100th post Giveaway

I can't believe that I've finally hit 100!!It took long enough. I think that to celebrate I will have a giveaway. I'll put together a fantastic package of things that will make you happy, I promise! Included will be this Good Things Martha issue that has bunches of ideas for kids parties in it. I'll throw in some other goodies like wooden spools, maybe some fuzzy yarn, or something. I'll have to look through the craft stash. Leave a comment and I'll throw your name into a hat for the drawing on Friday. Isn't it funny how part of me is worried about leaving this post? What if really no one is reading this or leaves a comment. I'll feel like such a nerd!

Spring pillow

The spring gnome that I made last week, I took today and turned into a pillow. It's actually an unfinished pillow. It's for a swap I'm in. I just figure that my partner can stuff it if she wants to and then I don't need as big of a box. I love the color combo, so Springy!

I'm it.....

My pal Ariane just tagged me. I've never done one of these, so I thought hey why not?

10 years ago:

I was 19 at the college of Southern Idaho getting into waaaay too much trouble. That's a dark chapter that we could do without.

5 things on my to do list today:

Only 5? Am I the only one with a full page of things to do every day? 1. Go to Crate and Barrel to look for a mini ice cream scoop, 2. Go to Anthropologie for new oven mitt, 3. Hang new blue glass handles on cupboards in the kitchen, 4. Attend Daughters second grade show, 5. laundry and vacuum

3 bad habits:

extremely pessimistic

yell too much

clenching my teeth

5 places I've lived:

Heaven, mothers womb, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado

5 jobs I've had:

pharmacy cashier

video store clerk

law office runner

studio camera operator

lunch lady

3 things people don't know about me:

After my last c-section my incision opened up on one side

I will always use store bought cake mix over a cake made from scratch because they are more moist. Although everything else I make needs to be made from scratch

My dream job would be to be an anthropologist and travel the world studying cultures of other people

By the way, the picture above has nothing to do with anything. It's a book I picked up while at Crate and Barrel this morning. I'm going to try the cous cous or chai muffins in the morning.

quilled dragonfly

Little Miss has a part in as a dragonfly tomorrow in the school play. I just whipped this up for her as a "you'll do great" card for her lunchbox.

Introducing.....

My good pal Elizabeth is super talented and super amazing. She just started up her own page(www.Wib News dot blogspot dot com) , so please go say Hi and welcome her to Bloglandia! Hooray!!
By the way, I'm sorry I never do the fancy link thing. Every time I try to do it, I get the error message thta I'm doing something wrong.

Better than Meth......Fancy Tiger

This morning a friend of mine called me up and told me about this little craft store downtown. I didn't really think anything of it until I looked it up online. Then suddenly I felt all shaky and sweaty. It was that same "needing a fix" feeling that I get with certain craft magazines. I couldn't wait a second longer, I had to go check it out. I threw the boys in the van and drove the 30 min downtown. I have to tell you, this place absolutely lived up to my expectations. Can you see the list of classes they have?! Needlefelting, Aprons, bookbinding, knitting, embroidered tea towels, and on and on. They also have open craft night, open sewing stitch night and craft parties. A ton of Amy Butler fabric, sheets of wool felt, vintage buttons, cute vintage Pyrex cups filled with things, sublime stitching patterns, amazing yarns, so many different kinds of tools and books, I was like a kid in a candy store. Unfortunately the boys did not have the same elated feelings I did, so we had to leave. I am planning on going back Saturday and checking out the Amy Butler trunk show. I am dying that there is actually this kind of store here and I know where it is!

Paper quilling

Today I was walking around Michaels trying to figure out something to do for Brownies tomorrow. I stopped at the Klutz books, because they are fabulous and saw they have a new book called Paper Twirling. Here is my first ever attempt at quilling paper. I was so excited how this turned out that I couldn't even wait for the glue to dry before I scanned it. I'm going to have the girls make flamingos and flowers if we have time. It would also be fun to have them make fancy little frames to put them in, but there's just never enough time!