A Day In My Life

HEALTHY

January was a great start to using and being my word of the year HEALTHY!  At the risk of sharing to much info...

I had a

yearly physical

rectal examine

mammogram

teeth cleaning

and I have lost 6 pounds!

So, I am now onto FEBRUARY and need to have an eye exam this month...a cavity filled...and a cholesterol check.  I wasn't kidding when I said HEALTHY is where I am headed this year!

Don't forget to sign up for my give away of a MICE WITH A MESSAGE.  Just comment on this:

 A Day In My Life: GIVEAWAY!  Tell us a goal you have for the year...or a word you have chosen to stick with you throughout the year.

I am laying low right now, not much computer time as I am working in my BLack Hole...uhm I mean ARTstudio.  I am taking before and after pictures so stay tuned!  I need to get it done as I have several rather large orders to fill and I need space to do it.

For now, I am off to take my Mother In Law to the Drs...and hoping to beat the snow home.  Yup, MORE snow coming our way here in Maine:(

Take good care

Dancingly, Denise

GIVEAWAY!

Okay folks...I have had several people contact me and say that they are not sure what they are suppose to do to be entered in my MICE WITH A MESSAGE giveaway.

Here it is , simply put, (I hope):

Comment on THIS post (I am deleting the other post cuz everyone said it was too complicated).

Comment and tell me  either

1. the word you have chosen for your ONE LITTLE WORD of the year (just a word that is your "theme" for the year)

OR

2. One GOAL/RESOLUTION you have made for this year.

THAT is it folks, that is all you have to do to be entered in to win one of my small MICE WITH A MESSAGE.

here are a few samples of the Mice...i do not have a picture of the actual one you will win, as I need to DRESS her/him first:)

 
 
 

Okay folks that is all you have to do! 

Only thing is if you want to know the story behind the mice you can go here: www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com/mepursenalities and you will see where you can sign up for more giveaway points:) And I guess that is where it got confusing...so just know COMMENT HERE and you are all set:)

Giveaway contest will be open for comments until Wednesday February 9

Dancingly, Denise

Happy New Year!

 It's that time of year again, when I make all kinds of LIFE GOALS (resolutions)...and like  most years I have done it again.

Today I want to share my One Little Word 2011 | Ali Edwards for the year.  Each year I choose a word that may help me focus on goals throughout the year.  My word for 2010 was CREATE and it really helped me refocus after the appendicitis problems I had in March!

This year my word is HEALTHY.  The darn word is so obvious...It kept showing up in the last few weeks, and I kept trying to find a different, more "fancy" word.  BUT there is was HEALTHY.  I have plans to be healthy in several areas.  Physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and financially to name a few.

How am I going to achive this?  Hmmm...I hate to state the obvious, but I have to because I need to hear it over and over again... ONE DAY AT A TIME.  I will share my ideas a long the way and hope that you will share yours with me and my other readers.

A long the way, I want to continue to build my business www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com/mepursenalitiesand I hope you will join me.  In the next week I will be adding more items to my etsy shop www.dancinglydenise.etsy.com fairy jars,tutus and purses.

I will also be doing a giveaway over at www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com/mepursenalities for a "MICE WITH A MESSAGE" my mice carry a message and the one I will be giving away will be personalized to fit the winners word of the year or One Little Word.  Keep checking back for that as I will announce it in the next few days.

 

Beyond that...we had a great New Years Eve, staying in with the kids watching movies and eating Chinese food!  I will share pictures of that tomorrow.

I want to go back to an old post from last year that includes the goals I had for 2010 and see how far I got with my goals so i will share that soon too.

HEALTHY is how I want my 2011 to go.  2010 started out with bronchitis, walking pneumonia,colitis and appendicitis (and that was just ME).  I really want to explore healthy ways to do all kinds of things this year.  Right now, I unfortunately have bronchitis...BUT I am slowing down, trying to take care of it and myself. and THAT is already different from last year!

I can't wait to show you some of my art projects I have planned, as well as other projects.

Stay tuned for a great 2011!

Happy New Year and thanks for reading...

Dancingly, Denise

More Mice:)

Nate and Cody had a guitar rehearsal today, now I am home for a bit to sew mice before taking my mother-in-law out for dinner for her birthday!

The following was on my business blog yesterday, thought I would share it here:

You might be wondering where I have been?  Life gets so crazy this time of year...Musical Rehearsals and performances (tonight is the last show. You can see pictures of that here later this weekend).  Store owners getting prepared for holdiay open houses, and needing me to fill orders.  And ofcourse Craft fairs.  In between, I have been sick, had some family issues and trying to keep up with the kids schedules!

BUT, I wanted to show you my latest order of Mice With A Message.  These all went to Silkweeds, and you can purchase them there, or you can contact me and I might have a similar one in my stock.

Lisa. from Silkweeds www.Shopsilkweeds.com displayed my mice for her open house...and look at how cute they look!

 

 

And some close ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I hope you like them!  My favorite...well it is hard to choose a favorite, but I do like BELLA who is in the black tutu with a little tuft of black boa on her head.  her message is "I Hope You Dance"

I also made linens for the store, Christmas ones, placemats, table runners and napkins:

 

I have added tons of items to my etsy shop www.dancinglydenise.etsy.com. Please take some time to check it out.

 This week will be filled with making more mice, wool mittens and purses!

See you soon,

Dancingly, Denise

Craft Show

I wanted to post a quick note and show you pictures from this past weekends craft show.  I am happy with how I did and hope this coming weekends fair is as good if not better.

What sold the best?  On Saturday it was the Fairy Jars and TUTUs and wings.

On Sunday it was Mice with A Message and TUTUs and wings.  By far the best seller was the tutu's!  people weren;t buying them for halloween costumes...they wanted them for DRESS UP!!!  Which is always great, and gives me hope that they will keep selling through the year. 

The pictures aren't great as it was in a University Field House...but:

 

 
 
 
 
 

This weekends fair is at Nakomis High School in Newport.  See you there!

Dancingly, Denise

New Mice on the block!

I have 24 new mice to take the the UMO fair this wekend...take a look:

Meet the Newlyweds...Charlotte "Follow Your Heart"  and Albert "Love"

 

And for Christmas:  Santa Mouse "Believe" and Mrs. Mouse "Celebrate"

 

Phoebe "Joy" and Owen "Happiness"

 
Ada "I am Blessed" and Caeser "Joy"  (He has a Halloween bucket full of acorns, not shown:(

 
Nellie "Serenity" and Bart 'trust" (He has a bird on his hat:)

 
Lilith "Hope and Walter "Live, Laugh, Love"

 
Merlin "Passion" and Anabelle "Inspire" and the little ones are: Ginger "play", Maisy "dream", and Zoe "Be YourSelf"

 
Izzy "Live", Edward "Love", and Bart "laugh"

 
Max "Live Life to the MAX" and Dixie "Faith"
 
Leonardo "Be YourSelf" and Chip "Wonder"

 

And there you have it folks!  I am off to finish some purses and tutus!

Dancingly, Denise

Meet the new MICE in town!

They are done! I thought you might like to meet them all and find out there names:)  I sent them off to SILKWEEDS earlier and she said they are all out on display waiting for homes!

First the whole group:

And now, all of these are sold seperately,but I have pictures them together so yoyu don't have to look at 16 seperate pictures.  Do you wonder where they get there clothes and such?  You know those socks that always have one missing?  Or the glove with holes in the fingers? Or a sweater that looks "chewed"?  WELL...they DO have to have clothes you know!
First lets meet Phoebe whose message is "LIVE LIFE,LOVE LIFE" and Asher whose message is "LOVE".  He is holding flowers behind his back for the girl he loves:) 

 And  Dillard, whose message is "LIVE,LOVE,LAUGH". (he's got flowers behind his back too) and Marge whose message is "FAITH"

and Lisbeth who is here to "INSPIRE" and Hobart whose message is "HAPPINESS".  Check out the butterflies on his nose in the second picture!

How about an entire family of mice?

 
and here are three of the littlest Wyatt "LIVE",  Agnes "JOY",  and Gertie "BE YOURSELF"

and some more littles Norris "LAUGH OFTEN", Millie "WISH" and Grady "BE FREE, TRUST IN YOUR DREAMS"

and now we have Morgan "LIVE LIFE"  and Eleanor "FRIENDS"

  and last, but ofcourse not least  Bartley "PEACE" and he is shutting down the mousetraps of the world! and OSCAR "PEACE" 

So, you may think...well now Denise can rest and relax?  NOPE...as you can see I counted wrong and have 8 more friends to make.  They are all cut out, I just missed them as I was sewing.  So I will get them made this week.  I need to do 4 dozen Fairy Jars and 4 more dozen mice to stock Etsy, craft shows and orders that will need to be filled.  Again, mice can be special ordered...you want a special name or message?  I can do it. 

But for the rest of the day i am going to watch a movie, spend some time with my boy, Nate and do some laundry and dishes!

Thanks for looking!

Denise

They are done! I thought you might like to meet them all and find out there names:)  I sent them off to SILKWEEDS earlier and she said they are all out on display waiting for homes!

First the whole group:

And now, all of these are sold seperately,but I have pictures them together so yoyu don't have to look at 16 seperate pictures.  Do you wonder where they get there clothes and such?  You know those socks that always have one missing?  Or the glove with holes in the fingers? Or a sweater that looks "chewed"?  WELL...they DO have to have clothes you know!
First lets meet Phoebe whose message is "LIVE LIFE,LOVE LIFE" and Asher whose message is "LOVE".  He is holding flowers behind his back for the girl he loves:) 

 And  Dillard, whose message is "LIVE,LOVE,LAUGH". (he's got flowers behind his back too) and Marge whose message is "FAITH"

and Lisbeth who is here to "INSPIRE" and Hobart whose message is "HAPPINESS".  Check out the butterflies on his nose in the second picture!

How about an entire family of mice?

 
and here are three of the littlest Wyatt "LIVE",  Agnes "JOY",  and Gertie "BE YOURSELF"

and some more littles Norris "LAUGH OFTEN", Millie "WISH" and Grady "BE FREE, TRUST IN YOUR DREAMS"

and now we have Morgan "LIVE LIFE"  and Eleanor "FRIENDS"

  and last, but ofcourse not least  Bartley "PEACE" and he is shutting down the mousetraps of the world! and OSCAR "PEACE" 

So, you may think...well now Denise can rest and relax?  NOPE...as you can see I counted wrong and have 8 more friends to make.  They are all cut out, I just missed them as I was sewing.  So I will get them made this week.  I need to do 4 dozen Fairy Jars and 4 more dozen mice to stock Etsy, craft shows and orders that will need to be filled.  Again, mice can be special ordered...you want a special name or message?  I can do it. 

But for the rest of the day i am going to watch a movie, spend some time with my boy, Nate and do some laundry and dishes!

Thanks for looking!

Denise

They are done! I thought you might like to meet them all and find out there names:)  I sent them off to SILKWEEDS earlier and she said they are all out on display waiting for homes!

First the whole group:

And now, all of these are sold seperately,but I have pictures them together so yoyu don't have to look at 16 seperate pictures.  Do you wonder where they get there clothes and such?  You know those socks that always have one missing?  Or the glove with holes in the fingers? Or a sweater that looks "chewed"?  WELL...they DO have to have clothes you know!
First lets meet Phoebe whose message is "LIVE LIFE,LOVE LIFE" and Asher whose message is "LOVE".  He is holding flowers behind his back for the girl he loves:) 

 And  Dillard, whose message is "LIVE,LOVE,LAUGH". (he's got flowers behind his back too) and Marge whose message is "FAITH"

and Lisbeth who is here to "INSPIRE" and Hobart whose message is "HAPPINESS".  Check out the butterflies on his nose in the second picture!

How about an entire family of mice?

 
and here are three of the littlest Wyatt "LIVE",  Agnes "JOY",  and Gertie "BE YOURSELF"

and some more littles Norris "LAUGH OFTEN", Millie "WISH" and Grady "BE FREE, TRUST IN YOUR DREAMS"

and now we have Morgan "LIVE LIFE"  and Eleanor "FRIENDS"

  and last, but ofcourse not least  Bartley "PEACE" and he is shutting down the mousetraps of the world! and OSCAR "PEACE" 

So, you may think...well now Denise can rest and relax?  NOPE...as you can see I counted wrong and have 8 more friends to make.  They are all cut out, I just missed them as I was sewing.  So I will get them made this week.  I need to do 4 dozen Fairy Jars and 4 more dozen mice to stock Etsy, craft shows and orders that will need to be filled.  Again, mice can be special ordered...you want a special name or message?  I can do it. 

But for the rest of the day i am going to watch a movie, spend some time with my boy, Nate and do some laundry and dishes!

Thanks for looking!

Denise

They are DONE

Well today I have worked another TON of hours on these guys...I thought I was making 2 dozen, but there are really 16:) (The new dozen I guess:)  Anyway last night they looked like this:

Tonight after much work they look like this:

They all have names and a message charm on them.  And after a good night sleep I will introduce you to all of them!  Thanks for following their progression...

Dancingly, Denise  

Halloween Scrapbook

Hello...school shopping has kept me away from home all day today.  so, Nate is done, but Lauren has not begun. Luckily, we hadn't done any shopping for Lauren since we found out yesterday at the open house that she has to wear all black all the time:(  She said shopping will be like being a person on WHAT NOT TO WEAR. Buying things you would never buy and having to wear them!

Anyway, I haven't had a chance to do the tutorial for the Disney scrapbooking (paperpiecing), but I will soon I promise. For now, I thought I would show you a board book Halloween scrapbook I just finished.  This was a kit, so it was not my original idea.  The kit was from The BUTTON FARM The Button Farm - Welcome!  The kit isn't available anymore on her website, but I still thought I would share it cuz it would give you ideas for your own book.  This is a black board book, but you could do 8x8 pages like it too.

Scrapworks paper, Scrapworks shimmer shapes,Scrapworks stickers and Daisy D's rub ons.

Below: The page on the right is a black large envelope.

Below:page on the right...the three tags lift up so you can put a picture underneath

Below right...another black envelop, I am going to fill it with matted pictures and attach sticker tags to them to pull them out

 Isn't that cute?  I love her kits...I have tons of product left over to embellish the mats I want to do, etc.

Well, I am working on mice again tonight, so I better get busy!  Have a great evening! Check out my other blog to see some more steps in the mice making:)  at: www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com/mepursenalities

Dancingly,Denise
 
 
 
 
 
 

A LIST of my fun products

Over on my other blog www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com/mepursenalities I have shared THIS post today.  i thought I would post it here too.  Christmas is coming and great gifts are available!  Take a look:

I recieved an email a month or so ago, and it is now perfect timing to share some of it and to show you what I actually do.  I am trying to build my blog, and I am trying to build my business, so this is perfect!

"Hi Denise.  I read your blog (www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com) consistently.  I have been reading it for about 2 years now and I love how you make your life and projects so real and positive.  During the year that your father was sick and passed away, I felt like I was there with you and that I KNEW him.  Anyway, I have been watching you work on your business and was so glad when you moved all of that over to this blog {www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com/mepursenalities} I love that I can see everything you are making all in one place.  Thank you for sharing what you do." Elisa

So I thought about that and what I want to do today, since I am hoping for a whole bunch of new people taking a look at my blog, is to LIST the products I create at this point.  These are all available to the public to purchase, either through ETSY or by contacting me and everything (except the KNIT/FELTED) purses are available for WHOLESALE.

1. Knit and Felted purses of all sorts...here are a few:

 
2. Recycled Denim Jean purses:

 

3. Forgotten Fairy Jars... both original and personalized...here is one I personalized with a picture of my daughter when she was little (The Sugar Plum Fairy)

4. MICE WITH A MESSAGE  (meet Theo and Gracie):

 

 5. Wool mittens from felted recycled wool sweaters:

6. Wool Cat balls "PAWSitively PURRfect"

7. Primitive Dress Wall Hangings:

So folks...7 items.  There are more projects in the mind, waiting to JUMP out, but for now hopefully that helps new people visitng and regulars a chance to see what is available.

Dancingly, Denise