Sausalito, California

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Spring is near!

This is just a quick post to finish up my birthday cards for March. A little bumble bee with some cute flowers for a birthday card! How appropriate for a friend's birthday just after the first day of spring. The little bee is from Sizzix. I have had this Sizzix die for a while and wanted to use it again. It is adorable! Happy Birthday Julia! Also wanted to show this project that I made with everything from the Dollar Tree Store except the vinyl words and the candlesticks. I have decided to keep it for myself because I LOVE the way this came out. The idea came from Pinterest!

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Easter Bunny Centerpiece

I thought I needed an Easter centerpiece for the table this year. I made this cute little fabric bunny. The pattern I used was on Pinterest and was so easy to do. The eggs are wooden which are painted and then decorated with lace and flowers. I had a cute little bunny and just added it to the centerpiece. I'm really happy the way it came out! For some reason I am still working on some Christmas items. They happen to be Christmas trees. The first one was a challenge from a friend to see if I could copy it. This first picture is the picture she sent me...
This is the one that I did. I used IOD moulds that I have and it came out pretty good. My Christmas tree Wall art!
This second Christmas tree are 2 inch wooden blocks. They are painted and glued together. Added some decoration and words from my Cricut machine. This was an easy and fun project to do!

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Happy Leap Day 2024

I am taking advantage of an extra day in the year to get ready for our annual St Patrick's Day celebration. I have started with this tiered decoration for the centerpiece on our table. I made the "eat drink and be irish" sign and the little pocketbook. Happy how it all came together. I still have the favors to make and a banner for the festivities not to mention a boiled dinner! Glad that I have done a jump-start on the dinner party. The other night I was up a little early and got a picture of the full moon. It lighted up our backyard! Happy Leap Day!

Sunday, February 25, 2024

March is coming!

I have been having so much fun making these Triple Floating Cards! The tutorial that I have been watching is from "Iced Images" and she does a great job explaining. The above card is made for a dear friend who has a birthday March 1st and will be in the mail tomorrow. The paper collection is from Graphic 45's Bloom, so beautiful! Happy Birthday Eileen!
This upright Z fold card is a milestone birthday card for my brother in law! Had to have the 60 pop on the card and I think it does in red! Again I used Graphic 45's Couture collection but I used more masculine colors.
Stampin up's stamp set was perfect for my friend's birthday card. I think this style card is a swing card. I definitely will be making more of these style cards.Happy Birthday Lynne! Lastly, I have been working on some oars and finally I finished them last week. I had to add anchors on both oars. I love this little corner in our family room with the framed lighthouse picture on the right (hard to see) and then on the left the compass. Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

More February Cards

Here is another book style card that I made for my niece and her fiance's new home! I used Graphic 45's Artisan Style paper collection. Here are pictures of the inside of the card.
One of the pages has a little pocket for a gift card but in our case we gave them some cash so they can do with it what they need the most. Setting up a home for the first time, you just need everything!
And I did it again for a birthday card only with a gift card for a dear friend who was leaving for Disney in Florida. But this time I made the card vertical instead of horizontal. Graphic 45's Love Notes paper collection is so beautiful, I had to use it.
This is a birthday card for a 8 year old who can really appreciate flowers and bugs! By bugs I mean butterflies! I had to add some bling because, of course, she is a girly girl who loves bling! Happy Birthday Emily!

Monday, February 19, 2024

Valentine Centerpiece & Birthdays

We had some friends over for dinner and I wanted to make a centerpiece for the table. I used a container that I had from a gift and painted it red and white. It needed a couple of coats of paint for both the red and white colors. The felt hearts around the rim of the container I made myself with felt and a heart steel die from sizzix. The heart shapes were from the dollar store and I decoupaged them with music sheets I had. Then I just decorated them and put them on a stick. Loved the way it came out. Here is a closer look...
My Valentine card to my husband is a book style card from Mixed up crafts. It was pretty easy just cut, score and then glue!
Graphic 45 Love notes is the paper collection that I used for this card. Happy Valentine's Day. One last birthday card I made for a friend's birthday that was just before Valentine's Day and as you can see he is a golfer!
This is an upright Z fold or double easel card. I used a stamp set from Stampin up for the golfer, ball and clubs. Then I used some dies and punches for the different shapes. Happy Birthday Tom!

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Milestone Birthday!

My husband had a milestone birthday, 70 years old last week! We hosted a small birthday celebration for him. I made this centerpiece with the help of the Dollar Tree and Michael's. Love these pictures of him when he was a young guy! I also made the favors for the table with the theme of beer.
It was a fun evening with friends who love to celebrate just about anything. Here are a few more pictures of the fun night! Happy Birthday to the love of my life!