Memorial Day Weekend (Yipee!) & Teacher Gifts

I LOVE a three-day weekend! Especially since we only have 4 days of school left when we go back next week :)This weekend I plan to "stimulate the economy" and several items on my list are teacher gifts. I wanted to get my dd's teacher a nice gift card so I made a card and matching pillow box to put the gift card in. I LOVE this kit called "Imagine That" by Robin Carlton & Misty Cato, there are

Summer Journal

Got another quick project to add for the Sweet Shoppe. If you have never been there, you have GOT to go look at the kits..... I love EVERY kit those girls put out!!!Here's a project I did with Julie's Wildflower Whimsy Kit. It's a summer journal for my daughter to keep up with her writing over summer vacation. She loves to write stories and draw so I thought she needed something cute and summery

Pinch Me!

I am SOOOO excited! I got some great news early this week and have had to hold it in all week, but now the cat is out of the bag....check this out (the very bottom row):My Dream TeamYipee!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE SSD!!!! I am one lucky girl to get to work with all these amazing designers!I've gotten two projects done for them so far:This card was made with the Skippy Doo Da Kit by Lauren Grier and,

Patience... now!

During a morning walk I saw this butterfly trying to fly and I believe it had just emerged from its chrysalis. It took me about 10 minutes to get shots of the open wings, as they flap so fast and stay closed for a long time afterwards, and all I needed was a small action, the butterfly to move its wings! That was a test of patience, which is not one of my best abilities...This reminds me of

Projects!

I've got a few projects to share - The first is a tutorial I did for SBB, I thought this would make a neat teacher gift since school will be out soon. I used Ali Folendore's Teacher's Pet Kit for this altered mini-clipboard.This is another project for SBB, this altered frame was for the April issue of Tid-Bytes Magazine. You can find the tutorial for this project there.I LOVE this month's

My first Mother's Day

I became a mom ten years ago and my oldest son was only a week old... time flies... Yes, he turned 10 this week... The other day we were shopping for Winter clothes and he wanted to try on the clothes alone in the dressing room. I told him I'd be waiting at the cashier... lost count of how many times I turned around to check if he was coming...You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body

BLOG PARTY!!!!!

It's a Prima Hybrid BLOG PARTY!! Below you will find my FREE template download and the links to the other flowergirls and moderators who have free templates at their blogs too. Also, see below for my Altered Challenge at PH with a chance to win a $20 Prima Hybrid Prize package!!!!! Here's the template and download (I used the header I created for my blog as inspiration):Download Here: Cindy

A little project and Blog Party info...

{Photo removed for publication}Got a new tutorial for this Notecard project in the latest Fresh Cuts Newsletter at Prima Hybrid. You can go here to sign up for the newsletter, it always has great tutorials and great info.Also, tomorrow we are having another Blog Party at Prima Hybrid!!!! I'll post a link to all the Flower Girls' Blogs where you can go and get a free goody at each blog! You don't