Perfect way to start the day

Who wouldnt want this first thing in the morning ?

This is just what I needed to get me ready for day 2 of packing!

My Stinky baby (and Weenie, not shown because shes forever sleeping), holiday beverages and Christmas cookies fresh out of the oven.

*Ahhhh bliss*



Pack. Tape. Repeat

Well... Its finally here

PACKING TIME

*dun dun duunnnnnn*

The next couple of days will consist of my husband and I stuffing our whole house into little boxes

and whatnot. Can I just say that so far I have only gotten some of my Scrap room packed...

Its never ending I swear.

However before I had to pack it all up I managed a couple of quick layouts

Just a couple of things to tide my Blog over until I am unpacked, set up in the new house and can create once again! I will be up within the next week or so with pictures from the move and over the new place so please check back. But for now, I have already spent too much time taking this break to write instead of packing and cleaning so off I go!

Guess who has exciting news!?



Okay folks, I found out yesterday but wanted to save it for todays post.

After months and months (and months, months, months)

Of applying to various DTs I finally got chosen!

You are now looking at the pround new member of

Scrap Our Stash's DT !

Here  is the link for the Design Team reveal!

I entered various pieces but the ones

that were shown for me being a finalist were my

Dishwasher signs!

Here is the link to the Scrap Our Stash blog

You all should really check it out if you havent!

Thay have all sorts of wonderful challenges and prompts.

There is always a chance for you to enter a piece to win a spot as one of their guest designers

as well which is awesome!

I look forward to working with all of the lovely ladies from previous DTs and

all of my fellow winners!



Are you a messy crafter?

Happy Monday morning everyone!

I hope that you all had a fabulously crafty weekend filled with holiday goodness.

So I was roaming around of the TwoPeas forums this morning;

its a to be taken with coffee daily kind of thing for me of course.

And one of the posts I came across sparked my interest and seemed perfect for todays post.

Are you a neat crafter or a messy one?!

The answer is

I am an insanely messy crafter... When I am working on a project its like I go mad and don't see the messes I'm making for myself. I pull whatever I need out of where ever it came from and sometimes close the drawers or cabinets.

I have this pile of stuff that grows and grows to the left of me on my rather large work space... and it doesn't end there, the mess usually transfers on over to me! I will have stickles under my nails, photo square backings clinging to my apron (thank god for my apron otherwise Whoooo doggy!)

Acrylic paints up one forearm and stamped images up the other, adhesive all over my hands and of course various sticky bits and doodads stuck to the bottoms of my feet for good measure...

But then right as I am about to implode upon seeing the mess I have to clean up before I can begin the next day on some new excursion, I tilt my coffee towards my room touched by a mini tornado in salute and down the sucker in one gulp... time to get to work!

Isn't being messy half of the fun, and creative process?!

 I almost wouldn't have it any other way... almost, I mean if someone were to offer me a family of magical craft room cleaning elves I wouldn't turn them down...lets not get crazy here...

 

But yes... I am indeed a messy crafter, and I wouldn't have it any other way :)

How about you, messy or clean... time to spill the beans!

There is finally a chill in the air... getting geared up for January 2011 in style!

Good morning everyone!

Man is it getting cold here in NW Florida, and I must say: Its about time!!!

We are well into December and some days I swear I still am forced to go out in capris and a Tshirt.

*SIGH*

Not very Christmasy if you ask me.

I have been super busy around my house finishing up a few last min orders

and whatnot. Some very easy to do (although quite time consuming)

calendars.

People have been ordering them left and right, they wanna get geared up for January 2011 in style!

I made these using the DCWV kit and love how they came out!

How adorable!?

Very simple and straight forward.

I didn't want too much mush on them or they would be too heavy to hang.

Just a quick update for you all!

If you check back within the next couple of days

there will be info up on a wonderful auction that a girlfriend of mine is putting on

for her non-profit charity called

A Touch of A Hero

She makes wonderful little crafts, hair accessories etc.

using materials from military uniforms.

All proceeds go towards buying phone cards for our troops over seas!

And this time of year is when a lot of families most want to talk with their loved ones!

So please make sure that you check back for the info as this is really for a wonderful cause.

And I will be donating a gift certificate!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!