I was out and about yesterday picking up last minute Halloween treats and ran into one of many of my favorite home dec stores!  Love walking around and  picking up different surfaces that can be embellished with buttons you can get dizzy with ideas here! Tis the Halloween Season and I found this cute spider […] Read more…

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR THAT MAKES US BEGIN CREATING FUN, GOOLISH PROJECTS FOR THE HALLOWEEN SEASON.  I THOUGHT I BETTER HURRY UP AND GET A MOVE ON MY HALLOWEEN PROJECT BEFORE I KNOW IT I’LL BE WORKING ON “TIS THE SEASON”! TODAY I QUICKLY CREATED THIS FUN AND WHIMSICAL TRINKET BOX THAT YOU […] Read more…

Although summer is almost over (but not quite!) there is always time to create a T-shirt embellished with our Favorite Findings Shell BUTTONS!  This is actually a top I had sitting in my closet (remember when cleaning out the closet/drawers – think,  can I create something with this? and I guarantee you – you’ll be […] Read more…

PART 2:   As promised here is the conclusion of Kim Ballor’s Summer Fun Party Set that she created for us.  It’s never too late to have some fun!  Today I’m going to provide you with the Summer Flower Can Kozee and Summer Flower Party Pots… Summer Flower Can Kozee:  We all do it – put […] Read more…

It’s summer, it’s hot and your wondering what to do!  We have a solution – today I’m featuring projects created by the one and only Kim Ballor.  Kim has been creating and designing for us about 2 years and has an array of friends/characters that help her along the way! Visit her blog:  http://www.takeyourvitaminc.blogspot.com and meet all […] Read more…

Summer is upon us – officially its only 20 days away! But with the temperatures rising as they have you would think we were already there.   When I think of summer I think of the shore, shorts, boats… Remember that pinstripe outfit you picked up at the end of the season for a good price? Well […] Read more…

Button Charm Frame Pendant I was going through my box of jewelry components and for the longest time wanted to create a frame pendant and now I have and I’m going to share with you the steps so that you to can create your own button charm frame pendant. It’s easy! Materials: La Mode® #5125 […] Read more…

Here’s a quick card that you can make in not time! Materials: Favorite Findings™ Easter Day #83 – 1 pack Favorite Findings Button Shank Remover Pop Dots; 5/8″ lavender ribbon: 6″ length; 18″ white loopy trim Solid laveder card stock 5 x 6 1/2 Scrapbook paper: lavender polka dot 6 x 4 3/4; easter pring […] Read more…

So as promised here are the last photos of my experience on Michael’s Crafting Cruise…our final day in class we finished our mermaids…So here is my before and after…     Okay, I know it’s not the greatest – but “kudos” to me for finishing this project!  The version of mermaids were unbelievable… Finally we […] Read more…

If you weren’t on land sight-seeing, spending money you better believe crafters were crafting in the afternoon!  Michaels made sure that there was plenty of crafting to go around!  Embellishing flip flops with BUTTONS!       Materials needed to create your flip flops:  1 pr flip flops;  BUTTONS (great assortment at all Michael Craft Stores) […] Read more…

So here we are now it’s the Glitter Ball Event on the Royal Caribbean by MICHAEL’S . Everyone was enjoying themselves – the ladies were dressed to the “9’s” all “glittered out”.  Dancing, mingling, group photos – everywhere you turned there was something going on.   Jo Pearson welcomed everyone – Kyra  made sure everyone was having […] Read more…

I’ve been home now for atleast two weeks and I needed to get to posting on my blog on the recent Michaels Cruise & Crop that I attended February 27 – March 3, 2011! A week to remember if I say so myself.  So I won’t overwhelm you all at once -I’ll post more the next couple […] Read more…