BLOG CANDY TIME!!!!!

Ok . . . as promised, here is a pile of blog candy I just put together. Some of the fun stuff in this package: over 20 fun chipboard shapes, metal halloween embellishment, flowers, leaves, plastic spiders, misc. brads, extra large buttons, stickers, ribbon, metal label tags, ghost alphabets by Heidi Swapp and a pile of misc. cards I've made over the years.



So I have an interview on Friday, August 28 for a job I really want with the school district. I'm already employed with the district, but this would be a full time job instead of the 3 hours a day I have now. To be entered in the drawing for this fun assortment of goodies, just leave me a comment below about an interview experience you have had or . . . . just say "Hi."

I'll randomly draw a winner on Friday, August 28 - after my interview and let you know how it went!

Good Luck . . . . and thanks for visiting my blog! More creations to come . . . :-) Jeani

This is a layout I did a couple of weeks ago ~ my first time using the felt diecuts from Close To My Heart. Sorry it's not such a great photo . . . I took several and they were all blurry . . this was the best one of the bunch.

The photo was one of my boys and I that was taken for an advertisement in our local newspaper for the childrens and maternity shop I used to own. I used a felt button as a pull tab on my journaling behind the photo.




Stop back by tomorrow for some BLOG CANDY!!!! Have to give something back to those of you that have stuck with me during the sloooooowwwww times on my blog! Thank you!

This is my latest creation . . . uses 2 great new products from Close To My Heart . . . Childhood Portrait Stamp set and Sweet Home Level 2 paper pack. Isn't it sweet?!?!


My life is constantly changing . . my schooling has been postponed and I'm hoping to get hired on for a full time job next week . . . in the meantime, I've got lots of time to play with my new products and I am going to make a great effort to post more often and offer up some blog candy to those diehards that have stuck in with me through my slow times in the blogging world! Stay tuned . . .

Has it really been 2 months . . .

since I last posted? Wow . . . well, I am about to take quite a longer hiatus as I have just enrolled in school (FULL TIME!) to finish my BA in Education. As I will also be working full time, continuing to be a Den Leader for my son's cub scout den and being a wife and mother . . . the next 2 years are going to be BUSY and STRESSFUL. All of this will leave me very little breathing room so I don't know how often I will get on here.

We did get away last weekend to a wonderful camping trip at LaPush (yes, Jacob Black's stomping grounds!). It's about a 90 minute drive from our house and I just had to share a couple of photos to let you know just beautiful and fun it was . .







Our trailer was just about 50 feet from the beach . . it was beautiful!




The surf was amazing and the kids had a blast running from the waves all weekend!


My youngest son preferred to play in the little creek that ran down, through the driftwood, to the beach!


We had such a great time, we're going back with my SIL and her family for several nights after the 4th of July!

And I have actually been making cards, it just takes so long to upload and crop, etc. that I just don't get them on my blog. I thought I would post one that I made this morning (all CTMH) for a birthday party we're going to tomorrow . . . .



. . . and then I'll just have to say, put your name on my email if you want to see when I post next . . maybe easier for you then coming back to nothing new on my blog time and time again! Putting your name on my email will mean that you get an email from my blog whenever I post something new - try it! It's a great way to keep up with what someone is doing without having to remember where you were!

I hope I can eeek out some time to play with my paper crafting, but I'm not planning on too much . . .so, please be patient with me. I will try to post something every now and then.

So, here I go . . . off on another adventure! I'll keep you posted on my status!

:-) jeani

Check out Janet's Blog Candy!

I was just blog surfing and found out that Janet over at Corrosive Creations is giving away some GREAT BLOG CANDY! Look at this:



All you have to do to be entered is leave a comment . . .so surf over there, check out her great blog and leave a comment for blog candy!

Mother's Day Card - Flower Pot style!

I saw the directions for this card on SCS and had to make it! I really like how it turned out! Liked it so much that I posted the link on Janet's blog Corrosive Creations by Janet for Mother's Day.





Products used: CTMH cardstock (Desert Sand, Colonial White, Sweet Leaf); CTMH Stamp sets With Love, Friendship Blessings, Spot On Backgrounds; CTMH chocolate ribbon; misc. buttons; and Prima Flowers.

Sticky Note Holder

I finally got around to making a little sticky note holder for my desk. These are just the $1 plastic frames you can get at Walmart or the dollar stores . . . . but works perfect for sticky notes! I used CTMH Free Spirit Lv. 2 paper pack.



I dropped my camera on the frame when I was taking the pictures . . . dang it! . . notice the crack!

CTMH is TICKLED PINK!

Close To My Heart is celebrating National Scrapbooking Month by offering a beautiful scrapbooking kit with everything you need to create 2 beautiful two page layouts. Click here to check out all the details of this Tickled Pink promotion!

GARAGE SALE!

All items for sale are also listed in the GARAGE SALE block on the side bar.

For Date Time Place $2.00 (block measures 3" x 2.5")


Baby Talk $9.00


Delight in Life $8.00


Riveting $7.00


Occasionally $5.00


Any updates or new items for the Garage Sale will be added to this post . . .so keep checking back. If you see something you want to purchase, reply to this post and leave an email where I can contact you. I take paypal, check and money orders. Thanks for looking!

My new look

I hope you like my new blog look . . . I'm still playing with the header, but I love the colors and the bird!!

I also just posted a photo of the Summer Idea Book cover on my sidebar . . . there are so many cute new stamps . . . adorable camping stamps . . . I can get a lot of mileage out of those since we spend 1/2 our time during the summer camping!

I've got so much work to photo and post . . .I'll try to get to it this week! I'm also trying to clear out a lot of stamps and miscellaneous stuff, so look for my GARAGE SALE items in the sidebar before the week is out!

Now . . go create something!