Shout Out Saturday

Yay!  A three-day weekend!  Or at least it is for my son, lol, so expect late night posts from me since I’ll be busy with him during the days.  I can’t believe he’s been back to school for over a month – loving the 8 hours of quiet each day, but at the same time, [...]

WWWWW (Who What Where When Why) Wednesday

Well, not a lot of questions today, but if you think of more, please feel free to ask them here!  I’ll add to the post with your answers if I get them today!
Q – From Rhi via comment – “oh, and if you were serious about wanting someone to make a header, i could have [...]

Totally Challenged Tuesday

This week I chose to finally get around to the August challenge from Some Assembly Required.  This challenge blog focuses on altered goodies so right up my alley!  Of course, I found it RIGHT AFTER the birdhouse challenge was over with, lol!  Anyways, this month the challenge was to incorporate beads into an altered project.  [...]

Blogoversary Winners

I meant to get to the drawings this morning but didn’t think when I planned it that I was going to have to be picking out the September issue projects for SNR and sending contracts out, lol!  It’s been a busy day – it was even harder than last month!  We’re still new and my [...]

Blogoversary Giveaway #3

Shhhhh – you guys are all talking way too much!  LOL – for all the traffic I’ve gotten today I can’t believe no one wants to comment!  Well, I’ll be doing the drawings all at once in the morning and here’s the last one for the day.  We’ll make this one easy (did I make [...]

Acrylic pendants technique

This is my newest technique I’ve been playing with.  I’ve made a lot of pendants out of Scrabble tiles, glass tiles, dominoes, and other little tidbits.  I love working with glass and the way you can layer underneath and on top to give it a really interesting dimension, but at the same time, I hate [...]

Blogoversary Giveaway #2

If you haven’t yet noticed, on the righthand sidebar I have a list of challenge blog links.  This is to go with my new blog schedule here and Totally Challenged Tuesdays.  I was going through my bookmarks trying to find them all, lol, and it’s just a losing battle.  I really need to organize my [...]

Magazine Review – Crafts ‘n Things October 2008

I won’t do one of these every Monday, but I will try to post them on Mondays when I do decide I need to, lol!  I have to admit, this magazine has really impressed me since they purchased the stamp magazine and integrated everything.  They do a really nice job of including a great variety [...]

Blogoversary Giveaway #1

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I’m on the staff for Scrapbook News + Review Magazine.   Recently I’ve taken over coordinating the Altered/Home Decor section as well.  I posted the call for submissions for the September issue a while back and today is the deadline (it got extended a [...]

Let the Blogoversary party begin!

Good morning – I made it!  It’s been exactly one year since I decided to start up my little blog and I’ve loved every minute of it!  In all honesty, I started this blog for two reasons.  One, because it seemed to be “the thing to do”…yea, I have my sheeple moments, but sometimes if [...]

The new blog is live!

Obviously I still have LOTS of stuff left to do to make this pretty (anyone want to make me a pretty little header?) and move all of my links and other doodads, but I’m here!  And so excited!  It’s been a really busy week so I apologize for not being around.  My car broke down [...]

Moving!

Ok. So now that I’ve frustrated myself all morning with Blogger and trying to make it do what I want it to do, I’ve come to the decision that it’s just time to move. I’m going to work on the new site (it will be Typepad) and make the switch once it’s totally [...]

Housekeeping

Well, I think I’m ready to take the plunge and get the blog re-organized! I’ve spent the past several days trying to figure it all out and copying down code I don’t want to lose. Eek. Wish me luck! I’m going to start this in the morning but since my son [...]

What’s in store for year 2 of my blog?

Yup, getting organized is at the top of the list! Starting on my blogoversary (August 25, 2008 – don’t forget to go to the link and post there to win!), I’ll have a nice, neat little schedule of posts for during the week. Of course, I’ll throw in other posts (there are those [...]

CHA – Maya (the roomie, not the Road)

Although I have a ton of pics from the Maya Road booth (their designers are AMAZING!), this is about my roomie and new friend from the show! Originally I had planned on rooming with a friend, who decided she couldn’t go. So then I changed my plans and was going to room with [...]

AC Picture Frame

I made this frame to hold a picture I love of my grandparents. I pulled the red and black from my Grandpa’s jacket (eek!) and picked out these papers from American Crafts. I put several coats of spray gloss over the frame not only to protect it, but I also really liked the [...]

Supply storage

I made this to keep some of my crafty supplies close at hand. I honestly have so much stuff that I will forget about it if it’s not in front of me so this is my solution. Here I can keep a selection of rubons, stickers, and other similarly packaged embellishments [...]

Scrapbook News + Review August Issue has released!

Come on over to Scrapbook News + Review and check out the latest issue! Well over 300 layouts, cards, altered items, and more! Don’t forget – by subscribing, you not only get the current issue, but also all the back issues!

SNR September Issue Altered/Home Dec Calls for Submissions

Scrapbook News + Review is looking for your altered and home decor creations. September’s Issue will feature things to alter for your kids’ rooms and Back to School.
In particular, we are looking for:
Artful Rooms – things you have altered for use in your kids’ rooms – all ages from baby to teen, boys [...]

Contrary to popular belief…

I have NOT fallen off the face of the earth. Feels like it though, huh? Just been insanely busy for some reason. And what should one do when they’re so busy they can’t think straight? Of COURSE…do a major re-do of the crafting workroom. Yea. I’m out of my [...]