Hello ladies and gents!! I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I have been crazy busy doing fundraisers for one of my girls going to Europe this coming summer, and getting ready for the bazaar season (that started this weekend!)

In today’s hop, there are more than 50 participants, so you should be getting a LOT of inspriation! You should have come from Vicki’s Blog

Here is the beautiful artwork created by corporate

Isn’t it beautiful? I can think of so many things to make with this stamp set! Unfortunately, with all of the other stuff that I have had going, I didn’t get a chance to sneak in play time with this set. I can’t wait to see what you make with it though!

Next, you will hop on over to Susan’s blog.

Have a crafty day!
~Michelle

Audrey was invited to a friend’s birthday party, and he LOVES Pokemon. (you should have seen his invite, it was pretty awesome!) So, we went off in search of some Pokemon to get for him.

There’s a new little shop near us, that is family owned, and they carry all sorts of game stuffs, mostly the card games, Pokemon, Magic, etc.. We weren’t sure which item might be good, so their boys came over and gave opinions on which pack would be best, and why they would be best. Audrey chose which one she would like to get, and we got a legendary pack as well.

We had talked about how we could package it before we got to looking, because I knew that they came in packs much like the baseball and football cards do. Well, what we got was in a box, so we could just wrap it, or we could do something fun. So, we went with the something fun.

I had seen a mini album much like this, and revamped it just a bit. Added a cardboard cover for it, and we had a hit!

Since it was a present from Audrey, I had her cut out the Pokemon from the box so that we could use it to decorate the front of the cover. Instead of making the ribbon be tied at the side, we went with a magnet, so that he wouldn’t have to tie and untie the book over and over again.

We used some retired Victory paper from CTMH, as well as some Brown and White Grograin ribbon (which will be retiring soon).

I didn’t get to see him open the present, but she said that he thought it was pretty cool! (Yaay!) Oh, and incase you were wondering, that little book held 60 individual cards and 2 packs of 10 cards, so you can get quite a bit in there!

I hope you have a great and crafty weekend!

Hey everyone! I’m being featured over at Practical Scrappers with this fun Advent calendar. This is a workshop that I am teaching at The Office (and long distance). It was so fun to put together! Let’s take a look!

The full calendar is fairly long, but oh so pretty hanging on your wall!

I’ve used the new paper packet, Sparkle & Shine, from Close to my Heart’s Holiday Gift Guide to pretty up this advent calendar.

I’ve used doodads and thing a ma jigs to add some dazzling sparkle to this fun calendar. {That’s Bitty sparkles, Sparkles, Red Glitter Tape, Slate Polka Dot Satin Ribbon, red & white bakers twine}

There are 30 pre-printed sayings included with this workshop. That gives you the opportunity to use the ones that you would use, and have a bit of flexibility.

With the ribbon, twine, and glitter tape, there are many different textures on this advent calendar! So much fun to look at, and count down with!

I will be holding this workshop at The Office on Friday, November 22nd at 7pm. Registration for this workshop is due by 11/18 so that I can make sure that I have the kits ready for the workshop.