To My Husband

 Should You Go First

Should you go first and I remain,
To walk the road alone,
I'll live in memory's garden dear.
With happy days we've known.
In Spring I'll wait for roses red,
When fades the lilac blue,
In early Fall when brown leaves fall
I'll catch a glimpse of you.

Should you go first and I remain,
For battles to be fought,
Each thing you've touched along the way
Will be a hallowed spot.
I'll hear your voice, I'll see your smile,
Though blindly I may grope,
The memory of your helping hand
Will buoy me on with hope.

Should you go first and I remain,
To finish with the scroll,
No lengthning shadows shall creep in
To make this life seem droll.
We've known so much happiness,
We've had our cup of joy,
And memory is one gift of God
Tha death cannot destroy.

Should you go first and I remain,
One thing I'd have you do:
Walk slowly down that long, lone path,
For soon I'll follow you.
I'll want to know each step you take
That I may walk the same,
For some day down that lonely road
You'll hear me call your name.

by Alber Kennedy "Rosey" Rowswell

Second Lap top Quilt from Adornitt-CHA

Below is the second and final lap top quilt from fabric I purchased at CHA California.I wonder where my next destination trip will be so I can purchase some more unique fabric.

Below is a close up of this 50" x 70" quilt.

The photo below is fabric for the next one that I purchased at The Quilt Place in Shakespeare Ont.

I did a Shop Hop of four fabric stores in our area.Some of these I didn't know excisted. One was at The Quilt Place in Shakespeare, Ye Olde Fabric Shoppe in Stratford, Creative Sisters Kitchener and Reichard's in St. Jacobs. We also have many more top quality fabric stores in our area. It is well worth a day trip to this area for quilting supplies.While you are here you can always visit your favourite scrapbook store as well. Two scrapbook Friends in Waterloo.

Thanks for peaking.

Lap Quilt (Blue)

In my previous blog post I said you would be the first to see the completed quilt of the blue fabric I purchased from Adornitt at CHA California. So true to my word here it is.

This is a closer look at the details of the quilt.

One more quilt to go. Thanks for looking

Another Lap Quilt

Since February was so cold and snowy I thought I had better get the sewing machine out and use some of the fabric I had sitting on the shelf waiting to be used. Above and below is the end result.The quilt is made from Home Spun fabric,which has a very soft and warm feeling to it.

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The next two photos are of fabric I picked up in California and will be the next two quilt that I make. The fabric is from Adornit. Thats right the same company that make Scrapbooking products.I can't wait to start them. You will be the first to see them when they are finished.

Thanks for looking.

John

As many of you know my husband passed away December 3rd 2012 of kidney cancer.  It is almost 2 months since he left us but it seems like yesterday. It feels like I am still waiting for him to come through the front door and say "Hi, I'm home" but those words are gone forever.  The above photo was taken on our 45th wedding anniversary, 2 years ago. I was asked why are you celebrating your 45th, why not wait until your 50th and my reply was, we might not make it until out 50th. Little did I know that it would be true.

I just want to thank each and every one of you for your support, your prayers, your visits to the hospital, your get well cards, your memorial donations and all the sympathy card that I received.

John was a good husband, father and grandfather (gpa). He will be forever missed.

Thanks again.
Audrey

Gelatos

Two Scrapbook Friends got this new product called Gelatos. It's a new way of colouring your stamps before you stamp. A very cool look, like water colours. The card below I used the Chicken wire template and sprayed it with Mister Huey's Opaque White spray. Love the effect.

The card below was done using Mr Huey as well but I held the spray bottle to far away from the card by accident and this is the effect I got.I relly like this as well.

If you look closely at these four card none are identical. Thats the beauty of using Gelatos.

Thanks for looking.

Cards

I have had this stamp set for years and never used it.It is from Our Daily Bread designs and is called We Three Kings. I just gold embossed the design and it turned out great.My style is very clean and simple.

This card is made with the Sizzix embossing folder and the Cuttel Bug embossing folders.

The Cuttel Bug folder was used on this card along with copic markers on the flowers.

I have purchased some new Spellbinders dies and had to try them out. The bird is made from fabric.

These two cards are made again with a new die for me from Spellbinders and a Penny Black stamp along with copic markers.

Thanks for looking.