What's the Scoop?

When running errands yesterday, I decided to stop at Joann Fabrics to see if there was anything new.  I thought I would just walk through the stamp isle to check things out.  Oh boy was I delighted to see a whole new display of Fiskars clear stamps.  They were not already on sale which ment I could use my 50% off coupon. HOORAY!!! I stood there for what seemed like hours trying to decided which ones I could not live without.  I finally made my desicion and left with two sets--- the first of which I will share today.  The name of this set is "Cupcakes and More".  Just one look at these cute images and you will see why I just had to have them. 

So many possibilities with this set.  Here is just one card that I created with it. 

Well I am off to create some more.  Stay tuned for more posts using this set and the other having the theme of my favorite drink---you guessed it---Coffee.  Wait until you see those images--- I know you will "Love it a Latte" :)

Another Rednesday

I really enjoyed playing along on Rednesday last week so I thought I would share some more of my red with you again today.  After you peek at mine,  hop on over to "It's a Cheery World" to check out all of the other blog posts.  There are some great "reds" to see. 

Last week several people asked to see pictures of my red kitchen.  So I will start my red post with a little tour .......

Here is a closer view of a few more of my favorites.  I will save the rest so that I can play along again next week.....                                                                        

This sweet little red kitchen timer and this fun

Flamingo insulated jug.  I bet this jug came along on many sunny afternoon picnics :)

****Just a little note...My little red card entry below did not win a prize but thank you all for such sweet comments.  As they say "If at first you don't succeed, try try again"  So I am off to create  and give it another try.  If you would like to see the beautiful cards that were honored just click this link to Moxi Fab World.  You will be delighted. 

Happy Rednesday everyone!!! 

Olympics of Stamping Challenge

Oh my goodness three posts in three days!!! I think this is a first for me but I didn't want to miss out on posting my entry for the Olympics of Stamping Challenge at Moxie Fab World.  You can read all the details by clicking on this link---- Moxie Fab World.   My entry must be posted by midnight tonight--nothing like waiting until the last minute.  I guess I work best under pressure (hehehe)  Well this is the card I created....

Thanks for taking a peek :)

You Are My Sunshine

It truly is amazing how a little bit of sunshine can lift your spirits.  We have had sunshine for the past three days here in Pittsburgh--that is somewhat of a small miracle.  I have cracked the windows just a bit and opened the front door welcoming the sunshine to come in and stay awhile.  The sunshine not only lifts my spirts but it also gets me in the mood to dust away the Winter and do a little Spring cleaning.  I love it when the windows shine and everything smells so fresh and clean.  I even borrowed my mom's floor steamer and cleaned all of our hardwood floors.  I teased her when she bought it--telling her she had the cleaning sickness.  I must now admit that little thing is amazing.  My floors have never been so clean.   (hmmm I hope she forgets which one of her daughters borrowed it (heheheh)   With a clean house and all of the Winter decorations carefully put away for another season, I thought it was a good idea to bring a little Spring to our house.  Here are a few of my favorites......

The sunshine has even inspired the creative side of me in this little mini brag book that I created for my etsy shop.....

So thankful for the SUNSHINE today :)

Picture of the Week

Look what I found growing in my garden!!!  My sweet little snowdrops bringing the promise of Spring!!

Oh Happy Day!!

Button Button

I love to think "outside of the box".  One of my favorite things to do is find new creative uses for an object--using it for something entirely different giving it a new purpose.  I have repurposed items all over my home.  I wrote about some of them on this post. Today I wanted to share with you my most recent repurposed item.  I am sure you have all seen those sweet little cupcake stands.  You know the ones ment to hold yummy cupcakes at birthday parties.  I had my eye on one at Target for several weeks.  I must have looked at it while shopping with Kate and Emma (the little girls I babysit) because guess what they surprised me with for my birthday.  I was thrilled to receive it and hated to store it away in a closet until I baked some cupcakes.  Then I took a really good look at it and thought how fun it would be used as a rack to store my buttons.  I have shared before how much I love the products sold at Papertrey Ink and their wonderful buttons did not disappoint me.  I ordered several bags and was delighted with their beautiful colors--too pretty to store unseen.  Each little bag of buttons fit perfectly into an 8 ounce ball canning jar which slipped easily into the spaces on the cupcake stand. 

I wanted to be sure to remember the color name of each button set so I printed out these pretty labels by Martha Stewart and sized them to fit on the lid of the jars.  I cut them out using my scalloped Nestabilities circles and adhered them  to each lid.

 

Look how pretty these colors are. Is it any wonder why I wanted to display them.....

Did you notice that there are some empty jars?  Did you also notice that the labels have already been printed with the names of the other colors on my wish list?  (hehehe) 

Do you have any repurposed items in your home? I would love to see your creative ideas!!