Merry Christmas!

Ok, I am seriously embarrassed by the amount of time that has gone by from my last post.   December is a crazy month with Christmas preparation, birthday celebrations and preparing for New Years.  So I sincerely apologize for my lack of blogging.

I received a surprise present from one of the ladies in Payroll at work.  It was a stuffed animal Max from "The Grinch that Stole Christmas."

It was the cutest thing!  I couldn't stop hugging it all day long at work.  Well, as my way of saying thank you, I made a Christmas Tag set for her.  I made them with the Cricut "Create a Critter" cartridge.  

I also had a "To: From:" stamp from A Muse that I used for the back.  I finished it off with a silver elastic cord tie.  

I placed the tags in a clear card box, created a divider with double sided patterned paper and finished it off with a bow.

A special Merry Christmas to Tammy!  She sent me a beautiful birthday card with a handmade embossing buddy!  Thanks Tammy!  You are the best!

And a special Merry Christmas to Amy!  Amy sent the cutest Christmas card!!!  Thank you Amy!

I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Why Pay $4?

Last week I was standing in line at Barnes and Noble and noticed a section of greeting cards.  I am always looking for inspiration so I took a look at what was on the display.  They had a bunch of cards that looked easy to replicate so I made sure to take pictures of them.  After taking pictures of them all, I looked at the price and was shocked to find them going for $4.00 each!  Wow!  I need to make sure I remind my husband that every time we use a home made card, we save $4.00!

Barnes and Noble $4.00 baby card.

VS.

My version of the same card.  $0.00

I just happened to have a left over chipboard letter "B" in blue, blue card stock, white cardstock for the scalloped edge, white adhesive lettering and left over blue gingham ribbon.  

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving All!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Very short post today.  Have work, last minute shopping, baking and getting ready for Turkey Day!

Big Happy Birthday to my Mom!  Enjoy your special day Mom!!!

I posted this picture before on here.  But wanted to post it again for Mom's Birthday!

Also, Happy Birthday 25th Birthday to Katie!!!

Watch Out!

This past weekend we took my car in for servicing.  On my way to the car dealership, I noticed this man driving a mini van going approx. 75 mph while writing on an etab with a stylus.  Yes, you read that correctly, both of his hands were on the etab and stylus.  He was diligently taking notes and believe it or not, switching lanes at the same time!  Needless to say, we stayed clear and as far away from him as possible since he didn't seem to be driving with his hands.  But I couldn't help but take a picture of him as we passed him up.  And this time, she was looking at and taking notes on his clipboard now!  I swear!

Luckily, we avoided the crazy no hands driver and made it to the car dealership.  However, on my way out I passed the Kia dealership and saw the worlds largest Hamster!  It's the hamster from the Kia Soul commercial.  

Enjoy the commercial.  It's so darn catchy isn't it???