OOOH! LOOKIE!

Lookie what there is!! Tax money, here comes some new Shimmerz for me!

Check out the blog candy here:

http://shimmerzpaints.blogspot.com/2009/01/announcing-new-blingz.html

I LOVE these! And free is good, right? :)

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Christmas 2008

Christmas this year was fun. And seemed more meaninful than usual. My mother and father-in-law showered my kids with gifts that they loved, and my own parents, who usually don't buy material gifts for my kids also sent things. It was wonderful, and I felt really happy, which is unusual for me most of the time due to the stress of my responsibility.

It was just peace, even amidst the chaos of tearing off the wrapping paper from their gifts. The release of not having to manage the situation... the rememberances of Christmases of my youth. It just made me really happy.

It is so great to have inlaws I love so much, who treat me with respect.

ANYWAY... I digress... My husband's parents were over last night to play cards, and my FIL got on me because there weren't any pictures of the kids on my blog. SO, I need to correct that :) So I am going to add some pictures of Christmas, when the kids opened their gifts.

My apologies, I know one is sideways, and I couldn't figure out how to fix it... But do you see the joy on those faces? I sure love these little punks :)

Another addition to my altered guitar

OK, it wasn't quite done... so I had to finish it off. Thanks girls for the suggestions ;)

The fret board was actually done before, I just realized I'd neglected to take pics of it :)

Guitar Hero World Tour

So, we purchased this before Christmas, but we needed a second guitar for the "bass" player of the house... or to have guitar wars, or whatever...

So we bought a new guitar, it is black and white. But because it looked so naked, I had to alter it...

Here are the Christmas cards I did for our tech, Christina. I used the Cuttlebug Lace Tree embossing folder, and stickled the top and the snowflake in the center with Star Dust stickles, and the circles in Starry Night. I kinda like how they turned out.

I am still waiting for some supplies to play with some more Tim Holtz stuff, but may have to wait til after Christmas :)

But I am playing with some stuff similar to that too.. :)

Ode to Tim Holtz

So, in honor of the tag I CASEd, I made up a little song, to be sung to the tune of
"Carol of the Bells"

(you may need to turn off my player at the bottom of the page to get the full effect)

I copied Tim
I copied Tim
I'm fond of him
I'm fond of him
I spent some grocery money.
My husband thought it was unfunny,
but I made a gorgeous tag
but I made a gorgeous tag.
I copied Tim
I'm fond of him
The tag was fun
Now my song's done.

OK, I never promised it would be great.. :) But here is the tag. It's not the same because I didn't have the right stamps. AND it was my first time working with glossy cardstock, so it was difficult to not have the stamp slide around a little.

Anyway, here it is:

MORE merriment!

For crafters, anyway! A friend sent this link to our stamped yahoo group. LOVE it!

So if you didn't have a full plate for the holiday season already, here's some more fun stuff you can do! :)

http://laineysalteredego.typepad.com/

Happy Crafting!!