Saturday, January 23, 2010

Garage Sales.....

There was an ad for a garage sale that was selling scrapbooking stuff on a local website... www.biloxigaragesales.com. I am a garage sale junkie!! I love to go to garage sales and I love to give garage sales. I am a bargain hunter. Anyway, I go to this garage sale with great anticipation of seeing what kind of scrapbooking stuff I was going to score today. I looked around for a moment and found only a few packs of embellishments. I was a little disapointed because I was sure I would find the ultimate bagain. I was going to ask the person if they had anymore scrapbooking stuff when I spotted a box sitting on the porch with electronics in it. I looked down in the box and this is what I found....



It is a Canon Digital Rebel EOS 300D Camera kit. It has the lens, battery, and battery charger. When I got it home John checked it to see how many pictures had been taken with it. Only 1119 pictures. I have a Canon 20D that I got in 2005. It has had over 8000 pictures taken with it. This camera is older than my 20D so that means they hardly used it!! You will not believe how much I paid for it!! This camera sells for $300-$399 new. I paid a whopping $65 for it at this garage sale!!! I was a little worried that something would be wrong with it but we tried it and it takes beautiful pictures. I love bargains!!!

Then...

I went to another garage sale and found this awesome magazine rack for my craft room. I got it for $5. It looks like the jetmax cubes I have in my craft room so it matches perfectly. Michaels has some magazine holders but they are about $30 and even with a coupon I couldn't get them for no less than about $15 so this was a bargain at $5 and is perfect for holding the few craft magazines that I have.



I am still trying to get my craft room complete. Eventually, I will finish it and post some pictures.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Monday, January 4, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hi, everyone. Can you believe it is 2010 already?!?! Last year was a very busy year for me. I did not update my blog as much as I would have liked to, so, this year I am going to try to update it more often. I feel like I am still new at this blogging thing so please be patient with me. I will try to not be as boring this year. I will start by updating you on some things I didn't get to add before the end of the year....

Alexis went to Disney World for the first time in November to celebrate her 3rd birthday. She loved it. Everyday was her birthday or at least that is what she thought. She would tell them everyday, "It's my birthday." On her actual birthday, November 28th, she went to Bibbity Bobbity Boutique for a princess make-over. I was very surprised when she allowed them to fix her hair. I don't have all my pictures uploaded on this computer yet so I will have to update later with a better picture. In the meantime, here is a picture of her after they were finished. She seemed to be in a very serious mood by then.




She had so much fun that she didn't want to leave. She still talks about it. I hope to start on her scrapbook soon and will add pictures as I go. I hope to get some inspiration to get it done soon. So, keep checking for updates!!


I didn't get to do a lot of Christmas cards because of working extra hours and taking the trip to Disney World. This is what I did get to do for my fellow employees. I got the idea from someone on the Cricut message board. I don't remember her name but if you see this, thank you for such a great idea. I got the cut file from wvcrafty on the Cricut message board. Thank you wvcrafty for sharing your cut file. It is a cocoa mug with a pack of cocoa, a chocolate covered spoon and a chocolate covered candy stick. This is a great idea for a quick Christmas card/gift for co-workers. Everyone loved them.



Here are some gifts I made for Olivia's and Alexis' teachers for Christmas. This was another wonderful idea from someone on the Cricut message board. I am so sorry I can't remember the name of the creator of this project. I will try to get better with writing the person's name down so I can give credit where credit is due. This is some post it note holders made from acrylic picture frames, scrapbook paper, post it notes, and mini gel pens. They are very simple to make and great gifts that can be made very quickly.



This one was made with a longer frame so I put the teacher's name on it....



Not sure if you can see the name...



Here is one I made for Olivia's teacher. The same concept but made with a tv guard. It is an acrylic piece that goes in front of the tv or vcr to keep a toddler from pressing buttons or putting something in the vcr. I made this on like a name plaque for her desk/note pad holder.





Hopefully, these pictures are clear enough for you to see them. I had fun making them and they were both excited about giving them to their teachers. Now, I have to think of something for valentine's day....
 

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