Fancy Flakes

Here's a design of mine that is available at Papyrus this holiday season. I love the way they embellished the flakes, which are die-cut, mounted with jewels and backed with vellum. Hopefully a little different take on the traditional snowflake!

Customizable Holiday Photo Cards

Here are some samples of my customizable Holiday Photo Cards -- all at Cardstore.com. I have cards for personal use as well as a line of business holiday cards. Write your own text, and insert your own photo, it's simple, all online!

You can see more of my designs here, on Cardstore.com, a great site to get holiday cards and other types of greeting cards.

My New Toy

Here is a giant crate that arrived by FedEx the other day...with the delivery guy cursing me because it weighed 124 pounds!

I've been looking forward to getting this box for a long time, and today I got to open it up:

It's a tabletop printing press! My mother-in-law has done her own typesetting and printing for years, under the name Gray Goose Press. She didn't want this press any more, and now it's mine! I can't wait to learn about it and start making beautiful letterpress images. This one's the perfect size for making cards. I can't wait.

It's BOO time

For Halloween, here's my spinning googly-eyed spider BOO card. I love to create specialty cards, with die-cuts and moving parts, and I've had a great response from this one. It's available in stores across the country and online here.

Flying Burger Scarf

Well I had to buy this silk scarf the other day at a consignment shop. The owner and I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out what these things are -- furry hamburgers? She said hats. My husband thinks they are Czechoslovakian chestnuts. Whatever they are, why are they blue inside? And what are those blue spots?

Decoration Committee

Sometimes, you get asked to be on the Decoration Committee, a job which I always have fun with! This time, it was for a Memorial Picnic in the park, celebrating the life and music of a friend of ours who passed away this year. CT Tucker was the leader of a band called the Blue Sparks from Hell, and in addition to being a great entertainer, he raised potbellied pigs and other animals.

Over the past week, 60 day-glo pigs were in production, and were destined to swing from the rafters of the party pavillion, along with giant banners featuring song names and phrases. All in all we had a great time, hundreds of people came, and the little piggies danced every time the wind blew!

Summer Designs

This batch of designs is new this summer.... and they are on giftbags, rugs and flags. Makes me wanna go lay in the hammock...on the beach.