Last week we had my parents in town to visit the baby. We had a wonderful time sight-seeing, shopping, and crafting, but their visit left very little time for blogging. Still, I meant to write a post or two, until I came down with Strep about halfway through the week. As you can imagine, any motivation I may have had …
Is there anything better than getting a package in the mail? I do more and more of my shopping online these days, and it’s always so much fun to come home to see a brown box on the doorstep. That was the inspiration for this card. I used two stamp sets from Pink Persimmon’s latest release: Parcel Post and Special …
Today marks the official transition from pumpkins and ghosts and costumes to…pumpkins and turkey and pie. The weather here in the SF Bay is finally turning a little colder, and if you look really hard you may even find a deciduous tree with colored foliage. So, happy Fall! I don’t know about you, but to me, nothing says fall like …
A couple weeks ago Allie received a little care package from her Auntie Laura and Grandmommy. It contained a collection of bows that even I have to admit were pretty darn adorable. I asked Laura to write up a little how-to for each one, so here they are: All ribbon is 3/8 inch grosgrain unless otherwise noted. Laura and my …
While our family and friends back east hunker down for Sandy, we here are on the left coast are prepping for a whole different kind of storm. Hurricane Grandmommy is scheduled to touch down on Saturday night, and since my craft room doubles as our guest room, I have a LOT of cleaning to do. Of course, I also have …
I’m at MLO for the afternoon, working on cards for one of my upcoming classes. The benefit of working here is I’ve got lots of space to spread out. Of course, the more I spread out, the more I have to clean up. Generally I have to start packing up about an hour before I plan to actually leave…which would …