Before Brent left to go out campaigning (door to door visiting) this morning he told me “You HAVE to put some crafty stuff back up on your blog again. People don’t want to read about how busy you are again.” LOL! Ok, darling, dear…. While we were in Massachusetts we bounced around from house to house (on the 2nd part of our trip) so we’d be able to see and visit with more family members. One of our nights (the…
Hey friends! Just a quick note to let you know that I have not died or dropped off the planet. We just got back this morning (3:30 am) from a fabulous 11 day east coast vacation to see the foliage changing in upper New Hampshire, Vermont, playing in the Boston area, visiting my extended family in western Massachusetts and celebrating my grandfather’s 80th birthday. It was SO MUCH FUN and I am SO STINKING tired. COMPLETELY filled a 2 gig…
Sorry, couldn’t resist. The Infinity Board I saw this online at Gina K’s Stamp TV site. Click anywhere on this line for instrux. {Edited for Clarification} This Infinity Board is a homemade “Infinity Board” (cased from REAL Infinity Board) . You can use this as a “backdrop” for photos of cards and other smaller projects. It’s great for photographing small items for your blog or etsy and ebay type stores. You will still need some good lighting for your photographs. …
Hey all! I disappeared again for a bit. No excuses other than life happening and priorities being lined up, etc. Brent’s out mowing the lawn and I just finished a project to share with you tomorrow or Wed so I figured I had better get this posted first…. Here are the last couple of cupcake cards. Well, one uses a sentiment only from the set, and the other is all chocolately and yummy. These are my two absolute favorites from…
Let’s break up the string of cupcake cards and share this fun little project instead. Last Thursday night we had an Enrichment meeting for church. We had a garden style tea party and celebrated the female leaders in our church history. It was loads of fun. Some of the sisters dressed up in period clothing dating back to the pioneers and most came in modern day clothing, but lots of people wore a “tea party hat”. We had a little…
Where did the weekend go? It seemed to fly by so fast this time! We were busy doing “outdoors” type stuff this weekend. Brent went and helped Mini C#1 with his Eagle Scout Project on Saturday morning and then Saturday evening we worked on our disaster zone yard. Last week we had some pretty big microbursts in Payson… several trees were blown over and in general it was a big mess. The onions in our garden are all laid over…
What is better than a plate full of cupcakes (or yummy lemon poppyseed mini muffins for your sweet neighbor)? A stack full of cupcake CARDS! My friend, Heather, asked me to be on her design team for her stamp company, Skipping Stones Design. They’ve been around for a while now but she is revamping the website and the store and preparing for a grand re-opening. No definite relaunch date but I’m excited to share with you some of her stamps!…
Hey all! It’s been a wonky week again. Summers are usually this way for us and we usually end up with a plethora of odds n’ ends kids hanging out with us around our house…. I had a surprise visit from my nieces (on B’s side) Tuesday through Thursday. Their mom had to work and their babysitter got promoted to full time at her regular job so they came to stay with me for a couple of days. We had…
When my sister was here, my niece, Squid, and I made a bracelet and necklace set for her (see this post). Afterwards, I think she ran off in pure bliss and then crashed out. (I don’t quite remember the details as I was immersed in grown up beads….) Anyway… Squid and I had made a cool multi colored bracelet and some earrings to go with them for my mom back in May. Mom wore them to a party at my…
When I get to visit with my family I love to do things with my niece, Squid. Squid LOVES jewelry, bling, and pretty things. (Hey, like her favorite auntie!) Anyway… one of the days she was here we made a bracelet and necklace set for her. For a little squirt, she’s pretty good at stringing beads. She even helped me make an adult styled bracelet for my mom back in May when B & I were in Iowa. Here we…