busy busy busy...is it true November is almost over?

I can hardly believe how quickly time is passing now...I made a couple special birthday cards for Michelle...it is difficult to believe her two eldest are 22 and almost 21.   Whew time has a mind if its own.   I also meant to work on the wooden Christmas tree but just never got around to it...There are times when solitude is totally desire. I had numerous visitors today with a ton of questions about how I work and information about personal gifts they are thinking of having me create for the upcoming Christmas.    I punched the design elements (trees, snowmen, snowflakes ...I have learned to punch them myself because the children get a little rough and drop my punches and then they do now want to work again)   I collected the materials my children will use to create our holiday cards for recovering soldiers healing at the Walter Reid Hospital in D.C.   We had a great turn out and the noise volume was up...I think the lunar eclipse sent out some intense lunar energies.  Putting in a long day is hard on me...the fatigue is heavy right now so I will keep this short and sweet.  The glue sticks and stamps were popular but with all the energies ...a wee bit messy!!! I hope you will enjoy the photos... a picture does tell a better story! 

 Happy Birthday Monkey boy!!!   I hope John likes this card and it will make him smile...

 a special card for the big birthday...#21!!!!

 the beginning of a teachers gift...a very special teacher...

 continued progress...I am anxious to go back tomorrow and create more silver dreams...

 Art supplies for my Family night at The Grill Deli...

 cards made by great children who wanted to thank our servicemen and women who are healing at Walter Reid Hospital in Washington, D.C. ....

 contact me if you need the address...

 Rena and Owen jump right in on making their individual cards .....

 Rena is very skilled in her composition of her card....

 Kyle is working very hard to make a healing soldier smile over the Holidays....

Josh is just turning 5 and ready to put his card in the mail...wel I will put it in the mail....

 Kyle is ready to get to his basketball practice...thank you Kyle you did a great job....

 even Mom Michelle got in on the celebration...she also took great photos for me while we worked  and will put them on a disc for me to print...I am going to send a photo of each artist in their handmade cards...

 the whole family is here to eat and create....

 Justin made a darling card...look at those gorgeous blue eyes ....he is such a love!

 Mom Abby helped the little man with the glue stick... she also made a great card!!!

 it is beginning to look as lot like Christmas...this tickles Josh...

 chow down on some Skyline chili at the Grill Deli....yum yum yum!

 oh Dad....Nicki and Lindsey give dad their best daughter look....

 I am not sure what this guy was doing...he should be in a drama class....now...

 Aris is slowly creating her details for the card...these children have their own ideas...I just give them the opportunity...

 Nicki is 10 now and I will share her newest pastel works in a bit....she is playing basketball now too....

 he wrote a special message and drew a very interesting cards thanking the men and women who have served our country....

 happy happy happy card creators...Cassie is smiling from her heart...

 Nicki first pastels... I love the colors...

 look at Nicki's Native American portrait....

 a busy table with busy hands and quick minds....

 everyone works freely to make their own designs...Lindsey may be slow...she said that... but her card was beautiful...

 I think I need a bigger table....

 I can not help but smile....Art Saves Lives!!!!!

 Gwen came a bit late but she was more than happy to share her beautiful card...she is only 4

 Aris looks up to Lindsey...they learn so much from each other...compassion...patience...laughter...focus... and so many other attributes...

 Ian is wild about making ART!!!  Gangham style!!!!  I am not sure about the correct spelling...

 Nicholas created a wonderful drawing for his soldier... another gift from the heart...

 Aris's mother 's smile is back as she recovers fro major surgery on her left hand...she has been courageous through the whole ordeal... the pain is lessening...










                           Abby is making her own card..look at her smile!

I just learned I have f boxes...5 boxes from Amazon filled with a new John Prime CD...a Hafiz poetry book...a special gift for my son-in-law's birthday/Christmas...and I guess I have already forgotten what I ordered two days ago.  Did any of you have the opportunity to see NBC's evening news and their explanation of the reality of Chemo brain.  Yes, finally some very empathetic physicians have discovered , mapped  and proven evidence of the effects chemotherapy on the human brain.  Somehow I found this information to be a calm reassurance to what I already knew to be true.  Be patient with me...God is not finished with me yet.  Imagine and Live in Peace,  Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart