CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, February 15, 2013

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side

It's been quite a week. 

Going without my own computer has been a huge test.

I'm not sure I made a very good grade. :(

Thankfully, my son, Kyle, let me use his computer.
I was able to pulled together all my Valentine week photos and posts.
That was a rich blessing.
It made me feel a bit of normalcy in the midst of chaos.

I got my new lap top Wednesday evening.
For the most part, it has been a good transition.....but my brain still hurts.
My biggest problem is moving away from Paintshop Pro.....my beloved photo editing software.
It's not Mac compatible. :(
And I'm not thrilled about letting it go......
In fact, if I can help it, I WON'T let it go. haha
We'll see.

I am catching up with so much I couldn't do for a week.
I'm still not there, but the burden is lessening with each day.

I couldn't include all my Instagram photos this week on
the CookieCrazie chatter because I couldn't watermark them.
My son's PC is down.....and I'm lost here on this lap top.
It will have to wait until next week.

But at least I'm posting, right?
The speed at which I can do things on this Macbook is INCREDIBLE!
Plus......it doesn't blue screen on me every few minutes. ;)
I'm grateful for the new lap top.

I've got a million photos to edit.....and no photo editing I'm capable of using.
sigh.....

Change is hard. I thought I was good at it. But this week says I'm not. :(

On the happy side of life, I made lots of spring-y cookies this week.
Oh what fun it was to use lots of pastels.
Cookies are definitely my therapy.....

Instagram photos for this week:


Honey bee theme coming right along......

Fun special project..... :)

Things are buzzin' around here. :)

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CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, February 8, 2013

Summer Is Buzzin' By (Pictorial)

Today is already June 30. Yikes. I wish things could slow down a bit! How can we be nearly half way done with summer. Not fair. lol

Oh well.....life goes on. Make the best of today since it won't last long, right? 

How about a pictorial on making a bee hive with buzzing bees........................

Since my bee hive cutter is huge.....I decided to pare it down a bit, so I cut the bottom level off of it.

Next I wanted to add a shape to the outer side so I could add a buzzing bee, so I used mini club cut out because the top of it reminded me of a bee.

To decorate......I added the black hole at the bottom first.....and then let it dry.

Next I added two of the four hive layers of yellow and let them dry before adding the final two. This helps give it more dimension.

Notice my mistake on the bottom layer. Thankfully it won't show up once I flood that area. :)

Well.....I forgot to keep taking photos of the process. Sometimes I get so involved in it.....that everything else fades away.

In the final bee hives shown below, I didn't outline the whole hive in yellow liked I showed in the previous photos. Instead, I just did my two layers of the hive on their own, and add the second two later. I like how these look much more than the previous ones. 

Make sure your yellow is good and dry before you add the bees.....especially the black head. For the bees, I made the head and let it dry, then I added the yellow body and put the black stripes on it while it was still wet. After it dried for a while, I added the white wings.

And finally, the next day I added the fly lines with a Food Doodler black marker. Love that part! 

Stay cool today on this hot Thursday....

Spring "Pillars

Here's more "spring bugs".

Caterpillars.............

And the whole gang together. :)

This week, look for more spring flowers and...........probably my favorite....... birdies. :)

Also, I'll be announcing the March Blog Give-Away this week too.

This is definitely one you won't want to miss.

The BUZZ of Spring :)

We just had a mega thunderstorm last night that sure reminded me of spring. Thankfully all is well after an interesting middle of the night visit to the basement after being in a deep deep sleep. : /

Spring is buzzing.....even if it is just in my head and on my cookies. lol

This week I have lots more spring cookie pics to show you........along with a guest post and another tutorial or two. Stick around. :)