love craft

Saw this cute little craft on a blog online...thought I would share my
version that I tweaked a little.
Bought the kit at Crafters Corner in American Fork.
I began by sanding down the rough edges on the letters and board.
Then I choose my papers for the project, All Dressed Up stack by DCWV.



I painted my letters, and board black. Then using the letters as a guide, traced and cut out the letters from the patterned papers.



I then used rubber cement to attach the decorative papers to the front of the letters. I also used my Cricut and some vinyl to cut out the letters for the quote on the front. I used the cartridge "Base Camp" @ 1 inch.

Here is the finished product on my mantle :)

thanks for looking!

Valentine's Day cards

Valentine's Day is coming up fast, and I realized I don't have time to make them this year. I went on Smilebox, and found these cute templates. Just drag and drop your pictures, and you have super easy, personalized, valentines.
Cant wait to pick them up from Persnickety Prints. I'm sure they will look great!

Make your own free picture collage

Personalize a picture collage

Free digital collage generated with Smilebox

books books books

I love books. I love how a new book smells, the crack it makes as you open up the binding. Heaven.Sometimes I read for fun, or to just learn information on a topic i am interested in. This started me thinking how many books have I read in 2010. I wont say all of these were great reads, but I read them, nonetheless.

The Help
The Counterfeit Convert
Luck of the Draw
Charlie St Cloud
Perfect Shot
How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
Vampire Diaries- Stefan's Diary
When Crickets Cry
Freedom Factor
Mockingjay
Searching for Pemberley
Summer in Paris
The Dead girls Dance
Glass Houses
The Book Thief
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Girl Who Could Fly
American on Purpose

What's really funny is some of books I read were so boring, I can't even remember the titles! Oh well, 2011 is a new year :)