Monday, May 16, 2011

Thankful





We got a new puppy 2 weeks ago today - unfortunately, we had to have our 14 year old terrier mix put down a while back and we were feeling the void.  We have been a 2-dog home for quite a while.  We were lucky to find the cutest little toy fox terrier/shi tzu mix puppy and had to have him!  He's doing well in our house....but it's almost like having a baby again!  I'm often up in the middle of the night to let him out to do his business.  I know it won't be like this forever....he's just little...it will take time.

Unfortunately, having a puppy can be stressful too.  Last weekend, I let him outside and it slipped my mind that he was out there.  When I went out to call him in, I noticed that the side gate had been left open.  I called him and called him and he didn't respond so I went to  my next door neighbour and asked if their daughter could help me.  Without hesitation, they were all out with me searching the cul-de-sac for him....then another set of neighbours from down the street  joined in.  We eventually found him - he had come back in the house at some point.  I think maybe he was hiding under the deck and didn't hear me calling him.  Needless to say, I was relieved and quite thankful for all the help that my neighbours were willing to give...so I brought each family over some homemade peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and this card.  The inspiration came from a page from the June 2010 Scrapbooks Etc magazine (page 62).

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Presents!

The weather is finally warming up and I am finally getting out of my winter funk!  I've finally felt like getting back into my craft room and creating - which means I actually have a few things to share over the next few days.  Finally!!  No new scrapbook pages but I have made some cards and this cute gift bag!

I've had my eyes opened to this amazing website called Stumble Upon...if you live under a rock as evidently I do.....this website asks you to indicate your interests and then when you click on "stumble my interests", it does just that....it automatically brings up website after website containing only the things that you are interested in.  If you like the website, you just click "I like it" and it files the site automatically into a favorites file for you.  Amazing!  Obviously, one of my interests is crafting and one of the sites that Stumble Upon brought up for me was Under the Table and Dreaming with the page opened to the most beautiful wreath made out of recycled book pages!  Can you even believe it?  I love it!  I thought I'd start small and made 3 flowers out of scrapbook card stock.  I then traced a chipboard letter onto coordinating card stock, cut it out and glued it to the bag as well.  A few Heidi Swapp plastic leaves and voila! a custom gift bag for the birthday girl!  I plan to make the wreath too...now that I know how easy (but slightly time consuming) the flowers are.  As a side note, Stephanie uses hot glue to adhere her flowers together but I just used Scotch Quick Dry adhesive and it seems to be working just fine.  I will use a glue gun when I make the wreath however.

Enjoy!