cheap things at Michael's

So last week I found the big wood clothespins and blanked after I painted it...so I tried stamping and embossing it and since I have only a few colors of embossing powders I went with red. I think it looks pretty cool! Glad I tried it!

cuttlebug

So, I was going to sell my sizzix and get the new Cuttlebug...until someone from SCS told me NO, that I could use the embossing folders in the sizzix. So I took it off ebay and viola! It really works great...not to mention they are cheap and you can also use a rolling pin! Here's a card I did with the big folder...



This was also using my new SAB sets (thanks to my MIL) "very punny"...I think this set is awesome...so many ways to use it. On another note, my girlfriend Toni and I have a craft fair to do March 17th...gotta get busy making stuff!

Success!

FINALLY found the mini mailboxes I have been searching for! Now to figure out what to do with them! As soon as i think of something I will post....

paper purses

Ok, I have taken on what i consider my first real crafting job (since it is for no one I know personally). She called me last week and said she met me in September at a craft fair I did. She needed 50 favors for a bridal shower by Jan 14th! Yikes. She wanted the paper purses, so I breathed a sigh of relief. i have made so many for the fair I had the groove of making them down to a "T". Here's what I came up with:


She gave me a deposit, so I am pretty sure I won't get stuck. So now I gotta get busy, only a few days left!

Gia's sing a long at school

Gia had a sing a long at school and all the parents and family came. My in-laws came with me. She calls my father in law "Gorgeous POP" because he alwasy calls her gorgeous (better than my dad who is "PUNK POP"...that's what you get for calling her "Punky"). So all the kids are merrily singing Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, jingle all the way.....but Gia Milazzo is singing.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................wait for it ........................................................................
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Life is a Highway, I wanna ride it Allllll niiight looooong!

Miss Lisa says, "Gia we are singing Jingle Bells now, save Disney for later"
Gia says, "But Miss Lisa, I gotta sing it..."

Maybe I should hide the movie for a while.......

new challenges

Here are some cards I made for some Sweetheart challenges at SCS.....






I caught up to the projects I HAD to finish for Chirstmas so I have been hanging out in the VSN chat rooms. Other than that, yesterday Chris pulled the Christmas tree onto himself and Gia...yes it was all over the place. It sucks to have to confine him to the den but if I don't he will single handedly destroy the entire house. He will be 2 in a few months, hopefully he'll start to get better with this destruction phase. Gia is obsessed with hanukkah and keeps asking me to make her Latkes ( she says Lat-Keys) because they had them in school. Have to call up Wendy and Beth for help with that one. As usual, I start typing and someone starts demanding something (Chris wants his book and COLOURS!)...adios!