Crafty Carnival Card Swap!

Hi Everyone, I was so happy to be able to join in on this card swap.. it got me out of bed and crafting.. took a bit out of me but it was worth it! I had alot of fun making the cards! I decided to make them all occasion and thought you would like to see the ones I made. I took my time and paced myself and enjoyed every minute of it! It was the first time I have crafted this year! Hope you like the cards I made and I will be sure to show you the cards I also get from the swap!

Thank you for peeking! Hugs, Linda

Crafty Carnival Card Swap!

Hi Everyone, It has been a long time and I am sorry I have been missing in blogland but I am just recovering from a horrible heart infection ( pericarditis) caused by the Lyme/Lupus... it hit me right before the New Year and it has taken me months to get back on my feet again.. I am doing a bit better due to alot of rest, and a new doctor who has been helping me quite a bit. I hope it lasts. I have decided to join a swap... i haven't played with paper in a while ..well i haven't really crafted at all this year yet so it should be fun and get my mind going which I need very badly. Missy at Crafty Carnival is having a very cute card making swap... you make 10 cards and send them to her and you will receive 10 cards back from different artists which will be great.. you can always use some cards in the house. I have missed all of you here and hopefully I will be here more often now and will get back to seeing what is going on in your blogs as well! I am truly looking forward to it! I will show my cards when i am finished..wish me luck!! Hugs, Linda

Hello Everyone, A Small Sweet Christmas Update will happen at my shop on Etsy on Saturday December 12th at 7 pm EST.... there will be Dainty Dollies and other cute sweet things... all one of a kind.... hope you can be there to see the new Christmas items handmade by me! Happy Sugary Sweet Holidays!!! Hugs, Linda

It's a Small World After All!!!

In 1964, my parents being born New Yorkers decided to take us the the World's Fair in New York City. I was quite young at the time but I do remember some things that i seen while being at the World's Fair. The two things that had the biggest impact on me at the Fair was the "It's a Small World" display and ride and also the "Carousel of Progress" at the time being called "It's a great big beautiful tomorrow". We always went down to the city on weekends and would do window shopping which I still love doing and going to a steak house for a nice steak dinner. I remember wearing my little white go go boots that i loved so much. My Family was window shopping and I went by a beautiful store that had wonderful things in the window..but my eyes went immediately to a doll travel case.. they were used for pocketbooks at this time or to put your doll things in.. not a big doll case ..more like a small square train box. There was a case neatly on display with the vintage images I saw at the display - "It's a small world after all"!! Being dutch, I loved the little dutch girl on the front on it and never forgot it. My mom tugged my hands and since we were not a well off family, I knew better than to ask if i could purchase it. I dreamed about that case for sometime after it. Well, about a month ago, i was searching on ebay, just browsing for things, and what to my surprise did I come across but the little train case I saw that day in New York in the beautiful store window! I couldn't believe it.. it looked to be in great condition and it had a buy it now with an offer too.. i made an offer and it was mine! When I received that case in my hands .. i just couldn't believe I actually found this case after all those years! It's definitely a small world after all! At the time, the store was called AMSCO on Fifth Avenue and is now called SAKS OF FIFTH AVENUE. I paid $18 for the case... That made my year!!!!!! Hope you enjoyed! Hugs, Linda

Finally My First Update on the Year!!

Hello Everyone! Yay.. I finally have updated my etsy shop! First of all there is My "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window Puppy Adoption"... hope all the puppies find a home! Then there are some other nice handmade things.. some really nice soap with no preservatives.. handpainteed wood clips vintage Bunka doll style... they are really cute and kawaii.. I handpainted them and I really miss painting! Hope if you stop by, to take a peek and check it out!

http://lindasgoodies.etsy.com/

Love you all, Folksie Gal

Thank you so much!

Hello Everyone, First of all, I want to thank each one of you that commented on my blog and have been with me through this hard time in my life... i am still struggling but have had some good days too which i didn't have before! Guess what i do on those days.. yep you got it.. craft!!

Anyway, I am going to e-mail each one of you and thank you. because you mean alot to me for thinking of me and you don't know how much that helps when you are feeling ill. You all are my angels! I never expected to be on the other side of the spectrum but I ended up here somehow and I know I have to except it. The medicine the new doctor has given me is making me vomit so I am going to him in a couple of days to see if he can give me something to help. I am not keeping my food in and I'm hungry! I can't even keep a cup of tea or a chai in.. so it is frustrating. But I am hanging in there! I found out that what this disease did to my heart could kill you in two days according to my new doctor and I lasted eight months with it before they found it so that shows how tough i can be! I love each and everyone of you in blogland ... and I am sorry that I haven't been here much.. I am going to try to change that and blog more... I promise!

I thought you would like to see me at my graduation in 1988.. that was a very happy day for me and I miss working very much! I can't thank you all enough for being there for me.. it has been a battle.. one I am not giving up on... and you being there for me..helps me fight even more!

I love you all! Hugs, Folksie gal

A Weird Couple of Weeks

Hello Everyone, I know it has been sometime that I have blogged and I am sorry about that.. i have been horribly ill. My husband's surgery went well and he is on his way to recovery and doing much better now but in the midst of it all.. I relasped and got sicker and developed this weird purple vein like rash on my upper left thigh. In the past the Lyme Disease affected my heart so I called the heart doctor and went to see him as I thought maybe the rash was related to my heart. He referred me to another specialist..a rheumotologist who knew what the rash was.. it is called levido and he in turn sent me for blood work and I had a long talk with him on what has gone on with my health since I was in my 30's. I went back to this doctor last week and took my bloodwork from a long time ago.. when I was in my 30's as I have all of my medical records. I have Lupus! In all this time, my Lyme doctor was focusing on my Lyme Disease and the Lupus was not detected and that is why I was not getting better. I am so thankful this rash showed up as it was a heaven sent rash. My medication has been changed and I hopefully will get better now.. my joints were so swollen ... he immediately put me on a low dose of steroid that has brought the inflammation down in my joints and put me on a anti-malarial drug to treat the Lupus. He said the Lupus caused my pericarditis in my heart as well. He thinks that when i got bit by that little tick that it stirred up the Lupus but I was only being treated for the Lyme and therefore I was not getting better. I hope this new treatment will help me to get back to myself a bit and back to blogging and back to the real world! I wanted to let my blogger friends what has been going on with me! Wish me luck! Hugs, Linda