Chicago Blizzard-Burrr!

Yes, there's a blizzard going on here!  Although we live in the 'burbs it's bad enough that Chicago Public Schools closed today for the first time since 1999-about 12 years!  The amount of snow is not huge-but the blowing and drifting makes it really bad.  Yesterday when driving home from work (normally a 1/2 hour trip) it was nearly an hour and 45 minutes to get here.  It is still snowing and so far we have gotten about 12 inches in our neighborhood; they say it will be snowing all morning and throughout the day. 

Here's a picture of Drew as he and Greg have started to clear our sidewalk.  Big Thanks to my hubby for taking these pictures for me!

Hopefully I can spend some time stamping today-Woo Hooo!

I had to add this one too, Ryan took this from his room out the window.  Greg is snowblowing the driveway and the blob to his left behind the tree is our mailbox!

Eat Chocolate!

Yes, eating chocolate is a wonderful treat, but the real reason I posted that is because my not so secret sister sent me a package last week and she used the new Stampin' Up! stamp set called "Eat Chocolate" on a few of the projects.  This first one really was a treat for me because I rarely buy Ferraro Rocher chocolates but I really enjoy them- Thanks Judy!

Here's a picture from the side so you can see how she maide it.  FYI for you Weight Watchers folks it's about 2 points + for each piece, and yes they are all gone now!
Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday and even though this picture is several years old, I thought it would be appropriate since we were both at the Stampin' Up! convention together in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Now that we live soo far apart it is difficult to attend Stampin' Up! events together but hopefully we'll get to go to one again!

Here are some of the things I was working on last week for my not so secret sister gift.  She knows who I am now but I didn't want to post until after she had the box and could see everything.  Most of the cards were "CASED" which means Copy And Steal Everything.  I visit several other blogs occasionally and when I come accross something I like and I happen to have the supplies I try to copy it.  So what does this have to do with you?  It means, that like me, you don't have to be artistic to achieve great results, you just have to be able to duplicate it! 

Posting again

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted!  I have finally settled in at our newest location-a suburb of Chicago, IL.  I am now working at a local middle school and loving it!  The schedule is great and I plan to do lots of stamping.  Check back in a few days to see some of the projects I've been working on.  After my secret sis has had a chance to get her package I will post some pictures of what I have sent her.  In the meantime if you haven't received a Sale-A-Bration catalog contact me to get your very own mini catalog!

Michelle

Moving...Again!

It's official-we're moving again.  This time to a suburb of Chicago.  I only have a few more days until the moving truck arrives.  New York has been nice, and we will miss our neighbors and friends! 

Speaking of friends, here's a project I made for my secret sister last month. 

Its a felt pouch made to look like candy corn.  I used the Big Shot pennent die and cut it out four times, I then cut 3 of the pennents so that I could sew them together to get the different colors of the candy corn.  Once the three different colors were sewn together I used the one solid one for the back of the pouch and stitched it together with the tri-colored one to create the pouch. 

The Big Shot is just the coolest tool ever-it can cut through so many materials!

Can you believe it's October already?

I can't believe September is gone!  When I got my secret sister package Halloween seemed so far off, and now it I feel like it's just around the corner!   I promised a closer look at some of the gifts from my wonderful package so here you go....

Tote-ally Tess craft keeper-it's a plastic storage folder that has been personalized just for me!  Isn't it adorable?  My name was spelled using alphabet dies with the Big Shot.  The entire decorated piece of cardstock was then inserted into the plastic folder and attached to the inside using mini glue dots in each of the corners.

Here is a look at some of the cards, super easy and super cute when you use Stampin' Up!'s Designer Paper-these cards use the Wicked Fun Specialty designer paper from page 172 in the Idea Book and Catalog.