Out of This World!

Hey my fabulous bloggy friends :) I hope you all are having a great Sunday. It is a gorgeous day here in KY and at a whopping 46 degrees, it calls for outside time! (Considering we had mulitple inches of snow twice last week!) That's just KY weather for you. It can be 70 one week and 6 inches of snow the next! :)

A fav local customer of mine had a party at the planitarium yesterday. She had asked if I could make some space like tags for her to attach to the astronaut food she was using as favors! Here is what I cam up with! (You can find the cuts on your Boys Will Be Boys cartridge!)

My little guy was a big fan of these!

Speaking of him, I got some good girl chit chat in Friday night when a good friens and her 3 kiddos came over to hang out and get crafty! The boys had a picnic of popcorn, popsicles, and juice in their pj's, with pillow pets,  watching movies, and playing! (Is that enough "p's" for ya? :)

I didn't get a lot done b/c I was too busy chatting and catching up with my girl :)

Hope you all have a great afternoon! Anyone working on anything special?

Classroom Candy Bags!

Happy Friday everyone! Spent the morning in the doctor with the hubby and then off to get my little monkey from preschool. He had a great day and LOVES his preschool! He goes 3 mornings a week from 9:30 until 1:00. One of those mornings I have Bible Study upstairs, (he goes to a fully accredited preschool at our church.) It is wonderful! If you are in the Louisville/So. Indiana area and looking for a FAB preschool, let me know! (There is a MDO starting at 6 weeks old too!) The other 2 mornings give me a chance to run errands, doctor appts, get some work done, etc. It helps SO much since I don't have my family up here to help out with Matthew when I need to do a few things.

Anyways! With preschool coming up I am always looking for something cute to give his 7 classmates. I have started playing around with ideas and even made a few sets to add to the shop. Be ready to see samples of what I will come up with :)

Here is the first set! I attached these to the cello bags with resealable strip at the bottom. Just fill up with candy, seal, and give :)

PP is Teresa Collins, CS is American Crafts and you can find the heart cut and shadow on the Doolecharms cartridge. I popped the heart and layers up on Elmers foam tape to add dimention! (Thank you ELmers for the big ole box of free adhesives to play with :)

Purse Cupcake Toppers

Happy Thursday!

I had a fun custom request the other day! A client was throwing a Thirty-One Party. (A purses, totes, bags, monogrammable items, etc)

She wanted some cute cupcake toppers to go with her theme!

Here is what I came up with for her! I love the glitter!!

I have added these to the shop too. They would make a great addition to a DIVA birthday party, girls nite, etc!

Prayers...

My heart is hurting this morning. I am very blessed to have 2 best friends. One since high school and one since college. Both of these girls know me inside and out (and love me anyways). We have made so many memories together. I was in both their weddings, there for births of  children, and they have been there for me during the birth of Matthew and the loss of my brother. I LOVE them! Yesterday afternoon I talked to my best friend from home, she has 3 beautiful little ones and is preggo, about 12/13 weeks, before her doctor's appt.  We got read to hang up, I told her to have a great appt and I would call her later to see how it went. Well, this evening she gave me the heart breaking news that there was no heartbeat. She is so very distraught. I have lifted her up in prayer all night and still find myself not able to sleep thinking about her. She miscarried her first child. Had  a girl, boy, girl, and has now lost another little one. She has complete faith in God, but that does not make the pain any easier. So for all you out there who pray, please add my dear friend Lindsey to your list.

Lindsey, Me, and and 2 more of our closest!

Crafty posts will resume tomorrow. Today I just want to lift up my sweet friend.

Have a blessed day!

Vinyl Jars!

Hey there!

I first apoogize for the bad picture, but as I was about to wrap these babies up, I realized I had not taken a picture! (B/C you know that is a must :)

I made these for Matthew's preschool teach, Director (which happens to be from my hometown, her brothers used to hang out with my dad and uncle in high school and her niece graduated with my brother! :), and asst. director (who's happens to be related to me on my maternal grandparents side, LOL) Seriously, you can move an hour and a half away from your hometown into the biggest city in the state and STILL find people that tie you to home! LOVE IT!!

I bought these jars at my second home...Michaels :)

I cut designs from vinyl and put them onto the jars, stuffed them with pretty tissue paper and tied with pretty bows! I added the designs to the top as well!

I love decorating jars! And you all know I love vinyl!!!! Here are a couple more projects I have done with vinyl! I am also going to look up the tutorial (Where I added vinyl to candles.) I made to show you who have asked how to use it with your Cricut!

Party Sign fun! Link up your projects!

You know I have an obsession with teh Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge, right? LOL

Well, here is another pieve of evidence to support that claim!

Isn't thsi party sign so much fun?????

If you have a Cricut and do NOT (gasp!) have this cart.....I would highly suggest you get it!!! There are a TON of fun things on it! Even if you have no kiddos! There are great uses for cards like Emily made, another card like Kristin made,  and

this cute gift bag Sandra made!

Have you made something fun with CAC? If so, link it up below to share with us!!!

Happy Sunday!!!!

Happy Sunday everyone! Last week was a crazy week! I visited my parents, we had more crazy snow, one of the ignition coils went out on my Hummer (while I was at my parents) and LUCKILY my dad's go to guy for automotives was able to fix it, at 8:30 at night so I could get back to Louisville before the snow! Then USPS lost an Express Mail package to ATL (remember that cute Nautial Crew sign I showed you the other day??? Yep, that package. SO I remade the WHOLE order and reshipped it for the frantic mommy! She got it all! And to boot, USPS delivered the package finally on Saturday, a week and 2 days AFTER it was supposed to be there. (I overnighted it!!!!) Good news- mom has her bday decorations and the other box is being returned to me, AND I am getting a shipping refund from USPS.  Bad news....I now have a nautical banner and a sign with MACK on them to find homes for! Everything else can be resold!

Anyways! I have some crafty pics to share! And guess what I am doing today?? Working on orders AND making a few cards! I need some card therapy! When you get crazy busy, you realize that you need to take a few minutes and make a few thigs that make you smile :)

Speaking of smiling... I can't look at these new hats without smiling! I had 15 ordered for a party and I HAD to take a pic before I sent them!!

oh, and remember earlier I mentioned snow???? Well, My little guy had 2 friends over Friday to go sledding with! My super sweet friend Amanda, let me borrow 2 of her kiddos to take sledding with Matthew and I! We all had fun!!! Here are a couple pics!



Owl Birthday Party!!

I am SO excited to share pictures from the Owl Birthday party I told you about!!!! I LOVE the way she pulled everything together! She added the number 1 to the cupcake toppers in glitter glue and did a great job!!! I LOVE seeing how my banner, toppers, and highchair banner look in action! Thanks for sending the pictures Erin!!!

ANd FYI- we are under mounds of snow AGAIN here in KY!

Have a good night!!!

Looks WHOOS one!

Happy day everyone! I had a request last month for a Owl birthday party. Not just any party. One done with crazy cuteness, Amy Butler (By K&Co) patterned paper and so much more! Well, I didn't get a chance to take a decent picture before shipping the goods, but I snapped this one with my camera. The happy mom is going to send over pictures after the party!

It is such a good feeling to know they LOVE the decor. I mean she had exactly what she wanted sketched out and emailed to me, so I did not want to mess it up! LOL

Hoot Hoot!

(Owl from Create a Critter, letters from Alphalicious)

Ahoy Boy!

SO I just had to show you this cute sign for a recent nautical birthday party I did! I loved the cute saying!

The cool part is that I made it a 12x12 so that it could be the first page in a scrapbook of his birthday party! Just slip it right in and first page is done!!

The letters are from Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cart and the circle boat is from New Arrival! Loving this :)

SO what did you GIVE for Christmas???

Happy Friday everyone!!

Wanted to share some pictures of my FAV crafty Christmas gifts, given to many of my family and friends this year!!

First up, Magnetic Jumbo Clothespins! Great for the fridge or to turn upside down and use as a picture holder!

 Next were rolled ribbon rosette headbands! I love these babies!

 ANd last but not lleast, picture cubes!!!

LOVED getting crafty this holiday season!!!!

A Mickey Par-tay!

I have crawled out from the snow! :)

Preschool was ON for today.

Life is busy, but good! :)

I found these pictures that I forgot to upload and share! EEK! (Am I losing my touch? :)

Oh I have so much more from the Christmas break to show you! Gifts, cards, birthday parties! The list goes on and on and on!!! Until next time..... :)

Love ya'll!

E-I-E-I-O!!!!

SO I just have to share a picture a customer sent me! I made her some super cute table decorations for a baby shower and here is how she used them!!!

Didn't she do a great job!!!!!??!!

Hope you are all having a great Saturday!!!

She's Back!

Good evening everyone!!! I have missed all of you so much!!!! After the family emergency, (Aunt Jackie is MUCH better. I will update later, but she is now home from Texas and spent several days and nights with us :)  I took a few days as a much needed break to get through the holidays. The 30th was also my little brother's birthday. He would have been 24. A pretty emotional day for me. That is how old I was when we lost him a few years ago.  How old I was when I got married. How old I was when I had my son, etc. Just makes me wonder who he would be today. Love that boy. The heart and reason behind the "62" in my name for those who haven't been around these parts long.  (It was his football number :)

But I am BACK. As crazy and loud as ever :)

Blessed and thankful.

Joyful and happy.

Ready for another fabulous year.

And ready to blog my little heart out :)

Love you all and I hope your 2011 is your best yet.

See you tomorrow!

FAMILY EMERGENCY

Hey everyone. We have had a family emergency and I will return as soon as possible to finish up my giveaways.

On the 10th day of Giveaways.....

Okay- the way to enter today's giveaway is for you all to send me the FAV candies you talked about in your comments yesterday :) LOVE IT!! From divinity to pecan prailines adn everything inbetween! YUMMO!

Congrats to AMANDA V, the random winner!!! Shoot me an email with your shipping address and what you won so I can get your goodies to you!
NOW, you all have one more chance to win some of the Merrymint Paper by AC- head over to http://elisabethstudios.blogspot.com/ and become a follower of her super cute blog! I will pick a winner to get a paper pack tomorrow night! Support new bloggers everyone!!! THANKS!

Now for today's giveaway! How about some adhesive???

Someone will have a fab package in the mail with some of these GREAT Elmers adhesive sqaures! You can use these on EVERYTHING! Special thanks to Elmers for giving a FAB package of goodies!

Comment and tell me something you secretly asked Santa for :) (or that you wish he would magically make appear under your tree :)

Happy Day!!!

On the 11th day of giveaways......

I say congrats to THERESA!!! SHe has some fab stickers coming her way! Shoot me an email with your shipping address and the item you won!! Thanks!!!

On to the next giveaway!!!

Since you LOVED the stickers so much, 

who wants some of this FAB Merrymint Collection Paper by American Crafts. The paper itself is glittered too! FUN!

Someone will win a stack of 6x6's of this great paper to use!!!

Leave me a comment with your favorite Christmas sweet!!!!

AND if you get the chance to,

visit the talented Emily's blog! She is a fairly new blogger with tons of crafty talent- Wait until you see the super cute owl card on her blog!!!

Become a follower of her blog and I might just have to pick another winner from her new followers :) I love that all of us in the bloggy world are super sweet and supportive!!!

On the 12th day of Giveaways......

....Sammye Jo said congrats to HEATHER for winning Tiny Types by Cosmo Cricket :)

Congrats! Shoot me an email with your shipping addy and the prize name in the subject so I will get it right :) LOL

Next up during my 12 days of Giveaways:

 American Crafts Remarks Stickers. These are from the Merrymint Collection!

Someone will win a  couple packs!!!

Thanks Amercian Crafts :)

To enter, just leave a comment! If you would like to share with me your FAV Christmas color combo, I would LOVE to read them :) Winner tomorrow and a new giveaway!! (If you would want to spread the news of giveaways, I would be appreciative :)

Have a great day! We are off to play in the snow again!

SURPRISE giveaway!!!!

So, I have spent a TON of time tonight organizing and cleaning out my craft studio!  I have some big orders to finish and new ones to start, on top of finishing some Christmas gifts. SO, as I was going through I realize I have 63 packs of COsmo Cricket Tiny Type Alphas. LOL. Laugh at me. Go ahead. I'm waiting. Obviously I LOVE tiny type. I have used them EVERYWHERE. Like in these Layout:

SOOOO..... who wants some Tuny Type Alphas?????

Leave me a coment to let me know what scrappy supply or anything that you collect! I love reading comments to see what everyone is into :)

Ice Cream Shoppe Party

Happy day everyone!!!! I am sure a lot of you are preparing for Christmas festivities around your home. Same here. Matthew got to make cookies and use all of his cookie cutters and tubes of icing the other night. He took them to preschool yesterday for dessert for his class :) I hear they were a hit and he was SO proud he made and decorated them!!! So much fun to see a sense of pride in a child!!!

Listen- if you ar enot a FACEBOOK fan of 62cards- you will want to be!!! Head over to the box on teh right side of the blof and "Like" 62Cards! I have some great giveaways ready to start during this season of giving!!!

AND- I just HAD to share with you this custom birthday party for a client!!!

Ice Cream!!! I made tags, banner, door sign, cupcake toppers, food tents and more!!!

I love the colors she picked!! SOOOO cute!!!

LOVE custom party ideas!!!!!

I hope the Ice Cream Shoppe party is a great success tomorrow!!!

Decisions, Decisions :)

Well, there are some Christmas traditions I just flat out love.

Decorating the tree together, baking homemade cookies while listening to my favorite songs from years ago, (AKA-Thisselhair the Christmas Bear by Alabama tops the list :) and sending and receiving Christmas cards! I seriously LOVE openign my mailbox and seeing all the sweet holiday wishes from friends and family far and near. Makes me smile! If you one to do your cards a little later than others (Yep, I'm a late card sender :) then you really should look into getting your cards from Shutterfly.

I actuially had no idea about the plethora of designs they offered, but when my good friend of a billion years, Allie, sent my card from her and her hubby, I thought it was adorable! It was heavy in weight, glossy, and super duper nice! I myself LOVE Christmas photo cards, so of course I was going to love it!

Here are 2 of my FAV designs. Haven't decided which photo card I am going to get yet, but I will be choosing one of these 2!!!

I LOVE the ability to share multiple pictures on my cards! We do so much all year, and this is my chance to fill our family adn friends on on the festivities!!!! PLUS- did you see the pink in it?!?! LOL- gotta get my fix somewhere!!!

The other option is

I just LOVE the caption. I feel like I have SO much to be grateful for and I feel SO blessed, so this seems fitting!!!

So, if you haven't finished or ordered your Christmas cards, head over and check out Shutterfly! I am glad I did! AND if you hurry- you can get in on a great promo to get 50 FREE cards!!! (I did!!!) But you have to hurry b/c registration closes tomorrow!!! Tell them 62Cards sent you :) http://bit.ly/sfly2010

Off to choose :)

CCI Design Team Post!- Place Cards!

Today is my day to post over on teh Creative Critters Imaginations Design Team Blog! Perfect for all things Cricut and all things Imagine!  I would REALLY appreciate your support and comment over there!!!! (That is why comments are off on this post!) So PLEASE head over and see all the details for this project!!!
THANK YOU :)

Picture Cube Fun!

Seriously, where has December gone to? 2010 for that matter?! My dad told me when I was in high school that after I graduated, time would fly by. I probably rolled my eyes and said, "Suuurreeee it will." in my most "whatever" tone. Now, I know what he meant. I never remember time going by so quick as a child or teen!!

Anyways, I am IN LOVE with making these FUN picture cubes!!! These will make cute preschool teacher gifts and neighbor gifts too!! Love it!!!

GUESS WHAT?- I have a big 12 days of Giveaways coming up!!!! Sounds like fun? Stay tuned for more!!!!!

Craft Fair Time

Well, no matter what you have planned today, I hope it is crafty and fun :) My mom and I are at a 23rd annual Holiday Halls Arts and Crafts show! At this show, everything has to be handmade. I love that :) You may be surprised that I actually have VERY little paper crafting at shows! Paper crafts like I do are much more of an online item. All the customizing and pictures sell it online, not at a show!

So, what do I do at shows? Here are a few pics from a show a couple weeks ago! Now everything at this show did not have to be handmade, so my mom had several things from her children's show, like the backpacks, that were for resale.

 Here are my rolled ribbon and fabric magnetic brooches, pins, clips, etc. a topiary, a few cards, and my applique'd onesies.

 Jumbo magnetic clothespins! Used for the fridge or upside down for a picture holder!

 More applique's onesies and mom's backpacks :) (If you need a backpack, I can get you any of the ones seen for $24 and that includes embroidery :)

My tulle puff headbands for girls and mom had a lot of Christmas ornaments, fabric bibs, burps, cloth napkins, kids napkins, etc!

FUN TIMES! :)

Have a great Saturday everyone!!!

Shopping Tip of the day :)

Happy Friday everyone!

Don't you just love getting boxes of goodies in the mail???  I picked up these fab things over at DCRU! She is having a QuicKutz csale too. NOTHING over $10, not even the alphabets! lots of things for just $1! I got my sis a new alphabet set for Christmas!! Head over and check it out!!!

Have you got any great deals as of late? If so, please share!!!!!!



Back.....from outerspace....... LOL

I am HERE!!!!!!! LOL. Just a crazy Holiday followed by a crazy migraine.

Thank you to those who sent me a message to check on me (:) TT!)

Well, life has been a bit nutty, I ha da fundraising show last night for Hosparus of Louisville. S napped this pic with my phone (having probs with the camera!!! UGH!)

My little elf just coloring away :)

AND a big show this weekend here in Louisville. The Ballard 23rd annual Holiday Halls! Over 170 booths!!! Crazy!

Here are some fun things making their way to the show :)

Cute fabric tags :)

Now, I have to get back at it!!! More to come!!!!! Afterall, I am baaaaaccckkkk :) LOL

A super cute PINK sling backpack!!!

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

I have, but I will be honest, I am doing most of it online this year!

My sister wants a travel type of backpack, so I have search sling backpacks like crazy and found this super cute one!

You know I do LOVE pink :) LOL

If you haven't shopped CSN Stores before- you really should! Over 200 stores in one place! I am a proud owner or a FAB stock pot from them and have a new skillet and 2 new bakers I just ordered on their way!!!

Now, if someone gave you a giftcertificate from CSN, any idea what you might use it on???? GO see and come back and tell me ;)