Letha's Beeswax Swap

I am in Letha's Beeswax Swap for our Paper Traders group, so I made some ATCs for it...and a bunch of extras too, because it was so much fun I couldn't help myself. lol

First we have the birdie ones. I learned one thing...you have to be very careful if you are waxing over rub-ons as they will melt and lift off your project if you aren't careful!

Next, we have the ones with the little kids. (Thank you, Lisa, for the lovely tags with the baby images). On these I used printed tissues for the backgrounds and added real pressed flowers and leaves. For texture I made a little puddle of the beeswax and pressed a flourish stamp into it. Then I brushed gold glaze over it to bring out the dimension. This is one of my favorite things to do with beeswax.

Independence Day

We had a wonderful family get-together for Independence Day. All 4 of our children, along with their spouses & children, were here with us for the day. Beckie was here from Colorado Spring CO, Dan's family from Sundance WY, & Bethany's & Letha's families from here in Cody for a total of 14 of us. We went to the parade, then came back home for a barbeque & spent the afternoon together. In the evening we watched the fireworks together. It was fun to see Autumn so excited that. She just danced around & squealed. What a fun age 3 is!

Our Family - First is Letha & Mark with their children Quincy & Abby, then Dan & Melissa and their son Chancey - with Beckie standing behind him; next is me behind Sieg, and finally on the end Bethany & Bill with Simon & Autumn. As they say in our family...this is a real mouse-chaser!

More Fun Shots!

The kids all had lollipops...and Autumn was the helpful big sister - wiping up Simon's stickiness.

Our little cowpoke - he sure loves that horse!

Quincy and Autumn just enjoying the day with complete joy.
(This is my favorite photo of the 4th. Beckie actually took this shot but I absolutely love it.)