Where I've Been...

I know. I know. I've been gone a while.... But I have been busy! : ) Here's a few things I've been doing.

I've been making wooden crosses to show in arts and craft shows.

I've also made a few cards to show at these shows.

I also had the privilege of taking pictures at a birthday party for a little girl who was turning 1 year old. It was a lot of fun. She was such a happy little girl! : )

And here are a few other cards I've made for a special lady back home.

If you would like to buy any of the wooden crosses or cards, please check out my website!

Enjoy! : )

Cross Project

This is my latest project. I made this as a birthday gift for someone. This is one of my favorite projects that I've made so far! What do you think?

I bought two wooden crosses from Hobby Lobby. I spray painted the larger one and the sides of the smaller one. Then I modpodged scrapbook paper onto the smaller one and roughed up the edges a little bit. I used Liquid Nails to glue the smaller cross onto the larger one. Then I modpodged the little crystals onto the wood and the paper. Pretty easy! And it looks beautiful! 

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday to Me!

It's a little late - my birthday was Saturday - but I just had to show you my birthday present from The Husband!!!

A YUDU machine!!

This is a screen printing machine.... another crafting machine. : )   Now I can print on t-shirts, purses, canvas totes, pretty much just about anything! I'm so excited!

I will definitely show you some projects when I get them done... first I have to find a place for it in my craft room... : )

Invitations and Cards

Today I also wanted to share with you just a couple of cards I've made recently for friends and family. Both of these were made with the Creative Memories sbcStudio software.

We had a surprise birthday party for my mother-in-law last month, and I was asked to create the invitation. Here's what I came up with:

Then a friend asked me to create a Christmas card for her and her husband with a photo of them. Here is the Christmas card. They had their own photo in the spot and their names in the place of 'Me and Mine'.

What do you think? Do you enjoy making cards for other?

The Goings On of Life

Sorry I haven't been around lately! November means the beginning of many birthday celebrations, holidays are soon arriving, and a lot of church events are getting ready to happen! So here's what's been going on at our place! : )

I'm helping out with a Chrysalis Flight this coming weekend. If you've never heard of Chrysalis, you should definitely check it out! I've been to a few trainings over the past couple of weekends, and now we are ready for the flight!

The husband's birthday is this Wednesday so this past weekend we went to Academy and bought him a meat grinder. He's been wanting one for a while, so we finally got one. And wow. Who knew grinding up deer meat could be so not fun! I had a pretty good idea I wasn't going to enjoy it, and after last night, I am now certain I do not like it.... But at least we now have a lot of deer meat to eat!

I've also been working on a few photos that I took - well, photos that I, my mom, my younger sister, and the husband took! We like our photo sessions to be a family event! : )

And, yes, that is me...

in my wedding dress...

a year after the wedding....

I can't help it if I like to play dress up in my wedding dress....

Enjoy the rest of your day!!

Made it Myself Mondays: Week 18

My in-laws had a birthday party for my niece this weekend. So I decided to make something for her as a birthday gift. It's a small journal/notebook she can doodle in. I used Creative Memories Think Pink Specialty paper and the Cricut Jubilee font cartridge. Enjoy!

Happy birthday to me!!

It's my birthday week! : ) I will be 25 this Thursday! To celebrate my birthday, I created a display for my Creative Memories Everyday Display! I used the Cheerful Birthday 12x12 Addition. The invitation was created using the sbcStudio software for Mac.

Enjoy!

Birthday boxes!

Here are a few birthday boxes I made.

Enjoy!

Birthday cards

My mom's birthday was last week so I decided to make a few birthday cards. All the paper and stickers are Creative Memories. The stamp, I believe, is a Verve stamp. Enjoy!