A Contest!

Hey Everyone! Who's in the mood for a contest? You have to go over and check out Say It With Letter's new summer contest and their new ice cream cone shape. It's just the cutest! They also have a cupcake and other fun shapes, including this new banner set. Here's one I designed for a dear friend's baby's room. It was so easy and fun to do.


They also sell kits. These are some cards I made using a Say It With Letters card kit.


I've been in the card mood lately and I have stacks of them! Here's a few others I made this week with some new kit papers.


Am I the only crazy one out there that makes piles of cards? I'm running out of people to send them to! Are you a card creator? Let me know! I'd love to see what you create!

New Cards Available for Sale at Tenney Farm!

Today I put a small sampling of my handmade cards for sale over at Tenney Farm. If you're in Antrim, NH, and you need a heartfelt, inexpensive way to make someone smile, stop by and pick one up! They're right on Rt. 202 near the Bennington line. And as you can see in my picture - it's strawberry time! Fresh juicy strawberries can be found there as well as my favorite - beautiful flowers.


Off to see my Daddy this weekend - hope you all have a wonderful Father's Day with those you love!

New Projects

What a wonderful Memorial Weekend we had here. Hope all of you did too! It was so relaxing to just be home in our own backyard - cooking on the barbeque, swimming in the kiddie pool and seeing friends. The parade always goes right by our house so we never miss it! The kids cover their ears when the soldiers fire their guns.
The flower cone above was inspired by Teresa McFayden's that she made on her blog, My Minutia. Hers is much nicer, but I loved this project - it's so cheery by my door and only took me ten minutes to make - seriously!

And this page my daughter helped me make today. I have so many wonderful spring pictures and not enough time to scrap them all!

The best Mother's Day present

Look what I got this year from my wonderful husband! It's a digital picture frame! Is this cool or what? All I have to do is pop a memory card into the side and turn it on, and it displays a slideshow of pictures. It even plays music and movies! (Haven't done that yet, though.) The nicest thing about it is that it sits up on top of my desk with only one wire going down the back and you don't need a computer. It even has a remote. I feel too cool for school with this baby on my desk! Thanks, T! You're the best! He even got me flowers too.

Here's some pics of recent projects I've done. I have so many but will only post a few here. The weather has been so beautiful all of a sudden. I can't stop snapping pictures of the kids, the garden, the yard, etc. I love spring!



And here's a card I made today - I had fun at the CK Convention today and used my new supplies. It's for my good friend who I know won't see it posted here because she's much too busy taking care of her new babies... but I miss you!

Layouts and a Giveaway!

Hey everyone, happy Saturday! Here, it's cold and wet. Not at all like May should be. But I'm sure it will improve in time. We've had a busy week and I'm only now finding time to slow down and smell the flowers, even though they're soggy! Here's some layouts I did recently that I actually liked the end result.


And I don't know if I ever posted a picture of these here before, but they are some letters from Say It With Letters that I decorated. I absolutely love the mixed-up typefaces and the the size of these letters. You should go over and check out the Say It With Letters blog because they're having a giveaway this weekend for National Scrapbooking Day! You might win something sweet and you can also check out all the new shapes and kits! Tell them I sent you - have a great week everyone!

Spring is finally here!

So, I haven't been around much lately. The weather has finally warmed up, which takes me outside more - chasing around the kids. I love it - we just got a lot of rain these past two days and now all the yards are green. This is a happy time of the year for me. I love all the colors and just being able to get outside and plant and play.
Here's some flowers I did with my kids for my mother. They're a bit hokey, but I still like them with the kids' faces and the glitter. I think she and my Dad liked the jellybeans the best! :)

Sweet Babies

I just had to share this layout I did last night - my bestest friend just had twin babies this week - a boy and a girl! She has had a rough time of it, including being on bedrest for months and feeling super tired. I can't even imagine what it must have been like - but look at how beautiful they are! Every time I see this picture I feel happy and at peace. I am so excited for her and her new little family.

And here's another good friend of mine who just had a baby. Look at that little sweetie! She's the best baby - never makes a peep and smiles all the time. I am so happy for both of these girls and their darling children. :)

And here's something I received a few weeks ago from a good friend - all I had to do to win it was answer a few questions on Jeannene's blog! Love Conquers All Isn't what she sent me beautiful? I love it - thank you Jeannene! You all should go over and check out her blog - it's like taking a European vacation. She's the nicest person and very creative.
Hope all of you are enjoying the warmer weather. I know I am!

Could it be ... Spring?

So, we're having a heat wave here today - 43 degrees! But it's something. When you go outside, you can hear the birds singing and the snow is melting slowly on the front lawn. I can see grass! Oh my. Still it's not enough to melt the 8 foot high snow banks in the back yard. And another storm is expected for us on Friday. Ah well, I'll take today. Here's some cards I did recently and thought I would post. I love making cards and I love sending them! Ooh - I just noticed that every one of them has a heart on it! Ha.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone today! It's also my father's birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD! I am very close to my parents - I am lucky to have the very best parents around.
Growing up my sister, brother and I used to make him green cakes every year, until we got old enough to know that maybe he was sick of the green! I hope you have a great day, Dad. I love you! XOXOXOX

Feeling sorry for myself

Well, I haven't posted in a while because I've been so darn sick. It's taken all the energy out of me and left me bored and lifeless. Plus it's raining and cold here today and I'm sick of winter. When will spring ever arrive??? Okay - enough whining! The best thing that happened this week was that my son finally came home after being away all week in Florida, - he had a great time but is happy to be home and we're happy to have him back. :)

And then I got the cutest little birdie in the mail from Jeanne over at Collage Art Studio. Here's a picture of the one she sent to me in a teacup (adorable!) and the one I sent her in return. Go check out her blog for more fabulousness. Plus she's a sweetheart.


Here's a few cards I did before I got deathly ill! Today I go pick up more amoxicillian! Hooray! Hope everyone else is having a better week than me!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hey Everyone - Happy Valentine's Day! I was going to post yesterday but we had an ice storm and lost power and phone service all day long. We all spent a very long day inside with a fire going in the stove. The kids were so thankful when the power came back on and their wonderful tv and PS3 was able to be turned back on! :)
This morning the school buses got stuck going up our icy hill and they all had to let the kids off near my house to walk up. Many mothers had to park their cars at the base of the hill and wait for the bus to back down and move. Ah - spring - where are you??
Here are some tags I've done recently for two tag swaps. The first is for "Close to My Heart" and the second through Heather at Speckled Egg. She hosts the best swaps! What have all of you been up to?

I have a crafting problem...

Hi, I'm Laurie and I like to make things. Here's some cards I made this week using swap materials from my crafty sister. Thank you, Lisa!




I also like to paint things - things most people probably wouldn't paint. Oh well... I think I'm making the world a prettier place. Here's the yard sale cosmetic case my daughter and I painted. Cute, eh? Now it matches my melon-green studio accents. Kind of a kooky color - but I like it!

I have more things to post but Blogger won't allow me, so I'll save it for another day. Off to make more! :)

A New Beginning

So - can you believe the holidays are over? They seemed to fly by without much pomp and circumstance - just a lot of hectic rushing around on my part. I am sad Christmas is done, but I am enjoying the slower pace and getting myself re-organized again. I took down the tree today which took quite a while. All those pine needles to vacuum!

Here's something I did before Christmas. It's a little altered house shape from Say It With Letters. I am really getting into collage these days. I'm not that great at it, but I enjoy the process.

And these are a set of Matryoshka/Russian nesting dolls that are new shapes for Say It With Letters that I got to design! Aren't they cute? I love that there's so many of them. I had fun decorating them.


Another thing I have been doing a lot of over the Christmas break was crotcheting and knitting. I have never done it before except when I was very young and my Mom taught me. Now, with the help of the internet - it's all coming back to me! My husband brought me home a huge bag of beautiful yarn and I went and got a few more skeins today - aren't the colors inspiring? So far I have made three hats, two scarves and am currently working on a new scarf which is my favorite color of seafoam green. Happy Crafting!

Stormy Weather

So - I haven't had much time for scrapping lately. There's been so much else to do - Christmas concerts, classes, school assemblies, gift wrapping, shopping - whew! I'm tired. But I did this tonight and used my new "thickers" alpha stickers. Too cool. And I love this picture of my daughter in the snow. We went out and made another snowman today, too!

I also have been excited about posting my first project for the Say It With Letters Design Team! It was so fun to alter and embellish these three little houses! You really should go and check out everyone's projects there - very inspiring! There are so many cute shapes for the holidays. Happy wrapping!