Stitch In Time

Mini Album Tabs

I posted a tutorial on the Crate Blog about making tabs for a mini album, and I thought I'd post the pictures here as well.   Although first of all I should say that my daughter does not have blue hair. She is a brunette.  But she does love anything unique and isn't afraid to try different things so I thought the picture of her with a blue wig on was perfect for the cover.

For the mini album I used items from the Maggie Holmes collection for Crate Paper.

I made tabs out of everything from small pictures to hair clips.  I liked using a different tab for every page.  Complete instructions are in my tutorial at the Crate Blog.

And here's a look at some of the inside pages...

Thanks for stopping by!

Gardening Notebook

Never mind the fact that it was snowing here today... I am ready for spring.   For the first time I'm trying to plan out what I want to do in the garden this year rather than just buy plants and flowers spur of the moment.  I started a little Garden Notebook using page protectors from Studio Calico and brand new Dutch Love Journaling Cards from Kitschy Digitals.  

And here's a closer look at my "plan"...

Butterflies

When we were asked to make a page using butterflies for the Crate Paper blog I immediately thocught of my son walking through the woods and exploring.  He is such a nature lover.  So glad spring is here and we can get outside more and more.

And speaking of butterlies, have you seen these butterflies in a jar?  I got this one from Amazon.com.  It moves and acts just like a real butterfly.  Our cat has nearly lost her mind over it.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Just went over to a friend's house to have lunch with the girls.  We had dover sole with kale potatoes and for dessert brownies made with Bailey's Irish Creme frosting.  Delicious.  Now I'm off to work in the garden and get some things planted.  I heard today that it's supposed to be good luck to plant peas on St. Patrick's Day so I'm going to try it.

Easter Decorations

Getting ready for spring and decorating for Easter around here today.  Even though it's gray and raining outside, I'm loving the pastel colors to liven things up.

Planting some flowers outside..

and adding decorations inside...

Stamping on Canvas

Today I pulled out a bunch of old stamps and went to town.  I found these burlap tags at Michaels the other day and I used up the whole bag of them in minutes.

One for the kitchen...

 

One for my minature greenhouse..

 

One for Easter decorations..

 

And probably my favorite one... we went and saw "Oz the Great and Powerful" last weekend and I made a tag for it to use in my project life album:

And then I took out a canvas bag and stamped right on it to hold some souvenirs from a recent trip...

It's been such a long time since I stamped anything.  I need to remember to do it more often.

Crate Paper Creative Weekly:: RED

Today is the start of Creative Weekly over at the the Crate Paper blog.  There will be lots of design team inspiration and also a challenge with a fabulous prize so stop by.

There's something very retro when you combine red, cream and aqua. It's one of my favorite color combinations! This year, I used it for my Valentine gifts. Instead of sending out cards or candy, I sent out heart-shaped sparklers with tags attached. I used red glitter covered Thickers from the Fourteen collection to give them that extra "sparkle" and added a match to get the fire going.

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Here's what's happening around here today...

Hello 14

A quick layout about my daughter... turning 14, starting high school, and growing up.  I used Crate Paper's Fourteen and Maggie Holmes collections and Freckled Fawn Bubble Word Chips.

Baby Shower

I posted today over on the Crate Paper Blog about a baby shower I had for my cousin this past weekend and I thought I'd post a few extra pictures here on my blog.

First up is the lemonade.  We actually found these spice jars at World Market, but they were big enough to use for individual lemonade glasses.

I added little vellum umbrellas I made using paper from Crate's Party Day collection with my Cameo.

It helped to keep things simple and only serve one kind of drink vs. setting up a whole bunch of different drinks.

We only played one game which was matching the names of the party guests to their meanings.

Of course there were prizes for the winners:

I also set up a frame which everyone could sign for the baby:

We had a fruit tray, tea sandwiches and cupcakes.

The cupcakes were a big hit.  At first I was going to just get one kind, but in the end I decided it would be more fun to get different flavors and let everyone choose their own.

We had everything from Whiskey Maple Bacon to Lavender.

I used Crate Paper's new washi tape paper to make little flags to mark the different flavors.

Lots and lots of flags..

People liked picking out their cupcakes..

And I ordered doubles so I could send everyone home with another flavor...

And finally a small photo holder for the guest of honor made using more of Crate Paper's Party Day goodies...

It's been such a long time since I planned a baby shower, but it was a lot of fun and now I can't wait for the baby to get here.  He's due next month!