From all of the excitement of last week, and the actual birthday yesterday….Feeling a little overwhelmed, so might be taking a day off or so. Here are some photos of the boys from the party on Saturday…not stamping, but cute just the same! Is that a happy birthday boy or what? This might be one…

Oh Wow! Take a look at these amazing cards! These were sent to me by the amazingly talented and super sweet Rose Ann, along with some super yummy extra ribbons for my ribbon sampler pin. Ok, so now I HAVE to order the Real Red wide grosgrain ribbon, it is simply scrumptious!!! I feel very…

"Posted by: hils | August 23, 2007 at 08:27 AM " Congratulations "hils", the birthday boy pulled your comment this afternoon! I have a nice stack of goodies for you including 45 Stampin’Up! inspiration sheets, Two books – Making Great Bags, Tags, Boxes & Cards, and BH&G handmade greetings for all occassions,  and a big…

OK, I am going to try to make this kind of quick as I am supposed to be icing cupcakes for little guy’s birthday party this afternoon. After a torrendous week I got not 1, but 3 great surprises this morning!!! 1. 25,000+ visits to my little blog – WOW that’s crazy! and fun, little…

Or at least this project anyhow! My neighbor gave me these two clocks (presumably to put photos of the boys in – ooops) but I wanted to make something super cute and with only a 2" square to work with I had to get creative. Anyhow, I used my new fave designer paper – Cutie…

Ok, so being as I wasn’t one of the first 30 people at convention second session, I didn’t get one of the (I assume) thousands of cute ribbon sampler keychains. Dripping sarcasm…. Anyhow, I brainstormed with the 2 best roomies ever and we did a Ribbon originals share! Now, trying to figure out what to…

Ok, so maybe you have seen this, but I am trying so hard not to wet my pants right now! And I only have 2 kids!!! The Best Ebay Auction ever! Please don’t forget to comment on the blog candy post below!

As I was noticing that I am about to hit another milestone on my site counter (subliminal message – BLOG CANDEEEEE…..), I was thinking a few things…. I am really trying to make an effort to make my life a little easier, and with two toddler boys, I have realized that it is no small…

I’ve been wanting to make one of these "tent topper" cards for a while and have no idea why it took me this long! Anyhow, I just love this set, and when we learned that we could ink a stamp in versamark and then use our markers to add multiple colors, I knew exactly what…

Last night I tought an Embossing Class showcasing some really fun and new ideas and techniques. Here is one of the cards we made, probably my favorite. I used a little trick I learned at convention and that was to add a little gold embossing powder in with your irredescent ice to really make it…