A Winner, Blog Post Project Sneak Peek, Easter Egg Hunt Time, and News!

 Hello everyone!  First, let's pick the winner of last weeks drawing. Thanks for commenting! I put all three names in a hat, and the winner is ~ Melissa!  Melissa, please send me your snail mail addie and I will pick one card from those pictured below and send it out to you right away with the three little stamps and clear block.  You can email me at pmooie at hotmail.com (please take out the spaces, and put the @ in instead of the word at).

I have a pretty detailed blog post going up on the Bind-It-All Blog this month, not sure when it will be posted, but here is a wee little sneak peek of my project ~ 

Hope you all enjoyed a beautiful Spring week.  It was chilly off and on, but the weather held yesterday for an Easter Egg Hunt.  My hubs and I went to cheer on the oldest grandkiddies (4 year old Kaya and 3 year old Cooper).  It was so fun to watch the kids, little Kaya ran around looking only for pink eggs, while Cooper picked up an egg and thought that was enough.  He eventually picked up a few more eggs, but his favorite part was peeking inside the eggs and chowing down the candy.

Waiting to begin ~

skip those non pink eggs ~

peek inside Kaya's bag, we put the blue egg in there, and the yellow is a coupon ~

Little ones are so funny!  I love that I am fortunate enough to spend time with them.  We are having an egg hunt at our house next Sunday before Easter dinner, all three grandkiddies will be there, plus a few neighbor children.  Hope the weather cooperates!  

OK, remember when I said I had exciting news to share?  I can't give all the details yet, but the news is ~ I will be teaching some online classes soon.  I am so excited, it is going to be amazing!  The format is incredible, and I am fortunate enough to be working with some very talented peeps.  I will share more details as it gets closer. I can tell you though, I am playing with things like this getting ready for one class ~ 

Can't wait to share details, woo!  In the meantime, I better get back to my crafty space and start playing a bit more.  This is one of the fun things about teaching, playing with supplies and developing content.  :)

I wish you a joyful and creative week ~ Pam  

Time for Cards! Happy Spring too. :)

Hello!  How are you all doing today?  Hopefully fabulously.  I had time to play with my inks, stamps, mists, and some of my embossing folders for a bit of time this weekend, and made a few cards, as well as some background paper for my stash.  I haven't had time to do so in quite a while, and I loved every second of it!!!  Nothing like stained fingers and bits of colorful paper to make a girl feel like spring is here.  If that wasn't enough, my hubs and I also scrubbed and washed our wooden fence this week, which let me tell you was QUITE the job.  We also spent some time today cleaning up the ginormous garden since we did not have a chance to do so last fall by pulling boatloads of weeds, rototilling (well, he did the rototilling part), and thinning out the raspberry bushes.  Woooo, love this beautiful weather, but it is tiring!  heh heh heh  I also started going through some of my stuff for indoor spring cleaning.  I discovered some stamps that were duplicates, so I decided to pass them on to some one else in a wee giveaway. If you would like a chance to win them, please leave me a comment letting me know which card you like best out of the 4 same size cards I made this weekend (shown here) ~

Here are the stamps ~

I will include that card with the stamps and little clear acrylic block for one lucky commenter as a giveaway (please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you)

It was my hubs birthday this week too, the first day of spring (see the fence in the background?  That was a LOT of scrubbing!) ~

We had a family dinner last Sunday to celebrate.  The weather was gorgeous, and the grandkiddies all loved playing with bubbles while enjoying the afternoon sunshine.   

Here are some photos of my creative time this weekend.  First is a bit of the homemade background paper cut into small size embossed bits, and some words, butterflies, and a few flowers  ~

Some background paper, wish you could see the lovely sparkle from the mists ~

More background paper, misted, inked, stamped, and heat embossed ~

Close up of some of the bits, I used some of the Pearl Smooch to go over certain embossed and inked areas to make it sparkle a bit more ~

The pearl Smooch is fun to play with, just like painting with a pointed nail polish brush, easy to get fine details  ~

A card I made for someone, it opened the door to creating additional cards in the same sitting ~

See that fun sparkle?  Love sparkle!

Did you notice the two fabric strips?  Gotta have fabric on a fun card!  

My weekend card creations ~

I have other big, big, BIG news, but I can't share it yet.  As soon as I am able to though, you will be the first to know.  I can't wait to tell you, I am so excited (jumping up and down).  In the meantime, don't forget to comment on this post letting me know your favorite for a chance to win the card, and the little stamps and acrylic block.  I will pick one lucky winner next Sunday.  I look forward to hearing back from you!  

I wish you a joyful and creative week ~ Pam

Happy Almost Spring!

 Wow, the weather was beautiful here today!  I can't WAIT for spring to arrive!   I took the snowman display down in the dining room, and added some springy things instead ~

Close up of the two little bitsy gnomes, they are so dang cute ~

Close up of some bunnies for Easter ~

We decided to get out some of the lawn furniture today, and do some yard clean up.  I worked on cleaning some of the front area, here is an after shot  ~

 This is the other side of the walkway, and what the right side looked like when I started.  GEEZ, those dang leaves were hard to clean out of the plants!!! ~

We are having 5 large trees cut down, to try to open up the pool to some sun, and to cut down on yard work and leaves.  The tree pictured closest to the driveway is staying, the other 3 are hopefully gone soon ~

A view from the other side of the yard (the tree on the far right is the one staying, the other 3 are going) ~

My beautiful daughter had a birthday a little over a week ago.  She wanted a sewing machine for her birthday, her first sewing machine!  I was as happy as she was I think.  :)  ~

We had to change the day we got together to celebrate her birthday, so it was definitely a casual one.  I wanted to make fun cupcakes for her cake, but did not have time.  Instead she got a yummy cake, but not a fancy schmancy one.  Cooper is helping his mumma blow out the candles here, can you tell? ~ 

I am working on a new mini album and will be posting pics and a tutorial on the bind-it-all blog in the next month.  I am also working on boatloads of birthday cards, gotta rebuild my stash!  I hope to have some pics to share with you next week.  If I can move after all the yard work!  :)

I hope you all enjoy a wonderful spring like week!  Have a joyful and creative week too ~ Pam

A cutie pie turns one, we make wonton soup and more. :)

Hello everybody!
How the heck are you all doing?  Faboo I hope.  It has been a busy busy busy few weeks.  I was working on my youngest granddaughter's 1st year scrapbook among other projects.  I have some cutie pics to share from the big birthday bash yesterday, and then some pics of our international cooking day last weekend.  First the important stuff, little Miss Hollyn is now one year old ~

Here she is with her proud parents ~

Here are a few party guests (her Aunt Cort and her cousin Kaya) ~

Hollyn with her boyfriend Max ~

the cake her momma made for her ~

some party decor (socktupuses, aren't they cute???)  ~

the fun punch bowl ~

some of the yummy food ~

a darling wreath ~

her octopus headband ~

a shot of her wearing her octopus headband ~

time for cake! 

boy, it is yummy!

A fun party for sure.  You could probably guess from the pics that the theme was octopus, right?  Her momma worked really hard on everything, and Grandma Cook helped too.  My only duties were the octopus headband, the food tags, the photos in the vases, and making the sushi.  I am really happy I was asked to help.  

Last week my kids and grandkids came over for our international food prep day.  We made won ton soup, crab ragoons, egg and spring rolls, and a few cheese sticks.  Not that cheese sticks really fit that international theme, but hey when you have the deep fryer out........  ;)

Here is my handsome hubs, he was in charge of the deep fryer.  He did a great job ~ 

Here we are assembling won tons for the won ton soup ~

some yummy crab ragoons, egg rolls, and cheese sticks ~

I thought this pic was cute.  Cooper is to the left, and my son is helping Hollyn with her walking skills.  Her grandma Cook came up with the great idea to let her hang onto a hanger and walk.  She loves it!  She loves walking with a wee bit of help, and she zips around like a speedy girl ~

Here is one simple page I did for Hollyn's first year album, I will share others later.  I forgot to take pics, I'll have to do that soon :)  ~

Last but not least, I wanted to remind you that there is a sale over at the Bind-It-All site!  It is in honor of the 5th anniversary of the Bind-it-all.  Here are the details ~

Celebrate our anniversary with us!

Take 20% off sitewide for 5 days! 

February 25-29, 2012

Promo code: 5YEARS

Happy Leap Year too!!!  :)

Well, I have a few projects to work on this evening, so that is it for this week.  I hope you have a joyful and creative week ~ Pam

Happy Valentine's Day week!

Happy Valentine's Day week everybody!  Hope you have something wonderful happen this week!  It doesn't matter if it is a call from a friend, flowers, chocolates, dinner out with your sweetie, fresh baked cookies,  hugs, or some creative time, I hope you have something happen to make you smile this week.  Enjoy this darling little vintage valentine as well ~

Happy Valentine's Day!  Wishing you a joyful and creative week ~ Pam