I've been around

Besides the recent Bread Crumb series, I haven’t been spending much time updating the blog with current post but I have been around…on other blogs. If you’re interested:

The gals over at Fave Crafts asked me to submit a valentine how-to for their readers. I shared how to make your very own Love Mitts right HERE.

I also shared 5 of my current favorite blogs on the Fave Crafts blog HERE (you’ll have to scroll down to my name)

I helped my friend Melanie spice up the look of her blog by designing for her, a new stripey blog header and pinwheel background. Check it out on, You are my Fave. (image of Melanie above, found on her blog).

Also, on my kiddie-projects blog; Make Monthly, I have posted a few ideas/tutorials for parents and their children to do together.

In the month of Love we made Conversation Hearts from scratch with custom love messages.

We also created some Very Literal Love Notes which were meant as Valentines but could actually be sent to a certain sweetie anytime of the year!

Finally, to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss today, (and because we had some Dr. Seuss book covers lying around from another project) we constructed our own Dr. Seuss Sketch books.

TTFN…until tomorrow…or next week…or next month…only time will tell.

Bread Crumbs : Decision Made

I need to buy skates tomorrow

Bread Crumbs : I'm Stickin' with You

He brings me sugar that loves me back.

Bread Crumbs : Moonbeaming

I decided to begin a weekly series called Bread Crumbs. Once a week, (every Monday perhaps…but I’m not holding myself to that) I will post an image or images from somewhere I have been—physically or mentally— from the previous week. This is my attempt to loosely catalog some of the simpler, unplanned moments in my life that don’t seem to be momentous enough for its own blog post or journal entry yet, ironically, are the things that add the most richness to my experience as a human being, for one reason or another. {FINE PRINT} Keep in mind that I am not a photographer nor do I calim to be so, although these posts will most often be image focused, the idea is to center-in on the story the image tells. This therefore gives me the license to produce and post blurry, grainy, uncropped, out of focus, unedited images and/or anything of the like as desired or as laziness permits at time of post. You have been cautioned.

{MOONBEAMING}

I was convinced we should take a picture of this year’s [official] biggest and brightest full moon.

On the porch at 2 am in a pea coat as an attempt to cover the undies...

feet swimming in a pool of empty shoe space—credit to the hubbsy’s sneakers...

I didn’t notice the 3 gentleman chatting only one house down until about 5 shots later…

giggles kept me awake for another hour.

twenty-ten

Well, well, well, if it isn't the year 2010!

So I have high hopes for this New Year. The good old chalkboard is chock-full (pun intended) of to-do options for '10. Unfortunately, I'm still working out the kinks—first resolution: make resolutions. At this rate, I'm thinking my redesigned life will start sometime in February. I have a lot of the usual goals in mind, things dealing with health, finances and organization but I thought I'd share a few things that I am thinking of implementing in my new life that I am REALLY looking forward to.

#1- Sleeping more

#2- Less multi-tasking

#3- Getting dressed EVERY morning (the real reason I'm putting the resolution task off until February)

What do you think? I threw an ambitious one in there for you with #3. Another ambitious—although unrealistic—goal I have for this year is to become a roller derby doll...I should probably invest in some skates first though. Happy Twenty Ten!

Merry and Bright...Round 2

Last year I had the opportunity to create a holiday greeting card for an electrical company and this year they invited me back for a second round. I used the same "Merry and Bright" slogan that I used on last years greeting but unlike last years card, there was a bit more emphasis on the "Merry" rather than the "Bright."

The card pulls out to reveal three strands of holiday lights with the text "Peace and Light..." At closer inspection the receiver will see the light bulbs are actually just holes in the paper which revel the color from the page below.

Opening the card entirely, reveals the classic merry message.

I couldn't figure out why my right arm was so sore the day after completing these cards then Jon suggested that it might have something to do with die cutting over 1,000 little circles by hand...oh yeah, that might have something to do with it.

Marshy Mallows

December, day 8, we made homemade marshmallows as part of our 2009 activity advent. We haven't really stopped making them since.

For activity advent day 13, we gifted some of these goodies to our neighbors.

We've made vanilla, peppermint and almond flavors...i diggin' on the almond. If your holiday agenda simply won't tolerate another to-do, consider this project your new year's resolution.

winter wonderland

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to create a Christmas dinner table center piece. I decided to do winter terrariums because I do love terrariums so!

I made some season appropriate woodsy scenes using dirt, rocks, moss and a couple different woodland creatures like bears and moose and of course a bit of authentic fake snow!

Sometimes, when it comes to crafty projects, I get these, (what I think are) really fantastic ideas but then when it comes to executing those ideas I end up with something that looks like my 3 year old son created. This time I got lucky and ended up with something I actually like the look of.

Now these winter wonderlands adorn my home and will be here all season long!