Beautiful "eye candy"

I won!....Yeah....WTA in my ATC group. That means I get some wonderful ATC's sent to me.....here is a beautiful card from April Dudko...will keep you posted as they come in...

"At the Opera" by Laura Carson

"Lady Iris" by Laura Carson

Do not forget where we came from....

Here is my great-great-great grandmother and grandfather.....Sarah Rodgers Webb and Samuel Webb Sr. They are surrounded by their children..from left to right...Ernest, Mary Jane, Herbert, Sam Jr., Alfred (bottom), Harry, John and Matilda. Samuel Webb Sr. was born in Warwickshire, England, best known for the birthplace of William Shakespeare and Sarah was born in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. Bilston is a town in the West Midlands regions of Staffordshire. They are buried in the family plot in Seymour, Iowa.

Left bottom corner is Sam, Jr....my great-great grandfather on my paternal grandmother's side. He was born in Yorkshire, England in 1863. Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Surrounding him are his five brothers.

Found a new website to try out, thanks to my wonderful friend, Deb! It's www.wordle.net Check it out and you will be addicted. You can make some wonderful "word clouds" to frame or use in scrapbooking....awesome!

Aprons

Here are some fun apron images and some interesting facts about aprons. It sure brings back memories of childhood...my grandmother always wore one in the kitchen. People just don't use them anymore like the 'ol days...and kids these days don't know what aprons are!
The principal use of grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids!
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents somthing that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron!!!

Here is two of six ATC's I've made for a "vintage ledger background" 6/6 swap that I've done for my Vintage Photo ATC group. They are quite the chick magnets, aren't they?

Here are two of six "Bingo Beauties" that will go out in a 6/6 swap for the Vintage Photo ATC group that I'm in. They were to have a bingo card background. Can't show you anymore, don't want to ruin the surprise!

Look at these two cute "bottle bugs" we purchased at an arts & craft fair we went to a couple of weekends ago. They'll both hang out in a small tree in my flower garden along with a red one purchased last fall from the same people.

You can go to her website at http://www.straycatart.com/ and check out her work. This summer we plan on an overnite trip to visit Galesburg and see all the sites.

Bought a new purse at the show.....isn't it cute? It'll be a great accessory to my favorite pair of jeans!