New Spellbinder dies

I'm so excited to pick this up at my local craft store....I've wanted this die set for awhile....best part I got it at 40% off...oh yeah that's what I'm talking about...love deals!

Finished and to reveal!

 Well, here it is completed.....

 I kept it simple as far as decorations go for the reason of it's intended use......as a business card holder! 

I have another one to give away and since Kimberly from Kimberly's Scrap Room was the only one to take a guess and a great guess at that....she'll be receiving the other one!

Thanks Kimberly!

Before and after small suitecase!

 Picked up this little lovely last week at my local thrift store and decided to alter it.

 The outside was a dark brown and the inside a kraft look. I painted the entire outside an ivory color and then distressed ti with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink.

 I added the flat back pearls all around the top. The flower in the lower right corner is from my wedding dress that I sprayed with Tattered Angels "Caramel Apple"....my one and only TA..lol! The flower int he upper left corner is one of my handmade crape paper flowers. The piece next to it is also from my wedding dress sprayed with the TA!

 This is the inside lid....the paper letter is from a collage sheet from an old magazine, the hankie looking fabric I found in my stash. The beaded face is one of mine and the other piece is also from my wedding dress sprayed with the TA spray. You can also notice I glued a brocade trim all around the inside case.

 The inside I just cut a piece of pattern paper and the shoes are stickers that I distressed with Vintage Photo ink and added some K & Company dimensional stickers!

 These two pics are a closer look at the flowers.

                                                                                   There's a little mini I made to go inside....that will be posted soon.

Sneek peak.....

Can you guess what this will become?

This is the before....gotta wait for the after...wink!

I promise you won't have to wait long!

Hugz,

Goodwill finds....

 Hubby and I went to our newest favorite place to shop....Goodwill! Found this wood cabinet for my craft room....love it!

 As hubby was cleaning and oiling it for me (my sweetie) he noticed on the back the original price tag....$299.00, made in Brazil, marked down to $199.00 and I got it for $11.69.....not bad!

 Love, love this purple lamp....hubby brought this home from  one of his Goodwill trips....he thought it would look good in my craft room...... He was right!!

Monday Sharing

I wanted to share something I read this morning during my devotion time.....it's my hearts desire to spread the wonderful Word of the Lord and my prayer is that it my touch your heart and bless you as it has mine.....

Give Me

God, give me eyes that I might see

The work that can be done by me;

God, give me ears that I might hear

The cry of those who need me near.

God, give me lips that I might speak

Comfort and peace to all who seek;

God, give me a mind that I might know

How to help those who need me so.

God, give me hands that I might do 

Some large or simple task for You;

God, give me a prayer that I might pray 

Thy help and guidance every day.

And this one thing, all else above;

God, give me a heart that I may love.

Have a blessed day!
Hugz

Fun day with hubby!

 Hubby and I went up to Temecula for lunch and fun shopping...the fun shopping was for me and the lunch was for him....hehe!

We ate at his new favorite place "Rosa's Cafe".....just look at the yummy food!

 

 Who can resist a fresh basked of warn taco chips and good homemade salsa....yummy!

After lunch we went shopping at Hobby Lobby and Joann's and yes I did bring home some goodies too!

Taking a break.....

Taking a break from my craft room reorganization process, drinking my chi tea late surfing the net. I took everything out and starting over organizing and compacting. Hubby bought me a bunch of $1.00 bins from Target and they're working out just fine for what I need. Studio tour to come later this week....can't wait to get back in there and play.

Ta ta for now!

Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die with Dawn

Now this is what I call a MEGA rosette.....love it!!

Fun Day With Hubby

 Friday was hubby's day off so like always we had a lot of things to get done....one we ordered a new washer....ours took a dump. It'll be delivered on Monday and bonus, they take the old one away for free....yeah!

After that we went to lunch at Panera's  for lunch and then I surprised him and took him over to this place for a treat.....we celebrated his 1st rebirthday on the 3rd and since he worked that day I took him Friday. You see it was a year ago on the 3rd that my wonderful hubby had a heart attack and died in my arms....God was so merciful to give him back to me!

This place is called "CBS Cupcakes" in San Marcos. The owner is a sweet lady that's in my card club.

Her place is so darn cute I had to share...who wouldn't love this cotton candy machine for themselves? Check out the metal carriage in the lower right!

 Don't you just love this dog house....she even makes doggie cupcakes!

 Here's a closeup of the metal carriage.......I sure would love one of these....oh the things I could fancy this up with!

 Ok so the good stuff...I know it's all good but the yummy stuff...first you pick the flavor cupcake you want, then you pick your frosting and then you pick your topping....this was hubby's...chocolate all the way.

 Mine was a toss up between key line or red velvet....key lime won...frosting was key lime and pink sugar sprinkles......it was so good but way toooo rich for me!  Next time a mini one will do me just fine...lol!

 Well, we needed the sugar high so we could take down all the Christmas decorations awaiting us at home...:-D