Happy Anniversary!

Hi there!  Are you hens having a good week!  Well, it's HUMP DAY!  Woot-Woot!  We're half way to the weekend!  This is my honey's anniversary card.  Man, I do LOVE this card!  Of course, just using Kraft colored cardstock makes me love it even more, but it is CUTE right?  These little images are from   the Twitterpated set from Verve Stamps.  That's where I got the idea to frame this image with dashed lines and the little hearts.  SUPER CUTE idea!  I colored the images with my Copics and paper pieced their clothes.  I attached them to the SU Crumb Cake CS with dimensionals and then drew on the dashed lines and hearts.  I matted the card with some SU Basic Black CS and then added the little one inch squares at the bottom to coordinate with their outfits.  Oh, and this set is on sale for $14.40 if you're interested. I LOVE it those cute little faces!  Tee-hee!  

Ok hens, I hope you all have a great day and I'll see ya back in the hen house real soon! 

Supplies:

Stamps - Verve Stamps; CS - SU Crumb Cake & Basic Black; Copics; DP - My Minds Eye

ConGRADulations!

Morning hens!  This is a little card I made for my niece

who graduated last year.  These little images are from the Smarty Pants set over at Paper Smooches.  I colored them with my Copics  and paper pieced the professors shirt. Of course, you can't have glasses without some Glossy Accents right? Love it!  I matted the DP with some SU Basic Black CS and stitched around the edges.  I  attached them to the DP with a few dimensionals and tied on this cute striped ribbon.  I stamped the diamond pattern on the bottom with one of the patterns from the Debonair stamp set and placed little gold beads in the center of each diamond.  Last but not least, I rounded the corners with my Corner Chomper.  Love that thing!

I also made this cute little box that looks like a mortarboard. Bet you'll never guess how I made it?  Hmmmmm???  How'd you know?  Yup, my Silhouette Cameo!!  Then I just attached some yellow grosgrain ribbon to the bottom of the round cup and threaded it through the top.  

I stuffed it with some shredded paper and placed her earrings and necklace inside. Love it! 

Supplies: Stamps - Paper Smooches; Copics; Adhesive Beads - Michaels; Glossy Accents; CS - SU Crumb Cake & Basic Black; Template - Silhouette America; Ribbon - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store (Striped Grosgrain), Offray (Yellow Grosgrain)

Christmas Ornaments

Good morning hens!  I know this is late but I thought you'd like to see them anyway.  These are ornaments I made using dried flowers from Lil' Chick's wedding.  Her flowers were peach roses and so pretty.  Anyway, my sister in law saw this idea on Pinterest and sent it to me.  I knew I HAD to make it for Lil' Chick.  Once again, I busted out the trusty Silhouette Cameo and typed in Doug & Jessica and the date of their wedding.  I cut the names and date from white adhesive vinyl. I bought these glass ornaments from Michael's and filled them with the dried flowers.  What a great idea, right?  Needless to say, Lil' Chick LOVED it!   That makes me smile!

I had flower petals left over, so I decided to make one for myself.  I did mine in beige vinyl letters and used the actual ribbon from my bouquet.  So cute!

Supplies: Glass Ornaments - Michaels; Adhesive Vinyl - Silhouette America; Ribbon

Lil' Chick's Birthday Card

How appropriate right?  I LOVED how this card turned out.  Of course you can't go wrong with any Whipper Snapper Designs image.  They're just so STINKIN CUTE!  I colored "Farm Girl" with my Copics and stitched her on some SU Cherry Cobbler CS.  I stamped Happy Birthday on some velum and attached it with a couple of silver brads.  To finish, I added some polka dot ribbon tied in a cute bubbly bow. 

I hope you like it. Be sure to leave a comment below (I miss you hens!) and I'll see ya back in the hen house real soon. Have a great day!

Supplies: Stamp - Whipper Snapper Designs; CS - SU Cherry Cobby; Copics; Brads and Ribbon.

Happy Birthday Bobby!

Mornin hens!  Today is my older brother's birthday.  I made this simple card for him and stuffed in a gift card to his favorite restaurant.  Have I told you hens how much I LOVE my Silhouette Cameo?  Holy cow, I know I couldn't have done all the crafts for the wedding without it, that's for sure.  It's AMAZING and has become an invaluable tool for my crafting.  With that said, I downloaded the template for this card and it cut out the card with the word Happy Birthday on the front.  Yup, it does it all.  It even scores it where it should be folded.  Ahhhhhhhh!  Ok, so then I backed the front of the card with some DP by October Afternoon and added some baker's twine on the left.  Next, I colored this cute little image from Whipper Snapper Designs called "Take the Cake Turtle" with my Copics and added some Stickles to the candles.  That's it!  Super simple and Super cute too!  

Hope you hens have a great Monday!

Supplies: Stamps - Whipper Snapper Designs; CS - Taylored Expressions; Template Design - Silhouette America; Copics; Bakers Twine - Hobby Lobby; Stickles; DP - October Afternoon Cakewalk

The Bridal Shower

Hi there!  Sorry for the delay in my posting but I came down with pneumonia just before Christmas!  OMG, I was SO SICK!  The doctor put me on some antibiotics and I'm doing better each day.  Whew!

So, back to my story....  Well, Lil' Chick's bridal shower was absolutely the PRETTIEST thing ever.  Her two maid of honors did an AMAZING job too! They planned a surprise English Tea Party to be held at a quaint Bed & Breakfast inn.  The Bed & Breakfast Inn was an old 3 story home that was just gorgeous.   Lil' Chick had no idea where or what the theme of the shower was.  All she knew was she had to wear a dress.  LOL!  I picked her up at her apartment and of course she kept asking where are we going, where are we going!  I wouldn't tell her!  Tee-hee!  Once I turned down the street of the Inn, she knew the location was the Bed & Breakfast Inn as she and one of her Maid of Honors had eaten lunch there before.  She started squealing she was so THRILLED!!!!  Everyone had a great time and Lil' Chick was so happy.  Here are some of the photos from that day....

This is as we were walking in. (Shhhh!  Everyone is waiting inside for her.)

This is the little sign that was in the garden outside.

Everyone yelled SURPRISE as she walked in.  She was SO EXCITED to see everyone in hats!! 

This is Alicia, Cheryl and Lil' Chick!  Alicia & Cheryl are her two Maid of Honors. 

This is how the room was decorated for the Tea Party.  So cute!!

The cupcake and hors d'oeuvre table.  I made the Bride to Be sign out of chipboard and stained doilies.

The cupcakes were decorated with teacups and Vera Bradley purses. LOL!

Yummy!

These are little "ham roll ups".  Lil' Chick's FAV!!

Jessica and her little cousin Madilyn.

Gotta get the pinky right!! {{snort!}}

By george, I think she's got it!!

I LOVE black & white photos!!  

Love that smile!

Time for presents!!  I asked that they save my presents for last.  I wrapped each box bottom and top individually so she could just lift off the box top and leave the bow in tact.  Everyone moaned, "Good grief!  That's Jeanie for ya!"
Tee-hee!

The first gift was a box of Thank You notes, envelopes, and stamps.  I also included a shower invitation
(yep, I made those too!) for her to keep. She's holding up the shower invitation. 

The Thank You notes coordinated with the invitation with little tea pots and a doily.

Now for the last gift.  Here's a close up of my wrapping.... :)

This is the poem I laid inside...

This is a piece of my wedding gown and the lace is from my train.  I had her NEW initials embroidered on the piece and then I made the hanky for her.  I was quite proud of myself for how well I mitered those corners too!
It turned out beautiful. She carried it on her wedding day!

I think she LOVED it!  What do you think?
Actually, she came right over to me and gave me the biggest hug.  We were both crying then.

One thing I can say about my little girl, she has a deep sense of appreciation, which I love.
She was SO TOUCHED by my gift.  That meant the world to me.  I LOVE my Lil' Chick SO MUCH!

Such pretty ladies!

My sister, my mother and me in our hats!  Woot-woot!  What fun we had!

We all LOVED the location and theme and had such fun getting all dressed up in our dresses and hats! I found that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE cream in my tea!  Who'd have thunk? And lemon curd is AWESOME!  You think there's a job as a taste tester in Buckingham Palace in my future??? Hmmmm???

Save the Date

Ok, now be honest, do you hens know what a "Save the Date" is?  Well, for those of us a little on up in years, (uh-hum, your's truly included) we don't!  LOL!!  So, if you're one of us who don't know, it's more or less an announcement sent out approximately 6 months in advance of the wedding, letting the guests know the wedding date so they can plan ahead.   Lil' Chick found a ton of clever ideas out there regarding Save the Dates, but I wanted to do something a little different.  Here's what I came up with...

  

...this is the front of the card which is all done using Stampin Up supplies.  My good friend JoAnn let me borrow some of her supplies.  Jessica's colors were taupe, ivory and peach.  The wedding date was set for November 3rd so these colors would be perfect for that time of year!

This is the inside of the card.  The hearts were cut with my Silhouette Studio and glued on.  Of course the corners were rounded with my Corner Chomper (boy did that guy get a workout these past few months!) and the center piece is a MAGNET that pops out and goes on your fridge so you'll SAVE THE DATE!  

The engagement photo shoot!

Did ya like the video?  Seriously, I could watch it over and over.  {sigh}  Jessica had her hair and makeup done professionally that morning and they drove a few hours North to the photo shoot.  Well, if you're familiar with Florida weather, you know that Summer afternoon rains are VERY common.  So sure enough, in the middle of the shoot, it started to rain, and then it poured.  But the great thing was, the videographer made the rain WORK!  Wasn't that great?  It was like the rain was meant for the video.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Imprint Cinemas.  Now here are some of my FAVORITE photos from their engagement photo shoot.  Enjoy!!

Lil' Chick's Married!!

Hi hens!!  Did ya miss me??
Wowzers!  What a bizzzzzeeee 5 months we've had!!  I haven't worked this hard in I don't know how long.  But it was SO worth it, cuz' it was a GORGEOUS wedding!  Lil' Chick was the prettiest bride EVER!  Uh-huh, I cried.  But you hens knew that already, huh?  But so did my DH!!  LOL!  So much for the big ol' rough and tough guy.  Yup, when he gave his little girl away, he lost it  ..... and then so did everyone else!  Tee-hee!  It was a wonderful day, with beautiful weather too!  It couldn't have been better.   And to top it all off, I have the GREATEST new Son In Law now.  The DH and I couldn't be happier!  So, I thought I would give you hens a little recap of my time off during the next month and hopefully you might find some ideas in the midst of all the pictures and posts that might inspire you too!

So, let's start at the beginning....   It was January 2010, and Jessica had stopped in at Crispers Cafe to eat dinner. While standing in line, a voice behind her (Doug) asked, "What are you going to have?" and she replied, "A summer salad", and he said, "A summer salad in January?" They laughed, a conversation began, and they had dinner together.  That was the beginning of this beautiful love story......  The video below was taken during their engagement photo shoot.  I absolutely LOVE this video and I shed a little tear each time I watch it.  What can I say, it's the Momma in me.  Enjoy!!