Happy Chinese New Year! Well... apparently it doesn't happen until Jan. 26th, but what the heck... I had to get an early start :)
I'm going to have the best year EVER! I just found out that my bff, Nicole is coming here for my birthday at the end of the month! WHOOO HOOOO! She booked her flight two days ago, and I've been excited ever since! It's my birthday, but my husband is turning 40 that week too, so we are having a big little shin dig. I'm so happy Nicole will be here to celebrate with us!!! I'm gonna pick her up at the air port, take her to a bar (that serves lunch of course), and get the weekend started quickly! LOL!
But in other news.... the stuff you might actually care about... LOL! I'm giving away the two projects I made below, as well as an ox stamp and a word stamp to one person. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you will be entered. Please leave your email addy in the comment if you do not have a blog to link to :) Thank you!!
I was commisioned to make a cute little Ox stamp for A Muse. Stephanie really wanted some for her store, and she wanted something cute... not mean and fiesty lookin :) So I came up with this little guy. I've had him in my hot little hands for a few weeks, but I am just now getting around to sharing! This stamp is available locally at The Paper Garden, and via the internet at A Muse!
The first little project I made is this calander plaque thingy... that's the scientific name. I told you I'm loving stamping on wood these days. These little pieces of wood are available at Michaels for about 60 cents a piece. I added some cute paper, stamps and a little calendar I got at Stephanie's store.
The second project I made is my other current obsession... making people with punches. I used the Marvey punches to make this cute little girl. The pink circle punch is her face and bangs, and the yellow scalloped circle punch is her pony tails. I used the speech bubble punch from Fiscars, and I finished it off with another one of those cute little calendars.
In other news... I listed two Pottery Barn duvet covers on ebay here. Does anybody still do ebay? I don't even know, but I was cleaning out some closets over the winter break, and these have to go. I bought them for my girls' room, but I never got around to using them because I would have had to repaint to match them, and now I'm over it. I found something I like better at Ikea.
And just one quick picture to show you why I LOVE living in California (nevermind the budget crisis, and levy problems, and high property taxes... ) we get to have 75 degree weather 2 days after Christmas and the ice cream truck came by while the girls and I were outside cleaning out rain gutters and washing out cooler boxes! HELL YA BABY! THAT'S my kind of winter!! (If I had zoomed out a little bit... you would see the wreath still hanging on my door, and Christmas lights still up! I'll need to think about that next time!)