2011

Happy New Year to all my friends ! This years word for me is ABUNDANCE!
I feel it. This year I will be celebrating Christmas all year long !
I am wishing you all the best of the New Year to come ! Today and Always !

From my Home to yours !

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL ! WISHING YOU JOY, HAPPINESS, AND ABOVE ALL HEALTH!

WITH MUCH LOVE, OLGA

Look who is having a New Tim Holtz Candy Blog Giveaway

SCRAP WITH STACY is having a huge , VERY GENEROUS, Giveaway. Take a look. Good luck ladies!!!!!

Sneak Peak - Steffogals, tag swap

Here is a sneak peak at whats coming to Steffogal's Sept Swap ! They come on hangers straight from the drycleaners! he he !!! Enjoy!!!

My Very first Charm Swap - Done!

This is my very first charm swap hosted by Cindi at Cindys Cropping Corner. This was a huge challenge for me, but I did it !!!!! Yey !! My inspiration, was my friend Marlene from Uniquely Ella. See I knew she was in my group, and I also know she loves Paris. So Here you have it girls ! Enjoy !!! Hope you like it .

Ustreaming with Laura Denison

Hanging out with Laura Denison from Followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com and the girls last night was so much fun ! Laura is teaching us how to make the cool mini gypsy album. With Corsets !!!!! Check it out at her you tube and/or ustream channel. The saga continues today at 9:00 am Pacific and 12:00 noon Eastern. Dont miss it! The girls at this ustream are so funny. I had a bliss ! Here are photos of what I have done so far

Wanted DEAD or ALIVE

I am offering a REWARD for someone who may encounter an item that I have been looking for almost a year now. It all started with Laura Denisson's 2009 Halloween album. (I love this woman) She doesn't know that, maybe she does !!! She made this awesome Halloween paperbag mini last year, with the canvas cover and Basic Greys Erie Collection. I instantly fell in love and knew I had to make the album. Well, I made it. Cover and all. But there is one thing missing !!!! I cannot find the beaded necklace with "THE SKELETON HAND" !!! And I am obssessed ! Can anyone relate? So, I am willing to cast a hefty REWARD to anyone who can get me the Skull beaded Necklace, made by Celebrate It, distributed by Michaels.

Should you come accross one and are interested in sending one to me please let me know either here on this post or you may email me at olgamia@msn.com. THAT'S HOW SERIOUS I AM LOLOLOL.
Until then, take good care and have FUN!!!!!! Life is Good !!!!

Olga Opens a RAK from Rina!

Fashionably Late !!!

Well Ladies !!!! She's late. She is from the infamest Tag Swap Hosted by my dear friend Kathryn

from Life on the Scrapbeach. It's the I am a (blank) B*tch tag swap!

So in this tag, she is a Rich B*tch and there are no Rules for her. And she is totally LATE! She has so much Bling she can't stand it !!! She is on her way to all 25 swappers. Directly from me to them. With lots of Love and appreciation for their patience! Enjoy Ladies !!!

My Vintage lady

This would be my Vintage Lady for the Tag Swap that Marie (at the prettypaperboutique.blogspot.com) is so graciously hosting! The challenge was to use a vintage lady, and add lace! For me this was a natural thing to do ! I LOVE VINTAGE AND LACE! You probably can tell by now. Hope you like it !

Stay tuned for my Beach Theme Tag for Arlene's May Swap!

THE BEACH IS BLINGING !!!!!!!!!!

Until then,

Take good care !

XXX

First look at my April Tag

How much fun I had making this tag for the April Tag Swap hosted by our friend Arlene at butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com . Thanks Arlene.

The theme was Roses and flowers, and add some fabric. The fabric is actually my Cupid and Phyque image. That is my favorite stamp in the whole wide world ! There is other pieces of fabric throughout the tag. The Rose on her hair is special! There's vintage lace, as well as vintage bling.

I've not had time to make my first You Tube, but I am hoping May will be a good time to start. I would love to share my techniques with all you lovely ladies! Hope you like it. I'll post more photos soon!

Thanks to Marlene !!! Sneak Peek .

Thanks to my newly found friend Marlene from uniquelyella.blogspot.com , here is a sneak peek into my Sewing Room and my Art Room. She took many photos during her recent visit when she came over with Kathryn from thescrapbeach.blogspot.com . We had a blast!

Double Beautiful Blogger Nomination

My lovely You Tube Friends Arlene from http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/ and Vangie from http://arrestedmotion.blogspot.com/ have nominated my with a beautiful blogger award! And I would like to thank them both for that! Arlene, Vangie YOU GUYS ROCK !!!!

Here are a few rules to accepting this award:

1. Thank the person who nominated you
2. Copy the award and paste it on your blog
3. Link to the person who nominated you for the award
4. List 10 interesting things about yourself
5. Nominate 10 other Beautiful Bloggers

Please check out Arlene's and Vangie

s blogs as well as their you tube videos. They give so much inspiration !

I'm supposed to list ten interesting things about myself, so here it goes:

1) I am a Vice President to a Construction Company in Miami Florida and we Build out the stores you see in the Miami International Airport. ( I learned Arlene is a Project Manager, hummmm Maybe I can convince her to work in the great MIA )

2) I have been blessed with four grown up children that have their own little families. Making me a grandmother of six. Yes Grandmother. You wouldn't know if you saw my photo ! He He !!!! I act like a little girl all the time ! lolol

3) I dream about opening up my own "Art Making Bar" in MIA. Thus the name Artmingle, Inc. Already Incorporated.

4) I live by myself in a four bedroom , three bathroom Townhouse. Two rooms and the Garage are occupied by Art and Sewing ! My home is my retreat !

5) At this time, I am addicted to You Tube. I have met so many wonderful people here. I feel I am never alone! They are humble, generous and best of all, they share my Passion ! Art and Shopping ! LOL

6) Being so humble myself, I am finding it hard to write ten things that are interesting about me! This is hard labor ! :)

7) Oh ! My favorite symbol is the Fleur De Lis !

The fleur-de-lis (or fleur-de-lys; plural: fleurs-de-lis; French pronunciation: [flœʁ də lis]) is a stylized lily (in French, fleur meansflower, and lis means lily) or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political,dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry.^[1

8) I have used my formal living room and converted it into a Library. Stores my humongous collection of magazines and books.

9) I love art, in many forms. Painting, photography, collage work, scrapbooking and card making, quilting, and especially mixed media works

10) My greatest love are my children and my grandchildren. They are my soulmates.

I am to Nominate 10 Beautiful Bloggers: ( Arlene nominated some of my favorite Bloggers already, so I will nominate 10 more of my favorites )

1) timholtz.typepad.com - Tim Holtz

2) followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com - Laura Denison

3) http://thescrapbeach.blogspot.com/ - Kathryn

4) http://uniquelyella.blogspot.com/ - Marlene

5) http://britgalinkech.blogspot.com/ - Leonora May

6) http://www.theprettypaperboutique.blogspot.com/ - Marie

7) http://jadedstudios.blogspot.com/ - Jade

8) http://www.apieceofcraft.com/ - Marion

9) http://lovemyscrap.blogspot.com/ - Maggie

10) http://www.robenmarie.com/ - Roben-Marie Smith

Artful Journey Retreat - WOW!

Picture a group of Powerful Artistic Women, up in the Mountains of Los Gatos CA, having so much fun, sharing and getting to know each other. They were from all over the world, Hungary, Australia, Iceland United States (of course) and more. Artful Journey was hosted by Cindy O'Leary at http://www.anartfuljourney.com/retreats . I took DJ Pettitt's at http://djpettitt.typepad.com/djpettitt/ class and it was just AMAZING. They are having another on in July 2010 and I highly recommend it. Thank you to all involved in putting this event together. I will cherish these moments forever !

Catchin up, Finally!

This is my Apron Swap for the Artful Journey Retreat in Los Gatos California. It went to the lovely Davielle Huffman from CA. She is Princess Magpie at princessmagpie@cox.net. I hope she enjoys it, I made it with lots of Love. It was beaded with crystals and lots of flowers. Lots of Bling!

Happy New Year ! 2010

Well, talk about a leave of absence! Many things happened, or did not happened. I just had to go with the flow. Luckily I am back now, better in Health and ready to take on the New Year!
Got to make it up to a couple of friends! And I will.
One and only resolution for 2010 : Get with my art and Pour my heart into it!

Wishing everyone the best of the New Year, much Happiness, lots of Joy and above all, best of Health !!!

Warm regards,