i should blog more

ok its been since thanksgiving since i blogged, i really need to get better at doing this! well i got a cricut for Christmas and i am so very happy. now i just need more cartridges-lol! i also have done alot so here we go. i did a recipe swap for scrap haven, secret page swap, my partner like Halloween and fall so i did 8x8 LO's. i also did this letter of the word swap and i saw the cutest turkey's done with the scallop punch, i think her name was jan tink over at scs. so thank you! also i did a tag swap for let's scrap and i also so a santa with the scallop punch and i am sorry i didnt know who did that. and i did the reindeer which was my paper piecing. i have done a few more since but i need to take photos so that will be another day, hope you all had a great christmas and have a great new year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi Ladies just wanted to say happy thanksgiving, i hope you all have a great day with your families. also i just wanted to say congrads to my friend Heidi who got on a design team with spellbinders. if you want to see her amazing work look over to the right on my places i like to visit. so CONGRADS HEIDI! i started a new job that has been keeping my pretty busy but i like it! this weekend i will be working on some swap stuff for over at scrap haven. i need to finish up recipe swap cards, i am doing pumpkin roll cake! and i need to make christmas cards. well i hope you all have a great day and happy scrapping!

Altered Dixie Cup

Well my friend Heidi showed me this great website, splitcoaststampers and let me tell you what a great site this is! i love going there and browsing all the great stuff these ladies come up with! such talented ladies. I just wish i had the talent that these woman do to make this stuff up! i saw someone do a dixie cup and i had to try it. recently i have been in a shower kick and i have been doing all girl stuff so i figured to give boy colors a shot. so here is my altered dixie cup! thanks for looking!

also i saw these paper bows, i am sorry i forgot where i saw this at. But i had to try it and really it wasn't that bad. i have to tweak them a little to make them look right. I also need glue dots, i used my square adhesive and they just arent sticking to well to each other. i am excited to keep making these and i cant wait to try them in different papers.

Well its 2:10am here and i cant sleep, hubby has left for a business trip. also i am busy doing a virtual crop over at cafemom. i have a scrapbooking group there called let's scrap. today was alot of fun, we are doing how to's and scrapping idol. well i guess its time for bed, thanks for reading and looking! nighty night!

mint favor boxes

well i saw this cute idea on the net from someone's blog ( i am sorry i dont remember who) so i made this cute mint box that has 4 york peppermint patty's. the box was really easy to create and once i get my scalloped punch this will be so much easier! i think these would look great as baby shower favors or any kind of party favor.

Products used:

Brenda walton 12x12 paper and butterfly cutout

walmart ribbon

Tic Tac

Well i love looking at blogs, and there are some really creative ladies out there! i saw this and thought it was just too cute! what a great baby shower favor it would make! inside are a package of tic tac's. i am not too happy with it, because most of my good supplies are not here with me. but they will be this weekend. I am sorry for not knowing the lady who came up with this but here is my attempt! thanks for looking!

Baby shower!

So my sisters baby shower was sat and boy i didnt ever think i was going to get done with favors and centerpeices. so i did for favors a one sheet box and inside i made edible pacifiers and jelly beans, for the centerpeices i made diaper cakes. So my sister got alot of nice things and she loved it! Her cake rocked! her step mother in law got it and boy was it great, i wish i knew who it was made by. so i am gonna include pics of my favors the tables and her walking in. i didnt think i was ever going to be done but hubby helped me out on friday night! i could have never done it without him.

Baby Shoes & other things

hi everyone! first off i want to say to those who have visited my blog and left comments thank you so much! i am so excited to have actual people who subcribe! and also my son has a blog and i think if you see sean's world thats him. so i am sorry for the confusion and i will try and get it fixed soon.

Also thank you to my great friend Heidi for nominating me, she is such a good friend and i am so happy that we became friends.

I wanted to share a baby shower favor i was going to do for my sisters upcoming shower but they are a little to small for what i need. they are the maryjane shoes. they are so cute! but i have to make 30 and thats alot. i also made edible pacifiers (pic to come soon) so here is my pic of the shoe. so now i decided to do the one sheet box! i will be working and finishing those today!

hope you all have a great week!

Could you play santa?

Hi everyone
not sure if most of you know but my husband served over in iraq and i am very proud of him. there was an organization called ARMS that helped us and many other military families. every year they give presents to kids of deployed soilders. here is a email i got and hope someone can help,

Hi;

I am writing to my friends and family, because our Project Little Soldier (Holiday gifts for the children of deployed military) has become bigger then we have ever had it before. We are taking care of children from all over the US. NY, Colorado, Wisconsin, California, Utah, Louisanna, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and of course NJ and I need your help.

If you, your business, your place of business, your friends or even your church can sponsor a child or two (each childs total gifts do not exceed $105, some are as low as $50. Each child can pick 3 gifts of their choice) I would be happy, since I know all of you to email the childs address and and you can personally handle that child yourself. WE NEED YOU TO BE SANTA THIS YEAR. These children are without their parents (many their mom's) for the holidays. Let's make the holiday season what it's all about. Helping others in need.

Please let me know if you can do this. If you would like to do this in memory of someone, let us know and we will attach a letter explaining that this is in memory of that person. If you feel you can not do this and would just like to send a donation, anything would help.

Thanks for listening to me. I can be reached at the above email, if you have any questions. You cam also find a link to Project Little Soldier on our website www.supportarms.org that you can print and hang in your place of business.

Thanks so much. Hope to hear from you

Ronnie

if anyone has any questions let me know and i can get ahold of ronnie. thanks again for your support!

Pinecone Ornaments

so i jumped on the bandwagon and made pinecone ornaments, i guess they were popular last year but i missed the bus! ha ha ha. well these were really fun to make once i figured out the right way to do them. my finger did hurt from pushing in the pins but i have plans on making many more of these! thanks for looking:) oh also i got these from another blogger, i did not come up with this design.

baby shower invite

here is an invite i did for my sister's baby shower, i am not going to show the details just in case she see's this. but i freehanded the umbrella top and the handle. it was alot of work but i am really happy with how this came out. there are a few different ones! i still have to make envies for them all. well thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Also i wanted to add i am doing a craft show on Sept. 29th at the local school! wish me luck!

baby girl matchbook

Tim's best friend had a baby about 2 weeks ago so i wanted to create something like a brag book. and i just did a matchbook for my sister so i thought it would be cute to do something smaller. But when i finished it and put it all together i figured out that it was a little bumpy so next time i am going to have to do it accordian style.

Matchbook Album

This cute little album i got the instructions for over the net! its about 5X7 and not sure i like it too much! but i wanted to try it out and i did, i think i may try and tweek it into my own. i used autumn leave's kit for this and i turned it into a brag book for my sister. it has 4 pages on the inside!

Expolding Box Album

This is a baby boy exploding box i did! I got the template off the net and so far i have done 2 and i really proud of them! TFL

New Things

just wanted to share some of my stuff i did when i was in VA recovering from surgery. i did a dance PBA album and a friends accordian album. thanks for looking:)

wedding favors

just wanted to share some favors i did for my youngest sister's wedding this upcoming sat. they are really simple but i thought really cute. thanks for looking:)

fishing tag book

i had a custom order come in the other night from a repeat customer, and i really loved how this turned out. It has 10 tags that i decorated from and back. added a binder ring and some ribbon. it was so hard to scrap manly things.

tag swap

over at nana's place we decided to do a tag swap with a summer theme. so here are my tags i came up with last night.

Girlfriends Album

Here is an example of 6 girlfriends albums i did, i know the writing is kinda hard to see. i ran out of my black gel pen so i had to use a blue one. i am pretty happy with the way these came out.

baby girl (vintage look) accordian album

Here is an album i put together and is currently for sale on my etsy store. I loved doing this, i am so used to doing boy things, i love getting to work with girlie colors.