Mojo found!

It's been a little while.

I have been experiencing a little scrappy block.

This past weekend however I finally found some Mojo!

Shawn, over at 

Viola Ink at Bella Creations 

gave us a 

No Paper - Stamping Challenge.

Oops is how I got through this one.

I pulled out the tiles that were left over from a project my hub's did a while back.

I stamped the image with StazOn. Then decided to add some color with Alcohol inks...

#1 mistake.

It pretty much wiped away the stamp or blended it with the alcohol inks. 

So then I retouched the alcohol inks and tried the Black StazOn on top...

#2 too dark! 

So the only thing I had on hand was Color Box white pigment ink. Looks pretty good, but.....

immediately after taking the picture I put my finger right in the Color Box ink which I knew was not dry...

#3! 

Needless to say...smudge! 

So I grabbed a wet wipe and wiped away and the result was a worn look.

It wasn't what I was going for but I kinda like it like this!

Before/After

Alcohol inks-Terra Cotta & Watermelon (which, by the way, came with no dropper tip so is now all over my hands because of a spill and this is some sticky stuff)

Another attempt with the tiles looks like this...

I used Slate, Denim and Meadow Alcohol inks on this background.

And keeping with the challenge I also made these...

Clothes pin/recipe card holders!

Peeled paint, fired brick, tea dye, and faded jeans distress inks were used on these. 

Not sure if I am finished with this challenge, lots of ideas running around in my head.

It was fun to try something outside of the "norm".

9/11

This is a picture I took one day my husband and I decided to cruise around in the airplane

August 2006...

This is what I should have seen...

We will never forget!

~ ~ ~

Times of impact: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m

Time the burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes

Time they took to fall: 12 seconds

2606 dead including...

87 on the American flight

60 on the United 175 flight

 343 Fireman

37 Port Authority Officers

23 NYPD

9 EMT/Paramedics

3 NYS Court Officers

And lets not forget the 40 passengers and crew who died on flight 93 

the 59 who died on flight 77 

as well as 125 at the Pentagon

RIP 

Lost but NEVER forgotten

GOD BLESS US ALL!!!

A loose woman

Yup, that's me! 

I've become a loose woman!

Loose leaf that is!

I have always loved my cup a tea. 

Mom could have put it in the bottle when I was little for all I know. 

I don't remember a time, growing up, that I didn't drink tea. 

It was always tea bags though, that you find in any grocery store.

And that was fine. 

Shawn, however, over at Poetry In a Pot of Tea, who has been a loose woman for some time now, had told me, a while ago, that there was a different taste to the loose leaf tea.

She left me wondering...

If I love my tea bags so much how would I feel about the loose leaf? 

I have been wanting to try it but unfortunately saw no opportunity, until this week.

While shopping downtown last weekend, I spied a tea house.

It looked so pretty from the outside but, alas, it was closed.

I had to wait.

Finally the opportunity arose Tuesday.

I walked in, looked around. 

Taking in the ambiance and the music, I was in heaven!

It was like time stood still.

Such a wonderful relaxing experience to behold. 

The woman who owns the place was there.

A lovely lady.

We had the chance to chat a while, she opened the place when her husband retired.

They have their own blends there and lots of them.

A great variety!

So far I have tried 2 and I am very pleased.

So I spent that wonderful Tuesday morning slowly sipping my wonderful tea and eating a blueberry scones that they baked for me right there when I ordered it.

My day was complete.

Ah, but this is not an experience to keep to yourself.

I couldn't wait to bring my daughter up there this morning.

While I chose another blueberry scones and a different blend of tea, she, who is not a tea drinker, drank a cup of their creamy rich hot chocolate and ate a chocolate cream tart.

 Doesn't that look yummy?

She smiled through the whole experience which made me very happy that I got to share this with her.

I walk away feeling very relaxed and happy. 

I also walked away with this little beauty as well as some teas to enjoy at home...

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you are having a wonderful Saturday too!