New found love.…

May 18, 2010

Sat­ur­day I took two sol­der­ing classes (101 and 201) at The Crafty Scrap­per from the super tal­ented Trisha Con­lon. I am...

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Doing the major Happy Dance…

Mar 15, 2010

Before I dropped off all the items I was donat­ing to Frisco Resale I decided to stop in and take a look for any old books they might...

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I love Jenni Bowlin and her products…

Mar 12, 2010

Here is a lit­tle sneak peek of a project I cre­ated using lots of Jenni’s new prod­ucts. It will be posted on her...

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New Products I love…

Jan 16, 2010

Since Maya Road sneak peeks will con­tinue Mon­day I thought I would show you a few prod­ucts already revealed that I really...

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Let the sneak peeks begin…

Jan 13, 2010

Oh how I love being on the Maya Road design team espe­cially this time of year when I get to play with all their new release...

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Mittens and Snowflakes

Nov 6, 2009

I love the cuff on these mit­tens. They remind me of when I was around 3 or 4 years old liv­ing in Kit­tery, Maine. One win­ter I...

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Got a pair of plain gloves…

Oct 8, 2009

If not, I found this pair along with pink, brown and navy in the $1 sec­tion at JoAnns. Cut out some flow­ers from cream felt using...

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Altered Vellum Buttons Part 2…

Jul 27, 2009

So last week as I was clean­ing up my work­sta­tion I tossed the vel­lum accented but­tons I made onto a pile of old book pages....

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Mixed Scallop Banner Album…

Jul 24, 2009

Here is the new Maya Road Mixed Scal­lop Ban­ner Album. This album comes with four scal­lop pages, four plain pages and 2 rings. I...

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Vellum Accented Buttons…

Jul 20, 2009

For those of you who loved my Vin­tage But­ton Bou­quet tuto­r­ial here is another take using the clear but­tons. The steps are...

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A new online Class is coming…

Jun 19, 2009

The sen­ti­ment “Home Sweet Home” can make you think of many things… spe­cial items in your home a spring gar­den and most...

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Vintage Button Bouquet…

May 13, 2009

Sim­ple is good and cer­tainly enjoyed. This lit­tle project makes me reflect on all the fun I had with my...

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Happy National Scrapbook Day…

May 2, 2009

Today I finally get to debut my “Vin­tage Sam­pler”. This is the first of many free online work­shops I plan to share. For...

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What a fun weekend…

Oct 13, 2008

This week­end I stayed in Wax­a­hachie with some of the Maya Road girls… Car­o­line, Jes­sica, Aubrey and Wendy. I gotta tell...

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“Home Sweet Home”

Oct 1, 2008

Class Length: 4 Hours Skill: All Levels The sen­ti­ment “Home Sweet Home” can make you think of many things… spe­cial...

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Sprucin’ up the place…

Jul 5, 2008

The buttons run all the way down the front of her skirt and look so pretty when the light hits them. I think the little bird resting on some mother of pearl buttons looks as though she is telling a few of our family secrets.

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I DID IT!!!

Sep 20, 2007

While I was in Beaumont Alan and Ansley switched my scraproom and Ansley's bedroom. I got a bigger scraproom and Ansley got the room with the polka dots painted on the walls (Terri's old room).

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This really is the last post…

Jan 26, 2007

Charm bracelet 1 MR Bottlecap 5 MR Sheer Flowers MR Stamps (stamp onto Sheer Flowers) MR Twill (Journey East Brown) Ledger paper Silver Pipe Cleaner (to use for Monogram) Prima Flower Rhinestone (flower center) Making Memories Glitter (to cover front and back of Sheer Flowers) 10 Buttons (front and back of Sheer Flowers) Floss Whale of a Punch (circle) (Punch 2 circles and adhere one to the bottlecap then using deco scissors trim the second circle then bend edges upward and attach to top of first circle) 5 White Brads 10 jump rings (2 for each Sheer Flower) Crop-a-dile (used to punch a hole into the bottlecap and sheer flowers as well as set brads) Staz On (Timber Brown) Crystal Lacquer (used to adhere glitter to Sheer Flowers) Hot Glue Gun (used to adhere buttons to Sheer Flowers) Deco Scissors (Pinking) Okay I really am off to finish my packing and then to bed.

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