McVic is 36 Birthday Blog Hop~

Hi every one I want to thank you for joining us today for  my birthday hop, McVic is 36!!! I'm super excited to be sharing this day with all my blogger friends! Please make sure you leave some bloggy love at all the stops today, we have a few ladies who are posting in a hop for the first time! Do you remember your first? Fun huh!!! If you post on all the hops and follow my blog you will be entered to win a birthday present from me!!! I cant tell you what it is, its a present after all! There may be other candy along the way as well. For my candy please follow me and leave a comment below, if you leave a blog address I can stop over to visit or tell you if you have won! If you dont, you will have to come back to find out. Candy is available for US residents only,

 Now I did not make a card for this hop, my niece  and often scrap buddy Zabrina made it for me. She also helped my little girls make one too. Thank you Zabrina for the beautiful card, and for having such  patience with the little ones.

Thank you to all the ladies in the hop today. You really do mean alot to me- I follow you, learn from you, and appreciate all you have done for me! You have made my blog experience so wonderful, I am truly blessed this birthday with some great friends!
here is the hop in case you get lost;

Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com (you are here)
Gloria - http://omascrafts.blogspot.com---- NEXT!!
Yolie - http://www.justyolie.com
Shannon - http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com
Laura- http://laurascraftsandmore.blogspot.com
Shawnee - http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com
Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com
Rhonda - http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com
Brenda http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com
Audrey - http://cuteandsome.blogspot.com/

Alisha - http://scrappin-happens.blogspot.com
Celeste - http://touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com

*Caution* Potty Talk-

I made a card for the Peachy Keen challenge, you have to  use an animal.... its not my normal kind of card, I hope you are not offended by "potty" talk. If you are, I'm sorry- Its the only thing that I could think about while I was making this card!  Hmmmm wonder what that says about me... (don't answer that lol) I asked my kids if they have ever heard this expression, they looked at me like I was crazy... Maybe I am getting old, or maybe its just a country kid thing, I have no idea. But my husband knew what I was talking about..... let me know if you have ever heard this...or if I'm out of my tree,... off my rocker....geeze... here it is!

Do Your Photo Boxes Rip?

I am having a problem with my photo boxes not holding up, I picked the ones up from my local chain craft store, they were rather inexpensive and came in black, a color I can live with in my room. I like to keep the colors working together to create a calmer place for me to craft in.... But I have been having to tape my boxes they are just not holding up!  See what I mean:

I went online and found some new ones called Snap N Store from IdeaStream, Take a look at the corners, *sigh* do you see the metal reinforced corners? LOVE that! These  are made thicker than the ones I have, and are quite sturdy and durable. And they go together in a snap.

Do you see whats wrong with this picture, other than 2 ripped lids.....

Yep missing labels!
I really don't like it when this happens, I have to figure out what is in what box. Find the missing label, or make another one. With all the kids and scrappy friends who visit my room, I need to know where every thing is. It just makes crafting in here easier. I tried to see if my label would fall out of the box from IdeaStream, it did not, it would however slip down if I pushed it hard enough, so there is a tighter fit between the metal and the box. Over all I think this is a great little box, perfect for photos and craft storage. If you are in the market for new boxes make sure you check them out! I am going to replace mine for sure!
 Have a happy scrappy day!

Whats New in the Room

A week or so ago, Shannon and I were given a wonderful gift from Imaginisce, we got together to separate our treasure and a discussion followed on how to store it. Then I saw an I-top tool box the other day on Shannon's blog!  It looks like she made hers from a 12x12 IRIS, I had a smaller one laying around my husband gave me along  with a green snapware box- He knows how I love to keep my room organized~ I thought they would work wonderful for all my new brads and goodies from Imaginisce, here is what I came up with.....

I hope to soon fill it with fabric and the big brad daddy head!!! I like my i-top tracer patterns,(pretty sure that is not what they are called) so I dont have to worry about fitting in the punches. I think it needs to be dressed up a little bit, so next time I get to my crop I am going to pull out the vinyl and make it pretty!!! How do you store your I-top and goodies?

quick little girly project and blog hop reminder~!

Just a fun little project with the I-top. I pulled out my  stash of old jeans and made a little  RE- project. Just something fun to wear on my left hand. I used a snap ring from Imaginiesce and snapped the flower on!

Thank you all for stopping by, I will have a Birthday present on August 31st for one of you! Make sure you come back for the hop!!
Have a happy scrappy day!

Winner and a giveaway with Shannon!!

Just a quick post to let you all know who won the giveaway for the Naked Binder!!! It is the 27th today, so its time! Woo HOO!
Chosen by Random.org the winner is:

Alisha said...

I love that these are made in the USA and totally recycled and recyclable. This looks like a great fun project. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

alisha

http://scrappin-happens.blogspot.com
alisha.moorenielsen@gmail.com

August 20, 2011 10:22 PM

Congrats Alisha!!! Ill contact you soon!


So for the giveaway, my super friend Shannon is giving away some digital software on her blog! Head on over to her blog My-O-Scrappin and enter to win. Its quick and simple to enter- tell her I said HI! I really LOVE the first layout she did, its just beautiful!!

Loving my mini from Rhonda at Decorate to Celebrate

I won a mini album made by Rhonda from Scrap Happens!  If you haven't seen her blog you are truly missing out. I am sincerely inspired by her with each and every post, she amazes me with her crafting brilliance. - She has teamed up with another fab. crafter Amy from love to crop and made a fun challenge blog Decorate to Celebrate. (Where I won my mini from!) They have some fantastic projects and ideas over there, and you have a chance to win a mini of your very own if you do the hop with them! Thank you Rhonda for this mini, it is such a treasure for my family! Rhonda made my little ballet dancer a mini for her recital pictures... and let me tell you, she loves it! I have showed it off to who ever comes over and am so excited to share it with you all! 

I know the pictures are blurry, sorry. I couldn't get Emma to stop jumping up and down. She was super excited to get to hold it! And had to go dress up in her dance gear for her picture-