Love....Wintersleep

What a busy week! It is a true sign of summer when your evenings are filled with fun activities and you run on little sleep but you are still able to wake up with a big smile on your face.

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favourite bands, Wintersleep, in concert at the Mod Club. While their new CD, New Inheritors, is a step in a different direction, they continue to amaze crowds with their consistency and high-energy live shows. The new album definitely sounds much better live. They have the ability to keep concert goers on the edge of their seat and leave them wanting more. They played two full sets and one kick-ass encore.

Love.....Thank yous

I met some pretty fantastic people a week ago and had an awesome night of dinner and drinks. We shared laughs and continued on to a Rockband jam session. The fun night leads me to my next blog and a new task for my life.

I am in the mood to challenge people to do something thoughtful for someone other than their immediate family or significant others. I feel like I’ve wasted much of my life being sucked into my own selfish habits that I forget to pull myself back to reality and make a connection with real people. There was a time when i sacrificed my time for others and I want to spend a little time each day doing that again. I’m going to revolutionize my life and challenge you to be more thankful for the little things. The perfect way to start is with crafts!!

The card I made was inspiration from a collection of cards that I have been collecting in a folder and thought were really neat. I like to interpret them in my own manner and do the best I can with my resources. I used my baroque roller stamp from Stampin Up to start as a background for the card and also on the pots for the flowers. I made the flower pots by hand and outlined them with a black felt pen. I used my Copics markers to colour in the flowers. My favourite part about this card is the pop dots that I used to create some dimension. Try it sometime and make someone's day.

....and this is y u love me.

Love.....Minty Freshness

I am still buzzing from the wedding a week later. Everything we have worked on is now done and we're back to normal life. Maybe I can jump onto some wedding forums and befriend some fiancees so I can get back to work!

It took us a little bit to figure out what to do for place cards. I can admit that it is a slight annoyance to clean up those little pieces of paper with peoples names on them telling them what table they are sitting at. So, ask yourself, how do you get people to clean up after themselves? EASY! CANDY and a lil persuasion. No one wants to leave behind a personalized gift. That's just rude.

With a week before the wedding, my sister-in-law and I went on a candy hunt and found some delicious mints at bulk barn. I used the box template (Stampin Up) on the Cuttlebug and basic black paper (Stampin Up) to create these little gems as table cards. I wrapped them in silver ribbon from Fabricland and adhered the table card with a black border on top. It was a simple way to make an impact and enjoy some after dinner mints because the last thing you want is to talk to your close-talking Uncle Ned and smell the remnants of the roast beef he just devoured.

Cost: less than $1 per person (Not including cost of Cuttlebug and box template)

....and this is y u love me.

Love....Graphic Designers

Just a quick shout out to Kym. She is the creator of my fancy new header. I love it soo much and it couldn't have turned out better. She is definitely super creative and for that I thank you!

Love.....Centrepieces

Ready, set, GO!

This is my attempt to start blogging. Some of you may think, why blog? Why now? The truth is I always have so many ideas that I need a way to share them with the world in hopes that I can entertain/help someone. I think I will stick to things I make, stuff I love and u might love too or stories that I can share. Not to mention the fact that I remind the lovely people of the world why they love me so much.

My first order of business, my brother's wedding.

Ok, so I have a tendency to go overboard with some of my ideas and really run myself into the ground trying to make it happen. This brings me to the centrepieces. My future sister-in-law came up with the idea to have cupcakes in lieu of a cake for their wedding (GENIUS! Because who ever gets around to eating the cake?!). After a week of solid cupcake tryouts (and a few extra pounds to make my jeans look painted on) we found some winners. The next step; make a cupcake stand for the tables. Here is a picture of what we came up with.


The base is thick foam pieces purchased on Ottawa Street and the wallpaper wrapped around the side is from Home Depot using a spray adhesive. We made sure to put a doily under so that you can't see the foam. Then we bought ribbon from Fabricland, secured with pins and glue and voila! They look fantastic.

Cost: less than $10.00

.....and this is y u love me.