Month: November 2009

mugatu & me. inventing, creating, having a great time wish you were here!

I mean this in a positive crazy way but…

Seriously. If you could just see what’s going on around here. I’m totally inspired & working as much as I can manage – and I’ve got assignments & projects on my “must do” list to keep me very busy! It’s wonderful!! I can’t talk much yet about that, so for now let me share a few things I can reveal-

You can see a fun ornament project I made for Fiskars here – http://fiskarscrafts.com/projects/t_ornamentfelt09.aspx

I also just finished my first project with the super yummy Origins line from Basic Grey…

and that friends, is the very first sneak peek at my February 2010 Big Picture class that I’m working on this minute!!! More info later.

For now one more Mugatu Picture. I keep calling for Todd  Jason (my assistant who brings me foamy lattes) but he’s not around today. Something about working his real job.

Ah well, I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend! I’ll be back with a give-away on Monday…

{final blog hop day} Box of Love

I have been wanting to figure out a way to do this and share all week – longer actually and I just had my “aha!” moment so I want to share this with you as this week of gratitude & giving thanks blog hop activity wraps up.

I have this person in my life that I really want to give a gift unlike anything I’ve ever done. I want to tell stories I remember of them + me, details about them that I love, things that remind me of them, and also some actual “gifts” such as gift cards, etc. in the journal too. But the problem has been that I can’t figure out how to make it work like I envision. That is, until I noticed this box under my desk.

It is 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 and is covered with a shiny paper. I’m going to tear that shiny paper off to give myself a nice chipboard base to decorate as I see fit. Then I’m going to fill the box with little notes, affirmations, candies, gift card(s) with special meaning, more notes, small collages/artworks, and other things to create a little box of love. When I’m done I’ll send it off and this person will get not only a Christmas present, but also something they can look at when they need a smile or to be reminded someone loves them. I can do that!

Here’s what I’ve gathered so far that I want to use. I *WILL* share finished photos with you, but not until after Christmas as I don’t want to take the chance that the recipient sees it. Believe me, the person will KNOW it’s for them! Anyhow – that’s my final idea for you in this giving thanks blog hop – make someone a little box of love complete with ‘love notes’ that can be saved and cherished.

Be sure to check in on the other blog hop participants…

Allison Kreft Abad http://hamblyscreenprints.typepad.com/
Becky Novacek http://www.beckynovacekphotography.com
Debbie Hodge http://www.debbiehodge.typepad.com
Elizabeth Kartchner http://elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/
Jennifer McGuire http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com
Jodie McNally http://jodiemcnally.com
Kelly Purkey http://kellypurkey.typepad.com
Lain Ehmann http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things
Lisa Dickinson http://lisadickinson.typepad.com
Liz Hicks http://blogerisms.blogspot.com
Margie Romney-Aslett http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com
Margot Potter http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com
May Flaum http://mayflaum.wordpress.com
Patti Milazzo http://pattimilazzo.blogspot.com
Rhonna Farrer http://rhonnadesigns.blogspot.com
Stacey Kingman http://staceykingman.blogspot.com
Stephenie Hamen http://cropgirl.wordpress.com
Wendy Smedley http://wendysmedley.typepad.com

thankful for…

I just saw this lovely (free) set of thankful tags from Elle’s Studio and felt inspired to type a note…

http://shopellesstudio.com/about-elles-studio.php

Our trip was a good one and we get to spend time with Jason’s family as well as my mom this Thanksgiving. Lots of good things – keeping my Nana & Uncle in my thoughts and wishing them more good days ahead.

photo mask (corner rounder) by Rhonna Farrer (www.houseof3.com)