Secret Santa

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Arkansas Artists On Etsy (AREtsy) held a Secret Santa swap. I've only done two swaps but I've decided I love them! Here is what I came up with for Punkinhead (of punkinhead.etsy.com).

I received this great organic cotton Christmas tote bag fromVickie (of vhsfree.etsy.com). Click here or on the image to purchase your own Christmas tote!

Love Struck

When my best friend got married this fall I couldn't just buy off the gift registry when I could make her a super decked out wedding album instead. Unfortunately with the move and life I didn't get it to her in person, but it is finally complete and I am very very pleased. I splurged on gorgeous papers at $1.50+/sheet (I can hear non-paper crafters gasping!) with glitter embossing, extravagant flocking, and shimmer and sheen to die for. I'd been eyeballing them for months and planning my fall themed attack. I also bought the most scrumptious ribbons and a super cute package of buttons and timidly dug in. About 8 hours, and ten million brads later I could just melt into this scrapbook, I love it! I hope it will be the perfect showcase for her wedding pictures.






















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Wishing You A Pug-filled Christmas

Isn't he so pretty? I was terribly impressed with his manners during his photo shoot. We've never done this and so far when I try to take his picture he runs up and sticks his nose in the camera. I suppose getting dressed up has a civilizing effect on us all! He sat still as a stone waiting for his treat, there must be bribes! I did realize after looking at these that he's shorter than the bottom of the tree so the tree wasn't as much of a background as I'd hoped it would be, more of a hovering presence. Have I mentioned yet that I LOVE this dog?! He's perfection. My husband's pretty cool too, he enables my newly found Pug obsession by taking pics while I bribe.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" It's just the Pug Mamma trying to trick her Pug into acting like a Poodle.

City Dweller

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I've been a busy bee this weekend! It's been awhile since I made a Memory Catcher but I'm happy with the way this turned out. You can buy it here or visit my shop, thebeehive.etsy.com for other fantastic paper crafts. My Memory Catchers are a great way to keep your memories safe and presentable without the time investment it takes to do a full blown scrapbook from scratch. They're also an awesome way to store up memorabilia until you're ready to scrap it. I have two Memory Catcher sets available in my shop and I take special orders. Just contact me for a Memory Catcher made to your specs.

Princess Bookworm

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I love it when people place special orders, it makes me branch out and do things that I haven't thought of yet or that I've put off. I got a special request to make a princess bookmark and this is what I came up with. I think I'll make one for my niece and a boy version for my nephew. Maybe the boy version could be "Sir Reads A lot" :)

Bah Humbug!

Between kids and my love of pets I don't think I'll ever be able to decorate my tree below the half way mark. This year I thought I was safe with non breakables down low but Mr. Cash Pugface LOVES the plushies!

A Christmas Kid Craft Classic

Mr. Golden Curls has been asking me daily "how long before it's Christmas?" I think mostly because he wants to see his Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Pete and, maybe most importantly, the four cousins that are part of that brood. After he asked for the three millionth time I decided it was time to whip up the 'ole grade school classic, the countdown to Christmas chain. Now every morning we can pull off a link and when he asks "how long before it's Christmas?" I can just point to the chain and say "that long!" I'll let you know if it actually works.