VINTAGE TERRACE "2"

 Some of you know we live in the forest.  While there are not leaves yet on the trees, we are seeing buds on some of them.  And as you can...

Facebook has actually changed some things about our lives.  As an American in Ukraine it gives me contact with people back home.  That means...

Do some Christmas shopping here and support the work in Ukraine.  Clocks, tote bags, prints and more.  You can access my shop here:   https...

 I must admit that I'm not sure who has more fun.....the kids or me.  Today they got to try their hand at collage.  This is the big...

It is my privilege to do this "Bead Bracelet" ministry.   It started years ago.  People would send their cast-off jewelry that w...

My sweet friend, Karen Merrill shared this with me and I just love it.  I have several CD crafts on my Pinterest board called "CD/Recor...

You'll love what this lady does.  Terri is one of my favorite artists and a friend on Facebook.  I've gone thru her videos and they ...

I love this idea for doing your own feathers by Emilia Wilbur.  I've done these myself before, but when I came across this video I thoug...

 At the end of last month the ladies had a women's conference at our church, Bethany Church of Bucha.  We had a nice turn-out.  Her...

If you don't draw, you can still create some fabulous art with stamps.  See what Rach does:

One of my silly little houses I'm still working on.  I do like drawing on text.  It adds interest to the piece.  Seems now it needs so...

Just posting to show you the lovely ladies I work with in Ukraine.  These are just some of the Sunday school teachers that lead the childr...

 This week Jeff and I have been in Prague, Czech Republic for The Mid-Atlantic Missionary Conference.  It was so good to spend the week wi...

Back in November or December of 2014 I started making all these pretty papers recycling my many scraps.  Just the process alone was such f...

I've posted some of these on Facebook (find me as Coleen Franks Ukraine to get the right "me"), but decided to post all here...

Living in Ukraine has made me quite aware of recycling since I can't just go out to a big craft store as one can in America.  So my st...