It Started With a Stamp

Cheers to the bride!

2011-04-14T11:07:00.001-04:00

My cousin is getting married this summer at a winery in California. Her bridal shower is this weekend so I am making her thank you notes to use. I used the cork strips from Stampin' Up since it is a wine-themed party. I made half of the cards with the green background and the other half with the purple background. Cheers to Ashley and Kevin!

Udderly cute!

2011-04-13T09:55:00.000-04:00

My sister-in-law's birthday is coming up and she loves cows! I made her this cow card and matching notepad. I love how simple they are and how cute they turned out!

my monkey girl

2010-11-21T11:39:00.001-05:00

My daughter celebrated her 10th birthday the other week. She loves, loves, loves monkeys so I made this monkey card for her thank you notes. Pretty cute!

2011 desktop calendars

2010-10-30T08:57:00.001-04:00

The new calendars for 2011 are all ready! I love making these but they are very time consuming. I will be selling these at the craft fair on Nov. 13th. Each calendar includes one 4x6 frame and 12 calendar pages. Simply put the new month into the frame! They come packaged in a box for you to store the rest of the months when they are not used.
Calendars are $15.00 each. Let me know if you want one.......they go fast!

Halloween treats

2010-10-27T11:54:00.001-04:00

I love to make Halloween crafts and cute stuff! I made these clay pot bats filled with "eyeballs" for my kids to share with their class. I used Rolos for the candy which were a lot smaller than the Peppermint Patties I used last year!

Disney or bust!

2010-03-19T08:55:00.001-04:00

We are headed to Disney!!!! Even though we've been before, my kids wanted new autograph books to take. These are so fun to make. Like I've said before I like the size of these. The characters have plenty of room for signatures and I leave a blank page to add a picture later. A wonderful way to save your memories!

Three times the fun!

2010-03-17T13:57:00.001-04:00

A teacher at my kids school asked me to make shirts for her friend's triplet boys. I did three monsters, one in each color on a white tee shirt. These were super fun to make and I think they turned out really cute!

Valentines

2010-02-10T14:02:00.001-05:00

It feels like I've been snowed in now for 35 days!! We got another storm today to add to our 28 inches we got on Saturday. Since my husband was home, I hid in the basement all morning and stamped! I made this Valentine's Day card which I think turned our really cute. I punched the hearts out on the front of the card and put the red hearts on the inside so you could see them from the front. I did not make the kids' valentine's this year because who knows when they'll even go back to school! If we get mail service this week, I'll plan on sending some of these out.

New baby onesies

2010-02-09T09:48:00.000-05:00

Well since we've been hit hard with snow I've had a lot of time to work on some new baby onesies! I think the butterfly is my favorite. I like the elephant but maybe in a different color. Next I will work on making the matching cards and bags to go with them!

Snowman

2009-11-16T20:18:00.000-05:00

I think this little snowman is soooooo cute! It can be used as a door stopper or as a simple holiday decoration around your home.

2010 Desktop Calendars

2009-11-16T20:16:00.000-05:00

These calendars were so fun to make!! They come in a box which includes one frame and one calendar for each month of the year. I got the idea from Julie Monroe's blog One Crazy Stampin' Mama. Of course I made my own variations and I love how they turned out. Each calendar costs $15.00 and they make a great gift for the holidays!!

More Holiday Onesies

2009-11-16T20:09:00.000-05:00

My mom actually came up with the idea for the ribbon onesies and I love how they turned out! We stamped "Ho, Ho, Ho" across the bottoms of those as well. I also love the matching card!

The tree is very simple but I actually don't like it as much as the other ones. Still kind of cute though!

Santa Baby

2009-11-16T20:06:00.000-05:00

How cute is this Santa Baby onesie?? So fun to make and I stamped "ho, ho, ho" across the bottom on the backside!!

Grrrrrrrrrrr

2009-11-16T19:53:00.000-05:00

I love, love, love how this onesie turned out!! It is my new favorite for a boy!

This Little Piggy

2009-11-16T19:50:00.000-05:00

Finally............after many weeks I am finally updating my blog! I did the Centreville Methodist Church Craft Fair this past weekend and I wanted to share my new stuff that was for sale. Lots of new onesies, teacher gifts and cards.
This piggy onesie if one of my favorites. Remember that each onesie comes with a matching card and gift bag for $20.00

More Disney books

2009-08-08T16:30:00.000-04:00

I made three more Disney autograph books for someone who is taking her triplets to Disney in August. This was the first time I made "Princess" themed books and I thought they turned out cute! These books are so fun to make. I hope they all have a great time.....I think being at Disney with triplets would be ultra exciting!!

End of the school year!

2009-06-18T09:30:00.000-04:00

I made this card for the kids' teachers to go along with their end of the school year gifts. I hope they will put their feet up and relax now that summer is here! It was such a wonderful school year for both Emma and Tyler and I appreciate all that their teachers did for them!

Baseball onesie

2009-06-17T16:54:00.000-04:00

I've been wanting to come up with some more "boy" onesies so I ordered a plain blue one and tried a baseball. I do not have a plain baseball stamp so I just free handed it. The bag and card has a stamp on it though. I like how it turned out but I kind of feel like the baseball is a too plain. I'd love to be able to put "Lil' Slugger" on it but I'd have to write that on with fabric markers. I'll keep playing around with it. This onesie was a gift for Tyler's baseball coach's wife who is expecting her second boy.

Spring Chick

2009-04-13T10:43:00.000-04:00

I am finally posting the chick onesie!! I thought it would be perfect for Springtime! I'm loving doing all these new onesies. Right now I'm working on a cupcake and a pig. Stay tuned!!

Little Lamb bag and card

2009-04-13T10:38:00.000-04:00

I made the matching card and bag to go along with the lamb shirt/onesie. I gave this shirt to a friend of the family's who just turned 3. She knew it was a lamb as soon as she pulled it out of the bag unlike my husband who thought it was a dog with long legs!

Little Lamb??

2009-03-18T08:57:00.000-04:00

I need everyone's opinion on this one. Does this look like a lamb? When I held it up to my husband, he said it was a dog. Someday I'll learn to not even ask his opinion. I did this one on a pink shirt so the white would show up. I thought a lamb would be perfect for spring.
Please, let me know what you think!!!

Just playing around

2009-03-13T19:01:00.000-04:00

I was playing around with some new cards. I noticed that I seemed to be stuck on the Vintage Violet and Mellow Moss color! I love those colors and I wish Vintage Violet didn't retire! So, what do you think??

More pink than brown!

2009-02-25T12:10:00.000-05:00

Here is the latest onesie that I've made. It is for my friend Jennifer and she requested a pink giraffe with brown spots. I love how it turned out!!! It is so fun to change colors around when I make these onesies. The possibilities are endless!

Student Teacher gift

2009-02-24T11:18:00.000-05:00

Emma has had a student teacher in her class and her last day is next week. I made her a name frame as a farewell gift. Hopefully she can use it in her classroom when she becomes a teacher! I got this idea from my stamping consultant who was nice enough to let me copy her idea. Thanks Jennifer!!!

Another Valentine

2009-02-12T08:50:00.000-05:00

This is the Valentine card I made for my mom to send to her friends. I used the Simply Said stamp set. I am not crazy about hearts or lots of pink, but I like this one because of the flowers and the different colors. It doesn't seem so "Valentine's Day-ish"!!!

This years valentines

2009-02-08T09:34:00.000-05:00

This year I made a very simple valentine for my kids to hand out at school. Each one holds a Kit-Kat bar. The kids wrote the names on the back of the card. I love how easy they were!!

Valentine's Day

2009-01-31T17:17:00.000-05:00

Here is a picture of the Valentine's Day cards I made for my daughter last year. I made a pocket card so that we could put a lollipop inside. The Valentine greeting was inside the pocket part as well. I loved how it turned out but it was much more complicated than I had originally set out to do, especially when I had to make 24 of them! Sometimes I say that stamping is my therapy.....my best friend told me that I must have been particularly stressed that week! This year I've come up with something much easier! I will post pictures of them this week.

Holiday Thank you notes

2009-01-03T09:52:00.000-05:00

After my complicated Christmas card I decided to make a very easy thank you card! You can't get much simpler than this! It is hard to tell in the picture but the dark blue snowflakes have a touch of glitter on the edges. Enjoy!

Crazy for Snowmen.....or just plain crazy???

2009-01-02T10:05:00.000-05:00

This is the Christmas card that I made this year. Although I love this card....I must have been nuts to commit to making so many of them!! It was labor intensive and took a long time to get them all done but I was happy with the results! Next year.....think easy!

Brown and Pink giraffe

2008-12-13T08:41:00.000-05:00

I finally made another onesie using different colors on the giraffe. I thought brown and pink would be cute for a little girl. I love the way it turned out. This also comes with a matching card and gift bag.

Big on Snowmen

2008-12-13T08:36:00.000-05:00

I love snowmen!!! This is one of the holiday cards I made this season. I might use some as thank you notes after the holidays.

Happy Holidays

2008-12-05T13:50:00.000-05:00

I love making Christmas cards and it's a good thing because I've made a lot lately!! This is the card I made for my Grandmother. She is 96 years old and still living on her own. For the past several years I've made all of her Christmas cards for her as her Christmas present. Then I address them for her over Thanksgiving.
I am participating in a Christmas bazaar tomorrow at Pender United Methodist Church. I will post pictures late of what I plan on selling.

Disney Autograph Books

2008-11-22T12:54:00.001-05:00

Last year when we made our first trip to Disney World, I made my kids autograph books for all of the characters signatures. My cousin is going in January with her 3 children so I made them their own books for Christmas. I love the size of these books versus the ones they sold at Disney. These allow for plenty of room for the signature and a picture on the opposite side.
If you ever want to order one for an upcoming trip to Disney, just let me know! There are $10.00 each.

50th Wedding Anniversary

2008-10-28T14:40:00.000-04:00

My friend Margo asked me to make invitations to her parents 50th wedding anniversary party. I used beautiful gold paper but it didn't show up too well in the picture. I hope they like them!

Fall card

2008-10-16T09:09:00.000-04:00

I haven't posted anything in ages! We are having our kitchen redone and it is a mess. Needless to say I haven't been stamping much. I made this card for my mom. I love the fall colors. Hopefully I'll be back to stamping soon and will be able to share some new stuff. Christmas isn't too far away so I think I'll work on holiday cards next!!

Halloween assortment

2008-09-26T09:30:00.000-04:00

I made an assortment of Halloween cards to sell this weekend at the craft fair. Each set is being sold in a Halloween themed bag for $12.00.

Baby onesie frenzy

2008-09-26T09:26:00.000-04:00

With the craft fair this weekend, I have been working extra hard on baby onesies! Below are pictures of each one I am selling with its matching card and gift bag.

Crocodile

2008-09-26T09:25:00.001-04:00

Giraffe

2008-09-26T09:25:00.000-04:00

Trick or Treat

2008-09-26T09:23:00.000-04:00

Green Frog

2008-09-26T09:22:00.000-04:00

Pink Lollipop

2008-09-26T09:18:00.000-04:00

The complete picture!

2008-09-04T13:54:00.000-04:00

Finally after working on all these baby onesies, I have created a matching card and gift bag to go with them. This is what I came up with for the lion. I will sell each onesie with the matching card and envelope and package them in the bag. Next I will work on the cards for the giraffe and crocodile!!

And they're off!!!!

2008-09-04T13:49:00.000-04:00

Back to school for the kids! My children started school on Tuesday.....Emma is in 2nd grade and Tyler began kindergarten. I had very mixed emotions....excited for them but also sad to put my "baby" on the bus for him to be gone all day long. As you can see from the picture, they had no problem! Both of them have been doing great!!!!

Halloween????

2008-08-26T10:03:00.000-04:00

I know it's still August but I am already thinking about Halloween! I am doing a craft fair at the end of September at Claude Moore park in Sterling. I thought it would be cute to have some Halloween goodies for sale. I made these treat bags last year for my kids classes. The Frankenstein was an idea I got from Chic n' Scratch last year. I made a few changes and I love how they turned out!
Please try to come out to the craft fair.....September 27th from 10:00 until 5:00. I will be there with lots of cards, seasonal items and lots of baby onesies!! My good friend Margo will be right next to me selling her wonderful embellished shirts, fabric belts and headbands. come check it out!!

It's Back to School time!!

2008-08-24T18:02:00.000-04:00

It's back to school and here is a perfect teacher gift! I made these last year for all the secretaries at Deer Park for Secretaries Week. It is a post-it note holder made out of an acrylic frame. It sits on the desk slanted so that it is easy to jot notes on. I can do any color combination and personalize them with your teacher's name.
One post-it note holder $5.00
Let me know if you are interested!!

2008-08-22T13:34:00.000-04:00

These are 3x3 gift cards that I love to make! They are perfect for a child's birthday gift. I make a set of 8 (the only one not shown here is another orange card with a little boy on it) so you will have a variety on hand. They are sold in a little box so you can keep them all together until you need them!
One box of 8 cards is $6.00.
Just email me if you'd like a set!

2008-08-22T09:50:00.000-04:00

Here is the latest baby onesie I have done. I love the giraffe and it can be done in different colors. I'm thinking of trying a brown giraffe with pink dots for a girl. What do you think??? This one can be plain or have "Wild About You" stamped across the bottom.