Note to self: When mailing a letter, postage is required. Happy Tuesday....
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Champagne Sundays and Champagne Birthdays
Happy Sunday! Are you one of those who likes Sunday? or dreads them because Mondays come next? I enjoy my Sundays, and try not to make a habit of dreading Monday morning…although tomorrow for I will be spending 7 hours on the road. I had a co-worker to celebrated “Champagne Sundays”. He and his fiancé would pop a bottle of champagne and celebrate the weekend they had just shared. I think it’s a great way to keep a bit of perspective…although a bottle of Champagne each weekend? Yikes! I think he said after a few weeks, they switched to sparkling wine, lol. I was hopping around SCS yesterday and noticed this...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Squirrel-capades Episode 1: And then there were two…
Anyone who knows me knows I love to garden. If it weren’t for all the upkeep that I don’t really want right now (and the fact that I travel so much), I’d have a house, just so I could have a garden. I make do with container gardens on my balcony; flower boxes, large potters, and a trellis. I love sweet peas, morning glories, hydrangeas and geraniums. Anyone who knows I love to garden knows I hate squirrels. I mean HATE them. London is rampant with squirrels all year round. I hate the noise they make, I hate the trail of peanut shells they leave, I hate their...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Foto Friday # 11- a Calgary Thunderstorm
TGIF!! I know I may say that every week, but today I really mean it…and you can tell because usually this post is up at 8am, but I didn’t even have time to write it earlier in the week and schedule it! I was looking through my photos and found these from my trip out west last summer. Alberta is famous for thunderstorms, they move in VERY quickly. Although I LOVE thunderstorms, I was out there for 5 days, and witnessed 3 storms. The first day I got there I had to drive through one, on the way to a meeting…that wasn’t so much fun. The second one I experienced from my hotel window, which is where these pics are from. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
One Bella; Two Looks
I bet you clicked on this post thinking it was going to be about Bella Swan (it is Twilight Tuesday after all)…but not this time! I’m talking about Stamping Bella! I finally brought home my first Bella stamp; I had been eyeing them for a loooooooong time, but just never got around to ordering any. They’re a wonderful Canadian company with great products, and I just love their style. I found some Bella stamps on my trip to ScrappingGreatDeals, as I mentioned last week. The Bella stamps were one of the things that just jumped into my basket! Remember my rule? For every black and white card I make, I have to make one with...
Monday, March 23, 2009
RAK- Pink Elephant
For the past few weeks, I’ve been participating in the challenges Natasha hosts on her blog Thursdaysweettreats. Two weeks ago, I missed participating in the theme “Artists Safari”; but had to go check out the works of everyone else. That is when I spotted this pink elephant : It was created by Lorrie Veasey, of Our Our Name is Mud. Let me tell you why it caught my eye. When my sister and I were little, and we were sick, hurt, sad or upset, our Dad told us to think of Pink Elephants in the room to make us giggle. It’s something that I, admittedly, have used in my babysitting days. It works. I emailed Lorrie...
Sunday, March 22, 2009
A New Look and a TECC birthday card
You may have noticed…a new banner and blog look! The background is from thecutestblogontheblock, I just picked another background instead of the other Madison Ave look. But I’m most excited about my new banner. If you have a peek at my Etsy store, you can see they match now. The blog banner, Etsy banner and a few other things (business cards, labels and custom order Etsy shopholder) were designed by the wonderful Stacey at Pixel Cafe. She is an absolute delight to work with, and incredibly patient with someone like me who knows NOTHING about graphic design. I sent my new business card to the printer yesterday, they...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Foto Friday # 10 : Hofbrauhaus, Munich, Germany
Here’s my tribute to St. Patty’s day…Munich style. I didn’t get to have a green beer this year, but I did have some great beer while in Germany in September. Hofbrauhaus is a very famous German beer hall and brewery. I had been to a beer garden on my first trip to Germany when I was 16, and couldn’t wait to go back. I dragged my parents there, but in the end, they loved it. It was also hopping because it was two days before Oktoberfest. And much to my dismay…we were leaving for Berlin the day before the opening of the famous fest. I tried so hard to get our travel plans changed, but they were already...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thursdaysweettreats theme: Vibrant Chaotic Rainbows
Rainbow at the lodge where we rent a cottage every year for a week in August. I didn’t realize that the picture of my card for this challenge was cut off in my Tuesday’s post, here it is again, Make sure to check out the Thursdaysweettreats blog to see everyone’s finished pieces! Happy Thursday, Ciao for now,...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Do you know Roy G. Biv?: TTIC 23 and a belated birthday card for Bella (TTIC22)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I wasn’t sure if I would make today’s challenge, but I had a “good luck” stamp that needed to be inked, so here I am! I actually combined two challenges for this card, the TwilightTuesday.com challenge: to incorporate St. Patty’s Day and the Cullens. Also, this week’s theme on Thursdaysweettreats is “Vibrant Chaotic Rainbows”, which I suspect may have been picked to coincide with St. Patty’s day. I was trying to figure out how to incorporate a rainbow into a card and I remembered Mr. Roy G. Biv. Do you know him? I first heard about Mr. Roy G. Biv in grade...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Birthday, birthday and more birthday cards!
Ok, so I intended to make about 12, but only 3 birthday cards are making it to this post for two reasons, 1) I don’t want to be posting at midnight and 2) I’m stuck! I meant to sit down yesterday and make a truckload of cards, for some offline orders I have for my “Oh Shoot Card Kits” but I just wasn’t feeling it. I felt a tickle in my throat and decided to rest, I cannot afford to get sick this week! I ran my errands this morning and was inspired by a trip to Staples! of all places, isn’t it crazy? Unfortunately, that inspiration stopped as soon as I got home and now I’m stuck again. I will share with you what I did manage to...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A Special Edition of Foto Friday: ‘Matt’s Dance’
Please take 4 minutes out of your day to watch this video. I saw this on Natasha’s Thursdaysweettreat blog, and I think it’s incredible. She posted it in relation to inspiration and doing what makes you happy, and what makes you unique (take another 4 minutes out of your day and visit her blog, it’s amazing!). Matt was traveling when his friend said “go over there and do that dance you do” or something like that. He posted it on the internet on a site he used to keep in touch with his family while he was travelling. Someone found it, passed it to someone else, who passed it alone, etc, etc. It caught the eye of the people...
Just popping in!
Just a quick note, this week has been super busy. Work has picked up, had a few custom Etsy orders come in, and all this car shopping has had me running around! I’m looking forward to the weekend, a friend is coming home from B.C. for spring break and I will have time to sit down and create (and make something for this week’s TTIC challenge). Make sure you go over and visit Thursdaysweettreats blog to see everyone’s work, I didn’t have time to submit anything this week, but I’m going over to take a peek right now! Happy Thursday! Ciao for now,...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Shakespeare in Love
Here is another card I’ve made with the sticker quotes; while most focus around friendship, there are a few that speak to love. Put on your sunglasses, there’s lots of bling and sparkles on this one! I used some paper and flowers from my blog candy win c/o TwilightTuesday.com. Before I put the sticker on the paper, I stamped my Unity stamp swirl with Due Drop Memento Rhubarb Stalk; I love the way that stamp ties into the pattern on the red paper. I picked some red paper and glittered the edges for the background of the sentiment. A small rhinestone brad attaches the paper flowers to the satin ribbon. ...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Happy Monday!
I was a bit absent online this weekend, which makes me laugh since I finally! got my computer back and *fingers crossed* it seems to be ok. I received my new SU! order on Thursday and was looking forward to playing and creating some new cards, but then Friday night I decided to go car shopping and start test driving, and well, it stressed me out. I love cars, but the two that I’m comparing are so even on paper, it’s coming down to price and my liking of the vehicle, which is making it hard to pick. I’m going for test drives round two this week, so maybe one will come ahead of the other after that. I spent Saturday afternoon...
