house sitting

i am house sitting for a friend of mine that i used to work with -- 2 dogs, 3 turtles, 2 koi, and countless other fish...it is for 2 weeks and i just started yesterday! this may be a long time, but it is pretty easy money, so it ends up being a nice change of pace! i am also scrapping up a storm!! i am almost finished with my pictures from colorado...i also just picked up a ton of photos from costco -- spain from 2000, vbs, summer school, fanfest, etc...it is going to be a fun time!!!

toodles!

more crafty-ness!

here is what i received from the harry potter swap over at craftster -- what i sent is the post below!
a gryffindor hat!!
snitch necklace & earrings!
gryffindor necklace & earrings!
ron bracelet & bookmark!
gryffindor booties!

so crafty-ness!

recently i did a harry potter and the half-blod prince swap at craftster -- here are the items i crafted! i will post what i received later :)

here is the outside and inside of a wooden "trunk" i painted -- gryffindor colors!
a jar from "honeydukes" -- the candy store in harry potter -- i got this idea from a previous swap i was in -- i filled it with some harry potter candy
a zipper rose, ok, not really a rose...but it is ravenclaw colors, and the person i swapped with likes luna lovegood, so it fits her crazy/silly persona
a cross stitch piece that took forever, and a frame i painted...please disregard any mistakes in the stitching!!!
a charm of felix felicitis....there was also a charm of a memory (silver glitter) in a bottle, but i guess i didn't take a picture of that one!!
luna radish earrings! something the person i was creating for was hoping for! it was fun to string the beads and i have more than enough supplies to make a pair for me.

colorado photo frenzy

my aunt shirley & uncle brian

danielle with shelby
tiny beaded chucks!
uncle brian -- 80 years old!!
aunt shirley and me
out the car window in wyoming
keoki at the prison museum -- "i don't wanna leave prison!"
an inmate from the territorial prison in laramie, wyoming
window at the church at the heritage museum the prison is a part of
a trunk -- or a treasure chest to an almost 4 year-old!
madeline & keoki
the THIRD rainbow of my trip!
aunt shirley & uncle brian
shelby -- is he cute or what???
keoki donating to help the animals -- it would roar when you put coins in -- he loved it!

colorado list of days

my week in review (and it ain't over yet!)

** monday - flew into denver, stayed up late talking with my aunt

** tuesday - looked at some photos & ran some errands, stayed up late with my aunt

** wednesday - estes park with my aunt, switched to danielle's place, stayed up late talking with danielle

** thursday - drive up to wyoming, visited the "territorial prison" that is now a museum along with some other buildings from the wild west -- this is the prison where butch cassidy & the sundance kid were! -- stayed up late with danille (pattern perhaps??)

** friday (today) - i think we are going to denver to their science museum and out to lunch...maybe a movie this afternoon??

** saturday (tomorrow) - fly home in the am :( i am already checked in for my flight...

photos coming soon!!

toodles!