Crafting Smorgasbord

This weekend, fellow YaYa Stacie (check out her blog here: http://staciehoo.blogspot.com/, had some friends over for a "Splatters Platters" party to benefit The Centers for Children and Families. For a set price, we were provided with a platter, and all the paints/ brushes to decorate to our heart's content. Of course, there was extreme potlucking as well (that's in the unofficial bylaws of the YaYas...something about crafting and extreme potlucking). It was so neat to see the designs that everyone came up with. You can check them out on Stacie's blog. I can't wait to see them after they're glazed and fired.
By the time I got home I was pretty tired so I took a little nap. When I woke up I was drawn to the craft room. I broke out my PTI Floral Frenzy set and had some fun. Here are some of my creations.

I really like how this one turned out.
Recipe: Cardstock SU Kraft, PTI white, Stamps PTI Floral Frenzy, Ribbon PTI Summer Sunrise and dark chocolate, Ink PTI summer sunrise, dark chocolate, and SU old olive.

This next one is kind of blah. I do like the look of the sweet daisies, but I think it needs more color/ layers.

Recipe: Cardstock SU Kraft, Stamps PTI Floral Frenzy, Ink StazOn Cotton white, SU Old Olive, PTI summer sun.

As you may know, in the past I was a paper hoarder. Only recently with the help of some of my fellow bloggers have I really started using my decorative paper. Kristina (http://kwernerdesign.com/blog/) has especially helped me to use more DP.
I think this is a partial case of someone's sketch challenge (the curvy cut to the DP). I love how the sentiments curviness works with the cut in the DP.

Recipe: Cardstock SU wild wasabi, DP SU spring silhouettes, ribbon PTI aqua mist, ink Palette Noir, sentiment SU Elegant inspirations.

So, If you've read this far, I'm sure you're dying to know the house update. I've got someone lined up to paint ceilings starting next week. He is a painter during his daytime job, and does some jobs "on the side". He'll be coming over after work to paint. I also got some bids on windows (and had some major sticker shock). I think I'm going to try to save money for another couple of months and then get that done. I had one quote that was twice what the other was...that guy was really trying to make a sale, and apparently thought I was incredibly stupid.
Anyhoo, that's all for now. Happy crafting, and have a great week!

Halleluja, Amen!

This post has nothing to do with crafting, but here goes. The title to this post is appropriate because "Halleluja, Amen!" the ceilings are done (except for painting), and this is what our choir sang this morning at church from Handel's Judas Maccabeus (sp?). On the note of singing, check out my friend Matthew in this YouTube video. He sings in our choir and is awesome. He's the one on your right, and he sings first.

He's a Supah Stah!
Have a great week! If you've got a ceiling painting connection in Little Rock, "call me and let me know".
Lisa

Clock

Here's my finished clock:

Recipe: clock Creative Imaginations, DP Wild Saffron Collection K and Company, carstock SU So Saffron and PTI dark chocolate, stickers Making Memories shimmer stickers, sentiment Time To Stamp by Cornish Heritage Farms Rummage Bin.

I thought this sentiment was perfect for the clock. It reads "Every day is a blessing. Every hour is a dream, Every minute is a possibility."
Enjoy,

Lisa

Another card and a ceiling update

This morning we had a "virtual birthday party" for my friend Pig (The Crafty Pig from SCS). We tried to do a video conference with Yahoo messenger and our webcams. We did get to see and hear each other on and off so that was fun. I've still got to put some numbers on my clock and get the clock mechanism working. I used my fave Wild Saffron DP from K and Company. I'll post a pic when I get that finished.
Speaking of Wild Saffron paper, here's a card I made with some of the paper. I used Taylor's sketch here:
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Recipe: Cardstock So saffron SU, Dark chocolate PTI, Blue bayou SU, Stamper's select vanilla PTI, DP and stickers Wild Saffron collection K and Company, ink dark chocolate PTI, sentiment SU Warm Words.
Here's the update on the ceilings. Todd is here as we speak working on them. So far he's done the master bedroom and bath and kitchen. I think he's going to do one more room and then come back tomorrow. Here's what it looks like so far (it's not painted yet, it will be GORGEOUS when it is:

The pattern is called "California knock-down" or "Bungalow knock-down" which should be period correct for my 1920's craftsman home.
I can't wait for it all to be done!!!
Lisa

Organization!

Several years ago I saw an episode of The Christopher Lowell Show (remember him?). He showed how you could use a door across two saw horses as a desk. I made my version of the desk, complete with a faux painting technique. He even showed a picture of my desk during his letters from the viewers segment...y'all didn't know I was that famous did you? This has worked well for my computer desk for quite some time. I had been using this small 4ft X 2.5 ft table as my craft table along with an iris cart and some bins for storage. In the midst of all my household projects I got the idea to use my big computer desk for the craft desk...lots of room to spread out, but still no storage. I found the greatest file cabinets/drawers at Target. http://www.target.com/Coastline-3-Drawer-File-White/dp/B000MRD5A8/ref=sc_ri_1/602-3922306-9809428 They had free shipping so I had them sent right to my house (which was really smart because they weigh 60 lbs each). The first one took me almost 2 hours to put together, but the 2nd only took an hour. I think they turned out pretty good. I may have to get a couple more of these for my computer desk. I put them in place of the saw horses and VOILA:

As you can see, there's still lots of stuff that needs to find a better home underneath, but this is great for starters. My first task once I got my new desk set up was to put my paper in the file drawers. I love these little labels for my SU paper that I got on Ebay a few years ago. I will need to get some more folders for all my PTI paper.


Here are a couple more cards I made yesterday:

Recipe: Cardstock SU wild wasabi, Stamps SU Happy Everything, DP and buterfly sticker K and Company Wild Saffron collection, ribbon PTI dark chocolate.

This next one was my try at Taylor VanBrugen's sketch challenge a few weeks back. I must be hungry for neopolitan icecream with this color combo.

Recipe: Cardstock PTI dark chocolate, DP Making Memories Comopolitan Collection, Stickers Sandylion Essentials, sentiment SU Sincere Salutations.

Have a great weekend, and go make something!
Lisa

Playing hookey

Woo hoo! Work has been very slow for the past few weeks (with the exception of a few days here and there that were the normal frenetic pace). Because we've been so unusually slow, I got "overstaffed" from work. That means a day off! What better way to spend a day off than being lazy, and making some cards. Here's what I came up with today.


Recipe: Retro Boutique stamps by Rupa Shevde for Gina K. Designs, DP Wing ding by ki memories, Baroque background stamp SU, basic black cardstock SU, Stampers select white PTI, Palette noir ink, sweet blush twill ribbon PTI.

Recipe: Kraft cardstock SU, DP Basic Grey Lily Kate, chip board SU, shimmer stickers letters by Making Memories, Lemon tart grosgrain ribbon PTI.

Recipe: Kraft cardstock SU, DP PTI Chocolate remix, stamps PTI Text Boxed, sentiment SU Friendly Flowers, ribbon PTI chocolate twill, and white craft ink.

Hmmmm, looking back at all these cards, I think I may be in a bit of a rut with my layouts... I'll have to try something new for next time.
Lisa

Oh my lord and taylor!

So I thought I'd actually write in a few of these cards that I've made, and actually send them, but I couldn't find a pen anywhere in my office. I look in the kitchen junk drawer, and there are a few, but I'm thinking "where are all my pens?". I look in this little ceramic jar thingy that I keep on my dresser with all my stuff that I dump in it every day after work, and here's what I found:

In case you're wondering:
57 writing utencils (pens, pencils, Sharpies, and high liters)
4 pony tail holders
1 pkg batteries for
1 pager
1 ID badge
lots of little connectors for various types of tubing
20ish alcohol pads (for cleaning stethescope between patients)
several bandaids--sometimes I get owies too
3 pairs of scissors
several stickers for the kiddos at work
etc, there was even more crap in there, the lid couldn't even sit down all the way on the jar thingy.

Rest assured, I have cleaned it out, discarded all non-working writing utensils,
and separated them into ones I like for work and ones I like for home.

Just thought you'd want to know. Back to our regularly scheduled program...