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…

Before you know it St. Patrick’s Day will be upon us and I need something to wear without spending a dime! I call this my a little bit of this and a little bit of that! My Lucky Clover Pin is compiled of items that I already had in the office/home. The only thing I […] Read more…

Heh everyone! For all those who were lucky enough to attend the Michaels Craft Cruise last week, here are the instructions/tutorial on how to make your Duct Tape Button Flower.    Materials:  Assorted BUTTONS by Blumenthal Lansing Assorted Color Duct Tape® (for this project I used turquoise, purple and zebra) Rainbow Classic Felt™ by The Kunin […] Read more…

I was going through my stash of projects and found my “to do” projects for my blog. For some of you this may look familiar – we created this project for Jo-Anns MTK last summer and I knew I wanted to share with everyone the projects that were created. So lets get started: I’ve selected […] Read more…