Thanks everyone, glad you liked it. I'm much too slow at picking out a project and getting it done to even think about keeping an Etsy store stocked! LOL I do have a friend from the Painting forum who has a blog and an Etsy shop. She is a wonderful painter and often teaches classes as well. I'll post a link to her blog in case anyone would like to take a look. Karen, have the rains reached you yet? It's clear and sunny here today although still a bit on the cool side. Thanks for all of your concern, but I'm not rich enough to live in the areas where the fires and now mudslides are occurring. I'm always grateful for the rains because we seldom get them in the summer here, and I hate hearing the words "water rationing". ;o( Luvs Here is a link that might be useful: Brenda's blog

oh I love the wreath - will have to try that - one thing I have is PLENTY of scrap fabric from 10 years in the doll clothes business..... Lynne

My boys and I did this one year during one of our studies and made "stained glass windows". We cut the sections of "windows" from black paper and sandwiched the waxed paper between. They're still in our actual window across from me now! I did NOT like grating those crayons! I think one of the crayon companies should sell them already grated; they could do it with big machines, with no harm to their fingers! :-D Speaking of crayons... I just read in a stamping egroup that the Crayola washable crayons work well as watercolor crayons. Good and cheap, too!

Thank you all for the kind words.... and I am feeling better! Luvs...I like your Old English idea and will try it soon. For my hearts I think I will try some Burnt Umber. Silly me put a sealer on them when I really wasn't all that happy with the brightness. Piffle, (that is my favorite cuss word.) Might also try to just shade the stripes or just make more for myself and give these away. Belle Anj and Punk...the hearts are from one of my Luv Chunks book, but didn't cut out the center hearts. So I just shaded where the cutout should be. Was putting the "love" heart away when DH said he thought it should be left out all year round, so it is.