Princess Bubbles Creates

 We had a ton of candy left from our gingerbread houses for the auction.   So we decided to build another one at home.  This is the fruit of our efforts.  I should have taken a picture of the back because it is equally fantastic.    We had lots of fun and everyone is anxious to eat it! 

I count myself extremely blessed to be a creative person.  I get into a blissful state when I am creating.  Even better is when my creativity can be used to help or bless someone.  My husband and I work with a young adult group in our church.  We decided to build gingerbread houses and then auction them to raise money for a group of kids that are going on a mission trip to Mexico on the Christmas break.  The auction was held this morning and raised $215.00 The house that I helped build is the top picture.  I have to brag.  That house sold for $100.00  How cool is that! Everyone had a lot of fun the evening we spent building the houses.  I think it was a win win situation for all involved.

I've actually had this done for a while now.  I just didn't have time to post the picture because I spent so much time on my journal.  The top picture is a bit dark.  The close up shot is closer to the real colors.  I am looking forward to finishing December project and therefore completing the year.  I feel like I can say I have finally learned to finish things. I have joined the Bead Journal Project for 2011.  I am hoping to improve my beading skills.  Having a deadline each month gets me working. ps I forgot to say that I also incorporated the sword stitch in this piece.  I learned it from Sharon B at the Pintangle blog.  I love learning the new stitches!

I was at workshop with GRIPS on Saturday morning.  What a great way to spend a morning!  Too fun!  I learned a lot and found out I have a lot to learn!  I was not surprised.  Here are a couple of cool shot that I got.

Well, that's it.  I'm done with posting this journal.  Doing a journal from scratch is a lot of work but it is certainly worth it.  If I do it again I think I will start with a theme in mind.  

The fabric page on the left is quite dark.  I needed to really cover it with paint to hide the brown stripes that are in the fabric.  I cut a piece of woven garbage bag that we had painted.  It didn't take the paint all that well so it was pretty light in color.   I stitched some buttons on the edge of the right hand page.  This has been a really fun journal to create.

The fabric page on the left is painted and stamped.  It still needs something else though.  The page on the right has punchinella stitched on the edge.  I think it definitely makes for a sturdy edge!