Holidays around the corner...

Charming Dance photos...................

So I went out of town and visited my daughter who lives overseas...it was WONDERFUL..
but I must confess I missed my grandbaby, my home and even ....my photos!!

Well, the holidays are just around the corner...and I have some AMAZING Photos that I have aquired and that I will be posting soon..................

also I am going to TRY to work on showing projects to make for Holidays..
One year, I used photos to decorate my entire holiday season...and this year..I am thinking of doing the same thing..(that and BRIGHT SHINY ORNAMENTS for the baby to smile at!!)

So keep posted and as soon as I am finished I will show how to use photos for holiday designs..

cathi

Great FREE website for making fun photos!

So...I confess...I have been having fun with the cutest grandbaby...but dear blog..i still miss you..and dont want to forget you..so here I am... I am trying to get back to the photo world..
while still being the babysitter i have always wanted to be!! (yeah!!)


ANYHOW...I FOUND A WEBSITE I had to SHARE WITH YOU!
If you love photos...well this one is FREE, FREE!!

and it is soo much fun...i admit, all night i was addicted to it!!

The name is www.befunky.com
and you will have soo much fun!!





Before and after!!




so you will have fun with this.......


(don't you love this one!!)

Have fun fellow photo lovers!!

cathi

ok...so i had to show him off....

a New Baby Boy...my grandchild...
mother and father are thrilled..
grandma and grandpa are over the moon........................

i must say i look at all my baby photos that come in for the store..a lot differently

All is well..I just havent posted because my daughter was L A T E...
then we have had FAMILY and Friends and everyone else coming around..
i feel behind on everything................................
except loving our new little one.............................................

ummmmmmmmmmm
more later about photos...just had to brag..

cathi

ITs Summer!! Finally!

So, yes, we do live in one of the colder places in America..least it sure feels like it..
(chicago)
the weather has been sooo frustrating, that I actually got a summer cold!! ARGH!

and no..the grandbaby has not come yet..(it is 16 days away..........give or take)

so i had to busy myself with listing listing listing photos..
but who wants to list..when the weather is goooood??
when there is so much to do outside...and the dogs can run like crazy all around...

in fact..even my photos..like to be out on a nice day!!
this is a lot of photos of ladies decked out like pin ups...enjoying the rays!!

ahhhhhh...summer.....

enjoy it while it is here!!

cathi

So....I am going to be a Grandmother

this week, i have begun to list most of my good photos on Sunday nights on eBay,
Not that i am slowing down.....BUT....
I am going to be a Grandmother!! first time!!yahoo!

and i am trying to change things a bit this summer..so that most of my main listings are on Sundays and at the beginning of the week...so that i am available...for...............that new grandchild!!

So i am literally a few weeks away from the big moment...

the house is busy...we are buying baby things...and suddenly...all of us are bright and shiny!!
(totally thrilled)

I will keep you posted...

thrilled...simply thrilled!!

cathi

The Glamour of the 40s...

A few months ago, I found a collection of 40s photos of young women...all dolled up..in costume, hair and makeup just for a photo shoot.
Well, I ended up with loads of these photos..all 5x7 and through the months have been selling them...

then after many estate sales, and auctions, I haven't really looked at them in awhile..
so yesterday, I decided I HAD to get organized..and found the remaining grouping of these pretty treasures...

on auction this week on ebay...I decided to sell the last of them...
All I could think of was years ago, when I owned a store, I used to have many of the gals who worked for us~ model and take photos
well..they loved it...that is when the joy of being a girl...all the makeup and hair can be soo fun...

when i looked at these old photos..that is all I could think of...a group of giggling girls getting all dolled up for their famous photo shoot...

that is now being auctioned off...65 years later...

thanks for looking!!

cathi

what does oprah, lee dewyze, haley reinhart all have in common...

the queen of all talk shows....
at harpo studios chicago il
farewell is only days away...



hayley reinhart..american idol top 3
played at Arlington Park Racetrack Arlington Heights Il Saturday May 16 2011




lee dewyze american idol 2010
played at Arlington Park Racetrack Arlington Heights Il 2010


yep....all from the Chicago area....

So I guess you have to be a Chicagoan to watch these storylines colliding....(of course Mayor Daley and Rahm Emanuel also have quite the storyline going this week too)

but you see...I am from the Chicago area...and this is all big news..
Oprah is leaving her show..and she is in our backyard...
it has been FACT in our area..that we had the BEST talk show hostess ever...
we knew it..might have even taken it for granted...but in any case, it was our fact.
Most of my friends have been either on the show or at the show..
I myself gave up 2 sets of tickets to care for my ailing mom..but in our area...getting tickets to Oprah was normal...she was part of Chicago...and we bragged about it..
May 17th is the last filming day..and all of us tried to get tickets to that..
(sadly, I did not)

Then there was Lee Dewyze ..the Mt Prospect native, that the whole town knew..
Hey, he was even in my sons gymnastics (my son is a coach) during his freshman year.
The parade, the sold out concert at Arlington Park racetrack was fun and I, the groupie enjoyed every moment of it.. American Idol 2010...it was a blast..
(being from a suburb outside the big city..we love to celebrate our hometown heroes)
Well his last day of reigning champ is May 25th when he turns his crown to the 2011 winner.

Then ...this week we had Haley Reinhart, a top 3 contestant of American idol who happens to live in the town RIGHT NEXT to where Lee Dewyze grew up..
in other words, ANOTHER concert at the Arlington Park Racetrack, another hometown hero and all of us turned out again (even thru the rainy weather) while she sang with her parents back up band...it really was fun....and oh so Chicago area...........


So this blog update is just that there are so many things we take for granted..(oprah) or things we just enjoy celebrating (like silly singing competitions!) and these things cross our paths ...
the things life is made up..those little moments...

My pleasure and business is going thru old photos...
glimpses of other peoples memories...a play...a dance...a birthday ...

all those precious little moments..that gives life sparkle...

may your life sparkle today....

cathi