Life Updates - Creative Work - My 1st ICE Resin Video! - DT Goodies

Hello blogging friends!  This is my first post for this week.  I am still trying to get back into the swing of things with creating.  I posted a few cards last week--if you missed them you can scroll down to see the other blog posts.  The cards I posted last week were some that I had actually made about a month ago.  One of my medications was increase so the pain is getting less and less and I am feeling better each day.  However due to the side effects I am very sleepy.  Since I have had RA for several years I am used to chronic pain but wow adding the Fibro on top of everything has been a whole new ball game.  I am just trying to stay positive and really appreciate the good days.  I was so happy on Saturday--it was the first day in 37 days that I didn't have to take any pain pills!  Unfortunately I think I over did it a bit and need the pain pills again on Sunday.  Right now I guess I just need to find a balance and not over do it on the good days.  I want to say thank you to everyone who has left sweet comments and kept my husband and myself in their prayers.  By the way he is doing great!!  :)  As for myself like I said I am trying to get back into the swing of things and try to get caught up with my creative work.  I have to say I feel very lucky to work for some Amazing companies---they have all been so great and understanding!!!  Anyways, I just wanted to give you a little update.  :)

Over the next week or so I will have several posts on my blog and Facebook (hopefully--fingers crossed) sharing some of my design work but also introducing you to several new designers that I am currently working with.  I started working with two new companies not long before all of the health issues started so I didn't get a chance to introduce you to all of the beautiful and talented designers from these two teams--Tonic Studios and ICE Resin.

Today, I am sharing my first video from ICE Resin.  It was actually posted on the ICE Resin Youtube channel and the ICE Resin blog about a week ago but just in case you missed it I wanted to share it here too.  I also have some pictures to share of some new DT goodies from ICE Resin/Ranger.  I have to say I am loving the NEW ICE Resin Tints!!  They are so fun to play with and I can't wait to show you some projects with the new tints.

If you would like to see a full step-by-step tutorial you can click HERE to visit the ICE Resin Blog.

Some of the goodies from ICE Resin/Ranger.  :)

Love, love, love the NEW ICE Resin Tints, Foils and check out the fabulous New ICE Resin Designer Accessory Bag!  Oh and the New Mixing Cups and Stir Sticks too!  You can wipe out the new cups with an alcohol or baby wipe and reuse them--gotta love that!

Amazing book--filled with SO much inspiration!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!  I hope you enjoy the video--this is my first in front of the camera video lol.  I can't wait to share more projects with all of you! 

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Sorry I have been MIA - Life update

Hello everyone!  I know it has been awhile since my last blog post.  Sorry I have been MIA for the past few weeks!  

My husband is a pretty private person and I respect that so I am not going to go in to all of the details but he had to have surgery a few weeks ago.  The surgery was successful and we received very good news from the doctor so we are very happy and thankful.  

A lot of you who have been following my blog for awhile know that I have RA.  I don't talk much about it or try to dwell on it I just try to manage the pain.  About a week before my husband's surgery I started having a lot of pain on my right side--neck, back, shoulder, arm, and down to my fingertips. At first I thought I was having a bad flare up from the RA but it just kept getting worse and the pain was unbearable.  Then I started to have numbness and tingling in my hand and fingers so I knew something was going on and it was more than just the RA.  After my husband came home from the hospital (we were out of town) then I was able to get in to see my regular doctor.  I've had RA for about 8 years now and I remember when I was first diagnosed the doctor told me that 1--there was no known cure, just pain management and 2--a lot of people who have RA can end up also having fibromyalgia, lupus, or other types of auto immune diseases.  So I wasn't completely shocked when the doctor told me that in addition to the RA I also have fibromyalgia.  But it also wasn't the news I was hoping for--I was hoping I maybe just had a pinched nerve or something like that.  My doctor said the pain was so severe because the RA and the fibro were both flaring up at the same time.  She said to think of it like a tooth ache with an exposed nerve but she said this would be more like a 1000 tooth aches with exposed nerves all at once.  So needless to say I have been very medicated for the past couple of weeks trying to get the nerves to clam down and not have such severe pain.  I can tell the medicine is starting to work but I still have a lot of pain and the medication makes me kind of loopy and very sleepy so I have kind of stayed away from my blog and anything with social media--I don't want to end up posting something that sounds totally crazy--plus the meds make it kind of hard to concentrate.  I haven't done hardly any creative work the past couple of weeks but I do have a few projects that are done and I will post them when I can.  I am excited to share my first ICE Resin® DT project with all of you and that will be another post going up today.  

So I just wanted to give you a little life update and let you know why I haven't been around.  I am hopeful that over the next few days things will keep getting better and I can get back to doing what I love.  

Thanks for hanging in there with me and I hope you will stop back to see 

my first ICE Resin DT project!  

Smiles,

Heidi