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Just found a fabulous mini-book “class” online…

December 7, 2008 By JulieK

Leah Killian is posting a BEAUTIFUL mini-book class on her blog… She designs for Cosmo Cricket and "me Scrapbook Nook, and simply creates BEAUTIFUL work!! I couldn't resist taking a peek at the cover and you just need to go and look at it…

Leah's Mini-Book Class Link

Look at all that gorgeous detail on the cover… Just what I needed… and "excuse" to have to go and buy those pretty papers at Laurie's Store!! I've successfully avoided them until now 'cause I didn't "need" them…

Speaking of Laurie's store… The Scrapbooker's Dream in Tewksbury, MA is having an UNBELIEVABLE sale starting tomorrow… 50% off "almost" everything in the store… AND (this made me almost hyperventilate…) 60% off all in stock Quickutz… OMG. Check out the details at the site Scrapbooker's Dream

Baby Fever

December 3, 2008 By JulieK

Not for us :) But for Mike's cousin Kimmy!! We couldn't be more excited for Kimmy and Blue and the little peanut!!! The baby shower was last weekend, and here's what I made…

A Matching gift bag and card, made with some wonderful Heidi Grace papers and cardstock stickers, the QK font is one of my favorites, Maggie Mini :) and a little bit of Bazzill Cardstock.

And… Paper Crafts are not all I can do :) I crocheted this wonderfully soft blankie to go with in the bag… It was a new pattern, but worked up pretty quickly, I just LOVE how it came out! I've just recently made another blankie for a friend who's also due about the same time, and I'm on scarf number 6 (it's going to be a handmade Christmas for many people this year!!)

Happy Holidays mini-book

November 30, 2008 By JulieK

For this book, I used the colored and scalloped paper bags by Creative Imaginations, and of course the super-fun American Crafts Christmas line… The QuicKutz fonts are Bright (from Merry and Bright) and Uptown Girl. I also used my big old red Sizzix machine and snowflake die to make the felt snowflakes (with some stickles and a silver brad). All bound together with my Zutter BIA and some pretty Bazzill and American Crafts ribbon!! If you want to see more fabulous Zutter projects, check out the www.zutterzisters.com site where all of our December projects are shown!

Happy Thanksgiving Treat Bags

November 26, 2008 By JulieK

Here's a little project that I made for Thanksgiving… We go to DH's Aunt's house for the big day, and I usually bring a desert that never comes out the way I hoped… So, this year I decided to do something a little bit different… I love to make things, so I made these little treat boxes and filled them with candy! I love how they turned out… There's 40 of them, but they went together quickly! It was also a great excuse to use my Quickutz 4×4 Leaf dies that I've had for a while and "needed" an excuse to use!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

November 26, 2008 By JulieK

I have to say, I am a terrible cook! I used to be a pretty good cook, but being a Mom with an out-of-the-home job has turned me into something entirely different!! I barely have the energy to heat stuff up, nevermind following great recipes!! So, this year for Thanksgiving, instead of trying to make something clever and being disappointed in how it comes out, I made these adorable (if I do say so myself) little treat boxes for everyone who will be at Thanksgiving, they're filled with candy… I may not be a good cook, but I can craft :) I found the pattern for the little boxes at my favorite inspirational blog Chic-n-Scratch Blog

Here's my Thanksgiving Version… Yup, there's 40 of them :)