bad blogger!

Sorry, I should be better about updating.......

here is a more springy image than my last one.

who wouldn't love to have a big basket of tulips like this?

the weather is coming around here for us, as always it is a slow but well worth it process.

I have to get out walking again.  I quit for the winter cause of the darkness and the ice on the paths, but its time now to get back at it.  It is such good therapy for me.

enjoy your weekend!

spring?

well, I guess we've all been wishing a little too hard for spring to be here and mother nature decided to show us just who is in

 charge.  this is the view out my studio window this morning

Ugh.  I am so done already!

on a more cheerful note, I thought I'd share a picture of my new ribbon storage.  I found these at M's last weekend.  They are about $10 (U.S.) each, but I had a 50% off coupon.  I am really happy with them!  They are acrylic and can be stacked and attached side by side.

Monday, Monday

Today I came across a new blog I must share with you PresentPast Collection.  I love shabby chic and vintage.  it reminds me of being at my grandmas house in Plum City - very comforting.

along those lines, here is a picture of a "little display" I  have in my house.  I found the old suitcases at a little store and the old hatbox at an antique center near where I live, after that it just kinda fell together.

I'll change it out through the summer and fall and maybe christmas too - who knows?!

and Lynn - here is a thought of spring for you :)

lots of cards

I have lots of cards to post, I have been stamping crazy lately!

this is from the SU sale a bration set Friendship Blooms.  I am really liking this set - its fun to work with.

my assistant

this is my photography assistant, cause you know I can't do all this alone!

smiley

this is a new stamp from Stampendous.  I love the smiley and the sentiment and I just had to have it.

the card itself if very basic.  The bg paper is a wonderful creamy gold/yellow.  I think its Bazill but I've had it so long I don't remember.

I sponged the edges of the white panel with SU More Mustard which matches nicely.  Inside is another white panel onto which I stamped some dots from the new Stampendous clear set Flourish Frames - I am loving that set!

a little serenity

I know I could use some.

this is from the MFT set, serenity now.

the image is colored with water and my watercolor crayons.  the sentiment is stamped on a piece of blue that matches the gals top, the color in the picture is off.

the background paper is what came free inside the latest Stampers Sampler Take Ten issue.

March cards

 so this is one of the cards I've made recently.  The sentiment is from SU Heartfelt Greetings.  The tulips are a stamp by Hero Arts.  I just stamped the flowers onto white cardstock and colored them with my watercolor crayons.  the sentiment is stamped and embossed on velum which I secured with eyelets.  the green ribbon finishes it off.

I like it, its nice and simple.  Clean feeling.

nice weekend

I love the weekends where I have no real plans and get to do pretty much whatever I want (as opposed to the weekends where I am traveling or running lots of errands).
this weekend was one of the "all mine" kind. I spent the bulk of it in my "studio" paper crafting and when I wasn't there I was doing other relaxed stuff.
Hubby and I went on a little road trip on Saturday to a neighboring town and wandered in an antique store. I love doing that, I love to see the old things that have come so far, I like to wonder about the places they've been. The sad part is that there are things - in the antique stores - that I recognize from my childhood, and its not the stuff I remember at my Grandma's house!
anyway.......I haven't figured out the whole posting of pictures thing yet, but I want to.......I'll get after that soon. Since I can't leave you with a picture - I'll leave you with something to think about:

It's the good girls who keep the diaries, the bad girls never have the time. -- Tallulah Bankhead

make it a great day!

Hello!

Well, here is it, my first post and foray into the world of blogging.
I am a complete newbie so please have patience while I learn this stuff.
I will use this space to share my craft projects (card making mostly), thoughts and other pictures of what I find makes me happy. In turn I hope it will make you happy too.
about me - I am about to turn 43 years old. I live in the Twin Cities in MN and am quite frankly
sick of winter at the moment. To that end, I've turned my house decor over from winter to spring. That feels good! I'll try to share some pictures soon.
I enjoy making cards, I am not a demonstrator or designer for any of the stamp companies, but I love to work with them. My favorite companies are Stampin Up!, Hero Arts, and I recently got hooked on PaperTrey.
I have been married to the same wonderful man for 20 years now and its been a great adventure so far. We have one son who only adds to the adventure and two cats to complete our home.
So, for now thats me in a nutshell.
Make it a great day!