BIRTHDAY SAMPLER

JANICE

ELLEN

ANGELA

NORMAJEAN

CAROLYN

BIRTHDAY INCHIES

ITS BIRTHDAY TIME IN OUR HOUSEHOLD OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WITH MY DAUGHTER'S 18TH ON WEDNESDAY, MY SON'S 15 IN TWO WEEKS AND MY HUSBAND'S 40 SOMETHING ON 1ST APRIL.

SO THIS WEEK I'VE CHOSEN THE THEME OF BIRTHDAYS FOR OUR INCHIES.

FISHY SAMPLER

TRICKY THINGS TO CATCH FISH - WE ONLY HAD 3 IN OUR POND THIS WEEK BUT WHAT SMASHERS THEY ARE:

DEIRDRE

GEZ

ANGELA

FISH - GUEST DESIGNER - DONNA

OUR GUEST DESIGNER THIS WEEK IS DONNA.

DONNA HAS SET HERSELF THE INCREDIBLE TASK OF MAKING 2009 INCHIES WITHIN THE YEAR. YOU CAN FIND DONNA'S INCHY BLOG HERE WITH LOTS OF FABULOUS INCHIES TO INSPIRE US.

DONNA HAS CHOSEN THE THEME OF FISH THIS WEEK - HERE ARE HER INCHIES TITLED "UNDER THE SEA" - AREN'T THEY FABULOUS!

LET'S SEE ALL YOUR FISHY INCHIES!

NATIONAL PRIDE SAMPLER

WELL I THINK THAT CHALLENGE PROVED A LITTLE TOO.......CHALLENGING. ONLY TWO PEOPLE HAD NATIONAL PRIDE THIS WEEK - ONE FOR WALES AND ONE FOR SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!THANKS LADIES

ANGELA

JANICE

NATIONAL PRIDE

SUNDAY 1ST MARCH IS ST DAVID'S DAY - A FEAST DAY IN WALES FOR OUR PATRON SAINT. SOME CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL DRESS IN THEIR NATIONAL DRESS AND MOST MEN AND WOMEN WILL WEAR EITHER A LEEK OR A DAFFODIL.

MY CHALLENGE THIS WEEK IS TO PROTRAY SOMETHING OF NATIONAL PRIDE FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WALES!!!

I HAVE DONE SOME INCHIES OF A WELSH LOVESPOON - LOVESPOONS ARE GIVEN AS TOKENS OF LOVE AND THE CARVINGS ON THEM DEPICT DIFFERENT MEANINGS. HERE ARE JUST A FEW:

A SINGLE HEART - MY HEART IS YOURS

A DRAGON - SYMBOL OF WALES/PROTECTION

CELTIC KNOT - EVERLASTING

LEADERSHIP SAMPLER

DRAGON

ANGELA

GEZ

DEIRDRE

VIRGINIA

GUEST DESIGNER TIMAREE/LEADERSHIP

OUR GUEST DESIGNER THIS WEEK IS TIMAREE - YOU MAY KNOW HER BLOG AS FREEBIRD SINGS. SHE HAS CHOSEN THE THEME LEADERSHIP AS, AT THE TIME OF ME ASKING HER TO BE GUEST DESIGNER, AMERICA HAD JUST CHOSEN ITS NEXT PRESIDENT AND THIS THEME WAS ON TIMAREE'S MIND.

SO LET'S PUT OUR THINKING HATS ON AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.

ROSES SAMPLER

WHAT GORGEOUS FLOWERS YOU ALL CAME UP WITH THIS WEEK - HERE'S A SAMPLER

VIRGINIA
MANDY

GEZ

DONNA

ANGELA

ROSES/FLOWERS

I'M FED UP OF SNOW ALREADY SO A DIFFERENT THEME THIS WEEK!!!! LOL!!

I WASN'T WELL OVER THE WEEKEND AND DEAR OLD HUBBY BOUGHT ME SOME FLOWERS TO CHEER ME UP AND THEY'VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THEM:

SO FOR THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE I'D LIKE TO SEE ROSES - IF ROSES IS TOO SPECIFIC I'LL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH FLOWERS, JUST THIS ONCE.

HERE'S MINE:

HAVE FUN!

WINTER SAMPLER

SUE

JANICE

HAZEL

LESLEY

GEZ

WINTER INCHY

For those of you in the UK - you'll know we've been hit under a blanket of snow the last two days- hence why I was "Snowed" under yesterday - Angela - wish I'd thought of posting a white square ! LOL!

Here's a picture of my dog Tara playing in the snow yesterday - she loves you to throw her snowballs so she can catch them in her mouth!

Anyway, on to the business in hand - this week's inchy - I'd like you to represent Winter - however you like. Here's mine:

OOPS

Oops - no new inchy today as I've been "snowed" under!!!! Hope to have one for you tomorrow!

Fiona
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BUTTONS

THIS WEEK I'D LIKE TO SEE BUTTONS ON YOUR INCHIES


HAVE FUN!

FACES SAMPLER

Deirdre

Ellen

Hilda

Lesley

Vee

FACES

THIS WEEK I'D LIKE TO SEE FACES ON YOUR INCHIES:

HERE'S MINE:

HAVE FUN!

HORSES/CUBE SAMPLER

Last week's sampler:

Angela:

Karin

Hilmof:

Hazel

Virginia:

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU INCHY ENTHUSIASTS.



I'M DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR GUEST DESIGNER FOR THIS WEEK - DEIRDRE

I'm an ATC, Altered Art Jewelry, and now Inchie loving artist that fights for creative time with a busy hectic schedule filled with beautiful kids, a very supportive husband, and crazy animals underfoot and in lap. I started blogging and joining in on challenge blogs to help inspire me to try and create something every day if possible. I throw in a lot of pictures of my weimaraner because he's so photogenic. I'm so happy to be Guest Designer for this week, thanks so much! My blog can be found at http://rileycoyotecreations.blogspot.com/

Deirdre

Here are Deirdre's gorgeous inchy creations for this week.

I'm sure you will all agree with me that Deirdre has taken inchies to new heights and I know you will all be inspired by these gorgeous pieces.

So this week you can either do your inchies on horses or copy Deirdre's example and make a cube. You will find the template for the inchy cube here thanks to ShellyRae Wood. Happy crafting!

THIS ONE WILL RUN FOR TWO WEEKS AS ITS SO GORGEOUS AND I WANT TO KEEP IT UP LONGER. LOL!!!!

GIFTS

The last theme for 2008 is GIFTS. We will start again in the New Year with a Guest Designer.

Hope you all have a very Happy Christmas - and thank you for your support of my little blog over the past few months. Wishing you all a very happy 2009.

SAMPLER - TREES

We had some new people playing last week - welcome to Inchies everyone!

Here are a few examples:

TREES

The theme this week is Trees - it can be winter trees, Christmas trees - the choice is yours.


Here's mine:
THIS THEME WILL RUN FOR TWO WEEKS AS WE ARE ALL SO BUSY.