Thursday, December 31, 2009

Doggie love to open her gifts......



She starts ripping....


She's almost got it!


Success!!!!

(Excuse the vacume cleaner, someone forgot it was time to take it upstairs!)

Happy New Year! Hugs, michelle

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Have the Best Christmas Ever!

Just a little post to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I cant' wait to see my kids open all the gifts I was able to buy them, thanks to my husband working so hard all year! I have been having fun listening to my little girl, Angela, having fun exchanging gifts and fun with her little friends. She is such a sweet, thoughtful girl. Always thinking of someone else, helping me through this Christmas Season, by wrapping most of my gifts, helping with some of the baking, helping me with a few of my crafted gifts, selling bake goods at our craft show, so many things! She is a doll! She has had the worst last few weeks though, she fell and hurt her wrist (in the home), then her croup has been acting up something terrible, not sleeping, then the poor thing was going to school yesterday, with her teachers gifts of large coffee mugs and hand made coasters in her bag, and she fell on the ice, and the mugs came up and hit the poor thing in the back of her head!!! I felt so badly for her. She went to school, but I called the school nurse to please keep a check on her, and she did. I ended up going and giving her Tylenol for her slight headache, and then she was fine. My heart broke for her when she came into the house crying, she was having such a morning! Anyway, back to the holiday. I baked my butt off this week, cooked it off today too! LOL! Got some things ready for tomorow nite, a friend is coming over and we are exchanging gifts. Then I am going to kick her out early, get the younger kids to bed, and play Santa Claus! I can't wait! I can't wait to cook my dinner on Christmas day. We are so blessed to be able to have a big dinner, and there are so many that I personally know that will not be so blessed. I wish I could invite them all over for dinner! Wouldn't that be nice? It will be a nice holiday, because my husband will be home till Jan. 3, and the kids will be home till the 4th. I am hoping to be able to do a few fun things this year, since he will be here to take us! Nicholas is patiently waiting to see if he is getting the D-Rex he asked for, and a few other things. He is not even getting any toys out to play with because he does not want Santa to see a mess in the house! He's a sweetie! Last nite my older son's girlfriend brought gifts over. She got the kids some cute things, and she got me a set of 88 gel pens! She loves my handmade things, and she noticed I did not have gel pens, so she got me them. She is a cute girl, and a really nice one, too. I have to remind my son to be nice to her, sometimes he is a bit miserable with her, and I told him not to start out that way. Be nice, listen to her, don't blame her for things her parents do, she might be 18 but she still lives there and must repect them. My older daughter will be here with her boyfriend on Christmas Day. We will visit my mother tomorow, Christmas Eve.

Have a Blessed and Happy Holiday, and I hope you all can visit with friends , family. I hope you can all stop and say a prayer for those less fortunate, or those who are unhappy or dont' seem to want to celebrate such a wonderful time of year, that they may find some kind of comfort in the Christmas Season, and the celebration of the Birth of our Lord, Jesus.....he is the reason for this Season! Hugs, to all! Michelle

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Some things to share....





These are just some pics of some large tags and a couple tag boxes I made with Whimsie Doodle digital images. I really hate to use them on gifts because I don't want anyone to throw them away! They took me some time! LOL! Anyway, Aren't those digital's so cute! I enjoyed coloring them, even thought I don't really like to color! I try to stay away from it! I am going to put some Avon products in the little boxes to give to some people that I don't usually buy gifts for. Maybe I'll get a couple new customers! The large scallop tags were made from the Big Shot, and Sizzix dies. I used the large scallop die (Bigz)and cut it out so that it would be like a card, and used the circle, (bigz die) for the middle. I used a Cuttlebug die for the snowflakes. For the shaped tags, (bells, stockings) those too are Sizzix dies. I also positioned the die so I would get the card affect. Fun!

On to some more things I have been working on.





These are some quilted coasters I found directions for somewhere on the internet, I will find the link and post it later. They are pretty quick and easy. My daughter helped make some for some of her teachers. We are going to put a coaster in a coffee mug, with some hot chocolate mix in each one. We don't know if they like coffee or not! The others are some cute emboidered ornaments made from Wild Olive's patterns. I got the finishing idea from visiting Pip Stitch (on my sidebar). I need to made 21 for my son's class. I better get busy!

Well, that's it for today. I really have to get to the store today, but not sure if I will. It is supposed to snow today! I dont' drive in it! I almost went out this past Sunday, I was going to take my mom shopping for a little. It was supposed to freezin drizzle very early, then change to all rain. Well, around 9:50 I was getting ready to leave. It was raining pretty good, but I was ok with the rain. My son called from his gf's house where he'd spent the nite from all nite bowling, and said to my husband "Hey did you hear all the interstates and major roadways are closed?". My husband was surprised and of course asked why, and he proceeded to tellus we are in the middle of a major ice storm! We looked out, and sure enough the streets where a sheet of ice, the sidewalks, my flag was stiff with ice, and my car was covered in ice! We had no idea! Turned on the t.v., you should have seen the mayhem! It came as a surprise, like one second the road was wet, the next it was all ice, and people were driving like it was wet only, and suddenly they started to collide with one another, go off roads, cars were piling up, it was just a mess! Sadly, a 22 year old girl, a vet assistant on her way to work for a pet emergency, was killed in the ice storm, when she unexpectedly hit the icy roads, when off the road, over an embankment, and was killed. How sad.....Fortunatley that was the only fatality, some minor injuries, but lot's and lot's of fender benders, and damgage to property from cars carreening into yards and things. The Pa. turnpike was littered with car parts, my husband said, as he was driving to Ohio, later that day! So glad I was not out in it. I would have never drove again! I freak when there is a flurry, let alone ice!!!! Especially here, in all the hills we have around here! I am not far from the Laurel Mountains, about 45 minutes, so we are pretty hilly!!! I live in a valley, and you can't get into my town without some major hills to tackle!

Anyway, off to embroider and get lunches packed! Hugs to all! Michelle

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

A little peek of decorations in my home....








I'm just posting a few pics of my decorations I put up today. (click on pics to make them bigger) I have made most of my decorations over the years. I painted the Christmas balls,the light bulb ornaments, the bucket under the little Christmas Tree, and the candy canes on the little tree, and the large canes hanging on the step railing. I also made the rag lighted garland on the little tree, as well as the stacked box snoman. All the ornaments on the garland, I made the plastic canvas train on the coffee table, which is an antique from my gramma. I made that train probably 20 years ago! A friend and I were seeing how long it would take us to each make one. I won! It took me two weeks, and took her three! I have not done that kind of craft for years, but I really love that train, and my kids always love it too. It does not go with my other decorations, but it will always come out, each year! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little peek at my decorations. There will be more soon. Merry CHRISTmas to you all! Hugs, michelle

Monday, December 7, 2009

Is it really the 7th of December?

I cannot beleive it! I finally got hubby to get my decorations out of the basement cubby yesterday before he left for Ohio. I am hoping to get my steps decorated at least today, that is always a hard job! I would like to get alot of the stuff up, but we'll see. I have to go to Wal-mart to pick up a gift for my little guy today, and get myself back home. It's going to snow! I do not drive in snow, at all. I get so upset when I am out and it starts to even flurry. I just can't do it! Anyway, here area a couple things I got done last week. They are tealite holders I made from a tutorial at SplitCoast Stampers. I made a bunch, that I plan on giving the girls at the bank that put up with me and my P.T.O. treasurer duties! The last time I was over there, I have probably 7 deposits to make, which of course, have to be made seperately so that I have a slip for each transaction I do, so I can have the record, and so the accountant can have the record also. I can't wait till he see's my book! I know it is a disaster! Anyway, here are one of the tealite holder.
I thought I had another picture of another tealite holder saved, but I must have somehow deleted it! I only have one to share today! I used my BigKick to emboss the cardstock, I used my oval nesties to make the openings, and the image is a Whimsie Doodle Digital stamp! I have not had any time to get out my rubber stamps lately, but I had these printed out and colored them while watching t.v. one nite. I am not the best colorer, I know that is not a word! But I like the tealite holders, I think they are cute gifts! I'll be back hopefully later with some pics of decorating! I' hope! Hugs, michelle

Friday, November 27, 2009

The kids....




Finally got them all in one room! Back row, Angela, David, Tara, and in the front row, Nicholas,all my kids. The other two boys are my nephews Victor (left), and Alan (right) those are my brother's boys. I am making this short, I'm not feeling well today. Not sure if I ate too much yesterday, or I am getting what others have had around me! Had a nice day yesterday, how about you? I will stop in tomorow with some crafts I have done this week! Hugs, michelle

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Gingerbreads all over the place!



Good morning! Are you all getting ready for Thanksgiving? Are you having dinner at your house? I am. My brother and sister in law and thier two boys will be here with us this year! I'm so glad they are coming! Not sure if my oldest daughter will be here or not, she has issues.....believe me! Nicholas has another cold, poor little guy, and the other two are just fine! Anyway, the gingerbreads! I wanted to share with you my ginger breads I have in my kitchen. Make sure you click on the pics to make them bigger! I made most of them. Let me take you thru the pics. The top one is my corner in my kitchen breakfast nook. I made the little stuffed dolls, I sewed them by hand a while back. I painted the old coffee cup and the hearts I sewed, and the ginger is made of Faster Plaster (anyone remember that stuff?). I used a rice krispes treat mold to make it, then painted it. The candle holder I made too, just a jar with the heart taped off with contact paper, painted, then antiqued. The little dangly leg ginger is a gift, and the plushie is also a gift.

Then next one is a little old chest my husbands grampa made from old crates many, many years ago. I have on this an old lunchbox I painted one time, a little coffe pot I painted, a jar candle holder I made, and little "smooshie" pillow I made, courtesy of Lollychops pattern(visit Lolly from my sidebar!) The candle holder (the gingerbread one laying down)is rom Yankee, and the stuffed ginger is a gift from a good friend. If you squeeze his hand he plays Christmas music, but it's really loud! The raisin candle is from Home Interiors, which is not called that anymore, I forget what it is now.

The next is a shelf above my kitchen nook table. I painted the muffin tin, and the little round face at the bottom, that's a candy tin, and there is a little guy peeking from behind the tea set, that is a wooden one we cut out a while back and I painted him, he's hard to see, I will take a pic of him later, he is really cute! The tea set is a gift from my mom. And there is a recylced jar candle holder I made.










One more. This is just the things hanging from the shelf. I made the two wooden gingers hanging there, and the Welcome star with the berries was bought at at craft show a while back. I was kinda mad about this particular thing, though, because I bought it and a little spindley tree with berries and bows, and something else, can't remember. Anyway, when I got the star home, there was a sticker on the back that said "made in china". I thought it was handmade!!!!! That was the first time I realized that people dont' always make what they sell. They sell things from china at a craft show. I am more careful now. I like it, that is the only reason it is used, but I look at it and get mad about it sometimes! Anyway, those are my kitchen things. There is more, but that's all I have time for today! Take care, have a safe and Happy Thanks giving, whatever you do! Hugs, michelle

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Some painted pans.....




Aren't they cute? I got them at a yard sale, so I painted some snowmen on them, and I'm going to put them on a shelf in my kitchen. I had a few more, but sold them at the craft show last weekend. I also worked on a little challenge project for the Papercraft Planet Group I joined. It's Whimsie Doodles. You can visit them from the links on my side bar. Whimsie Doodles are digital stamps, and they are so cute! Go and check them out, they are alot of fun!



I got my bank stuff all straightened out yesterday. The teller said my problems were mild compared to what they'd seen and heard all day! I can't imagine! Then on top of it, I was having trouble with the internet banking, so the girl tells me to delete the cookies, temp. internet files, and all that. So what do you think happened? I lost all my passwords, and my usernames, and spent half the day yesterday and this morning trying to restore or create new ones for the many millions of places I frequent! What a job! I wrote them all down and put them in my room, so if that ever happens again, I will be ready! LOL!You all have a great eveing! Hugs, michelle

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A look at some of my Fall Handmades




I am sharing with you a punchneedle turkey coaster I made, from a pattern I got I believe in Create and Decorate, I am pretty sure. The litle wool leaf mat, I just sorta put together my self using a cookie cutter for my pattern. Then there is Spike. He just had to dress up like a pilgrim for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. I love how he likes to dress up! Sally is jealous, because she does not have a pilgrim outfit. We will just have to get her one! Anyway, hope you enjoyed me little things. I have a busy day today. Our bank has changed over to a new bank, and so far I'm not liking it. I dont' like how they add deposits and make you wait for 3 business days for it to show up. I am a little worried about a large deposit I made yesterday, because the girl was new and seemed confused. I'm not seeing it on my online banking account, so I am really worried! I'm going to call customer service today, but I have a feeling, I am going to the bank! I wanted to stay home and work on my quilted hot mats I've been working on. Oh well!

Last nite, my little boy and I cleaned his toy corner. I wished I would have taken a pic of what it looked like before. He is a total pack rat, worse than me!!!! His little table was packed solid with the tiniest little pieces of I dont' know what, money, cars, papers, cards, gumball machine prized, old glow sticks and glow bracelets, you name it, it was there! We had these opened top containers for him to put his "special" toys and matchbox cars in. You cannot imagine how many "special" toys he had in those, they were overflowing all over the floor, under the chair, just everywhere. So I bought two huge containers with lids, filled those, threw almost all the crap on the table away, except for actual toys, got all his webkinz in the open topped container, took the table out of that corner, put it behind my couch and put a fall table cloth on that, stacked all neat over in the corner, and it looks so much better. I wish we had more closet space in this house, but we dont', so much of my life is organizing, putting things in places that I can't find it later, we are a little cluttered in this craft/dining/play room. Anyway, I am glad that is done for a bit anyway! You all have a great day! Hugs, Michelle

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Craft Show Report......



This is a pic of a canister set I rescued from the trash, I was going to pitch it , and changed my mind. I'm sure I posted it before, but I wanted to share it again. These are the kinds of things I like to do. As far as the Craft Sale I did,
I sold alot of things this time, for a change. The show was quite busy all day! I was so amazed! I think it is all in the timing of these things. I dont'like doing October shows. Everyone around here is busy going to pumpkin patches, homecoming games, fall festivals, Halloween parades and parties. They are too busy doing all that to worry about small craft shows. November and early December have always been good to me! I sold all my painted lite bulb ornaments. I could have sold 50, but I didn't have that many. I sold all my painted flea market finds, the measure cups and all that. I sold all my painted puzzle pieces too. I made some pins, ornaments, and I had some really huge floor puzzle pieces that I painted black, and painted snowmen themes on them, punched holes in top with my Cropodile, and hung them with homespun material ties. People love these things! I had a lady that paints all glass ware, plates and vases, candle holders, ornaments, come over to me and ask me if I would paint for her. What a wonderful comliment, but I declined. You see, I don't want my love of doing these things to become a job! Been there, done that. Some years ago, when my husband and I were cutting all that wood stuff on our scroll saw, and I was painting my rear off, we were in heaven! We sold out every show, and then would sit down in that dirty cellar for hours and hours and cut and sand milk crates full of wooden treasures. I would sit in my dining room for hours and paint and stain and seal. No one painted like I did , because I took no classes, bought no books, just did my thing. My painting background consisting of teaching ceramics classes when I was 16 years old, that was it. I did that till I was 21, then life started for me! Anyway, people began ordering our wood stuff, and it was ok at first, but I didnt' like the push of orders needing to be filled at certain times, people telling me how to paint, trying to change my work too much. So we got burned out, and I quit. Now we can't cut wood, because he works too much, and my kids can't take the dust that comes up thru the vents of the cellar, they have respiratory problems, so till we get a way to do it outside, I am stuck, and I miss it terrible! So when this kind lady asked me to paint for here, while I was flattered, I did have to tell her no, but thank you so much for thinking my work is that good! It is not that great to me, it's very "primitive" to me at times, but "fun" at other times, depends on my mood.

As soon as I can get a chance, I will post some pics of the light bulbs, I am just so busy right now trying to get my house cleaned again for the month! Soon it will be Christmas shopping time, and I will never get anything done! Thanks for reading all this, I appreciate it! Have a great evening! And to all who do stop by my little corner here, thank you! It means much! Hugs, michelle

Monday, November 2, 2009

It's Monday....already!



Good November 2nd already morning! Where did the month of October go???? Sally wonders too! She also wonders why we always put something on her for the holiday! She did not like her kerchief we bought her, cant' you tell? She also did not like the trick or treaters banging on the door! She's a little spitfire! The picture of the kids did not turn out so great. I had to grab them before they went flying out the door, and the "witches" did not have thier hats on either! The one with the mask is sick Nick. He did not go out to get candy, but my son's girlfriend, got him candy from the neighbors.

Now, what is this mess? I'll tell you later. I'm not done yet. I sure do have a messy table, but I work better that way! I love having my paint water in my way, so I can spill it while reaching for my coffee! It just works for me! I'll hopefully show you tomorow what I a made with these. I will tell you this much, they are salt dough ornaments. Hugs, michelle



Sunday, November 1, 2009

I won some blog candy!

Would you not know it, my cameral is out of batteries! I won a wonderful book from Lynette Anderson over at Woolensails blog! I recieved it yesterday, and finally got a chance to sit down and take a good long look at it! It is a great book! It is her new release. I am planning on the punchneedle in the book, which is really nice! The book is called "A Gathering of Crows". Visit Woolensails blog (on my sidebar) and then visit Lynettes blog soon! I thank them both for the chance to win the sweet book! Hugs, michelle

Good Morning and did you.....

Remember to set your clocks back? I did not........Hugs, michelle

Saturday, October 31, 2009

The best kettle corn! EVER!

Go there to make kettle corn today! I made 3 batches already! Hugs, michelle

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Spike is stopping by with his little friends to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN to you all! He is all decked out in his little witch hat! He wanted to be just like the other witches! Yes, he IS a boy, but he loves his little hat! Spike likes to dress up for all the holidays! He is too funny!












I also wanted to share a few things I have made in the past. This is one of my first punch needle projects I made a long time ago, with my Dee-Lite punch a dear lady sold to me. She was a dealer, and she sold it to me, and I had no idea how to use it! I finally learned, and then used the smallest needle that came with it to use embroidery floss to make this pumpkin. He took a long time, as I remember. Now I have every punchneedle known to man! I love to punchneedle, but don't get to do it enough. I have some projects almost finished to share with you soon! The yo -yo garland, I made last year.


One more thing,just a little yo-yo- garland with a little pumpkin I made last week. Thanks for stopping, and have a great Halloween! We will try! Hugs, michelle

Friday, October 23, 2009

More Treats for the Sale




I made these for the sale also. I really need to stop. I baked pumpkin cookies, pumpkins breads and chocolate chip cookies also, to sell at the table. I am getting tired! We better have some customers! Anyway, those baskets have peppermint patties in them. I used my scallop punches to make them with. I stamped them, or cut out some of the images to decorate them. The baskets are made from paper lunch bags. I folded them down, carefully, because they are cheap and they rip sometimes, so carefully! When it's folded, it somehow ends up to be about 2 1/2 inches. I covered the front only with dp, and made a handle with cardstock and the dp. Attached with the cropodile and an eyelet. Stamped the image and matted it till it looked good! Fill the bag with a plastic bg for filler, then use the shreds, add your candy, and you done! Hope you love it! Hugs, michelle

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Trick or Treat!




I made up a bunch of these for the crafts show this weekend. I really must destash my papers, and supplies, so these will be sold for 50 cents each. I cut a piece of cardstock 8 inches by 3 inches. I folded that in half. Then, I folded the top down on each side 3/4 of an inch. I adhered a stip of paper on each of those. Then, I added another strip at the bottom. I used a stamp I got at the dollare spot at Target, to stamp, Trick or Treat in black, in the middle of it. I then took the little pack of gummies I bought, put it in between the folded cardstock, flush with the top, used my cropodile to punch two holes thru it all, and then tied the string in a loose knot thru all layes, so they can untie it to get the goodies. I made 24 of these, they did not take really long at all. I will make some for the Christmas show I will do in November. It's too early for treats like that yet, at the shows. People are in Halloween mode. These will be made for my little Nicholas' class party too, along with some other things. I hope you like these, my kids did, and thier friends that came over loved them also. They are always looking to see what "Miss Michelle" (what they call me, instead of Mrs. Medich, don't want that!) is making this week! Gotta, go, Nicholas has a strep throat test this morning, and I gotta go banking for the school, and then to work! It never ends! Hugs, michelle

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Just stopping in for a few minutes to post more things I am getting ready for this weekend. This show and the next are really last minute things. I really didn't plan on doing any this year, so, It's really slow going, and I won't have nearly what I usually have, but I don't really care. I was not even going to do this craft show, but it is for fundraising for the library I work in. It would not look good if I did not have a table! I usually do pretty well, so I think with what I have, I will sell. I have another at our school in November, so I can get a feel for what will sell, so I can make more or less of those things! Those are some pins I made, including a couple little puzzle piece pins. Those always sell good for me.






These are some other things I've done, painted measure cup from the flea market, (I have 4 of those) a poinsettia ornament with a poem I found somewhere online, and a little stuffed pumpkin. I used to make and sell tons of these around here. Those pumpkins were my "thing" at all the shows, no one did them, and no one did them like I did for the longest time! Those kinds of crafts were not popular in this part of Pa. at that time. I was a pretty young pup as far as crafters went too. Most of the crafters I did shows with , where older, retired ladies trying to make some "pin" money. I was in it for the fun, the money, and the recognition and I got it all the time! I always had one of my babies with me, and of course that attracted alot of attention all the time! (sneaky,eh?). Then I began a small business of running craft shows, and that did well, till I had my third kid, and I was just too busy to do shows, and run them, so I just sold in them. I am pretty well known for my "little, tedious" things no one else likes to do. I sewed all my crafts , dolls, pumpkins by hand, I had no sewing machine. I do now, but I still don't like using it! Anyway, enough of my "history", I was just reminscing because I had a crafter call me this morning and ask me if I was going to be in this show, she did not want to sit beside me! LOL! She says I out sell her everytime, and she needs some extra mnoey, so please, she loves me and my kids, but she wants to sit clear on the other side of the building! LOL!@ She was really joking, we are friends! Well, have a great day all! And if you stopped in, I would really love to know, so leave me comment! Hugs, michelle

Sunday, October 18, 2009

I just wanted to share some things I painted for the craft show this coming weekend. They are flea market finds, and a candleabra light bulb (can't spell that!) I love to paint snowmen. I have about 25 little puzzle pieces painted the same way. I make pins from those. I just sold 24 of them yesterday, she loved them! I also wanted to share the finished little raggy pillow ornies I made, again courtesy of Lollychops directions for her smooshy trees (see side bar for her blog). I hope you all have a great weekend! Hugs, michelle

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Check out this cute project I made using a little tutorial I got at Lollychops! (see her link to her blog in my side bar!) I had alot of fun using up alot of my fabric scraps for this one! I sure wish I had more time to get tons more made, I bet they'd sell pretty good! I will make sure I have enough to add to some gifts I'm making this year! I hope you'll go visit Lolly and try this! It's fun! Hugs,

Tuesday, October 13, 2009




Just wanted to share the finished cards from the card fronts I made. I am trying to get my stuff done so I can get my craft show things done! I have so much to do! I'll never get done! Short post today, gotta run! Hugs, michelle

Friday, October 9, 2009

Here are a couple more goodies I made this week!




The wreath card is an idea I got from Julie Bettencourt's blog (see my sidebar). She made the cutest wreath from a Stampin' Up! oval scallop punch, and I had to make some cards with her idea! I love wreaths, they are so meaningful to me at Christmas. It makes me feel welcomed when I see simple green wreath on the front door of someones home!
The next are some cups I made from a purchased template, and I will get you the link, I don't have it in front of me right now, but they are the most accurate templates I have used! I am going to put hot chocolate and some mini marshmallows, and candy canes in the snowman cup, all wrapped up in cellophane with a stamped tag, which I have done, but didn't show. The fall one will have some fall chex mix in cellophane bags, also with a stamped tag. They were so fun to make!
The third is an idea from Splitcoast Stampers. It is made from pillow boxes, which the designer used a die, but I traced mine from a template I have. I am going to put something in the basket, but I don't know what yet. All these things are for a craft show I have coming up. I hope you like! Hugs,

I have got to share these with you!




Let me explain! I bought this set of stamps from Claire Brennan (I hope I spelled that right)her company is called Waltzingmouse Makes. Her blog is in my sidebar under blogs I visit. I love them! They are clear stamps, which I love! They are just the cutest, and I had such fun working with them this morning. I made 4 of each of those designs to go on card fronts. They are woderful! The set is called Sewing Box. You can paper piece them as I have done here in my samples. There are many possibilties! I love them, and just had to share! I hope you like my card fronts! I had fun! Please excuse the pics, they are not the greatest today. Also, make sure you click on them to make them bigger. I think they look like fabric, don't you? Hugs

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Spooky Sally.....




Sally is getting ready for Halloween! Are you? Does she not look like she is spooky? We put that witch hat on her, snapped the pic, and when I uploaded it, my little boy said she looks spooky! I am going to take her out trick or treating too this year. The people in our neighborhood give out treats to children, adults, and dogs! It's so cool! I cannot wait! Well, just wanted to "spook" you today! I have some things to share later or tomorw! Have a great one! Hugs, michelle

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Snowmen and Pumpkins.....




Aren't these cute? The pumpkin is NOT my original idea, it is made from a tab punch.I saw the project at Splitcoast Stampers. What I did was, punched one out, enlarged it on the copier, and traced it 12 times on Coordinations cardstock, embossed it with my Cuttlebug swirls folder, added a tag. I would love to make these as place cards for Thanksgiving! The snowman, I used a Sizzix circles die, you get three different sizes of circles when you cut. I used 12 of the large for his body, embossed them with a cuttlebug snowflakes folder, inked some blue on each circle. I used the medium circle for his head, free hand cut the hat out, and the mittens, I used a piece of cardstock cut into a little point to glue into the body, I glued it in between two of the medium circles for the head to make a little "pick" out of his head. I also inked his little head a little, used sharpies to make the face. Oh, when I did the body, I cut a bit off the bottom of each circle to make him sit on the table. If you want more details, contact me via email at medichmm@comcast.net and I will explain more of how I made him. He and the pumpkin are going to be in craft shows this year, hope they sell!

Are you doing craft shows this year? What are you selling? I also do other crafts, punchneedle, stitchery, a little sewing, painting, so I am hoping to get my ambition going here to get some more stuff done! Let me know what you are doing right now! I want to know! I love to see other peoples work! Hugs, Michelle

Friday, August 21, 2009




Making some Christmas Cards for my stash! I have about 10 done now, which is not many. Usually I have much more done, but we've been a little busy lately! I am having my one and only picnic this weekend. We are having about 30 people over. Everyone is bringing something, but I am making the main things. Everyone wanted turkey, yes turkey! So turkey it will be. Also, hot sausage sandwiches, burrito casserole, homemade brownies, snacks. One friend is bringing some sides, another is bringing buffalo chicken dip and chinese coleslaw. Another is bringing the soda and the other snacks. I'm sure there will be more than enough! There always is. We are also celebrating my son's 18th birthday, although he does not know it yet! I hope it does not rain! Well, have a great weekend, and hope it's a nice one for all! Hugs, michelle