Crafting Fool....

Yep, that's me! I'm still going strong making and finishing up gifts to give away.
So tonight was supposed to be my book club night but, darn weather decided I needed to do other things so I didn't get to go. Our roads here in Ohio were very icy and yucky to travel home on. Black ice really intimidates me, especially after fishtailing out of the parking lot tonight going home! I stayed put when I finally got home! LOL! So I worked on more gifts! This time it's little candy bowls that I found at my grocery store of all places! Sometimes you can find the neatest things in a grocery store or drugstore if you just look! I found these glass bowls made by Libby Glass and they came with a lid to seal them shut. The best part?! They were only $1 each! I could kick myself for not buying more and for not buying myself any! That really stinks! Anyway, since I have been sick the last week(long story to include 2 ER trips - ugh!) I thought I'd be better off buying my treats to fill them with instead of making it! I got chocolate covered pretzels and trail mix! Not a bad combo I think! Here are some pictures of the bowls. I also put a picture of how I packaged some cute little bottles of hand sanitizer for a couple of ladies I wanted to give a little something to as well!

Stamps - "Roses in Winter" from SU, 3 different blue inks, sanitizer is from Bath and Body Works


Stamps - "Merry & Bright" from SU, Black Stazon ink, SU paper, SU markers, Nestabilities scalloped circles and plain circles, Target $1 Spot vortex Snowflakes. Don't you love the little pom pom too! They are SO cute!


Snowmen Close-Up


Remember my penguin from Michaels? Well this is one of his friends I picked up because I knew it was perfect for these bowls! How can you resist cuteness like this at only $1?! I can't obviously! I used SU papers and inks, Nestabilities scalloped squares and more cute little pom poms. I put stickles on their antlers but you can't really see it.


Reindeer close up


I know the pictures are a little on the "cr@%%y" side but I was tired and wasn't going to pull out my "stuff". Lazy I know but, well I'm past being up 17 hours right now and am heading to bed! LOL!

Until next time....

I'm a Thief......

Crazy girl say what?! LOL! Yep, I went to this great blog, Creative Antics, and the last entry?! Totally stole it for my blog, yes, for you dear sweet readers of my blog I committed a crime! LOL! Well, okay not really since I did tell her I was doing it....that makes it okay right?! Anyway, this made me laugh so hard as I can turn around, look at my mess and totally see it happening to me! Read on so you'll know what I'm talking about!


Twas the night before Christmas, I was glued to the tree.
I was wondering what Santa had brought just for me.
Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
Or a Cuttlebug, I thought, with a smile on my face.

And that's when I heard him..."Hi Santa," I said.
"You know, good little girls should be asleep in their beds."
"I know I should Santa, and now I've been caught.
But I was just so excited to see what you brought."

"Well, let's take a look in this room where you work."
He shook his head quickly, and then left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim, as he put it in gear.
"You've got enough crap, I'll see you next year!"

Cute isn't it?! This line however ""You know, good little girls should be asleep in their beds", would explain why I was really still awake when Santa came!! LOL!

Enjoy!

Until next time....

Easy Peasy Photo Album

Okay, when I said that title to myself it sounded good! Now I'm thinking "does that conjure up a picture of mushy peas?"! LOL! Anyway, I thought I'd share a few of the fast gift ideas I have in case you could use them too! These are also inexpensive since I usually am either adding them to another pile of gifts or need about a 100 to gift out for friends! So, this year for my Dad I got him a couple of shirts - boring right?! Well I try to add a little fun something in there for him and I found a neat little light up magnifier for one box but needed something for the other one. This past September when he came up to walk the 5K with my daughter and I, and then be at the finish line when we all finished, we took a ton of pictures! I thought to myself "what a great gift opportunity! I took one of those little photo albums that are plastic with a cheesy cardboard insert in the front of something goofy and turned it into an album so he can always look back and remember the fun of the weekend of the marathon! My cost?! $3 is pretty much all I spent for this gift. The album itself was $2 and the Air Force paper was a $1, the sticker quotes, brads, and all the paper are scraps from other projects! How can you beat that?! I did use a Kodak machine to print my pictures. I chose the 2"x3" option that makes 4 per normal size print. It's a great option when you need to put a lot of pictures in one spot!. My cost for these photo albums was probably around $1.50 but check your store in case $$ is different!

Before and a still before but not quite as before as before....make sense?! LOL! Aaahh my world...it's a happy place! LOL! Anyway...


The final cover


A couple of the inner pages using a variety of scraps I had, literally, lying around! Don't forget, if you really want to, click on the pictures to enlarge them!





Photo album - $3
Photo printing - $1.50
Weekend of fun and memories - priceless!

Now, to make one for my brother too!

Until next time....

Holiday Funny

With all your stress from the holidays going on do you need a laugh? My daughter sent me a picture of her cat and, well, a vision popped into my head, so I had fun with it! I feel like this way too! LOL! Enjoy the picture and the laugh!



Until next time....

19 Days and Counting.....

Yep! We only have 19 days until we close and the rush to move is upon us again! This time we'll be freezing our hineys off! I think I gotta work though...yeah that's it..I gotta work! LOL! We'll be having a painting party at our place too, still waiting for all those offers to help us paint...not too late! Anyway, here is another, much better picture of the outside and a picture of the fireplace!

The hard part about this tile is trying to match a paint color for the wall! Yikes! I can't tell you how many paint swatches I've come home with!


I don't think they can finish the outside paint until the temperature gets back up a lot higher then it has been here!


Well, that's the house up until now!

Until next time....

Penguin Prettiness

Is it just me or is Michael's really getting some uber cute stamps these days in their $1 bin?! I've gotten quite a few good ones including this adorable little penguin! I don't know if I hadn't been taught how to use my Stamp Ma Jig by my friend Bobbye that I would like it as much! I was able to perch this little fella on top of my words just right! I had made these to go in a gift basket at work and could not remember to bring them in! So, they're still going to work just now they'll be in the hands of my awesome co-workers who helped out with the "Adopt-A-Family"! So do you want to see him?!! Then take a look below;




I hope you like him! All the paper came from SU the DP however, is from last year! I think though if you're in some of the other countries that it is available over there. At least I think I've seen it used on some of their projects! I used my Cuttlbug and Swiss Dot folder for the green and I got the snowflakes at Target! Love that Dollar Vortex at Target! LOL! It just sucks me right in!

Until next time....

We're Almost There.....

I'm so excited to post this - we have a final walk through date! YEAH!!! Painting party at my house for New Years Eve! We sign our lives over on the 30th and start moving in right after that! YEAH!!! I'm going to bust!! Here are some pictures of our last visit that shows some pretty good progress too!

Here's that girl again! Posing as if she's holding briefcase with a million dollars! LOL! A little stain and that banister is done!


Here's where I'll be drinking my morning coffee soon!! We have wood floors but for the sake of construction they're covered up to prevent damage...


This is where I'll be making my specialty - blackened chicken! Ha ha ha! Maybe I should say I should be saying it's where I'll be fulfilling the nutritional needs of my family! LOL!


Isn't it pretty! My creative space is where the window is on the second story! Isn't my honey the sweetest! He gave me my own room!


Well, thats it for this week!

Until next time....