Monday, April 25, 2011

Spring Chicks


Today the first little chicks hatched from their eggs
in my daughter's classroom
and I admit it gave me goosebumps to see them!
SOOOOOO Cute!
Also, what an AMAZING Teacher!
We never did cool stuff like that in school when I was a kid.
Thought I'd share a picture of the spring chicks I did up
for the Spring Boutique a week ago.
Can I just say I'm still exhausted.
I went back and calculated the hours of sleep
I got that week from Monday to Friday
and it was lucky if it was even 10 hours.
I have been a walking zombie
and after prepping for Teacher Appreciation week
here it is 6:30 and I'm already to crawl into bed.
(headed over to post some pictures on the CraftySisters blog)

I also wanted to give a big
THANKS!!!!
To all of you who came out to support our fun boutique!
There was lots of cute stuff there!
I'm an emotional person anyway
but when I hear from so many of you who have
become my friends through this unexpected business of mine,
it means a lot and
I just want you to know how much I appreciate you
and how blessed I am to be able to work with such amazing people.
Thank You!

On a funnier and more embarrassing note.....
I just realized last week that I've been spelling
Mod Podge as
Modge Podge.
Yup, turn me into the grammar police....
I'm sure someone already has.
Don't I feel like a dork!:)

Monday, April 11, 2011

A Spring Boutique


 I'm so exited for this weekend!
Holiday House is having their Spring Boutique
and I've been working as fast as I can to
get some fun goodies ready for it!
So if you haven't heard from me
it's because I'm out in the shed
working away.....

I'm pretty excited though because
I'll be doing a "signature piece" for them.
Remember my fun Seasonal Change Outs
that I did up for our Wood You Like To Craft project?
Well I'll be doing them, slightly different
for the boutique.
I'm so excited, so make sure to come stop by
and see some really amazing and fun stuff
by some very talented local gals!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Soda Pop!


I have to admit that there are some projects
I enjoy working on more than others....
although I pretty much love everything I do!
I was so happy with how a couple of projects lately had turned out!
First up is a set of fun Coca Cola letters!
These were so fun to do and I was so happy with how they turned out!
Here they are after Sheila has painted them.
They were for the amazing Sheila over at The Craftaholic Creations.
She makes the most amazing dolls and I am in sewing envy!:)
Cool huh?
Next was my spin on our Wood You Like To Craft project.
If you haven't gone over to check it out you gotta!
Each month we will be doing a craft with wood
and following it up with a linky party
so you can show off your take on the craft tutorial that month.
It's going to be so much fun to see how each person's interpretation turns out
plus you get to show off your wood working skills and get to know each other!
Here are all the fun shapes I put together for each month.
I love doing seasonal stuff and this was just up my alley!
I'll be doing a class with this in May down at Paper Cottage.
The papers will vary a bit since I just used all my scraps to put these together.

I've been busy getting all my spring stuff going for the
Holiday House Boutique's Spring Boutique
in a couple of weeks.
Last year was their first year doing it and it was great!
I have to admit I love making spring and Easter stuff.
I love the pastels, they just make me happy.
I'll make sure to post the details for them here soon!

Monday, March 7, 2011

Wedding Letters

I had to just give you guys a look at these fun
letters I did up for the sweetest gal for her wedding.
I love the black and white theme
and even more the touches of hot pink!
The hubby to be is Irish and they wanted a shamrock
added for a sweet personal touch.
I will admit I get nervous about weddings
since it's such an important day I want things to be just right!
Is there a thing as too many hot pink rhinestones?:)
They were a little tough since the font was a slanted thin cursive
which is hard to angle so that they will stand upright.
It was a fun challenge though and I'm happy with the result!
Tomorrow I'll be putting my finishing touches on my
Wood You Like To Craft project for this month.
If you guys haven't had a chance to check out
this fun online craft group head over.
I'm so excited to see what everyone does!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

An Easter Basket

 
I've always wanted a real wood Easter Basket!
So I finally made one for my little girl
and will be offering them for a class down at Paper Cottage this month.
I was so happy with how it turned out
and loved the paper that's on it!
Remember the sneak peek I gave last week?
Well here's the pictures my sis sent over!
I love zebra print!
It just makes me happy!


I was pleasantly surprised with this cute
yellow, gray and white combo too!
Recognize the rolled felt rose scalloped heart?

My sis and I put together a red version over at Crafty Sisters which was to die for
but this one I'll admit had me giddy!
I found the perfect paper for these EAT letters
done in a fun watermelon theme!
Too fun!
I've got some other pictures I'll post too
of a fun set of letters for a wedding!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sneak Peeks!


My sweet sister Candace came over this morning
and brought her new camera
to snag some great pictures of some of my recent projects
I've been working on.
Yup....
I'm trying to keep my New Year's resolution to be better at
taking pictures of the fun stuff I get to do to share with all of you!
Here's a sneak peek (taken with my camera)
of a really fun set of letters I just finished!
I was so happy with how they turned out!
I have to admit sometimes I get frustrated looking for
things in the stores to embellish them with
so this time I made my own flowers
because I had no idea how hard it would be
to actually find any truly purple stuff to match!

Also here's some fun letters I did
for a little girl who loves Tinkerbell.
Can you see how the L mimics the fun T in Tinkerbell?
I'm hoping to get the other pictures from my sis tomorrow
and get them posted!
Right now I'm trying to get an Easter basket made
for my upcoming class in March.
I love love love making Spring and Easter stuff!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Ready For Spring!!!

I am sooooooooooo ready for Spring.
It doesn't help my impatience when I'm cutting out butterflies
and playing with pretty soft colors.
I think Spring is my favorite time of the year
with all the trees in bloom and the tulips.....oh the tulips!
This Welcome Spring sign is for a class I'm
teaching down at Paper Cottage
and in my Etsy shop.
I found this fun butterfly image over at a fun site
SVGShop.com Blog
with all sorts of fun free svg images.

I get a lot of questions about the "services I provide".
That sounds scandalous doesn't it.:)
I am a SAHM that loves to create things with wood.
I have my own little shop that I cut everything out all myself.
So if there's something you see, a shape a letter, a font you are interested in,
I can cut it out for you in whichever size and thickness you desire.
I do a lot of letters and then I do fun projects like this...

This was my sister and I's latest project we did over at Crafty Sisters!
One of the things I love about what I do
is seeing how personalized each project is
and the fun ideas that everyone has!
Can you see why I love what I do?
If you have questions just email me @
I've already been cutting out bunnies and crosses for Easter.
I can't wait to see how they get decorated up!
(These crosses were done for a gal that provided me an inspiration picture to go from.)
Here's a sneak peek she sent me.
Way cute huh!
(Thanks Cara!)
I did snap a couple of pictures of fun projects
I've been working on.
First is "Jenga", which was done for my nephew's birthday.
It was so much fun to make!
I love doing the inlaid stuff, it's like doing a puzzle.

 Another for a Fancy Nancy themed room
which my daughter had a blast telling me
what I needed to put on while referencing her Fancy Nancy book.:)
This was done in that fun Storybook font I love.
I made up some of these fun chunky xoxo's which were so fun!
 I'm working on a really fun project with my Fabulous Sister-in-law
which I'll be so excited to share when it's done.....


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