Friday, March 25, 2011

Friday Focus!

Anyone that has been around me long enough knows how much I love Fiskateers and my fiskapeeps. I was honored to be the "Friday Fiskateer Focus" today. So if you would like to know a little more about me check out the article. While you are there check out fiskateers as well. Fabulous crafting community!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

It just happened...

Sigh...I've really been trying to clean out my crafting area. Really I have. I have a class, a visit to CKC St. Louis to work with Epiphany Crafts and a crop all coming up in April and I NEED to find space to work and sort and it's well all over my living room and the living room isn't that big! I started this project a week ago and still am finding myself about 40% till "done" and no end in sight. It might have something to do with those darn papers and embellishments finding their way to each other like long lost lovers. Crying out "Turn is into something fabulous" Before you know it the adhesive is in my hand and I'm scrapbooking...far be it from me to deny them their due.

Design your own?

Ever have problems finding the "perfect" sticker? I have normally I take a white set and color my own but the results can be uneven. One of the things I ran across at CHA was Momenta's design your own. It looks pretty cool. You simply take your blank sticker sheet and then using one of their templates and patterns you print out what you want. For more information

Thursday, March 17, 2011

The scrapbox I'm dreaming......


Yeah mom always said true creativity is never neat. Especially when trying to sort out supplies! I happened upon, the original scrapbox at a scrapbook expo and have been dreaming and wanting one ever since. (Do you think it could help? I never can find anything !) I love love love the scrapbox desk. Check them out here -----> SCRAPBOX

Plus the idea of having a place for everything and everything in it's place is so fabulous to me.

If you aren't a fan on facebook, you should check them out. They are offering one as a prize to a lucky fan during "National Craft Month" so I thought I would share here and give ya'll a chance to win as well


Check out their facebook page for more information.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Fiskateers @ CHA


WOW! The craft and hobby trade show is but a memory now and I finally have time to sit down and write a bit about the fun that I had. The night we(Merlene and I) got in (I roomed with Fiskapal Merlene and my new boss from Scrapbook Update Nancy Nally.) Started out with a Fiskateer "Tweet up." We walked down to the hotel lobby (we were staying at the J.W. Mariott) and asked to have them hail a taxi for us. After asking where we were going they said "Oh we'll take you in the hotel car" So we arrived at the Fiskateer party in this
When we pulled up Fiskars President and Vice President were standing in the doorway waiting for a taxi to take them to the Lakers game. They were having a conversation with themselves..."Oh look at that Escalade...I wonder what celebrity is in there...I heard Snoop Dog was in town...wonder if it's him." Then our driver opens the door and Merlene and I get out and they FREAKED and started shouting "Fiskateers are ROCK STARS!" (Not a bad way to start CHA!) (Postscript note, when we saw them later on in the week they told us that story got told at least a dozen times and became an instant favorite...their fiskateers are rock stars!)

Inside the meet up was so fun! It's amazing how close I feel to some of these people. Most of whom I have only met through Fiskateers. An amazing bond happens when you share your lives together through crafting!
Fiskateer Lead Cheryl Waters and myself.

Among the sea of orange we talked, and laughed and naturally took a million and two pictures. (The group shot was taken by no less than 10 different cameras multiple times.) When we were done we didn't want the evening to end so we headed to a sweets shop called "Louie's" the treats there were amazing (and so tempting) I wanted one of everything to try!



We finally decided on a chocolate rasberry torte (that was out of this world fabulous but ohh so very rich that we couldn't finish it and it was only a 3 inch tart!) We took our treats back to the hotel where we chatted some more. Getting back to our hotel around 11 we new we had to turn in because the show started the next day and we needed our rest, but we were too wound up to sleep and ended up talking some more! Fabulous first day in L.A.