I hugged the mailman....AGAIN!!!

I think my lil neighbor across the street is starting to think that the mailman and I have something going on!! @_@ Although....before she would come outside and always look down but NOW she always tries to get my attention with a big smile and a friendly wave. Makes ya wonder, huh? Thank goodness we don't get our milk home delivered. Ya know the old saying when things happen. "It was the milkman"  LOL  OK.....maybe that's just an old Southern thang..hehe

I was so excited to receive two more of my OWOH thank you gifts. Ohhhh dear...just two more to go and then no more mailman hugs. ^_^  I always wait until the Chazman gets home to open them....he gets almost as excited as I do. Keyword there being....ALMOST!!! The first one he opened was of course the one in a box. (Kids mind....box means MORE goodies) OMGOSH....what a wonderful surprise when he opened it up. It was from Pat over at The Wigglebutt Blog. She is an amazing clay artist....really......she is AWESOME!!! The Chazman and I have been following along with her for some time now.....we adore her dragons. I love all of her work but those darn cute little dragons will just steal your heart away. Now that I have made ya want to go and visit with Pat, let me show you what was in our box.

Look at all the "goodies". I have been collecting items to do some Geisha ooaks with and Pat has added to that collection with the big medallions on either side of the card with one of her darn cute little dragons. Can ya guess who snuck off with that!!! The card not the medallions..hehe!! She sent us some of her clay big leaves and some smaller ones. Two beautiful clay hearts...one with a world on one side and the words "One World One Heart 2011" on the other. Yep...the same person snuck that heart too and of course ALL of the candy Pat had put in the box. (Thank you for thinking of the Chazman Pat...it always warms my heart when someone sends him something too)

The next one he opened was one I have been patiently waiting on. Well ok I have been patiently waiting on ALL of my OWOH gifts...who wouldn't...huh huh!!! This was the gift I received from Betty Lee over at Artists & Crafters Supply Community. 

  Two body butter bars (try saying body butter bars 10 times really fast...gonna giggle) of my very own...which means I will have to hide them when I'm not using them. They smell just like Baby powder. I LOVE that smell....so clean and fresh. I can even put them in the sweet lil bag that came with them to hide store them when I'm not using them. There was also a wonderful lip butter.  I already know that the Chazman will be taking it from me though. Poor baby is just like his momma (that's ME) he has dry skin and very dry lips. This one is all natural and unscented which he told me real fast like, that it was telling me that it was his because that was the perfect MAN lip balm. OMGOSH...get out!!!!! ROFL Thank you Betty Lee for OUR gift.....we will both enjoy it!! Now if I can just find a good hiding spot.

Until next time................HUGS, Regi

The Mailman got a HUG!!!

I use to think that my mailman thought that perhaps a very CRAZY person lived here. Umm, he wouldn't be to far off by thinking that..LOL..with the way I have gotten so excited when he has delivered some of my mail to me in the past. I usually run walk out to greet him and start talking ninety miles to nuthin about the mail he hopefully has. Today was a bit different...he brought it up to my door. Big smile on his face as he handed me my mail. He knew by the stuffed envelopes that it was something that I was waiting on. BOY OH BOY....WAS HE RIGHT!!!! This time quietly gave him a hug and went back inside and preceded to do the cha cha happy dance. Hey..I waited until he was gone..hehe!!

Talk about excitement. I received not just One (1) gift from my OWOH adventure this year but Three..3..Tres..Drei..Trois..Tri..Tre. OMGOSH...yes I said 3!!!  I am so so soooo excited about all three of them so keep that in mind as I show them to you. Just because one is posted before the other doesn't in any way mean I like it more than the one listed after it. I love them all the same. They are all amazing and fantastic gifts. I will cherish each one. I just figured you would want to know who each was from...so you can go visit with them and check them out. I know you are sitting there saying "HEY REGI...show us already.....would ya" OK OK....going to show you now

 This is what was in the first envelope I opened. An amazing set of cards. I love cards and these are probably my favorite ones. They were my gift from Susan over at Living the Dream. She is a fantastic watercolor and mixed media artist and someone that you should go and visit with. She shares her art as well as some wonderful stories of her family and life. She has a very interesting daughter, Christine, that you should go and visit too. Her blog is YUMMY and I do mean that literally. Better not go a visiting hungry..hehe!! A big HUGE Regi hug to Susan. Thank you thank you for my cards....they are awesome. Now if I can ever bring myself to use them...LOL  I may just put them in frames and hang them.

My next envelope was one that the Chazman has been patiently waiting on and he of course held true to his word and informed me as soon as I opened it that this was his...ALL HIS!!! It was the Man in the Moon scratch pad that WE won from Jaime over at Artsy Fartsy. I had told her that the Chazman was going to take it from me when it arrived and he did. She was so sweet and put one of her little magnets in the envelope with the CHAZMAN'S gift...HaHa!!! The magnet has an awesome saying on it that will inspire me each morning.

Follow your heart,

it's never wrong.

Let it lead you safely,

where you belong.

Thank you thank you Jamie. We love our gifts. The magnet will proudly go on my frig and the scratch pad I'm sure will be used for game codes ^_^.  Make sure you go and visit with Jamie...she is an awesome artist. She just made a necklace out of old spoons...now how awesome is that. A big HUGE Regi and Chazman hug to Jamie.

Now this was the last one I opened and I have to admit that I did save it for last. The envelope made me do that...really it did. It had the cutest lil baby with butterfly wings sitting on it. (didn't take a pic as it has my snail mail right next to it and the hubbikins gets so NERVOUS thinking I might show it here....silly goose) Inside was MY gift (hands off Chazman) that I won from Wendy over at Bliss Angels. She is an amazing artist dabbling in so many different medians. A kindred spirit for sure. She is a true storyteller too (Congrats on being published Wendy...atta girl ^_^) Wendy's gift in the OWOH adventure was one of her tiny tins. It is sooo detailed and soooo tiny and sooooo CUTE!!! Even her ATC card she attached to the gift was a gift. HEY...a double gift...thank you thank you Wendy. Ohhh wait...I haven't shown ya'll the inside of the tin. OMGOSH, yes it opens and look at the cuteness inside

This piece is going to sit right next to my "Regi's Studio" sign. My only problem is that I love it open and closed. I guess I will be opening and closing it a good bit...LOL!!! A big HUGE Regi hug to Wendy.

I am so happy with my gifts I received today..thank you thank you Susan, Jamie and Wendy. AND I'm so proud of myself that I didn't attack the poor mail man. It's been an amazing day!!!

Until next time........HUGS, Regi

Wonderful Surprise!!!

Most that know me, know that Saturday is the day when the Hubbikins, the Chazman and I go on our treasure hunts. Today was the perfect day to hunt too....beautiful blue skies and temps that reached the high 70's. OMGOSH.....the flip flops came out of the closet and placed upon my feet....owwww weeee they felt so good. Ohh yessss they did!!! Of course, most know that my "treasure hunts" are actually when we go to yard sales and estate sales. The saying is true "One man's junk is another man's treasure" and today proved it. We found two conch shells (ohh yes..the muse starting singing LOUDLY.....her sweet mermaid song) One of them medium size and one of them is HUGE....HUMONGOUS....ENORMOUS....ok ok I think ya get the picture. ^_^  Actually with the HUGE...HUMONGOUS....ENORMOUS (I like how those words rolllll off my tongue..hehe) one, I see several mermaids. We also found two bags stuffed full of yarns....I mean really nice bags...not the paper or plastic ones...the bags alone were a very nice find and the yarns were awesome too.

My greatest treasure today though.....was discovered in my mailbox. While we were out and about the mailman delivered a package and I imagine that he was very "thankful" that I was not inside the house. If you follow my posts then you know that I get "VERY EXCITED" and I do mean VERY excited when I see him pulling up to our box. My treasure was the lovely gift I received from one of my visits in the OWOH journey. (again...thank you thank you thank you Lisa for the amazing adventure this year) It was from Marsha over at Sassy Mini Dolls. I won two of her beautiful Lavender sachets. They smell delightful...really...they do!!! The Chazman keeps picking them up and holding them to his nose and taking a deep breath and saying "AHHH".
She sent them wrapped in a beautiful tissue paper that I will of course be using too....it's just to pretty not to find a use for it. (My muse is gently whispering ideas already) A very "French" thank you note was placed atop the tissue wrapped gifts tied off with a silk black ribbon. (my muse has ideas for that too ^_^) I love my gifts and to Marsha I have to say a HUGE..HUMONGOUS...ENORMOUS....MERCI!!!

I hope that you will go and visit with Marsha. She is an amazing artist and her blog is such fun to wander through. I know that I will be going to visit with her. I'm so thankful that the OWOH journey lead me to her and her work. AND it's not winning the gift that makes me say that...it's the fact that she is someone that makes you feel as though you are friends right from the start and that is a gift that will keep on giving!!!

Until next time......
.HUGE..HUMONGOUS...ENORMOUS...HUGS, Regi