Art of Mine

scan0002 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Hello my Dear Friends!! My prayer is that All of you will have a Wonderful Weekend filled with Love, Peace and Great company. Some of you will be attending weddings, or a special dinner or puttering in your Garden, others will be shopping for that special summer dress or that cute pair of sandals you have been thinking about All week!! Others will be looking for the perfect vintage piece of lace....others will be relaxing and just going with the flow whatever that turns out to be. Wherever this weekend takes you have fun and smile!! With Love and Peace to All, Susan

scan0001 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Dear Friends,, I wanted to share with all of you a gift I received from my friend Jan over at Laughing Dog Arts. She sent me this lovely gift the other day, Jan had hand sewn all the beads and fibres onto this lovely brown velvet fabric. I was in shock when I opened the package to find this wonderfult gift from her. A while back she had sent me a couple of CD's that I was interested in and so I thought I would send her some beads that I had as a little thankyou for the music. She touched me with her generosity of spriit and her talent is stunning. Please go visit her at Laughingdogarts.blogspot.com. You will love her blog!!. I wanted also to thank you all of you who have become followers of mine. I see I have a few more recently and I just wanted to say WELCOME!!! Also I noticed that I have over 80 posts now and so I would like to have my first Giveaway when I reach 100!!! Yippeee! Love, Smiles and Lots of Hugs to you All!!! Susan

Last month I joined my first Swap. Linda from a "Swap for All Seasons" puts together great swaps for each season. We are given a swap buddy and then we contact our buddy to find out from each other our favorite color, our hobbies and things we love. My swap buddy was Mary from JMP Pastimes. I could not have been given a better buddy! Mary picked out such wonderful gifts for me and each one is a treasure I will cherish forever, she even gave me some extra goodies!!  Mary's husband also spoiled me rotten and gave me a gift too. So here are some pictures of what my wonderful Buddy Mary sent to me and pictures of goofy me!!!  My Somthing new....Mmmm what could it be?? My Somethig New.... Is a Handmade Pin Cushion made by Mary just for me!! I had been searching for an unusual pin cushion for sometime....well my hunt is over....This beautiful Pear is made beautifully. LOVE IT!!!   Somethig Old.... is a lovely silver napkin ring with a silver bow and tu...

something blue giveaway Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell A month ago I had signed up for a swap over at "A Swap For All Seasons". It was my first swap and I was given a swap buddy and we had to first find a vintage wedding photo, and then something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. So we had a month to get our goodies together for our swap buddies. I have to tell you I had a blast looking for just the right items that my swap buddy would like....hope she likes them!! We sent out our package to our swap buddies by June 1st. Well linda who organizes the swaps for us had a giveaway for each of the catagories and boy was I surprised when I learned that I won the something blue giveaway!! So here is a picture of the goodies that are coming...I can't wait!! Have a Happy Day to All!! Susan

scan Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell My oldest son Andy and his wife Dawn found out last week that their baby will be a girl. We have all been praying that all goes well this time, as they lost their daughter a year and a half ago six weeks before she was due on Christmas eve. It was a very hard time because they had tried three times to become pregnant and with the Fragile X complications to make it worse. With Fragile X if it is a boy the chances are very slim for a normal life. Boys have physical as well as mental disabilities where as girls who have Fragile X can go undetected as my daughter in-law was till she had a blood test when they were trying to get pregnant a couple of years ago. So this is great news and PLEASE say some prayers that this little girl will be healthy and that all will go well!! It has been such a heartbreaking trial these past two years and they want a baby so badly. Just before they found out they were pregnant they had finished up the last of the paper w...

scan0016 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell My husband painted this for me for Mothers Day!! He knows how much I love the Ocean. This is suppose to be my favorite place Tybee Island, Ga. Isn't it beautiful?? Love and Smiles to All, Susan

scan0014 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Christopher is my youngest son and he is 30 years young today! I can not believe that my "baby" is 30!! He is a great Dad and these are his two sons..my Grandsons John on the right will be six in July and Kaden on Christophers lap will be 4 in July! Happy Birthday my sweet son!! I love you so much!!!!! Happy Day to All!!! Susan