Happy New Year

Wishing you a happy and creative New Year!

This has been a whirl wind holiday season which started out with several weeks of being under the weather. Luckily I recovered in time to travel to visit Krissy's new baby and celebrate Christmas with my family. She had a 9lb. 2oz. boy!  Both mom and baby doing great. Sammie and  I had a good visit but, I missed traveling to friends due to holiday gatherings, meeting my new grand baby and staying 45 minutes from where they live. Lots of time was spent with the older kids and catching up. Now onto giveaway and discount news ...

To celebrate 2012 I am planning a giveaway soon here! But I have a giveaway you can enter for handmade Cashmere Snowmen on my other site. They are beautiful and made by a fiber artist!  Just follow and comment, that is it! Do it quick because it is ending soon. I may extend it to the end of the week since the holidays haven't allowed for many entries, which means better odds for you!!

I am also going to be reading more this year and if you would like to read the same book(s) we can have a chat once a month about it! More about what I am reading and the details later. Now if you have been pining over some getting some new arts and crafts books or other books you may like this discount:

 Start 2012 off right with 35% off + FREE shipping at ChronicleBooks.com. Use discount code NEWYEAR at checkout. Ends 1/6/12.

Don't forget to visit the shop for handmade items and a few originals. Interested in a print, just ask!  More items to the shop soon. I will keep you posted. I can't wait to get creating in the new year!  Wishing you the best in 2012!!

What is on your list for this year? Wishing / Resolutions / Hopes?

Happy Holidays!

Hello I have not forgotten you or my art journal. Things have been just a bit busy around with life, helping with homework, preparing for the holidays and my daughter Krissy having a baby! Also opening the shop.Yes, it is open!

Not fully loaded or arranged the way I want quite yet but I am learning to navigate my way through & hope to be adding more soon. I hope you can take a peek. Know if there is some print of a work you have seen here or on Flickr that I created and you would like,  most likely I can have it made for you so just ask me! As I am still working on recovering files which has slowed having prints listed! But I have started to list original work & some handmade items. Lots more coming soon! Including supplies and other things later after Jan. 1st.



In case you missed this from last year a journal page I painted. It is a free download for you to create a holiday journal page, or letter to someone *even Santa for your personal use only please. & you may share it!

Now, I will be around on and off but not really back to blogging until after the holidays since last night Krissy had her baby boy! He was 9lb 2oz ! He & his mom are doing well. We will be going and helping on and off throughout the holidays. If you have Facebook you can see him on my personal page!

Thanks for being patient with my blogging new art of late. To see a crafty tutorial or two including this one of how to create your own Snow-Globe visit my other site DearCreatives.com

I miss all my blogging friends dearly and wish you all Happy Holidays! I promise to get back to normal after the holidays sharing more art and inspiration! All my best, Theresa

Spa Product Giveaway & Review

Just in time for the holidays I have a great giveaway going on that I wanted to share with you! The Giveaway is for 2- $20. Gift certificates to Siam Natural Soap. At Siam Natural Soap they carry herbal handmade soaps, natural body scrubs, home spa & herbal masks, hair treatments & body oils *under moisturizing. 

 They great part about winning a gift certificate is choosing the products of your choice!  


Here is my review of their product I had the chance to sample:


The product I got to try was wonderful!  When I used it on my skin it doesn’t take much product to get excellent results the scrub was smooth but, with bits of grains  & as you scrub turns into a lathering silky feeling soap. “Amazing” When your skin is completely dry it is left feeling refreshed, clean & rejuvenated. The Malva Nut has a very soft nutty, sweet smell!  I can’t wait to try more of their products! I can see using this product daily on my hands too to combat the washing & dry winter conditions.  I look forward to trying Siam Natural Soap’s moisturizers & other products.

To enter just go to my other site DearCreatives.com Giveaway Time! 
See entry & details at bottom of post~  I promise you won't be disappointed especially if you win! Non winners will be getting a special code to use & posted after drawing close. So everybody really wins something~  


I hope to be back to posting soon! xo Theresa

Ps.Sorry for my absence of late & not posting any new art I had an unwelcome guest called a cold & flu! Nothing like getting stopped dead in your tracks! Especially in December. I am still on the mend.

Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary Walk & Photography

I hope you had an enjoyable break if you took one. When we recently took time off to meet relatives and gather. We found time to take a wonderful walk by a nature preserve in Alameda, Ca. at the Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary.

If it hadn't of been so hazy with a layer of fog I would of taken more pics of the SF view.We walked all the way down from where we stayed and followed this path to the sanctuary.

I managed to see some wildlife in many forms on the water, logs and land. 

A blue heron on a log sitting in solitude.

A grey spotted squirrel hiding among the ice plants.

There were so many birds around this preserve. There were so many little plovers along the shore, they are so fast I only got a few good shots.

A plover on Crown Beach.

And some of them seemed to just pose for me, like this regal brown seagull, at least that is what I call him.

I just loved the way the sun light hit and the one strand of hair blew into Sammie's face. She loves nature and loved our outing at the beach. I can't wait to share a few more fall photographs and soon some new art! 

Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary Alameda, CA

Birding-Oakland Magazine

EBBA on Flickr 

Shoreline Park 

Happiness flutters in the air whilst we rest among the breaths of nature. Kelly Scheaffer

What did you do over the holiday? Have you taken a moment to enjoy nature before the storms hit? 

Thankful

Dear Creatives friends & family, I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family & friends, eating a meal or two, taking a nature walk and having safe travels!

I hope you are able to take a moment to reflect on what you are thankful for. I am thankful for many things and besides my family I include my readers who at many times have supported me as much as my family with my art, photography and en devours. Brightest blessing to you all at this time of giving thanks~

What are you thankful for?

Be back soon with more art & photography!

Free Thanksgiving Printable Game

I wanted to share this free printable game I put together for our holiday gathering & thought you might like to use it  for some added family fun time on your Thanksgiving gathering too.

I created a printable game I am calling  Turkey Talk – Conversation Game. There is 25 questions with an answer sheet. It is family friendly, has questions for both kids & adults. Feel free to share the link so others can access it. All I ask is you link back to me & share where you grabbed the printable.

Sample Question of 25

Printable @ : Turkey Talk Questions & Anwers Printable

 

The printable is ready for printing  on 8.5 x 11 card stock or paper & is for personal use only. It is four pages are ready to print & cut out!  There are 8 questions per page with the exception of the first page which has Q.1 , the answers & terms of use. I promise more fun freebies are to come so stay tuned for some holiday fun. If you missed out on my other free printable & some tutorials you can view my
project / freebies page

 Printable answer sheet  is less  decorated to save ink, but if you would like this one just email me.

 If you'd like to follow along here for more art and  freebies coming up, feel free too.

Don’t forget to enter my giveawaythat is still open!

One of our families favorite games when gathering is Catch Phrase.

What is your families favorite games to play during holiday gatherings?

Giveaway Time!

Hi Everyone, I wanted to invite you to enter a giveaway I am having! I had the pleasure of sampling some Stampin' Up products  and this is what you could win! Entries are low right now, so chances are good! I am also having a holiday blog hop! For handmade items! Come join in all the fun! Info. is on the navigation bar for Holiday Hop.

 Stampin' Up Cookie Stamps!

And just to let you know in December I will be having some more giveaways, on this blog too!

Enter here: DearCreatives.com

Have a great weekend!