Im back

Hello, I am back! It was a long summer! But Im back and crafting and picture taking. I have opened a real life shop for some stuff here in my home town. I have a closet anyway, but its pretty good sized and Im trying to get it filled up with all kids of clay stuff and other mixed media items.

This is Bradly Hall Its a store in our town where everyone can sell their stuff.

my fairy box I just finished. Im trying to decide if I should sell it in my shop or online still.

I opened up my on line store at BigCartel again

that can be found here

my bigcartel store

I hope to be around more on here and write a few blog posts and tutorials for the season.

So see you all around!

koala bear

A cute koala bear tutorial from The Friesen Project 

I made this one from the tutorial

I also still have these available

If anyone is interested in purchasing one let me know

Also in my bigCartel store these are available

bigCartel store

Two new frogs

There are 2 new frogs in my bigCartel shop for you to see! 

here is the link http://treasurefrommyheart.bigcartel.com/

you can also join my facebook page and see my shop on there

facebook fan page

Polymer clay

My new creations made from following a tutorial I found here Katers Acres-frog tutorial

this is an echidna, I found the tutorial for making it at the same place

Katers Acres-echidna tutorial .
Remember you can find my store here Treasure From my Heart Store

you can find some polymer clay items that I have made.

BigCartel Store

check out my store

^^click this link^^

Treasure From My Heart store at BigCartel 

has polymer clay dragons

for sale

scrapbook winner

Kayla Yow is the winner of the scrapbook!
Join us every Wednesday for a giveaway!
Congratulations Kayla!
if you would please send me your address Ill send your stuff out this week
Thanks everyone for commenting
Sorry I didnt get to last nights post about genealogy  I still plan to do that it just took a little longer to do than I expected. So I will use it for next week.
And remember tonight is pinterest night 
Ill post more on that later

Wednesday giveaway

I am giving away an 8"x 5" scrap album and assorted stickers to a lucky winner who leaves a comment!

If you would like a chance to win then leave a comment here and tell me your favorite hobby!

Good luck everyone!

Contest will start now and end tomorrow when I will pick a name at random.

Stamps 101

Stamp collecting is one of the most popular hobbies around, you can spend lots of money or you can collect casually and not spend any money at all. One  of easiest ways to start collecting is to start saving the stamps off of your mail, you may also join a fan club that will send you random selections that you can buy or send back. You can also go to a hobby store and pick up a book and a beginners pack that will have the essentials you will need to start collecting.
Some countries make stamps just to sell to collectors, and make a substantial amount of money.

 

The First stamp ever printed was Great Britain's Penny Post also known as the Penny Black. It was issued in 1840 on May 1st for official use on the 6th of May. The Queen Victoria profile remained on stamps for the next 60 years. After the first stamp was issued people started collecting almost immediately. 

After you start saving your stamps you will want to put them in a book using hinges or sleeves. Never glue your stamps into the book. Some other useful supplies would be a magnifying glass and a pair of tweezers so you don't have to touch them. 

Have fun starting your new hobby! This is a great project for kids. Because they can learn about different countries while collecting. And many stamps have historical value also. Stamps are also very colorful and artistic.

picture tutorial-covering a light switch in polymer clay

newsletter

Ashley

Please pry for Ashley shes so very sick right now
you can follow her story here
she was born a micro preemie and has had complications since
she had to have a bowl transplant and that was rejected now she has lived witout her intestines for a few yers now and shes having a very hard time her poor little body is just tired
please pray for her
http://ashleyadamsjournal.blogspot.com/

Janie is the winner of the heart

The winner of the heart is Janie

 I am not familiar with Janie and she is new so please send me an email Janie, so I can get your prize to you!

I need the name or word you want on it.

 This will be the second try for a winner that has won from the blog page. If I don't get a response I wont do give aways on the blog anymore I'll do them on facebook.

sorry for the delay in sand pictures

For everyone that is wondering I will be working on the Sand pictures this week. For the last couple of weeks I did Easter pictures, I do these pictures all in the same spot so I did not have room to do any sand pictures until the Easter pictures were done. Plus throw in some medical issues with my back/hip/neck/shoulder it has taken a little bit to do the sand pictures. Sorry for the wait.

Holy Saturday

The last day of Lent, on Saturday Jesus laid in his tomb. This is a day to remember the dearly departed, be it Jesus or a lost love one. Please light a candle today to remember those who have gone before us.

"Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever."

memory necklaces and name in the sand pictures

I take name pictures in the sand and make polymer clay necklaces.

I do this in memory of my granddaughter Alessa who was born sleeping.

The name in the sand picture is free.

  

the polymer clay necklaces are $10.00 (for the initial necklace) 

 $20.00(for the heart/name necklace).

After the picture is done I will e-mail you a j-peg
If you request a necklace you will buy it off 
ETSY when its finished.

Also if you see something I made that you like feel free to send me an e-mail and ask about it!

 you may go to here Treasure from My heart on Facebook

you can also send an email to alexander_556@msn.com

you may also leave a comment on a recent post on this blog

Please if you don't hear from me after a couple of weeks 

send another e-mail or message in case your message was not seen.

new contest

Dj Jazzy Jeff never has e mailed me for their prize. So I will be doing a re-drawing of that prize.

Anyone may enter.
If I do hear from Dj Jazzy Jeff then I will send it out and offer another prize, but as of now I'm going to do a re-drawing. You can see the prize here. Just leave a comment on my blog or facebook page.

  TreasureFromMyHeart
 

Contest rules:

leave a comment on my blog or my facebook page TreasureFromMyHeart

your comment will be the name you are going to choose to put on the heart

contest will run from march 17th to March 31st

on Easter I will pick a new winner

the heart will have your choice of name added to it

it will aslo be coated with a sealer (so mailing may take a week or 2)

the winner

and the winner is..... DJ Jazzy Jeff! Congratulations!

please sent me an email with your address @ alexander_556@msn.com and the name you want on your heart.

Thanks to everyone for entering! Keep an eye out for more fun and giveaways!! 

giveaway

In an effort to get more blog traffic I'm going to have a fan giveaway on my blog. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post to be entered. This I will choose a name from the comments left under this post only. You have a week to enter. If you win I will give you a chance to have custom name made for a loved one that has gone to soon. I will add your choice of name to this heart.

Remember all you have to do is leave a comment.
This giveaway will end Jan 31 2013
at which time I will draw a name .

Good Luck everyone!

New clay pieces

I have been busy working on some new ideas for some clay pieces. I hope to have them finished up in the next couple of days to see if I can sell on my Bigcartel site. So far the fairy houses did not sell, which is disappointing because I thought they were cute. 

Anyway here is a heart piece I'm working on, I still have a few more things to do. You cant really tell from the picture but the corner of the heart is shimmery gold. 

another heart

Two different shaped pieces I was just messing around with a little bit.
I have a few more I'm working on but that will be for another post.
Watch for my give away and be sure to follow my facebook page for details.
 

At least its still January

Just a quick note to let you know im having a sale in my store and would love you to stop by!

http://treasurefrommyheart.bigcartel.com/

a poem

Day four

There is a wee girl 

who won't grow up at all. 

Did your angel bear her gently 

because she was so small? 

I wondered that you bothered, 

it's such a long long way, 

from Heaven to a parent's heart 

and then not let her stay. 

Forgive the tears and pleading 

and bitterness we've shown, 

we really did not understand 

that she was just a loan. 

We forgot in all the sweetness 

and joy from day to day, 

somehow we never really thought 

she'd have so short a stay. 

~author unknown~

Just some pictures

Day 3

Today I took some pictures of the birds that were visiting my feeder on the porch.

 This little guy is a tufted titmouse with no tail. Why he has no tail I don't know.

And this guy is a nuthatch.I always love watching the little birds outside. The are so funny sometimes. Today all the sparrows were fighting over one bird feeder.

 I also worked on a few more hearts just to try out some new techniques. I hope to get some made into necklaces tomorrow to see how they look. Not much else to say its very late and my computer is hot so I'm guessing its about to overheat and flip off again. 

New pieces

Day 2

I worked on some new necklace pieces today. Not much else was going on. Its cold here so no staying inside and warm is was I was up to. I need to work on getting the necklaces all put together now. Not sure how that will work, I'm not much of a jeweler. 

I have been busy working on a cafepress page with my pictures on various items such as t-shirts, mouse pads, clocks, etc. And I have a new facebook page to share all my work on. I also have opened a store at bigcartel to sell my clay. 

Now I just need to get in gear and get back to my clay projects. I get so many cute ideas off pinterest I cant wait to try them.
I included my links for anyone who would like to have a look. You may also find the links on the top of this page. Thanks for your time! And thanks for reading.

See you tomorrow.

Happy New Year

Day 1

I have decided I will try to post every day. That is going to be my new year resolution! I am going to try to post about clay mostly but there will be other things Im going to start to talk about. Some may be about cooking or pinterest ideas or even some of the hobbies I like. But whatever it is I will try to do a post every day this year! Whoa! That's going to be a good challenge for me! I also I am going to make sure all name requests are filled! Yay! So I'm off to bed so I can get up early and start some projects around the house. Here's to having a Happy New Year!