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Catching Up

I have been out of town for a week and it seems like an eternity!!  So much catching up to do...unpacking, cleaning up mess I made in scrap-room before leaving town ack!  

Last week I had a couple of projects on the Sassafras Blog...the focus was flowers, flowers, flowers!!

The vintage pattern image was scanned and printed onto Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky-back Canvas and then sewed onto a piece of vintage quilt.  I wrote of review of this fabulous product that you can check out over at Craft Critique

SIS Live was so much fun!  I taught my classes on Friday and they went great!!  We made a mini book filled with all kinds of vintage goodies as well as product from Sassafras , Elle's Studio , and Claudine Hellmuth Studio ...so much fun :)

I even got some scrapping done...I did this canvas as well as an altered book and LOs for a couple of the girls :)

Today life returns to normal and back to work I go!  The cleaning will have to wait!

Sneaky Peek

of my Very Stylish Girl class for SIS Live

I can't wait, just a little over a week to go!!

If you are in the Chicagoland area, make sure you stop into Craft Fancy in Arlington Heights on Saturday....it's their 1st birthday celebration and there are going to be sales and make & takes...I will be there in the a.m. doing a demo with Sassafras and some other goodies :)

Check it out...

My review of Kitschy Digitals is up this morning over at Craft Critique so go check it out!  Even as a paper scrapper I love Kitschy Digitals sooooooo much, such cute images and so easy to work with!  You can print out the elements and do traditional LOs and projects with them....

I did a hybrid LO and it wasn't hard!!  I did most of this LO in PSE, printed it out and added some buttons and lace and Sassafras to give it some dimension

 I created this storyboard in PSE and then framed it and added some trim and buttons

A pillow embellished with a mushroom from the Woodland Stuffies kit with a few vintage buttons added for good measure :)

Make sure you check out all of the Kitschy Digitals reviews over at Craft Critique this week and make sure you leave a comment so that you will be entered to win 1 of 2 Kitschy Digitals prizes!!  Head on over to Craft Critique now to leave your comments :)

Pug Spam

Because they were feeling left out :)

Bad Blogger

Ack!  A whole week, no blogging and today isn't going to be much better.

Just super busy with work and stuff, I have been playing with lots of Kitschy Digitals and Sassafras goodies so I will have new projects to share soon!

Getting ready for SIS Live, packing kits that are full of Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras, Elle's Studio, Claudine Hellmuth sticky back canvas and vintage goodies...I can't wait for this class, it is going to be so much fun!!

Trying to sell stuff on eBay to raise some dolly funds...I forgot how time consuming listing things on eBay can be!

Until later

xoxo

Yay...it's already Wednesday!

Hmmm...how about a mid-week update :)

New Sassafras project...a chalkboard

fun goodies in the mail from a scrapping pug-loving friend

Getting ready for the Elgin Parent Co-op School Craft and Gift show this Saturday...I am sharing a table with the super talented Susie.

I will be bringing altered books, some wall hangings, a tote or 2 and maybe some fun rings and buttons.  There will be baked goods and a raffle...it runs from 10-4 this Saturday the 30th at 240 Standish Street in Elgin at the First Presbyterian Church...come on out if you are looking for something crafty to do this weekend!!

Get Thrifty goes to...

Thanks to the random number generator...the spot in the Get Thrifty class goes to alicia...just email me at marbonneau(at)yahoo.com so I can get you signed up!!  I loved reading everyone's thrifty finds :)

Just today I found two chairs by a neighbor's garbage--score! Now I just have to wait for inspiration to strike as to how I'm going to fix em up!

Posted by: alicia | May 22, 2009 at 01:55 AM

Thriftiness

This morning I decided I hadn't been thrifting in a couple of weeks and that was waaaaay too long!  I am glad I went because it was a good morning in the world of thrift :)

and my favorite find...my new old sewing machine...isn't she breathtakingly groovy with all of her sunshine happy flowers?

O.k. so speaking of thrifty...who wants to win a space for the SIS Get Thrifty class Nikki and I are teaching next week?

Just leave me a comment and tell me about a great bargain you have found lately...I will pick a random winner on Saturday night say around 8-ish :)

loving...

this...

these goodies in my mailbox from Tiny Things Are Cute

finally having PSE on my Mac thanks to an Amazon Goldbox deal the other day

American Idol finals tomorrow night, the Glambert and his guyliner must win!

fuzzy wuzzy grey pug mugs :)

Happy mail....

Oh how I love happy mail!  It has been fun enough getting different Etsy packages every day with stuff for the Blythes, but yesterday I plunged my hand into the mailbox and pulled out a package from the Netherlands!  I opened it up to find a cute little Jip & Janneke book and a fab Pip Studio card!  When I was teaching in the Netherlands, I bought quite a bit of Jip & Janneke stuff at Hema and Haggith remebered that when she saw this little book...it kind of makes your day to know that someone all the way across the ocean was thinking of you :)

I have a new SIS class coming up soon...May 25th-29th, and I am especially excited about this one as I will be teaching it with Nikki Peterson!  The Class is called Get Thrifty and we have so many great ideas and techniques that we will be sharing.  I know how expensive this hobby of ours can get so this is going to be great!!

It is a great deal too as you get 5 days of lessons with ideas and layouts from each of us each day and all for only $12.95!  Be sure to check in here next week as I have a spot I will be giving away :)

Make sure you go check out the Sassafras blog this week as 2 of my favorites are being featured...brads and buttons :)