An Early Twilight Christmas

This will be my last post before the holidays, I’ve got a meeting tomorrow in Northern Ontario and then I’m heading home to my parents’ house.  That means a solid 8 hours of driving, but the weather forecast is looking good.

I just had to share this early Christmas gift with all my Twilight-y friends; my friend Darda and I went out last night and she presented me with some homemade gingerbread cookies and a mysterious package wrapped in tissue paper.

I unwrapped the tissue paper, and had I not been buckled into my car seat, would’ve fallen out laughing.

New Moon Chocolates!  This is a big deal, since we Canucks don’t have the novelty items that seem to be really big in the U.S.  We have the t-shirts and the gift packs, but we don’t get the movie-themed food that my neighbors to the South do.  Darda was in the States last weekend for a basketball tournament and saw these and brought them north of the border for me.

Here’s what’s even funnier, and what she doesn’t know yet, since I only opened the package now. 

Darda is die hard Team Jacob; and I, as you all know, Team Edward.

Darda felt that Team Jacob is winning since there are two Jacob chocolates and only one Edward chocolate in the window.

When I opened the bag, I found:

One Bella chocolate…

 

 

 

 

 

 

two Jacob chocolates…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

three Edward chocolates! Team Edward wins again!!

Now pardon me for thinking this is hysterical, but I’m running on about 2 hrs sleep and I had popcorn for dinner because there’s nothing left in my fridge and I’m going out of town tomorrow.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas with your friends and family and I’ll be popping in every now and then (I’ve got a holiday project to share that me and my sister will be completing…lets hope we don’t mess up Mom and Dad’s new kitchen).

Merry Christmas!

Ciao for now,

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You are not getting a Christmas card this year.

 

Not because you were bad.

Not because I don’t like you.

Not because I ran out of stamps.

Not because I don’t wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Just because I ran out of time.

So here’s a video instead.

Ciao for now,

http://www.apaperbuffet.com goes live January 4th, 2010!

That’s right! January 4th, 2010 marks the launch of A Paper Buffet’s independent website!

 

 

I’m very thankful for the success of A Paper Buffet on Etsy over the past year, and will continue to keep a store there.  However, I’ve longed for the opportunity to design a site in my own style.

What will be different about apaperbuffet.com?

• More inventory
• Easy to find categories
• Custom order Gallery
• New projects
• Coupon codes for instant discounts and special offers

and my favourite, shopping in Canadian AND American dollars!

I’m very excited to offer customers more choice on how they shop and the currency they use to pay for their orders.  User accounts will be available, but not mandatory to make a purchase. 

apaperbuffet.com will continue to accept PayPal as it is the most secure payment method available at this time.  Future plans to support Google Checkout when it is available to Canadian sellers are in the works.

You can visit apaperbuffet.com and sign up now for the newsletter.

The newsletter will likely be monthly or quarterly, include tips, tutorials, specials and updates for members, and of course, opportunity for feedback and new products you’d like to see at apaperbuffet.com

Thank you again to all of those who have supported A Paper Buffet over the past year and I look forward to your support as A Paper Buffet grows.

Happy Wednesday!

Ciao for now,

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January 4th, 2010

 

Mark it.

More tomorrow.

Ciao for now,

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“Why do you buy handmade?”

Jewels of Saraswati  (who has some incredible pieces, btw) posted this question in the Etsy forums a few days ago, and to my surprise, my response was quoted along with a handful of others on her blog!

You can check out my, and other’s responses by clicking HERE , but now I’d like to ask the same question of you…why do you buy handmade?

Happy Monday,

Ciao for now,

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“Life is like a box of chocolates…”

A little box of Special Edition Ghirardelli Peppermint chocolates to be exact.

 

 

 

These are for the ladies at The Chop Shoppe and they were super easy to make, I have tons of ideas for these little guys now.

 

Each box can hold up to four little chocolates.  I picked red and white to go with the peppermint chocolate. 

I used SU RR cardstock and ribbon and the DP is American Craft Christmas paper from last year.

You can find the tutorial HERE on SCS, give it a try and come back and show me some pictures!

Got a very busy weekend ahead with 2 Christmas parties, finishing Ethan’s birthday invites, working on some more BIG stuff to share with you soon and maybe, maybe work on my own Christmas cards ;)

Happy Friday!

Ciao for now,

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Birthday Changito for Ethan

A welcomed break from Christmas cards, I set out to make the invitations for my Godson Ethan’s first birthday party in January.

I can’t believe he’s turning one already! “yeah, that’s right, I’m gonna be one!”

This is a picture of him from this summer when he came to my house to have his first time in a pool.

He’s quite the little aqua man now, he loves his swimming lessons.

Ethan’s room is blue and brown, with monkeys, so we kept that theme for his invites.  I knew exactly where to go for the perfect stamp, to the Stampendous Changito line.

I gave Ethan’s mom and dad a few ideas and they picked the Birthday cake stamp, which I think is just perfect!

I wanted a soft vintage feel, because the image itself reminds me of the older cartoons with simple drawings.

I used Bazzil cardstock in Dark Chocolate, Yellow and Salt with some SU Old Olive and I used Very Vanilla instead of a bright white. May Arts celery ribbon was used for the sides.  The DP is…Bo Bunny! you guessed it!! ;)

The layout was loosely CASED from THIS card over at Christine’s Creations…thank you!

I used the nesties to cut out the image, and printed the sentiment on the computer and cut out again with the smaller nestibilities label. 

I watercoloured the image because I really liked the look of it, and used SU Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Old Olive. I used a Martha Stewart Brick marker for the berry and baby monkey’s tongue.

I distressed all the edges with Chocolate chip ink and I’m very pleased with how it turned out!

Now to finish the rest of them, and maybe start my Christmas cards…I know! Pathetic isn’t it?  A card maker who’s been so busy with other people’s orders that I haven’t even made my own Christmas cards yet!

I have another project to finish tonight for the girls at the salon that sells my cards.  I’ve never made it before, but I promise to post it, good or bad! lol

Happy Thursday!

Ciao for now,

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