I am in Utah this weekend visiting the kids and seeing Cali’s show – The Hundred Dresses at BYU. We are lucky to have lots of family in the area so I always have somewhere to stay since staying in a college apartment isn’t always the best choice! This time I will get to see [...]
Candy Trees
Each year at church we have a “Super Saturday.” It is a whole day full of fun craft and projects. You can sign up for various classes and it is a fun day! This year they asked me to help teach a class on jars. I’ll be sharing all kinds of fun ideas to do [...]
Bake. Craft. Sew.
Today I am thrilled and honored to be a part of an amazing blog event. Three talented women have joined forces to help us get started early for a handmade holiday! According to Kelly is hosting everything crafty, Skip to My Lou is hosting everything sewing and A Southern Fairytale is hosting everything baking. Every [...]
Thrift Store Treasures
I didn’t have a post planned for today but after my trip to Goodwill yesterday I just had to share. Don’t you just love sharing a fun find or a good deal with someone. Thanks for letting me share. I picked up a few more frames for a project I have in mind for one [...]
Camp Crafts}Collage Blocks and Decorative Clothes Pins
When we were planning out our crafts for camp we were working with a limited budget. We were planning on 200 girls and have about a dollar a day for each girl and each craft. I think we did pretty good. We were able to make really good use of our paper and cut everything [...]
Camp Crafts}Camp Journals and Washer Necklaces
It’s Monday and I am headed off to our church’s girls camp this week. I won’t have access to a computer or internet so if you leave a comment or a question I will get back to you as soon as I am home again. Thanks for your patience. Please pray for me. With only [...]
Cake Stand Roundup
Thanks to all of you who sent me photos of the pretty cake stands you made after watching my tutorial. You did some fun and creative things and I can’t wait to make a few more now! Debbie found two graduating sizes of glass votive cups that she used for the bases, and one of [...]
Finding the Pretty} Reusable Shopping Bags
I’ve been trying to be more green lately. I do live in Oregon after all – the capital of living green! I have to admit one thing I struggle with is remembering to take those reusable shopping bags in with me to the grocery store. I tried leaving them in the car but I’d get [...]
Blog Book
I love it when someone takes an idea and makes it better whether it be a recipe or some other creative project. In August I shared with you a cute paper covered notebook I made for my team members before our annual convention. A few weeks ago I was in one of our neighborhood shops. [...]
Paper Covered Notebooks
I am a paper person. I love paper. My love of paper is one of the reasons I am a scrapbooker. I write everything down on paper. Last week I went to Anaheim/Disneyland to attend a convention for my direct sales company. Each year I like to take a little gift for the members of [...]




















