TAKE A DETOUR...

This post is for my sweet friend JANETTA

and serves as an informal invite for everyone I know to attend FIRST FRIDAY on March 7th and/or

ART DETOUR 2008 on March 8th/9th.

It's very important that you do because our

'Saint Janetta' will be participating in both this year.

NOTE - the assemblage featured in this photo is Janet's...it's utterly fab-u-lous and just so happens to be my FAVORITE piece of hers...

If you've never been to ART DETOUR, it's something you simply have to do. It's an awesome experience...for art's sake. You can read more about it and FIRST FRIDAY **HERE**.

Anywhoo, big kisses and happy wishes to Janetta...

xoxo, amy

(aka 'duck wiener')

DIGI-WHAT?

I'm so glad to see that my friend CHRIS is experimenting with digital scrapbooking. We're both kind of new to it, so we're learning together. I found a great tutorial (on VEERLE'S BLOG) on creating your own brush files (.abr files). I only had a few minutes to PLAY when I got home tonight...but created the 'typed text' brush used in this photo as a test. The instructions worked like a charm! Chris, this might be something you'd be interested in...

xoxo,

amy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVERY!

Just wanted to wish Avery a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can't believe you're a whole DECADE old...before you know it, you'll be as old as I am. And I also can't believe that we're FINALLY going to start painting your room tomorrow. I think the colors you picked out are going to be FAB-ulous! I put together a quick digi-scrapbook page so you can see how cool they look together!

See you soon!

xoxo,

me

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABY!

xoxo, me

SO IN LOVE...

I can't believe it, but our SIXTH anniversary is just around the corner. Seems like just yesterday we were planning for the wedding...but it also feels like we've loved each other for a lifetime. I love him more every day...

Thought I'd post a few of my favorite pics of us together (apparently we only take pictures when we're out to dinner)... :o)

At FOGO E BRASA in September 2007...

At MACARONI GRILL in Februrary 2008...

At MARGARITAVILLE in January 2008...

And one picture of my imaginary boyfriend and I (before my husband showed up at Margaritaville in January 2008...)

SWEET BIRD OF PEACE

Finally, there is PEACE on West Willow... For months now (maybe longer) our sweet baby, Twitch, has been terrorized by a feline intruder. The stranger would enter through her cat door, eat her food, 'nest' in her bed, pick fights in the early morning hours and recently started to 'mark' her territory....NOT cool. George built a 'friendly' trap and we finally captured the bad kitty this past weekend. Our home is 'ours' again...and Twitch is at peace. I snapped this photo of a little dove at our back door the other day...our little harbinger of peace.

xoxo, me