Here are some more beautiful ATC's made with a "gothic arch" to them. It is for a swap in my vintage photo group. The theme was vintage beauty. This was my first time to stray away from the "normal" size of ATC's.

The "Easter Bunny" arrived on time! We celebrated Easter at my parent's in Henderson, Kentucky with family. Jordan, Danelle and Dakota came in from North Carolina, James and his girlfriend Jessica came down with us, and my sister and her boyfriend, Butch, were down from Pawnee, Illinois. We had a wonderful time together celebrating our risen Christ and birthdays!

I had to laugh after seeing this picture. James didn't quite know what to do with this little "creature" he was asked to hold! But this was his first time seeing his little niece. It was such a blessing having all of us together at Easter. We hadn't been together since last May of '07 and Dakota wasn't quite here yet. The bad part was we were so busy taking pics of Dakota, we forgot to get a pic of the two brother's together! Oh well, you have to have your priorities....hee hee hee!

We celebrated three birthdays at Easter....mine, Danelle's and Butch's. I actually turn "50" (yikes) on mine, which is not until April 19th. So I've still got some time to live in my 40's yet.......!

Happy Birthday, Danelle!

Happy Birthday, Butch!

Yum, great-grandpa sharing birthday ice cream with Dakota. What a treat!

Oh, the love between a great-grandmother and her great-granddaughter!

This little Fischer Price train was my sister's, who is now 41! Then, Dakota's daddy played with it when he was little, he's now 25. And here is little Dakota, taking her turn! She likes chewing on the plastic string more than anything at this point.

Dakota is now crawling and going all over the place. There's no stopping her now!

Spring ATC Swap

I've been working all day on these ATC's below for a spring swap I'm in. Since I love vintage images I went with an "in love in the spring" theme. We are swapping out eight, so when I get my eight back, I'll post them here. Enjoy!

Well, I'm very sick of this weather now! A few days of warm weather, then ice, then a few days of warm, then snow, a few more days of warm weather, then ice and snow. It can quit already! So today I spent in the house where it's warm and cozy and worked on some ATC's for a swap I'm in. The swap theme is Le Jardin. I think they turned out wonderful. And as the one below shows, spring does bring out the romantic in all of us!

This one didn't scan as well as the others....sorry! I enjoy using sheet music for backgrounds. Just gives such a "feeling" to the piece.

Love vintage women images....they're my favorite to use.

Look at Everblooming Sweet William.....he is sweet!

Such sweet images....those two little girls.

Love the colors in this one and how sweet is the little girl?

Here are some "nature" pics I took out our window onto the deck. I've been practicing using my 12 zoom on my new camera. We've been putting out bread and seeds on our deck so they come up and I can capture their beauty! I've been very happy with the zoom on it; very nice pics, don't you think?

Look how close I was able to get up on this squirrel. I'm really liking this zoom and can't wait until Florida.....it'll come in handy with the blue heron!

Our resident mocking bird. We call him Mikey. He loves to come up on the deck and eat what we've put out and drive our inside kitties just crazy.

Here is a little nuthatch. We have them all year round. They are very cute to watch.