Wishing myself a Happy Birthday

I'm so excited! Last week Steven bought me a new phone for my birthday and because I felt I deserved it, I bought myself the BlackBerry PlayBook!! So now (I'm not making any promises, so don't hold your breath) I can hopefully update my blog more! You see I can use my phone as a mobile hotspot to hook up my PlayBook to the Internet at home (where we don't have the net bc the only options are satellite or air card- both of which have limited data usage)!!!!!

So to make my first official update via PlayBook.....

I made a card this week for a good friend of mine whose birthday is just a few days before mine.

 I'm not good with remembering the products I used because I don't prepare, I just dive on in, plus many times the packing is thrown away. So I took the pretty stuff above and created...

There was just one problem, it didn't seem "finished" to me. So I went and had to buy more bling...

And does it not look better by adding just a little more bling bling!?! I got a great response too! That's probably. The best part of making things for others.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Sunday!!!!!

Craft room

So we're finally settled into our home! I am LOVING my craft room!!  I don't have a lot of furniture/ cabinets in there yet, but it's working for now. I read many different web pages about colors and moods, and I finally set on a very vibrant orange color for my craft room. ("After" pictures to come)

Before
A very bland white (except where the previous owners painted  around furniture)

Before
Love the huge windows! They let in so much natural light, especially since the sun mostly stays  on this side of the house)

It's getting there! The wall straight ahead has a tinted primer and the first base coat. The wall to the right is just the primer and WOW what a HUGE difference! 

After help from Steven's grandpa, we're done!

Starting to move stuff in, but still far from what I imagine it will one day become.

I wasn't ever too fond of orange, but I truly believe it does provide a creative mood in the room! I haven't had much of a chance to decorate, but I do have a gorgeous purple memory board that I mom made me for Christmas! (She's a fantastic quilter.) I can't wait til I'm done with school so I can spend ALL of my time in my fabulous orange craft room!


Once we decide to break down and pay the outrageous prices for satellite internet, I will hopefully get to update more often.


Have a scrap-tastic Sunday!