..an apple a day..

Hubby left for work this morning.. so what does that mean? That means I get 4 days to scrap, stamp, sew, make some jewelry, and do whatever other craftiness I feel like getting into! Woot! :)

So I just finished posting my first mini tutorial for the new section over at Scrapbook Takeout. The new section is called Gettin' Stampy, and it's all things stamp related. For the mini tut, I used one of my acrylic add-on stamps for September in four different ways. I'll show you a card, but you'll have to go read the mini tut to see the other projects.



I also made another butterfly shadow box with some of my Artsy.licious paper, but I'm going to wait and photograph it in the sunshine tomorrow. I will tell you one thing, she's red! :)

I'm out ya'll, it's time for some junk food and "Death Becomes Her." :D

..two years ago today..

J and I got married :)





Ah, happy day :) So we're gonna do a little celebrating today. I just wanted to leave you with some pictures of what I got done last night.. Here is my hubby in all his Betty Crocker glory.



I had to do an apron prototype for a size test. Found some $1/yd material (that actually matches my kitchen!) so I whipped it up. Doesn't he look cute? :)

And then this is for an Embroidery Swap over at Swap Bot. Just had to do a small, 3"x3" area with florals. I couldn't find a pattern that I really, really liked, so I just drew this one up and transferred it. I think it turned out rather pretty :)



Anyway, I'm going to get off of here and go celebrate 2 years of marital bliss. Don't worry, there will be pictures :D

Peace, love and koala fuzz y'all!

..pow pow pow..

That's what I've heard all day.. there are some guys dove hunting in a field a couple of blocks behind my house. Gunshots, all day long. It's very sad.

Anyway, I have been running all over town today. A local fabric store had a whole bunch of sewing patterns on sale for $.99, so I had to get a few. Then I finally found some fabric that I liked to make my partner's apron for the Flirty Apron Swap. And, I even managed to get a new miniature listed in my Etsy shop today. First new thing I've put in there in a while, but hopefully that will change once I get this apron done.



Isn't it cute? :) And that fabric it's sitting on.. that came from Wal-Mart, and it was only $2.00 a yard! I also got some that's dark green with acorns and leaves on it that matches.. gonna try to make a fall blanket. But nothing happens until this apron is done! :D

Bama football in an hour, ROLL TIDE!!

..calling all stampers!..

Do you love to stamp on stuff? Do you walk around with ink pad stains on your fingers? Is there embossing powder in your hair? Would you like to get some great acrylic stamps for FREE?!

Well, then you might want to have a lookie at this!!

Be a Gettin' Stampy Girl!

We need a crew people!! Scrapbook Takeout is looking for its first Design Team, and it's for their fabulous stamps! Go to that link above to get all the details. It's a two part application. Anyone making it to the second round will receive a sample kit to make some stuff with!

So go and apply for Round 1, then go and tell all of your friends. I know there is all kinds of talent running rampant out there, and I wanna see it all!!! :D

..we need a new mattress..

And I wish it was for fun reasons :( So, yesterday morning I wake up a couple of hours before my alarm goes off for church, and I'm feeling a little stiff. "You're just still asleep and not thinking clearly," I convince myself. 8am, alarm clock goes off. I try to sit up, and I can't. I try to roll over, and I can't. At some point during the night, my back went out. Unfortunately for me, Jeff was gone to work. His back had been hurting a couple of nights before, and he still had the heating pad on his side of the bed, fortunately still plugged in. I managed to hook a toe around the cord and pull it up on the bed with me. (Yes, just picture it. Me on my back, with one leg sticking off the side of the bed, feeling around for a cord. Had I been videotaped, we could have won $25,000 on America's Funniest Home Videos.)

I am not even kidding when I say I spent ALL day yesterday in bed. It was so bad that my mom brought me food. I felt so helpless and pitiful. Jeff got home last night, and his back is hurting today. So we're pretty sure it's the mattress. We're gonna try flipping it tonight, and see if that helps. If not, I guess we're gonna have to ask Santa for a new one, because we can't afford it right now. I have a guest bed, but it's a twin. Although Jeff and I did spend the first 3 months of married life sleeping together on it. I have no idea HOW we did it, but we did it :)

..smile and be scrappy..

I knew when I woke up this morning that it was going to be a semi-lousy day. You can just tell sometimes, you know? Well, after much laying around, doing nothing, I decided I had to do at least one crafty productive thing today. Surprisingly I was in the mood to scrap. I say surprisingly, because I haven't been scrappy lately. Not sure why, I just haven't been provoked until I was going through some pictures and found this one of my little girl..



It might be hard to tell, but her eyes are so bright green in the photo. I had to scrap it :) The journaling reads, "Witch Cat: That's what calico cats are sometimes called. Maybe that's why I love her so much."

Another thing that might help lift my spirits.. Bama ball starts tonight, wooooo!!! :) Nothing like football season in the South :)

Peace, love and koala fuzz ya'll! :)

..shameless plug..

I haven't been crafty today. I did, however, buy some crafty stuff :) I got my pattern to make my apron for the Apron Swap I'm a part of. I also finished up a little mini stuffy and got it in the mail to my partner over at SwapBot. I forgot to take his picture, but it was a cute little stuffed pear, complete with a happy face :)

Anyway, about the shameless plug. A couple of weeks ago, my hubby and his friend, Aussie Arron, decided they would make great podcasters :) So they fired up their headsets, and The Right Stick was born. If you know anyone who is interested in remote control airplanes, or if you just want to have a really good laugh, you should go listen. I mean, it's a kid with a Southern accent, and a kid with an Australian accent. What could be funnier? Oh, add a Spanish accent in the mix you say? Well, who knows what could happen :) They're taping tonight with their first special guest, and that episode will air in a couple of days. But the first episode is already up.

Now I'm off to the bookstore. I will no longer be the only person in America that hasn't read the Twilight books.

Peace, love and koala fuzz ya'll!