Archive for the ‘Updates’ Category

It’s a …..

Well, I’m happy to share that we found out earlier this week that we will be having a little boy come Christmas time.  So, of course to commemorate the occasion I had to put together a quick card to share the news.  
 
I wanted to play with some scraps left over from cutting a [...]

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I’m back! Plus some news.

Hello!  After a bit of a summer break I’m back and excited to be getting back into blogging.  I’ve just spent the last four days in Salt Lake City for the Stampin’ Up! convention and it’s been a blast!  I’m so excited to be coming home with cute samples, swaps, ideas, and info on some awesome [...]

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Working on my new craft room

Ever have one of those projects that keep you obsessed until you get it done? My craft room is one of those projects. After two weeks of being super busy (out of town on a business trip and my MIL visiting), the house is finally quiet again. 
 
While my MIL was here, she helped me get [...]

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And now for a little bit of muzak

Well, I finished my last index card last night and had a lot of fun with it.  It is one of my rare, very simple cards.  No layers even!  Unfortunately, I waited until this morning to try to take a picture of the card before work (I’ve found the early morning light tends to be [...]

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Thank You Kindly Index Card and the Philosophy of Card Fronts

For a while now, I’ve been a member of the card front club.  That is, someone who participates in card front swaps and who creates card fronts when making new card projects.  I always told myself, “I’m saving cardstock this way” and some folks say it saves a lot of room when storing your cards.  [...]

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My first blog award!

So, this last week, I was honored to be nominated for my first blog award!  Thank you, Tracy, for the award, it really made my day!  
Here are the rules for this award:

Add the logo to your blog
Link the person from whom you receive the award from (hi Tracy)
Nominate several people
Leave a message on [...]

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Posting from the train plus new catalog highlights

After spending 6 days at my parents, I am finally heading home.  I’m so happy that the Amtrak train is running.  After the ton of snow the Pacific Northwest got over Christmas, the water levels were high from the melt-off.  Then, this week it started dumping buckets of rain causing tons of flooding and mudslides, [...]

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Playing with blog themes

Ok, I was getting kinda tired of looking at my old blog theme, especially when so many of the blogs I visit look super cute.  So, I’ll probably be making some tweaks and hopefully it won’t be too hard to read. And besides, maybe a cute blog theme will make my cards look better too. [...]

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Last day for free shipping and 10% off retiring stamp sets

Hey there!  I’m back! 
Sorry for the long delay in posts.  Between traveling, getting ready for my birthday (and hosting my own birthday party), prepping for my parents to arrive for the holidays, and getting my Christmas cards and gifts out the door; I’ve been a bit busy.  But today I finally finished my last Christmas [...]

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Slow posting over the weekend

Well, I”ve been off visiting my grandparents for the weekend and so will be spending 5 days away from my crafting supplies. So, I’ll space out the last couple pictures I have from our boxes and bags class so that it stays interesting over the weekend.
And i just tried [...]

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