Wedding Album Pictures

Hello Everyone!

I recently finished the pages for my 18" x 18" wedding album and posted the pictures to my Scrapbook.com gallery.  You can enjoy them by clicking  here.  This picture is of the cover of the album.  I covered the original book with fabric, and then embellished it with feathers, beads, and my favorite flower, a gerbera daisy.  Enjoy!

Time to CREATE!

So one of my newest friends shares the creative spirit with me and I was more than happy to assist her in trying to be creative when I realized that we all need some inspiration from time to time.  I decided to gift her something I had made for Christmas, I just had to come up with what it would be.  I found a picture of some "springy" letters, and decided to make my own.  The word create kept coming to mind, so I used that and painted the letters first.  Then I embellished each one with a different material, and worked on bending some wire for the springs.  I enlisted the help of my husband and he cut the block for mounting and helped me decide what glue to use for the spring joints.  We settled on a two part epoxy and the result turned out amazing.  The only thing I am more proud of than the final outcome is the place it now resides.... :-)

Spring Wreath

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Boy is this a cold winter in Minnesota... To spread a little "light at the end of the tunnel" cheer, here is a pic of my front door spring wreath.  I love gerbera daisies and thought the bird was too cute to not include.  The wreath is a wire form with a greenery bush that I separated out and attached, then with lots of gerbera daisies and the bird glued in.  I can't wait till it's seasonally appropriate to put it out!

Tag Bib

One of my best girl friends had a baby girl this year, and while I really enjoy spoiling her, sometimes I really like to spoil her with something handmade.  This was inspired by a holiday themed tag bib found at Kirklands and I decided to try it.  I had a kid theme shower curtain sample with the frog motif and thought that would be good for cleaning and durability.  The ribbons I had on hand in my room and I backed the motifs with a bit of sheet batting.  I thought it had turned out pretty well, and when it didn't even make it out of the box before M had it in her mouth, I knew I did a great job. 

First Attempt at Homemade Rolls

So it is tradition for my husband and I to bring the "rolls" to Thanksgiving dinner.  This year, that happens to be today.  In the past I have brought a type of biscuit since I have a very good recipe for that.  This year, I wanted to bring a real roll, and so far so good!  I got the recipe from All Recipies and it is called Sweet Dinner Rolls.  A reviewer had said she broke the recipe down into little balls and baked them in a muffin tin to make clover rolls.  I thought that would be good and look at them right before they went into the oven... mmm!  Can't wait to try them!

The Start of the Holiday Decorating

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The holidays are my favorite time of year because you can go all out decorating and it only makes your house feel more inviting!  This is the first year that I decided to decorate the table to just be "pretty".  Everyone knows that my kitty is the king of the table, but he is adjusting well. 

The centerpiece greenery has lights woven into it, and I will actually light the candles (maybe).  I made the napkin rings using ornaments and ribbon, and I may have invented my own napkin fold.  I think I might need a set of glass glasses to really make the table feel "set", but for now, the holiday plates and mugs will do!  Enjoy!

New Product Day

Today I was browsing at the Rochester Scrapbooking Co. and found this new (to me) product, Flower Soft.  It looks like a type of fiber confetti that I glued down with some liquid two way glue.  The window views I cut out and used pop dots to assemble, also from the Flower Soft line of products.  It might not come thru as well as I like in the pictures, but the flowers I put the flower soft on look great!