Kakes Christmas Book (Page By Page)

I just finished up Kake's Christmas book and was too excited and had to post it NOW! I decided to work head, make the book now and I'll add picture for Buffy after Christmas. I love these books! Making them is so fun especially now that I have access to a Zutter!

Bound Books & The Nicest Gift Ever!

Today I received the nicest gift ever! I decided to take a break from my monthly ATC group. Today Karen from the group gave me this amazing gift!


Karen shrunk each of my ATC's and created these amazing two sided charms! It was so thoughtful and the packaging was amazing too! It is so neat to see my own art in these charms. I love, love, love them!

Today I FINALLY bound my Halloween book.



I also bound my funky book! I thought I'd use ribbon to bind but noticed these cool metal wires in my studio and their X O's too! I have had these for years and never figured out what to do with them. I'm glad they caught my eye today-they are funky!

I love Hambly!

My order from Hambly arrived yesterday. It made me feel rich! I ordered some of their papers- I had never seen them in person before... they are gorgeous! I thought that they would be nice because of the quality of their transperencies and rub-ons but they are sooo nice! Some metalic and others somewhat transperent. They are amazing!



And, I orderd this Christmas pack that was only $10- amazing! It makes me want to get busy on my Christmas journal just thinking about it!

Funky Chunky Pages

Tonight I made these fun buttons to add to my Funky Chunky pages. I love making buttons!



I've worked on these pages a little each night this week. Now that's funky!

Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree...

I can't believe it's that time of year agian! Ayesha came over this afternoon and helped trim my black and white tree. Ayesha helped me last year too so this year was funny because she knew all of the important ornaments and she remembered the ones we should hang first too!


Afterwards we made buttons for my school's holiday party. My "grade level"- music, art, and P.E. are in charge this year. We are having an ugly sweater party so the buttons said things like:
- My sweater is uglier than yours.
- Got wool?
- Yes I can...find an ugly sweater.
-Were going down to ugly town. 12.13.08
I hope everyone else enjoys the buttons as much as Ayesha and I did! I find them hillarious!

The Container Store

The Container Store

How do I love thee...Let me count the ways!

If you know me you know my passion for organization! I even love reorganizing what seems to be organized, its just who I am. I had heard about The Container Store and was very interested but when I checked online last- sometime last summer- discovered that we did not have one in AZ. I was disappointed but resigned to the fact I'd just have to wait to check it out. Last weekend Kelly alerted me that AZ did have a store! (Why does someone who lives in CA have to give me this information???)

My mom and I went to check it out today! For two plus hours we wondered and marveled at the greatness that is plastic storage containers and dreamt of the greatness that our studios could be for a mere year's salary. (Hey , if your going to dream dream BIG!)

I did resist the urge to replace every single plastic storage container that I own so that they'd all match- at least for now but did find several things I could not live without.

Decorative tape, rhinestone stickers, packing labels, stapleless stapler, space bags, plastic bubble containers, oh my!


Why do I love to have a photoshoot of everything I purchase???

Things That Made Me Silly Happy Today

1. Buying a Cabbage Patch Kid for Kakes.
This is the first and last year that I'll actually be able to post an of Kakes Christmas gift on my blog before Christmas but for this year if she sees it she will just say, "baby" and go about her business. We were recently at a birthday party for one of our toddler friends who received a Cabbage Patch Kid. Kakes loved the "baby" so much that, combined with the love for Cabbage Patch Kids that Buffy and I have, I knew I had to get one for her! I was originally disappointed because I found out that they were recommended for ages 3 and up, but as silver linings would have it the preemie babies are made for littler girls and were also on sale for $10 at Walmart this morning! Yes, I went to Walmart early this morning but spent longer in line than getting this baby and it made me happier than I could ever have imagined. :)


2. Finding these retro santa, hedgehog, and owl stamps for $2.50 each completely by accident on my way to the restroom at Walmart.
You know you love them!

3. Exploring new Hambly products onlie this morning!
You have to treat yourself too!

4. Recieving this oh so cool package in the mail!



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I've decided to very slowly clean out my home studio, I want to rearrange some things and make a little library space in my house. Interested in seeing what I'm getting rid of??? See my ebay! :)
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Just a little note also to say that the medicine I've been taking worked well and is now leaving my system- both of which I'm thankful for. I'm hopeful that I'll continue to get stronger. Mom's helping me "train" to be ready for work by Monday by taking me out on short shopping trips per my request. A little retail therapy can't be so bad afterall. :)