Self Control

So... apparently I have no self control. Remember those awesome crafty tools I was LUSTING over in my last post?? (ok ok, I know my last post was a WHILE ago.. but I digress) Well... since then, I bought myself a CUTTLEBUG!! woo hoo!! It is awesome. Not too big either, perfect size for my manhattan apartment. Now I'm just obsessed with collecting all of the Nestabilities - seriously they are the most useful die-cuts. I will do a post on them soon!

Oh but that's not all... StampinMOM bought the Cricut. Oh yes she did! It was a huge investment - but so far, SO COOL!! I will take pictures at Thanksgiving, but she made little favor boxes for everyone at the table. So far, I have only used it for my escort cards as part of my "wedding crafts" I will be sure to post pics once they're done!

Now that the Save-The-Dates are out the door... I will be posting pics soon!

LUST

So over the course of the summer I bought one of these:

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and inherited one of these:

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(I will never be able to explain how my dad ended up with one of these in his closet... I'm not sure he even knows!!)


That should be enough crafting goodies to last me a good long time!!

Then why oh why am I lusting after this:


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and this:



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I have a bad feeling that one of those two might be joining my collection pretty soon!!!

And all that jazz...

so the boy and I recently attended an Out-of-Town wedding in the midwest. The couple currently lives in California which posed a problem when deciding what to gift the couple! We wouldn't bring a present with us since we didn't want them to have to lug it all the way across the country, and we sure didn't want to lug it from NY either!! Enter Bed Bath & Beyond... The customer service there is amazing! We were able to buy a gift and have it shipped to the couple in Cali. They even give you this cute card to bring with you so that you don't attend the wedding emptyhanding... naturally though, it wasn't cute enough for me!!


Card before


After (envelope)


Outside

Inside


Naturally they got one of my hand-made wedding cards too ;-) A wedding is nothing if not an opportunity for card-giving!!!

Isn't it amazing what 10 minutes and some paper can do to a boring gift receipt!! I like the after version much better!! What do you think?

Save The Dates!

Well... its time for my first wedding related post!! After a full summer of work, the SAVE THE DATES are almost done!! I can't show them to you yet since they haven't been mailed... but I can tease you a little!

It started over July 4th weekend with:
4 Aunts
2 Cousins/Bridesmaids
1 Mother
1 Grandmother
and many paper cutters





We continued in the beginning of August, this time we only had a skeleton crew of
1 Aunt
1 Cousin/Bridesmaid
1 Mother
1 Fiance

A GOCCO


a XYRON


And the use of many, many surfaces....


Stay tuned for the final product!!

Home Sweet Housewarming

Seems like a lot of my friends are moving this summer so it was time to create some housewarming cards.

This first card, in shades of green was for a friend who just moved into an apartment very near to mine! (yay!!)



This second card was originally created for a friend who is moving alllllllll the way across the country to L.A.

Sometimes, a card is too much!

Well... in my opinion - not very often! A handmade card is such a cute gesture especially since cards of any kind are slowly disapearing and being replaced by e-mail. But, ther are those times when a card is too much, and an adorable tag is just right! These tags were all made at Stampin Mom's crafting weekend this winter... and they are adorable! Wouldn't they be perfect on a bottle of wine as a hostess gift?

More about Stampin Mom!

Speaking of Stampin Mom... I wanted to share some more of her work!! Over the winter, my Mom hosted a full out stamping Weekend at her house with her sisters! These are all the cards we made!!