Day 238/365+1

 Pepto Bismo meets Sex and the City, Part 2

vacuuming: zero   great crafting: two

another weekend where the housework suffers

but I got some great crafting done

a few little extras for this party



in the name of honesty I must confess that I did have one of those little crave cupcakes...I have been so strong with all other sugar but Crave cupcakes are like kryptonite to me - but looking at the positive...I had a small one and only one and got right back on track so I will take that little victory.

Day 230/365+1

Picture # 230

I've been crafting today

oh yes, you may have remembered that just yesterday

my post said it was laundry/cleaning weekend

but Kim had an invitation emergency

and who am I to not help a friend in need

yes it was hard to choose crafting over cleaning

but somehow I found a way

I'm just that kind of friend

My directions were "pink" the more the better and "princessy/girly"

I lovingly call this invitation:

Pepto Bismo meets Sex in the City

Front of envelope

Back of envelope (really one of my favourite details)

you can't really see it in the pictures but the whole over the top theme was carried over with little pink rhinestones - nothing like a little bedazzling to take it over the top!

been doing a little crafting

What do you get 3 little girls that have everything they need for now and really don't need more "stuff"? practical but yet something they would like?

For awhile now I have wanted to develop a children's fill-in the blank thank you card so I decided no better time than the present.

I combined the thank you card idea with great photo's from our fall photo shoot, paper I LOVE, plastic lunch boxes I had hanging around, tons of ribbons and presto...

the finished product

How it started...

a) Easter plastic lunch boxes picked up last March from the dollar store that have just been hanging around waiting to be "crafted"

b) originally I found 3 different types of double sided patterned paper in my favourite colours (brown/pink) that I was going to cover 3 different tins but due to cost I was drawn to my unused $1 lunch boxes but I could only use my paper on one of them due to colours so into my stash I went.

c) I then used a picture of each girl and embellished with ribbons, pop ups and my scalloped punch.

d) the inside: 12 thank you cards for each girls.

The cards do not match the lunch boxes on purpose - I wanted to do Christmas Type Thank you Cards but I wanted the embellished boxes done is colours that would allow them to be displayed all year in their rooms.

The cards may be a little easy for Ella (6 years old) and a little hard for Maya and Sophia(3 years) but I tried to find a happy medium so they just need to fill in the "Dear..... "part and the " hugs and kisses" area.

e) the gift bags also included 12 envelopes (stamped "thanks for everything" on the back) and a pen. I liked the ways these turned out and am really interested to see if the girls like them and send them out. If they do, this may be a new gift idea for me for the little people in my life!

Where are the doves?

Today was my good friend( and co-worker)'s Wedding shower. As you look at the pictures you will see what my focus was (cake and food) LOL! It was a great time though and she got wonderful gifts (especially the new muffin tins and muffin recipe - hint hint, wink wink).

The title of this post stems from a whole lot of ribbing I have given Miranda over her mom's suggestion that maybe she should have a dove theme wedding and the fact that she is going to have real doves at the ceremony - I have bought little dove inspired gifts for her over the last year and today was no exception - I wish I would have gotten a picture of it but she didn't even take it out of the gift bag - it was a lovely heart shaped box w/doves I got at the dollar store - lucky for her I didn't plan the shower as we both know what the theme would have been. My sister Kari (Miranda's high school coach/mentor) and I worked on her gift together and it is a guest book for the wedding. Miranda had mentioned that she wanted to scrapbook one but just didn't think she would have the time. As my sister has made a few of these already this wedding season and I made Miranda's wedding invites and therefore knew the style and colours of the wedding we whipped this together last night.


We were also instructed to bring our favourite recipe as they collected them for a recipe box for Miranda - once again I wish I had taken a picture of our receipe cards because far be it for us to do the simple thing and write the recipes out on plain white cards - nope, we had to stamp the cards, color code all of the writing with her wedding colours(brown and teal) and include ribbon and matting - yep a little over the top, but totally expected from us.

I am very excited about this wedding(September 15, 2007) as I have been helping Miranda with the planning for the last year and I totally believe it is going to be an amazing event - I promise to post alot of pictures from it!

just a little bit more crafting...

Another project completed at the Bloomin-Inn - this was a kit that STARR developed for Father's Day - I wasn't able to make her class so she brought a kit out for me and I completed my first mini album (yeah!). I even remembered to bring pictures!

been a little crafty...

Last weekend was my spring trip to the Bloomin-Inn and I finally got a chance to finish the gift I have been working on for my friend Julie. It seemed like such an innocent "quick" project when I started 5 months ago but I never seemed to have any time to dedicate to it, so it was taking forever and with the arrival of baby R. imminent I figured I better get at it!!

Embellished tin with 34 baby announcements (including stamped envelopes)

I will see paper on-line or in the stores that instantly remind me of someone - I will usually buy it and then wait for the inspiration of what to make for that person. That is exactly what happened with this paper (Three Bugs in a Rug) that I bought for Julie when I knew she was pregnant(about 3-4 months along) but no idea if it was going to be a girl! I was thrilled when her ultrasound confirmed baby girl so I could start coming up with a perfect gift! This gift (and paper) is just so Julie - fresh, hip and not fussy. I also "conveniently" left an area on the back to place a small black and white picture which I have not so subtly mentioned to Julie I would love to take! I have not taken many newborn pictures and would love to get some practice, especially with a baby that I have no doubt will be so beautiful just like her mom (and who are we kidding...a chance to smell and cuddle with the new baby!)

I'm in love...

with with my new scallop circle punch. It is just what I needed for that added punch to my cards. Thanks Starr so much for hooking me up!

I apologize in advance to everyone who will now receive a scallop circle on every single card, invitation, announcement etc...that they receive from me!!!

I dedicate this card to Linda Lakusta...I keep promising that I will make her one of my "punny" cards and never do - she made me the cutest "like no udder" card so I have to get this into the mail!!!