Valentine, Oh Valentine

So I know it's a late start but I've made my first Valentine's Day card. I've been waiting for my order from Oxford Impressions to come in so I can do the rest of my cards. I don't know if they'll be here in time though. Thought I'd share it with you. I can't remember who the patterned paper is made by but I can tell you I got it at Big Lots in a bundle pack for a great price. And they are all designer and thick cardstock. You should check out your local Big Lots' scrapbook section. they have some pretty awesome stuff. You just gotta dig. Anyway, the matte and balloon are from the K&Co. Angelica matte deck. The sweet monkey girl is from Autumn Leaves, Mindy's Zoo. The rhinestones were something I had just laying around. I plan to give this one to my sister in law and her family. She is also a crafty girl and she can appreciate a handmade card for what it's really worth. :)

Okay all, bedtime for me.

Toodleoo

Etsy Time!

Hi everyone! It's a rainy Sunday here in my parts. Hope everyone out there is having better weather than us.

I wanted to show you all this cool thing I got at Target. I have a few Copics and I didn't like them in the case they came in so I found this nifty thing to keep them in. Isn't it cute? I don't know if I'll get any more Copics, so I only bought one. The thing I like the most is that it spins! So cute. It was about $10 and they come in blue, green, and pink.


I also added to my Etsy. It is these cute little hand knitted coffee cozies. I'm crocheting like a madman and these are so fun to make. I plan to make many more and add them to the shoppe.

If you're interested in knowing how to make these, you can look up tutorials on YouTube. There's a few different ways and they're so fun. Not to mention it's a good way to be green. No more throwing away those cardboard cozies from the coffee shop. Now you can have your very own hand knitted one personalized just for you. If you're interested in one of these and don't want to make one, you can always contact me through Alchemy with a request.

Well, all, time to get the kiddies in bed and the house in place for a new day. Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoying Nature

Oh how I love Arizona when the weather is right. Most of the time it's not right but we deal with it anyway. Today is pretty windy but it wasn't raining so I decided to go out and take a few photos of what's been happening in my yard over this 2 week storm. I thought I'd share with you a few photos.

 

This is my lemon tree. This thing was bare and ugly a month ago and now that I come outside to look, it greets me with all these wonderful lemons! I'm glad something good came of the rain.

  

These things are WEEDS! I KNOW they were not there a week ago! Even though they are grass killing fiends, they are kinda pretty.

 

These aren't from outside, but from my kitchen. My lovie likes to surprise me with flowers a lot and since I looove flowers, it makes me happy. These look so vintage and soft that I thought I'd change up the tone and saturation of the picture. Give it more of an old, worn feel.

Well, other than that, there's not much more to say for right now. I just though I'd share these photos with you. At least we are blessed to not have any damage from the storm as I'm sure many out there have been affected by this crazy weather. 

By the way...the winner of my giveaway has yet to respond to me. I'm going to give it a week and if she doesn't get to me then I will pick another winner from random. So, Dizzy, if you're out there.....email me!!

Ta ta.

We've got a WINNER!!

Woo hoo!! Good morning everyone! Today's the day!
I want to thank you all for coming and following. I really appreciate it and I hope to provide you with some great eye candy! This is my first giveaway and it was super successful! Yay!! Okay, enough babbling, I know you wanna know who the winner is....oh, before I tell you, just so everyone knows, I had to use the number of people who followed, not who commented...I'm sure you knew that but I was just verifying.
Ok....drumrollllllllll.....

The winner is......



DIZZY!

Congratulations and I will send you and email so I can get your address!

I hope you're going to like your goodies!

Okay, so that's it for now. Gotta go run some errands and maybe I'll be back later

Toodleoo

One More Day!!

Hey everyone! one more day til the giveaway ends. So if you haven't yet signed up to be a follower, do so!! I added a follow widget so that no one has a problem signing up.

Today is my first day back at school. I'm starting the advanced Photoshop class tonight and I'm so excited! I can't wait just to get this schooling over and done with and get to the real fun of designing. I also have an online class for web page design. It's not something I thought I would be taking but since it's required for my degree I figure, why not. I have dreamweaver so that'll save some time and money. The only problem I think I'll have is that sincce it's an online course, I won't have a real person teaching me. I don't know if it will be hard but I guess I'm ready for it. Something accomplished is good for me.

Well, class is going to start but I will be back to update a little more. Toodleoo!

Don't forget to FOLLOW!

Blog Giveaway!!

UPDATE: I GOT A FEW EMAILS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW SO I DECIDED TO JUST PUT IT HERE ON HOW TO DO IT. IT'S VERY EASY, JUST GO TO THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE WEB PAGE AND CLICK "FOLLOW". HERE'S A SNIPPET:

AND JUST SO EVERYONE HAS A FAIR CHANCE TO FOLLOW, I HAVE EXTENDED THE GIVEAWAY TO WEDNESDAY. WHICH MEAN, I WILL POST THE WINNER THURSDAY MORNING. :)


To start the new year out good and right, I wanted to start networking a bit more. I decided that I would have a giveaway. The prize is super yummy stuff!! Can't tell you though....it's a seeecret!

So here's all you gotta do....
starting...NOW, until Sunday (which means all of Sunday and I will post the winner on Monday) all you have to do is follow me. When Monday comes, I will go to random.org and generate a winner!

Sounds super easy huh? IT IS! So just follow along...and don't get discouraged by my previous amont of blog posts, I have much planned and much to share.

Hope to see many new names!!

Toodles for now

Loving My Computer!

Oh how I love, love, love my new computer. I started getting going on Photoshop and this is one of the digital collages I came up with. The girls create much contrast with the background. Let me know if you like it :)