Halloween Goodies

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by!  Although I started preparing myself for Halloween back in September, I didn't actually complete anything until a few days before!  I swear the last time I had checked, I still had at least a week to get everything done!  ANYWAYS, I made some really quick pouches for my kids classes (85 in all) - and of course, I forgot to get pictures of them before they were passed out!  Oh well.  I did remember to get pictures of a few other goodies I made for my kids teachers and some friends.

I made these for the teachers.  Found the template for them here.

Made a few of these for some GF's after seeing it here.

And what a great surprise it was when I saw Mama at our kids school and she stopped by to give me such an adorable "treat"!  I absolutely love it and all of the other mom's around me were admiring it as well! :-)

Isn't just adorable? There are 5 lollipops behind each of those pumpkins!  I love all the details you added to it Mama!  Thank you so much again!!

Oh, and here's the back!  My DD was so excited when she saw it because we bought her the 5 Little Pumpkins book a few weeks before Halloween and she had been reading it almost daily since then!  She has the words memorized!  So of course after she saw the back of Mama's RAK, she began reciting it all the way home from school! :-)  Oh, and when we got home, she asked me who gets the lollipops!  LOL!!

Well there you have it...Halloween has come and gone and now I'm bracing myself for Thanksgiving, Christmas and then a new year!  YIKES!  We're already starting week TWO of NOVEMBER!!!  Oh boy, I wish I were a kid again and I had the time to truly enjoy the holiday season and all of the joy that comes with it - WITHOUT stress!!  I'm trying to remind myself what makes the holiday season so special for me so that I can stay focused on my family and friends and let the rest of it fall into place accordingly! :-)  Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're taking time to enjoy the start of the holiday season!

BRAK from Mama

When this week started, I was definitely feeling the Monday blues.  With my DH away for work in Colorado, I have been juggling it all from morning to night (forgot to feed the fishes a few times and almost missed trash day since he usually takes care of that) - YIKES!  So it was such a nice surprise when Mama came by to chat and give me this wonderful BRAK while we waited for our kids to get out from school!  How sweet is she right?   Thank you Mama...I love my goodies and I am truly grateful for your friendship!!

Happy Mail

About a month ago I received some happy mail from my GF Brenda (sorry Bren for taking so long to post this!)  It was such a great surprise and I absolutely love the photo book that she made me.  I have already put it to use!!  Thank you again so much Brenda for always remembering and being so thoughtful!

Mother's Day RAK

After a long day, I came home to some happy mail! :-)  My GF Brenda sent me this awesome Mother's Day RAK filled with some chocolate goodness.  Yes, I had to stash it so that my kids wouldn't get it...it's mines all mines!  hehe!  Brenda is such a wonderful and thoughtful friend and I'm so grateful to have her in my life!  Thanks again Brenda!!

ETA: Not sure what happened.  I had this scheduled to post a while ago and only now realized it didn't.  So sorry Bren!

Easter RAKs

Here are some Easter RAK's I got from a couple of awesome sweet friends.

This adorable box was made by Mama! Thank you so much for thinking of me Mama...I love it!

And this adorable Easter basket is from Brenda! It's always such a treat when I receive happy mail like this!! Thank you so much Brenda...you are always so thoughtful!

I actually ended up seeing Brenda in the afternoon on Easter and she gave me these boxes for my son and daughter. Aren't they adorable? She said her daughters helped her make them that morning! Amazing...they are as talented as their mom! :-)

Look what was inside...ADORABLE Easter cupcakes!

Thank you again so very much Mama and Brenda for your thoughtfulness and especially for your friendship!

Valentine's Day RAK

Here is a most "luv"ly Valentine's Day RAK that I received from the super sweet Mama! Thank you so much for the goodies and for thinking of me!! The chocolate is long gone and I am very excited to start using the dyed seam binding!!! :-)

Late Christmas Post

These are a few Christmas goodies I received from some very sweet ladies! I can't believe I forgot to post these pictures...I'm so sorry ladies! I honestly and truly appreciate your thoughtfulness, kindness, generosity, and your friendship!!

From my incredibly talented GF, Brenda! LOVE the cute little bag (with her adorable punch art gingerbread man) and Hello Kitty cake stencils!! And I will definitely make use of the tags and flower brads! Thank you so much Brenda!!

And from the awesomely talented Mama!! I can't believe how much time she must of had to put into these adorable calendar sets...while expecting too!! I totally LUV it Mama...thank you so much!!!

For some reason I've been having a really hard time juggling all that is on my plate right now which is why I haven't been crafting or posting much lately! I am hoping to be able to start getting things in order soon so that I can start visiting everyone's blogs and crafting again! Thanks again ladies for your thinking of me during the holidays!! :-)

A Great Surprise

I came home to such a great surprise today! My GF Brenda sent me some happy mail for my birthday. I was so surprised! Look at the goodies she sent...unreal! I absolutely LOVE it all! I will definitely make use of everything! Thank you so much Brenda! You are just the sweetest person and I am so lucky to have you as my friend!

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Sweet Card

Just wanted to post this sweet thank you card that I received from my GF Michelle. I love shaker cards and she filled this one with glitter and hearts...so sweet!!

I hope you are all having a good day!

Easter Gift

Here is the awesome Easter gift that my GF Brenda gave me yesterday. She is truly the Punch Art Queen!! I absolutely love this matching bag and note cards and will probably end up not using them for anything because they're just too, too cute!! :-) Thanks Brenda for this wonderful gift and for your friendship!

Easter Bag

I knew I would be seeing my GF Brenda so I made her a little Easter bag and filled it with some goodies. It was the first time I inked up this TSRD stamp that I bought almost a year ago!! LOL...I almost forgot I had it!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all had a good Monday!

Gift from Brenda

Sorry it took me so long to post this!!! But look at all the goodies my GF Brenda (Sweet as a Gumdrop) gave me for Christmas!!! I just love EVERYTHING that Brenda creates! She is such a talented person!! She is such a talent that she and a few of her stamping pals have started a new site called Craft Project Central. If you are looking for some creative craft projects, you should go check them out...they are all so talented!

Thank you Brenda for my wonderful Christmas gift...I LOVE it!!!

Thank You from Brenda

I thought I had posted this but looking back on my posts, I realized I didn't (oops...sorry Brenda)!! Brenda sent me this thank you card using the stamp I gave her for her birthday. She even included a few cute stamps!! Isn't she just so sweet?!? Anyways, thank you Brenda for your thank you!! hehehe!! :-)

I hope you're all enjoying your day! Thank you for stopping by!

Halloween RAK from Brenda

Happy Halloween everyone!!! I received a great surprise in the mail this week...a RAK from my GF Brenda. Brenda is a crafting talent and I always love the things she makes for me. I was admiring the recipe book she posted on her blog a few weeks ago so I was definitely excited when I found that she had sent one to me. And the recipes that were included all sound YUMMY!!! I can't wait to start making them! :-)

I made this Waterfall card to thank her for her RAK. After seeing it posted on a few blogs I wanted to give it a try. I was able to put this together withing 45 minutes...hope it doesn't fall apart! hehehe!!
I hope she likes my card. Thank you so much Brenda for always thinking of me!

Surprise RAK

I recently ordered a few kits from Teri and was so excited when I found them waiting for me in the mail box when I got home last week. I quickly opened the envelope up and to my surprise I found an added bonus! Teri had included some goodies as a thank you for my order and for a little gift I made for her this summer. OMG...how sweet and GENEROUS is she?!?! I believe she drew the little girl on the card...I still say she should look into getting her sketches made into stamps! Thank you so much Teri!! I love everything!!

What a Great Surprise

I was having such a hectic and stressful day on Friday...until I checked the mail that is!!! I received this awesome Halloween RAK from Michelle! I love all of the little details she added to this gift set. The Crystal Effects added on Witch Emma's hat and on the monogram initial, and the the flower and bling on her hat just add that extra little something that makes this extra sweet!

OMG...what a surprise to find all of these goodies in that one little tin container! I was so excited to find the Witch Emma stamp under all of the other fabulous goodies!!

Thank you SO MUCH Michelle!! You are too, too sweet! Your thoughtfulness really turned my day around and I am truly grateful for our new friendship!

Another Tent Topper Thank You Card

I recently won Elena's Hello Kitty Ornament blog candy and received them a few days ago. They are too cute and seeing them IRL really showed me the amount of work that went into making each one! I absolutely love them and had to put them away up high so my daughter isn't able to get at them since as soon as I opened the (handmade) box that they came in, she tried to run off with all of them!! They will make the PERFECT addition to our Hello Kitty Christmas ornament collection that my daughter and I started a few years ago.

Here's the cute box the ornaments arrived in.

They fit perfectly in the box!

There were 3 of each of these in the box...each one was unique and perfect (so much work)! My daughter, loving our new ornaments

With all the work that Elena put into making each of these ornaments, I had to make sure I sent her a Thank You card right away.
Thank you again Elena!! They will cherished for many years to come! :-)

Birthday RAK's

I celebrated my birthday last week and received these birthday RAK's from a couple of very special ladies!

From Brenda

I LOVE this cute little cupcake bag!!! And I was going to buy this Hello Kitty Sizzix die but decided to wait...I'm glad I did! :-) Thank you so much Brenda!!!

From Michelle

This little purse is so cute!! My favorite color combo is pink and brown so I totally love this entire gift pack! And the Swiss Pixies stamp is my very first one! Thank you so much Michelle!!!!

Thank you so much for thinking of me Brenda & Michelle!! You gals truly made my birthday extra special!!

Thank You Gift for Enjoli

I recently won Enjoli's Superstar Anya blog candy. When I opened up the package, I was so happy to get my hands on one of Enjoli's great notebooks and a coordinating PTI Perfect Match Box which contained 2 spools of ribbon!! Enjoli also gave me a Superstar Anya stamp, some rhinestones, and a Hello Kitty pen! How very sweet and generous!!!So my thank you to her is a bit late...sorry Enjoli. I made her a Peek-a-Boo card using the Superstar Anya stamp she gave me. I was HEAVILY inspired by Jenn Muraoka's video tutorial. While I was on Jenn's blog, I also ran across a video tutorial for a box with a belly band. I thought I'd give it a try since I wanted to send Enjoli a few goodies and needed something to put them in. The size of the box was perfect to fit everything in.
Thank you again Enjoli for all the SWEET candy!!!!

An Adorable Bookmark

As you may have read in my other post, my mom-in-law is a crafter herself. She has been making bookmarks for her girlfriends who all love to read. A few weeks ago she came over and surprised me with a bookmark that she made especially for me! Isn't it so cute?? I LOVE Hello Kitty so I was so happy when she gave this to me! Thanks again Mom!!