New Family Member

A couple weeks before Christmas, my daughter received an early Christmas present.  Here is Auzzie, the newest member of our family.  My daughter absolutely LOVES him.  She hardly ever lets him walk by himself!  Has anyone ever seen/hear Bill Engvall's skit about his daughter and their weiner dog? "Just kill me Bill! I'm wearing Barbie Jeans!"  That's how we feel about this poor dog...we have to tell our daughter "put the dog down and let him walk!"

It's also fun to watch Auzzie with our two cats Spaz (12lb Maine Coon) and JJ (10lb Siamese mix).  Auzzie is a Toy Rat Terrier.  When he is full grown he will weigh between 5 and 6 pounds.  I have yet to decide what is funnier, this mini puppy chasing the cats or when the cats are fed up and chase him.

He is different from owning a grayhound in several ways.  One is his size.  With our greyhound, we had to get an extra large dog kennel.  Auzzie's "dog kennel" is really a cat carry LOL.  Our greyhound ate 6 cups of food a day, this one eats half a cup plus a little cat food too.

He was given the tiniest Milk Bones I have ever seen.  I actually had to look for them-even though come to find out Milk Bone Minis are sold at Walmart. 

Come to find out, Auzzie's birthday is two days after my daughters.  She wants to have a party for both of them.  What do you get a one year old dog & 8 year old girl? Maybe Scooby Snack crackers? I am sure she will give me a wish list a mile long for both of them.  

Until next time,

Pay-It-Forward Gift

At the beginning of the year Facebook had Creative Pay-It-Forward posts going around.  I had a few people respond to my post.  Here is one of the projects I made.  I got the basic idea from a Pinterest post that had a little wooden box for storing embossing folders.

I didn't have a wooden box but I still had some metal lunch boxes.  Hmmm...do embossing folders fit in them?  YES!!!  One is for my mother in law and one is for one of my oldest and dearest friends.
I got to make some really adorable and useful gifts, use retired products, and give a little happiness for a "just because" reason.

Until next time,

Boxbag & Tag

I know it is after Christmas but I wanted to show you what I made with one of the scrapbooking kits.  I actually learned to make these a few years ago for an Easter project. They can work for almost any holiday, depending upon the colors.

An adorable little boxbag.  A silly name but it starts with the base of a box.  The base is 4 1/2"x 4 1/2" square of card stock, scored 1" all the way around to make the box base.  The designer series paper is 5 1/2" x 11".  I used the decorative label punch for the handle, folded in half.  Any symmetrical punch would do.  To reinforce the base of the container I used a border sticker.  If you were not using a scrapbooking kit, you could cut a piece of cardstock 1"-1 1/2" x 11", or you could use the Tasteful Trims Bigz die.

Did you notice that cute little Santa tag.  I found it on Pinterest and here is the link to the directions.  I didn't follow it exactly but enough so you can tell it is Santa.  I think he could be made into a Leprechaun if his hat was green.

I hope this inspires you to make your own gift packaging.

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Sale-A-Bration Starts Today

Saleabration starts today.  Check out all the items you can earn free with every $50 purchase!  Contact me today to place an order or to book a private class or workshop.  I only have one weekend in Feb available and a few in March.  Contact me right away.

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Day 21 Sale-A-Bration Sneak Peek

Tomorrow is the start of Sale-A-Bration.  Today is the last day of my sneak peeks.  I hope you have enjoyed them and they have given you some ideas to do with your free products from Stampin Up. contact me today or go online to place your order -every $50 spent earns you free items.  Don't forget you can earn items completely free by hosting a workshop or private class.  Contact me today- I only have one date available in January and a few more in February and March.

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Day 20 Sale-A-Bration Sneak Peek

Like I have said Patterned Occasions is adorable for note cards and tags. I made a 3x3 card of each stamp from Patterned Occasions. 
       
I made a small box that holds about a half dozen 3x3" cards with the scallop envelope die.  I cut two envelopes and two pieces for the sides- 2 1/4"x1".   A little ribbon to dress it up, along with a small piece of contrasting color for a little extra pop.

Tomorrow I will show individual pictures of the cards.

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Day 19 Sale-A-Bration Sneak Peek

I love the coffee cup from Patterned Occasions.  I knew I would make several 3x3 cards with this set.  Then I remembered seeing this a long time ago, knowing sometime I would make one.  It is nothing fancy at all.  I used up some 3x3 cards I already had cut.  This is my prototype card LOL.  That's what my friend calls any card that she messes up or she is "practicing" on.  At some point I will make some more with colored card stock etc for the massive coffee drinkers in my life.

Until next time,