Last Bit of the Holidays for 2011

Happy New Year!!!

Hello Everyone:)

Well here it is December 27th, and Christmas and Boxing Day have come and gone already! It seemed like it took forever for the

Holidays to arrive and if you blinked, they were done!

I hope you all have had a Fabulous Christmas Weekend

and are looking forward to this coming 

New Years Weekend!

I've particularly had a Wonderful time of it this

December with all the wonderful successful

Blog Post Giveaways!

I've been thrilled to participate with these 

Fabulous Internet Businesses of

Retro Cafe Art Gallery:)

and

Melissa Samuels:)

and

Shabby Cottage Studios:)

Along with many other Wonderful Shops

that I have been able to bring to your attention

for their great selection of arts and crafts goodies, and all the 

Fabulous Artists and their Products!

I've only had my blog here at

Birdnuts Mixed Media

since April of this year, and I'm

Gobsmacked

at how quickly and how many of

you all have signed on to 'Follow'

and I really appreciate all your

Fabulous Comments!

You have no idea how much it

all means to me!!

This December was a Special one for me this year

as I had my 55th Birthday this year and have

had a Wonderful time of it with all sorts of

Fabulous 'Friends' on Facebook showing me

so much love and attention!

Kristin Hubick 

of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery 

even made me a 'Discount Coupon' for the

Day on my Birthday in her Shop!

What a Hoot!!!

Not many people can say they were

a Coupon! LOL

My Wonderful Husband also totally

made this Birthday a Fabulous one for me:)

All the cake I could eat!!!

(Chocolate of course!)

And

A Fabulous new Glass Topped

Drafting Table!

All Powder Coated Steel with slots and

drawers and even the matching rolling cart...

and matching chair:)

What a Wonderful Guy!!!

And socks too!

LOL!!!

These are Artists Socks 

from Wonderful

Paper Whimsey!

(Picture is linked:) LOL!

At 55 years old I nearly put my back out taking this

shot in the Art Room, but wanted you to see

how cool these socks are!! LOL.

Anyway, in Honour of this being the 

End of the Year

and it being such a 

Fabulous Successful one!

Here's my last 

Project for the Season.

Just a quickie, as Starting on my next Blog Post on 

January 5th, 2012

There is Exciting News 

and a Flurry of

Blog Posts and Giveaways

for the next few months!!!

(I'm going to be a very busy blogger!!)

So here is my last 

Seasonal Project for 2011~

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Cupcake!!!

Sorry, at this time of year, near the end,

I'm not 'baking' a cake! LOL

You'll have to make due with a 

Paper Mache Cupcake!

New at Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Granted, on the Christmas Paper Cake

I used the Ballerina's from 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery,

but she just looks so cool 'dressed' in 

Red and Glitter!

The Top of the Cupcake I used a 

DecoArt Snow Writer and

Melissa Frances Mica Flakes from

Retro Cafe Art:)

Even sprinkled a bit of Real Glass Glitter 

over the top:) 

And you KNOW I love to 'bake'! LOL

So I'm looking forward to more 'Cakes'

in 2012!!

Well all my Blogger Friends and Followers

I 'Wish' you all a Fabulous 

New Years

Celebration!

 I'm so looking forward to all the

New Opportunities that are 

Currently in the Works

for  

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

So Please check back on 

January 5th, 2012!!!

Lots of Fun and Surprises

in store:) :)

Happy New Year!!!

Enjoy!!!

(safely!!)

Cheers!!!

$25 Gift Certificate to Retro Cafe Art Gallery Winner!

Hello Everyone:)

Can you believe it?

It's already December 18th!

Only 7 more days until Christmas!

But also, it's the day I'm 

Announcing the Winner

of the

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!!!

But first I want to 

Thank all of You for

Signing on as New Followers

and Entering the Giveaway 

as well as all of my 

Regular Followers who

know I adore them already!!!

So here we go!

The Winner is!

'Jenny'

(Confetti is flying all over the place!)

(Hip, Hip, Hurray!!!)

I will be Emailing 'Jenny' to tell her the wonderful

News that she is the Winner of the

$25 Gift Certificate to 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!!!

Big Congrats Jenny!

As always, I Thank and Appreciate

Kristin Hubick

at 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

for all her Wonderful Support and Friendship!

So it's only 7 More Days Until Christmas!

and I've been floundering all this past

week in the Art Room!

Hard to concentrate when you're excited about the upcoming

Holidays! And in my case a Monumental Birthday too!

It's my 55th Birthday on the 22nd, and I'm relishing

the fact that I may be becoming a 'Senior' on that

Day, but I will Never Grow Up! LOL.

And here's some proof of that point! LOL!!

Here's an Christmas Ornament 

I made of Kristin's wonderful dog

Zeus:)

What a fabulous little face!!!

Couldn't resist even though I have no idea what

Zeus's take is on the whole Holiday situation! LOL!

And also a Project I made from one of Kristin's

Fabulous Paper Mache Hands!

Everything I used in this project came from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

All the graphics, alphabet beads, paper mache hand,

trims, tapes, and butterfly die-cuts!

The 'house kit' was so much fun to play with

that as you can see, even the inside has been

all embellished with Kristin's Graphics!!

And I love the little Masonite Windows

made by Coffee Break Design at

Retro Cafe Art!

I had a Fabulous time making this project, and

as with the Paper Cakes, plan on making some

more of these hand projects in the future!

They lend themselves to so many ideas!!!

And as you all know, I'm full of those! LOL!!

So before I let you go!

On January 6th, 2012

Big News here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

But here's some hints, (grin).....

also.....

and of course, a little cake maybe?

January and February 2012

are Jam Packed with

more 

Fabulous Giveaways and Fun!!!

With lots of Surprises in store!!!

So here's to you all, hoping you have all of your

Holiday Arts and Crafts Projects all finished,

and ready for the Holidays!

This is one of my Christmas Season Projects

that I was thrilled to have finished to use

for my Facebook Profile for the Holiday Season

(check it out, and send me a Friends Invite! Denise Phillips)

I call it 'Oh Deer, Tiny Dancer'

This Journal Page I used the Fabulous Graphics from

Marsha Salyer Jorgensen 

of 

Tumble Fish Studios

at

Deviant Scrap. Com!

(Link attached to the photo:) and in my Favourites List)

and my Original Photo of my favourite deer Bubbie:)

So there ya go!

Proof I'll never grow up! LOL

Listen Everyone,

I wish you all with all my heart a

Fabulous Holiday Season

to you and yours!

And don't forget to check back often as

you never know what's going on here on

Happy Holidays!!!

and 

Hugs!!!

Enjoy:)

Happy Holidays Gift Certificate Giveaway!!!!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

(Can you tell I'm excited! LOL)

As I told you before, here's another 

Fabulous Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Hook up those Reindeer, get that sled, and we're off!

Lets get the Holiday Season under way!!!

Here we go again!!!

Kristin Hubick

of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery 

and

Coffee Break Design

Has again Honoured me with another Wonderful

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!!

I always enjoy doing these Giveaways with 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

And here's some 

Fabulous News!

Kristin, the absolutely Clever Girl that she is,

has created an entire 

New Product Line of

Coffee Break Design Products!

She's added over 100 New Products to chose from

all before the Holidays!!!

So do go by 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

and check out the Fabulous Selection of

New Goodies!

So to Celebrate the Latest

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway

I just had to do something to Celebrate, so

I Baked Cake!

Yup! That's right, I baked another Paper 'Cake'

in Honour of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Using many of Kristin's Fabulous Products:)

(Front View)

( Happy Holidays Side:)

With all of Retro's Ballerina's, (which were a blast

to repaint and glitter:), German Dresden Foils,

Stand-Up Number Cut-Outs, 

Masonite Window Frames:), (a personal favourite!),

Mini Light String, Alphabet Beads,

(and you all know I'm all about the Beads! LOL)

Even used No-Prep DecoArt Metal Paints 

from

Retro Cafe Art:)

(Back View)

And I always have to incorporate somewhere

in my Paper Cakes

Bus-Stop Lady!

(Halloween She was 'Victim':)

Now she's 'Sugar Plum":)

( Back View)

Seasons Greeting Side:)

I just love making these cakes!

But then, when it was all 'Baked',

I just couldn't stop there!

So I made a matching

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Shrine Kit too!

Had an absolute blast making this with some

of Kristin's Fabulous New Products!!!

Check out those feet!!!!

As you can see from previous posts, these

kits are so much fun to be creative with!

Any idea can be used with them!

And again!

Bus-Stop Lady! Ha Ha!!

'Stage Mother'

( I never seem to run out of ideas for her!! LOL)

So here's the skinny on how to 

Enter the 

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Sign on as a Google 'Follower' here on my blog

and leave a 'Comment' telling me that you're

signed on and that's your Entry!

But wait!

That's your Entry on my Blog 

Here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

to

Win the $25 Gift Certificate to 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Then.....

Head over to 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery and

Leave Kristin a 

'Comment' on her Blog Post

and you'll be 

Entered to Win

another

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!!

That's right!

2 Chances to Win!!!!

Deadline for Entries is set for

December 17th with the

Winner Announced 

December 18th!!!!

So there you go!

2 Chances to Win

Wonderful 

Gift Certificates to

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

And 'Cake' to Boot!

LOL

Bring your own Forks!!!

(GRIN).

I wish you all a

Fabulous Holiday Season!

Now get those Entries in!

Enjoy!!!