Fall Flowers

Pretty fall colors, measures 7” square in a glass front black frame.  Affordable desk mount or wall mount at only $20.00 plus tax and shipping.  Contact information at www.artbybetty.com

 Looks like cooler weather is here at last, no more 100 degree temps this year at last.  And as always the wind blows, I guess without this wind the weather would never change and we would all burn up.

 Isn’t it amazing how much teenage boys can eat – I mean you can feed a huge family of smaller children with what a teen can eat just between meals.  And it is completely dangerous to ask a teenage boy to help carry in the groceries from the car; if it is NOT sealed in a can they can devour it between the car and kitchen.    And if the can has a pull tab opener – the contents will disappear in his bottomless stomach.  Babies need milk and so do teenage boys, but instead of an eight ounce bottle of milk it is now at least a quart and that is just between meals.  A gallon of milk can quickly disappear daily with all contents going to just one growing he male.  A meal is never finished for him, for as soon as the regular family meal is over, this one will go raid the refrigerator.

Strawberry Tissue Box

Here is a strawberry box to hold your square tissues.  Quilled strawberries are on three sides.  Look at more quilling at www.artbybetty.com  Quilling is sealed with polyurethane, so this would be safe in any room of our home or office.  What a neat idea for your desk, a refreshing designer touch.  Contact me through website for more information. 

 Also on my website is another square tissue box with western flavor, two sides having horseshoes and the front has a horse head.  This is a great idea for a den, office, cabin, or any western deco.   I do have more tissue boxes, but have not taken pictures, after picture taking – then posting them to the website. 

 My niece and I would raid my sister’s garden, well actually only her strawberry patch every summer and eat all the ripe strawberries right there in the garden.  My sister could not figure out what was happening to her strawberries.  Those were the best tasting berries ever, so sweet and juicy.  We would use the water hose to rinse off our hands and mouths before we went back in the house.   What delightful memories of growing up.  Gardens were always a huge part of our summer time.  Weeding, watering, but before that preparing the ground for the seeds.  But it was SO good!

Don’t you just love trinket boxes?  This box measures 3 ½” square and 2” deep, just the right size to keep rings, paper clips, thumb tacks, etc.  The designs are hand quilled and sealed with polyurethane.  Visit www.artbybetty.com to see more quilled items.  Hey, this would make a perfect gift for all butterfly lovers. 

 Quilling is a beautiful art that is not too well known today and it takes on many shapes.  Glass front framed pictures (of anything), free standing quilling (like chess pieces), earrings and necklaces.  Quilled jewelry is amazing lightweight and durable.  Check out the free standing butterfly on www.artbybetty.com – honestly it does look real, in fact some people have asked me if the free standing monarch butterfly is real.  Have not got them posted yet, but have some western boots earrings that are just darling. 

What is your favorite breakfast?  That seems to be a hard meal, bacon and eggs?  Heard that is not good for the body, especially the bacon.  So do we eat eggs by themselves?  Ugh. Hard boiled? Maybe but not fried. How about scrambled?  Okay but just eggs scrambled are rather bland; add green chili and tomatoes or … salsa with grated cheese on top.  Okay now we are talking about tasting good.

Strawberry Wrist Watch

Click here to read rest of blog.  The quilling in this watch is created with 1/16” paper.  Talk about little, sewing thread is almost same size.  The ole eyes were watering – trying to see what the hands were doing.  The hands kept holding too tight and distorting the shapes.  Finally after many, many errors the final results are quite nice.  The watch face measures 1 ½” across, is battery operated and has a white leather strap.  This is indeed “one of a kind” item and would make a special gift or just a beautiful conservation starter wrist watch to wear.  There is only one supplier of this wrist watch that I could find, and that is from Australia.  Go to www.artbybetty.com for price and shipping rates; also look at the other wrist watches in “Other” category.

Heat wave over? Sure hope so, after 80 days of 100 and above temperatures this year anything in lower 90’s or 80’s seem like a cold front.  Ha.  And rain – well I know God will send rain — sometime.   But seriously though, this hot, dry weather is not new to us here.  We have made it through other years, complaining all the time and make promises that we are unable to keep. Keep up the good thoughts – rain will come.  It is a promise from our maker.

Pearls and Fire

 Love the flat back pearls on these earrings.  The Earrings are 1 1/2″ long X 1″ wide and can be yours for only $15.00.  All jewelry has been sealed with polyurethane to assure long life of each piece.   All quilling on this site is rolled by hand  – no machine rolling device has been used. 

This pair of earrings will be in an upcoming show the first week-end of May.  Come on out and look at all the hand-made items that will be there.  Lots of “one of kind” gift items.  

Oh wow, come on Rain.  We need Rain and we all need it now.  Now before our country burns up.  Too much acreage has already been burnt and too many homes lost.  Have you seen this many fires in your lifetime?  Do not think I have.  Smoke filled lungs and this is from people inside city limits, not out there fighting the fires.  Firemen are getting tired and need relief.  The bravery of these men – all I can say is Thank you, thank you, thank you.  And pray for their safety, they put themselves in harm way to protect others.  Fighting fire is dangerous and hard, hard work.  Pray that no more lives be taken during these fires.

Remember the Day

Your wedding day is etched forever in your mind, the joys, the dreams and the image of your loved one.  Use this picture to remind yourself and your loved one about your special day.  This measures 12″X10″ and is yours for only $65.00.  You can choose other colors besides the black and white that I used here. Use your own special thoughts, a poem, song or vow. And you will use your Personal information also, the day of wedding, the time, the place, city and state.  You can also use one of your wedding photos, and using your wedding photo looks awesome. 

Wordings can be changed to announce an anniversary celebration.  Any color you choose, any anniversary, 25th, 50th, +60th.  What a wonderful “one of a kind” gift for your parents or grandparents, or other family or friends anniversary day. 

Come on rain…we NEED you.  The ground is so dry, the grass is so thirsty and the weeds are the only thing growing.  The rains will come and this I completely believe – God will send them, he never fails he is always faithful.  So in the mean while we wait…..wait…wait.  And learn how to wait patiently.  Man that is hard, I want it NOW………..

Good Morning!

Good Morning!  How would you like this rooster to wake you?  At least his crowing is silent. He measures 6 ½” X 6 ½” and can be yours for $25.00.  Don’t ask what breed of rooster he is – just a “chicken” rooster.  Ha.

We used to have laying hens and a rooster that RULED his kingdom with all his energy.  Oh yeah, the eggs tasted so good, and the yolks were so dark yellow.   And when the old hen gets too old to lay eggs – the best chicken and dumplings ever.  Oh well no use look back – look to future – better times anyway.

Taking care of chickens and the pens brings to mind taking care of yards.  Manicured lawns vs just mow the grass and weeds down.  Nice lawns look so wonderful and the man hours it takes to maintain them is outstanding.   Something needs to be done every day in a well-kept yard, and most of it is “hard labor”.  I tend to just mow the grass and weeds down and spend my time doing other things.  But I cannot help admiring a well-kept yard, not just admire it, but love to look at them.  Well, to each his own, spend hours and hours in their yard or do other things.  Of course a person can always hire someone to take of their yard.  That sounds like a grand idea to me.  Later…..

Ladies Fan

This beautiful fan is made with gold edged 1/8’ paper that is wrapped, rolled and formed in individual shapes.  The metallic edge makes the paper hard to work – so it took more hours than normal to create this image.   And it is huge – 14” X 14” including glass front frame and sells for $60.00, which is a real bargain considering the hours used to make this fan. 

It was a delight hearing the rain last night – just wish it could have lasted longer.  Really it was just a sprinkling but the sound of any rain is wonderful.  “April showers bring May flowers”.  Remember that one?  I know the wind is still blowing and looks like there is quite a bit of loose soil in the wind also, but I pray the wind will bring more and more rain.  So we tolerate the wind in good humor and wait patiently for RAIN. 

We are doing some MAJOR work on www.artbybetty.com Most of the major work is completed, will be adding new pictures daily.  There are some editing mistakes on site right now, hopefully corrected today, have a look see and let me know all the mistakes you can find. A challenge for you – who can find all the mistakes first.  Later …..

Cardinal Again

My, my Here we go again.  Just got new glasses and after reading past post I realized this cardinal was posted as selling for more that was intended, he is only $30.00 If you need him for yourself or for a gift you can respond on my facebook or through this website, www.artbybetty.com  And of course if you know me personally, just call me.

It is amazing how much better everything looks when a person can actually see what they are seeing.  Wonders of wonders, my eyes have improved a lot, and the only explanation for that is – it has to be a gift from God.  Thank you my Lord and Savior!  No wonder the world and everything in it look so blurry with the old glasses. 

Rain, rain do NOT go away, we need you.  It looks like spring is here – even the mesquite trees are budding and I have been told is a sure sign that winter days are over.  Another “ole wife’s tale?” we will see….

With the mesquite trees budding and every thing else budding and sending pollen out – allergies are at an all time high.  Even people who do normally have allergies are suffering now.   Well more about that later – if we all make it through spring with all its pollen.

Need a hand

This image shows a different technique on quilling.  The shape seen is a hand – and it is a female hand, with all sorts of shapes and colors.  Including glass front frame measurement is 10” X 8” and it sells for $55.00.  Contact information can be found by messaging me on FB or going to www.artbybetty.com   It is easy to see just how many shapes are used in this image, and of course it is all made from 1/8” colored paper.  So you will know, not just any paper will work for quilling – cardboard and construction paper will not work for quilling.  The paper has to be cut a certain way – with the grain - not across and the paper has to be rolled with the right side outside. Yes paper has a right and wrong size. Lots of information, I know.

March winds are suppose to bring spring rains – well…..we are waiting. Just a small sprinkle the other day, not enough to bring April flowers.  But enough wind to mess up any hair do – and hair spray is not a match for March winds.  And let us not forget all the allergies that the wind keeps everyone in sniffles and sneezes.  Speaking of wind – listen and you can hear all kinds of things banging and bumping out side.  What was that???