What a week!!!!!!!

Well let's just say that I feel like I have got nothing done this week. My youngest is sick, really sick and since he is a lot like me he doesn't want to stop to go to the doctor. So yes I did get him to the doctor and he has the flu, but since then he has gotten better and worse, I hate this yo-yo ride with him, he use to do this when he was little.

I have counted thousands of beads and I mean thousands of beads for our Etsy site. So far between 50-70 thousand have been counted and packaged, all vintage made in West Germany. We have thousands more to count.

I have done one class sample this week and acrylic album from Maya Road, I learn a lot of the techniques from the DT from Maya Road too.

yes I have a few touches to add to it but, I need to match ribbon at the store.

Have a great day!

I'm how old???????

Me my mind tells me I'm 17, but man let me tel you my body these last 2 day,, these last 2 weeks it's been telling me I'm in my 60's but I'm only in my 40's. I just hurt, now I've been climbing trees since I was 2, my neighbor even cut all the lower branch off the trees because I scared him. It was nothing to climbing the shelves in the warehouse I've been in the past 2 days, all the way up to the ceiling, it's hot up there. Yup there were nails up there, shhh don't tell Cass, shee didn't like how high up I was anyways. I figure if I got cut I breathed in enough pennacillin (sp) you know mold and mildew I was covered for infection. We did find some GREAT!!!!!!!!! items for you guys, just give us a couple of days to get it priced and gone thru on the shelves at the store and on-line at etsy.

If you want to learn how to use some of the stuff, you might want to check out Lisa Pace's blog
http://www.lisapace.com/ she shows all kinds of stuff, and loves our stuff. She's such a sweet heart, I had the pleasure of working with her at the Maya Road both at CHA and we both love the same stuff, too bad we are so far apart.

Well I'm going to finish my drink and I think maybe go to bed, my body says it's time for sleep, and maybe some drugs.

Have a wonderful weekend and a wonderful Mother's Day.

I can rest on Sunday right?????

I hope you guys come and join us for NSD, it's going to be lots of fun. I've been making goodie bags, prize bags, $1 ribbon bags oh let's say about 200 of them. We have $1 flower bags, prizes, prizes and more prizes, we've added a whole new table for the clearance section, specials, specials and more specials. Lets not forget about the make and takes, Helen and I will be doing some cool stuff with you guys. There will be so much fun going on you will want to hang out all day. Watch you inbox Cass is sending out coupons today so you can plan ahead with all the details in it.

Well I should get to work, maybe I can make it home for dinner tonite. Tim told me lastnite that "Mom that's 3 nights in a roll you have had dinner" LOL-not that he's worried about me he's just worried about the fact that I'm not home to fix his dinner for him, typical teenage boy.

Maya Mist...

Have I said how much I love this stuff, if you notice I used it on the organizer in the last post. It covers so well and dries pretty fast, it has a solid colr not a sheer color like the other mist out there, I've asked them to do white, but they laughed and said I'd need to paint the stuff for white. Oh well, sometimes I want the impossible.

Here's a little hanging I did using the Maya Mist, it took me about 30 min. It was out of just left overs and scraps. I used their rubons too, the whole sheet is a rubon so I used the "Road" from Maya Road and I used "the journey of a lifetime" from the bottom on the frame, I don't think you can see it in the picture.

Well It's Friday so that's my errand day so I better get started.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Spring....

I'm hoping it is finally here, along with spring comes cleaning and organizing, two things I really don't d well. But to help me along I made this new class, not yet on the calendar. I used Maya Road sheer binder, mist and chipboard. It's a scrap supply organizer for when you go shopping, that way you don't over buy or forget something that you need.

Now for you card makers out there,if you are not signed up for Mays card class with Deb, you might not want to miss it, Wally will be back. I saw him at the store yesterday, the best part of my day!!!! He's doing great. Hope to see you there. :)

Today is going to be great.......

I figure if I head in with that attitude it wil be good right? The sun is shining, I'm making headway on my classes and getting stuff done for NSD lots of good stuff going on then. The dogs are back to their normal selves (lord help me), the boys do nothing but run and play all day, you'd never know that one was 9 years old and had a list of health problems as long as my arm, I think Dexter was the best thing for him.

Timothy is getting to take the car out more and more, ok so twice is more to me, but he respects the fact that I need him to take it slow. Drew got a promotion, sort of at work, he now has to wear big boy clothes.

I do have a new class up at the store it is a Gentlemen's Book. Pictures will come with it, but you don't have to use them you can use your own. There is a lot of actual vintage items in the book so not all will be exact but you will have one of everything.

Now have a good day and enjoy yourself.

Dexter, Dexter, Dexter....

What is is about labs that traquilizers don't seem to work on them, I swear I don't think anything will calm Dexter down. So therefore his stitches from his neuter are not healing well. It also doesn't help that he has taken a chunk out of his cone, yup he can distroy a non-distroyable (is that a word) cone. He uses his cone to to scratch his area, he is truely a damit dog. He is still a moma's boy he tries to lay in my lap for me to rub his belly, but at 40 lbs. he doesn't fit anymore. He looks so defeated and sad in his cone. And his little face makes me sad he has to be in it, but it's for the best right now.

France, we come from France.

Yup that's what my dogs are saying right now, this morning started early. Well early for me, it was early. Get two of the dogs to the Vet, there is a reason we have an in-home vet so actually taking them is not easy. Left them both with an estimate I didn't want to see, to have them call to say it was a miss quote NOT in my favor. They both came out of their surgeries without any problem. Rascal, now can close his eye all the way and has had his teeth done, not to mention another Cushings test, and Dexter well let's just say hopefully he will be a calmer little boy for now on. When they brought them back in the room to go home Rascal was ready to see us and get some lovin' Dexter was a little mad, he turned his back to us and just stood there. So now my shins are being hit all the time by two dogs with cones on and Lacy hates them, although she needs one too, she's the one that will really be going at the stitches. They have mastered eating and drinking, it was fun to watch them try to smell for a spot to potty this evening. I can't wait to see them try to play tug of war. Here are the two Cone Heads.

This weekend is going to be fun!!!!!

Well I did it......He did it....and we all survived.

Yup that's right, I let Tim take the car out by himself for the first time on Saturday. I didn't think he would do it but I gave him a small list and he went to the store to pick up the items for me, he said it was a taste of freedom. I guess we both grew a little this weekend, and we both caught Jon's cold. So because I have been feeling under the weather I watched a lot of movies this weekend, I laughed and cried, I saw Marley and Me. I knew all about the movie and Jon even read the book but both of us cried like babies, not a movie to watch when you have a dog going thru health issues.

Well I just spent a few minutes adding a couple of new things to our Etsy site, if you like vintage then you will like the site here's a few of the items there.

I try to add a few new things every couple of days, so please check back often.

Here's a peek.....

This one is going to be quick, just a little peek at the Vintage page class that is on the calendar for the first Saturday in June. Here's one of the three layouts.

I am also working on a Senior year album in a day, you'll see some of that soon, you'll do a whole album for that graduate in one Saturday, the last Saturday in May, it will be 20 pages. I'm also working on a very masculan book with a vintage touch I have vintage poker chips and leather buttons and more, that one is also schedualed in May. My mine right now is full of creativity just waiting to come out. I have lots of vintage goodies in my stash to use for most and some new trick I have learned for others.

Well back to creating.

I know I promised a book.......

I said I needed the sun for good lighting and I had sun, but it was so nice I went out and played in it instead, didn't take pictures. I paid for that tho, my eye is still swollen and is itching like crazy, it won't stop watering, my allergies are really bad. Now the sun is gone and snow is in the air........so today I took pictures crappy lighting and all. The book can be a Mother's day book or used for Grandma, or Aunt.

Have a great day!!!!

Well I did it.

I started exercising!!!!!! What's up with that!!!!!!! I'm just walking on the treadmil but it's a start, right. I think I'm allergic to it too, I get done and my right eye swells up almost closed.

Dexter learned a new trick too, he learned to unroll toilet paper, fun.

I also have another class sample done, I don't have pictures yet, I'll wait until the morning if the sun is out the lighting will be better. I don't know what is going on with me I'm ahead in my samples and heck I'm working on classes for June already!!!!! So not like me.

Well have a good night, I'm tired I took benadryl for my eye.

He's only six months old........

That's what Jon keeps telling me when I want to beat Dexter or threaten to put him in one of the MANY holes he has dug in our yard. I don't know if there is a door in the house he can't open, I always have a little black nose peeking in at me in the shower. I know that sounds sweet, but it also means he can get in the basement and scatter that garbage all over the place, lovely. And speaking of garbage no can lid is Dexter proof, he has carried a roll of wrapping paper all over the house, shredding it along the way, he loves to take the pillows off the couch and move them from the living room to the family room, not to mention the afghan. He loves ribbon and lace just as much as me but not in the same way. Maybe when we have him fixed in a few weeks he will settle down some, he is just a buddle of energy.

Rascal on the other hand is just getting older and with that getting sicker, right now we are trying to figure out what is wrong, right now everyother test we have points to cushings, so we have one more to do to see, he really doesn't show any symptoms of it, he's a puzzling dog. Lacy is just getting old I don't think she is ever going to get really sick, and it's a good thing, she hates VETs.

Well hopefully before the weekend is up I'll have a class sample but I'm not sure, I've been doing a lot of Spring Cleaning.

Creative Stuff.........

Ok can you tell I really don't have a title. I do have two really cool classes for you,m taught by two different teachers but they just go together so well you'll want to take them both. First Helen is teaching a little .com book for keeping all your emails, favorite sites, and pass words in, it is just so sweet, I really need one of these myself, but that could be to much like organization. This class is next week so please hurry if you want this book, trust me you will want this book.

Then I have an address book in the middle of April, using the same Comminique line from Graphic45 and the 5x7 binder book from Maya Road. With mine you will get a little mess we are using Maya Mist, but both are quick and easy and if you don't need them they would make a great Mother's Day gift.

Now for some stuff to play with, if you haven't seen or picked up your March Sweet Treats yet let me show you what's in them, and yes we do ship and we do accept PayPal just call the store 586-773-7911.

I know so much fun stuff in one post, try to take it all in I have much more to share, but I'll save that for another time I need to go to work right now.

Until next time, try not to get in too much trouble.

It's BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what I got in the mail today?!?!?!?!?!

Fashionista and Maya Road......

Well these are two things I've been wanting to play with since I got back from CHA, this line of paper I just love, I love the colors the graphics and well can you tell I just love it, but then again I haven't disliked a line from Graphic45 yet.

And you all know I'm a big fan of Maya Road their stuff is always fun to work with, always something for everyone and every occassion, size and shape and always a blank slate to let you creativity take place.

Ok down off my soap box, this is a class April 7th I think???? with the 5x5 envelope book and the fashionista line, and as always with my class a mixture of old and new and because of the vintage supplies being limited so are the class kits, so sign up early to make sure you get a spot for this one.

I know you will enjoy this book.

My Baby book......

Well I do have another sample done, believe it or not. It is my Vintage Baby Book, the class is March 24th at 6:00pm, please call the store to save your place. I love the Melissa France paper in this book and the vintage cards used, if you notice the charms hanging down they are the MF stamps on shrink plastic.

My week....

Well let's see, it's been typical. While I'd love to say that it was full of sunshine, smiles, creativity and relaxation, but that's not my life. Remember I live with two teenage boys and three dogs, well lets say right now the dogs are doing fine, they seem to be feeling better. Dexter, the puppy, has learned a new trick, he is my shadow and during this time of the year our doors do not always latch, so lets just say I have NO privacy, he opens the bathroom door on me all the time and just comes in sits right down.

Tim also decided it was time to shave and didn't want to wait until Jon got home, so he asked for Drew to help him. Let's just say that yup part of his lip is missing. According to him it happened in a bar fight, and as fate would have it Drew was shaving friday and now part of his lip in missing and in the same place, I guess he was showing Tim how to shave the way Jon showed him?!LOL!!!

Tim also starts his second set of drivers training this week, everyone should watch out. He is already asking for a car, he wants a mustang, right that's going to happen. Actually he is a good driver by himself, but he loves hanging out with his friends and will be the second to get his license, it scares me when he's out with them.

Who knows what this week will bring, what ever it is I'm sure it won't be dull, it never is around here.

I think I promised some cards........

Well here are some more of the cards for this months card class, it is on the 18th and you will be learning how to do a wonderful back ground with glossy paper and Ranger Inks so you might get a little messy.

This will be a quick post, I have a Baby book I'm working on and need to get done for class, and the sun is shining really nice right now so I need to take picture for the etsy store, where we sell really cool vintage stuff, you should check it out.

Gotta go call the Vet. too I have 3 sick dogs right now???? Not good.