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Well I have been doing a little creating over the last week. Yippee! It feels good to actually sit down and create! Here's my little 4x4 For the Birds Swap that is being hosted by Danielle Muller! I love these little 4x4 swaps! I think I really like working in the small format!

Let's see what else has been going on? New niece, below! So sweet! My Etsy shop is closed for the month of May. I will reopen my Etsy shop in June, but a lot of my things will be transferred to my Website at Junque Art! I'm working hard to add things to the new shop before we go on our trip, but not sure how far I am going to get. So please sign up for the newsletter by clicking on the button in the right sidebar so you can keep up with the shop progress. I will be sending out a newsletter at the first of June with updates on new products. I have found some really neat vintage things over the last few weeks that will be limited in supply! So you don't want to miss out on them!

I am so looking forward to our trip! We are leaving next week and we are actually going a little earlier than planned. My hubby has to go to Italy for work and I'm going with him. Then I'm meeting up with some girl friends at Lake Como for a few days while my hubby works. Then we all meet up in Monaco for our friends 40th birthday. I will be taking lots of photos to share with you and believe me I will be on the lookout for vintage goodies! I'm leaving room in a suitcase, so hopefully I will come back with it full!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! My sweet Grandmother is coming to town tonight and spending the weekend with us. I'm so looking forward to her visit! So I better run and finish cleaning house.

Enjoy your weekend!
Cindy

Sweet Blessings!

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to be an Aunt for the second time to the sweet one above! She was born last week and I have held her many times. I am blessed to live close to my brother and his family and my parents! I am so blessed to be an Aunt again. My kids are growing up so fast and holding my new niece just made me realize how fast time goes by. It seems just like yesterday that both of mine were that small, yet I can't remember them being that small. (do you know what I mean?) My youngest just turned 9 yesterday and is growing up so fast! So hug your kiddos and your grand kiddos, because they won't be kiddos for long!

Hugs,
Cindy "aka Aunt Cici"

Derby Hat Swap!

The sweet Bristol at Honey Bend is hosting a Derby Hat Swap in honor of the Kentucky Derby! How fun was this? So much fun! Thanks Bristol for hosting! Be sure and stop by her blog to check out all the participants' Derby Hats! She has links listed!

Michelle from Faerie Dust Dreams was my swap partner for the Derby Hat. So here's what I made her. I hope she likes it. I went with simple shabby chic vintage. I purchased a white hat and then foofed it up! I added handmade fabric flowers, tulle, fringe, and buttons. I made the flowers from vintage fabric in my stash and added vintage buttons to them. Some sweet pink trim and white tulle added an elegant touch. Oh and a few velvet leaves and stamens. I did struggle with what I was going to make, but after I sat down and started making it, the simplicity was important to me. I hope you enjoy your hat Michelle!

Here's the front:

Here's the back:

A side view:

Another side view:

Some closeup details:

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Enjoy the Derby, enjoy your weekend, enjoy life!

Hugs,
Cindy

Whew!!!!

Do you ever feel this way? Saying "Whew!" I mean. And saying it with a really big breath? Well that's how I have been feeling. Just so many things going on with home, kids sports, family, golf, and my Etsy shop! May is already jam packed with activities. It is making my head spin to look at our May calendar that seems to get something added to it everyday! Most of them are really good things mind you, just so many of them.

We are taking a trip to Monaco at the end of May with a group of really great friends. (can't believe I'm getting to go to the French Riviera). My son's birthday is in May (as he is reminding me on a daily basis). I have a new little niece on the way that will be blessing us at the first of May. My daughter's softball season is in full swing and I'm team Mom. We are doing lots of work at our lake place. I am trying to get my new Junque Art shop up which will take a while. And lots of other little things added in between!

So I sent my family off to the lake last night and I stayed home by myself to have some "quiet" thinking time. I am meeting them later today, but you know you just have to have some "quiet" time every once in a while. I really needed to think about my plate being so full. I know my previous post was about "never giving up and believing in yourself", and I am not giving up. I am believing that I can get through May. I just need to be reasonable at what I can actually get done.

So I have made a decision to close my little Etsy Shop for the entire month of May. I need time to take care of the things at the home front. So if there is anything you need out of the shop run on over and pick it up before May 1st. Everything purchased up until then will be shipped as normal. Thanks so much to all my wonderful customers for keeping me so busy with my shop!

I will also be focusing on getting my new Junque Art Shop up and running. After redesigning my website I was a little sad my "Junque Art Girl" was not greeting me in the banner. So I found a way to keep her as my site "mascot". So meet "Sally the Junque Art Girl". I decided to name her after my Grandmother. She will still greet you on the home page. I love her she makes me smile! I hope she makes you smile too!

I have lots of fun things planned for the new website!!! So if you would like to sign up for the newsletter for updates, you can just click on the newsletter button on the right and sign up. I hope to have it all up and running by the first week (or second week) in June.

Oh, I will not be taking a blogging break until the end of May while on our trip. So I hope you will keep stopping by to visit.

And by the way, I almost forgot to tell you, I won my golf match on Tuesday so I won the entire President's Cup tournament! I'm a little shocked...but I just kept plugging away and believing I could do it, and I did! Thanks for all the well wishes...I knew while I was on the course you guys were cheering me on!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! I'm looking forward to getting outside and working in our yard. It is supposed to be great weather here this weekend!

Hugs to all of you!
Cindy

Never Give UP!

So I think I mentioned in a previous post that I was playing in a golf tournament. Well I had my second match last Thursday. We are playing match play which means it is won by holes not score. So for instance if you win 10 holes then the match would be over in an 18 hole round. So last week I was down 3 holes going into #11. I got 1 hole back on 11 and was down 2 holes through hole #16. I beat my partner on 17 and 18 to tie up the match. So the match went to a 19th hole and I won the hole to win the match. I was shocked. She had me beat for a while but I just kept telling myself "don't give up, it's not over until it's over". I kept my head calm and just tried to play my game and play smart golf. It has been so long since I played competitive golf I thought I might have forgotten how. But I remembered while I was playing that I LOVE to play competitive golf. I also remembered while playing that you NEVER give up. I could have easily lost the match, but because I believed in myself and my game, I ended up winning. (to the shock of my partner)

So now that I've bored you to tears with golf talk, there is a lesson I wanted to point out. No, not a golf lesson, silly, a life lesson. As I was driving home I realized that I really need to apply "the never give up rule" to other areas in my life. Too often I don't complete things I've started or never even start them for fear of failing. Well the lesson here is even if I had lost the match, that would have been ok, because I played my best and DID NOT give up. So even if I don't complete things perfectly it's ok. Things don't have to be perfect, the follow through and commitment is the important part. Just believe in yourself and wonderful things can happen!

And now I just hope I can remember that today. Today is my last match. I am in the top bracket to win the entire tournament. So wish me luck. It would be great to win but I am just happy I have made it this far. It's great to be playing golf again after an almost 10 year break!

P.S. The golf lady made me laugh!

Hugs to all and I hope you believe in yourself today!
Cindy

Show N Tell Sunday Vintage Bling!

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope this finds you having a great weekend with family and friends! It is time for Miss Cerri's and Miss Analise's Show N Tell Sunday and today's theme is Vintage Bling! Cerri is hosting today so be sure and check out all the links on her blog. Lots of great places to visit for Show N Tell today!

Here's a little of my bling. I try to pick up vintage pairs of earrings and necklaces when I find them at decent prices. I like to add a piece of bling to art projects. For a while I was having a hard time using them, but I have gotten better about using them for art.

Enjoy your Sunday, enjoy your bling!
Cindy