Raige Creations

Boys and Girls of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Poor Jack Skellington  and his obsession with Christmas . There IS something about the holiday season that most of us can't resist too. Remember MY recent obsession with Christmas and Mini Stockings ??? But today, it is about Halloween .  Pumpkins, Trick-or-treating,  spookiness and skeletons . 'Bones' modeling some Halloween Toekini's . One of my 3 Halloween decorations. Enjoy the roasted pumpkin seeds and candy, and the  ghosts and ghouls . Glow in the Dark Ghost Toekini's , glowing. And trick-or-treat some for me. My kids are too old now to be interested in that. Plus our driveway is too long and spooky for us to be getting any trick-or-treaters. So it will most likely be a normal night for us.  I am thinking Spaghetti for dinner....um I mean Worms and Blood ....with garlic bread. How does that sound?? That is about as scary as things will be around here.  Wha...

A Zibbet Community thread was started at the beginning of October, called Easy Challenge For the Fantastic Five .  A call for a challenge always intrigues me, and apparently other too. I wandered over and saw that Judy, of Portable Graffiti Graphics and the author of The Fantastic Five , was asking us to come up with handmade gift card holders  to showcase for last minute shoppers in December. This thread has sparked the imagination of many Zibbeters, and had me thinking all month about an idea for a gift card holder.  Finally , Friday morning had me try out a pattern I found for a tiny Christmas Stocking. I needed to make SOME kind of Christmas things for the local gift shop, so I tried it out. After it was done, I realized it fit my business card perfectly so I popped it in there for the photo shoot. As I was taking pictures of it, I thought DUH me, the gift card holder for the challenge ! Mini Stocking Gift Card Holder OR Tree Ornament Small Gift...

I knew I had a lot of work to do today. But I didn't realize just how much I had! I was supposed to get a package to South Carolina mailed today, for the Craft Bazaar on Nov. 5th   Moncks Corner, SC next Saturday, Nov. 5th. B ut after my coffee this morning, I knew I would never be able to make the Post Office deadline of noon.  A package of 22 Toekini's had to be carefully packaged, half of which still needed to be sealed. (I seal the ends of each Toekini with wax to delay the fraying of the yarn)  Not to mention I had to take pictures of the latest Toekini's  before they took their trip to SC. I needed pictures so they could be listed.   Furry Snowman Toekini's - Artfire / Zibbet Of course the sun was not out . And it was quite cold outside, so outdoor pictures was not going to happen.  After deciding the deadline would not be met, I decided Monday mailing would have to be the plan. Then I would be able to relax and find the Christmas T...

It is time again for Friday's Family Jewels , and that means featuring some beautiful Jewelry by Bridget . Today I get to show off her beautiful bracelets . They are  Di-chromatic  glass, hand cut into shapes . She painstakingly cuts each square. Then they are kiln fired to reveal the beautiful colors . They are vibrant and shimmery, and each has a very special texture .  Each square is then attached, by hand , to hardware and assembled to beautiful bracelets. Each bracelet is one of a kind . There are no two bracelets alike, and there are only three available right now. Ocean Gold Bracelet The Ocean Gold Bracelet is beautiful sea blue with traces of gold through it. It is as if you found the hidden treasure in the ocean blue . Flamingo Gold Bracelet The Flamingo Gold Bracelet is perfect for the pink enthusiast. The textures with the pinks and golds are classy fun .  Waves of Pinks and Blues Bracelet The Waves of Pinks and Blues Br...

Sitting here waiting for dinner to finish (yes, it is 7:30pm and we still haven't eaten!) I am searching my brain for what to write about ! I checked the NaBloWriMo blog and none of the prompts spoke to me. So maybe I will just write about what's for dinner !  I had a great idea this morning to pan sear some seasoned boneless chicken breasts to brown them, then put them in the over to finish up. Add some super easy Uncle Ben's Ready Rice (done in 90 seconds!) and voila - and easy scrumptious dinner . But when I opened the freezer, the package of boneless chicken breasts I swore I bought were not there. What was? Pork Loin, pork chops, ground chicken, and fish. I really wanted the chicken. But the pork loin ended up the winner tonight. A nice roasted pork loin with potatoes, onions, and carrots . On the meat, I put salt, pepper, a wee bit of ground hot pepper, chicken rub, and sprinkled with Worcestershire sauce .  Basically, I seasoned it like I would hav...

All week I have been teasing you with mentions of the hike I took with the kids.  So here are the details . We went to the Pisgah National Forest Big Ivy (Coleman Boundary) area , and found the Lower Douglas Falls trial . It is a beautiful drive into the forest, over 8 miles of gravel road from this entry into the forest, passing waterfalls, trees, and gorgeous mountain views. Once we (finally) reached the parking lot where our little trail began, the kids took off, and I quickly fell behind. Sometimes, I caught up. And sometimes we all stopped to enjoy the little things, as well as the big things An amazing display of tree rings. Then an amazing display of tree roots. (The tree happened to fall, seemingly deliberately placed, right on the side of the trail.) We sometimes had obstacles. But the effort was well worth it. The reward was beautiful. The 70 ft. Lower Douglas Falls. The water was refreshingly cool, and we could walk right behind the falls. That log appare...

I have only missed 2 days of posting every day this month for NaBloWriMo . So far . But the end is so close I would hate to add to that based on the  lazy feeling that has kept me from posting today.  Well, not completely lazy. I DID get a lot of work done. Made some cute Santa Toekini's , and worked on a custom order I got from the local gift shop. AND struggled with the Snowman Toekini's ...they are still in progress. (It is the yarn I am struggling with, but you will soon see.) The lazy feeling relates to not feeling like writing. It is something I have to force myself to do tonight. But the funny thing is once I start, it comes naturally tonight . This does not happen very often! I think I will let it flow , and enjoy the ideas as they come .  Stop and smell the flowers, so to speak . Come to think of it, we did just that on Sunday , during our hike. (more on the hike tomorrow in the Walking on Wednesday series )   Grouping of small, beauti...

The Leaves are falling all around..... I know I will be rambling on all week about that, because well,   leaves have fallen and continue to fall . The mountains are really beautiful, with the reds, yellows, oranges, and tiny touches of green filling the landscape.  Mother nature is a wonderful painter . Though this picture doesn't do it justice, the drive to the trail we hiked yesterday  has some spectacular views of the 'canvas'. As we drove the gravel road out of  Pisgah National Forest  after our great hike , single leaf by single leaf , they fell. They floated down, leisurely it seemed, and landed right on the windshield . We must have hit about 10 of them right smack in the middle of the windshield.  We could only drive about 15 miles an hour because the gravel road was quite bumpy in areas.  We got to enjoy each leaf as it landed, and witnessed all the others, one by one, floating down the mountainsides.   And today, we will be ...

I know it's early for the sleepy time show - but I have been busy today. The normal chores, laundry and such took up the morning. Then I took the kids on a hike on a great easy trail in the mountains. (more on that in the Walking on Wednesday Series). Here is a sneak peek of the beautiful scenery. Waterfall seen on the drive to the beginning of the trail We are all a bit tired, so we put on my sleepy time show early tonight. I have a couple shows that just knock me out, put me right to sleep. They are: any History Channel show, and  many Discovery Channels shows.  Hubby is already dozing off, and the boys are so relaxed it won't be long until they are snoring too. My daughter soon will be in the same boat, cuddled up here with me. Whale Shark What is the show that has us near comatose? Discovery Channel's Planet Earth bioluminescence It has beautiful images , soothing music , and Sigourney Weaver 's soft voice .  This is the ...