Valentine Love!

Hello everyone!  This has been a busy weekend.  I am so happy, I finished some super cute little tshirts for my grand kids, and some head bands for the granddaughters.  I also finished Kaya's leggings.  My computer is being goofy so I promise to share a tutorial next week.  I am not sure which item I will do a tutorial on, it will either be the headbands, leggings, or the tshirts.  Anyway, here are some pics to get you in the Valentine's Day mood ~ 

The girls shirts ~

My daughter modeling one of the little skirts (it is for a four year old, hence the size).  We went to Sew B together, and she made some darling little skirts for the girls ~

Cooper's shirt, with the girl's shirts behind his ~

Fun Headbands, while under construction ~

Headbands are finished, and a few bows too ~

Leggings for Kaya, I used a pair of red heart leggings I picked up at Old Navy for under $5.00 ~

Thanks for stopping in!  I hope you are enjoying some creative time, you know Valentine's Day will be here before we know it.....
OK, until next week, when I will have a tutorial for you, have a joyful and creative week ~ Pam

WOW, 2012 is full of new things!

I had a great day today, I spent it making sushi with my family!  Well, my hubby does not like sushi, so he just watched from the sidelines.  But Cort, Jay, Cara, Kaya and I all pitched in and made some yummy sushi.  We are going to try new things in 2012, and I am soooooo happy about that.  Last year was a crazy goat rodeo of a year, in a good way most of the time, but still a wild, hang onto your hat, don't let go or look down just GO, no time for anything kind of year.  I am looking forward to getting back to crafting, sewing, scrapping, quilting, cooking, and spending fun time with my family.  I also plan to get back in the habit of becoming a regular blogger again too!  So here's to 2012 ~ YAHOO, so glad you are here!
Here are a few pics of our sushi making day ~

 Cort stirs the rice vinegar concoction into our sushi rice.

My beautiful yet silly daughter, what a ham!

Some supplies 

Sweet little Kaya wanted to help, so she had to wash her hands really well first.

scrub scrub scrub!

All clean!

Definitely a casual day!  ;)

 Look at all those yummy veggies!

Ready to start assembling!

 Jay and Cara work on creating yummy and beautiful sushi.

 Jay put wasabi paste on his sushi as soon as they were ready.

WOOOO, look at that stash of sushi!  Cort even made some of the inside out sushi, she has crazy mad sushi skills, especially for a beginner.

YUMMY!

 Look at our cutie Hollyn, she is checking everything out.  Nothing is safe from those little hands now!  :)

Our next cooking project is going to be tamales.  Cort learned how to make some recently, so she is going to be our instructor.  :)  That will be in a few weeks, I will be sure to take pics and share.  We are going to be worldly chefs before long, woooo!  This week I will be gathering boatloads of valentines fabrics from my fabric stash, as I have a few things I want to make the grandkiddies.  I hope to start on them Friday, then start SCRAPPIN again!  YAHOO!  My word, I love being able to just make stuff again.  What a wonderful wonderful feeling.  Being able to share it with people I love is another perk.  I feel truly truly blessed.  I hope you all have a blessed 2012 too!  

Have a joyful and creative week ~ Pam

The Monster Bash Went Well!!!

 Our cutie little monsters had a ball at their monster themed birthday party last weekend!  The weather was gorgeous, there was lots of great food available, and we all enjoyed watching the kids play and have fun.  I made three little monster shirts for the grandbabies, and banners for the birthday boy and girl.  My son-in-law made a super cute little photo board for people to use to take pics, my daughter made a cute headband and skirt for Kaya, and my daughter and I made fun monster cupcakes.  Here are a few photos from that day.

FUN monster cupcakes for the party guests (we made over 70 cupcakes, WOOO) ~

Kaya is 4 monster banner ~

Cooper is 3 monster banner ~

The birthday boy and girl play with a few of the party favors before their guests arrive.  The are wearing their monster shirts and birthday apparel.  I stitched monster faces on the pillows on the rack in the back of this pic ~

 Kaya is modeling her fun sunglasses her mumma adorned ~

 Sweet little baby Hollyn is peeking through the fun monster photo prop ~

 Kaya and Cooper are now peeking through the monster photo prop their daddy made ~

Sweet little Hollyn wearing her H monster onsie, so she matches her birthday cousins (her mumma is sitting next to her) ~

Cooper was ready for the monster pinata~

colorful marshmellow monster suckers ~

Monster cookies ~

Some monster rice krispie treats and apple mouths ~

My beautiful daughter and my granddaughter Kaya and grandson Cooper blowing out candles (Coop couldn't WAIT to blow out candles!!!) ~

Cooper's monster cupcake and candles ~

Monster shirts in progress ~

I can't wait to scrap these pics!  I haven't scrapped in months, due to all the moves.  My scraproom is 98% unpacked, I am SOOOOO excited!  I promise to show pics next post.  For now though, I need to get busy with my to-do list, so it's time for me to say goodbye.  I wish you all a crafty and joyful day ~ Pam

Moving is time consuming! :)

WOOOOOO, I hope this is our last move. Ever. Ever ever ever. It is NO fun, and takes boatloads of time. I am still trying to unpack in my lovely new space. My hubs calls it the "craft emporium" and I think it fits. It is a double size room with a small walk in closet, boatloads of space for all my creative stuff. Good thing I purged some of my stuff though, it is still going to be full in this space. I promise to post more regularly when I get completely unpacked and settled in. Here is a pic of a quick and easy wreath I made this month (I was going through severe crafty withdrawal, 2 months is waaaaaaaaaaaay too long not to make something, he he he) ~

 
Here is a pic of 4 deer (including a fawn) who were munching on some of the gazillion acorns, walnuts, beechnuts, and hickory nuts we now have at our new home ~

Here are pics of my "craft emporium" in partial unpacked status (standing at one end and shooting the length of the room) ~

 A pic of one shelving unit, which as been partially unpacked, walk in closet is to the left ~

One wall inside the closet ~

Standing at the other end of the room, shooting down the length ~

The table that will be my cutting and piecing table for now (once it is cleared off, yikes!) ~

Another view of the shelving unit with baskets of mainly fabric and sewing supplies  ~

Standing at the door of the walkin closet, looking toward my paper rack, which holds some of my punches, my FABOO pink Bind-It-All, and my DreamCuts ~

OK, enough of my mess for now, holy cow.   I only post these pics so you can see how much work it has been for me to pack, move, sort, and unpack my stuff.  WOOOO.  Don't want to do it again.  EVER.  :)

The latest thing I have picked up is decorating cupcakes.  I bought this DARLING book on creating fun cupcakes using candy and other supplies.  For Cara's birthday a few weeks ago I decided to make her the reindeer cupcakes.  She loves Christmas, so it seemed like a perfect fit.  They turned out pretty cute, and seemed to be enjoyed by everybody at the dinner.  I plan to make a different type cupcake next w/e, for a friend's dinner.  Here is a pic of the reindeer cupcakes ~

Well, I better get back to my unpacking.  It is going to be another busy week at work too, so I need to get as much done today as possible.  I'll catch up with you later!   Hope you all have a joyful and creative week  ~ Pam

Hop on over to the Zutter Zister's Blog for some Zummertime Fun!

Helllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo everybody!  How are you all doing today?  Fab?  Super fab?  I hope so!!!  I wanted to tell you about a fun little Zummertime thing we have going on over at the Bind-It-All Blog!  Lots of daily giveaways, and specials too!  Check it out when you get a minute.  The fun runs from Monday - Friday, and my project is featured on Monday.  Here is a sneaky peek of what I posted about ~

Please be sure to stop by the Bind-It-All Blog and leave a comment for your chance to win one of the Mini Scor-It-Alls, they are FAB!  I used one to create my folded pages in my mini.  Super easy peasy to use, and perfect scores.  Easy on your paper, and you too!  :)  (You can also purchase one right now if you wish since they are ON SALE.  WOOO, love that!) 

Remeber, there will be new projects posted all week, so be sure to stop in and say hello. 

Well, unfortunately I have to get my rear in gear and get back to sorting for our gigantic garage sale this weekend.  I would MUCH rather be scrapping, but I guess I better get to work.  Hope you stop in and leave a comment about my project, I love to hear from you. 
Have a great rest of the Zummer, ;) and hope you have a joyful and creative day ~ Pam