My Inner Martha

Cowboy Cookies and Chocolates

2012-02-26T08:37:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I threw a baby shower for a friend having a baby boy. Her nursery is cowboy themed, so we had a cowboy diaper roundup! I made cookies, cake, a diaper cake, chocolates... it was kitchen mayhem! But the shower was fun, so here's a peek at the cookies and chocolates I made...

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There were lassos with "Howdy" (that matched the invites and top of the diaper cake)...

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There were stars with little cowboy babies on them...

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There were plaid stars...

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And there were chocolate and white chocolate stars with dulce de lechce filling!

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Do you see how SPARKLY everything is???? I love my luster dust!! SO fun! I used blue and white sparkle!! Hee hee!

Another Baby Album

2012-02-20T09:24:00.000-08:00

Right now all my friends seem to be sprouting babies! I had a baby shower last night to attend, so I sat down yesterday and whipped out this album for the mom-to-be and her precious baby girl!

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Lots of pink and brown!! I have to admit, it's nice to be able to whip something like this up in a matter of a couple hours. It makes gift giving so much easier! I used to agonize over every single page, but now I have learned what works and what doesn't, and the process is so much more streamlined! I watched a few episodes of Cake Boss on Netflix and crafted away. It was awesome!!

Inspiring Myself...

2012-01-21T09:23:00.000-08:00

My treadmill is in the dormer of the craft room, and it's my little workout nook. I have been wanting to make shadow boxes for my craft room for a few years now, but this phrase made me think that it would be nice to have a shadow box in my workout corner!! Inspiration in more ways than one! I also made this one, which I can write on with a dry erase marker...

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LOL! It's fun! I got this sheet off a "goals" pad from Staples that I thought was fun and refreshing. So now I have a little reminder of the couple things I want to accomplish each day! I won't change it every day, but putting up general things inspires me. Like... "Today I will Work Out and Be Happy"

Yes, I am awesome!

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Peppernuts!!

2011-12-22T12:16:00.000-08:00

Do you know how hard it is to find Anise Oil in the town of Bozeman, MT? Very. We even looked online, but had a hard time finding it in the quantities we wanted (read: less than $30 worth). We did find it at a natural market here, though, and Christmas was saved!!

Ah, the smell of peppernuts makes the holidays officially here!

Sneak Peek of the Christmas Cards!!

2011-12-20T21:59:00.001-08:00

I am crafting again!! In fact, I even made Christmas Cards again this year!! Now, with 5 days to Christmas, we'll see if they get sent out, but they have been made!! Here's a sneak peek for you!

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Merry Christmas!!

Last Minute Baby Gift...

2011-10-23T18:26:00.001-07:00

Friends of ours are having a baby and their shower was last night. I realized yesterday morning that I didn't yet have a gift. They aren't finding out if the baby is a boy or girl, and I hate generic baby gift shopping, so here's what I put together yesterday afternoon to give...

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Teacher Cookies

2011-09-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

Eliana was excited to present the cookies we made to her teacher the first day of school. These are the ones we picked out to give her...

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We packaged them up in cellophane like so...

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and then put them in a popcorn container along side a cute card!

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I hope her teacher liked them! If not, I guess that's fine... We had fun making them together!

Feels like FALL!!

2011-09-02T19:17:00.000-07:00

It's starting to feel like fall here in Montana, and the crafty crafter in me couldn't help but make some fall cookies to celebrate! We have some...

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Plump Pumpkins

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Wise Old Owls

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And Polka Dots and Plaid

Eliana is very excited to present some of these to her teacher on the first day of school. I guess that means I'll be coming up with some creative packaging, then! In the meantime, it sure was fun to play with frosting again!

This is why I don't sew...

2011-07-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

I believe I have shared with you my guidelines for sewing in the past. If I...

1. Don't have to measure

2. Don't have to use a pattern

3. Don't have to use pins

... then I will consider making it. Of course, the real reason I don't sew is that my brother, Robert, can take a sheet of plywood and some fabric and do the sort of magic that turns this...

... into this.

Yep. That's why I don't sew. Because who is going to compete with that?? He made the bed skirt, comforter, pillows, and headboard, plus a matching window seat cushion. Eliana's room is now fit for a princess, all thanks to Uncle Robert. Best. Uncle. Ever.

New / Old Necklace

2011-04-28T16:54:00.000-07:00

I played in my craft room a bit last night and came up with this fun asymmetrical necklace using a vintage necklace and some new beads. I've had all the components for a while, but it wasn't until Tuesday that my friend, Amber, and I decided that this is what I should do with it. And I love it!! I'm wearing it today, in fact!

I told you...

2010-12-17T10:07:00.001-08:00

I told you I would make these cookies....

Then I couldn't find a snowglobe cookie cutter and I couldn't find any snowflake sprinkles... I finally found the snowflakes... and decided to make my own snowglobe cookie cutter! It really ended up being quite simple... just take a circle cookie cutter and bend it in 4 places to make a base. The top sort of adjusts itself, so it's easy to get the right shape!

I used my favorite sugar cookie recipe, though you can't fit too many on a cookie sheet!

Of course, the best part for Ellie was watching them bake. She just parked herself in front of the oven for a while!

Looking good, Mom!

The baked cookies...

This year I did something different than I've ever done before... I put my frosting in bottles instead of in decorator's bags. It was a great way to decorate quickly! I will definitely use this idea again if I'm working with color flow frosting!

One step at a time... first the base of the snowglobe, frosted and sugared immediately.

Then the top of the snowglobe, complete with gingerbread men, snowflakes, and course sugar snow!

Finish it off with some white frosting and non pareil snow and you have a very fun cookie!!

They were very fun to make, and pretty darn cute, too!!

The 2010 Snow Day Album

2010-12-07T03:33:00.000-08:00

Last year I made a December Daily album. This year we are having a bit of a non-traditional Christmas, with almost no decorations, altered schedules, and the like. I didn't want to give up Christmas completely, but didn't see doing activities and taking pictures, etc, in my future, either. So I decided to make a little journal about what we do on the "snow days" - the days we're stuck inside the condo!

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It's a spring line, but I thought it was fun and festive for Christmas, too.

I have a new craft room!

2010-12-05T15:28:00.000-08:00

Wanna see it??? Here you go...

What? It doesn't look like much of a craft room?? Well, it's what I've got right now, and it's keeping me sane! Here's a look inside...

It's kind of hard having the living room, dining room, two offices, and a craft room all crammed into one small living area. This has ended being a good solution, since it becomes my work space when I flip over the top, storage inside, and an ottoman / coffee table when not being used for crafting. =D And when we finally move out and into our new house, it will go in my new Mary Kay office!!

More Gummy Pops

2010-12-02T01:45:00.000-08:00

One of the things we picked up when we were making our Gumdrop Pops was a container of gummy letters. I thought it might have some fun shapes in it. Turns out, P is the perfect shape for a scarf on a gumdrop snowman. =D

Because that was the only letter we used in our gumdrop pops, we had a few letters left over. I decided to use those to make more pops - festive words this time!

I used words like "Merry" and "Happy" and "Ho Ho Ho" and "Peace" and "Joy" and "Noel" - How much more festive can you get??

Christmas Cards

2010-12-01T05:42:00.000-08:00

I bought a holiday stamp set a few months back in anticipation of making some fun Christmas cards for my Mary Kay clients. I thought maybe I'd get some Copic coloring in on these, but since I can't find my Copic markers after the recent move, I found an alternate idea.

I used a Martha Stewart anywhere punch to punch windows in the card, then went for a simple graphic card with a black image (strategically colored) and a sentiment stamped red paper strip inside behind the window. They were simple to put together, and I really like how they turned out! I managed to turn out 40 or so of them in an evening!

I'm feeling crafty

2010-11-30T07:39:00.000-08:00

... but am really in no position for craftiness. I'm sitting in a little 2 bedroom condo, surrounded by boxes (only one of which contains craft things - and not the helpful sort!) and I want to craft. I believe tomorrow I am meeting up with Amber to make some pies, so that will help. But oh, how I want to craft!

And so, my attention is turned to the sort of crafting I have always wanted to do and never done... I want to use chocolate transfer sheets on truffles. Yes, I want to! I have Christmas goodies to make this year, so perhaps some finely made truffles with beautiful chocolate transfers will be in the making.

I'm also going to be making these cute snowglobe cookies this year! I've got almost all the decorations for it so far... all that's needed now is the little snowflakes! I've found them, I just have to order them...

Aren't they cute?!

Gumdrop Pops

2010-11-29T08:29:00.000-08:00

I was inspired by Martha Stewart and these cuties, so Ellie and I sat down last night and decided to make our own gummy pops. We started with this:

and came up with things like these:

We had a lot of fun putting them together, and decided they'd make cute additions to Christmas gifts for Eliana's friends this year!

The NEW Craft Room!

2010-10-24T08:48:00.000-07:00

It's taking shape...

My new craft room will be in the bonus room above the garage of the new house. I am SO excited about it!! Here's what it looks like right now...

See this space??

Our builder is still trying to figure out a way to put a dumb waiter in for my to haul my crafting stuff up from the garage instead of having to drag it up the stairs... Wouldn't that be AWESOME! Of course, it's still a pipe dream at this point, but a girl can dream, right??

I couldn't take it any more....

2010-10-22T08:42:00.000-07:00

I needed to craft. NEEDED to craft. Mind you, I have only a few craft supplies out any more, but I had enough to put this together the other night:

I played with a few supplies from the last kit I got (have I mentioned that I think kits are marvelous?) and it was nice to craft again. I miss my craft space. Can't wait for the new one! It's taking shape in the new house, so I'll have to share as it comes together!

A distracted afternoon....

2010-09-06T19:08:00.001-07:00

Here's a little album I accidentally put together one afternoon while I was cleaning the kitchen before we went to Texas. Oops! Guess I got distracted. It was quick and easy, though, and fun to put together. =D

I am only scrapping old pictures on the off times that I actually scrap these days. I am resolved not to print any new pictures until we move into the new house, which won't be for several months yet. There you go! A packed up craft room and no new pictures lead to this!

Apple Surprise

2010-08-23T20:44:00.000-07:00

I came home from a few weeks in Texas and made dinner. We had French Toast and Apple Surprise! I got the idea from Martha Stewart Living this month and modified it to fit my plan. See, on the plate it just looks like an apple! Inside, though, is a surprise....

First you take an apple, cut off the top, and scoop out the insides. I put the insides in a pan and simmered them with some cinnamon and sugar to make some syrup for the French Toast.

Then you fill the apple with whatever. Martha recommended caramel. I filled them with homemade apple sauce and cinnamon.

I added a little cinnamon stick and apple heart for garnish. =D Isn't it cute?

Then I put the lid back on it to add to the surprise.

Eliana thought it was great, and we all got to eat our apple bowls after the applesauce was gone!

The "Real" Cookies...

2010-07-18T21:41:00.000-07:00

I made practice cookies the other day, and it's a good thing I did, because the real cookies turned out well! If I hadn't practiced, the princesses would have turned out like my practice princesses (which were too awful to photograph!), and instead they turned out like this:

There were SPARKLY wands, too!

And crowns! Don't forget the crowns!

I am convinced I could do better at decorating cookies, but that would take more practice and time and, well, I have other things to do. So I'll just be glad these turned out like they did and enjoy the fact that Eliana got to celebrate her 4th birthday with SPARKLY, GLITTERY cookies!!

Before and After... A Birthday Cake

2010-07-16T20:01:00.000-07:00

Back in October, I got Eliana's birthday supplies, including a Wilton Crown cake pan. Now, I've never made a shaped cake before, and I haven't even really made cake since Ellie was born, since I'm a big fan of the cupcakes. This year, though, I gave it a try. Here's the before:

(I even cut a cardboard platter and covered it in foil to hold the cake! I was proud of myself for that one...)

And here's the after...

I'm pretty pleased with how the final cake turned out, but for a while there I was really concerned! I made my first try at quick pour fondant, and it was definitely a FAIL! It started to pour fine, but cooled and hardened much quicker than I expected, and ended up being a sticky, lumpy mess on the top of the cake! ACK! Fortunately, it was still malleable enough that I could kind of push it across the cake and cut around the edges and then make a batch of color flow frosting to fill over top and hide it. Whew! It was a close one. Now we'll see how bad it is when I actually cut into the cake tomorrow morning! Ha!

Practice...

2010-07-10T12:44:00.001-07:00

We've got a 4 year old princess birthday party coming up at our house in a week, so the preparations are under way. Part of the prep work includes making sugar cookies, so I did that the other day. Not trusting my rusty color fill technique, I decided to make a few practice cookies with the rejects that were slightly dark. They didn't all turn out great, but I was really excited to see how well the crowns and stars did! The princesses didn't get photographed, because they needed a lot more practice! The good news is that these turned out not only pretty, but tasty, too!

Celebrate!

2010-07-02T03:24:00.000-07:00

With 4th of July approaching, I took a few moments to make some celebratory cards. I used one of the Scenic Route strip papers that I love so much and one of my Cuttlebug dies, and whipped up a few cards in a matter of minutes! I love how having the right tools makes for quick cards!

You're a STAR!

2010-06-26T10:26:00.000-07:00

On Thursday night I was in an aerial dance performance. The dancers put together a thank you gift for our choreographer, and I made a card for all of us to sign. I had a ton of fun making this card, and it reminded me how much I miss crafting! Here it is...

Outside...

Inside...

I think this is the first time I've thought to emboss the front of an acetate card, and I love the effect!

Here's the envelope I housed it in...

I love that I can make special cards for people. It's one of the things I love doing. I have been re-evaluating my priorities lately as I've realized that I put aside doing things for the people I love to do things for the people I want to please. Crafting is one of those things. I often craft out of a feeling of obligation to someone, and when I get the chance to craft just because I love it or because I want to give someone something special, it is so enjoyable!

Out of this World Cards!

2010-06-17T03:26:00.000-07:00

I was at Michael's one day and I came across some cute robot strip paper, and some solid green paper with gears on it. I picked them up because, well, they were cute! Then, later in the same store, I found some "color your own" stickers that had robots and planets, etc. on them. My original plan was to have Eliana color the stickers and make some cards, but, well, she doesn't really like to color, and forcing her to color is like torture for both of us. So I got out my Copic markers and colored! It was fun! Then I added some stickles and flocking... Here's what the end result was...

Adding some of the stickers to cards and stickling some of the paper elements, here are some of the cards I made...

All in all, I think they turned out pretty cute and will make good kid cards for this coming year!

My New Love...

2010-06-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

Last Monday night I took a soldering class at our scrapbooking store.

I. AM. HOOKED.

I was giddy! It was so fun!

This is what we worked on... a 5x7 hanging glass frame. I had so much fun making this project! I'm still not completely finished with it, because I intend to put some words on it, but here's the more or less finished product...

This is the back side, in case I ever hang it in a window or someplace you can see both sides.

Here's the front:

It has a funky glare, but you get the idea! It was so fun! Have I said that enough yet???

To make things even better, I came home with my own soldering kit and made my first solo soldered project the next day:

A little Hambly, an antique bead, and a little glass and solder, and I have a pendant for my neck! The pictures make it kind of hard to see, but here are another couple views to give you an idea!

This is DEFINITELY my new favorite crafty love!!

I want candy!!

2010-05-16T01:46:00.000-07:00

I actually really like how this layout turned out, even though it's hard to read the title in the picture. These are pictures from Eliana's 2nd birthday party, when I went a little overboard on the sweets! Again, I added the pictures, the title (though the cupcakes were already there!), and the journaling. That's it! Easy peasy!

Beach Babe

2010-05-15T01:23:00.000-07:00

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that SWING....

2010-05-14T04:44:00.000-07:00

I feel like this layout is missing something, but I haven't figured out what yet. Maybe I'll figure it out and add it later. In the meantime, here's how it stays...

Hands and Hearts

2010-05-13T05:41:00.000-07:00

It's difficult to see, but this is one of my blank pages, too. I finished it off with pictures of Eliana and Corinne and journaling about their friendship. It's very simple, but I sort of like how it turned out!

More Blanks...

2010-05-12T02:36:00.000-07:00

It turns out I have quite a few blank pages I never posted. Some have since been finished, some I haven't photographed, but these few fit neither category, so I share them here! =D

Painting

2010-05-11T09:31:00.001-07:00

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Another "premade" page that I finished off with some pictures, a title, journaling, and a little paint of my own.

Before and After

2010-05-08T22:03:00.000-07:00

I've got a bunch of blank scrapbook pages all made up, just waiting for photos, journaling, and titles. I pulled a few out and started working on them this weekend, and I thought I'd give a little peek at the before and after. Here's what I started with:

I pulled out my photos and looked for ones that might match according to color and/or theme. Then I started playing to see what else would be needed to pull the page together. Here's the end result...

It's really fairly simple, but I like that it makes the pages work up quickly. The title says "Color us {friends}" and the pictures are of Eliana and my best friend's daughters coloring the last time we were in Texas.

I have to admit I'm really a fan of these blank layouts. They're easy to put together, and then they're easy to use later! It takes a lot of the guesswork out of scrapbooking, without taking any of the creativity out! I'm hoping to have time to finish more pages tomorrow!

Weeds

2010-05-07T18:29:00.001-07:00

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Just a quick scrapbook post from this evening... This is one of my "premade" pages I put together a while back. I have a whole stack of them, so I'm going to try to finish off some of them in the next little while. I love these pictures of Alyse and Alex from last spring.

The journaling reads:
"Weeds are never so beautiful as when they're gifts from children."

The picture really doesn't do the page justice, but you'll just have to live with it for now. ;)

Inspired by the clean craft room...

2010-05-06T08:39:00.000-07:00

I think this happened last time, too. I clean the craft room, I get inspired to paint. So, I painted.

And here's where I put them...

Book Clutch

2010-05-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

I was inspired by my friend Michael who made a bag out of an old textbook. I thought it was a brilliant idea, so I decided to try my hand at it by making a clutch out of an old book. It's not perfect by any means, and I didn't follow any instructions, so I'm sure I would make changes if I made another, but I kind of like how it turned out. In fact, I have been thinking that I might store some old photographs in it instead of using it for a clutch. We'll see. Either way, it was kind of a fun little project to do and it pushed me outside my normal crafting zone.

Here it is, inside and out...

Update on the Manleys

2010-05-03T07:45:00.001-07:00

Elizabeth passed away this morning. Thank you all for your prayers. Please continue to keep Jon and the family in your prayers, especially as they have baby Megan to care for, as well as the other children. Here is the update from Jon this morning:

Jon Manley My dear sweet Elizabeth passed away this morning about 7:25. We all appreciate your prayers. For everyone praying for a miracle, please don't think that there was not one. The miracle is how many people were touched by her life and our struggle. We thank you all for your prayers and support, and would appreciate continued prayer.

Update on the Manleys

2010-05-02T10:19:00.001-07:00

Here is the latest update from Jon...

Jon Manley Elizabeth bleeding lessened through the night. That is neither a good sign or a bad sign, it just is. They are attempting dialisis again. We asked the dr if we are just delaying the inevitable. He said he didn't know. A decision will probably be made later today or tomorrow about whether we continue to keep trying. We decided to wait and see how the dialisis is going to go. Thank you all for your prayers and support.

I would also like to let everyone that we have a peace that passes understanding. This morning I took a walk in a prayer garden. There that have a little path that twists and turns and it is impossible to really tell how far one has come or how far one has left. As I was walking, i felt like giving up on walking the path and just go back to my room. I had a thought to "stay the course." I kept walking and very shortly came to the end. I then thought "you don't know how close the finish is". This has helped me today because I recently had been thinking that I wasn't sure how much longer I could go. But the finish will be soon. Whether it's what we want or not, we don't know, but it will be soon. Just keep walking, we don't know how far we've come.

Thank you for praying!!

--
Elizabeth Wickland
Independent Beauty Consultant
http://www.marykay.com/elizabethwickland
elizabethwickland@marykay.com
406-570-4199

Please Pray

2010-04-30T21:10:00.001-07:00

A while back I posted about Elizabeth Manley's Apple Pie. Very recently Elizabeth has had some serious medical concerns come up and things are not looking good. Please lift them up in prayer as God works through this situation for His glory.

Elizabeth is married to Jon and they have 4 children. She was 24 weeks pregnant with their 4th child and found out last week that she had lung cancer. Later, tests revealed she had some cancerous spots on her liver as well. Shortly after discovering the cancer, Elizabeth had the cancer in her lung, along with 2 lobes, removed. Several hours later, her fourth child Megan was taken 15 weeks early via c-section when Elizabeth went into cardiac arrest. As a result, she was put on a lung and heart machine. She has now been taken off of that and had a device placed in her chest to assist her heart in the pumping of her blood.

Megan stopped breathing at some point when she was born. However, the doctors quickly got her breathing again and she is now breathing and moving around on her own. She is just over 2 lbs, and seems to be doing fine, now.

Elizabeth is in critical condition and they aren't sure she will live through the night. She was in surgery most of the day and the doctors chose not to close up her chest after the surgery so they could act quickly if they needed access to her heart again. Her kidneys have started shutting down, and family members have started coming in to say their goodbyes. She is 24 and will leave behind a husband and 4 children, ages 5 to newborn, if she does not pull through. Please keep them in your prayers as the Lord works through this situation for His glory. He can heal her if He chooses. Either way, the family needs strength during this time. Thank you for your prayers!

Playing...

2010-04-18T10:37:00.001-07:00

I haven't been in my craft room much the last month, so I decided to take a few minutes and play the other day. I was inspired by some of the Prima flowers I've seen recently, and thought I'd try my hand at creating some larger ones. I couldn't get any good pictures, but here are a couple to give you an idea... Then hopefully I'll be able to get pictures of some layouts with them on!

See how sparkly they are!!! I used spray adhesive and "Glass Shards" (I think that's what they're called, by I'm too lazy to go check) to make them sparkly. I've had the shards for a couple years, but never used them - now I am loving them!

Here's a picture of the flowers separated...

The gold one is tulle and the green one is sheer ribbon with polka dots on it. I wish I had a good picture, because I'm really liking them!

My mom is coming to visit in a month and said I should be ready to scrapbook while she's here. She's bringing heritage stuff to do, so even if I don't get a lot of crafting in before then, you can at least look forward to knowing that I will eventually have stuff to post again!!

Rainbow Pancakes

2010-03-17T18:14:00.001-07:00

Rainbow Pancakes, originally uploaded by death by cupcake.

I saw this on Flickr - isn't it amazing?! Eliana had green shamrock pancakes for breakfast this morning, but these beat those hands down! I want to make some!

Vintage Spring Banner

2010-03-15T16:00:00.000-07:00

A new fiber, paper, and metal mercantile opened up today in Bozeman... Simply Fresh Arts! I'm excited about it! The owners are 3 of my friends, so I was up there taking a peek and giving a small hand last Thursday when I was inspired by all the beautiful products. Lots of vintage, lots of shabby chic, lots of fun! I came home and made this over the weekend:

The illustrations are from a book I have from the 1890's, the gems are from a necklace that was my grandmother's, the flowers made from another vintage book and hymnal... I'd been wanting to mix crochet with paper art, so I gave it a try on this project and I like it! I took it to the store today to show Kristii, since I'd been telling her about it, and there it remains, hanging on display by all the Prima goodness. Ha ha! I think it will become a class, and I'm actually excited about teaching some projects again, especially if they are as fun as this one was! Here are a couple closeups:

These illustrations crack me up, because they have such funny captions for seemingly normal pictures. The one of the boy says, "The most popular boy in the deaf school." The one of the two little girls says, "He kept pointing toward the fields." They all have pretty funny captions. Gotta love vintage!

The Craft Monster...

2010-03-12T22:31:00.000-08:00

The Craft Monster got bored one day and painted my wall. Who lets that Craft Monster out, anyway? Really Monster should have been contained so the house could get cleaned, or some more organizing projects tackled, but no... Craft Monster went on a teeny rampage.

The wall makes me happy.

One Blank Page, Two Ways

2010-02-28T06:46:00.000-08:00

I really like this blank layout, but I haven't decided which way I like it better. I guess it will depend on what pictures I use. That's part of the fun of making pages before I have photos, I think!

My Inner Martha

Cowboy Cookies and Chocolates

Another Baby Album

Inspiring Myself...

Peppernuts!!

Sneak Peek of the Christmas Cards!!

Last Minute Baby Gift...

Teacher Cookies

Feels like FALL!!

This is why I don't sew...

New / Old Necklace

I told you...

The 2010 Snow Day Album

I have a new craft room!

More Gummy Pops

Christmas Cards

I'm feeling crafty

Gumdrop Pops

The **NEW** Craft Room!

I couldn't take it any more....

A distracted afternoon....

Apple Surprise

The "Real" Cookies...

Before and After... A Birthday Cake

Practice...

Celebrate!

You're a STAR!

Out of this World Cards!

My New Love...

I want candy!!

Beach Babe

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that SWING....

Hands and Hearts

More Blanks...

Painting

Before and After

Weeds

Inspired by the clean craft room...

Book Clutch

Update on the Manleys

Update on the Manleys

Please Pray

Playing...

Rainbow Pancakes

Vintage Spring Banner

The Craft Monster...

One Blank Page, Two Ways

Funnel Lickin' Good

Flower Girl

Blank Canvas

Butterfly Attack!

CSA 2009

Tire Swing

How many girls?

Beautiful Day!

Art

Baby Ray

First Person

Plunger Hat

The Demise of the Gingerman House

Valentine's Day Banner

The Fashionable Forties

Jesse

Craft Night and The Craft Room!

Hello? Hello? Where did you go?

If Martha were a geek...

Craft Night is BACK!!

Christmas Eve

Ooh! Pretty Sparkly Snowflakes!

O, Tannenbaum!

Impromptu Dessert

Ornament Cookies

"Gingerbread" Men (and Women)

Wanna see what I've been working on??

Sweet Baby

Gingerbread

True Love

Peppernut Day!

Butterfly Love

To love abundantly is to live forever...

The NEW Craft Room!