A little peek inside...

A little peek inside Tattered Angels today?? How about it?? Do you want to see where this beautiful glimmery goodness I am always playing in ... all begins?


I got the okay to show you a little bit of what goes on behind the sceens. I found it so interesting to see how things all come together and I thought you might also.

As you can imagine... it starts with a whole lot of these.....

The bottling of the colors comes next. Pretty cool system.. to make this all happen quickly and effeciently.

Here are the bins and bins of different colors of Glimmer Mist.

Here's Andy ... working near by in the kitting dept.

With the shipping dept right around the corner. Here is Kendra... hard at work. Funny how everyone scatters when you pull out a camera. Thanks Kendra for hanging in there for me. lol

Below.. boxes and boxes of yummy products , lol ready to be shipped out. Album, Glimmer Mist, Chipboard, Glimmer Glass... kits.. ,ect.... anything your little heart desires.
all for your creating pleasure. ahhhhhh... lol

Here is Tattered Angels employee Liz Hicks..... oh...shhhhhh... I can say no more. But... do we have a surprise for you. Cant you just see the sparkle... ( I mean GLIMMER) in her eyes?

You are in for a treat, I can promise you that much. ( hows that for being a tease?)

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It's been a busy, exciting learning experience, this week, with a bunch of really nice people.

Tomorrow is the TA Christmas Party and then we are all off to see the premiere of "New Moon" at Midnight. (20 of us). Should be blast!

I'm having a wonderful time..but missing my fam and my pups a bit. No supprise there.. I always do , when I'm away. I'll be home to see them all on Saturday. Untill then....

I'll be swimming in Glimmer Mist! YAY!

A project and some Colorado snow!

Thought I'd share another Tattered Angels/Graphic 45 project I did for this months little team up with the two companies. The G45 line I used was "Domestic Goddess". Sprayed my little wood box with Glimmer Mist and added the embossed Chipboard piece from TA. Super Easy little project. You can see other GM /G45 projects on the Glimmer Mist Blog this month.

We were out and about yesterday seeing the sights and taking in the snowy beauty! While we were out .. I found this fun bracelet I just couldn't live without. Treated myself. lol

We drove up to Estes ..what a gorgeous drive.

Here is the Stanley Hotel where the movies "The Shining" and "Dumb and Dumber" were filmed.

Now that's a porch! ( just one half of the front porch)

View from the front porch.. looking out.

I had to! lol

It was an amazing day for sure.

I'm sure glad Kyle was the one driving these winding roads as it was snowing .. not me.

but.. it was a perfect Colorado winter day.

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This morning it was off to the office and warehouse. Check this out....

it's the view from Wendy's office! ahhhhh

I do think by the looks of the photo below ... by the time we finished this mornings meeting... we had put Jack to sleep! literally. lol

It was so great to get to the office and see everyone!

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

Weekend stuff from Colorado

Having a fun/snowy time here in Colorado. Wendy and I stopped at this amazing store on the way home from the airport Friday. I could have spent all day in here. Talk about fun stuff!

The name of the store is Cozy Cottage. Its in the Promenade shops at Centerra.

Beautiful things to look at everywhere in this place!

Here is the owner and her daughter.. super sweet. .. oh..and that big bag they just set on the counter??? ... yup...mine! lol


Yesterday I took in part of Kaitlyns game.Wendy and Kyle have amazing kids. I'll sure you'll be seeing plenty of photos of them in this weeks post. lol Fun to have kids around to photograph.

Then yesterday afternoon and last night I got to spend with my nephew Ryan. He lives in Denver.. so he drove up to meet me. I miss him so much since he moved here..so getting spend this one on one time with him as great! We had such a nice time.

The photo above is what it looked like after the movie. I was worried about him driving back to Denver..but it turned out okay.. and the trip back was fine. ( off course I made him call and tell me he made it.)... He laughed and said "I know the drill". lol I'm sure he does ... he's my sisters son. lol

Well gotta go.. the girls are out playing in the snow and I need to grab my camera!

back soon!

Quick and Easy Christmas cards volume 3

A lot of people seem to like the idea of quick and easy Christmas cards ..that can be made with just a little time, and a few supplies. ( probably because we're all so busy) I think we all love the idea of creating handmade cards ..but time gets in the way. I decided samples of these cards are something I would do from time to time.. hopefully.. for inspiration. This set is 6 simple card designs done with the Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage "Christmas Creative Scraps" and sentiments from the "Snow Bunnies" set of Clear Art stamps , also from Crafty Secrets.

You can see them both here. There are so many awesome images on this double sheet. I only used 7 for these cards.. so I still have 16 image left to make cards with!!

There is a great variety of images on this sheet.

The other challenge I give my self, when I make these .. is to use only paper scraps.. so I didn't even cut into any full sheets of paper..just worked from my scrap bin. With these cute images.. they pretty much take care of things.. just a little patterned paper and small embellishments, and your set.

I like to add dimension with foam squares, under my matted image and some glitter for snow.

it's this image darling?

I thought the sentiment "Warm Winter Wishes" from the stamp set, was actually pretty fitting for this image also. lol

Another one of my favorite images.

hmmm... can they all be my favorites??? Because I really love this one too. lol

Hopefully these cars will inspire you to create some cards yourself. Cute cards don't always have to be time consuming right? I did all these in one evening while watching TV.. super quick and easy..but so cute with these darling images.

I'm leaving for Colorado in the morning . Off to work with my Tattered Angels peeps. lol I'm bringing my lap top so I can share photos.. plus I already have some projects ready to post and share... so.. it'll be like I'm not even gone.

What did we do before the Internet? lol

HUGS!

More Tattered Angels/Graphic 45

This month Tattered Angels and Graphic 45 are mixing it up once again. You will defiantly want to check out the Glimmer Mist blog and see all the Gorgeous creations the DT has been posting. My projects will be posted on the 19th.. but here's another peek at one of mine.

This a 8x10 canvas ( but I decided a few years ago.. that working them backwards is most fun)lol I flip my canvas over and work from the back side. I love that this gives you a wood frame all the way around.
I used Sandy Beach 60430 Glimmer Mist, for my background color on my canvas. As you can see in the photo below.. I spray it on the wood inside edges also. As for the G45 paper line.. if you hadn't guessed .. this line is called "Domestic Goddess" lol


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Today my nephew and his wife came to down to visit for a couple of hours. I met them at moms and the four of us had a nice little lunch at the diner. Super cute place huh?

I had some running to do. So after leaving them , I got a few things checked off my list of things to do while I was in town. I have been looking for a new pair of black shoes... finally.. I think I found some that are comfortable and cute. YAY!

Tonight I pulled out the suitcases and "started" putting a few things in .. so I'd be ready come Friday morning. I'm looking forward to next week in CO with the Tattered Angels girls ...just been alittle worried about leaving Aly pup.. concidering all that has been going on with her. No change at this point , and she is still on the antibiotics.. so nothing more can be done for a bit anyway. She is acting fine like nothing at all is wrong. It makes us just want to wish it away and for her to be fine. Dan loves her as much as I do.. so I know he will take good care of her while I'm gone. I'll keep you posted after we see the Vet when I get home. Please keep Aly pup in your prayers. Thankyou!

I've been working on some Christmas Cards using these Crafty Secrets "Christmas" Creative Scraps. I'll share them tomorrow.

Christmas??? eeeek.. it's sneeking up quick huh.

I wont be one of "those people" who freak "me" out every year by saying ... "did you know there are only __ days left until Christmas?" lol

Why do people do that? Just to see all of the color fall from my face. lol

not good

Altering Frames... again.. lol

Not really sure what my kick is with altering frames..but it's just somthing fun, quick and inexpensive. This was a $3 clearance table frame. I wanted to put this photo of my mom and dad in the living room .. so I did this frame up with colors that would work in there. A little bit of book print, patterned paper, Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Chips, some ink and a vintage button and trim.. and ... it matches perfectly. lol

I love these buttons. I have a few of them..but use them sparingly. Since I'll see it everyday on here, and enjoy it... what better place to use it.

Dont pass up those frames on the sale table next time.. they are really fun to alter. Here is the last one I did.
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It's been a busy weekend. After I got home this weeked, Wes showed up and is planning to spend his days off this week , here, working on his motorcyle in the garage. ( he lives in an apt , so on warm garage there to take things apart). It's always good to have the boys home when they can be here. Typical mom.. I love cooking them homemade healthy meals and babying them a bit. lol Just feels good having them around. (It's that "mom" thing).

They have been working tilling the field behind us... and Dan and I have both been dealing with allergies and sinus trouble.. so that's sure not helping. You can see how close the field is to our back yard. I just opened the window from my studio and there it is. I love the view , when it's pretty out..but right now.. not so much. lol

I have to share a little story with you. I have wondered from time to time through the years... why I have always saved so much of my kids things. I have keepsakes in bins in the back closet of baby stuff, school, scouts, plays, musicals, ect... not to mention photos and scrapbook pages. All through the boys lives since they were babies, I've saved...organized, labeled ,filed and scrapbooked so many milestones and events. Not just the big ones..but the everyday stuff.

Sometimes I think... just because I care about this stuff.. doesn't mean "they" have too. Was I really saving it for them?... or was it for my sake? lol I just couldn't let go of those things? Maybe they wont ever care.. or even want this stuff. Then I think.. well, I'll at least I'll have it if they do. But now that they have been out on their own a little while .. I look into that big closet and think.. "well I'd sure have a lot of room in this closet for other things If I didn't have all these bins of keepsakes". They don't really have a place with room to take it all that's for sure. We have their train sets, legos, books, coin collections, hotwheels.. you name it.

When my mom was here last week, and Jarad and Kate came out for dinner.. I realized it was all worth it .. just for this one moment , if nothing else.

It's not a great picture..as far as photo quality.. thats for sure ..

but it's priceless to me.

*** We were all sitting in the living room talking after dinner, and somehow the conversation came up about how my mom used to draw and color with Jarad when he was little. He loved hotwheels , so they would sit at her kitchen table and draw roads for his cars on paper. He said ..." Grandma was good at it.. she would draw roads to farms that had cows and horses..just about anything" We all laughed and my mom nodded that she remember them drawing those things together. Jarad said.." I wish I still had those".

I said... " Well, I'm sure you do, somewhere back in one of those keepsake bins"

He said.. "Really?.. I want to see them". He got up and headed back there to look.

I thought to myself.. I'm sure I saved them.. but the chances of either of us finding the exact bin ( without taking all night) .. is pushing it. Each bin is filled with lots of papers ect...

I went back to help him look. The first bin we opened.. about 10 papers down.. there they were. He took them straight out the the living room where mom was and he and grandma looked at them , reminisced and chuckled at thier drawings.
It was SO awesome! Never again will I question WHY I save, WHY I think preserving memories is important! They just ARE!

A fun day of classes

This weekend was our 6th year in a row to teach at The Big Birthday Bash for Scrapbook Paradise at the Albion Fairgrounds. This is one event that my sister Jan and I always do together.. and really look forward to. This year was no different.. Super fun.. with lots of really nice girls!
This years theme.... "Hollywood nights"
Check out how they had us set up. Cute huh? We always feel so welcome here.

Things get busy .. so it's hard to get to my camera as much as I'd like ..but here's a shot I got of one of our classes at the beginning of the day. All the classes where full. 6 classes total. We literally taught... back to back .. all day.

246 participated this year. That's alot of scrapp'n going on. I couldn't even get a photo of the entire space.. but you get the idea. ... Alot of cutting and gluing happened in this space. Lots of creativity .. and plenty of good laughs.

These sisters have taken our classes many times. It's so fun to see alot of these girls year after year. Keep up with what they've been up too... and also meet new people when we're here.

Our first class started at 9am.. and the last one ended at 8pm. The only not so fun part of things is standing on concrete that long.. so here's our solution. Part way through the day, we put on our matching fuzzy slippers. lol

Super fun day.. but after the drive home.. we hit the bed hard. lol Poor Jan still had a 1 1/2 drive after she left here. I tried to convince her to just stay here and head out in the morning..but she wouldnt have it. I think she was as anxious to have a good nights sleep in her own bed, as I was.

I slept in a bit today , and boy did that feel good. When I talked to Jan this afternoon she said she had also.

I'm so lucky to have a sister and a best friend all in one. I love spending this time with her .. she's gem!

Huge thanks to Scrapbook Paradise for inviting us every year!!

We had such a great time!~