Right Now...

Saw this on Holly's blog and I just couldn't resist. I know everyone's been doing this lately!

Outside My Window: at work is a lady on her 3rd floor balcony watering her plants with a pink watering can.

I Am Thinking About: my final exam in my Summer class- Oceanography- what a waste of time!

I Am Thankful: for my boyfriend and my family.

From The Kitchen: nothing, really. I had a bunch of pasta dishes while my family was out of town though. A bit sick of them...lol. I mean the pasta, not my family!

I Am Wearing: black jeans from PacSun (the only brand my silly,sensitive self can tolerate), a bright blue tank from Forever 21 that only cost like $3.50 (love that store!), and a pink short sleeved American Eagle hoodie that I got on sale a year ago.

I Am Creating: Happy Mail presents and FRIENDS swaps. I just finished Ryan's firefighter quilt (pics soon, I swear!)

I Am Going: TO VIRGINIA NEXT THURSDAY FOR A WEEK TO SEE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, RYAN!!! WOOT!

Around The House: cat hair, fabric scraps, and empty juice boxes (I'm addicted to the Juicy Juice Strawberry Banana ones, lol)

One of My Favorite Things: the beach and I haven't been yet this year. Hopefully going to the Outer Banks in North Carolina when I go visit Ryan.

A Few Plans for the Rest of the Week: crafting of course, no yard sales though b/c I need to save my $ for once, and heading down to my Grandmother's house in Connecticut to show her the quilt and spend some time together.

Woohoo!

In case you can't tell (which I highly doubt, lol), I have a new blog design, thanks to the amazing Jenny Fowler! She is such a sweetie! Thanks girly!

Sorry, I haven't posted in awhile but since I have a pretty blog now I feel a lot more motivated to post more often. Once the rain finally stops I will take pictures of all my newest finds- including loads of vintage fabric, books, and the like. I also have swap pictures to post too! It's hard to take decent pics in such ucky weather though.

Revamp

I really am in need of a blog renovation. The format I have currently is bothering me seriously beause it looks so amatuer-ish.

Anyone have any suggestions on who could do it for me??? I know there are so many great artists and web designers out there.

Help! :)

Reposting this!!! Free Gift!

I signed up to do the Pay It Forward swap on Wanda's blog awhile back.

Here are the rules in case you haven't seen this:The first 3 people who leave me a comment on this post only saying you want to play by "paying it forward" will receive a handmade item from me sometime in the next 3 months. Just one day, out of the blue, at no cost to you, a special something will arrive in your mailbox. Won't this be a great way to make your day?!!FOR FREE!!!The catch is that you must choose to participate in this round robin of giving... by giving yourself and posting the "Pay It Forward Challenge" on your blog. (But, make sure to leave some type of contact info-email so I can get a hold of you for the address...)

COME ON AND SIGN UP PLEASE!!! I still have no one who wants to do this. Honestly, if it comes down to it I am just going to have to pick 3 people who I have addresses from already from before. LOL.

I just can't stop

Oy, I joined another swap!!! :)

Majestic Feathers Tag Swap

How could I resist getting involved in another tag swap, especially one that Jenny Fowler is hosting. Easy... I can't!!! Lol.

I got started on the tags backgrounds for these tags and the Sweet Sentiments one. I think I was doing it just to procrastinate since I have 4 papers and a project to do within these last 8 days of classes...

Sweet Sentiments Tag Swap

I love SwapDex!!! It lead me to this oh-so-cute tag book swap hosted by Mary Ann. I am so excited to be a part of this.

Pay It Forward

I signed up to do the Pay It Forward swap on Wanda's blog today.

Here are the rules in case you haven't seen this:

The first 3 people who leave me a comment on this post only saying you want to play by "paying it forward" will receive a handmade item from me sometime in the next 3 months. Just one day, out of the blue, at no cost to you, a special something will arrive in your mailbox. Won't this be a great way to make your day?!!

FOR FREE!!!

The catch is that you must choose to participate in this round robin of giving... by giving yourself and posting the "Pay It Forward Challenge" on your blog. (But, make sure to leave some type of contact info-email so I can get a hold of you for the address...)

I was Tagged...

So Wanda tagged me with this little task to do. I have to go to my sixth photo folder and post the sixth picture in that folder. Let's see....

Oh boy...I took this picture back in January because I was trying to get a shot of my new highlights and new haircut to send to my boyfriend. This pic looks like it belongs on MySpace...lol.

Thanks for tagging me Wanda! I tag Jenny, Heidi, Megan, Sandy, Karla, and Robin.

OWOH Giveaway Winner!

Much to my surprise I won two giveaways from the One World, One Heart blog giveaway event. My first prize was this darling little house ornament from Carla of http://collagecat.typepad.com.

And from Mary Kadry I won a great box full of supplies that I am soooo excited about!!!
Look how pretty!




Thank you both so much for your generosity. I can not wait to participate again next year and find even more great blogs to explore.

Puppy Love Tag Book

I was invited by Karla Nathan to participate in her Puppy Love tag swap awhile back and recently received the finished product back from her. Every tag I got was so beautifully done and I am very honored to have such great work in my collection now. Thank you all so much for the hard work you put into each tag



This is how my package arrived. It was very pretty and had great goodies on top that I can't wait to use in my projects.

Karla bound all the tag books together and added cute little extras like flowers and a red plastic Scottie.

Karla handmade about 60 covers for the tag books. Look how gorgeous! All those little tiny hearts are hand drawn and hand painted!!!



This amazing 3-D tag was made by Andrea Tarling of vintagebellastudio


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The back is just as pretty and detailed as the front.

Karoline Simmons also made a 3-D tag. Aren't these kids the most darling!


Mahala made her tag so texturally interesting and the colors are my favorite combination.

OOOH! When I saw Cheryl post about these tags on her blog, I started wishing very hard that I would be one of the lucky 6 to get one and I WAS!!!

Kana used the prettiest flocked paper for her background.

She also used one of my favorite pictures on the backside. How romantic!

Look at these details: she glued confetti sized dog bones to the baker's twine. How delicate!

And last but not least was this beauty made by Debe Leone. That stamp on the back is very pretty; I would love to find it somewhere.



Thank you all so much once again! I love this book so much I can't bear to hide it away until next Valentine's season...

I Am So Sorry!!!

I know, I know...I said I would pick a winner on Friday night but I didn't. I was so wrapped up in all the awesome things my BF had planned for us and didn't have access to a computer. Please accept my apologies and to help convey them I also drew a number for a second, smaller giftie!

First Giveaway Box goes to:

"Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

5

Timestamp: 2009-02-18 03:07:19 UTC"

That would be....Robin of ThriftyMissPriss!

2nd Giveaway goes to:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6 

Timestamp: 2009-02-18 03:12:35 UTC

Jenny Fowler of Fated Follies!!!


I swear that next time I do a giveaway I will stick to my schedule better! Oh well, it was a learning experience....

Alrighty! That's all folks! I will be picking a giveaway winner randomly tomm. evening. Most likely have my bf put the comments in his brand new firefighter helmet (that he would love to marry, in fact) and I will post the winner on Sat. morn.

Since there were so few comments, ya'll have a great chance in winning. 1 in 7, woohoo! Lol.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Puppy Love #2 and a Giveaway!

So, I know I said that I would post pictures of the last 3 tags for Karla's Puppy Love Tag Swap but I forgot to take pics. I was in such a hurry to get them done and out the door that it didn't even cross my mind. Oh well, maybe I will find out who has them in their tag book and I can snag a pic from them.

Also, I just realized that I have been blogging (not very well) for a year as of yesterday! Therefore, I feel a giveaway is in order. I don't have pics just yet but I will pull together a great assortment of ephemera, buttons, papers, trinkets, bits, baubles, etc. Spread the word!!!

All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS post and I will close comments on Thursday night at 10:00 EST. On Friday, I am flying down to Virginia to spend Valentine's Day with my BF and I will have him pick a number for me Sat. morn. I will post to let the winner know. Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you. Haha, I just realized that this is my first giveaway ever! Too funny.