What a crazy NYE it has turned out to be so far in St. Louis! Who would have thought that we would have 65 degree weather with tornadoes at the end of December? Emily and I went out to West County Mall today, just getting some returns taken care of, minding our own, when all of sudden we notice there are mall cops...

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Ah, another week of winter break, the perfect time to explore my new "3 Birds on Parade" cartridge that I got for Christmas. I wanted this cartridge because I thought all the little birds were cute and it had whimsy, plus I thought I could make some cute bulletin boards at school. My friend, Ashley has a birthday tomorrow so I thought I...

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Merry Christmas all! Just wanted to wish everyone happiness today as they are with their families. Santa was very good to me this year...a new laptop was under the tree, as well as a few other goodies like new Dolce and Gabbana perfume, new tennis shoes, some DVDs, some comfy clothes and cute penguin slippers, the Zumba game for Wii, and some other...

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This evening I am attending a cocktail party at a girlfriend's house and thought it might be nice to bring her a hostess gift. I know...I feel so adult, long gone are the days of showing up with just a case of beer. And I am proud to say my idea was all my own! I bought an inexpensive bottle (under $10) and...

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I made it, card #10!  And this was the fastest one I have made yet. I sat down today and cut out one of the trees from Jolly Holiday at 4" and then used my Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder to add the swirls on the tree. While I don't actually have a Cuttlebug, I still achieve the same effect with a rolling pin...

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It has been below 30 degrees the past couple of nights and I had to break out the gloves and scarf this week so I felt some inspiration for a winter themed card. I cut these adorable mittens from my new Winter Woodland cartridge that has tons of winter and holiday shapes and word art. I cut the mittens at 3" and used...

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If you can't tell yet...I. Love. Glitter. Really, you can't go wrong with a little sparkle added to just about anything. So I give you two new cards using some beautiful DCWV Glitter paper, the first, a white poinsettia. How do you say "poinsettia"? I say "poin-sett-uh" but the website where I saw this glittery little number kept saying "poin-sett-ee-uh" and it bothered...

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