Wishing you all a Happy Easter!

Here is your final zip of Easter Joy

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/868dzeuvvpr0okk/ws_EasterJoy_6.zip?dl=0

It's 80 degrees today! & I have more Easter Joy

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fx111siiwlyfskr/ws_EasterJoy_5.zip?dl=0 Last of kit will be posted Saturday. Remember that links are good until end of month.

Tuesday freebie - Easter Joy

Had lunch with my friend, Steph, today at Keegan's Bar & Grill in Virginia Beach. It was supposed to be our group lunch but no one else made it. Four were out of town, don't know what was going on with the others. But I know this: we are taking Keegan's off our lunch list. They have traditional Irish food like Bangers & Mash (no thank you) and some usual stuff like sandwiches, burgers and chicken wings. Neither of us liked what we ordered. Steph's sandwich was tastelss, my burger tasted of a heavy addition of white pepper. Could have been some kind of seasoning mix but I could only mange half. Later this month we're going to a Mexican restaurant. Not too keen on that as I have to be careful what I eat but I'm sure there will be smething. Anyway, home now and tired. Weather took an upturn reaching almost 80 degrees today. Warning summer is just around the corner.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/735jdnwo1qmj7h7/ws_EasterJoy_4.zip?dl=0

Back again with more Easter Joy

Kristi commented that the vintage elements reminded her of cards she received when she was a child and she is right on point! I located a bunch of vintage/retro holiday cards and extracted images from them, often re-coloring or painting and touching them up for elements. I think those old illustrations are so charming and hope you are enjoying them too.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4g47eiwcpyg1re/ws_EasterJoy_3.zip?dl=0

More Easter Joy

Feels like I will never catch up! Laundry almost caught up but so many more chores to do. Still transcribing the notes I took during the seminar and need to write a thank-you note to the host. One of my lunch friends, who has had her former SIL living with her for some years now because otherwise he would be homeless, experienced a shock a few days ago. She went to check on him because he had been unusually quiet and hadn't been out of his room for a day or two and discovered he had died! Haven't finished but 3 of my monthly Just Art challenges and have mostly been trying to catch up there with responding to the work of others. But I'm slowly packing up Easter Joy. Have another zip for you today:

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nlybm64e2uwhaco/ws_EasterJoy_2.zip?dl=0 Should have another for you tomorrow. Enjoy!

Finally - a new kit on the way to you!

So, I am in catch-up mode. Still have some pain but can function pretty well as long as I don't lift anything heavy (that includes a full gallon of milk!) or reach for anything higher than my shoulder. Here is what I've done in the last few days: worked on getting laundry under control again (pushing basket through the house and lowering it into garage by bumping it down the stairs lol), cooked dinner a couple times, started talking with a young woman who lost her job and is in need of money about taking over the cleaning of our bath and a half, and - here's the fun part - spent several days on-line in a writing seminar! I had forgotten I'd signed up but the host sent reminders. Blessings on Daniel David Wallace who offered a free option to his seminar and re-plays of sessions within twenty-four hours! On a fixed income, I wouldn't have taken money out of my budget for a ticket that would have given me more privledges such as a live workshop and lifetime access to all replays, but his free option was just right for me. I could re-play the morning sessions I'd missed due to my sleeping in and, although much of the information I was already aware of (I taught college composition for two and a half years), I learned a number of new and useful hacks to help with the novel I'm working on. Now that you know what I've been up to, let me tell you about Easter Joy, the new kit for you. With short spells at the computer most days, it has taken me longer than expected. Heavens, it is almost Easter! I haven't put together an overall preview, but do have a preview of all the papers:

And have a preview of today's zip:

You know my love of vintage, so expect to see a number of elements created from old greeting cards, postcards, etc. My intention is to get the whole kit out to you before or at least by Easter day. That said, be sure to stop by often and pic up new zips. *** Links for the kit will be active until last day of April. Here is part one: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4x75nrk3rqoktim/ws_EasterJoy_1.zip?dl=0

More of Easter Joy freebie

So sorry. I've had migraine a couple days and don't know whether it stems from weather, seasonal allergies or the 3 times I've had cervical traction. All I know is in addition to the regular site of migraine pain, my trigeminal nerve is throbbong in pain. Let me get right to uploading some more zips for you/

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jel127x4c8wwwdk/ws_EasterJoy_el_2.zip?dl=0 Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aj4apf5gvy447zr/ws_EasterJoy_ppr_1.zip?dl=0 Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ex9gynne45xgk4j/ws_EasterJoy_ppr_2.zip?dl=0

March Madness, PT, Easter

Normally at this time of year, my husband and I happily fill out bracket sheets to predict who will win which games in the NCAA March Madness Men's College Basketball Tournament. It can be a lot of fun to compete with each other to see who has the most correct choices. This is the only sport I enjoy watching and I really get into this tournament. Of course, I'm rooting for my university, Virginia Commonwealth as well as the other Virginia schools, University of North Carolina and Duke and, because they tend to be good, Syracuse's Orangemen. What a disappointing year this has been! Just before the game VCU was supoosed to play against Oregon, several VCU players tested positive for COvid so they had to forfeit. And one by one, we saw Virginia temas go down as well as Norht Carolina. There have been too many upsets to name and our brackets are a mess! Also going on - I've started physical therapy again. These first few days, Steve has been working on relieving my neck pain. Yesterday he really worked on the trigger points on the left side of my neck, amazed at how knotted the muscles were. Today I have more range of motion but 'm very sore and achey. Back tomorrow for more. So, with Easter coming April 4 this year, I've got an Easter kit for you. Sort of one and a half because the first, Easter Joy, is general holiday Easter and that will be followed by a mini kit. He Is Risen about the real meaning of Easter.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv4a1kiavcnfav2/ws_EasterJoy_el_1.zip?dl=0 P.S. At Magnolia Gardens Scraps I have a 50% off sale until the end of the month. There's another, older, Easter kit there as well as some kits you may have missed. https://www.magnoliagardensscraps.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_341&products_id=2565