For my youngest daughter's birthday I felt like I dropped the ball on decorating. For her sister's birthday we decorated the whole house. So I decided to make her a special chair cover. Not bad for 15 minutes...I'm going to change out the ribbon that ties it, but overall, I'm really pleased with how this turned out. Not bad for one-handed sewing! And she loved it! I wanted it to fit any chair, so I didn't make a full chair-cover, just a long peice of fabric hemmed on the edges and tied to the side of the chair. I may someday go back and add some decorations along the bottom edges, but didn't do at this point...I think it will get used one everyone's birthday. My girls loved it and that made me happy!

another sample from LAD's new release of Things that go. I really like the train in this set. Maybe it is becuse my dad has always worked for a railroad, and now the rest of my immediate family works for a railroad. This is for my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday Mom!

last sneak peak

Another fun set - I usually don't like Valentine's sets - but I really like this one. I love the birds! I love the vases, and really every image in this set. These pages are from a cardkeeper book that I'm working on. I often make cards well in advance of when I need them, but then when it comes time to send them, I can't find them! If you want directions on how to make one of these, let me know and I can get them to you.

This is the last day of the sneak peaks. I love the elegance of this set. A little outside the box for me - but so fun to use and push me outside my comfort zone. I covered this flower with cofee shimmerz and I love the way it shimmerz in real life!

So - which set is your favorite? Can you choose?

another peak...

First up - "Things That Go "- so fun and I had to put a girly twist on it! I plan to use this one for Valentine's Day for one of my girls- they will love the shimmery pink and green boat! I used Shimmerz on most of the boat.

This might be my favorite set of this release. Tricia and I talked long ago about the need for a good fruit set. She has really outdone herself! I love this set - way to go! This might even be my favorite card I stamped recently. Um, maybe it's just the picture cause it has wild cherry m&m's in it and well, I love my M&M's. Originally I planned to fill the box that I made with Chocolate covered cherries (like on the card) but the M&M's won! The green ribbon on the card is the same as on the box. I stamped little dots on it and embossed them with white embossing powder.

Sneak Peak Time!

This set is just too much fun! Of course I will most likely say that about the sets I'm going to show. This release is super duper fun! "School Days" has such great images - I love this apple on top of the books! I used one of my favorite layouts and the paper from Becky Higgins School Kit...worked perfectly together!

this makes it hard to sew ( i have a long list of things to sew)

this makes it hard to stamp (did you know it took two hands?)

this makes it hard to type (well slower anyway)

so the posts will be short for a while and hopefully it will get easier to work "around" my non-working left hand. I do have some fun things coming up next week, so stay tuned!

Party Time!

This fun little ensemble I made for my daughter's upcoming birthday. It includes the invitation (the turtle), the favor (the bird) and the thankyou (the cupcake). All images a re from LAD Party Animals. For all the details check out Lizzie Anne's website for the POTM (projet of thr month) page. Have a happy new year!