studio Blog Truffle!

hi all!

as promised it's Blog Truffle time!  here is what i have up for grabs - poly clay embellies:

 

these are handmade by me and they have a fabulous dusting of mica powder for some amazing shimmer!

as you all know i recently re-did my craft room.  all cleaned up and beautifully organized.  so how is it going?  i thought i would show you some pics

i have FOUR main work tables/areas:

so my question for you - how many projects do i have going on RIGHT NOW from these pictures?  to be honest i am not even sure myself - i am going to have to go count them!

i can tell you though - the craft space is working out really well - YES i am cleaning up and putting things away as i go (so far).  so what you see out now is all being used :P  i do this because i often have things that need to dry so i work on other things while they dry OR i have various deadlines so i will be working on one thing and then have to take a break to work on something else that is due sooner PLUS stuff just for fun with no deadline at all.  Most of what you see in these pictures is projects that will be appearing in our Holiday Bonus issue of Through the Craft Room Door so i hope you all have a subscription so you can see the finished pieces!  I also have 4 pieces upstairs i have been working on in front of the tv.  it's an illness........

so what do you think peeps?  how many projects in the works can you spot? I will announce a winner on Friday!

hi all!
well i made it here to post just like i said i would.i was a little worried i wouldn't have anything to show you today BUT i do!

(Pezza is sitting next to me making a picture on her computer and i just heard her say - wow - i am too cool for myself :P)

we had a PERFECT weekend here in northern VA weather-wise - sunny, not cold but not hot, the leaves are really getting pretty.  our town held a town-wide tag sale this weekend so i thought i would throw some stuff out on the driveway and see what happens - mostly all of pezza's old toys and all of my leftover studio G inventory.  i was very disappointed - not a lot of traffic and not a lot of sales - especially with the toys which i thought would go quickly and easily.  i did make a little money which i promptly spent on stuff for pezza at the dollhouse show we went to yesterday.  you can read all about that fun little adventure on my dollhouse blog, Dotted Daisy, and see pics of pezza's project from the kids workshop.

i do have a project for you but it is sorta cheating...we are heading to a birthday party this afternoon and i needed a gift bag.  it occurred to me that instead of making a new one i could just use one of my many THOUSANDS of already made cards and put it on the front of a gift bag - TA DA!

the card is one from my Cricut Imagine Friday tutorials i did awhile back:

 

This time instead of putting a big ribbon bow on the handle like i usually do i made a kanzashi flower with the clover template, put a button in the middle and hot glued it to a barrette blank.  much more useful dontcha think?

cute, quick and easy!  what do y'all think???

i have some fun pics of my newly designed studio for y'all tomorrow and it occurred to me that it would make a perfect contest post.  so pezza and i decided we would make a bunch of clay embellies to give away for a little Blog Truffle!  but you'll have to tune in tomorrow to see what to do to win.  and it will be just for those of you faithful readers as opposed to me running ads for blog candy all over the place :P  here is the video pezza made that shows you how to make them yourself:

tune in tomorrow and play the game with us!

who wants some flower soft?? on me!

that's right! one last CHA wrap up giveaway!!! this will be a short post cuz pezzy is not getting better :(

so the title of all of my cha posts was "fun people fun time" - if you can tell me what movie that came from and who said it your name will go into a drawing for a flower soft starter kit!!! nice huh!!!!

SO let's take stock - i have three giveaways going - (sheesh)

in addition to this one we have the CHA giveaway AND the contest posting projects using Polkadot Pie images which ends on valentine's day (so you still have time to get a stamp set or two if you need them).

ok off to do the mommy thing!

CHA fun people fun time!!!!!!! (part 1)

well we made it here AND suzanne DID NOT freak out on the flight (much)!!!

we flew into the long beach airport - on the advice of suzanne's neighbor and well that is NOT a big airport......when we got off the plane we had to go down some rickety stairs and walk across the tarmack. then we went in the door and walked across a hallway to the door that said baggage claim. we went through the door and i thought, this looks weird...are they doind construction.....oh wait a minute, we are BACK OUTSIDE. the baggage claim is OUTSIDE. and there was only ONE that i could see.

but we made it to the hotel with no lost luggage - it is RAINING which is kinda lame......
then catherine - from my design team - arrived later in the afternoon. well let me tell you the three of us are QUITE the three stooges! here we are all airplane ridin grungy:

we went to joe's crab shack for dinner:

here's the three of us in our "crab gear"

catherine and suzanne got these giant pomegranate poprock margaritas:
well let me tell you - when you dump those poprocks in - sucker EXPLODES!! we had poprocks EVERYWHERE! i don't think i have ever laughed so hard in my life!!! we had poprocks in our hair, all over the table, all over the seats - which we didn't realize til we were walking back to the hotel and trying to get poprocks off our BUTTS!

if you have kids i highly encourage you to try this at home (nix the alcohol obviously). i'm thinking it needs to be a thick drink so the poprocks don't sink so maybe a slushie or slurpee.....go to 7-11, get slurpee, dump in poprocks, safety goggles optional.....but possibly a good idea....

cat and i will be off taking classes today - first with tim holtz and then one for acrylic albums.

we are BOTH doing BIG BIG giveaways - simply post a comment on each of our CHA posts telling us what you think of that days' post - we will be drawing names at the end. my prize will be a FULL SET OF THE NEW ALCOHOL INKS and cat's prize will be a collection of Tim goodies - metal embellies, grungepaper and mini masks!!!!

fun people fun time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

blog truffle #1 - wanna win some goodies????

Here we are folks - the first of two big giveaways for you:

How can this be yours??? this is for Polkadot Pie stamp buyers - if you have any stamps from the new Polkadot Pie line simply post your projects on your fave forum and then come here and post a link to it. This includes Cricut board, SCS, Papercraft Planet, Yahoo and MSN groups, personal blogs and anywhere else you frequent! If it is something OTHER than a card you will get TWO entries AND you can enter as many times as you want to increase your odds of winning!!

~~~~~~~~~~EDITED TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE~~~~~~~~~~~

Drawing will be held on Valentine's Day

so get the posts up and link them here!!!!
have fun!

How about a *blog truffle*....needa little push to get stocked for valentine's day?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

i hope everyone had fun last night welcoming in the new year!!! alas i spent mine getting a good night's sleep! i DO have something exciting for you:

in preparation for my upcoming stamp release i have some GOODIES to give away!!! how is this to get you in a valentine makin kind of mood:

Lots of fun stuff here to use with your new stamps releasing on Monday - stickles - cotton candy, magenta, and glitz ruby slippers; liquid pearls in ruby red and petal pink; ice stickles in cherry ice. memento dew drops - ladybug red, rose bud and angel pink; brilliance dew drops - pearlescent chocolate and poppy PLUS a full size memento in rich cocoa. to top it all off a pack of tack n peel so you can put your new stamp set to work right away!!!

how do you get it?? leave me a comment and tell me if you have a new year's resolution and what it is if you feel like sharing that part.

Want an even bigger yummy package of goodies? i'll add the items below to the *blog truffle* IF the randomly picked winner is ALSO a member of the Pez-A-Doodle Paper Craft Planet group. so if you cruise around on *the planet* be sure and come join my group!


this includes a half ounce jar of chocolate brown and ivory white flower soft, a versamarker, forever red perfect pearls and some cupid's mix acrylic embellishments. everything you'll need to duplicate some really cool projects i have coming in the next few days......

you have until Monday (release day) 8am to sign up for both pieces of the giveaway. be sure to tune in tomorrow to get another peek at the stamps both here and on Christine's blog!

sneaky peeky.....do you love chocolate????

SOOOOO does anyone ELSE feel like the last few weeks were a blur???? holy COW where did the month of december GO!?!??!?!?

now that the dust is settling i can get down to business! starting with a hint about my new set of stamps releasing on Jan 5th!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM chocolate................

of course to celebrate the new stamps i'll also have a BIG giveaway i am dubbing a *blog truffle* with an *add on* giveaway over on the PCP Pez-A-Doodle group. so spread the word girls and stay tuned.........blog truffle will be revealed tomorrow........sneak peeks start friday.....

hugs