A while back when I was cleaning out my closet I came across a bunch of packets of card “guts” from a workshop that I did many moons ago (I think it was at least 3 years ago) when I was a consultant for CTMH. It was a 6 card workshop for a bunch of “beginner” (aka virgin crafters) card makers and I had figured that the easiest way to do the card night was to pre cut all the…
I’ve had some questions about some details in the Studio Tour (and the sneak peek collage from a while back)… Here are some more fun pics to show the details… Mom made the kitchen witch for me when I was in high school. Mom put incredible detail into this little lady… all the lace trim, the slippers and even the wart on her nose. She has lived in my hope chest/moving box since then… I finally pulled her out and…
In my effort to get better at eating healthier I’ve decided to hunker down and be more diligent in creating healthy meals from scratch. I have a huge recipe book where I’ve been collecting our favorite recipes in and have menu plans that I print out and use to plan meals and make grocery shopping lists but have been really lackadaisical in using lately… Hopefully by sharing my goals I will be more diligent in working on accomplishing them. So…
Reporting in…. So I started Curves in April. I went on vacation in May for a little over a week and missed several (5)workouts. I haven’t eaten as good as I should have, but not nearly as bad as I used to. I’ve been trying to be at Curves at least 3 days a week. And it’s paying off! Here are the results so far: Doing the HAPPY DANCE! 5.5 lbs is not “a lot”… but 4” IS! Especially the…
I {heart} Windows Live Writer. It makes my blogging life MO BETTAH. Jeanne Tomshack introduced it to me a while back and I have not used the online blogger interface to blog since. I had so many trouble with Blogger eating my photos and not publishing when it was supposed to, etc…. Blogger was also very cumbersome to compose posts in. Now, don’t get me wrong. I still use Blogger to host my blog and still have to log in…
I have had a few emails asking some specifics about the recent “faux acrylic/plastic” flowers that I’ve had on the last several posts. I thought I would show you how I made them and hopefully ya’ll aren’t sick of them yet. LOL! This is a really easy process and you don’t need anything special… I think most crafters have a heat gun and embossing powder… and I KNOW you all have stamps! 🙂 This is also a great project for…
Music has always touched my soul. I played trumpet & baritone junior high through high school and trumpet in college. There’s something about playing in a concert band that just gets you right in your heart. I don’t know if it’s the feeling of being a small part of something so big and beautiful, the exhilarating feeling of playing powerful music, or the lack of oxygen in your brain because you’ve blown all your air into your instrument. I guess…
I’m back from Iowa. It was a FABULOUS trip. I need to pull my photos off my camera card and share some of the fun! I got to meet Jeanne Tomshack on the way home because we decided to come back through Colorado instead of Wyoming. It was AWESOME! I’ve got a busy few days, but I will be back crafting and sharing asap. 🙂 I’ve had a few requests to show how I made the flowers for my luminary…
I needed a simple and quick card to send to my friend, Kathi, with a packet of goodies for a challenge that we’re going to be doing here on the blog in June. I’m not good at keeping “ready made – ready to go” cards on hand… I should really get better at it. {I think I do mo bettah at actually creating if I HAVE to create something… still working on Jeanne’s advice to “create just to create”} So…
{scheduled post} {did i tell u that i heart windows live writer?} {WLW ROCKS} So while I was cleaning up my studio before the Iowa trip {and waiting for Brent to get off work so we could finally LEAVE}, I decided not to save my scraps and odds & ends. {More items to find homes for…. ugh!} I had this cool “Enjoy” stamp from Heidi Grace that I picked up in the Hot Spot bin area at Archivers about a…