My Paper Tales

A Wonderful Afternoon at Sweetpeas and Snapshots

Helle and I drove up last Saturday to Sweetpeas and Snapshots to take a class from Teresa McFayden. Teresa is a great teacher and could not have been nicer! I love the book I made. (It's on the far left in the photo of the classes.) Sweetpeas has such a wonderful atmosphere, great products and super nice staff! (We missed Suzi though!) They even gave me directions to Cath Kidston!!! More photos tomorrow from CHA!

Off to CHA!!!

Helle and I are heading up to CHA! I'll be back Tuesday with lots of fun goodies to share with you!!!

Love is in the Air

I'm still playing with my A Muse Valentine stamps...getting ready for a class at Stamp Diego. I used my favorite Sakura pen, the Stardust Clear, over the red on the paisley, the "Love is in the Air" stamp and the champagne glasses.

Strong Man

I'm on a roll with the A Muse Valentine guys! (I'll blame Renee, the new owner of Stamp Diego!) My five year old son Kevin especially likes the "strong man". He actually stamped and colored one himself! If I can find his I'll post it.

More Valentines!

I saw this pattern for a card in a recent Paper Crafts magazine. I thought it would work well with A Muse cards and stamps. I think this is a fun, simple card.

No Bull!

I am going to be using a version of this card at a Stamp Diego Valentine class for guys!!! I added the flower just to be silly!

Two New Valentine Stamps

I had fun tonight playing with the new A Muse Valentine stamps. I think these look much cuter in person, but I still thought I'd share them with you! I used the Sakura Clear Stardust pen on both. it works so well when you need a thin line. I also used Simple Stick and glitter on the chocolate card. Both cards were SUPER easy and fast!

So many Barbies...so few clothes

A few people wondered why many of our Barbies were without clothes. Here is the story of Barbie in our home. (A home with three girls has seen A LOT of Barbies!!!)
Girl sees Barbie in store, in box, brand new with perfect hair and all accessories in tact. Girl must have Barbie.
Barbie is opened in car. (Painfully...Barbie is bound in box and practically needs wire clippers to be set free) By the time Barbie arrives home several accessories have mysteriously disappeared somewhere in the car...never to be found.
Barbie is played with, taken in the bath, pool, and had her clothes changed.
Eventually the clothes are missing, her hair has been unprofessionally cut and she loses her original appeal.
She is stuck back in the holder unclothed because no one can be bothered to find a new outfit for her. Next trip to Target the "Barbie Syndrome" starts all over again!
I guess there are some girls who do take better care of their Barbies, but that is the fate of most Barbies in our home. (Although we do still have a fully clothed "Posh Spice" doll!!!)
By the way, the holder is actually an over-the-door shoe holder. It holds a lot of Barbies!!!

Why I Haven't Updated Lately...

My dear friend Helle told today me that I needed to update my blog. So I will show you why it's not updated. I have done nothing but reorganize my workspace and move daughter number 2, Daphne, into her own room. What a mess of Barbies, Polly Pockets, clothes and lots of other junk that I never remember buying!!! I hope to be COMPLETELY finished by Friday. Am I the only one that "dreams" of an organized house? Perhaps there is a medication to rid myself of that desire!!!

Home from Vacation!

I thought I'd share some photos from our cruise. We had a great time...now back to reality!!!