May 28th

Next Saturday, May 28th,

I have been asked to show my business in a

scrapboooking demonstration as well as 

being able to take orders or sell my wares.

We are The Difference is the name of

our Plaquemine site that explains all that happens

in our little town.

So If you are free next Saturday, come and 

check out myself and others who make crafts

for a living. It will be fun and a time to pick up a few

fun gifts from many booths.

Will love to see many there.

Another craft I can make...

I am working on this ceramic tile for 

my nephew, Hugh and his family.

It is not nearly finished but wanted to kind of show

what I mean when I say I can make a tile, and

heirloom of a graduating teen.

Its a great way to save their graduation card,

their picture, name card,

I sell them perched on a small easel 

which comes with the order.

I sell these for 45 a piece. I will post the completed one

when I get it done.

This is the first I made at a class in Thibodaux

of my Mom and her sister.

This can be done with a wedding invite, 

which I really love making, it is one of the

best an unusual gift to give. 

COPIED FROM LILBIT OF MY WORLD.....

A MOTHERS DAY SURPRISE!

I Can now post the story of this chalk board I was

honored to make for my niece, Toya.

Toya is my brother, Peter's daughter.

Three days prior to Mothers Day, my high school bud, David

who happens to be Toya's youngest sons dad

contacted me to see if I could make a gift for Toya.

He explained how he usually buys a plant for Dayne to

give his Mom but Dayne wanted something special

 this year so they hired me for the job.

This is what I made, minus Alanis Morisette CD lol.

I wanted her to have one of my chalkboards that came

from my own cottage kitchen cabinet.

I had it started but was saving this one for someone special.

The other went to my gypsy baby and Kayshara, shara.

I personalized it for Dayne and his mom.

Placing on the top,

MOST CALL HER TOYA

I AM BLESSED TO CALL HER MOM

LOVE, DAYNE.

My little niece, her life has not always been easy,

I am so very happy to have found out this gift

from her baby and his Dad

turned her Mothers Day around.

I will forever be grateful that David asked me to

be involved and that no matter where Toya

goes in her life a part of her Aunt Lil will

follow her.

You guys did good, Dayne and David! 

Love to you all!

WELCOME BACK TO MUMSIE'S COTTAGE!

Its time to get this little scrap business going again!

I can't believe it is almost a year since the last post

but helping with the grand girls has kept us all busy.

Now that Bean is 5, Tuts is 2 (in a few weeks) and

Smalls will be 1 in July, things are getting a little

easier at the other Riera home.

I am ready to go full force into the thing I love to do,

Scrap especially when it is doing for others,

to see the faces of those people I make gifts for

makes me happy.

TODAY, LET TALK ABOUT CARDS,

ALL KINDS OF CARDS,

YES, I KNOW MOST OF YOU NEED GRADUATION CARDS

I MAKE HANDMADE ONES

AND NOT MANY ARE THE SAME.

MY GRADUATION CARDS ARE ONLY TWO DOLLARS

A PIECE BECAUSE HOPEFULLY YOU NEED A FEW!

THESE ARE A FEW OF THEM! YOU CAN TEXT ME

AN ORDER OR SEND ME A FACEBOOK MESSAGE

AND I WILL GET THEM DONE AND TO YOU QUICKLY!

TODAY, HOWEVER, I REALLY WANT TO DISCUSS 

THE ONE CARD THAT IS FOR NO REASON,

SNAILMAIL. WE HAVE LOST THE TOUCH OF

SENDING CARDS VIA THE POST OFFICE.

I HAVE OFTEN SAID, IF WE DON'T START USING

OUR POST OFFICES WE WILL LOOSE THEM, LIKE

LIBRARIES, THEY WILL SLOWLY CLOSE,

CONSOLIDATE WHICH WILL LOOSE JOBS FOR

SOME OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.

BUT LETS THINK BACK ON THE LAST TIME YOU 

RECIEVED A CARD IN YOUR MAILBOX,

NOT FOR BIRTHDAY, OR A DEATH,

IT'S JUST BECAUSE LOVE.

HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL, 

WARM AND FUZZY? 

EVEN I HAVE NOT SENT CARDS THE WAY

I USED TO JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL 

GOOD WHEN THEY CHECK THEIR MAIL.

I TELL YOU IT CHANGES A PERSONS DAY, PUTS

A SMILE ON THEIR FACE ALL DAY AND SMILES

ARE CHAIN REACTION.

SO, MONDAY I AM GOING CARD CRAZY,

MAKING "JUST BECAUSE" CARDS TO SELL

NONE WILL BE THE SAME AND ALL WILL

BE HANDMADE FROM THIS BRAIN OF MINE.

MY SMALLER CARDS, APROXIMATELY 4 BY 6

WILL BE IN PACKS OF 5 FOR12 DOLLARS,

CHEAPER THAN HALLMARK!

MY BIGGER ONES, APPROXIMATELY 6 BY 8,

WILL BE 15 DOLLARS FOR 5.

I DO SPECIALTY CARDS FOR WEDDINGS AND

BABIES, SOMETHING WORTH FRAMING

AND SAVING AS AN HEIRLOOM.

ALL MY CARDS ARE BLANK INSIDE.

WHY? BECAUSE I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT

EVERY CARD NEEDS A HANDWRITTEN

LOVE NOT INSIDE, THAT PART IS FREE, WRITTEN BY YOU.

MORE COMING SOON AS I HAVE LOTS OF

THINGS I CAN DO FOR YA!

THANKS FOR FOLLOWING,

"MUMSIE"