Updates on Indie Sacramento, and life in general :)

I'm so excited to be kind of back in the swing of things :)  As many of you know, I've taken about a year off.  My family and I moved from Sacramento to Dixon, and we are happily settling in!  I had a really draining year.  Not necessarily in a bad way, it was more of a re-structuring.  I've figured out that with my girls being older, I just can't do what I used to do... at least not in the same amount of time.  I've had to take some of the pressure off of myself and I've said no a lot.  I thought I didn't want to craft anymore because I just couldn't keep up, but now I figured out that I HAVE to craft... it makes me HAPPY!  I just can't craft to the same degree that I used too, no biggee.  I still get to do what I love to do for myself, and I'm not missing anything :)

So Indie Sacramento is coming up next weekend, and I've been busily putting together a few of my "old favorites" for this show :)  One of them is these cute little girl cards that I made using Marvey Punches.  There's an older post here and here that tell you a little bit about how to make them if you want to give it a try yourself :)  I made a few dozen of these cards this time!

I found the cute little "heart U" stamp at Michael's in the dollar bin!  SCORE!  So perfect for these cards! 

I bought some cute Easter Baskets in the dollar section at Target to display some of my cards :)

Now here's where this post starts to get all kinds of CRAZY!!!  I decided to share pictures of my messy craft room!  There are more pictures on my flickr, and those have notes, so you can see where I want to add shelves, and where my childhood toys are and blah blah boring.  LOL!  But in my new house, we have a loft area upstairs.  It's supposed to be like a game room I think, but it's my craft room!  It's HUGE, but I don't have it laid out very well right now.  I need to make it more functional but in time... in time.

Here's a picture of my sewing room.  I started to make a bear hat out of mohair for that kewpie style doll, but never finished.  So it sits there and haunts me instead.  LOL!  My sister made that cute lil mushroom for me! LOVE IT!

And this is the living room in my new house.  So you can see I'm not a total pig.

JUST KIDDING!!!  I stole this picture for keep it simple.  HA!  I WISH!  :)
  

Comments

[Katie Trott]

I was totally believing that last pic was of your home! I was thinking, boy she has a lot of time to decorate!! and pick up after her kids :)

[Missy Ballance]

Thank you for the sweet comment! I remember talking to you, and you are one of the few people that I have shared with. It is so sweet of you to keep up with me still :)

xoxo

Missy

[Nicole Ellison]

lmao about the pic of your living room! You can't fool me!

[deede]

So glad you're back!
AND glad to know you are getting settled and everything is moving along.
We've missed you!

deede in Arkansas

[Jenn Bontrager]

So glad your back. Really missed you and your little creations.

[Kate]

Your room become so messy when you are making crafts...

[Jenni]

Cute cards!!! I just tried out your tooth fairy pillow pattern and blogged about it...loved it!! Great tutorial, thanks!! Also, I wanted to say how comforting it is to see other craft rooms that are as "organized" as mine. :) In fact, yours might be in better shape...but mine is always a work in progress.

[Amy Cluck]

haha. You are too funny. I envy your craft room. Can't wait for Indie!

[vivian]

welcome back! looking forward to seeing what youre cooking up there days!