I have been back in the groove!!

And sewing sewing sewing up a storm!!
now that I am not making Christmas gifts,
I now have time to experiment with some new
ideas with fabric!! Started adding slowly to my

ETSY STORE

!!!
Would absolutely love it
if you stopped in and looked around! And
maybe even buy something to support my
insane addiction to that sewing machine!!
I plan on adding more and more each week
because there is just no way I can use all these totes
that I am creating!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

After all, Christmas is all about the children.
Always will be in our family! Got some fantastic
smiles this morning when seeing what Santa had left
for them. We are now buried in wrapping paper, twist
ties, and cardboard boxes, but JOYFUL nonetheless!

I hope that you and your family have the best
holiday season ever!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

4 MORE DAYS...

Till Christmas!!!
I think at this point I am more impatient for it to
get here than the kiddies are!
I loooove the look on their faces after getting
to open all their gifts on Christmas morn.
Of course my scrappiness is slow and few
and far between but I do have a layout
to share with you. The One Little Word Blog
challenge word of the week was HOPE....

Hopefully over the winter break I can get some creating done
while the kids are contently playing with
their new toys!!

Me and My sewing machine...

Does the mention of sharp objects and fingers bother anyone's stomach???

If not have I got a gooood one for you!!!

All was quiet in my home todayaround 1pm...I decided to sit and sew for a bit on a patchwork curtain that I am making for the toyroom...since it is patchwork, lots of different seams to sew over....well my left index finger was holding those seams down so that I could sew over them and that is when it happened.

If you are squeamish.......u might not like to read the next part!!




















My finger somehow got under the needle and then needle came down and WENT COMPLETELY THRU my index finger and came out the other side....we are not talking a nick of the skin or a flesh wound here...I am talkingright smack in the middle of my nail bed on my left index finger is where it entered and it went all the way thru!!! OMG OMG OMG...what do I do now??? I just sat there for a sec in pure amazement at what I had just gotten myself into. Here I am sitting at my sewing machine with my finger completely IMPALED by a needle. I did not feel any real pain at first...just a weird sensation....then I came to! I realized that I HAD TO get my finger off this needle. well my hand was shaking soo bad that I had to prop my foot up on my hand to hold it still, and use the wheel on the sewing machine to make the needle go in reverse and raise...and PULL MY FINGER OFF the needle. I will be just fine for the rest of my life if I never ever have to hear that sound again. I will not describe it to you cuz it was one of the most disgusting things ever!!

PHEW!!! My finger is off the needle now...I look down and right in the middle of my nailbed where the hole from the needle is, there are two threads coming out of my finger!!! Yes that's right girls.....I EVEN SEWED THRU MY FINGER AND THE THREAD WAS STICKING OUT! I can laugh now and I am sure you are all being grossed out...sorry but I had to tell you all this story!!! So I try for a few minutes and finally get the thread out of my fingers and my adrenaline is GOING CRAZY at this point. I finally calm down and realize....DAGNABBIT!!! I NEED A TETANUS!!!So I call the hosital quick and let them know how completely stupid I was today with my sewing machine and the girl on the other line was at first mortified then chuckled right along with me! I am going to go into the doc's office on Monday and get at shot!

MORAL OF THE STORY...
Kids...don't stick your finger underneath a sewing machine needle...IT WILL GET YOU!!

It does not hurt too awful bad right now...just throbbing a lil...took some ibuprofen and it is all good. we will wait and see what it looks like in the morning and see if I need to take some pics and plan a scrappy page!!

I am gonna spill the beans...

even tho I am still nervous as all get out.
I attended my first ever scrapbooking class
last night at my lss to see what the 'classes'
are all about. I loved it and had such a great
time with women I have never even met. I have
been talking for awhile with the owner of the store
and she has been asking if I will TEACH A CLASS!!
For those of you that do not know this is a big,
big, big fear of mine...speaking in front of others!
Well, it's official now!!! My work will be displayed
in the next newsletter and I am set to teach in
JANUARY!!! I am totally freaking out here! I know
that I can do this, tho!! I will be teaching a class
on doing four layouts in one night with felt and paint!
Two of my trademarks...easy right?? The owner took a
few of my layouts and when I went to leave last night,
they were already prominently displayed right by the
door! I am soooo excited! So here I am...conquering
my fear of all fears!! I can do this!!

We weathered the storm...

So far that is...
no power outages...
just lots of pretty pretty ice to look at...
No school today...
delayed already tomorrow...
so no early out...
and now does Averee have school?
Or doesn't she??
Oh the joys of living in Iowa!!





Don't it look purty??

Post full of pics...

Lots of different types of creating for me these days
coming closer to Christmas...
Not a lot of time to type a meaningful post so
I will just post some yummy pics!

something very exciting for me...

is in the works!!
Has to do with conquering my fears...
facing them head on...
Doing what I thought I never could do before.
That is all I will say for now...
cuz I am nervous as all get out...:-)

And I just must share with you this song...
Keeps playing over and over and over in my head...
Think this is some sort of message for me..
Whatever message it is...
I am listening LOUD AND CLEAR!

As promised....

My full view of my wreath!! Posted a class on how to make this wreath over at
THE SCRAPBOOK SITE! All the goodies came from my DT kit there! GO CHECK OUT THEIR KITS HERE!


On a gooood note, we made it thru the ice storm today without losing power! Yippeeeeee! We are all a lil stir crazy but that soon will be cured once we can get outside again!

Soo much to drool over...

Tomorrow is December 1st!
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??
Got some sneaky peeks of my goodies from The Scrapbook Site's
December kit! My FAVE kit so far...YUM YUM YUM!!



Can not wait to post them all but for now we will have to wait till
tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow!

Sew Much to share...

he he he he...
sorry for the pun...could not be resisted. Been going crazy on a new level
with my sewing machine and I just can't seem to stop! I am making
random new things trying them out to see what works for me and what I can
use and what other ppl would like to see! First I found this AWESOME idea
for a thrift store pillowcase tote and COULD NOT RESIST trying it out on
this funky find of a pillowcase...

So what do you think? This is certainly my new LOVE!!! Thrift store finds and yummy fabric!! Can't wait to visit some more thrift stores and antique stores to find me some treasures!
And I will just post some more random pics that make me happy...fabric,
felt, and sewing, oh my!! I got all that pink hued fabric in hopes of inspiring me to try a PATTERN!!



Got these vintage mini frames for $ .38 a piece...and planning on painting them and distressing them with some red!

More love of felt in ETSY!!

Slowing adding some festive felt into my Etsy store!! Go check it out! I am sure you will find something you just can not live without!!

MY ETSY STORE!!

Will be adding more and more as days go by...
the felt bug has once again bitten me!
And I am thoroughly enjoying it!

GUESS WHAT I FOUND??

My mojo...
that's right girls...
it has been missing for near two weeks...
I was crying over this missing mojo...
So I tackled it head on today...
AND I FOUND IT!!
Felt had a lot to do with it...
Helped me break out of my rut!!!
Sneaky peeks of my upcoming mojo....


And not to forget when coming home from the long hospital stay with
my daughter I was greeted with the most gorgeous package from Scraplove
for my new gig there as officially being one of the DT now!! Have not dug too deep yet into the kit but have a couple things to share with you all! You can visit
SCRAPLOVE and find all supplies needed to create this AWESOME art folder that
I made for my very artistic and creative four year old so that we have a safe
place to keep her masterpieces!!

Been a very very long week...

Our youngest was hospitalized for days...
we are all soo thankful to have her home now...
so if I am behind on anything...
just knwo that I will get caught up...
specially in all aspects creatively!
I soo miss it...
going on a one week hiadus is the longest streak
of no creativity for me in quite a long time...
I am ready to SCRAP!!
But first must get back to normal...
Wish me luck!!

Averee is in love...

with her new apron...
decided to try this with no pattern...
and it worked...
as you can see on the face of a very happy lil gal!!

Adding to my Etsy...

trying the fabric flowers...
distressing is sooo my thing...
wanting to share the flowers with you all...
and see what you think...
CHECK THEM OUT HERE!!!

i am longing for normalcy...

I want no more sick kids...
no more drama of the hospital...
just happy kids...
no more sleepless nights...
JUST NORMAL DAYS!!
Locking myself in the house this weekend...
to keep germs away from Kamy...
so maybe just maybe I will get some much
needed scrappy therapy in!!
Wish me luck!!

Sneaky Peeks...

of my art journal...
just to assure GiGi that I did not forget...
love loving this journey of art...
feels soo free..
more to come later!!!

SIS Challenge from Lucy...

I adore this girls' work...
I can not for the life of me emulate
her style...
she has such a knack for the whimsy...
I fell like I am in a true storybook when I
see her work!!
go check it out HERE!!!! and see for
yourself!
So I tried her challenge and I must admit I
like what I created....BUT IT IS NO LUCY!!!
Here is my take on the challenge...



I had been working on this layout for soo long...
that i am ready to move on and try one of these again!!

Just 'bout SOLD OUT...

Started with lots of different sets of
felt flowers over at Treasured Scrapbooking...
NOW THERE ARE ONLY FIVE SETS LEFT!!!
Make sure you go and visit and snag your own
personal, unique to you sets of
FELT FLOWERS before they are gone!!!

So I did not win....

the Bad Girls Top Designer...
ho hum...
what is a girl to do???
Well for one thing, be grateful
that I made it thru to the top ten...
I did not for one minute feel upset...
Weird, huh??
It actually made me fell like scrapping even more...
and that is SOOOOOOO why I scrap...
for the pure pleasure!
I still will be active over at Bad Girls...
for sure I will...
they have a super talented gang there...

s for me and my scrap creations...
that has been put on a major hold right now...
u know how some peeps freakishly spring clean???
well I am freakin FALL Cleaning!!
Not sure why....
Living room is all rearranged...
ALL my scrappy stuff has been re organized!
Soon soon soon I will be ready for a power hour
of doing nothing but listening to tv and
scrapping the midnight oil!!

Saw this 7 Gypsies Card Holder on Ali Edward's Blog...
THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR ME!!!
I AM DYING TO GET MY HANDS ON ONE!!!
Hopefully one of my fave online stores
will be getting this bad boy in!!

CLASS #6, DONE!!!

The last and final class of the Bad Girls Top Designer contest is now complete...
I am all done...
Uploaded...



and now I wait...
this part I can handle...
LOVED participating in the classes...
they pushed me to a level of scrapping
that I did not know was deep down inside...
and I will forever look at creating in a
different light!
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
BAD GIRLS!!!
YOU RAWK!!!

trying something different...

well a lot different...
used myself as a stick person flower??
I just had to try it...
see what the results would bring me...
and I must say I look pretty darn hilarious!

Created above layout for the week two challenges over at Scrap In Style

And here is another for Gigi Kennedy's challenge to use song lyrics...

oh and in other news...
I MADE IT TO THE TOP TEN AT !!!!
BADGIRLSKITS.COM
I am soooo floored...
soo honored...
sooo shocked...
then I got the opportunity to talk to the owner, Wendy Rago, on the telephone...
could she have been any sweeter??
I dont think so...
She was truly a breath of fresh air for this industry we are soo deeply devoted to!
I felt like I was chatting with a long lost friend!
Thanks for brightening my day Wendy!!

I just hafta....

share...
I love me a lil Micheal!
and during my daily stalking of blogs
I come across GiGi's blog and see that
she has Michael on her blog, too!!!
How stinkin koooool is this??
We are destined one day to meet...
so I just had to share with the rest of you this man...
he is a total crooner!

Class #5 is in the books for me...

finished my layout for Class #5 at Bad Girls Kits!
Unity was the topic of the class...
used circles as a repetitive theme...



that paper was provided to me from the lovely Jeri
Over at Scrap N Circle for my DT projects for October!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND some exciting things going on for me...
my handmade felt flowers are being sold
at TREASURED SCRAPBOOKING!!
Go get them now before they are sold out...
all sets are totally unique, none alike!
They will be one of a kind sets for your scrappy pages!

I made my own version of....

a clip it up...I have no room on my desk for one of those...
although they are sooo kool...
and soo pricey....
and sooo what I wanted for my birthday...
it just ain't happenin...
not enuff space....
so I improvised
and for $12 this is what I gots....


Love that I did this myself...
if you want the supplies list, gimmie a holler!

Off to Round #5

over at Badgirls Kits!! I am again soooo freeeeekin excited to be moving on to the next round! this next class is all about unity so this will certainly be another awesome learning experience and I am hoping to get started on something of an idea tomorrow!!
Posting a few pics of the yumminess from The Scrapbook Site's lovely October kits...The barndoor kit is ALREADY SOLD OUT!!! I am not suprised...the colors in the kit are sooo amazing!
YES I KNOW.....stunningly enuff I did some cards!!



Now here is my fave project of the kit....you get all these wonderful shaped leaves included with Barndoor kit and I decided how fun would it be to make a lil mini album with them???

Soo much going on...

that I forgot to blog...
will ya forgive me?? LOL!!
Will just show you by pictures what has been happenin
in my neck of the woods...

Raising a devil fairy is too easy when she is this dang cute...


And keeping the Phantom of death away from pretty princesses...


And don't forget there is Class #4 at BadGirls!!!
Here is my entry for the white space class..WISH ME SOME LUCK!!


I will post some other creations I have been working on for The Scrapbook Site soon! The two kits for October are yummmmilicious!!