Cards; Titans; Halloween

I'm on a card kick. I'm really enjoying making cards, not stamped cards, cause those never turn out like I want them too, but paper crafting cards. (Sorry Teresa B if you're reading). I recently made some of the cutest birthday card out of some stuff I bought a while ago, but never had used. REALLY cute! I think thats what I like about making cards, I can use up old stuff, although I always need more stuff! My mom and I have been making Christmas cards. She's making the "base" and I'm embellishing them. Thats really hard though, cause I'm not sure exactly what she had in mind when I get them. AND if I want to put eyelets or brads in, I have to "undo" her gluing - and she uses a UHU glue stick, so it's not always that easy to undo! Anyways, I think I like the card making because its a quick fix. Sometimes when I'm on crunch to get a scrapbooking project done, I feel unmotivated to do any scrapbooking, but making the cards and seeing the results almost immediately helps me get my motivation back. Plus, I really need to get some Christmas and Thanksgiving stuff up at the Livery Stables. My sports clipboard haven't sold yet, but I'm thinking about doing a baby's first Christmas and just a plain Christmas one.

This weekend is the weekend Em cheers/dances with the Titans. Please pray for semi-warm weather. Her uniform is really too small to wear a turtleneck with, but I was too cheap to buy another this year (they are changing next year for sure). So the warmer the better for her sake.

Can you believe that Halloween is Tuesday night. I can't believe this month has gone by so fast. Gosh! I love Halloween, but unfortunely, with our labs, we can't put out much decorations. Basically we have pumpkins on the porch Halloween night, even though we aren't home. But I love carving them and will probably do that this weekend sometime!

Gotta run! More later!

My donations

Em's school has a "Cougar Day" every year for one of their major fundraisers. Of course, this is our first involvement, but I have friends that went there, so I remember it from them talking about it (20 yrs ago). They ask each family to donate at least 2 things for the auction and 1 baked good. I figured putting some scrapbooking items in might boost my business. I'm donating an 8x8 album. (think I talk about this in another blog - sounds familiar - I'm losing my mind!!!) It's orange, pinks, brown, turquoise. Very cute, "friend" themed. If I were selling it, I'd have to sell it for at LEAST $50.00, but probably start out with $65.00 on it. I have at least $30.00 of product in it. Lots of flowers, rubons, bling, etc. I'm also donating a "cougar" themed clipboard - yellow, blue and white. Cute. My mom made two fall themed wreaths to be donated and two small Christmas things. I don't think I'm going to put the two Christmas things in it. You have to tag everything with the resell value, mim and max bid. I'm not sure what to put on everything yet. Have to think about it some. Maybe next year I can have a booth in the craft fair part of it. This year since we were new, I wasn't sure if they were going to have them (for a couple years that didn't have booths - but I think people really like them and it brings in outside people). Maybe next year mom and I can share a space and have scrapbooking items and flower arrangements. And if I start making things now, maybe I can have some school albums done, which I think would sell well!

Gotta run!
Christy

This weekend was nice!

What did I do this weekend you ask? I made about 14 cards. YEA ME!!! It was fun. I made birthday cards Friday night and Thank You cards Saturday night. DH worked night shift, so he was sleeping or gone and DD was with Nana and Grandaddy Friday for a while and then at a friend's house Saturday. I worked Friday night till about 11:00 and probably till 11:00 Saturday night. I didn't scan any yet, but I will and then I'll post some of them. My mom has even gotten the bug. She wants to use stamps on her cards (mine are more papercrafting cards - no stamps). She's going to make Christmas cards. I'll probably make some too ... her's will be more classy. Mine'll be "fun"! cards.

More later ............

Wow; it's been a long time!

So long in fact, that I had to enter my login and password to get into blogger!!! Isn't that funny!

I've really not had much to say, so I've decided to take a small break from blogging. I still don't have much to say, but thought you might like to hear that I'm okay. Cheerleading is full blown; school is crazy. Em did do good on her report card; Three A's; two B's and a C (in reading of all things!). And I'm jonesing to scrapbook again. All is good!!!!