Fun, Fun, Fun

The fundraiser crop we had for American Heart Association was so much fun. We raised almost two thousand dollars for AHA. We had a great mini class by Rocio and a fun make-n-take by Daniela. I enjoyed getting to meet Nikki and watching her create amazing layouts. She is so sweet and very talented.

I also got to indulge my vintage button addiction. Betts Vidal attended the crop with her daughters and she brought some of her beautiful vintage items.

How could I resist these beautiful button vignettes that she made!

Ribbon Re-Organization (again)

Inspired by Lily's ribbon sorting, I decided it was time to
work on mine again. I have tried many many many different
ways to store my ribbon. The neat little spools, embroidery
floss rings and bags, compartmented boxes etc failed
because I disovered that I hated to continually have to
rewrap the ribbon. I tried the clear acrylic paint cans and
they looked beautiful, I loved being able to just dump the
pile of ribbon back in when I was done BUT storage and
transporting them anywhere was a nightmare. So, using
an idea I saw elsewhere, I am now trying the very low tech,
inexpensive shoe holder. I sorted the ribbon into quart size
bags, folded them over and stuffed them in the slots.
Hopefully this ends my quest for the perfect ribbon storage!

Yours Till Niagara Falls

Do you remember autograph books? Not the kind you took to Disneyland but the ones you had your friends sign at school? I think I'm dating myself! I found this book while I was sorting through some of my stuff (still looking for things to do while I am grounded). It was so funny to read through the verses and see how much in our culture has changed. Thank goodness we no longer teach our daughters to worry about about being an old maid and waiting on her husband.... Here's one I liked:

Barbara had a cat.

It swallowed a ball of yarn.
And when the cat had kittens,

They all had sweaters on.

February Challenge

Look what happens when you get stuck at home!

My project is done on time. Here is the card I made:

And here is what I used: K&Company Hannah scrap pad, ribbon from Rocio, Doodlebug heart button, Faux Pearls from Michael's, Duck Adhesive, mini Dot-n-GO glue dots, MSE sentiment stamp and Colorbox Chestnut roan ink.

Run! Mom's taking pictures again.

I'm gonna soak up the sun....

Bitsey loves to lay in the sun. She will move all over the kitchen in the morning so she can stay in a spot of sunshine.





Copper usually doesn't but today he was laying near Bitsey just to bug her.

Cats, cats and more cats!

I read about this place in the paper today.

Be sure to check out the you tube video:

http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwM6f0liHpo