Update on the Seeking Stone Gossard project.....

We are headed out today 

to do a little pumpkin shopping

and enjoy the amazing Fall weather

that has finally descended upon us...

I thought I would update you on

the project I am sponsoring at the blog

I mentioned in my last post...

We are eight days in at this point

and so far I have had all the photos submitted

by people eager to help...

I am going out today to take a few myself

This one is one of the ones that gets the most hits

and of course it is because it was well taken 

and the kid is 

ADORABLE

Hail Hail is a line

referencing a Pearl Jam song...

of course.

We are getting noticed - I just hope we are

being SHARED...

Twitter, FaceBook, Pinterest, 

and I did notice yesterday we are getting

hits from Tumblr!

Twitter is great because you can actually Tweet directly

to people you really want to see it!

Hope you would like to take a peek over

and see a few of the submitted images...

you can visit here

SeekingStoneGossard.blogspot.com 

and the very first post is Clinton's Story...

I hope if he does get to meet Stone that

I get to be there to take the photo!

But if I can't

 I'm glad I got to help him make a dream come true.

It's not about me-

it's about him!

If you'd like to help and submit a photo let me know!

have a great weekend everyone!

Seeking Stone Gossard is LIVE

Hi there everyone!

I just wanted to let you know

that the site I mentioned the other day is up

and running!

It is called Seeking Stone Gossard...

This is who the project is all about

Clinton ...

He has a rare type of brain tumor

and I am trying to help him fulfill a wish...

You can view the site

HERE 

 

My posts her may be very sporadic for 

the next month or so because

that project requires a LOT of attention...

I'm even venturing into the land of Twitter

and I have never  "tweeted" before.

Please take a moment and visit to

read my "condensed" version of Clinton's

story.

Honestly it could be a novel - but you know

you  have to be concise on a page like that.

Starting tomorrow I will be posting a photo every day

of friends, family, anyone who wants to help

or just creative shots.

To help get some attention.

I hope you will stop in every day!

Thanks for your understanding and support!

 

 

One project down...a million more to go!

Hello everyone!

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

I sit here drinking my morning coffee

riding high on the fumes of Mod Podge!

I am updating Little Keeper's room..

yesterday we took a bedroom table 

and custom made our own

pre-historic collage on the shelves in it!

I'll give you a peek at that when it finishes drying!

here are a few inspiration pics for the

change from baby to Little Man

 Already have the Globes

and I found a locker/filing cabinet a few months ago

at a tag sale that is waiting to be painted!

 We have one of the Coca Cola crates

in the garage...

Loving these Vintage Cubs graphics

our family are huge Cubs fans...

he had one of his first photos taken in Cubs gear!

Great idea for spelling out his name using

cardboard and comics!

I already have a wall size map I purchased at

and estate sale last summer

and just finally figured out a great way to hang it!

Love the colors here...

Another great vintage graphic to go over the bookshelves?

I have a ton of these vintage Fisher price Weebles...

but you could use matchbox cars or plastic dinosaurs...

action figures...

any of those small things adults can step on 

in the middle of the night

and kill themselves with!

We are having fun and he is enjoying being involved for a change!
You can view the links and more fun for kiddos
on my Pinterest page
here
on the board titled
Kiddos 

Iwould also like to share that

I have become should we say

"curator"

of a VERY LARGE project for a friend...

He has a rare type of cancer.

It causes brain tumors that basically -

can be removed but will continue to return.

In the last 3 years he has undergone surgery twice.

He was about 36/37 years old when the

first symptoms began.

He had requested to meet his favorite musician

through the Make A Wish foundation...

however they were turned away from the bands fan club

simply saying the band does not do that sort of thing.

Unfortunately there are always gate keepers.

So a group of friends started an e-mail chain to convince them

to forward his request anyway...

Then I got the bright idea to start a blog with a photo

a day in support of getting this persons attention...

We know he would do it in a minute if he actually heard about

the request...

SO - I may be a bit sporadic in my posting here.

I have almost exactly a month to get this to work...

It has to happen by October 30th!

I am requesting friends, family,

even the kindness of strangers to help us out!

I will post links to the site as soon as I have it running

which should be in the next day or so.

In the meantime if you are interested in helping us out...

leave me a comment here.

All I simply need is a picture of yourself or friends,etc

with a sign.

Here is one of the first we are going to use...

Of course this was manipulated!

The words are lyrics to one of his favorite songs

and are very fitting for what we are doing.

The artist is Stone Gossard guitarist for Pearl Jam...

Thanks for stopping by....

Beach Charm swap!

School is back in!

Lookout world!

Now I can finally get around to sharing

with you the 

Beach charm swap I participated in 

a few weeks ago...

This was the first time I did a charm swap.

I t was fun and not too difficult.

13 charms to swap.

Our wonderful organizer

Julie made us all this

Mermaid cabochon.

The picture doesn't do it justice - 

it has a pearlized -iridescent finish - 

lovely!

 This is the entire bracelet.

Lots of handmade goodness!

Some beautiful work done with 

hand stamped metal,

Resin ice,and even hand sewn charms!

I LOVE the beach and this was so much fun.

If I don't feel like wearing the bracelet

the great thing is I can just remove individual charms

and wear one on a necklace!

One last charm...

This was Maureen's first time making charms like this

I think she said.

She made the mermaid crown above.

A pretty piece of lace that she hardened and added 

little green beads and the starfish to.

The neat thing is - it actually looks really cool as a ring..

so a few of us decided to wear it that way instead!

I am so lucky to be a part of this fun 

and talented group of women.

Art and Soul brought us together

and meeting up is something we look forward to every month.

I also have to say thank you to them for understanding-

It turned out one of my concert dates I won

is smack in the middle of our Fall retreat.

I want to go so much - but the concert is a one time deal!

I will miss them greatly!

But I'll return with some great stories to share!

Happy Tuesday everyone!