Well it's official!

So I'm a new writer for Scrapbook Update. Nancy Nally did a wonderful write-up of me HERE! I've done a couple of freelance pieces for her (360th bday party for Fiskars, and the "swag" article" last summer.) My official "beat" will be direct sales and the die cut market (both electronic and manual) in addition I'll get to run some fun pieces as the topics come up.

The support from the crafting community and family and friends has been amazing!

The wonderful comments I have been getting from the readers, and my fiskateer friends and friends and family on facebook is totally overwhemling. It's amazing to have so much support when you start something new. I'm excited for this opportunity and to see where it will take me!

Let it snow!

I LOVE THE SNOW (I don't like the cold but do love the snow!) I even have a child named "Winter" just to show you how much I love the season. I love how each snowflake is an individual creation, no two are alike. I love how the flakes look like lace when they land on a frozen window. I love how clean and fresh and white everything is under a blanket of freshly fallen snow.

Around the holidays we had TONS of snow, we even had enough to go sledding. Soon though all of it melted and looked like it never was...well except for the mud and the slushy dirty piles. It made me really sad.

To celebrate my love of those beautiful white flakes I altered this mini sleigh. After painting the topside red (Tim Holtz Crackle distress paint in brick red) and painting the rungs silver (silver acrylic Plaid) I attached ghost shape snowflakes, before I attached them I coated the backsides with icicle Stickles let that dry and then used a couple of dollops of hot glue to hold in place. For the "let it" I got out my trusty Dymo lable maker and spelled out a couple of words I did need to attach these with glue dots because they didn't want to stick to the plastic of the snow flakes) (I guess it was to bumpy.) The chipboard letters were inked silver and then dipped in embossing powder and heated (I did this a couple of times to give them a bit more oomph) attaching a white prima flower with some more glue dots and some ribbon I called it a wonderful tribute to my favorite form of precipitation!

Goodwill Haul

Nancy Nally from Scrapbook Update put a challenge out to her readers to create a crafting "haul video." Popular in the couponing communities these videos show off to others their shopping bargains. Knowing the crafting treasures I find come from unlikely sources, Nancy had been bugging me to share my latest haul with the world. So without further ado, here is my "haul video" from a recent Goodwill trip.

First post of the new year!

WOW I realized that I haven't posted anything this year and here it is almost the middle of January. I have been busy though. Over the holidays the youngest was in the hospital with severe dehydration from a very bad case of the flu. She didn't mind since it was during Christmas every department seemed to have presents for her, plus she got all the popsicles she wanted, her own remote on the TV with the Disney Channel AND Mom all to herself. If it wasn't for the fact Christmas was coming I don't think the kid ever would have left!

The New Year has brought some changes. Typical resolutions to ______(you know the three more organized, eat better and spend time doing the stuff I should be doing :) Excited though as I've seen some weight loss and can almost find a scrapping desk meaning I can create! I also have a new crafting/writing gig that will be announced in the next couple of days (so be sure to check back and see what I'm up to!