Christmas Joy!

Hey there crafters! I hope you enjoyed your weekend! I had such a fun and relaxing weekend. I cropped all day my favorite Scrapbook Store with a friend of mine, and I was surprisingly productive!

Today, we put up our Christmas lights outside, and now the house is perfect. I am working on uploading the pictures of all the projects I worked at the crop and will share them throughout the week.

This Joy garland was created using the K&Co EverGreen Christmas paper, chipboard, and borders. The embellishments are pieces of gift wrapping decorations I picked up at Joann's and Michael's. Rhinestones, flowers, and charms are from the local scrapbook stores. The scallop circle was cut using the Sizzix BigShot Die Cut Machine (fingers crossed that Santa brings me one of my very own). The pieces are tied together with red and white bakers twine. The garland looks so cute tied up in my tree and leaning against my wooden box on the kitchen table, I haven't decided where it's home will be yet.

Enjoy your week, I am hoping to wake up to some snow, not usual in California, but they say there is a good chance we will see some overnight!

Happy Crafting!
-Megan

First Day of Christmas WINNER!!

Hey Crafters! Hope everyone is enjoying the start of December.

Thanks for posting, I am so glad you enjoyed Day 1!!!!

Our winner is.... #8....Jill W.!!!!

Congrats Jill! E-mail me with you address and I will send the ribbon out to you asap!

Mduarte1027@gmail.com

Happy Crafting!

- Megan

Come back Sunday for Day Two!!!

On the First Day of Christmas....

...my true love gave to me....

Ribbon...lots and lots of Ribbon!
(Keep reading to find out where the ribbon is...)

Happy Holidays! I love this time of the year. Everything is a little chaotic, but also so much fun and festive! Everywhere you go Christmas lights are sparkling and sounds of Christmas carols fill the air. I love sitting on my couch looking at my decorated tree...I don't even have the T.V. on I just stare at the tree...I'll post some pictures soon, I am still adding a few finishing touches.

Today I am Sharing a ribbon ornament...I covered a chipboard Christmas tree with rows of green ribbons and fibers. I also used a small piece of brown ribbon for the trunk. Embellished with mini red pearls (only $1 at Joann's)

For this next project I started by folding the red cardstock using the accordion fold tutorial I did a few months ago.

I layered the accordion with a glittered reindeer and a vintage music note banner. Merry Christmas rub-on is Making Memories. Ribbon tied on the end with gold bells hangs from the dowel.

.... Now it's time for the first day of Christmas giveaway!!!!

Today's giveaway is 20 feet of Holiday Ribbon!!!

oooh....aaaah....isn't it pretty?

You have three chances to enter to win these beautiful ribbons...some are distressed for a vintage look.

1st chance - Leave me a comment!

2nd chance - Tweet or write about this post(with a link) on a social network site like Twitter and post the message in another comment box!

3rd Chance - Follow my blog! (If you are already a follower, let me know)

Each entry needs to be in it's own comment box!

* leave your e-mail or make sure to come back and check to see if you won!

Winner will be drawn at 6pm Friday(or whenever I get home from work)

Happy Holidays,

Megan

Christmas is in the air...

The decorations are up, the tree's lit, the ornaments are hung....now all I need to do is craft!!

I wish!

A girl can dream right?

Starting Tuesday, December 1st, I will be featuring a 12 Days Of Christmas Special.

In the time before Christmas I will share 12(maybe even more) holiday crafts, product features, tutorials, and giveaways! Stay tuned, and check back daily for some Holiday Crafting Goodness!

Happy Crafting,

Megan

A Weekend of Firsts....

Happy Belated Thanksgiving Everyone!

I hope that you found time to relax and enjoy all the things you are thankful for this weekend. I had a wonderful weekend with my husband and the rest of our family. My parents and sisters drove up from L.A.

We ate, shopped, ate, played games, ate, crafted, ate...you know your typical Thanksgiving weekend.

I have been hosting Thanksgiving at my house for the last three years and this year I made my FIRST Apple Pie. I found an Apple Crumb Pie recipe on Allrecipies.com and it turned out great! I was so worried I would mess it up, but it was so yummy!!! I did buy a premade crust, but I did make the topping myself.

After a fun day of Black Friday shopping, we came home to relax. I just went to window shop, the Holidays sure did sneak up on me. I need to get my shopping list in order.

I have been wanting to learn to sew for years, and just have never made the time. Well, this weekend my mom brought up a pattern and materials and taught me how to use the sewing machine she gave me about two years ago. I made my FIRST sewed ornament. We made some really cute Angel Ornaments. The ornament pattern comes from The Olde Country Cupboard, and comes from the Primitive Doll Collection.

We were in a little bit of a rush so we could finish them before she left and

we tea stained the dolls before the paint dried. OOOPS!

The paint smeared and as Bella, my niece, says my Angel looks like she had to many green beans at Thanksgiving...Oh well, lesson learned: Let the paint dry before you tea stain!!!!

At least I learned to use a sewing machine!

I had so much fun spending creative time with my mom. Bella joined in and made all sorts of creations from my box of extra supplies.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Crafting,

Megan

Wedding Events Album (Custom Order)

So, I finally finished the custom album I have been working on for the past month. A friend of mine asked me to make a "Wedding Events" scrapbook for her best friend. All I was told was the eight layouts she wanted and that the wedding colors were "Tiffany Blue" and " Chocolate Brown". I am really happy with how all of the pages turned out, and was up until Midnight last night finishing them. It's a lot of pressure when you are creating for a crafter. So here is what I came up with, the photos are terrible because I had to take them in a hurry this morning before I saw my friend at work.

with love,

Megan

With Love is now on Ebay

With Love and Affection can now be found on Ebay!!!

I have got a few new ideas brewing right now and I thought Ebay would be a great place to try them out. I have listed a few journals and cards for now, but look for monthly paper craft kits coming soon....

My user id is: withlove1027

Happy Crafting!

With Love,

Megan