Just call me Martha!

Do you make treats for your co-workers around holidays? Me either.

How about your day care providers? Not me.

The people you see every week when you take your dog in for blood work? You betcha!

How about the people your dog sees once a month to have his fuzzy buns washed and brushed? Of course!

Every holiday the kids take special treats to those people who treat them best. They pile into the Tahoe with daddy and hand deliver home made goodies and lots of kisses to the ones they love.

This month I went a little overboard.

I hand dipped scary bones with blood inside. Down to the very last detail. Yep, that's what the crazy dog mommies do. Only after I packaged them up did I realize a Vet probably wouldn't think bloody bones were cool.

This dog mom's lost it.

Quilting Cards

Easier than they look.

Honestly?

Okay, I need your honest opinion.

And if you're a trolling around and have arrived at this blog, I want your opinion too.

Dink.  Come on.  

Mom.  Log in and leave a comment.  Please.  

Cassandra, I know you're going to leave a comment.

Okay.  So when you make all your cards by hand you have to think ahead a little and you have to start making them months ahead.  

Right, Janelle?

So last year I made all 50 cards the exact same but by the time I was done, I hated the card.

Hated it.  I was so sick of Sage Shadow and Chocolate Chip I couldn't stand it!

So this year I'm thinking I'll make a few different cards and I tried a few out yesterday.

This is my first "try".

Do you like this one?

Be honest.

Oh, and if you decide you like it try to pretend you didn't see it...cause you might get it for Christmas!

Cards and A Sad Story

Here are a couple cards I made over the weekend.

E L MO

A card of loves.

Monday I went to the eye doctor for a routine eye exam and guess who needs readers? 

Yep.    That's right.  Me.

I'm 31 and I need readers. 

How stylish. 

Maybe I could get a fashionable chain to wear around my neck so that I don't lose them or sit on them.

What do you think?

It's a sad day when I don't want to shop, isn't it?

Stampin Out Loud

Tuesday was my friend Laura's birthday. When I asked her what she wanted to do for her special day she asked me to take the day off of work and spend the day with her (in my jammies) and having a Stamping Extravaganza!

So that's exactly what I did.

These are the cards I made in between impromptu baking and snacking!

A card for Carl's upcoming Master's Graduation. A card because I liked the paper.
A card for Grandma's 80th birthday (cause I love her cookin!)
A card for DMIL's birthday. Agh.
A card for my friend Nikki who just found out she's pregnant!!!

Fun Things

Here are some fun things you can do on a weekend, you know, if your husband is busy watching football and you are bored.

1. Go to your craft room and create a fun card for your Brother-In-Law's 25th birthday.  Try not to think about the fact that he is 25 and will not appreciate the time and effort you put in to the card.  Cringe when you realize he will likely throw it away since there won't be any money in it.

2. Start to clean out your hall closet.  Then become obsessed with labeling and organizing the closet until it looks like this:

3.  Shop online for hours ordering anything and everything that appeals to you knowing your husband has credit card use notification programmed on his BlackBerry.   Smile when you realize hungry husband will begin receiving messages on his phone regarding said shopping and will immediately want to spend time with you.

Stampin & Stuff

Here are some of the cards I've been making lately.

Sorry - I'm not very good behind a camera.

I made this card for my friend in Colorado.

In our relationship, I'm pretty sure she's "red fish".


I made this card for my husband. It was just a "thank you" for being such a great guy - sometimes. It's hard to make manly cards, isn't it?
Oh, here's something else I made this weekend! It's CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD! Yum. We have so much zucchini in our garden and I'm so tired of eating it like a vegetable. I made this.

What? It's healthy...there is a vegetable in it!

Stamping Out Loud

I clearly remember my first Stampin UP! party.  I was overwhelmed and certain I would NEVER get the hang of it.  

I thought, WOW, these folks are creative!

Then I fell in love.

This weekend my friend and I got together, like we do almost every day, and I made this:

And this:

And this, although you'll have to turn your computer (or your head) because I can't figure out how to rotate it:

And this:

And this:


And my friend Laura made this.  I have NO CLUE what holiday it's for except I saw a birthday folder on her Cuttlebug so I'm assuming it's a birthday fish?  You be the judge, you know, after you turn your head again.

And no, the glass jar is not cracked or sparkling.  I already asked that.  She just wanted to use her blue pen.

Blankie Picture

Finally, I got some pictures of THE BLANKIE.  

This is mom and I at the kitchen table sorting out the squares.  That was the EASY part.

And many tedious hours later, I had this.  

A close up.

And how it looks after I fight the furkids to get it back.

Mine!

The Blanket

My blankie is done. Complete.

Pink and Beautiful.

It was actually done about a week ago, but I fell, remember?

I fell in the sand and I fell on my camera. Therefore my camera is no longer operable.

I'll see if I can take a picture with my laptop but I can't make any promises.

It's beautiful though.

And soft.

It's mine.

RagTime Baby

As if I don't already have enough to do in my life (full time job, full time student, spouses club board member, full time dog mommy, full time stamping fanatic) I have added quilting to my list.  

I've always been a crafter and I've even made a few quilts, but I'm making this one with a friend and that makes it EXTRA special.  I'm also not giving it away.  Its Pink and it's Mine.

Cassandra and I drove (well Cassandra drove her gas hating PRIUS) all over California to help me find the perfect fabric for the first quilt I will ever make FOR MYSELF! 

Check out this sign outside of the cutest quilt store I've ever visited.  Cute huh??

The shop is owned by a pink haired woman in saddle shoes and her purple haired rocker husband.  

They both quilt.

For reals.

They decorated the inside of the store with vintage items handed down from her grandmother who was a master seamstress.  The place is FUN.  The best part is that every fabric, no matter the size, shape, color, is $5 a yard.  That's all.  $5.  They don't have a ton of choices but I would say they have a better than average selection.

I bought all my fabric there and now I'm off to cut the quilt sandwiches for sewing.  I'll post pictures as I go, but don't get too excited.  

It was for me, remember?  

So just picture a pink quilt.

Happy Birthday America!

My husband has to work today. Of course he does. I mean, it's only the Fourth of July. So I cased this adorable idea from here and intended to make them for his staff. I bought everything at Michaels to make them in time for the Fourth.


Too bad no one in California sells LifeSavers in a roll anymore. When did that happen? Now they come in a tin? Who in the world wants a firecracker tin? I had to scratch the idea. The closest thing I could find was a tube of breath mints. You can't hardly spend a day sucking on breath mints and feeling very good about it so I scrapped the idea. Does anyone need a million yards of red, white, and blue stars?

On another note (haha) check out this classic performance. It gives me goosepimples EVERY TIME.

Stamping Out Loud

Carl is back to working nights which means I have to stay quiet in the day while he sleeps. Not an easy task. Thankyouverymuch. Over the weekend I went over to my friend Laura's (the Queen of all that is stamping) to do what almost every military wife does. Stamp. We cased this card from http://www.stampwithjill.com/ and had a marvelous time being loud and silly.

It only took us a few hours to make one set each. Well, it probably took less time than that since we started by clearing out space in her cabinet for all my stamping stuff. I hate dragging it all over there every time and since Laura is one of the nicest girls I know, she promptly stuffed all of her neat and organized things into a box so I could mess up a shelf in her house. Move over sista, I'm moving in!