Miracle Stationery Box for Operation Smile

I originally made this stationery box to send in with my Extravaganza teaching application a couple months ago. (Extravaganza is one of the highlights of the Close to my Heart Convention where we have 7 back-to-back, 20 minute, high energy creative classes. It is so much fun!) After I received the info that I was …

Read more

Hope for Japan Stamp Set

I know you, like me, have probably been watching the news about the devastation in Japan from the earthquakes and tsunami. After dealing with the after effects of a MUCH smaller (but still large) earthquake in Northridge, CA many years ago, I can only begin to imagine what these poor people must be dealing with …

Read more

Heart to Heart Card Drive

I made this card for Cammie’s Heart to Heart Card Drive. She lost her grandmother to Alzheimer’s in 2008 and has been holding card drives each year since, to encourage the caregivers of those who have this awful disease. It is so hard to see a loved one suffer and those who take care of …

Read more

Join us on Friday for a fun time and a worthy cause…

Please join us for games, jumpies, food, silent auction and lots of family fun to help raise money for Abby, a 7 year old sweetie who was diagnosed with a Germinoma, non-operable cancerous brain tumor. Central Nervous System tumors are very rare, effecting approximately 38 kids a year in the United States. Abby is currently …

Read more

Kid’s Coloring Birthday Card Sets for the Gogos

It is that time of the month again. (No, not that time silly!) It is time for me to post our monthly Gogo’s Workshop Project. If you would like to read more about the Gogo Grandmother’s Workshops, click here. If you would like to read more about this amazing charity, click here. This month we …

Read more

My new toy, a flower card, and Haiti relief

How’s that for a random title? I have a lot to cram into one post today…Guess what I just got! Yes, I finally caved and got myself a Cricut Expression. It is sooooo much fun, although I feel like there is A LOT to learn. (If anyone has any advice, suggestions, or great Cricut websites, …

Read more