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Memorial Day Goodies

Hellooooo!!!!  I hope you're all having a wonderful long holiday weekend!!!  I know it's been much-needed time off for me.  It's been a great weekend so far, and HOT here in the Philly area, but you will hear no complaints from me about that!!  I LOVE summer.  LOVE IT.  My body doesn't hurt like a 95-year-old woman because my muscles stay nice and loose, and it's just a general awesome time of year.

I want to take a moment and thank all those who have served and who continue to serve this great country of ours.  It is because of them that we have the freedoms we have, to include the freedom to write and share ideas in a forum like this.  Without them, I could never even attempt to spread creativity and receive such inspiration from others.  To the men and women of our armed forces, THANK YOU.  

(for those of you who've been following me for a while will recognize this as something i've posted previously under my older blog.  and no, i haven't gotten it framed yet.  i will.  swear.)

Ok -- now onto what I did this weekend!!

 Friday.  I spent the day doing a few things around the house, and then I went out for some much needed drinks with my bestie.  This week was pure hell, and that Captain Morgan and diet coke was just what the doctor ordered.

Sadly, no crafting occurred on this day.

Saturday.  Another day filled with chores, to include planting a few things in my garden (one by one i keep adding to the plants & flowers, so hopefully soon i'll be able to share with you the fruits of my labor! i plan on spending the fall doing some serious canning! now, i just need a canning pot....)  Saturday was also met with alcoholic drinks with great friends.  We met up at one of the local, very popular sports bars in the Philly area (i swear their goal is to take over the entire east coast...), and just have a blasty blast. (i would like to mention a small gripe with the 96 tvs that are in this bar - would it have really killed you to have left the maryland/duke lax game on just one little measly tv in my line of sight???  really????? uggggh.)

Sadly, no crafting occurred on Saturday, either.

Sunday. Now, Sunday was a day spent doing something everyone hopes that someday they'll be able to do: rip up your disgusting basement carpet because your cat completely ruined it.  Well, after a mishap with my washing machine during the week which got the rug soaked on the one side (note to self: double-check the basin sink EVERY TIME to make sure a rogue washcloth does not get stuck in the drain while the washer is running. ahem.), I decided just to rip up part of the carpet in the basement, since it's already been destroyed.   Now, I will advise those of you who need to do this in your lifetime to be very wary of where your fingers are when you have that sharp box cutter in your hands.  I'll spare you the details, but I'll tell you that I did not lose an ounce of blood, but I'll need those Asian ladies at the nail place on Friday to work their magic since I'll be getting a mani/pedi for my sis's wedding.  Owwie.

Sunday ALSO included making a brand spankin-new shower curtain!!!  Whoop whoop!!!  I've only had the fabric in my bin for almost a year waiting for this project, and I decided since I was injured, what better way to spend the day than working with more sharp objects?!  Pins and sewing machine needles!! Yes!!!!

Ok so here is the "before" of my bathroom -

Now, my tiles on both the floor and walls are a pale pale grey with a marbled look to them.  The radiator cover and the top decorative tile on the walls are both black.  The rug is like a minty-sea green, to match the shower curtain.

Both were perfectly fine for my apartment, but for my house, I definitely needed something a little more updated.  I couldn't find anything I liked, however, so naturally, I decided to make something.  No pattern necessary -- the old shower curtain was my guide. (yes, i am that awesome.) And...did you notice??  Original crystal doorknobs.  Be jealous.

Any guesses as to what color I chose to go with that awesome grey & black motif already there??

You got it!!!

PURPLE!!!!!!

Now, I know this is really dark, but the fabric itself is super dark, and speckled with black, so it was tough to get a clear picture of it.  BUT, I think it's super amazing, and I can't wait to make curtains and get hand towels!!!  I went to Targeeeeee on Sunday to pick up a new bath rug, which is black since they didn't have any purple (none.  no purple at all.  they should be ashamed.), but it's super soft and plush and I love it anyway.  I'll need to get funky purple hand towels since the rug is plain.

(i don't know why this pic is tinted, but trust - the rug is black, and my shower curtain is really that awesome purple from the above pic)

Awesome, amiright?!  Love it!!!  

Along with this amazing sewing job I did (if i do say so myself), which - side note - whoever invented the automatic button hole maker for sewing machines is a GENIUS and i hope that person is living in the lap of luxury for the patent or idea or whatever.  good work, sir/ma'am. good work -  I have been able to do some updating on my "Halloween Eve" piece for you all to see.

I haven't been able to do much, but what I've done has definitely added some color!  I love those leaves!  I can't wait for you all to see the rest of this stitched -- it looks so awesome on the graph sample pic, so it'll look a bajillion times better once I have it stitched in person :-)

Lastly, I've had this poster lying around for a while now, and I recently got the frame for it, but let them both lounge around my computer room for the past 2 months or so.  Well, yesterday I decided enough is enough, and I put the poster in the frame.

I don't know what it is about this "Keep Calm and Carry On" themed stuff that's so popular now, but I absolutely can't get enough of it.  I'm suddenly obsessed with everything British for funky decor purposes.  I haven't quite decided where this will end up hanging, but for now, it's proudly displayed in my hallway.

That's all I have for the moment, peeps!!  I hope to spend today doing many crafty things, and I hope you all find time to BBQ and make at least one little crafty thing!! 

Much love ~~~~

J :-)

 

Pretty in Pink

Remember this post?  Where I took Danielle's wedding invitation and scrapped it?  Well, I fiiiiinally got the picture I wanted to put in the "place holder" (i blame pure laziness and indecisiveness for this taking me forfreakingever), and last night, put down my needle & thread for a hot minute so I could finish this for her.  Before, ya know, she and hubs celebrate 1 year already.  You laugh.  That date will be here sooner than you think.

Ahem.

Anyways.  When I was in Joann fabric with one of my super spectacular 40% off coups, I saw the 12x12 shadow boxes and thought, YES.  Perfectamundo.

HOW.CUTE.IS.THIS.  OMG.  I apologize that the pink does not stab you in your eyeball with its hot pinkness, but trust a girl.  It's like whoa pink.  I had to turn the flash off because otherwise this would be just one big white glare.  That, is not cute.  No.

And.  hello.  Danielle's pink shoes & hubbie's pink socks?  ADORBS.  love.

Now...for some close-ups of the various pieces in this big collage.....

Do you see that up in the top right-hand corner??  That's the wax seal that was on the envelope of the invitation.  I took that baby right off, saved it, and glued it to that cute little polka dot piece of paper and stuck it up there in the corner.  Adorbs.

And flowers in the bottom left.  Boom.

I think this whole project turned out pretty daggone amazeballs.  I do so wish I was able to capture the true hot pinkness of this project, but the glare and horribly terrible lighting in my old house were very unhelpful in this situation.  Booooo.  Oh well.  One of these days I'll be able to hire an actual photographer to take pics for my super-famous bliggity blog.  Until that day when I'm totally rich and famous, you'll have to deal with my amateur photo hour.  And you're over it already because you love me :-)

HA!!!

That's it for today, kids.  I hope you have a fanfreakingtastic Tuesday, and get busy with your creative juices and MAKE SOMETHING TODAY!!!!!!!

Much love ~~~~

J :-)

The Strawberry Sampler

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In addition to our retail offerings, we are also the home of the

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Just a shout-out to the ladies at my LNS!!

Peeps - If you need anything stitching related, EVER, give these ladies a call!! They are a-ma-zing and will help you with all of your stitching and framing needs!!!

Love to all the Strawberry Gals!!! :-)

Halloween?? Already??

Yes, folks.  It's about that time.  That time when you realize summer is quickly approaching and it's time to start your Halloween stitching.

No?  Just me?  Huh.  I guess I am crazier than I originally thought.

Whoops.

Well, you're over it now, and it's time for me to share one of my new favorite graphs:  Halloween Eve.  This is a Blackbird Design, and it's faaaabulous.  I had to take a break from my super-secret-on-the-down-low-biggest-project-ever for my own sanity, and so I got out my Halloween Eve to continue putting in a few stitches here and there. I'm stitching this on 40 count Cider from Silkweaver Fabrics.  I am completely and totally obsessed with this amazing neutral fabric.  I love it.  A lot a lot.

I've had this in my stash for a while now, and I love how it's turning out.  If you clicked on the above link for the graph, you can see that the entire top of this graph is a sampler.  Well.....I'm not too keen on samplers....so I just eliminated the alphabet at the top, and started with that awesome pot with branches & leaves coming out.  Perfect fall pot of dying flowers, right?  Soooo spooky Halloweeny ;-)

Anyhooter.  To the left of the dying plant, is the end of the alphabet, and where I decided I'm going to put my initials (using the already provided alphabet that I'm not using...) instead of YZ.  Confused yet?  Good.  Me, too.  Here's hoping I can pull it together by the time I'm done stitching this bad boy.

Those leaves are done with Gentle Art Simply Shaker Autumn Leaves.  LOVE this fiber.  L.O.V.E.  It's absolutely perfect for anything fall.  Especially leaves.

I'm also slightly obsessed with the font used for the words "Halloween Eve".  Only slightly.

Ok maybe more than slightly.  I may have to create my own Halloween design using this font.  After I graph my Irish baby blessing and send it to the distributors.  In all my spare time.  

Ahem.

Alright kids.  That's all I have for today.  It's been beyond insane at work, so I haven't had much downtime once I get home to sit and do crafty things, but I do hope you enjoy this Blackbird Design as much as I do!!

My sister's bachelorette party is this weekend, which should be a blasty-blast, and I hope to have some super-cute pics to share with you all from the beginning of the evening.  Before all hell breaks loose.  HA.

Go forth and be crafty on this glorious May day :-)

Much Love

~~~ J

Just one more thing for the shower stuffs

Hello everyone!!!  I'm so sorry I've fallen off the face of the earth there for a few weeks.  I have been reveling in all my new-found stitching time since I'm not busy making all the shower stuff, and I'm also on a bit of a time crunch.  I need to get my big project totally stitched and framed in a short amount of time, so I seriously have a smokin' needle right now.

But, as promised a few days ago (or maybe a week.  i'm seriously losing tons of hours and days recently), today I'm posting a pic of the cake that my extremely talented friend, Angela, made for my sister's work shower.  For those of you who don't know, my sister and I work in the same office.  A family affair, if you will.

Anyhooter.  Last week, my sister's team threw her and her fiance a shower....or a pre-wedding party as I think Erin called it so that more men would attend, since apparently "real" men don't attend showers.  Whatever.

Angela, who is currently working off-site at a different location for a rotation, came home over the weekend prior to the pre-wedding party to bake this glorious cake for my sis.

Um.  GORGGGGGGEOUSSSSSSSS.  Angela.  You totally outdid yourself again.  Absolutely beautiful.

As you're all aware by now, my sis's colors are grey & yellow.  So, Angela used fondant (Courtney!  This has your name written all over it!) to cover the layers, and then took ribbon (yes, actual ribbon) and wrapped the cake with it.  Like a present.  A wedding present.  Just beautiful.

Honestly.  Look at this.  Stunning.

Thank you, Angela, for letting me share the pics of your beautiful cake!!  I cannot wait until you're back in our office and we can talk baking!!  I miss my baking buddy!  

(For those of you who may have missed it, Angela made a cake for Erin's baby shower, which is equally as stunning.  Click the link and check it out!)

That's all for today, folks.  I hope to have something stitching related posted later this week.  I'm working on "Halloween Eve" by Blackbird Desings, and it's coming out rather nicely. 

I hope you have a fantastically creative day!!!

Much love ~~~~

J :-)

Last but not least....the favors!!!

Let's be honest.  Favors either get tossed when people leave a shower, or they get tossed.  I'm relatively certain I don't have one single favor from any of the showers I've been to.  Zip.  

Keeping this in mind when I was trying to figure out what to have for Sis's shower, I decided the favors needed to be something cute and memorable, but not something that sits around and collects dust.  Or ends up in the trash.

Let's start with chocolate.  There are very few people out there who don't like chocolate, and we'll call them freaks of nature.  Clearly, chocolate is a fantastic reward for sitting through a bridal shower.  M&Ms has a separate site where you can make custom m&m favors for whatever your special event is.  You can either buy them in bulk and package them yourself, or have them pre-packaged for your affair.  Since I was already making a bazillion other things for the shower (see all the posts this week), the option to have them pre-packaged was quite appealing.

So, I went through all the steps on the site, picking the colors (yellow, grey, and white, of course), the design and the sayings I wanted to be on the candies.  I chose wedding bells, Sis & her fiance's names, and a "Thank you!" for the three designs/phrases I could have.  Then, I picked the packaging, which was a simple little bag with a yellow ribbon.

But...just having a little baggie with m&ms is clearly not enough and I had to outdo myself.  Again.

Reaching into the recesses of my brain for another idea, I remembered one of my friends, as her wedding favor on the tables at the reception, had little matchbooks which were printed with their names and the date.  Inside, instead of matches, there was a packet of wildflower seeds with instructions to "plant seeds of love."  Corny, cheesy, and PERFECT for a shower!!!  Here is something people can have growing in either their gardens or in a pot indoors, and they'll think of the shower they were at. 

My idea, however, was to get the paper that has the seeds in it, in order to make it even more awesome.  Finding it might be a problem.

That is, until I walked into my local Paper Source and found this --

It could not have been more perfect.  Then I picked up some glassine envelopes to stash them in, so I could tie them with another yellow ribbon to the already packaged and perfect m&ms.  Of course, I decided I needed to take a pic after I opened the package already, so I had to hold it together for this shot.  Whoops.  On the back of the label, there were instructions on how to properly plant these paper seed hearts.  I took the instructions, and hand-wrote them on a square piece of white paper.

The handwriting is what took the longest out of everything that I did.  

Then, I found a square background stamp, used my yellow ink, and stamped the image on the front of the envelope.  I took clear embossing powder, and embossed the envelope to give it a little dimension and shine. 

After all that, this is the finished product --

It's kinda tough to see the embossing, but it jumps off the envelope with the white paper background on the inside.  I used a super skinny yellow ribbon to tie the envelope to the bag of m&ms, so it didn't need a giant hole in the envelope, and so it didn't cause too much ribbon madness in conjunction with the ribbon already in place on the bag o' m&ms.

And here they are proudly displayed at the shower!  The other two baskets have fun printed napkins that my aunt and grandmom contributed to the table.

Yayyy!!!

So.....that's it!!  That concludes everything I made for Sis's shower this past Sunday!  I hope you enjoyed seeing all the different things I've been making in my craft room which have been stealing all of my cross stitch time.  I also hope that I've given you a few good ideas to take away (I know my timer giveaway idea seemed to be a huge hit!) and use for a bridal/baby shower you are hosting or helping to host!  If you do use one of my ideas, please come back and share it!!  I would love to hear how you used what I did, or tweaked it this way or that way so that it was more customized for your event. :-)

I was finally able to pick up a needle and thread last night, and it felt so good.  Like....so good.  To the point where I need to see my gals today at my LNS and get my cross stitch fix.  I think it'll be a while before I post anything scrapbook or cardmaking related, so I hope my stitch followers are anxious to see what I have been able to work on in little spurts.  I will remind you, however, that one BIG project is taking up a lot of my time, but I can't share it until it's framed and given to the recipient.  I don't want any spoilers here.

Ok - I really gotta get outta here and get some cross stitch stuffs.  I wish you all a wonderfully creative day, and I'll catch you up on my stitching here in a couple days!!

Much love ~~~

J:-)

   

Is that a notebook? A keepsake? Whaaaat?

Everyone knows it's the maid of honor's job to write down all the fabulous things the bride-to-be got at her shower.  Usually, this is done on a piece of torn-out paper from a notebook with wide spacing.

We need to sidetrack here for a second.  Why, WHY does any paper company feel the need to make wide-spaced paper??  I mean, you might as well shove a dotted line between those two solid ones and just make it penmanship practice paper for elementary school kids.  If you write anything on that paper, it's huge, since we all feel compelled to write our letters bigger in the space provided, because the solid lines give us the boundaries, if you will.  This is only appropriate if you're writing on posterboard for a presentation on the Ancient Egyptians in Art History class.

College ruled paper should be the only thing sold.  Period.  There should be no other options.

Moving on.

So a bridal shower is supposed to be filled with all of these lovely, wonderful things that give you lasting memories of everything leading up to your special day.  Then you get this piece of paper with your gifts scrawled all over it, and it looks a hot shabby mess.

My cousin had the idea of using something a little nicer than a piece of paper or just a plain notebook; something that would end up being more of a keepsake.  

Enter the "gift list book".  Taking the above idea, I naturally took it one step farther and made the book.  

I started with two pieces of chipboard about 4x5.5".  I cut a black piece of paper big enough to make the spine, and extend over onto the board just enough to give it stability.

 
This is the outside of the book.  You can see where I scored the black paper so the spine would bend easily after I glue everything together.

This is the inside -- I had to leave enough room to fit the pages & glue inside, but not so big that the binding glue would end up all over the place.

Next, I took cream and grey colored plain paper (can you tell Sis's colors are yellow & grey???), and cut them to fit the book.  Then, I stamped a cute flower stamp on the corners of the pages to give them a little bit of oomph.  I had 3 different stamps that I used, but I'll just show you these pages.  I'm sure your readers are going haywire with all the pics in this post already.

Next, I took a sorta plain piece of paper, cut it to size, and glued it to the front & back of the book.  I wanted something with a little flair, but plain enough that I could embellish the front however I chose and not have it clash.

Then, I took a piece of AWESOME patterned paper, cut it to size, and put these pieces on the inside covers.  Seriously peeps, how amazing did this turn out?!  I LOVE this paper!!!!

For the outside cover, like I said, I wanted to be able to embellish without clashing, so this is what I came up with.  Fun, amiright????  These pieces were all parts of 12x12 papers, and I just cut out the ones I wanted, and clued them on the covers.  Then, I took a piece of Washi tape which had a music staff on it (as a former music student, I cannot pass up anything with music on it), added that to the front.  Then, I took this awesome British-themed stamp set I got at Joann's for $1 (yes, $1), and used a couple of them on the covers in random spots to add just a lil' something that it needed for that extra spunk.

Into the YourStory machine it goes to get glued & bound.....

And voila!!!  This is the front cover....

.....and the back!!!  Brilliant!!!

There you have it, folks!!  A wonderful keepsake for the bride-to-be which lists all the gifts she received, which she can also use (so long as you put enough pieces of paper inside) to write down all the gift she gets for the wedding.  Or to tally up the cash.  Semantics.

After it was all said and done, and people were filing in to the dining room to get coffee, tea, and dessert, I presented Sis with the book.  I think by her reaction I did a good thing ;-)

That wraps up "gift list book" day, folks!!  I hope you enjoyed today's installment of Bridal Shower Week!!!  Tune in tomorrow when I'll show you the favors!!!  Woop woop!!!

Much love ~~~~

J:-)

Avoiding awkward bridal shower moments.

How does one do this, you ask??  Quite simply by foregoing those crazyinsane games you play while the bride-to-be is opening her gifts.  I mean, no one can stop Crazy Aunt Petunia from saying something inappropriate at a family function, but you can at least avoid all other awkward interactions by making gift opening a competition.

Ah.  Yes.  A competition.  Of sorts, anyways.

I've been to plenty of bridal and baby showers in my day, and no matter how much you absolutely love the person you're there for, watching her open umpteen gifts all afternoon becomes a serious yawn-fest after the first hour.

Enter "Gift Opening Giveaways".  This is an idea I stole from the bridal shower from one of my good friends from high school.  Her shower was several years ago now -- probably pushing 8 years -- but I made sure to tuck this gem back into the recesses of my brain to use when I had to either help with or host a bridal shower.

It's so simple, peeps.  For realzies.

Is it bridal bingo?  Oh, hellz to the no.  Is it wedding charades?  Even worse.

Ready?  Ok. (And Go! Fight! Win!  Sorry.) Get a set number of small gifts - I got roughly 1/4 the amount of gifts to the number of people who came to the shower. Grab a timer.  Any timer.  A kitchen timer, the timer on your phone, seriously - any timer.  Set it to a minute, two minutes, 45 seconds, whatevs.  Now, here's the tricky part -- whoever's gift the bride-to-be is opening when the timer goes off, is the winner!  If a few people went in on a gift together, then all those who bought the gift get a giveaway.  No fights over prize custody.  This may mean you run through your giveaways a little quicker, but all you really have to do is adjust the timer so it doesn't go off too quickly between gifts.

That's it!!  

Seriously.  That's really it.

This is me announcing with pretend despair that we will not be doing any lame-o bridal shower games.  A collective sigh of relief came from the room.

Ok, so, I wanted something simple for this, and trekked up to the Yankee  Candle outlet, got small votive jars (which can totes be used for whatever you want -- tea lights, citronella, anything), and two votives for each jar.

ooooomg  how cute, amiright???  This jar in front hasn't been put into the treat bag (yup.  treat bag.  go to michaels and go down the candy making aisle and get treat bags.  they're just the right size), but you can see the ones in the back which have.  I just tied a twist-tie around the top, then wrapped & tied yellow ribbon around it, and viola!!  Gift-opening giveaways!!

Needless to say, this was a humongous success.  I had SO many of the guests thank me profusely for the "timer game", since they didn't have to do a THING, and it saved them all from many awkward moments playing silly games with people they don't even know.  I told them all to pass along this new-found game, and there was an emphatic, "Oh, we WILL!!!!" from all those in favor!!

That's it, peeps!!  That wraps up Day Two of Bridal Shower Week!

Next up:  The Gift List Book

Stay tuned!!!

Much Love ~~~~

J:-)

The Day is Finally Here!!

Well, everyone, I can FINALLY share with you the madness that has been going on in my house.

My sister's bridal shower was yesterday, and it was a huge success, despite the fact that it POURED rain all daggone day.  All day.  Like, not even a little bitty spritzy rain.  POURED.  

However, that did not stop either of us from wearing our new springy dresses and shoesies for the occasion ;-) (OMG.  Shoes.)

This is me and my lil' sis all gussied up for the event --

That's me on the left, in black, as usual.  Sis is so much more bold with color.  At least my dress has ruffles!  haha!

Today's spotlight will be on the guest book that I made for the event.  Rather than have everyone sign just a regular ol' book to commemorate the day, I decided to have everyone bring a recipe on a 4x6 in recipe card (my OCD went slightly haywire and induced twitching when people brought index cards, but after about 2 or 3 non-recipe cards handed to me, I got over it).  They were either given a dessert, entree, or appetizer (by random selection) in their shower invitation, so Sis didn't end up with 19 Devil's Food cake recipes, 2 chicken dinners, and 15 taco dips.  Also, by having them write out the recipe and sign it, she has something from everyone in their own handwriting, and record of everyone who came to the shower!!!  Yay!!!

This is the front of the book -- 

I used my Cricut to cut out the pot for the window, using my From My Kitchen cartridge (I used this cartridge for the entire book).  The background paper was something I picked up on sale at Michaels...and of course, don't remember the brand.  It was so cute with all the bright colored kitchen utensils & accessories, I just had to pick it up.   The flowers were just something I had to add to liven up the front of the binder.  

I chose a D-ring binder with photo page inserts, because this was the easiest way to make sure Sis could add and subtract pages as she needs them, plus the recipe cards are easily accessable and everything is customizable.

Inside the front cover, I wanted a "title page" of sorts, so this is what I came up with  --

How adorbs is that apron!  Love!  Nothing too fancy -- just enough color & whimsy to make it fun!

Then, after this page, I made separations for each major section.  I didn't make one for seafood or breads, but will have to go back and make these pages since Sis got an heirloom recipe for Irish Soda Bread and a crabcake recipe, but I have time for that ;-)

Here are the pages for the major categories --

The last one is my favorite :-)  Always eat dessert first!  I mean.....

I know it's tough to see in these pics, but if you look closely on the left of the shot, you can see the 4x6 pages with recipe cards already in them.  I had blank ones in some of the slots so she had some of her own, and in case anyone forgot to bring their recipe with them, they could write it down on one of these cards.  Also, on the backs of all these category pages, I put a coordinating patterned page, so the backs weren't just plain, boring white when you turn the page to find a recipe.  

Fun, huh???

Unfortunately, I don't have any snapshots of the book with the recipes which Sis received, but at least you can see the section pages that I made, along with how it's assembled.

For those of you planning a bridal shower, I highly recommend doing this.  My sister was SO excited to have this with all of everyone's favorite recipes, and all the guests were thrilled to pass on their favorites!!

I hope you enjoyed Day 1 of Bridal Shower Madness Week!!!!  Stay tuned -- tomorrow is my post about the giveaways we had!!

Much love ~~~~~

J :-) 

I gotta tell ya...my fingers are itchin' to do some stitchin', but wait until you see what I've been scrappin' in my craft room!

Seriously peeps -- come back next week. Every day, I'll be posting something different from my sister's shower that I made for the occasion. I've been busy!

:-)