Moving--

Yet again. Be back when the dust has settled. :) xoxoxo

Ack! Finally....

I'm here I'm here...

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long. I forgot that I was headed out of town today. LOL We left after hubby got out of work and it's a 4 hour drive so we got here about 2 hours ago. Now that I'm settled I'm exhausted, but didn't want my readers to wait any longer. :)

So who won? Well that's the thing... I couldn't choose. Last night as the comments were rolling in I told my husband there were so many stories that I wasn't gonna be able to choose. :( So he came up with this bright idea... He said,"Well Mara, why don't you do two giveaways? I mean it's not like you don't have enough stuff." So then I got to thinking... God has honestly richly blessed me in this industry, and yeah I have shared and done giveaways. If you know me you know I love to give things away. I'm not a greedy person at all. Sure there are somethings that I like to splurge on, but I don't exactly hoard things.... Never have been one to. Thus my etsy. LOL So my husband was right, I'm gonna do not one giveaway, not two giveaways, but THREE!!!! That's right today there are three winners.

Everyone had such good comments I had to pick three! First off I want to thank everyone for sharing their stories with me. I'm sorry I can't send everyone something, I wish I could.

Here is one of the other kits I put together, sort of a vintage feel to it, with plenty of things to alter.

The other kit I meant to take pictures of, but that's a longer story and this has already turned out to be long enough so I'll just tell you that it's as equally big and just think pink and black with glitter thickers. :)

And since honestly honestly I could not pick, not fo the life of me... My hubby just sat here for over an hour on another computer going through all of the comments and picked who he thought should win the kits...

The first kit (main kit) goes to...

Suzanne... The hubs really loved the fact that you can share this hobby with your daughters. A lot of people don't realize how important family is and just spending simple time together will build their character and for that the main kit is yours! We love family! :)

The Vintage Feel Kit goes to...

Jingle, to give to or share with her friend Ann Marie . What a wonderful gesture. You made my heart smile. Hubbys too. ;)

And last but not least the Pink and Black kit goes to...

JBennettP to give to his wife. This whole last week has been about love here on my blog and how sweet it was for him to nominate his wife for this. She's gonna love ya! :) And she's not weird for wanting scrappy stuff for Valentine's day. LOL

Will these 3 winners please email me your addresses ASAP so I can get these in the mail for you and possibly make by Valentine's Day! I'll check my email first thing in the am...

chikeynana at yahoo dot com.

Thanks to everyone for sharing the last 11 days here on my blog. It was fun and I can't wait to do it again someday.

Smooches I'm off to lala-land!

10 Days of Love - Day #10 GIVEAWAY

Hey! Look at me posting before evening. :) I wanted to give everyone a chance to leave a comment before the draw tomorrow night. I'm so excited to share it with you!!! So without further ado... Here is the Valentine Kit that is up for grabs...

I must say I did put together quite the kit this time. I spent lots of time adding to the pile. With all that goodness it didn't fit on my desk for the picture I had to put it on the floor. I do hope everyone will be drooling. HaHaHa Alight so what you gotta do to win this loot is just leave me a comment telling me why I should send this kit to you. :) Person who I deem best answer wins the "Kit of Love". One comment per person please.

I also have a few more love projects to share. Some more wrapping with the famous Martha Stewart cupcake wrapper carnations. I used some Christmas wrappers I had left over. HeeHeeHee Added some stamen to the tops, tied a bow, added a heart, one of Elle's Birdie tags, and now I have a gorgeous wrapped box of chocolates for the giving. :)

Here's a sweet treat... Bought these lovely heart shaped suckers at the Walmart 2 for $1. Some ribbon and another tag from Elle's Studio and now I have something to hand out to friends on Valentine's Day. They're gonna love me. :)

I hope you've had a very inspired last 10 days. I also hope to do something like this again. It was fun. Thanks so much to everyone who has followed along and left sweet comments. I always love to see what my readers have to say! :)

Just one last thing before I go I have been inspired to do THIS, which I saw over at Danielle Thompson's Kitschy Digitals Blog ... I can't wait. I bought all the goodies for it last night. :) So simple (which I love heehee) and so pretty. I will be making tons of sweets for Valentine's day!

See you tomorrow night where I'll announce the winner!

PS Please US residents only this time. Shipping is a bit insane for me right now, unless by some chance you'd like to pay the shipping fees just note it in your comment. Thanks so mcuh.

Day #9 - Not Just for Valentine's...

So can you believe the 10 Days of Love are almost over? :( So sad. I wish I could keep up the daily blogging, but honestly it really doesn't fit in my schedule. It takes quite a commitment to daily blog. I commend those who are willing to make the effort to inspire on a daily basis. It's awesome of you! :) As for me... I will try to blog at least once a week and hopefully more, I would love to blog 2-3 times per week, but we'll see how it goes. HeeHeeHee Okay then, for today's Valentine project I wanted to create bows for my gifts, but I wanted them to be something they wouldn't just toss, but use over and over again. So I made these rosettes out of fabric I've had for a really long time. I didn't get a picture of the back but they have pin on the backs of them, this way not only do they look fabulous on top of your gifts, but they can later use them to pin to bags, backpacks, purses, beanies, scarfs, sweaters, headbands, even your blouse, anything you can stick a pin through! Here's a picture of what you'll need, (minus the pins, blah)... And here are the ones I created...

Fun Fun Fun and they're so super simple to make. I didn't take step by step pictures of how to make them... So Candice Carpenter has this crepe paper rosettes tutorial over on her blog and it's the same thing just use material instead. :)

Ok so tomorrow is the last day of the love party. HaHaHa Make sure you are here tomorrow if you want to be entered into the drawing for the Valentine themed kit. I will only leave comments opened for 24 hrs. I want to draw the winner by the next day so I can get it to them before Valentine's Day. So don't miss out. I'm going to try my best to post earlier tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Love ya Laters~

PS: This time the draw is only open to US Residents... So sorry to my international readers. :( The shipping is just outrageous.

Day #8 - Cards

How's everyone enjoying their weekend? We had a great laid-back weekend. Just home with the family. Love it.

So today I have some card love to share. I absolutely love making cards. I'm not very good at it, but really enjoy it. Maybe if I keep doing it I'll get better. :) Just like scrapbooking.

This first one I made using this weeks CPS' Sketch...

On this one I adore that vintage card!

And the rain didn't let me get a very good picture here, so trust me when I say this card is really much prettier than it looks. And I used last week's sketch from CPS. And I totally copied Melissa Phillips with the flower in the middle. HeeHee Thanks Melis for the inspo. :) The cards I've posted today use free downloads from Tammy Tutterows website. You can find them all, plus lots and lots of other fun vintage downloads at Fairy Davis Paper Goods. I also found these really cute Valentine downloads at OllieBollen, so check em out, you might be a downloading fool like I was the other day. LOL

Oh and here's the peek at some of the embellishments in the kit I'm giving away on the last day of the 10 Days of Love...

Go enjoy the last bit of the weekend... Kiss your babies, smooch your hubby, pet your kitty, and pat your puppy, and thank God for allowing you the weekend.

Be blessed and I'll be back again tomorrow. :)

Sweet Things Etsy

*****SALE*****SALE***** All Scrapbooking Kit's in My Etsy Shop have been marked down by 5 dollars!!! They are all now 5 dollars cheaper than before!!! What was $25 is now $20. What was $20 is now $15. What was $15 is now $10. Enjoy taking advantage of this one time offer. Offer only vaild while supplies last. :):):)

10 Days of Love - Day# 7

What better gift to give than chocolates? Chocolates in a gorgeous box. I always buy my Mom See's Candies for Valentine's Day, but this year instead of giving to hear in the ordinary so-called "gift wrapped" I decided to decorate my own box. Aomething that she'll be able to have and put trinkets in for a really long time. Plus, it was really easy and of course lots of fun to alter.

These Prima flowers from Michaels were the perfect touch all I did was add some gorgeous Rhinestone Brads I purchased long time ago from Joanns to their centers. Love Love the look. Now I wish I had more. I will definitely be going back and buying more off these gorgeous flowers from Michaels though. :) I also got that stamp from the $ bin in Michaels. Pretty good deal. :) American Craft Ribbon and Cardstock, the tag is from an Etsy shop that's no longer opened called Paperologie (I miss that little spot), and of course Prima's Say It In Crystals Swirls, Yum. Well guys thanks for be sure to check in every day and of course come back tomorrow for another Valentine project!

Still kinda glum and rainy here so gonna go cuddle up with my boys and watch a movie.

Don't forget to be here on the 10th my last 10 days of Love post for the giveaway. I keep adding to the kit so it's gonna be pretty sweet! Maybe I'll post a sneak tomorrow! :) See ya then!

Besos~

Day#6 - FRIDAY!!!

Oh boy, I'm so glad it's the weekend! :) And to make things even better Monday is a holiday. Weeeeeee LOL

Alright lets get right into it now...

Today's project is a go green project! It's a Candy Valentine. I'm sure these have been made before, but I don't know of anyone specifically. Here's a pic of what you'll need...

So here it is using my American Craft Brad packaging. So fun! It's totally simple to all you need is the packaging and the little card that comes in it, some scraps (great way to use those scraps), a hole punch, some ribbon, candy, a few flowers and a couple of stickers or whatever embellishments you want to use! :)

Take the card that card that comes in the packaging and just trace it and cut it out. Put your candies in the packaging, I used Peanut M&Ms, then punch two holes in the top side by side, thread your ribbon through the holes, tie a bow add the flowers or whatever embellishments you preffer. I also added a few stickers to the front of mine. Now you have an adorable Valentine. If you had enough of these... Which I totally do... You and your kids could make these for their classroom. That would be cool. My son says their too girlie... He's crazy he'd rather have dinosaur Valentine's. Hmph... Boys... ;)

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Friday. It's rainy here so we're staying indoors, pizza and a movie. :)

xoxoxo

Day #5 - I "Heart" You

Yup we are already half way through the 10 Days of Love. I hope everyone is enjoying the daily posts. HaHaHa I know that all of this stuff is really simple and could have been posted in one big fat Valentine post, but I wanted to switch things up a little here on my deprived blog. HeeHeeHee So yeah I just hope that some of you are getting some kind of inspo from my lame little daily posts. :oP

Today I have another small gift box. This one is unique though, I didn't make duplicates. I used Pink Paislee's new line called Enchanting. It was perfect for this little box. I love this line, it's so soft and girly.

Here's the link to the template so you can make a heart top box. They're so fun and so easy to make. TEMPLATE

Well that's all I have for today.

Tomorrow I have a really fun project to post that I'm sure everyone can make with the stuff they have on hand.... Well, you may need some candies. LOL

Make sure you stop by my Etsy shop for some fabulous Valentine Kits that are one of a kind, plus other things that would be great for Valentine's decor and card making...

Thanks for checking in and I'll see you tomorrow!

~Smooches

Day #4 You've Got Mail...

I can't believe Valentine's Day is almost here. Let the count down begin. HaHaHa I love Valentines Day and this year I'm asking Cupid for some Ed Hardy perfume. Have you smelled this stuff? Holy YUM it smells SO good. I am dying to get it. LOL

Also asking Mr. Cupid for the new Hello Kitty MAC stuff. HOLY CUTE. You have to see this stuff... So adorable! Should be available by the 12th. YAY!

Now then for Day #4...

It's mail day... HeeHeeHee I found these adorable little metal MailBox tins in the $1 spot at Target a few months back. These are so easy to alter. I kept it simple and use American Crafts latest Valentine papers. I LOVE this line, it's so fun and the embellishments are so much fun.

Well looks like it's that time again...

Time to get gone... Maybe you can drop something sweet in the mail for a special someone tomorrow. :)

If you stop by leave a comment letting me know what cupid will be bring you this year.

Love Love

10 Days of Love - Day #3

Happy Tuesday! You didn't think I was gonna make it did you! HaHa Well here I am right before American Idol! Sheesh I'm cutting it close. :oP

Today's inspo is another simple Valentine. I made these sweet little boxes to give out candy coins in. :) Very simple... Very Sweet...

Gotta keep things simple now with the little one wanting to crawl and all. :)

I hope you are enjoying the last few posts and have been inspired to create lots of things for the people you love. I'm having a good time making little things to sweeten up someones day.

Well I gotta run... Idols on. :)

Be back tomorrow.

Enjoy.

10 Days of Love - Day #2

Hey! I'm back with day #2.

Today's project is a clear mini album full of all kinds of colors, pockets,tags, and just pure yummines. Feast your eyes...

This little book is going to make somebody very happy on Valentine's Day. It'll be up for sell in my Sweet Things Etsy Shop. There's lots more to see, but I guess you'll have to buy it to enjoy it. :)

Make sure you stop by again tomorrow. I'll have another post to get you in the mood for love is surely in the air.

xoxoxo