Feather Fiesta Days

Saturday was an amazingly fun (albeit HOT day) for us here. It was our small town's heritage celebration called "Feather Fiesta Days" that takes place every May. I had the pleasure of hanging out and spending the day at a craft fair for the locals with Megan (from Megan's Makings). Here is a peek at our home for the day. Her booth was awesome and it was so great to hear the positive feedback and how much the people out there really love handmade cards! This was my first craft fair experience and I really look forward to the next one!

A Quick Note---

The evil word verification is off... I could have sworn that was the first setting I changed, but I guess not!! Anyway, sorry about that... comment away!

OLW87--Think Outside the Box

Yesterday, I found a fun challenge for One Layer Wednesday that was totally outside of my normal crafting box. Its very rare for me to do something so simple.. and for this challenge it had to be a shaped card. Nothing square or rectangle was allowed. It also had to be a single layer (one piece of paper folded in half, or for this challenge due to the shape, two pieces glued together to make the card). My inspiration came from one of my favorite stamps made by Raisin Boat called "Undies in a Bunch".

 

And the finished product.... 

 

Paper Used: "Honey Cake" by My Minds Eye
Sentiment: "Undies in a Bunch" by Raisin Boat
Ink: Basic Black by SU
Others: Ribbon and faux pearls by Recollections, border punch by Fiskars

Introductions

Well, hello there ;)

My name is Laura and I love to craft. Seriously.. I LOVE IT. Whether I'm paper crafting, sewing, or crafting in the kitchen, its a part of who I am and what makes me, ME!

I first fell in love with scrapbooking about fifteen years ago, when I was in high school, and I've scrapped off and on since then-- but recently I fell in love with stamps! I'd always been super intimidated by stamping for some reason... but a few months ago my awesome friend.. who, to me, is a stamping Genius--gave me a formal introduction to the joys of stamps when she hosted a card making night. I was had. Hook. Line. Sinker. My  first major card making endeavor was participating in the Virtual Stamp Night that was held recently at Split Coast Stampers. (You can link from this blog to my gallery there and see what resulted from that!)

Ive been gradually building/expanding my crafting stockpile to include stamps...I am in love with this new direction! It is a nice change-up from the paper crafting and sewing projects that used to occupy my time. Making and designing cards is so addictive and fun... and I love being able to send some hand-made love in the mail to those who need it--and those who don't but, get it "just because" ;)

 I've blogged for years as a way of keeping in touch with family and friends... but I can't believe I never started a craft blog before now!! I love sharing my creations... things that inspire me.. and this is the perfect outlet!

Let's get started!