Well, it's almost that time! There are only four more days and it is back to school time!!! My daughter will be starting Grade 2 this year and is beyond excited to get back to school and see who is in her class this year. It makes life so much easier that she loves school, which she takes after me, not her father. LOL I am a supply teacher, so I am really looking forward to school starting back up as well. I regularly work between three different schools, so I am able to form positive relationships with the students. It will be so nice to see them and see how much they have changed and grown in the past two months.

My niece is having her birthday party today. She will actually turn 3 tomorrow, but the party is today at suppertime. I'm really looking forward to attending b/c I haven't seen her in months, which has been WAY too long. =(

This morning I got down to making her a card. It was the first time that I was able to use the new In-Colors and I must say that I really love them. =) For the card, I used a retired stamp set called "Button Bear". I have the bear holding 3 balloons, which represents her turning 3. I think it turned out pretty good. =)

I have been working on a lot of new embellished clips the past few weeks and I have just started to take pictures. I have had a lot of requests for birthday clips, so I was so happy when I came across these adorable cupcakes.

So....when I started this blog 3 years ago, I was going to use it only to showcase the crafty items that I make, although I would sneak in a few random posts about various things that were happening in my life. Then....I just completely disappeared from the blogging world. (My computer was seriously acting up and wouldn't allow me to post on here).


I have decided that my blog will become a craft and home blog. I will still post the items that I make to share with you all, but I will also post about various happenings that are occurring in our lives.

Today is going to be a beach day! We have been so busy the past two weeks that we haven't had a chance to go and I have missed it! Summer only lasts so long so we are definitely going to enjoy the sun today!!!

Over a year later and I'm putting in my next post. Sad I know! I was having a lot of computer issues was able to do the bare minimum on my computer and after putting up with it for a year now, I had enough. I splurged and got myself this:



I have had it for almost a week now and I am absolutely loving it!!! I never buy things for myself so this was hard for me to buy, but I am so happy that I did! =)

I am happy to say that I will now be able to start posting on my blog again! Yay!