Cece

When I was at my daughter's house for Christmas I had the opportunity to photograph my old stuffed dog Cece. I got him when I was 2 years old and he was given to me to cheer me up after I got a couple of fingers smashed in the car door. My grandmother and two aunts had come to visit us from Texas and apparently, in my excitement to go for a car ride with them I forgot to get my fingers out of the way. There was a cartoon at the time called Beany and Cecil and I named my new dog after Cecil. Only I couldn't really pronounce Cecil and it evolved into Cece.
Cece kept me company God only knows how many hours over the years. He soaked up at least a gallon of tears through my childhood. He always had a comfy place to lie on my bed even after I was grown.
When I had my daughter she got to keep Cece and when she moved away from home Cece went with her. Now I have a granddaughter who has adopted Cece.
Poor old Cece has been sewn up and a new nose attached and his fur has about all fallen off but he's still intact. With any luck, he'll be a companion to another little girl someday in the future.

I Had All These Big Plans, See?

It was huge, my plans to update my posts last month. I was going to post a photo of my Christmas tree which I admit I just took down about three days ago. And I was going to show you how I upcycled some metal lids from my cans of coffee and made Christmas ornaments. Tons of fun! And I baked stuff for Christmas and traveled to California and didn't leave until three days after I had planned. That was all good, though. I got to spend much more time with my granddaughter and we had a lot of laughs with everyone over the goofy can of "Pranks" that we bought at Restoration Hardware as a gift to my son-in-law. Oh, yeah...Whoopee cushions, Bubba teeth, a Joy Buzzer, X-ray glasses...straight out of the back cover of 1960's comic books.
I've been busier than ever since I got home three weeks ago.
And...drumroll, please. I made a number of sales on my Etsy store. I was very excited. The first few orders I had the bracelets in stock. But then all of a sudden, I got orders for ones I hadn't replaced after the big craft show in Clarkston. So there I was out in the Flower House soldering away and it was so cold out there I could see my breath. But who's complaining? Not me.
I've been making a couple of journals and applying myself to really, really learning Photoshop CS3. I've just been playing with it heretofore. The Husby gave me a new gadget for my birthday, too. It scans 35mm negatives and slides and converts the negatives to positive images. I fished out several old (as in early 1970's) strips of negatives and was surprised to see some images I haven't seen in many, many years. My daughter was 5 and 6 years old in these photos. The color on them is kind of funky as they were taken originally in Fuji film and that film always made the colors kind of "off". I used to like that, but now it looks weird. This is where the uptick in my CS3 interest came into play.
I got out an old quilt that I sort of inherited about 35 years ago. I have worked on it off and on over the years. It was fun going through all the pieces and I have sort of marveled at how much I have actually done. I know, over 35 years I should have completed it decades ago, but it's just one of those things.
Today I started making some things for my Etsy store which I hope to have up by the end of the week.
And that's where I am right now.