new direction and a little bit about me

new direction and a little bit about me

Well, as you can now see, there have been quite a few changes going around here lately! My design mind was itching for a change, so I decided to keep the same design, but change the colors and add my new girly graphic Along with the new look, my blog is now sporting a new [...]

Uploading Patterns: Tutorial

Uploading Patterns: Tutorial

One of the most common emails that I get are from people who have downloaded my freebies and are unable to use them. My dots and grunge freebies are patterns. They aren’t “papers” like you get when you download a scrapbooking kit. These are used for creating your own papers, or adding to an existing [...]

Need a good laugh?

Every once in a while I go to youtube or tangle (was Godtube) and type in comedy to see what I get. I love to sit back and just have a good laugh. I’d have to say that Mark Lowry is my ALL TIME favorite out of everyone I’ve heard. I just love his strong [...]

Don't forget…

Don't forget...

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Dry Hands update

I first want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who gave me some tips for my incredibly dry hands. This is my winning mixture! I ended up going with the Aquaphor since so many people recommended it. I’ve been putting on at night for the last 2 nights and have already [...]

Dry hands… Need some help here!

I don’t know what it is, but when it suddenly starts to get cold outside, my hands go from smooth and pretty to cracked dry and wrinkly! They are so bad that my knuckles are peeling with dry skin and any lotion I use makes my hands feel like they are on FIRE!!!!! I’ve tried: [...]

Have I ever mentioned….

that I have the best husband EVER! So for the last week, my husband has been doing all kinds of research to get me a new computer. I’ve been working on an older G4 (which is also referred to as the “flower”) which is terribly slow and not exactly what I need to do all [...]

Since I'm limited on time…

I’ve decided to just go ahead and recognize the people who so generously handed awards out to me and tagged me. My apologies to these people for not being completely able to complete my portion of the meme. My bestest friend Lindsey from Mommy Chronicles sent me over these 2 beautiful awards. Lindsey and I [...]

A new award (more coming…)

A new award (more coming...)

I feel so honored to be getting all these awards lately. I’m seriously falling behind so I have 3 awards to hand out. Let’s start with this one…. Bridgette from The Not-So-Blog Blog has given me one of my first awards! I have to tell you 6 things I love and then pass this wonderful [...]