What Happened to August?

Oh Man! There may be another whole

week left, but this month has blown through

so fast!!!

As you know, I've taken the Month of August

off from the Wonderful ATC Swaps

here on Birdnuts Mixed Media...

although it doesn't mean I haven't been busy...

well, not all the time....(grin)..

(Thanks Oliver Howard for holding 

down the fort!) 

I did manage to get another Project Piece

done in my 

'Oh Deer' Collection:)

And a few ATC's just for the heck of it

out of some of the lovely papers and goodies

you Wonderful ATC Artists have been

tucking into your envelopes to me:)

( Thank you!!)

It was nice to take a little time just to make some

ATC's for the fun of it, and even a journal page or

two...

But one thing I have made time for

and 

I'm so happy to 

Announce 

is that

I've Opened my 

Very First 

Etsy Shop!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!

I've listed all sorts of my Projects in my 

New Shop!

And Big Thank You's to all of the 

Fabulous Well Wishes at it's Opening!!!

I'm having a Fabulous Time

making all sorts of Diverse Projects

for my New Shop:)

So Please Come by my New Shop 

and check out all the Goodies Listed:)

Just Winging It in my New Venture!!

HA!!!

And It's almost that Time of Year Again!!!

Can it be!!!

Halloween 

is coming!!!

Oh Man!

Make sure you go by 

Retro Cafe Art  

and

see Kristin's Latest 

Gothic ATC Swap!!!!

There's still time to Enter!!!

And on a Personal Note

This has also during my 

Time Off this month

been a sad one for my Husband and I 

and our little Zoo Family, 

as this month we lost a 

Dear Member of our Family

Mr. Ted 

He was Oliver Howard's Partner in Crime

and 

although he came to us late in his life

and under sad circumstances,

he's been a Brilliant and Loving

and Loyal little Friend to me personally.

He was my Art Room Buddy during the

nights of Art Frenzy Insomnia

and I so miss his company:)

Loved ya Mr. Ted! 

And Miss You my Buddy:)

xoxo

ATC SWAP....

So it's almost September....

ATC Swap???

Let me know if you all are still interested

in my continuing the ATC Swaps as

with the Holidays coming I'm not sure

you all will have the time and interest?

Leave me a comment on this 

Blog Post and let me know 

what you think?

Also any ideas you might have

to 'spice' them up! GRIN.

Enjoy!!!

Happy August:)

As you all know from the July ATC Swap,

I'm taking a little time off in August

to get on with a few Projects

I'm working on for this 

Fall and Winter Season.

As many of you know by

following me on Facebook,

I have a love for Journaling

and playing with paper.

So since I'm going to be off having

a bit of a break, I thought I would

leave you all with a bit of 

Eye Candy of some of my

journaling and tags and things

I've been playing with while

doing the ATC Swaps:)

Mini Moleskin Journal

Vintage Photo from my Private Collection

with

Lazier Cut-Outs from Retro Cafe Art Gallery

And I love using tags 

on my journal pages or

tucking into my journals:)

My Oh Deer Aunt Alice popping up

on a journal page:)

Dylusions Inks again with

a Debrina Pratt Cat graphic and

Tape Transfer Method.

A little Graphics45 stamping and

Retro Cafe Art Gallery's 

Lazier Paper Cut-cake, yum:)

Lots of fun doing this one with 

Retro Cafe Art Lazier Paper Cut-outs

and

Graphic Chair from 

Shabby Cottage Studios

and

Dylusions Inks 

and 

Assorted Stamps:)

A little pen work:)

And the butts of fish Lazier Cut-Outs from

Retro Cafe Art

Bits and pieces:)

For a House Tag Swap:)

Made a couple of these and they've

gone to live in both the Netherlands and

England:)

Retro Cafe Art Gallery Lazier Cut-Outs

and Glasses:)

And Land of Nod Wonderful Girl:)

Another Land of Nod Wonderful Graphic:)

And a wee bit of Fall creeping in... HA!

Nancy Baumiller's Wonderful Graphics

from 

Crowabout Studios

at

DeviantScrap.com

So there's some of the bits and pieces

I've been working on over the past

couple of months:)

Have a few Projects coming up

in the near future so I'm looking

forward to this Fall and Winter

and of course

having the ATC Swap resume 

real soon:)

So hope you all are having

some Holiday and/or Vacation

Time this August!

And hope you all get

some great Art Time 

to boot!

And I'll be seeing you

real soon:)

Thanks Everyone!

Enjoy:)