HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!

 

Been Makin THUMBPRINTS in The Thumb of Michigan again!! We had our first vacation up in Port Austin, Michigan. Home of the beautiful sunsets!!

 

This is Beautiful Lake Huron!!!

 

 

AND I can take Zip Lining off my bucket list!! All I could do was hop across!! I couldn't even lift my other foot up!! Sad very sad!!

 







AND this happened while I was gone!! My awesome beautiful lilies bloomed!!! BUT we had to make a quick day trip home and I got to see it and take pics!! AND also I got a new to me van!! In my favorite color orange of course!! I miss my little orange car I had but it was time. This one works out great with our little grannie girl and my son when I pick him up. Also great for vacation the seats go right down in the floor.

 

I had a customer that wanted me to change the dress on this sweet bunny I had in my Etsy Shoppe. It turned out just great!! I have also been working on orders n gardening outside. I just wanted to stop in n say hi!!

 

Hope you are havin a great 4th of July!!

 

Keep on Keepin On!!

XOXO Love Fran.

 

Been makin Thumbprints in The Thumb of Michigan!!

 

WOW!! has it been a long time since I last posted!! But I have been  kinda busy I guess!! LOL We went on our annual vacation Sim and I take every year in June to The Thumb of Michigan. I look so forward to this cuz it is just Sim and I. This cool rusty wrecker is in a little town called Snover, Michigan. The guy who owns it is gonna re-do it and it was his Dads and his Dad used it all the time. It is in my favorite color!! RUST!!!

 

 

We had a very frugal vacation and I tell you what I loved it!! One of my favorite things we did was to pack sack lunches and take our bikes and head to a couple of little PO-dunk towns. We rode our bikes through the towns and then went to the railroad beds!! To look for my favorite thing!! Rusty items!! Here are a couple of pics and if you look real close at the last one you can see a deer!! That deer watched us for the longest time!! LOL They are so curious!

 

We saw a lot of deer!! We would go out around dusk and look for them!! Here is another one that just stared at us for the longest time!! Which was kinda great for me cuz I was designing a deer head and was trying to figure the placement of their ears out!! LOL I had bought an old corduroy coat at a garage sale and decided to make some deer and use stuff I found in the woods. It took me all week to get it right!! LOL

 



 

Here is a sneak peek at my deer head!! It is smaller than it looks!! I took that deer with me on a few rides LOL to look at deer!! I was calling him "John Deer"!! I've got him all grubbied up now and will be making his deer camp for him and selling him. It was a lot of fun to make him.

 

 

AND then the very next day after we got back we had a very weird storm with winds that were 70 miles an hour and guess what our power was out for two days!! Oh boy always something!! LOL This is a tree that had a rope swing that Kaitlin use to swing on!! My hometown lost so many trees it will never look the same!! The good news is no one got hurt!!

 

But it is good to be back to somewhat normal now!! Trying to catch up on things!! I have missed everyone as my computer was messing up too!! It seems like this summer is already flying by!! June is almost over!! Can ya believe it!! Next week is the 4th of July!! I haven't even decorated for it. Hope everyone is doing good and it feels so good to be back.

XOXO Love ya Fran.



It was a day filled with Love and Fun!!!



~This is how love looks like 12 years later~~

This is Sim and I at Ryan and Christines Wedding! Still in love after all these years!! Sim and I celebrated our 12th Anniversary on Sunday!! Sim surprised me and took the day off!

Our most favorite place is Lake Huron in Forsester, Michigan this is where we take our vacation!

So Sim planned a day trip for us!! I have been upcycling bird's nest in different forms and on upcycled items for my Etsy shoppe. I haven't listed them yet but Sim knew I wanted more supplies from Lake Huron! I am so blessed that Sim understands me and appreciates what I do. It was a beautiful Fall day yesterday and so relaxing listening to the waves and looking for my goodies!!

This is me having an awesome time looking for God's amazing supplies to make art!

I dediced when I got home I would organize them into my vintage train cases. I thought they looked so cool I'd show you too!!

I will be listing my new Art Birds Nest this week! I can't wait to show you!! I have had so much to catch up on!! Having had my surgery just three weeks ago I am behind and I seem to be getting tired so easy! Hoping this little get away helped out!! I know I am very blessed to be married to Sim!

XO Fran.



We found the cutest creek!!

It's called CHERRY CREEK!!!

I found it on the map and asked Sim to take me to find it!! It winds down and around the farmers field and road. I fell in love with the name cuz I love cherries! We had this free little map we got at the gas station with the back roads on it. He gave in and we went on an adventure!

It's a little muddy looking but it winds through the farmers field and the cows drink from it!

This is Sim coming up from checking it out! I am so blessed that he will take me on the simplest adventures just because!! We realized it is only about a mile from where we stayed!! and it flows out to Lake Huron with the blue water!!

 Thinking back on our vacation today and kinda wishing I go could back and see Cherry Creek again!!

God's world is so beautiful you can see it everywhere even in the simple things!!

XO Fran. 

HEY THERE GIRLFRIENDS!! I'M BACK!!!!!

I thought this picture was so perfect for the friendship I share here on my computer blogging. I have made some of the best friends and know you will be here for me for a lifetime!!

I have been gone on vacation with Sim for nine days! We went to Lake Huron here in Michigan. It is so beautiful!! Canada is just across the water somewhere!! LOL We stayed in this rustic cabin! I love it! Even though the bathroom is a little ways from it! LOL The weather stayed really awesome for us, only alittle bit of cold and one rainy day. We got up one morning at 5:30 am to watch the sunrise! I tell you it is beautiful coming up over the lake. I'll share pics later. We had no TV and no computer. We rode our bikes and did alot of walking!! We found beach glass and lot's of pretty nature things. Seen alot of deer and farm life.

This is the view I had from my chaise lawn!! I layed in it and read my Nancy Drew book!! You can hear the waves coming in and the sound was so beautiful!! All in all this was a great vacation and now that I am home, I feel refreshed and ready to create and get my inspiration/creating room organized. I love looking at every ones creative spaces. So I thought I'd join in on the fun over at Karen's http://www.mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/ "Where Bloggers Create Party"!! It's great discipline!! LOL I will be kicking out alot more items for my Etsy Shoppe. Guess I better get rocking!!

 Love ya, Fran. XO