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    CrafTy Tuesday

    August 13, 2013 - By 

    craft centralFor this weeks edition of T stands for Tuesday, I just had to show you what Little J and I have done….

    We’ve turned the game table into craft central for the week. We are borrowing the neighbor’s Cuttlebug and amazing amount of accessories…not even all on the table… so we definitely needed a bigger space to work.

    As you can see I have a nice summer beverage in my favorite glass.  Ice, 1/3 glass orange juice then fill with club soda. My usual is club soda and 100% unsweetened cranberry juice but I ran out.

    cuttlebuggin

    I’m going through my scrap files and embossing papers for future use as well as creating some embellishments for cards.

    Little J is working on her stash of cards for the year and some goodies for her Smash book.

    Little J cardsThese are a few cards she made yesterday.

    With Mr. G at work and Big J at camp during the day, we crank up the Pandora radio and get our crafty groove on.  It’s nice to get that special  time with my favorite girl.

    What are you doing today?

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    A time for everything

    August 10, 2013 - By 

    a time for everything yarn haul

    Another page in my cursed journal. Photographing this page proved to be a challenge. This was the best shot I could get and it still doesn’t have the look that it does in real life. I’m bummed because I think this is one of my very favorite pages EVER.

    After I stamped and embossed the pocket watch image, it looked just too perfect. I took some sandpaper to it to mess it up a bit. This made me much happier. 🙂

    I also had to show off my yarn haul from the thrift store. Woo-hoo…lots of knitting and crochet material for the less than the price of 2 average skeins.

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    Craft Club

    August 9, 2013 - By 

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    Our new neighbor mentioned a while back that she hosted a monthly craft club at her house.

    I was very intrigued.

    Last week she stopped by to tell me the date and time.

    So last night I packed up a small plastic tote with supplies to make cards. I limited myself to paper from my scrap files.

    I thought this would be a good challenge for me.

    I learned that limited supplies doesn’t have to limit your creativity.

    There was only one thing that I was really missing…my foam mounting tape. One of the gals I just met was gracious enough to give me a few pieces so I could complete a couple of the cards.

    I’m already looking forward to next month!