SOOOO Underwhelmed!! :(

Well, I finally made it to Hobby Lobby and I was seriously underwhelmed!!  I was expecting all these fabulous paper crafting supplies.  NOT!!  99% of the store was home decor and floral!!!  What's up with that???  Other people rave about their Hobby Lobby stores.  Obviously, their Hobby Lobby stores are different from this one.  It is a huge store, but the papercrafting section was SMALL!!!  Michael's has a TON more stuff than Hobby Lobby!!  I'll bet there weren't even 20 different punches to choose from, all the same papers that M's carries, I was just seriously disappointed!!!  Are all Hobby Lobby stores like this one???

IS IT WRONG??

Is it wrong for me to be so excited about a Hobby Lobby opening up 1 1/2 hours away???  I've never been to one and I'm so excited to go check it out later this week!!!  Maybe I'll even score some additional goodies for my next giveaway!!!

What's YOUR favorite crafting shopping spot???

Hugs!

:( Giveaway may have to wait a bit! SORRY!!

Hi, everyone!
Well, test results are starting to come in and I have been diagnosed with San Joaquin Valley Fever.  I won't go into detail here, but suffice it to say, I'm not feeling so hot.  I've never coughed so much in my life!! The good news is, I'm on the meds for it now, so hopefully will begin to feel better soon.  This explains why the 3 rounds of antibiotic didn't phase this.  The bad news is, I may have to postpone my next giveaway for a bit.  We'll see how it goes.  I'd still LOVE to do it before Christmas!!!  So, stay tuned, bloggers!!!

Blessings and hugs!

Belated Thanksgiving wishes!

Hi, everyone!
I know this is late.  That's what being sick for 3 weeks+ does to a person!  Anyway, I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving!  I also need to announce that there is another give-away coming up!  This will bring a Merry Christmas to someone who comments!!!  Watch for details coming soon!!

Blessings and hugs!

My "Winter-Time" Mini inspired by Laura Denison's Steampunk Time Machine

Hi, everyone!
Thanks for stopping by today!!!  I'm pretty excited about how this project turned out!  I love it when I picture something in my head and can actually make it happen!!!  A million thanks to the uber-talented Laura Denison at http://www.followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com/, for the awesome instructions and class she did on a similar mini that she called Steampunk Time Machine.  I needed a hand-crafted gift for a family member who takes TONS of pictures and this fills the bill.  The mini inside has "tons of real estate" as Laura likes to say.  She should be able to put between 50-60 pictures inside.  Thanks for checking it out!!! 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!!

Giggles and hugs!

UPDATE: I'm getting lots of questions about where the mini is, so I took a picture the best way I could think of to show you how it slides out of the center portion.  If you watch Laura's Ustream class on this, you can see how it's done.

UPDATE #2:

I'm getting questions about the inside of the mini.  I just made the pages in Laura's pattern from silver, shades of blue and gray.  I left the pages very plain so that the recipient can fit lots of pictures inside.  So there are no embellishments or decorations on the inside at all.  All the "goo-gaw" is on the outside! ;)

Mini album for our Granddaughter who will be in the Macy's Parade!

Our granddaughter, Taylor, was selected to partcipate with the National Cheer Association in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and we are so proud of her!!  She asked me to make a scrapbook to keep all the mementos and photos of her trip in.  Ever had one of those projects that should be simple and that you struggle with like there's no tomorrow??  Well, that was THIS project!!!  Just a basic mini!  Should have been able to whip it out in no time!!!  14 hours later, I'm still not thrilled with the result, but I just can't bear to deal with it anymore, so I'm calling it done!!

The top photo is the front cover and the bottom photo is just one of the pages inside.  They are all pocket pages and I cut her tons of photo mats and tags to use inside.  Two pages have the city skyline, one has the Statue of Liberty, one has word art, etc.

Thanks for checking it out!
Hugs!

I need suggestions for my next blog candy give-away!!

Hi, everyone!
You know I love to give stuff away, right?  No, my blog is not sponsored and all the goodies come directly from me as a thank you to all of you who visit because I appreciate you all SOOO much!!!  So, what I need to know from all of you now is:  What would you like to see in my next give-away?  You never know, I might even give something away to a lucky winner whose comment is chosen by random.org!

So, what kind of prize would YOU like to win????

Thanks for playing along!
Hugs!