Winter's Eve

 Hidden in the snow laden valley

 there lies a quaint little village.

The scene invites you in,

 to make a snowman, take a sleigh ride ,

or put on your ice skates.

 

I have printed these cards from my original watercolor

painting, 'Winter's Eve'.

They are printed onto heavy, feather edged cardstock.

Sparkling with ultra fine crystal glitter

 for that frosty look.

 

These and many other cards are available at my

 

ETSY     store.

Love Lavender?

Lavish this lovely lavender card on your
lavender loving friend.

The perfect birthday card for that friend, mom, sister,
co-worker, wife or anyone who loves lavender....
or birdcages... flowers?

Notice all of the lovely detail:  punched out
corners, multi-layered designer papers,
rhinestone embellishments and more adorn
this wonderful one of a kind, handcrafted card.

It can be found along with many other
works of art in my
ETSY store.

 

Lighthouse

The Anchor of My Soul

Pinnacle of rock, touching the clouds,

Standing strong and proud,

Like, on rocky, storm shoal,

The Anchor of my soul.

To those who wander giving light,

Savior in the night;

He is the way, the truth, the light,

Keeping me from evil, in His hand,

Anchoring my soul to firm land:

Standing strong and proud, 

the Anchor of my soul; 

Savior in the night.

  by Erin Hope

This lovely poem was written by my granddaughter, Erin.

She is 16, loves photography and writing poetry and

short stories.

There is something about a lighthouse,

 established to guide ships away from the rocks,

 marking the deep water

entrance to a safe harbor, assuring those

who wait for returning sojourners, and

providing light in the darkness.

The card is a reproduction of my original

 watercolor painting.

"Lighthouse"

I have printed it onto this deckled edged,

heavy cardstock card and it is available in my

ETSY store.

Any Occasion

I have created an assortment of custom cards for Paula:

She asked me to make her ten different cards. She didn't

want her name on them. She didn't have any preference

of colors or themes. She just asked me to make
them all different from each other.

These are a few of the ones I made:

Each one is special and unique in its own way.

Each comes with a matching envelope.

Each is blank inside so that they can
be used for any occasion.

These cards are all

one of a kind, hand-crafted cards.

I use designer scrapbooking papers
and embellishments, and oh, yes,
ultra fine crystal glitter...

Anyone would love to recieve one  of

these special cards. 

Cards also make great gifts. They can also be

gift wrapped at no extra charge.

Now these cards were made just for Paula,
but I would love to make a set of cards for you.

In this world of e-mails and texts, there
is still room for cards with a personal touch.

My cards usually come in sets of five, but because
they are handcrafted just for you, I am very
flexible as to how many you need.

Custom cards can be found at
my ETSY shop.

And the Winner is.....

 The winner of my set of five

 winter watercolor cards giveaway is:

Zuni

of

Chickadee Home Nest

As soon as I recieve your mailing address,

your beautiful cards will be on their way.

Thanks to everyone for entering my

winter cards giveaway.

These cards are also available at

my ETSY shop.

Winter Cards Giveaway

Morning Ride

Since it is snowing now, where I live, I decided to

have one last  GIVEAWAY of a set of five of

my Winter Watercolor Cards.

One each of the following different cards.....

Winter Cardinal

This is my prayer for you for this upcoming year:

"The Lord bless you and keep you,

The Lord make His face to shine upon you,

and be gracious to you.

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, 

and give you peace."  

 Numbers 6:24-26

White Horse Inn

Each card is blank inside and comes with a
matching feather-edged envelope.
A generous amount of glitter is smattered onto
the snowy sections to give that frosty winter look.

These would make a great gift, or
use them yourself.

Cardinals

It's a most wonderful time of the year...

Winter Sky

The rules of the giveaway
 are as follows:

1. Become a follower of my blog and
let me know you are a follower.

2. Visit my Etsy Shop.

3. Leave a comment here telling me

which item or items from my

Etsy shop you like best.

The winner will be announced on
Sunday, January 29th

I have also made this collection available at
my ETSY shop.

Makena Dreamin'

We just recently returned from our wonderful vacation.

We spent two sun soaked weeks at our favorite beach in the

world ....( we have limited experience in the world of

beaches), but we love spending time here with our friends.

Here we are, my dear husband of almost 37 years, and I.

We sat basking in the warm sunshine, we ate, we swam,

we tasted some of the tropical island delicacies,

 we felt the sand between our toes,

we had a snack.

We took walks down the beach,

 we ate, we looked for shells, we ate, we felt

the warm trade winds, we ate, and of course we enjoyed 

the absolutely beautiful sunsets.....

Did I mention the wonderful food?

I was inspired to paint this lovely painting from the

 photo at the top of this post.

"Makena Dreamin' "

This lovely beach is located on Maui. 

 It is called Makena Beach (Big Beach). If you enter the

beach from the second entrance and turn right
 you will see this beautiful Kiawe tree,
watch out for the needles though,

 no bare feet until you get past this tree...

Then you will encounter the softest golden sand ever...
and behold the beautiful aqua shore breakers...

I have printed this painting onto beautiful, heavy,

 feather-edged cardstock. This is a set of 5,
but I do sell them as individual cards as well.
 Each card comes with a matching

feather edged envelope and is blank inside...

You can find these cards at my ETSY shop.

Turtle not included :-)