First Holiday Card!

I made my first Christmas card last night. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. This is part of a set of cards I am selling to a friend.

The pattern paper is from My Mind's Eye, the cardstock is Bazzill, the brads are from M's and the snowflakes are made from the Martha Stewart 2008 Collectable Snowflake punch. I used Nestabilites rectangles for the sentiment insert inside. I also used the Making Memories Tag Maker and Punch for the rimmed tag on the front. I heat embossed the "Noel" stamped on the tag.

My Halloween candy containers

Here are the containers I made for Halloween treats for a few friends. They are so easy to make.

Here is what you will need:

One 4"x6" piece of printed paper (You can get 6 from (1) 12x12 piece)

Adhesive runner

Ribbon

Paper crimper

Hole punch

Small candy or goodie (i.e. M&Ms)

Run adhesive down the (2) long and (1) short side. Fold the short side over to the other short side (forming a toilet paper role like tube)and seal. Squeeze one end into a flat seam. Run seam thru paper crimper (about 1/4" inch (3-4 ridges). Fill 2/3 full, then squeeze together open end into a flat seam in the opposite direction of the other seam. Punch a hole in one seam and tie ribbon into a bow.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

Just 50 more minutes and it is my birthday! And I have decided I'm going to make it the best one yet. My DS and DH took me out to Downtown Disney and we had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe earlier tonight and we made a Cheetah at Build-A-Bear (of course, DS has already taken it to his room!). I'm having lunch with my SIL tomorrow and maybe even dinner out with my DS & DH again. It's going to be a great day!

Keep Your Fingers Crossed....

I'm still a little unsure about having sent the emails, but tonight I decided to finally try and submit some of my cards for publication in Cards Magazine. I sent them 3 submissions for the March 2009 issue. I'm not at all expecting to be chosen, but it would really make my year if I was! I submitted a baby card, a birthday card and a just for you card.

So keep your fingers crossed for me and say a little prayer :-)

Please Donate to a Great Cause

I have a cousin, Alexandra, who lives in Indiana. She is participating in the Indiana Down Syndrome Buddy Walk on October 11th. She was invited to particpate by a friend who's 10 month old son was born with Down Syndrome.

If you are able to donate to this wonderful cause, below is a link to her sponsorship page.

Thank you!

https://www.indianadsf.org/buddywalk/participant.cfm?type=indvd&userID=2901

Dieting

About 3 weeks ago, as a family we all decided to get healthier. DS has been doing at least 20 minutes a night on the treadmill for at least 6 months now so he has a jump on DH and I.

Well, as of this morning I have lost 7.5 pounds. That's not alot, but hey, at least it is something! I know most of it has to do with eating better and eating smaller portions. I have been trying to do my treadmill time everyday as well. We also got a Wii Fit and that is really fun too! If you burn calories laughing then we are even loosing weight just watching each other, especially when hula-hooping!

I hoping to drop another 30 pounds by Christmas. Wish me luck!

Happy October!

I realized I haven't written a blog posts in ages and thought I should. I can't believe it is October already. I also can't believe it is still nearly 100 degrees outside during the day! What's up with that?

My birthday is only 19 days away...and I will be on the downside of my thirties. HHHMMM .... just not sure how I feel about that. I just feel like since I turned 30 the time has just flown by.

I'm also trying to get myself in shape. Definitley gets harder as you get older. In February, we are doing a family walk in Huntington Beach. Myself, Jake, David, my sister-in-law, 2 brother-in-laws and nephew are doing the 5K. My mother-in-law and other sister-in-law are going to do the half-marathon! We definitley have a lot of work to do to prepare. But, it should be a lot of fun and being at the beach and doing it with family will be great.

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The cast is OFF!

I was finally able to get my cast off about a week and a half ago. I have been wearing this lovely brace that Velcro's on and off, but it DEFINITELY beats the cast! I go back on Monday for X-rays and to see if I still need the brace. Wish me luck!

Everything else is pretty much the same as always. Summer vacation is still going strong...and my DS is still bored a majority of the time. We have swimming lessons for 2 more days in the mornings, karate twice a week in the afternoons and whatever in between. I have invested in the monthly Blockbuster rental program so he rents a new movie or Wii game every few days.

I have been obsessed with watching the Prime Time coverage of the Olympics lately, especially swimmer Michael Phelps. I have been staying up WAY too late every night and paying for it in the morning.

On the bright side, I have been trying to organize my scraproom as I watch and have managed to put together and fill up a 2nd Clip-It-Up! I'm embellishment obsessed it seems...someone even went so far as to suggest EA (Embellishments Anonymous!...ROFL)...but what fun would that be!

Been on a scrap hiatus!

Well, about 2 weeks ago I fell in our backyard (I know...lame, huh?!?!?) and I fractured the Scaphoid bone in my right wrist. I have learned that this bone, as small as it is, is very important. I am wearing a cast.

This has completely interrupted my life. It takes 3 or 4 times as long to do things...even putting on a bra is enough to make me want to lay down and take a nap.

I have a follow up appointment on Monday the 21st. I sure hope I have made enough progress to get out of the cast and into a removable splint.

The lesson I learned from all of this...I truly appreciate having all my limbs in working order...and those who have to live with a disability on any scale are extraordinary people.

How many times can you....

be asked..."SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW????"...before you go insane? ROFL

So far I think I have heard that from my DS at least 250 times. I keep trying to give him suggestions on things to do. He will do something and then just before he is done, he will ask... "SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW???"

UGH!!!

I have enrolled him in karate, taken him to the movies, played endless Wii games, had his cousin spend the night, etc...and he STILL isn't satisfied.

I have no idea what to do next week. I think we will take a trip to the library and to Blockbuster. I figure he can keep busy with a few books and game rentals for a few hours...well I can hope anyway!

Summer vacation has officially started!

Well DS is officially on summer vacation as of noon today.

This is my first real summer (besides right after he was born), that I will be home with him...EVERYDAY! He is a very BUSY 7 year old and it is going to be a challenge to keep him occupied.

The first activity we have put in place is to read 30 books in 30 days. If DS accomplishes this, he will be rewarded. We have decided the reward would be Mario Kart for Wii.

We also have two 2-week sessions of swimming lessons on the schedule in July and August, a 4-day family vacation to Lake Tahoe at the end of July, and karate starts today!

I'd really like to hear your ideas for making summer vacation survivable. Please POST them!

My name is Amy...

My blog used to be named just1morecoachbag...since most of what I was posting lately was my cardmaking, I decided to change it.

But, this post is about Coach bags! I went to the Coach store today and picked myself up a new Carly bag in Black and Silver. It is just so cute! I also got the Addison sunglasses in Tortoise...to die for!

My name is Amy and I'm a Coach ADDICT!

Still figuring out this Blog thing...

Please forgive me, I am still trying to figure out how having a blog works. I have been experimenting with moving things around, enlarging the fonts, etc.

I would like to put a slide show of pictures of my projects, but I haven't quite figured out how.

So feel free to leave me comments on how to improve!

Does anyone know how I can make the template stretch side to side? There is so much negative space.

Someone wants to buy my cards!

Oh My, I can't believe it...but someone actually wants to buy my cards! I am so flattered.

I had been thinking about putting together a few sets and seeing if they might sell on Ebay so this is so great. I have an idea of what I will charge per card, but it seems weird to charge people for doing something I love!

Have you ever sold any of your work? What did you sell and what did you charge?