Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Penelope Potter, The Ground Squirrel

After breakfast, my girls wandered outside, before heading off to kindergarten.

While doing dishes, I heard them screaming.  Dishes went splat!  I ran outside to discover both were fine! Except we  had a visitor  in our pool,  a precious little ground squirrel, named Penelope Potter. Yes, my girls had to name this squirrel.

I quickly grabbed the pool net and rescued the little one.  Girls ran, got some towels and I carefully  wrapped it up.  I really thought there was not much hope but to our surprise, thank God,  "Penelope" came around and scampered off.  Girls were ecstatic as was I.

We returned inside the house, to a wet kitchen, and broken dishes.  Grabbed my car keys, got the girls in the suv and off to kindergarten, in the knick of time.  I am  sure "Penelope" will be a star during show and tell today.

When you live in  the desert its not  unheard of for animals to end up in your pool.  Most never survive the ordeal but today we managed to rescue one of God's creatures,  "Penelope".

Love and Happiness,
Morgan










Monday, March 7, 2016

Design Team Call.

Broken Fairy Designs is looking for designers for our new design team.

  1. Do you currently have an active blog and facebook page?
  2. Do you love to create projects and inspire with digital images?
  3. Can you take good clear pictures of your work?
  4. Can you meet a deadline?
If you answer yes to the above questions, this team is for you. I am looking for DT members to join our Team, to showcase my Broken Fairy Designs.
 
Requirements:
You are required to do atleast 3 projects a month.
You must be willing to promote Broken Fairy Designs on your blog and  facebook.
You must be willing to submit your creations to magazines for publications. 
You must be willing to display our team badge on your blog.


What you need to do:
Please submit the following via email to brokenfairydesigns@outlook.com
Name, location, brief bio, blog address, facebook link.

If accepted to our team:You will be provided with  images from Broken Fairy Designs to work with and use  for our challenges and hops. Your name and blog link will be displayed on our  blog.

This is an open call for now until all available spots are filled. We are currently looking for at least 5 people.

This DT Call is open to everyone, international applicants welcome.
I look forward to reviewing your applications and creations. You will be notified via email if accepted to the team.

Love and Happiness,
Morgan

The Weekend.

A weekend at the McKinney household is always full of adventure especially when you have children.

Sleeping in is a rarity.  The minute the sun started to rise on the horizon, the girls were up and about ready to start  their day.  Saturday and Sunday, my girls, invaded my craft room. Coloring was on their agenda.

Even though it was a  beautiful spring weekend,  in the 80's, citrus blooms in the air, with a few clouds here and there,  perfect kite flying weather I must say,  my girls stayed inside and colored up a storm. Their beautiful colorings adorn  our refrigerator now and my craft room, even though looks like a marker and crayon bomb went off, was filled with love.

Even at dinner, on Saturday night, at Buca di Beppo, coloring books along with my designs were in tow.  Ryan and I  watched them with love in our  hearts, thanking God for moments like these. How blessed we are.  Life is grand.

It's moments like these that make wonderful memories.

I will add, there was  one time this weekend coloring was  second on their mind.  The reason, a trip to the Sugar Bowl for ice cream with their dad.

Love and Happiness,
Morgan

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 Thessalonians 3:12

Friday, March 4, 2016

Taking a leap.

Today, finally, my store opens.  I am really excited.  Thanks to the encouragement of my wonderful hubby,  I decided to take the leap with my art and venture into the digital world.  I am a watercolorist at  heart.

New ventures are really scary.

I'm new to blogland.  I have been setting this up for days, with the  hopes of doing this correctly. Made sure all my i's are dotted and t's crossed.  Then when that looked great, there is the first initial post.  What on earth do I say?  This journey for  sure is going to be a work in progress.

I'm  also new to the whole digital stamp world, in regards to selling my digital images.  I am sure there will be mistakes along the way,  but any venture worthwhile is worth the risk, right?
Right!  At least that is what my Ryan keeps telling me.

I am going to try to blog on a daily basis, should life permit.  With two twin girls, age five, life can be pretty chaotic.

To find my stamps, visit the menu on the right or click here.

Love and Happiness,
Morgan