A pretty little organizer!

I had made this in November or October and meant to share it with you (you all know how that goes!).

 As you know, I am a huge blog hopper and I have certain blogs that I subscribe to. Inking Idaho is one of my favorite blogs to visit. Becky Roberts is a stampin genious and we sort of have the same style if you could call it that. Each October she releases her 12 Days of Christmas Tutorials. I have them all. They are great and not just for Christmas, you can use the projects for any occasion.

This bulletin board was cased from her tutorial. I love how it turned out and I am going to change out the snowflake for a heart in February. I used the Jolly Holiday DSP as instructed in the tutorial. I LOVE this paper. Plus, it is really not just for Christmas.

My wonderful hubby hung it for me. I want to stick photos of my boys or cards for inspiration, but right now it just makes me happy to look at it. It is hung right about my computer so I look up at it every so often when I am working and it just makes me smile. I think we all need something like that in our lives, just a little something to make you smile.

Happy Stampin,
Melissa

A little bit of Christmas

I know that I didn't share too many Christmas projects this year. I am sorry for that. Sometimes things get crazy and the I have good intentions that never get finished. Does that happen to you? Here is one of the "good intentions" that did get done. These cute little candy treats were for my Pre-school class that I teach at our church. I have a small group in the early service and these were quick and easy to make.

Here is a close up of the poem. I am not sure where it came from, but I love it. If you would like a copy, please leave me a comment with your email address and I will send a copy to you.

I printed these out on regular printer paper and attached them to Real Red card stock. I used some Real Red striped grosgrain ribbon to tie them on to the 1x8 skinny bags that were bought from Clearbags.com I stamped the image in Real Red and attached with a stampin dimensional.

These little bags will be re-appearing soon for Valentine's Day!

Enjoy!
Melissa

Happy New Year!!!!

Not sure why this didn't post, but here it is!

Hello Stampers,

Happy New Year! I am so excited for 2011 for so many reasons. I love a fresh start and taking the time to reflect, set goals and dream of what could be. I don't usually make resolutions, but rather I set goals. This year a BIG goal of mine and my husband is to be debt free. We took Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and learned a lot of things. We don't have a lot of debt but since we bought a new house a few years ago we have been putting too many things on the charge card. I want to stop doing that.

I have many goals for my Stampin Up! business as well. I want to learn more techniques to share with my customers and friends. The list goes on and I won't bore you with them all. I would love to hear some of your goals or resolutions. Please leave a comment for me!

Happy New Year! I hope that you are BLESSED in 2011!!!

Happy Stampin'
Melissa

Another Purse Picture

A few posts back I showed you the purse that my Aunt Patty and I made. Here is a picture of her purse.

We used the new fabric from the 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog. She liked the green fabric and I liked the red. I am still working on the flowers. The thread that I used for my flower really didn't look right so I had to go to plan B.

Here is a picture of mine again so you can see the difference. Her inside is what my outside looks like minus the ruffles. She did add pockets of course. The next purses we make will be with the new fabric from the 2011 Occasions Mini! Can't wait to get that in my hands!!

Some Family Pics

I don't usually share pictures of my family but I did have some cute ones that I will be making some My Digital Studio projects with and wanted to share. I will share the projects when they are finished.

This is my son Joshua. He is 6 and LOVES to "help" in the kitchen. Since I have all boys I will take all the help that I can get!

This is me with my son Joshua (in blue) and Owen (in red). My oldest is taking the picture and hubby is probably still eating. Every Christmas we visit this wonderful little restaurant for breakfast with Santa. They always have great antique decorations and yummy food. We have come to this same restaurant since I was Joshua's age so it has been a really long time and I have wonderful memories of all my family members here. That is really one of the reasons that I love Christmas so much. The family traditions and celebrations of our Lord and Savior Jesus' birth.

I am truly blessed to have wonderful family, friends and customers. You have all been gifts to me each and every day of the year!

Happy Stampin'
Melissa

Gingerbread Goodies!

I know I have been gone for a wile, but I have been busy making cards, cookies and more! Here is a project that I made for a Club Member for Christmas. I am going to be changing them up for Valentine's Day and maybe adding some tea bags for Mother's Day.

I have seen these floating around the blogs. I did change mine up a little because I couldn't find the 16 ounce cups. I could only find 12 oz. cups so I made the boxes a little smaller. I will share the tutorial in my next few posts.

I used Real Red CS with Chocolate Chip and Early Expresso Ink. I also made a blue version of this with snow flakes but gave it away before I could take a picture of it. I hope that my friends liked them!

Happy Stampin,

Melissa

Merry Christmas!

Hello Stampers,

I know it has been a while since my last post and I am sorry for that. After battling sickness after sickness and dealing with Birthday Parties, a visit from my Mom and her husband and all that life has for me, I am still alive!

I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope you are truly blessed with people who love you, good health and more!

As we visit with family and friends I hope that you take time to Thank God for the precious gift of Salvation that He has given us through His son Jesus! He is the reason for the season after all.

Check back soon...I have been busy!
Melissa