S~N~O~W!!

Can you believe it?? It was 75 out on Friday and today we have SNOW!! It has been a few years since we've had flurries! Its cool! I have it all on video and think I have it working!!
I did another Mommysavers challenge today. I made a folded gift card holder. Not too sure I like it but it'll do the job. I am planning to give it to a co-worker who will be having a new granddaughter anytime!

Valentine's Treats

I made some "Bear Hugs" bags of Teddy Grahams for Jacob's Pre-K class. I got the idea from Family Fun magazine (one of my most favorite magazines!!) and I submitted the photo and hopefully, we will be chosen to get into the magazine!

Valentine's Day Cards

I made two more Valentine's cards. I need to mail them off today. I kind of like moving at my own pace and getting done what I need done. I have two shoeboxes full of cards from swaps and challenges that I will probably never use. The first card is for my secret prayer sister from the CCW (women's group) I am in at church. The second is for the leader of the adult bible study I am in at church. She has MS and she is such a "doer" that sometimes I think it just catches up to her. She is not feeling well and I hope that this helps her feel better.



The one for my Secret Prayer Sister (hopefully she won't read my blog!)



This one's for my friend with MS. I think I may have added too much "bling" but I wanted it to sparkle!

Making Cards Again

I started making some cards last week when I found out that my aunt's cancer returned. I made one for her and one for a friend from church who moved away. Her husband had a heart attack. I mailed these cards off last Saturday and my cousin called about 2 hours later to tell me that my aunt would not live through the night. She passed away Sunday morning at 2:30am. Please pray for our family as we get through this sad time.

I made a Valentine today for my cousin's little girl and will be sending that to her soon. I DO have a photo of that to share!





A co-worker (and friend) of mine hates to throw things away that can be re-used. She knows how good I am at making things from recycled items so she gave me 14 Chili jars. They are like little mason jars. I decorated them to use as Valentine gifts and even made a video tutorial with my pictures. I will add it when I get some faster connection speed. Here's a photo of the finished product:





I have one more picture to show everyone. It is me and my boys. We got a free photo shoot and 8x10 from the ABC Women's Clinic for giving my testimony.

umm... better late than never?

I never posted my work from the mini crop! Sorry :( I havent really been too busy but there has been a lot going on. I am supposed to be moving to a really nice home on August 1st. Also, I start work on July 29th, my birthday! I am not too happy about leaving my baby but I think the paycheck will be nice to have! :)

The mini crop was really great! I finished every challenge and had time to spare so I finished some swaps and even joined and finished another swap! I was on fire! Hopefully I can get that energy together when I have to work on all those alphabet pages I have signed up for! So here are the things I did:


This challenge was called "Connect 4". There was a grid full of specifications and we had to use four of them in a row. Mine were patterned paper, a fastener or staple, a stamped image, a textured embellishment




This challenge was to create a Christmas card. I really like how it turned out :)




This challenge was to use a tool that you havent used in forever. Mine was the shaped scissors. Scrapbookers everywhere: Lets stop buying those darned things! NO one ever uses them!!




This was a sketch challenge. I will add the sketch in a bit...




This challenge was a hard one. We had to use 15 shapes and of those 15, 5 had to be different shapes. I was totally stumped on this one. I looked up and saw this image on my desk that I forgot to put away and realized that it was full of shapes!



This challenge was another sketch challenge. I used it to make some 6x6 pages I signed up to make in a swap...




After I finished all the challenges, I made this Chicken soup holder for a swap:




Thanks for looking!! I have some more stuff that I made yesterday. I will prob add it tomorrow or so :)