Two Projects from the Bringing it Back Challenge

Here are the two projects I made for last week’s Bringing it Back Challenge – Magic Mesh.
This little harvest basket was super easy. I spraypainted a basket black, then added this rust colored Magic Mesh to the side panels. The rest of the decorations are from two packages of Jolee’s stickers from EK Success. I [...]

Bead Trends March/April 2008 Update

Yay! Got my copies today!! I have the following projects:
Wood Dreams Necklace – page 47 (these yellow wood jasper beads photographed beautifully!!)Pink Drop Bracelet – page 98Spring Green Floral Bracelet – page 101In Full Bloom Bracelet – page 120 (uses scrapbook supplies)
There are some really fabulous pieces in this magazine! Some of my favorites:Amethyst Serpentine [...]

Mail Sorter

Well, I’ve now made FOUR new birdhouses this week…but I can’t share any of them with you yet! One will be in a special issue of Scrapbook News + Review, two I’ve submitted and am busy crossing my fingers for, and the third, of course, is the one Kazan won and I want her to [...]

Handmade bead necklace – Bellisimo

Here’s another necklace I made with beads I handmade from scrapbook paper. This is soooo easy and generally uses about 1/3 of a piece of 12×12 paper for a full necklace. For this one, I think I used a little over half that amount (I cut a 4×12 strip and used 6.5 inches of it). [...]

Bead Trends March/April 2008 Issue

Well, I haven’t gotten my copies yet, but I flipped through this last night in Michael’s and this magazine just keeps getting better and better! The photography in this issue is simply stunning! I have four pieces in it – two necklaces and two bracelets – and I was just amazed how the photos came [...]

And the winner is….

Well, my friend was disappointed we didn’t hit 88 comments (good god, I’m not Tim Holtz, lol!) so that he could use Dale Jr.’s new number so he picked 5…apparently that has some Dale Jr. meaning too, lol!
So the fifth comment is this:
Kazan said…wow – this is awesome. I think I like the graphic [...]

Another functional piece

So this is the little chest of drawers that I posted the unfinished picture of a while back. I needed something to keep track of all the little odds and ends I keep next to my bed. I don’t have a nightstand with drawers or anything, instead I just have a little bookshelf. Which is [...]

Opening up my giveaway internationally!

I found that I can ship this internationally and it won’t be too bad if I send it USPS first class. Now this can apparently take forever, but if you’re still interested in entering my little giveaway below, please go ahead and comment here!

Want a custom mini birdhouse?

UPDATE!!! Opening this up to other countries IF you’re ok with me sending it USPS first class – which apparently can take forever, lol! So if you’re still interested in getting in on this, please do!
I’m having so much fun making these! My blog’s getting all kinds of traffic (still amazes me, [...]

Gadget Corrall

It’s amazing the number of little things we have in this house that need to be plugged in to charge. Technology may be amazing, but it’s also a pain! I am forever losing the cords when I unplug my phone etc. and the plug falls behind the table I use for charging. I picked up [...]

Another Birdhouse!

As seen in the April/May 2008 issue of Ready Set Create E-Zine.

Not really holiday themed this time, although I suppose it could be Spring or Mother’s Day, lol! Papers from Paper Studio and I just went dot-happy with the Scribbles 3D paints in watermelon, lime, lemon and crystal over the dots on the paper. Again, [...]

A slideshow of some of my jewelry

I make a lot of random jewelry then usually end up “needing” to go shopping…to buy something to wear with whatever I just made!
Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Noteworthy Altered Wheelbarrow

I don’t think I ever posted a picture of these little wheelbarrows when I first came across them but they’re from Hobby Lobby – $1 in the unfinished wood section! Everything I used to embellish it was from the Noteworthy line from Making Memories except the paint (Sea Foam), which was from the Funky Vintage [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Birdhouse – Luck O’ The Irish Pub

Yup – it’s time to switch holidays, lol! Relax – I have surprisingly few papers and zero embellishments for this holiday so there won’t be much. I LOVE doing these little mini birdhouses though! There will definitely be one for every holiday by the time I’m done! I started with the Reminisce papers and then [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Birdhouse – Luck O’ The Irish Pub

Yup – it’s time to switch holidays, lol! Relax – I have surprisingly few papers and zero embellishments for this holiday so there won’t be much. I LOVE doing these little mini birdhouses though! There will definitely be one for every holiday by the time I’m done! I started with the Reminisce papers and then [...]

CHA in Spirit Day at 2Peas

Whew! I’ve been at it all day long with my fellow Peas and I’m exhausted! I managed to complete four layouts today and that’s HUGE for me! I haven’t scrapped much for the past several years – altered a lot, but not scrapped. So I’m excited and thought I’d share what I did today! Nothing [...]

Checkbook cover and a tiny wreath

I’ve decided I have too many projects going at once. Each in various states of “something” needed drying time so it was left “overnight”. I just don’t always get BACK to said project, lol! I have them everywhere. So instead of finishing any of them, last night I at least started projects I could finish [...]

Valentine’s Day Wooden Tree

This was a little unfinished wood tree kit from Joanne’s. The tiny finished sample pictured was just painted and I thought “oh no, we can’t have THAT”. Yea. I wish I had, lol! This was, in no uncertain terms, a pain in the butt to do. Even with the Basic Grey file kit I broke [...]

Valentine’s Day Wooden Tree

This was a little unfinished wood tree kit from Joanne’s. The tiny finished sample pictured was just painted and I thought “oh no, we can’t have THAT”. Yea. I wish I had, lol! This was, in no uncertain terms, a pain in the butt to do. Even with the Basic Grey file kit I broke [...]

Hanging Valentine’s Day Decor

Love this little mobile! It came as just an unfinished wood piece already assembled from Hobby Lobby – couple of bucks regular price and you know how Hobby Lobby is…closer to the holiday the better the sale! It was actually really easy to alter too. I used double-sided papers (from Bo Bunny’s collection from last [...]