57 GMT
joyfulnana - Happy Adoption Anniversary to Abby! We'll need a new photo of her. nylene - I'm sorry you'll be stuck in Wendover - hopefully you'll be able to do something even if it's just binge watch TV grammadee - the kittens are loads of fun but also loads of michief - I am glad we got the second one though - they entertain themselves now mostly. I'm glad that your GB is doing better - hopefully this darn pandemic will end soon so you can have surgery. Congratulations on finishing and submitting your art kellyr21 - the art walk sounds nice but way too hot. I was sewing - DD mentioned on Friday evening that she would love a black skirt so we looked at skirt patterns and she picked one out online. I stopped by HL to buy fabric when DH and I went out for groceries. And I sewed all morning on Saturday after printing out the pattern and glueing it together. She loved it and wore it to school today.  I've sewn on and off since I was pregnant with my oldest - he'll be 30 at the end of the month.
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Post by joyfulnana on Oct 5, 2021 13:19:37 GMT
Oh man nylene I'm sorry you are going to be stuck in Wendover. XH and his brother taught scuba and they did the open water training in Wendover. Nothing like being stuck in a motel for 2 days with 2 young kids and nothing to do. I made that trip exactly one time lol. I hope you can at least get some crafty time in! grammadee I hope they get things under control soon so you can have that surgery. Linda I long wished I had a sewing machine when the kids were really little, then as that didn't happen was glad I didn't have one lol. The skirt looks great! Happy early bday to your DS! Is he still stationed in Hawaii? kellyr21 it's been hot here too. We had a couple days of fake fall a couple weeks ago. I need the real thing please lol. Hopefully meeting the director of the art show will help get your art in. I can't wait to see what you did! |
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Post by Linda on Oct 5, 2021 13:34:13 GMT
Thanks joyfulnana - DS is stationed in Virginia - he was only in Hawaii on detachment. He's currently on detachment again but closer to us so we might get to drive over and see him this weekend depending on his schedule. Dropped the kittens off this morning for their surgery - my house is so very quiet without them zooming around - the older kitties do a whole lot more napping. DD15 has her first Academic Team meet this afternoon - unfortunately it looks like we won't be able to attend due to picking up the kittens. I think I'm going to make Hallowe'en ornaments with my Cricut today - I have a white tree with just branches and lights in the foyer that I think I'll hang them on. |
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Post by joyfulnana on Oct 5, 2021 13:47:12 GMT
Linda, I think I knew and forgot that about DS. Ugh, getting older is not for the faint of heart! I do hope you get to see him sooner than later. The kittens won't like you much but at least your cat family won't be growing exponentially now.
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Post by grammadee on Oct 5, 2021 13:59:55 GMT
I think I'm going to make Hallowe'en ornaments with my Cricut today - I have a white tree with just branches and lights in the foyer that I think I'll hang them on. What a fun idea! I may play a little with inks this morning. I had thought I might put together a page, but if I were going to do that I would have had to have been much more organized--chosen the photos and papers, at least--last night. |
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Post by justjac on Oct 5, 2021 16:45:05 GMT
Thanks for you kind wishes everyone. Covid has definitely changed how we mourn. My uncle died back in March, but we were just able to get together now and it was still just my aunt and her family and my mom and us. No big community gathering. My great aunt and uncle who were both in their 90's passed away this year, too, and my mom just messaged that their family is doing a joint immediate family only service on Monday. Anyway, it was nice to give my aunt a hug for the first time in two years. kitbop I just read over in the Bella BLVD thread that My Tribe has been cancelled. Any use of 'tribe' that is not related to Indigenous people (usually also said by an Indigenous person) makes me cringe. I don't say it myself. I try to use 'nation' when describing Indigenous groups and 'my people' or 'my squad' or something when describing like minded individuals. I don't know for sure why Every Child Matters was chosen. It could be because Indigenous people are inclusive? Another phrase that is used is "We are all treaty people" to show that treaties cover all people not just Indigenous people. grammadee I'm glad you are feeling better. I can't wait until our in person crop. I had it in my head as in two weeks instead of in three. Dean is very happy it's three because the house needs some cleaning. I'm thinking I might save my Crop & Create cardmaking kit to work on that weekend. Linda I'm jealous of your sewing skills. My mom sews and I keep telling myself I will, but I haven't practiced enough to make anything other than gift bags. nylene I hope you aren't too bored. kellyr21 your art walk sounds so wonderful. Good luck with all your artwork submissions. joyfulnana I can relate to FOMO. I have decided not to sign up for three different online events in 2022 that I did this year. I have too much stuff already. I have spent too much in 2021 already. Still when 2022 rolls around I will be so jealous. I always want to be one of the cool kids! I am at school this week, but the students are still working from home. We might be back to in person next week, but who knows. October is also a Layout a Day month, so I will try to say some of my pages. Work blocks Flickr as they consider it social media, so I have to do that from home. |
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Post by Linda on Oct 5, 2021 17:37:48 GMT
justjac - I'm sorry for your losses -covid certainly has changes things and it does make it harder I have to admit that the patterns I've been using recently from Sinclair Patterns are very well written and easy to follow - they don't assume you have particular sewing knowledge - and even tell you which stitch will work best.
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Post by Linda on Oct 7, 2021 3:38:59 GMT
I got my October ornaments done - just cardstock cut with the Cricut - haunted house, ghost, pumpkin, bats, moon/witch, fall gnomes, and spiderwebs  |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 7, 2021 14:33:14 GMT
Oh, Linda, that tree display is adorable! So many fun little iconic Halloween images. I have created nothing this month except for one card. I started another one yesterday, but it didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it to, so I am waiting until I have some inspiration on how to change or recreate it. Meanwhile I am dealing with fall vegetables. Cut up and cooked a pumpkin yesterday. It drained all night ready for me to blend up the cooked chunks. Today I also need to cook up some more tomatoes: they are ripening fast in the basement cold room. Have already made one medium and one large batch of lasagna. Not ready to put together another batch of that for a week or so. Think this time I will just freeze the cooked tomatoes to use later. |
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Post by Linda on Oct 7, 2021 15:43:23 GMT
Thank you grammadee - it was fun to put together. Yeah - the ornaments and one card is all I've done this month also. I tried Cardtober 2 twice and didn't end up with a card either time and instead of just moving on to the next challenge, I got stuck spinning my wheels. Harvest time seems just as busy as planting time for you grammadee - I gave my canning supplies to DS...it's so hot here during canning season and for the most part, my family doesn't care for canned goods. Plus my canner isn't sized right for my new stove. |
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Post by kellyr21 on Oct 7, 2021 20:24:39 GMT
Happy Thursday! I have been relaxing and recovering this week. After submitting that art last Sunday I have creatively been spent. So I just caught up on regular stuff like cleaning and straightening things up. This afternoon, I will continue working on Christmas cards. Also, I have a art journaling Zoom class at 4pm. This is my first time attending this and I hope it is fun. My regular art drawing class is tonight at 7pm. I really like this class and it really stretches me. The teacher is a HS art teacher and really knows his stuff. There are usually 15-30 people each week. So, this will be a evening of art for me. grammadee- Oh, your cooking and harvesting sounds yummy. I know it must be a lot of work though. linda- Your Halloween tree is so cute! What a fun idea! nylene- Thinking about you and hope you are having fun having some time away. |
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Post by nylene on Oct 8, 2021 2:12:50 GMT
Hello, everyone! We are home and soooo glad to be home. joyfulnana is right, Wendover is the most boring place. We luckily had a good sized room with a table and I made cards for three whole days. I do all my Christmas cards alike so it was mass producing. I didn't count them all, but I think I have 60 card fronts ready to put on the folded cards and at least 20 finished except for a piece of foil paper I ran out of. I will probably have to wait until more stores get their Christmas wrap in. I searched all over and could only find red and I need green. The TV only worked part of the time, and the wifi kept going off every time I tried to use it. My DD helped me download a bunch of music to my phone so I could at least play those playlists while I scrapped. I was the only wife at the Banquet and as DH got up to get some dessert, the men across the table asked if he had to drag me kicking and screaming to Wendover. LOL I let them know I'm just the driver so I brought him. He golfed with a group he didn't know, but they were so kind to line him up toward the hole and find his ball for him. He was such a great golfer when he could see that it's hard for him to know he's doing poorly. But he did seem to enjoy the game. It's the first time he's golfed since he became legally blind 3-4 years ago. justjac, I am glad you had a chance to be with family. This Covid has certainly changed the ways we celebrate and mourn as families. I hope your Covid numbers get better. I am jealous of your meet-up with grammadee. I hope you both have a wonderful time. It sounds like you have lots to work on. kellyr21, I am so excited about the chances you have to participate in art shows in your area. What a great opportunity to meet the person in charge. I love your art! I also love the enthusiasm it gives to you as you participate in classes and shows. Keep it up! Linda, your DD's skirt is great and so versatile. You are are sweet mom to hurry to get it done. I love your Halloween tree. I haven't brought my Halloween stuff upstairs yet, but hope to have Alex help me decorate. Next year I may try your Tree idea. I love that. grammadee, thank you so much for making this such a great website. You have great ideas and are so organized and encouraging. This place couldn't run without you. Do you freeze your pumpkin or bottle it? Back when I had a big family I froze mine for pies, but I haven't bothered lately. Take care of that gallbladder! joyfulnana, congrats to Abby on her adoption b-day. Time flies. She's such a pretty white cat. I love seeing her online. How is Rudy liking school? Alex has decided that the day is toooo long. kitbop, thanks for mentioning about "my tribe". That really bugged me too. I live next door to the most wonderful Native American (their preference) family and I know they dislike "tribe". We have a local mtn. named "Squaw" Peak which is also offensive to the Native Americans. There are some plans to change that name and I hope they do. Sending waves and hugs to all the Pokeys! I have done the first card but not the envelope and haven't even looked at the others. I hope I get to do a few of them. I have some sewing to get done for 2 granddaughters too this month. I just need more hours in the day. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. |
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Post by joyfulnana on Oct 8, 2021 4:24:47 GMT
I always want to be one of the cool kids! Me too lol I'm so jealous of your upcoming crop. You two will be having a great time! Linda I LOVE your Halloween tree! It must be so much fun to decorate for the holidays in the new house. kellyr21 your evening of art sounds wonderful! I hope the new class was fun. I think I'll create my own evening of art and play with paper or catch up on a class. And put it on the calendar. nylene I'm sorry Wendover was everything you knew it would be lol. It sounds like it was a pretty great weekend for DH and you got lots done! That was sweet of the golfers to help him out. Man grammadee you are so busy! I'm pretty sure the only time you take it easy is when your gallbladder is acting up lol. grammadee, gramma, kitbop and Linda thanks so much for hosting Sketchember. I'm still working my through them. grammadee I'm not sure what this board would be like without you. (and I never want to!  ) |
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Post by kitbop on Oct 8, 2021 11:36:13 GMT
Happy Friday Pokeys! Glad to have you back from the desert nylene Although it is so fabulous that you got all those cards made! I haven't even started designing mine. I also like to mass produce one card. However, this year, after doing all those cards last weekend, I feel the urge to use all my different supplies and come up with new and interesting designs! I thought about joining the peas card exchange to encourage myself to make more cards. Then I got a grip on reality and imagined how stressed that was going to make me 1 month from now... and reminded myself that I have a whole hospital full of coworkers who I can give cards to, plus nursing homes/retirement homes... and figured I'd stick to my pokey exchange and stay sane!!! Last year, I purchased a concord and 9th die set that makes miniature christmas trees (3D, they stand up). Jennifer McGuire did a video about them and they are adorable. My hope is to make those for my coworkers this year. Linda- love your tree! I am tempted more and more each year to decorate/celebrate Halloween in a bigger fashion, but DH looks at me like I am Donald Trump and I back off... grammadee, I don't grow pumpkins because of space (plus they are so cheap to buy here) but I always freeze a bunch of pumpkin. I too drain mine overnight and put it through a cheesecloth. But it has backed up through the years so I still have 2017 packages in the freezer!!! Gotta run, but have a great day everyone! |
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Post by Linda on Oct 8, 2021 13:43:59 GMT
kellyr21 - I hope your art classes were awesome! nylene - welcome back! I'm sorry Wendover was as expected but glad you were able to work on cards! How nice of the golfers to include your DH and help him out. joyfulnana - I am really excited about decorating but it's a bit challenging with the living room and dining room still not fully put together - not enough flat surfaces available yet in the dining room and boxes still in both rooms. I pulled out my fall/Halloween box but other than washing the kitchen towels and placemats, I haven't gotten too far. I'm struggling with Cardtober - got #1 done, tried #2 twice but it wasn't coming together and that put me off my game. I did get #7 done last night and hopefully can get caught up over the weekend. It'll be a busy weekend - DH and DD14 are off today and I think it'll be a yard work day at both houses. Tomorrow we're hoing to visit DS (he's about 2 hrs away on detachment) and go to the zoo with him and out to eat (outside or takeaway to eat outside). Sunday is slated to be an 'organise' the garages day.
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Post by justjac on Oct 8, 2021 15:13:35 GMT
Linda I'm sorry my challenge is throwing you off. There is a nice example now of flowers on a coloured cardstock sky that is still a scene. I'm afraid all my challenges are more of the same. nylene great job making all those cards. I thought I hadn't done anything this year, but then I found a shoe box full of cards I made when I was doing the 100 day challenge in the spring. I never make all the same, but then I have to worry if someone might get an accidental repeat the next year. grammadee thanks for organizing Sketchtember and Cardtober. You make the board a more interesting place! kitbop knowing yourself and what is fun for you is so important. I loved getting all the cards from the big exchange last year, but I'm not signing up for it this year. I like it better when I actually know the people sending the cards (either online or irl.) joyfulnana we'll have to get together and crop online this winter. I miss hanging out with the peas! It's Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend, so we're going to my Mom's. We're all vaccinated, but it still feels weird to travel when the numbers are so high. Not that it's a big trip. It takes about 5 hours to get there if we stop for something to eat on the way.
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