Have you ever spent the day shopping for the perfect gift, only to arrive home and discover you forgot to pick up wrapping paper? How many times have you set aside a day to wrap gifts for the holidays or another special occasion, only to run out of gift wrapping essentials mid-stream? When was the […]

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Happy WOYWW, dear friends! This week, while digging through those infamous plastic bags my cats love to gnaw on, I came across a bright yellow tag. While yellow isn’t a color that I gravitate towards by nature, I immediatelybegan thinking of what to do with that tag! The only thing I knew for sure was that I […]

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This weekend, I found myself in the mood to craft. Actually, the original plan was to sort through and pare down a few supplies during a read-a-thon break, but I soon found myself distracted by all of the pretty things I pulled out of the boxes! Before long, I was designing things in my head […]

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WOYWW – Creating From Scraps Happy WOYWW dear friends! For the past few weeks, I’ve been alluding to the little bag of scraps on my desk that I’ve been playing with whenever I have a free moment. This week, I thought I’d tell you a little about the history of this particular bag, and show […]

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This week, my One Word Journey is leading me down Memory Lane. I’m taking a metaphorical trip into the past. To artistically commemorate the occasion, I created this Vintage Collage Tag. I had fun digging through my old stash looking for the perfect pieces to incorporate into the design. As always, everything on it is […]

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Happy WOYWW to you! This week I took a few moments to Create a pretty tag for Art Every Day Month. Live Simply. Love Generously. Such a beautiful thought! Behind me, however, a storm was brewing, as Naughty ‘Nami had some creative ideas of his own! Still obsessing over those plastic bags, He was caught […]

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Welcome to November 2012! This year, the blogosphere is bursting with creative challenges and throughout the month, I am going to be sharing and partaking in as many as possible – and I hope you will too! To kick things off, I’d like to introduce you to the Art Every Day Month challenge – an […]

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Happy Thursday, dear friends! I hope you’re having a fabulous week. Today, I’m sharing a Vintage Friendship Tag that I created for my friend Helen of A Crafty Kind Of Truffle as part of a special PIF package I’m preparing for her! Do you think she’ll like it? Supplies I had fun digging through my […]

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Recently, I began creating a Book Of Me using Altered Torsos as the medium of expression. I had lots of fun exploring my extroverted glitzy side with my first torso, Fashioinista, but I wanted to tone things down a bit for my second tag, so for Torso 2, I decided to explore the inner quality of […]

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Recently, I came up with the concept of creating a Book Of Me using the Altered Torso as the medium of expression. Today I’m sharing my first torso in the series: Fashionista. Fashionista was inspired by Gingersnap Creation’s November Focus On Fabric theme. I layered strips of beautiful sheer fabric over white cardstock to allow the true […]

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Today I created a tag book for a friend in need of a pick-me-up. What better way to brighten one’s spirits than to send a book filled with flowers, bling, and hearfelt sentiments? Acrylic Covers – Embellished I wanted to make sure that the book was durable, so I used thick white chipboard for each […]

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