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cake-topper

I need your help blog world. I have been wanting to display our wedding cake topper (thanks to the wonderful Colette Peterson) but haven’t figured out a creative way to do so. For the past 4 years it’s been stored in a take out container, sad I know. LOL! But I really would like to display it somewhere because it really makes me smile since it’s so damn cute! It’s somewhat heavy since it’s made of clay but it has a stick in it that juts out at the bottom which could help it sit in something. My original thought was to place it in a container of some sort and place cool stones all around it to make it stay. Wasn’t too sure about that though and plus I want it to be covered so dust doesn’t get in it. So I’m really not sure how to go about doing this and thought I would seek help. Anyone have any thoughts?? Any ideas are appreciate!

Mini Book Project

boardbookplainThe other day I took a trip to Michael’s Craft Store and AC Moore with a friend. Perusing the aisle of craft supplies always puts a smile on my face. I recently have been wanting to do a mini book of some kind and came across a great blank board book that would be perfect. I haven’t really done a mini book before and I’m really apprehensive about it since I’ve seen A LOT of great books out there. I am such a perfectionist and the thought of working on a book that I feel is less then perfect scares me. But I figured this would be a good creative exercise for me to loosen up my design sense. To motivate me to actually DO THIS project I will post my progress and hopefully get your thoughts and opinions. If anything it will just get me to do something creative. Now I just need to figure out a topic. Any suggestions?

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CHA Photos

I found great photos from CHA Lifetime Moments of all the booths from show. Also, Holly posted some good photos from the Pink Paislee booth. Check them both out and I’ll post some of my faves tomorrow.

Inchies Galore

I took an Inchies Galore class last week at my favorite little stamp store. Apparently inchie design is the hottest thing in crafting and stamping lately, so seems I’m trendy. LOL! Anyways, it was a great inspiration which helped kick start my creative mojo for creating things with my hands. And if you are asking yourself what is an inchies…well an inchie is a 1″ square of art. You can decorate it as you wish. Stamping, embellishing and coloring in any way you want to. You can then attach it to a mini 3 x 3 canvas to make your art stand out like the one I finished at my class. Only took me 2 hours to complete a 3 x 3 work of art! LOL. It was fun =)

Had a very lovely weekend. Friday I got out of work early, had a nice lunch with the hubby and then went for a pedicure. My package from Joann’s came which totally surprised me since I never even got a confirmation email from them. Saturday I started to clean my craft closet and stash and it was like shopping in my own store! I found so much stuff I didn’t know I had and I’m super excited about it. Sunday we enjoyed a winning Mets game against the Yankees. LET’S GO METS!

Looking forward to the long weekend and trying to get through the week. Hope all is well and enjoy the week.

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