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Crafty is Awesome
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I am one crafty S.O.B. and I am using this blog as a place to keep all of my work, completed and in progress as well as inspirations. I have a severe crafting habit and I would like to share it along with other tidbits of my life with those who might be interested. I like to think of myself as a bit of a super hero...office worker by day, crafter by night!
#31735 in All , #273 in Crafts

March Goals

Quick peek at my goals for March.* Make this cinnamon pull bread for book club Sunday.* Make these guiness/bailey cupcakes for work the Friday before St. Patricks Day.* Read this months book club boo...

01 mar 12

Februarys Goals

Heres a quick recap on how I did with Februarys Goals.* Send the package of crafts I am making for my Valentines Day Swap partner.Sent...see here.* Finish one of the books Liz gave me for Christmas, ...

01 mar 12

Happy Leap Year!

Happy Leap Year (do people say that?!)Either way, I thought it would be kind of cool to reflect on where Id like my life to be by time the next Leap Year comes around.1. I hope Im much more content w...

29 feb 12

Baby Afghan

In September one of my dearest friends, Shannon announced that shes pregnant!!! Shes the first one in our group of friends to have a baby and it has been so exciting. I knew instantly that I would ha...

28 feb 12

Tea Wallet for Mom

My mom saw the little felt heart ornaments I made and she asked if I could make one for her. Of course I would! She asked me last Thursday so after work I went home and while I was rooting through my...

18 feb 12

Fun Fact Friday #7

.When was the first time you were hurt?Now I realize this question can be interperutted different ways. I am going to describe the first time I was physically hurt...that I remember anyway.I dont kno...

17 feb 12

Im Mad

As you may or may not remember, I participated in the Oh Strumpets Valentines Day Craft swap. I showed you last week that I sent my partner a few stuffed heart ornaments and bunting, you can see it a...

15 feb 12

Happy Valentines Day!

I saw this print over on Pinterest not too long ago and instantly had to pin it. Jeremy and I are always joking about how were the most awesome couple we know so it seemed perfect for us! I dont make...

14 feb 12

Movie Monday: The Grey on Date Night

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! My Saturday was pretty busy and Sunday I did a whole lot of nothing which I always love. I volunteered to work some overtime on Saturday. This meant I had to b...

13 feb 12

Vintage Book Garland

A few weeks ago I entered to win this super cute vintage book garland from Yellow Bird, Yellow Beard (shop) over on Whimsical Poppysmic. I was so stoked to find out that I won!It is sooo long, there ...

11 feb 12

Fun Fact Friday #6

Describe your spouse (significant other).I thought this would be a pretty perfect prompt to do what with all this Valentines Day stuff flying around!Jeremyaka Jermish, Lover Face, Lover Lips, Lovey a...

10 feb 12

Valentines Day Swap...Sent

Last month I signed up for the Oh Strumpets Valentines Day Swap. Im so glad I did because I really branched out with the type of crafts I usually do. Im not really a hearts and pink kind of girl. Thi...

08 feb 12

How to Make a Valentines Day Heart Ornament

For today I present you with my first tutorial!! I am super duper excited and I really hope you try and make some of these on your own. They arent hard at all and make the cutest Valentines Day decor...

07 feb 12

Movie Monday: Strangers on a Train

Last week I got "Strangers on a Train" in the mail from Netflix. I liked it so much I watched it twice!This is another Hitchcock thriller and made in 1951. The story is about a semi-pro tenni...

06 feb 12

Fun Fact Friday #5

Make a list of five ways youve changed in the last five years. What changes do you wish to make in the next five years?First let me set the scene, five years ago was February of 2007, I was 23. I was...

03 feb 12

Tea Swap

Erin organized a Tea Swap last month that I just had to join. I love tea! Ever since I was in middle school I have loved tea. Its definitely my moms fault, shes a huuuge tea drinker. The quintisentia...

02 feb 12

February Goals

Happy February! I have a few goals set for the month and I wanted to share them with you. Its motivation for me to stick to these goals if I share em with you lovies!* Send the package of crafts I am...

01 feb 12

Grati - Tuesday

Today I would like to take a minute and say thank you to a few different people.First, a thank you to my local post office workers. I think I go to the post office often. Not ALL the time but with th...

31 jan 12

Movie Monday: Dark Passage

Last night I watched 1947s "Dark Passage" starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They are such a great couple!I was really surprised by this movie and the style it was shot in. Almost th...

30 jan 12

Fun Fact Friday #4

When Im depressed...I want to be alone.I want someone to just listen to me and let me be sad and just talk it out.I dont want advice or someone to try and cheer me up or fix it. Just let me vent.I ne...

27 jan 12

A Hat and a Whale

Liz told me that she had wanted a hat for Christmas but her mom got her a pair of earmuffs instead. When I posted something on facebook about not having any crafts to work on now that Christmas was o...

24 jan 12

Movie Monday: Primal Fear

First, let me preface with this; Jeremys dad gave me a giant box full of VHS tapes.  I guess he was doing a bit of cleaning and knows I have a VCR.  I thought it was very nice of him. ...

23 jan 12

Fiber Exhibit

Crochet Concupiscence does a weekly post that includes a call for crocheters. Some weeks ago the post she did had a few different things mentioned but the one that really jumped out at me was the Squ...

21 jan 12

Fun Fact #3

How do you feel about celebrating your birthday?My birthday is September 28th. As a kid I always had birthday parties. I remember my parents took my friends and I roller skating a few times or I had ...

20 jan 12

Book Review: Lost December

For Decembers book club choice we read Lost December by Richard Paul Evans. It was the perfect book to read for Christmas, I really enjoyed it. I read it on my Pandigital and it went super fast. The ...

19 jan 12

Gifts for Kristin

The book club girls and I do a Secret Santa exchange for Christmas instead of each of us giving gifts to the 4 others. Its pretty great because not only do we get to focus on one person and really tr...

17 jan 12

Some Gifts for the Bestie

This year I made Liz a few different presents.First I made her these adorable decopauge ornaments. Normally I dont like to give people Christmas themed presents, it kind of seems like a cop out to me...

17 jan 12

Movie Monday: Rebecca

style="text-align: left;">I watched the movie "Rebecca" last night and it totally gets 5 stars from me! Interesting fact: it is the only Hitchcock film to have won an Oscar for Bes...

16 jan 12

Do you Twitter?

Ive been on Twitter for a little while now. At first I thought it was kind of weird but I really like it now. I can chat with other crafty ladies and blog friends. I get to see when people have new b...

15 jan 12

Fun Fact Friday #2

Could you stay in bed all day and think?I could definitely stay in bed all day. Ive been known to stay in bed for a ridiculous amount of hours as it is already. The "bed" I have now isnt that...

13 jan 12

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