Super hero cape!

My son's recently discovered that a piece of fabric tied at the neck makes a cape and all the joys that do with it! Being the good mom I am not wanting them to get hurt with the way I just stitched said fabric together at the neck I decided that my boys needed capes with velcro! Here's what I came up with! The day after I started to make them I went into labor and gave birth so right now we only have 1 made! This is my oldest showing off his little brothers cape!

facebook giveaway

I am having a giveaway over on my facebook fan page for my artfire studio!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=152270&id=146236397265&ref=mf Come on over fan me sign up for the giveaway and have a look around!!

I am hoping to get the hang of regular blogging so bear with me!!

Wow its been awhile

So life got crazy and its been awhile since I've been here! I started working full time and was pregnant and I have 2 little boys to care for on top of all that my crafting and everything to do with that went to the back burner!

I have since had a baby girl and am bad into my crafting but now my new thing is hairbows!!

wordless wednesday

free Stampin UP product

Are you interested in learning how you can get free stampin up product? well the answer is having a VIRTUAL party!! With a party of just $150.00 dollars you get a FREE level 1 stamp set and FREE merchandise totally $15.00 and thats just the lowest hostess awards!!

If you are interested just let me know and we can work out the details together!

artfire free ride

Have you thought about selling on artfire but didn't want to take the plunge? Now is the time. If you sign up now you will be locked in for life at $12.00 per month no matter what price the monthly fee goes to! Now on top of that Artfire is having a promotion right now if I get 12 people signed up with me as a reference then not only do I get a free ride but I get to choose somebody! What I am going to do is put the 12 peoples name in the random generator and whoever gets picked gets the free ride!! What are the benefits of being verified? (thats what you are when you pay the $12 a month)

• US $12.00 Monthly For life!!!!


• No Fees for Sales


• Sell Unlimited Items


• Make Your Own Categories


• Full Community Interaction


• Up to 10 Pictures Per Product


• Prefered Placement in Searches


• Shop Banner


• Forums


• Custom


• Google Analytics


• Global Shipping Profiles


• Social Media Promotion Tool


• Social Media Resource Library


• Real Time Statistics


• Instant Flagging


• Categories Displayed Randomly(No Relisting Needed)


• Fast, Clear Checkout Process


• Fast, Accurate Filtered Site Search


• One Button Relist


• One Button Vacation


• Sales Mode


• Education/Training


• Green Impact


• View Prices in Any Currency


• Google Base (Autofeed Every Item)


• Kudos


• Guilds


• Artisan Councils


• Artisan Profile with Photo


• Market Hub


• Site Participation Rewards (Artifacts)


• Automated Markdown Manager


• Rapid Cart

<a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=power_up&refuid=4218">Register on ArtFire.com</a> use this link for the reference!

thanks a lot for reading!

lovetostamp

bag topper tutorial

Do you cello bags for packaging up your product? Does it look plain and boring? This tutorial will help you make it look nicer. All you need is 2 different colors of cardstock or you can use a White and your business card!


First put your goods in the bag and seal it!

Then cut a piece of cardstock slighlty wider then the bag and long enough to cover the flap! Staple it into place!


Now take either the second color (cut a little smaller then first later) or your business card and attach it over the staples with double sided sticky tape!

Next I stamped thank you and embossed it! If you used a business card you can skip this part!

Last I put on a flower to accent it!

Look how great that is! The back will have staples if you want to cover I usually add another piece of brown and put my label on top of the brown!

Thanks for looking!

If you would like me to cut stamp these so all you have to do is attach the pieces just find me at my artfire shop. lovetostamp.artfire.com

Love cupcakes??

I do!!! My current diet doesn't allow for the cupcakes that I want so I decided to make some paper ones!!

What makes this cupcake even better is its a magnet!!

 

Found a great shop!

As a fellow paper crafter when I seen this shop I was impressed at the items for sale here! Tags, notebooks, matchbook notepads, and mini notes!!

http://www.artfire.com/users/PamperedPapier

 

 

are you sarcastic?

So I went on the look for some sarcsatic cards on artfire and while there was some really nice ones on there I just couldn't find any with my type of humor so I took it upon myself to make some!!

These are what I came up with!!

They look all sweet and innocent till you read the insides!!!

http://lovetostamp.artfire.com to read the insides!!

My friends having a treasure hunt.......

Click here to go to my friends Mamaslittlemonkeys blog for a treasure hunt and giveaway!!!

Have fun!

who doesnt love a sale!

I am having a 15% off sale in my artfire.com studio this weekend! Don't forget I also do custom work. Sale is going on now through Sunday night!

just a few items from my studio!!

thanks

block head radio how do i love thee....

I stuck your name on my son thats how!!

the biggest stalker

I am pretty excited to find out tomorrow who the biggest stalker is over at www.blockheadradiolive.com. They are having a contest to see who blogs, tweets, plurks and promotes in general them! What makes it easy to be a stalker is that I truly love this internet radio station. They have a great line up of great shows and are getting more all the time.

So what does being the biggest stalker get you you ask? You get this fantastic website http://thebiggeststalker.com/ all about you to promote you! how awesome is that? they get views from all over the world so that the best and cheapest advertising you will ever get!!

head on over this sunday and find out who the biggest stalker is and then start getting points for the next round!!

Have a Heart FUndraiser

Here's a chance to help an artisan's family and win a beautiful handmade quilt in the process.

JoAnn, of Pieceful Afternoon, is trying to raise the $25,000 copay that is required for her husband Don's open heart surgery.

To raise the money that is needed for the surgery, JoAnn is actually holding a raffle which gives everyone out there the opportunity to win a gorgeous quilt. A quilt which just happens to be Don's all time favorite quilt.


One look at this quilt and one cannot help but smile! "Grandmother's Flower Garden" will fit a double sized bed and was created using tone on tone bright cheery colors A quilt like this is sure to become the favorite in any household. Imagine snuggling up beneath this beauty made from 100% cotton.

Not only are you getting the chance to win a gorgeous quilt but you're also helping a fellow artisan's family! Now that is a true reason to smile.

Head over and find out how you can be entered into the raffle. One major way you can help is spreading the word! Blog about it and pass the word along (this will get you some entries by the way)! Feel free to copy and paste this post.


PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL BLOG POST

An awesome shop!!

While hanging out on artfire this morning I stumbled upon libragear. This jewelry shop as some really neat looking items!! She makes everything from mens bracelets, earrings. necklace, pendants!! http://libragear.artfire.com Is where you can find her at on artfire. Here's a couple of her items!

 

 

my prize came today

After running errands to the post office and to let the kids play I came home to not 1 but 2 packages!! The ONE I have been waiting for finally arrived! I got my prize from Blockheadradiolive.com 's stinkin good giveaway sponsered by Rebecca's Soap Delicatessen or better know as SOAPDELI!!!!!!!!!

I can not tell you have great this smells. I got a soap and a lotion in Lemon Verbena scent. MMMMMMMM it sure smells good. My kids both said MMMMM.

So by now you know it smells good but let me tell ya I did a test run of hand washing with this soap and let me tell ya IT'S AWESOME!!!!!!! My hands are dry and this soap in just 1 washing made them feel very soft. I put the lotion on also and its like silk in a bottle to my hands.

I for one will be getting more from rebecca over at soapdeli!!

http://soapdeli.etsy.com

you can also find her here on byhand.me as her hubby Adam (infivision) is the founder of this loverly site!!

calling all stampers

I have been adding clear stamps to my artfire today and I am also destashing a couple of Stampin Up sets that I no longer use!

come on over and take a look. http://lovetostamp.artfire.com

candles by donald

I did a spotlight on this man earlier today and have finally gotten a chance to do a blog post about him. I was over at his blog http://candleguy821.blogspot.com/ and come to find out this great man is a Vietnam Vet. He is now disabled and makes candles to distract him from his pain. WOW! this guy is my hero. Not only is he a vet (thank you) but he lives with pain. It's so cool how a "hobby" can distract oneself from the problems in life.

After looking around his blog I found a great short story, features on a fellow card maker, and just bits and pieces about his candle making!

Please check this man out at http://www.artfire.com/users/candleguy821!!! and go read his blog!

sara

my prize came today

After running errands to the post office and to let the kids play I came home to not 1 but 2 packages!! The ONE I have been waiting for finally arrived! I got my prize from Blockheadradiolive.com 's stinkin good giveaway sponsered by Rebecca's Soap Delicatessen or better know as SOAPDELI!!!!!!!!!

I can not tell you have great this smells. I got a soap and a lotion in Lemon Verbena scent. MMMMMMMM it sure smells good. My kids both said MMMMM.

So by now you know it smells good but let me tell ya I did a test run of hand washing with this soap and let me tell ya IT'S AWESOME!!!!!!! My hands are dry and this soap in just 1 washing made them feel very soft. I put the lotion on also and its like silk in a bottle to my hands.

I for one will be getting more from rebecca over at soapdeli!!

http://soapdeli.etsy.com

you can also find her here on byhand.me as her hubby Adam (infivision) is the founder of this loverly site!!