Kissing Balls

I'm so excited to try these and I'm chomping at the bit to get to Micheal's to buy the supplies! They are such a great decoration to add to the home on any given holiday or make them to match your everyday decor. Hopefully, I will be able to roll the streamer material right. Check out THIS blog for the tutorial.

PS - I don't take credit for the picture above. See? It already has a watermark and that's not mine. LOL!

Frustrated.

This is pretty much what I'm feeling at this point. I'm stuck in a card making rut and I'm not sure how to get out of it. I just can't seem to put things together to make a card. I've torn up more projects than I've completed and I'm at a loss. Has anyone out there ever felt this way before? What did you do to get your mojo going again? I would really like to get out of this funk I'm in so I can make some awesome Valentine's Day cards and make a little bit of extra cash. Help me!

-Sam

Pretty Daisies

I just thought I would share some summer happiness in the middle of this really cold, blah winter. I took THESE photos last summer of my mom's daisies. I was playing with the settings on my camera and trying some new angles. It's so easy because my screen pops out! I hope you like these and enjoy. If you really want to see someone who is an awesome photographer go to THIS website.

My favorite :)

-Sam

Oh Baby!

Sorry about the bad picture but I think you get the general idea on what the card looks like. The inspiration from this card came from a sketch on a blog that I cannot remember the name of. Sorry. Again. I'm just not doing very good this time around.

Anyway, I am really pleased on how this card turned out. I love the simplicity of it but I love the busy-ness of the group of flowers at the top. It's so cute! Whatcha think?

I've been so busy with the holidays and everything I haven't really had a chance to make anything. Wouldn't you know it? I've got a cold now. Great. I can't breathe and Mucinex hasn't helped. I haven't gotten any sleep. Ugh. I'm really not looking forward to work tomorrow.

On a healthier, happier note, my husband and I, are going to starting working out on Wednesday at the police department. He gets to work out there for free and can bring anyone in as long as he is there. I'm kinda nervous. I have not worked out a day in my life. This should be interesting. If I'm not blogging within in the next week I am probably at the hospital in traction. Ha!

My husband and I are also looking for a new house. It's going to be a long search I think. Wish us luck! Pray for us too!

DIY: Notepad

I was searching through some things on craftgossip.com. This is such an awesome website for those creative ruts. Tutorials run abound on this website and you can also follow them on Facebook. They post tons and it's always easy to find them in your news feed. They have such neat stuff I really suggest you go check them out. They have everything from sewing, cooking and scrapbooking. They search online for some of the cooles ideas. All of their things come from blogs or other websites. This particular tutorial is brought to you by Green Eyed Monster.

DIY notepads. Who would have thunk it? I kinda already knew how to do this. I learned it when I was younger but I completely forgot about it. This is such a good refresher or something new for those of you who may have never thought about doing this. I can't wait to start making mine! They make an awesome little extra gift for someone's birthday or a great stocking stuffer.

I would love to see how yours turn out. I will post mine as soon as I start one. Which may be tonight. Who knows, though? It's New Year's Eve and I have no idea what my plans are tonight.

I've Been A Busy Bee...

...but not with crafting. Ugh! I'm so frustrated with myself that I haven't gotten a dang thing done in the past few weeks. My husband and I have been so busy and if we don't have somewhere to go, I have laundry to do or the house to straighten up. I've been missing everyone's awesome posts on other sites because I just haven't been on the blog.

This weekend has been a bit crazy. Friday I went shopping for some flannel sheets. I freeze to death when I go to bed at night. My husband loves to sleep with the window open and the fan on in the winter time. I hate it. Solution: flannel sheets.

Skipping to Saturday because I really don't think anyone wants to hear anymore about flannel sheets. Then again, Saturday really isn't anymore exciting than the flannel sheets. Ha! I had to work on Saturday and then I went Christmas shopping with my mom. Christmas shopping for me! I got tons of awesome stuff. My favorite thing is my Pandora bracelet! O.M.G. I freakin' love this thing. I can't wait to get more charms. A Pandora should be on every girls' wish list for Christmas. I got a cute little charm that's a horse. Too cute!

Tomorrow is back to work. I don't even feel that I've had a weekend. It has gone by way too fast. It will be 2011 before you know it. Where does the time go?

As for my crafting/cardmaking, I've definitely been slacking. I have an order to do and I don't know when I'm going to have time to do it. Ahhhhh!! I probably should be doing it now but it's 11 o'clock at night and I'm not starting a thing. I haven't sat down all weekend I don't think.

Well I hope ya'll have a good night. I'm going to have some movie time before bed!

-Sam

Business Cards

Wow! Two posts in one day and I only have an hour to spare. I've never posted twice in one day.

Anywho, I thought I would share my new business cards. I don't have them yet and that's partly because I haven't ordered them yet but they are designed. I'm really proud of these. I think they are designed pretty well for being an amateur. Tell me what you think!

I wanted to create something to drudge up some business around town. I really want to get out on my own and make this a full time thing. I know that's going to take some time and pretty unlikely but I can dream and I have to start somewhere!