Paper Roses

Catching up....

Today I finally have a chance to catch up on things....And boy do I have things to do! :)  But don't we all!  lol.

I have to run to the post office this morning and send some swap items and some cards to an editor, then come back home and work on a quilt that I hope to have the top done by Saturday morning for our local Jo's group.  I need to start working on some custom orders and maybe finish up a couple of new projects for the next craft fair.  Seriously, if I didn't need to sleep, I'd get so much more done! 

Well I've been bad not posting some cards that I did based on Di's sketches...so here they are from the last month.

Supplies:
American Crafts paper

K & Co paper

Imaginisce rub ons

Boxer Scrapbook buttons

Karen Foster scrapper's floss

 

 

Supplies:

Flair paper

Basic Grey paper and chipboard

 

Supplies:

K & Co paper

Bo Bunny rub on

Boxer Scrapbook buttons
 

Have a great and creative day!  Thanks for stopping by!

November Announcements

Good morning all!  I have a few announcements this morning, but first I wanted to share with you something published.  This year I finally broke down the Creating Keepsakes barrier....having a layout published in the June 2009 issue and now I have my second layout published in this idea book: 

Now for some announcements:

1. I know I said last week I would be putting some items into the Etsy shop....Well the shop is filled up with some items!  Just remember that on the 14th I have another craft fair to go to and will be closing up the shop for that weekend. 

2. If you are needing something special for someone that is not listed in the Etsy shop, please contact me.  I do custom work as well.  Over the last craft fair I got orders for 2 home decor projects and 5 scrapbook albums. With Christmas right around the corner, get those orders in soon to be done in time for the holidays.  Just email me at Queenrose400@sbcglobal.net.

3. And my last announcement for today:  As you know I have been quilting a lot more lately and have been using that as my creative hobby...well I am now the Co-Chairman of the 2010 Tracy Quilt Show.  I have my work cut out for me over the next 6 months.  It will be the first weekend of May and I'm really excited and honored to be co-chairing this project!

I must get the boys ready for school....today is another field trip, this time for lil' Andrew.  We are walking down to the fire station today! 

Thanks for stopping by!
 
 

Halloween pumpkin

My last month with being on the Say It With Letters design team was September and my assigned project was this pumpkin.  I really enjoyed my 2 years of serving on their team!  Deb was fantastic to work for!  I have purchased some other pieces from her, so every now and then you will see more projects from me using her products! ;)

As for my pumpkin I wanted to do something Halloween.  I have lots of fall pumpkins around the house for decor, but not much Halloween.  The newest Halloween papers from Pink Paislee were used for this project, along with some glitter from them too! :)

The craft fair this last weekend went well.  I do have lots of stuff leftover to put into the Etsy shop, so later today and tomorrow I will be putting things in there.  I will be doing another Holiday fair on November 14th.  I will send out a reminder to those local. :)

I best get ready this morning for it's volunteer day at the school! 

Thanks for stopping by and do something creative today!

 

ghost Halloween quilt

Just a quick post today....or should I say a drive by post! :)  Finishing up lots and lots of projects, craft related and house related.  There's a craft fair this weekend that I will have a booth at with some other ladies.  I'm hoping to sell quite a bit to put towards our Disneyland trip next year. 

Here is just a sampling of what I will have there:

Whatever does not sell at the fair I do plan on putting up on my Etsy shop.  I will just make sure I post more about it here.  :)

And now here's my latest quilt project for Halloween.  I started working on it last year and finished putting the binding on it last week.  I bought the kit at my local quilt store and decided to add the ghost applique pieces to it, to make it more personalized. :)

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Chrys
 
 

International Quilt show (Photo heavy!)

Are you ready for some amazing, I mean AMAZING pictures of just a handful of quilts I took yesterday at the International quilt show in Santa Clara???!!!!!  I brought my great aunt with me and we spent about 5 hours there!  So much to see and buy!  (and yes I did buy some stuff...but I'll save that for another post) Today I just wanted to share with you some of my favorite quilts!

  

 
 

 

 

 

 
Do you see the frog??? ;)

 




 
This one is adorable! ;)  I'm going to look for the pattern for this Christmas sampler!

 
I did buy this Christmas pattern...I thought it would be perfect for my Americana bathroom during the holidays. ;)

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
This one was an Ireland quilt.

This one was fantastic with the faces stitched in there.

This one was from Germany.

This was from Japan.  Each blossom was stitched on.

 
 
 
 This one was from Japan too. Each square was tiny tiny tiny!  About a 1/4" square.

So that does it for my pictures.  There were hundreds of other quilts and fashion wear, but these are what stood out for me.  Hope you enjoyed the wonderful eye candy and are inspired to quilt!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!
 

Alden lane quilt show

So a couple of weekends ago was the wonderful quilt show at Alden Lane nursery in Livermore, Ca.  I went with my grandma and my great aunt to it.  All of the quilts are hung up on ropes throughout the nursery among the very old and beautiful oak trees.  It's so wonderful walking through there, not only are you inspired to quilt but the variety of plants makes you want to garden too! Here are some pics I took of the quilts I liked.

Next weekend on the 17th I am going to the Pacific International quilt show in Santa Clara.  Really excited to go to that one.  My great Aunt and I will be going for the day. I will be posting pictures of that that afterwards! :) 

So, now are you inspired to quilt??? :) :) :)

Thanks for stopping by!
 

  
 
 

Mickey Round Robin quilt center

Good monday morning all!!!!

It's October and though I have TONS on my plate to do this month, I am motivated to get going!  That even includes this ol' blog of mine! :)  A few months ago I searched around the world wide web to see if there were any quilting message boards, as there are hundreds of scrapbooking ones. And I came across one where they are so welcoming to quilters!  I quickly signed up for some swaps and have posted threads about some of my own quilting.  One particular swap is a round robin.   Like in scrapbooking we do a circle journal, where we pick a theme and create a book and send it around to a group of 6-8 and when it is returned to us we have a piece of everyone in this book as well as it being finished.   Well quilters have a similar thing, and that's a round robin.  You make up your center and then pass it around with your group and everyone puts on a border (there are size requirements for each pass).   So today I wanted to share with you my center block.

Next year is Mark's and my 10th anniversary! I can't believe we've been married almost that long already!  And we already have our hotel arranged for Disneyland (of course!) and the dates set up.  I wanted to do something that would celebrate us in our 10th year.  The quilt top will come back to me by August/Sept of next year.

And then here is a quilt label for everyone to sign (my Great Aunt made this for me on her embroidery machine).

 

Have a magical day!  Thanks for stopping by! 
 

Yup, I'm still here...

So yeah...I wasn't on taking a break from blogging.  I just got busy sewing and quilting and staying off the computer.   Earlier this month my "hang out" spot (CMK message board) closed up and everyone has scattered off into the depths of the internet.  There's a couple of other scrapbook message boards that I sometimes visit, but their not very user friendly.  Besides, I've really enjoyed being off the computer.  You should see all the projects I've been able to start and finish up lately because of this!  I'm going to try my best to update my blog more.  For the Boxer DT blog I posted things in advance, so I'm thinking that's what I will do for this blog.  It won't be a new post everyday, but maybe 1 or 2 times a week.  That I should be able to handle. :)

Health wise I am doing good! :)  The scar is healing really well.  I still need to take some pics, maybe I'll have Mark do that when he gets home tonight.  I've been hitting the gym again.  I tried a spinning class 2 weeks ago....NEVER again!!!!  I was in severe pain for 4 days where I could barely walk! lol!!!  So it's back to the treadmill and free weights, and hopefully this Wednesday I can go to yoga.

I'm going to close this post here, but I will share a couple of things. A card I recently made using Unity Stamps.  Aren't those birds adorable! :)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Chrys

Got my copy...

Yesterday I received my copy of the new Holiday magazine from Paper Crafts.  Wow, there's some fantastic ideas in there!  I have a card and a gift box in there.  With Christmas seriously right around the corner this is a must have to be ready with your Christmas cards and gift projects!

 

Here's one of my projects inside....

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Chrys

It's monday....

Today Mark went back to work at his office, last week he was able to work from home to help me since I couldn't drive the kids to school.  Now, I'm officially supermom again.  Though I'm taking at least this week, if not next week still off from work.  We'll see....it depends on how I feel comfortable driving on the freeway again. 

I'm doing ok, I took off the tape last thursday, the glue was giving me a rash.  The incision is healing really well!  I picked up a really cute pink plaid scarf from  Aeropostale, and I ordered a couple of scarfs from Etsy this weekend too. 

Since I've been feeling better I've been able to get into my studio and create!  Wow, I've accomplished a lot. Some quilting, and scrapbooking.  I finished 11 layouts this weekend and 9 cards.  Pretty happy about that!  Though some of the items I was working on for publication deadlines.  That always drives me to get things done faster. 

Remember I told you a few months ago that Mark and I are going to go back to Disneyland next spring to celebrate our 10 year anniversary?  Well this weekend Mark booked our room at the Howard Johnson again.  I really wanted to stay at the CA grand hotel, it's so wonderful there, but money is a bit tight and we still need to buy a car within the next year or so, so we're saving ourselves at least $1200 by staying at a neighboring hotel.  It's a nice place, we stayed there in April for our trip.  And since we won't have the boys, it won't be too bad walking back and forth, since we won't have to go back to the hotel room to rest or play in the pool like we had to in April.  I'm just happy that we are going!  We're looking at a 4 night stay. 

Well I have a few things to do this morning before the boys get home from school.  Here's a bit of eye candy in the meantime. :)

 

Supplies:
Crate paper
October Afternoon paper
Pink Paislee paper
Collage Press die cut strip
Maya Road rub on and journal sheer card
Basic Grey rub ons
Deja Views rub on
Boxer Scrapbook brads

Thanks for stopping by!

Chrys