Open House Success

Well, Missy's "Vend-O-rama" was a pretty good success. I had several ooher's and aaher's over my stuff - and even had some pretty respectable sales. It got my enthusiasm up and I am ready to make some more things and try for a real craft fair! I will be posting more pictures of things that I have made and hope to get some orders for some custom creations!

New Pictures of Zeb - 5 months old 55 pounds

Martini Card

Don't ya just love this card? For the image, I used "Cosmobella." I colored her with prismacolor pencils. The ribbon I got from the discount bin at Michaels. It is Martha Stewart grosgrain ribbon. The paper is also from Michael's.

Wellies Card - So Preppy!

This card just speaks to me! I LOVE the polka dots and the preppy striped paper. I used the stamp set Green Thumb for this card and after I stamped it I covered the image with Stampin' Up's crystal effects. It really looks like a rubber boot. Fun!

Maculine Birthday Card

Hello Friend Card

Ginger Rodgers Card

Dare to be Fabulous Card

Classy & Fabulous Card

Birdcage Card

Desk Set - Teal and Brown

Desk Set - Pink

Desk Sets - Martini

Alexis' Birthday Goodie Bags

Weekend Fun & more to come!

I had SO much fun this past weekend - getting to hang out with my girls and doing crafts!! What could be better. It was so great that my pal, Lisa was able to make the trip. Turned out to be a really great time. My stamping party turned out to be around $500 so I was able to get ALOT of stuff (in addition to the $$ I spent on my non-hostess order!)

I haven't been crafting too much this week - with a husband with the flu - YUCK - and a long week at work, I have been too tired. I need to get the Valentine's day stuff finished this weekend. I am halfway there. I have to remember to take some pictures tonight to post. The matching desk sets that I have done so far are really cute. (If I do say so myself - barf!)

Hold your breath - the pictures will be here soon.

Crafts, Crafts, Crafts

OMG, I have been so busy making things - My pal Missy is having an open house and is letting me "show" my wares. I have been trying to come up with some REALLY cool stuff. I will try to post pictures over the weekend. I have such a long list of things that I need to get busy on...

-Stampin up! party on the 2nd at 2pm - with most of my gals present!
- Valentine's Day treat bags for the kids. I got the cutest hearts and frogs bags from the Target dollar spot! They will go so well with the v-day Stampin' up! set I got several years ago and use every v-day.
- Alexis' Princess Birthday Party stuff - I really need to plan out the invites and stuff. THIS WEEKEND!!!
- Lisa's daughter, Kayla's birthday craft projects - already have some ideas...need to simmer a little while longer on these.
- Jonathan's birthday-YIKES- it is almost that time again...

Well, as you can see, I have one or two things to keep my busy.

Tim Holtz Inspired Cards

I happened to be home last week with sick kids and the puppy - recovering from surgery for a lost tooth and I tuned into the Carol Duvall Show on HGTV

This show featured Tim Holtz and demonstrated how to use your stamps to make a "watercolor" image. His example was SO beautiful, I had to try it for myself. I used a stamp set that I got from Michaels that is a large butterfly. It was a clear stamp set that was on clearance. I really liked the way it turned out. The card on the left was done in pinks and purples - I used SU! markers for the ink instead of ink pads like Tim used in the episode. The saying stamp is from the retired SU! set - all I have seen. Below are two more cards that I have done using this technique...

















I scanned the images instead of photographing them. Next time I will try photographing them.

Such the slacker

I knew I would be so slack in posting! I have done such great christmas crafts - and no online evidence of anything...I made my husband promise to tell the ladies that he works with that I HAND MADE all of the goodies and gifts that he brought to them. Hopefully they will appreciate it. If not, oh well. I like them and that is all that matters, right??

Entering a little later in the game

My first post, my first blog...you would think that as a librarian living in a web 2.0 world that I would have started blogging long ago! Better late than never. I am not even sure why to start blogging...saving my thoughts, arts & crafts for all of eternity - we have become a rather ego-centric world haven't we!

Some background...I am the mother of two great boys - Cody (10) & Jonathan (6) and the wife to a great guy - Todd. We have the world's meanest cat - Shula and a very cute and very young black lab puppy named Zeb. I will have to post pictures of everyone later. I get paid to work in a government library and I do really like being a librarian. But I LOVE doing crafts - pretty much crafts of any kind - except making jewelry - my mom has the market cornered on that!

I tend to flit back and forth on my focus and have really gotten back into stamping. That is really what led me to start blogging. It is really a place to post pics of all the cute crafts you make that no one but you really ever sees. If there are other crafters out there like me, they make things and then decide that they can't part with it...the intended recipient would never fully appreciate all the time and thought you put into it, LOL.

I will just have to see where this blog leads me. Maybe just a place for me to collect my thoughts, ideas, crafts, stories about my kids and animals that no one really wants to hear out loud!

Anyways, welcome to my blog.