ADORE

It's seems only fitting to title this post Adore....

not just because of my latest project

but because I simply adore each and everyone of you

that have supported me and been a part of my life and little business.

Thank you so much!!!

Sometimes it doesn't seem like I can say it enough

and honestly it doesn't seem like enough to say!

This year has been a whirlwind for me!

Most of you know I'm half of "Crafty Sisters"

which honestly as far as blogging goes....comes first.

(Hey I got a sister counting on me!)

Sometimes I think I should just combine the blogs since I

feel like I double post about my projects here.:)

I have been so lucky to meet so many fun and great people

and cultivate the wonderful friendships I've made with so many of you.

Thanks for making my year so fun and for helping Sweet Pickles grow!

(hee hee, silly pun I couldn't help it!)

So.......Thank You!  Thank You Very Much!!!

(yup, that's my hubby on Halloween!)

I'm so excited for Valentines!!!!

Here's my first project/class that will be next weekend

down at Paper Cottage.

I just love the papers here from Echo Park Paper Company!

I also included some fun charms from Doodle Beads.

They have some really cute stuff!

I also wanted to share the love....so to speak....

Here's a couple of pictures I was able to collect this year from

some of my favorite gals!

Cary makes some great stuff!

She had a whole Americana theme going on with these first 3!

 Diana has a cute gift shop in Tennessee that she makes the prettiest stuff for!
Her embroidery is to die for!  Here are some cute sets she made up!

 I did actually manage to get a couple of shots of some of the things

I made up this season and for the boutiques!

A fun sign for a golfer!

   I loved how this Believe set turned out in all reds!

 I loved it so much I did some in green!
(This is the quality of picture I get when I take it last moment!:))

 Had to do something whimsical and loved the ornaments here!

 My sister Candace found some vintage opera sheet music

at a second hand store and together with some gorgeous glitter

these Noel's were made.  The picture doesn't do them justice!

Remember that red Believe?

The papers were so pretty I had to make up some matching banners!

 I found some really cute papers with gingerbread men that I absolutely fell for!

I've got some other pictures to download and post soon!
I hope you all have a wonderful and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We're talking "Under Major Construction"!

Welcome to my little blog, and yes it's under major construction! After several requests and a whole lot of urging from my sister Candace....here is a blog to track my latest and greatest projects I've got going on and hopefully I can share the cool stuff my great friends and clients have put together too!

I am so blessed to be able to do something that I love and that I get to meet so many cool people and see all the cools things they are making. It's great! My sister and I have always had a ton of fun crafting together and when we couldn't find something we wanted in a store we were crazy enough to think we could figure a way to make it ourselves. I moved here to Boise a little over 2 years ago and we have had a blast together creating stuff! We are two fearless girls who's hubby's put up with us and our crafts (or crap as they call it).;) My sister Candace has not only been my muse, she is my biggest cheerleader and believes in me, she is the best! Thanks Candy!

I can pretty much cut out most anything. I specialize in letters for names and so forth. You see a font you like and we'll run with it! A great website I love is http://www.dafont.com/ ! Not only does it have lots of cool fonts but it also has a great preview window to let you see what your project will look like when it's done! I can do just about any size of letter that you want and I cut primarily out of a 3/4" thick MDF board which paints, sands and cuts out like butter! So if you have a project you want to do just give me a holler!:)

Here are a few of the projects I've worked on lately. Everything I do is pretty much made/cut to order. Primarily everything comes in a unfinished form/plain wood. If you need some help putting a kit together with papers I can help with that too!

Here's my latest project and class I'll be teaching!

They are cute Baby letters and animals perfect for that baby shower gift!

These were my Spring letters!

My most requested Family Letters

A great way to celebrate birthdays!

Valentine Love Letters

My first class I taught at Paper Cottage!

These were a total blast!

There's no place like home!

I still can put kits together of these!

Here is a project my sister Candy put together for her craft group.

I helped her by cutting it out and will offer it as a kit at the store

later this summer. Makes a great wedding gift especially with

and "established" date put on it.

My cute Easter bunnies!

Spring Chicks

My ongoing montly class I do is a Seasonal Hanger

that has interchangable decorations for each month/holiday.

It's a lot of fun and I've really enjoyed the great group of ladies

that come out each month!

They are about 12x12" in size.

This is for the month of May/Mother's Day

April's Easter Egg

March's Shamrock

February's Valentine Heart

January's Snowflake

Here are some fun jobs I've done lately that I actually remembered

to take pictures of. I promise to get better! Plus, if you have

a great project you've done send it in! I'd love to post it and see

everyone's great creativity!
These two are done in the Angelina font.
This was a cute Mom and Daughter job done in

the Moon Star font.
Here's a fun one a gal did for her sister who designs

western stuff. The font is Nashville.

This one is for a new baby's nursery!

It's done in the Toonish Font.

This was one of my first cool big letters I did.

It was 2 feet high and in the Benguiat font.

For some reason I can't get this picture to come

up bigger, but this one I did for a gal named Robbie!

Her kitchen is decorated with cows and she

did a great job with these! Here is one of my first orders I did for someone else!
Her name was Nicole too and she was doing this for her

friend's nursery. She did such a great job and was so kind

to show me pictures of it all done! Great job!

So there it is...the beginning! I love hearing and seeing great projects! So if you have any you need help with, I always tell everyone, just give me a holler!:)