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Year in Review ~ Perfect Pearls
In January Ranger asked me to participate in their Designer Challenge. They sent the frame and you had to alter it using the products they sent. Well the product was Perfect Pearls and Perfect Pearl Mist. I was a bit scared as I had not really played with Perfect Pearls before. I’d seen them demoed but that was it. So me being me I just jumped in and started going to town. They are really fun to use. My favorite way is to mix the Perfect Pearl Powders with the coordinating Perfect Pearl Mists. 2011...
read moreYear In Review ~ Jewelry
I had lots of fun creating necklaces and bracelets using broken pieces of jewelry found at flea markets or thrift stores. One of my favorite things to make are bracelets using vintage earrings. The hardest part is finding earrings at a reasonable price. It is always so fun when I stumble upon a pair during my travels and thrifting. For Christmas I made my niece Amanda and me matching bracelets. She purchased three pairs the two blue ones and the rhinestone shell looking one in the center. Then I...
read moreYear In Review ~ UTEE
When I was asked to create some projects using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE) I had no idea I would fall in love with this medium like I did. This product is endless in possibilities. I made rings and charms, altered a gift box, created a mini canvas, made faux lollipops, inspiration baubles and discovered a faux sea glass technique. This product is FUN! UTEE Rings I pressed a Tim Holtz button into Mold-n-Pour to create the flower mold and a vintage earring to create the blue polka dotted...
read moreYear in Review… Techniques
One of the new techniques I tried and LOVED was playing with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s stencils she designed for The Crafter’s Workshop. When I sat down at her make-n-take table at CHA summer I was a bit worried as I don’t do messy very well. I never have liked being messy for as long as I can remember and I can remember back to being around 2 1/2 to 3 years of age. So the thought of getting ink, mist, paint, modeling paste and glazes all over my hands kinda freaked me out. But I took the leap to the dark side as Julie...
read moreHappy New Year
There is nothing like a New Year to create goals, challenges, and dreams. I try not to look back, I just move forward and reflect on where I ended up, at the end of the year. I force myself to look at what I have accomplished and not worry about what I have not. I tend to beat myself up for not obtaining perfection. I’m so bad at that, “Failure Is Not An Option” runs through my head more than I care to admit. So there is no need to start the year off on a downer. Because let’s face it… we all set goals,...
read moreNew Years Preparations
Thanks to Pinterest and my mom… it’s pretty easy preparing for New Year’s Eve this year. I love sitting at home watching the ball drop while all comfy in my jammies, sitting on the couch chatting with Alan. We are a low key kinda couple and it fits us perfectly. So here is what we will be having and I can say without one single doubt, this is the best “Hot Chocolate” I have ever had. I would rather have hot chocolate than champagne at any celebration. I made this for our Christmas get together...
read moreReady for the New Year
I hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends this holiday season. My mom and dad arrived at our house Christmas day and we had a blast. We all laughed, ate too much food, baked way too much and did some shopping… can’t really ask for much more than that in 2.5 days. Our tree this year designed by Ansley… hopefully, I will take it down before March, this year. I have issues with this… Taught Mom and Dad how to create cute little felted embellishments… This quote is so true… “One of...
read moreMemories made
The day I became an aunt was such an amazing day. My sweet niece Amanda was the first to come along and make me an aunt. She would come and stay with me and Alan for two weeks, each summer. I would sit outside on the patio and watch her as she poured water from a little pitcher to a cup for HOURS straight or watch her play dress up, then as she got older show her how to put on make up and surprise her at a football game when she was cheering as well as many other special moments. Each time we were together we watched or talked...
read moreMerry Christmas
Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season. Richard and Me Christmas Morning ~ 1968 Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale
read moreFavorite Toy EVER
I remember when I was little being so excited Christmas eve, that falling asleep was near impossible. My brother, Richard and I would talk back and forth between our twin beds trying to think of what Santa would bring us. One Christmas when I was 5 years old I got a Sketchy Doll… she is the most amazing doll ever as far as I’m concerned. Well, through the years she got misplaced but I never forgot about her. Now fast forward to 2008… my Dad decided to do a little searching around, found her on eBay and...
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