In my quest to paint, sand, and alter nearly any surface I finally turned to my blue iphone case, one of the those hard plastic clam shell type cases in an ugly blue color. Okay the color wasn’t horrible but it certainly wasn’t as cute as the pink one that it replaced. *note First I [...]
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Custom iphone case
Posted in how to, tutorials, Uncategorized on August 13, 2010 | 9 Comments »
help for a scrap book page
Posted in big shot, how to, scrap thoughts, scrapbook, tagged layout help, scalloped envelope die, sweet pea dsp on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Had this photo of my dad and my little guy working on an ancient car. Really wanted to scrap it, to tell the story about how these two guys hang out and do stuff. Also wanted to cut into my big pack of Sweet Pea DSP for the first time! (all supplies Stampin Up!) Excuse [...]
creating custom calendar pages and reducing the daily chaos of life!
Posted in how to, organize on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like most people I struggle with keeping my chaos somewhat under control. I’ve tried all kinds of approaches and have had some success. I am fortunate to have an iphone and mac computers so my hubby and I can keep out calendars shared and synched. This helps a lot. But something I’ve always done is [...]
DIY Butterfly Wreath
Posted in big shot, how to on March 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In my lovely google reader, I get inspiration from Decor 8, a really great site full of design inspiration in graphic, home, fashion, and lots of other lovely things! While I live in a house occupied by three year old twins and a husband who doesn’t mind my decorating attempts–as long as they don’t interfere [...]
How to preserve old scrapbooks
Posted in how to, old photos on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last summer my Grandma Florence moved out of her house into a mobile home on my parents’ property. She was 89 and lived on her farm which is pretty isolated and my parents were worried about her being by herself. I went and helped her pack some of her things up for the big move. [...]
making kits
Posted in how to, organize, scrap thoughts, tagged cardstock, crafts, kits, papercrafts, scrapbooking on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In praise of the New Year, I’ve made some resolutions I mean goals. Things I’d like to work on for the upcoming year. Here’s a partial list: lose weight, get healthy (duh), get organized (sort of), be more productive, make better use of my time, buy less craft stuff (or not as much), and use up [...]






