Archive for August, 2009

“Get Excited About Every Moment!”

I'm participating in the challenge put out by the OCC Team and love how this turned out! This quote holds special meaning for me for two reasons. My father shared this quote with me over a year ago and I went on a search to find it. If my father brings up a quote, it has to be a good one and if it's a good one, there must be a stamp made for it! It Read more

“When We Believe What The Words Are Saying….”

John Whittier wrote "God is. And all is well." Quite a large statement for so few words don't you think? I like to take quotes such as this and use them in my work but there's more to it than just that. I like to understand their meaning as I find it important to be able to take words and make them applicable to my own life whenever I can. For this quote, the words Read more

“Find Your Joy!”

Do you have joy? Do you know where to find it in your life? Are you missing out on all the joy that could be yours because you're all wrapped up in the world around you? Is it really so difficult for us to find those things in our lives that bring us joy and surround ourselves with them? I believe there are even those who are so lost that they don't even know how Read more

“Let The Heavens Declare….”

Have you ever laid down on your lawn at night and glanced up at the sky? Have you had the opportunity to view all of the stars, perched up on the mountaintops of the universe and recognized just how majestic their presence really is? The thought of this for me, brings about thoughts of just how simple my one life is in the entire scheme of things....yet, it also explains how amazing my one little Read more

“Messin With the Big Boys!!”

At times, we just need to grab that big boy stamp and use it!!! Easier said than done right? I've got my own box of over the size limit stamps that I start to pick up and then back away from, retreating from  their enormity. I was reading an article the other day about sampling smaller parts of bigger things and thought to my self "Self, this can be done with stamps!" I rolled up my Read more

“Each Time You Dream….”

James Dean once said  " To dream anything you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. to do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed. Too many times we convince ourselves that we aren't good enough for our won dreams. We look at where we've been in live and know that we Read more

“Is That Smell What I Think It Is??!!”

Sometimes, you just have to laugh about something and then run and post a blog about it!!! this is one of those times!! I was sitting in my craft studio this morning, working on a card for Maine mom when all of a sudden, a smell wafts into the room from somewhere else in the house. It's faint at first, although within a matter fo 30 seconds, I realize it's getting stronger and stronger. There Read more

“What is the Proper Party Favor Etiquette?”

Is there an etiquette for party favors? I'm starting to decide what I'm going to make and don't know if I'm allowed to mix styles of papers or embellishments. Are there any party favors that can't be used along with other ones? What if I decide to use a couple of theme type items on my favors....have I opened myself up to being contact by the party favor etiquette police? What makes this all the Read more

“He’s A Boy….”

I don't know whether I should feel old at the news of becoming a grandmother.......or, to recognize another phase of life coming into existence. I think about my dad and mom becoming grandparents, probably at a time when they too felt too young to be recruited into this role. Is there an age that is "acceptable" to be tagged as a grandparent or, is it more of a state of mind that is presented with no out Read more