Tee-Rific!

Good morning! Another one of the challenges issued at the most recent Paper Pretties' Stamping In Your Jammies party was to make a card using your clothing as inspiration (i.e. the clothes you were wearing while making the card). Fun concept! and I saw some really cute cards made by all the ladies that night . . . unfortunately my "outfit" that day was totally boring - brown pants, cream sweater . . ugh!

Oh well, it did seem like a perfect opportunity to make a masculine card using one of the newest releases - Right On Par!

I started with a great sketch from Karen Motz (another one from our sketch swap at Stamp New England) a piece of dp (from Papertrey Ink) and a cute little golf ball for the sentiment (although I must admit it was not my original idea - both Jackie and Frances had made totally adorable cards using a golf ball idea like this!).

It's hard to tell in the pic but the brads in the corner are green to match the green behind the golf ball for a pop of color! I think this would be a great card for any guy in your life - golf lover or not!

Did you see what else Paper Pretties released this month?? STORAGE!! Yippy! And it is beautiful!!! I am sooooo in love with my yummy Celery Binder - we are talking high quality, super pretty, sturdy and very useful! All my Pretties stamps are happy to have a new home, although I'm thinking I may need another one already - lol! :)

Cardstock: Vanilla (Papertrey Ink), Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi (SU!), Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink, Stamps: Right On Par (Paper Pretties), Ink: Wild Wasabi (SU!), Rich Cocoa (Memento), Accessories: Copic markers, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Brads (Pink Hedgehog Crafts)

Yard Sale Finds

Happy Labor Day!! We don't have any big plans but it's a gorgeous day here so I'm sure we'll find something to do! :)

Remember tonight is Stamping In Your Jammies over in the Paper Pretties Forum! The party starts at 8 pm and I'd love to see you there! Christie will be announcing the newest Cutie Pie and there may even be a few surprises! :)

I had a chance to stop at a few yard sales on Saturday - LOVE doing that but I don't get much of a chance these days. I found some neat things I thought I'd share.

First is this awesome windsor chair! Ever since we had our kitchen table custom made by a friend of ours I have been wanting to get the perfect chair for the end - "Daddy's seat." We only needed one since the other seating is a built in bench and a free standing bench. I found this at a yard sale for $5!!! It does have 1 broken rung as you can see but I think I can have that fixed. I LOVE this chair!! It's comfy and the perfect compliment for our farmhouse kitchen table!



I found these 2 baskets for $.50 each - score!! I thought they looked the right size for CD cases and they are - perfect storage now for my Papertrey sets!! The Sugar box was a whole $1 - I'm sure I'll find the perfect thing to store in there soon! :)









This cute set of travel bags was just $2 - won't it be perfect for cruising?!










I have always wanted to buy a cast iron pan and when I saw this square one I knew that was it!! $2 - can you beat it? It's clean and not a bit of rust! Now I need to figure out if I should season it, how I go about that and where I can find an awesome cornbread recipe . . . anyone??








Finally, this baby was another $2 purchase. The woman was selling a bunch of cd's and this was holding them. She seemed surprised when I asked if she was selling the box and said, ok $2? SOLD! :) I may move the PTI sets here and find another use for the baskets, isn't it nice to have options?!

I'm hoping to go to a few more sales today. I'm totally inspired now to find all kinds of neat "junk" to house all my "stuff"!! :) Have a great day everyone!!