Busy, busy, busy...

It's been a very busy, with very little sleep day for me, so I'll keep the chatter short and sweet and let the pictures do the talking. It was Mercedes' turn to bring a treat for her class Easter party so we made these little treat boxes and stuffed them full of chocolate, candy, stickers and a cute little pom pom chick (that was apparently a big hit!)

There were 20 boxes in total, and I've pretty well mastered them so it only took about 3 hours to make them all. I thought they looked pretty cute though.


Here's some of the cards that I've managed to get made in the last day or two...in between treat boxes, and the odd hour of sleep that I caught here and there.
A little froggie card.


Gift tag with a dictionary flower on the front.
A few wedding cards.


A couple sympathy cards....I love how these two turned out....I like the way the inking looks and I just love the papers I used. Definately two of my favs that I've made lately.

This is just a photo collage of a bunch of 3x3 gift tags that I've also made recently. Not my best work as far as the collage itself goes but I just downloaded the trial version of Photoshop elements 8.0 and Mercedes would not leave me alone long enough to even begin to really figure out what I was doing, so I just hurried out and threw this together. The next one will be better I promise!
So that's what I've been up to over the last 24-48 hours, and I'm already started on a couple other little Easter projects for some family members. But mostly I'm just looking forward to a good nights sleep and I am really looking forward to sleeping in for the next 10 days!! Woohoo!! Gotta love Easter vacation!

A productive evening...

After my busy weekend, I was lucky enough to come down with a really nasty chest cold, so I haven't been feeling very well the last couple days, but somehow I was still very productive last night.

It started with me finishing the last ten wedding favor boxes...well the last for now anyways. The original 100 are finished, but it's looking like there may be more to be made in the future since my girlfriends guest list seems to keep growing! lol

After that I made a couple cards and then tried to get some sleep, since I'm fighting this nasty cold, but there was no sleep to be had, so I got up and decided to get some cleaning done.

I managed to get my scrappy table cleaned off a bit, and then I tackled my kitchen. Dishes done. Grocery list and menu's planned done. Counters and stove done. Floors swept & mopped done. Bathroom floors done. Toilet done. And by then I was about done!!

Since it was almost 3 am by then I decided to throw today's dinner in the crockpot so that it will be ready to eat when Mercedes gets home from school and finally around 3:30 I finally managed to get a couple hours sleep. I was up again at 6:20am to get Mercedes up and ready since today was choir day so she had to be at school by 7:30.

Then I came home, checked my email, and just finished taking some pics of the cards I made last night. Hopefully today's pics look better than usual since I was actually able to take the pics using natural light instead of the flash which I usually have to use since I'm usually taking pictures at night!

So now, I think I might try to get another couple cards made while I wait for the stores to open, so I can go get my errands done and then I will be coming home and *hopefully* getting a nice long nap, while Mercedes is at school.

These cards are all made using the paper from the K&Co Sue SeraFera Designer Paper pad and I just LOVE it! Everytime I look at the paper it just makes me want to make something! Gotta love paper like that eh?!

These first two are little 3"x3" gift tags and the last card is a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Another busy weekend....

No energy for long stories of my busy weekend, just trust me that it was busy, but fun. So here's some pics of some cards that got made and a couple pics of the scenery that I see as I drive around town. That's all for now, cause I'm off to bed!