I LooooVe Electricity!!

Never knew just how much you would miss something till it was gone......FOR THREE DAYS IT WAS GONE.....ice, rain, snow.....just miserable.....but then again this is Iowa we are talking about! We got just too much ice for those poor utility poles to handle and they just snapped off.....Yes I am talking the HUGE utility poles.....broke like toothpicks.....over 5000 of em......all I can say is I LOVE POWER!!! 3 days and three kids and 5 family members in one house huddled around a tv and a corn burner and one light.....and no hot water.....makes for a very very long event!! But we did survive, the power is back and we are bearing down for yet another bout of rain, ice, and snow! when will this end?? I WANT SPRING!! Including justa couple of pics I took from inside the porch....did not want my baby Rebel to get wet!!!

So creating was on the back burner for a few days but since then I have been going full speed ahead and havin a blast! I will be posting some new creatings starting tomorrow!!! I am soo excited to share!

HeY Jeri.......

My first official request for a felt bag is finito!!! This one's for you Jeri....I am soo hoping that you like what you see!! Got her colors that she wanted and just went to town and added lots of little touches here and there including a hand stitched handle and button to keep the bag closed! Soo hoping it works for you girl!

Any other requests out there, just throw them my way...would be happy to create a one of a kind just for you!

New bag...new use!

This one is gonna be my diaper/wipes/snacks/money/ shopping with the girlies tote! I just can't keep my hands off this felt...gives me such a sense of accomplishment since I have never once been taught how to amke these....soo free to do whatever I please!

Have been seriously considering doing some of these for friends and family and all my scrappy buddies...PERSONALIZED OF COURSE!! So if you are interested in a one of a kind, please let me know!!!!!!!

STEP AWAY FROM THE FELT........

Seriously can't stop

There is addictive problems here

Gotta keep touching and cutting

And sewing and creating

AND NOW SHARING!

EXPERIMENTING WITH FELT....

Just loving how this lil purse came out for my darling 4 year old...she has been carrying it around...think she likes it. Well I am sure there is much much more of this to come cuz it is very addictive!!

I NeeD more hours in the day.....

to do daily housework....

to play with my children....

to have to myself.....

to JUST CATCH UP ON LIFE!

Ever get that feeling that you are sinking down into the hole of housework? Maybe it's cuz it is just soo darn cold outside that I wanna scrap and snuggle and watch movies and NOT do anything remotely close to cleaning. Maybe the warm temps next week will spark a cleaning frenzy in me.....oooh yeah.....and if any of you have the cell phone number to the cleaning fairy, let me know and I will give her a ring!

Lots and lots going on in the scrappy world tho that make me oooh sooo happy!! New stuff arriving at stores from CHA, being able to create wonderful layouts with all the goodies from my DT spots at The Scrapbook Site, Imagine, Create, Scrap, and ScrapnCircle! I am just having waaay too much fun right now with all this! Will post some layouts for you to peruse...and go check out the above sites for some more FANTASTIC INSPIRATIONS!!

Making a Creative Manifesto

I was soo incrediblely inspired by Ali's newsletter for making a creative manifesto for youself, that I just dove in head first and looooved every inspiring moment of it. Who woulda thunk I could find such relevance in definitons???? I decided to call my manifesto a TesTaMent instead of the traditional manifesto.....I know not why but it fits!! Here is my Testament!!!

My TesTaMeNT

*resolution*announcement*acclamation*deposition*manifesto

I have found my calling in LIFE.......Creating in hopes of INSPIRING!

I want to help others realize their true POTENTIAL for creative success.

Creativity for me is a NATURAL PROCESS...going with what works for me DOES work for me!

Embrace yourself and your creative blessings.

enjoy the process...revel in the results.

Share enthusiasm for your passion and you will SHINE!!

Come on and try out for......

ScrapnCircle.com is having a guest design team call out and we want you!!!! Here are the details!!

We are looking for a Guest Design Team Member for the Month of March.

Do you have what it takes??? I bet you do!!!!

Your challenge is....Create a layout with the theme of *LOVE*. This can be love for your child, your husband or a dear close friend. Of course even those pets count. Your layout must consist of Basic Grey products.. At least 70%. ALL layouts must be created for this challenge and must be NEW. They can not be posted on other sites until the designer for march is chosen. Deadline is the Feb. 25, 2007 by midnight ESTOur current DT will be choosing the winning LO. We will post the winner March 1,2007!

Please upload your entries in the gallery here: You must be a registered member to be eligible for this challenge.http://www.scrapncircle.com/Photopost/showgallery.php?cat=620Winner will have all the luxuries our current DT has. including the DT packet for the month!!

Feel free to ask ??? if you have any!!!

Soooooo ExCiTeD!!!

Just last week i was honored with becoming a member of the design team at THE SCRAPBOOK SITE!! They are a kit site and their kits RAWK! I am sooo totally stoked and honored nad flattered and excited and elated all at the same time! Can't wait to do some inspiring and be inspired as well!!!

And lemme tell ya just how freaky cold it is here...sooo cold that school is delayed! Now that is craziness! In all my years of attending school and my years of my children attending school I can not recall a time where they delayed school due to coooold weather!! -14 this morning with a windchill of -35! BRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Good day to stay inside and scrap till my hearts' content! But can you say cabin fever????

Layouts above are from the ROCKIN kits at IMAGINE, CREATE, SCRAP that we get to work with this month...and for only $20 you can get it, too!! GO CHECK EM OUT!!!