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Lexie with Snickers Winter 2011

Good bye Lexie

As many of you know Mike and I have been privileged to be the fur parents to three dogs.

Lexie came home Mother’s day weekend in 2001. She was born in March and she died this afternoon. After a long and agonizing set of circumstances we made the joint decision it was no longer fair to allow her to have poor quality of life and she was starting to suffer physical pain from a congenital hip deformity.

She was our first fur baby.  Once all three puppies are gone we will be done with fur babies.  We love them and will enjoy what ever years we have. It will be no easier to have the other’s put to sleep.  Lexie was especially hard.

Mike and I have cried, and still cry over the loss of this angel.  We have put her collar on the floor in a common area so the other two can smell it. They keep looking at the door and Snickers keeps looking for her. In her usual haunts, like the puppy bed or by the food dish.

We have chosen to not have her ashes returned to us. We had considered burring her remains in the yard but are afraid that some wild animal would disturb her resting place.

Thank you for your kind comments on face book and those of you who have called we do appreciate everything you do.  Keep us in your prayers.  Loosing this precious puppy is just so hard.

Much love,

Hello everyone!

What a crafty week it has started out to be!

It is so exciting!  After popular demand, I have finally set up a face book fan page!  Go check it out here!  I hope you’ll “like” me and come join in on some fun.

We’ll have: Swaps!Prizes!Ideas!Video’s and much more.  Hey with my hubby going forward for deployment, I’ll have a bit of extra time.

My new (redone– again) Stamp/scrap space is almost finished.  Once my dear husband cleans off the large table in the basement, it will be taken down and only taken out when I have guests. Freeing up valuable floor space.  Even the dog’s bed’s will be some-what re-arranged. 

What I’m working on! Oh my am I so very addicted to Smash books. Mine are more Junk journals containing ideas I clipped from old magazines, odds and ends a few projects gone right and a few not so good ones.  Opportunity for journaling, keeping up with swaps from my own line group and more.

The new desk is here, together and functioning even BETTER than I had imagined.  I am selling off my 12X12 paper storage trays and a few 8 1/2 X 11 ones. They are the sturdy acrylic ones and are simply fantastic for paper storage.  After my purge I’m going to sell off the excess!

I hope you are all having a wonderful week. It will be a very fast one for us, so much to do before Saturday afternoon.

Much love, thank you for your kind words, support and love.  Stamp Happy and be a blessing!

Hi everyone!

  I received some awesome happy mail from Bunnie.  She was my partner in the altered mousetrap swap on Your Paper Pantry.   These are just beautiful. I love all the added special (and small) touches.  Thanks Bunnie, you really made my day.

  Stay tuned for pictures of my updated stamp room, as a new work tabe will be arriving tomorrow.  Time permitting I may just have it all pulled back together by the weekend.

  The mouse traps in the second set of photos are the ones I made for Bunnie.  I sure hope she likes them.  I loved the steam punk one even though as a general rule I’m not a steam punk fan.  Her package should go postal tomorrow.

  I hope you are all doing well.  It is a busy time in my home.  We have so many things to do with school being close to beginning again.  It is hard to believe my Chad will be a senior this  year!

  Stamp Happy be a blessing!

Cute Axie

Terrell Dorfeo does it once again with this adorable Axie stamp.  She is actually a small elf.  Just look at those adorable ears!

I purchased a small clipboard from my local office supply store for $2.00.  I sanded the existing pattern off of it, then using E6000 glue adhered a base of red paper over the existing clipboard.  I used my craft knife to trim it close. 

Queen Kat has wonderful stamps, great ideas and projects and so much more.  Please go check her store out by clicking this link.

  Thank You Vicki for allowing me to be part of your dynamic design team.  With my term being at an end, I will think of you all fondly when I see these adorable stamps.

Stamp Happy be a blessing!!

Isn’t just amazing how you can turn ordinary household items into art?

Felicia one of the members on Your Paper Pantry is the person who came up with the idea of altering mouse traps.  You can find her you tube channel here.  I hate mice and mouse traps.  I will admit that I loved doing these projects.

First I disabled the mousetrap by lifting the “killing” spring and having my husband snip it close so it didn’t scratch anyone.  Then I removed the trap setting wire.  This left the part that kills the mouse, and the small hook on the bottom of the trap.  I also took off the platform that you put the bait on.

Once this was finished it was time for some prep.  I used gesso, about 3 coats on each trap to start, then I started the altering.  It is not a difficult process and even a beginner could do this, I will tell you patience is a virtue as this takes time, drying times and the forever ringing phone.

I hope you will give this project a try.  Stamp Happy be a blessing!