Thursday, August 30, 2012

Spring Love (it's PINK)

I am excited for Autumn, I do love the crunchy leaves and  crisp air. Why is my ATC labeled Spring? I'm not sure, but I want to finish up my 'Couples' ATC series. I have one left after this. I also want to join the Pink Saturday linky party at How Sweet the Sound this weekend. I'll also be sharing at these fine parties:

Look What I Made at Creations by Kara ~ You can find a lot of yumminess here!
Wildly Original Linky Party over at I Gotta Create! ~ Where You Gotta Love It All! Christina comes up with fantastic ideas!
Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life ~ Kathy has a gorgeous blog, if you need to unwind and relax head over. Her music is soothing and it's a delight for the eyes too.
Treasure Hunt Thursday at From My Front Porch To Yours ~ where Pamela shares her lovely home.
Home Sweet Home over at The Charm of Home ~ This is a new blog to me, but so far I am loving what Sherry does over there!
Happy Hour Friday at Happy Hour Projects ~ Adrianne has a Fabulous party going on starting every Thursday, and her blog is amazing.
Visit the Open House at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog ~ Here you will find beautiful music and garden tea time!




Monday, August 27, 2012

Blue Blessings

Just a quick post to show this "Blue Blessings" card. It's all Stampin' Up, and made at stamp camp. There are three rhinestones, they sparkle so nicely in real life, much brighter than other brands.  Thanks for your visit and comments,
Lori 
Visit these Parties:
Totally Overflowing with Creativity
Seasonal Sundays 
Make It Pretty Monday A New Linky Party for Me: 



Meet Me Monday 
Eye Heart Mondays 
Make the Scene Monday 
Your Gonna Love It Tuesday 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

A Few Finds

My  thrifty find of a few weeks ago. I decided to post a few finds because I have a list of items already from just two trips.
This picture is from our local Good Will, which is quite small. My daughter actually found this and pointed it out to me. The glass alone was worth $3.99 in my opinion! I was going to re-frame it, but I haven't seen anything I like. Now I'm thinking I'll just paint it a dark wood color to match our floors and trim. We'll see how it turns out.

This is my new trash can for my office/craft room. I found this on the same Good Will trip. It's a new item so it was all of 3.99. I figured it was worth it, I love the flowers. I'm excited to be helping my BFF with her mom's ESTATE SALE, Friday and Saturday. Hoping to snag some of her milk glass before the crowd, I don't even know what all she has. I'll keep you posted.
That's it for me, thanks for visiting!!!
Lori
Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home

It's a Birthday Card


Hello all! How about a birthday card today? I love the font of this stamp, and the monochromatic green. As usual, it's all Stampin' Up.
Thanks for visiting!
Lori

Home and Garden Thursday 
Treasure Hunt Thursday
What's Cluckin' ? at Chicken Scratch
Happy Hour Friday at happy Hour Projects 

Monday, August 20, 2012

"It's been Lovely.....

.....but I have to scream now." I'm not sure why, but we moms really, really liked this stamp at our last stamp camp!!! This was an easy and fun card to make, the base is Sahara Sand, but you can barely see it. Sorry, I am taking a photography class though.  Susan didn't remember where the quote came from, but everything else is Stampin' Up. We had a blast as usual.  Thanks for visiting!

Eye Heart Mondays
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday Be sure to enter Linda's fabulous give-a-way~W.O.W.
One Project at a Time
Your Gonna Love It

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Book Cover

Making a User Name & Password Reminder Book
It is super easy to make a pretty book with out spending a lot. I found this black one with velvet stripes on clearance at Hobby Lobby. Awesome! ....if your a small child. Not so much if your an adult.... unless it was pink, maybe....Okay it would still be hideous, actually even more so if it were pink. Sorry to get a little off track.

The before:

I chose to use this double sided designer scrap book paper. I use scrap book paper for all of my decorative paper because it is thicker and more durable than wrapping paper.

All you need to do is this:
First measure the height of  your book and cut the paper to size. You don't even need to use a ruler if you have a paper trimmer or straight edge. Just mark the paper with a pencil. After cutting the height I scored the paper at about 1" from the end, wrapped it around the book and marked the other end, so that about 1" would be left to score. Like this:
I glued the flaps down onto the inside of the book, so that it would stay put, using double stick tape.
That's It! Your Done!


I like that the spine is rounded and not creased. I do realize that it will get dirty and possibly tear, but it's not something that I move from place to place. It won't even be used a-whole-heck-of-a-lot. It's pretty though, and that makes me happy. It's the little things, you know, so why not keep it simple? What do you think?
Seasonal Sundays
Nifty Thrifty Sunday
Meet Me Monday~Her new blog is gorgeous!
Make The Scene Monday
Metamorphosis Monday  
I have been following "Between Naps on the Porch" for sometime but I have not joined the party, I never seemed to have the right project at the right time.
Another new link party for me! At Mod Vintage Life.

 

                                 

Friday, August 17, 2012

New Discovery!

Susan, from Between Naps On The Porch, has the most beautiful blog! I have been following her for a few months and getting awesome ideas. She is hosting a fantastic give-a-way for Eleanor Brown Boutique. Make sure you have some time before you visit Susan, you will become lost in the loveliness over there!!! Then click over to Eleanor Brown Boutique, which luckily is a boutique so there isn't  an overabundance of gorgeous items. Just the perfect amount, you won't be overwhelmed.

Here is Susan's Office:
Here are some of my favorite items from Eleanor Brown:

Ceramic Beehive Birdfeeder

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