"A" is for Apple - and a Winner!!!
First off I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who visited and left comments on last week's blog post! What a wonderful community of crafters you all are.  I know you are dying to know who won the big Copic give-away... but I'm going to hold out just a bit longer...  well... at least until the end of this post!  LOL I wanted to share this card with all my blog readers... it's for you!  I got this adorable little Apple Emma from

Colorful Blog Hop Celebration - With Candy!
It is with butterflies in my stomach and stars in my eyes that I make this announcement...I am joining the Copic team!!!   I was contacted by Marianne a few months back and she asked if I would be interested in teaching a few Copic classes in the area.  Ummmm, YES!  (Didn't even have to THINK about that response.)  Apparently my students have been talking about me... and she was hearing good things (OMGosh - thank you thank you thank you students!!!)  LOLI was a bit concerned that our upcoming move would put me out of the running for teaching classes, but our Atlanta location is actually a better ar

So Thankful...
I have truly been blessed and I am thankful for so many things.  I just wanted to share a quick project that I did with this in mind.   I'm teaching an "Inching Towards the Holidays" class over at My Creative Classroom and it focuses on four creative holiday projects that use inchies in them.  Some use traditional stamped inchies and some, like this inchie frame, use no

November???
I wonder if this is how Ripp Van Winkle felt when he woke from his LONG nap... disbelieving of all the time that had passed him by.  I can NOT believe it is November; I mean, just yesterday it was June and I was headed to Green Bay for my class reunion!  At this rate, it will be summer again in the blink of an eye!  All of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season will be done and over with without me getting a chance to enjoy it! Is every one's merry-go-round of life spinning as quickly as mine? 

Life is Full of Surprises - Big News!
Well... life is good.  If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know that we move a lot.  We started out years ago and have lived in Green Bay, WI; Waverly, IA; Waterloo, IA; Kansas City, MO; Green Bay, WI (again - three different locations); Longview, WA; and Muskogee, OK.  And now... we are headed to Atlanta, GA!  I couldn't be happier!  I'm so excited to be headed to the big city!   Nate was promoted and now has an office..