Baby Mini Album!

Good Morning,

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Today I want to share with you a project I'd been working on for the past tow weeks. I finally finished the project and shipped it to a very happy client. I had a request to create a guest book/mini album for a baby shower in NY. They wanted something similar to my pink & brown guest book in a previous post. This book has so many different layers it has a crib I created using my DS and a mini accordian fold album which served as the front cover. There is also lots of tags and I finally got to cut something with my gypsy. The book looks nothing like the one in my previous post but my client was happy. In the end I loved the way the book turned out the color combination the papers and all the layers made it awesome.... I have an etsy store I have yet to really put anything in the store but since this a new year I am going to start listing some stuff.  And this book will def be at the store.

                            

Baby Album with the accordian fold mini album

Side View of book

Inside of book

Crib created using my Design Studio

Photo holder with tag

Final Page with tags for guest to leave a note

Happy Crafting

Melissa

A Little Late Christmas Gift Basket

Good Morning,

I have been very busy working on some cool projects that will be coming up really soon!!! I have been doing some crafting and also a ton of research which involve my blog. There are also some changes coming up I will keep you guys updated on my progress I might even need some advice from my friends.

Anyways I know its late but I am totally backed up on project posting. I decided to post this project today because I am think I will be using this same concept for the upcoming holidays. I had a sneak peek of this project on an older post. This holiday season I got really sick and while home from work I started to look around for x-mas ideas. A few ideas came up but this one became a hit. I posted the information of the source of this box in my previous post. I did these boxes for the boys teacher and they loved them. these boxes are good to make and use for any occasion and can be used as a gift or treat box. I am currenty working on a few of these boxes for V-day so stay tuned....

Enjoy!!!!

Hollywood Birthday Bash

Hello,

Today I wanted to share with you this Hollywood Birthday I did for my cousins daugthers 10th birthday. The pictures didn't come out as great. We created an L shaped dessert/candy table. We had cotton candy in champagne glasses to give it a more diva feel. The cake and cupcakes where done using movie elements. We made the food labels like movie reels and the table centerpieces where edible with fresh popcorn and candy.

                                                    

                                                       Candy Buffet

                                                            The Cake

                                                    Cotton Candy

                                                             Cupcakes

Centerpieces

Enjoy!!!!!!

Backyardigan Birthday Party

Hello Friends,

As promised I am getting around to posting my projects and parties from last year. I am so late with posting but life and work have gotten in the way. Its been so hard to keep up with my demands at work, my home life and my part time buisness which on most weeks seems like a full time buisness. One goal for this year is to post all my projects in a timely manner and keep you updated. Without futher ado here is a party I did for my co-workers adorable 3 year old. The theme was Backyardigans and it was at a park, the wind was not on my side that day but in the end it turned out amazing.

                                                                   Dessert Table

                                                      

 

                                                                      Dessert Table Centerpiece

                                                                          Centerpieces

Hope you enjoy!!!

Melissa

Goals for 2011

Hello Friends,

Happy New Year!!! I know its a little late... I hope you all had a great New Year.
Well I must tell you that my New Years didn't start quite how I expected. I sprained my wrist last Wednesday at work I didn't get to the doctor till Saturday. The doctor informed me that I would hav to wear a splint and sling for the next 2 weeks. Therefore I am not allowed to use my right hand no typing, texting, cleaning, cooking and def no crafting :(. Can I tell you not having the use of my right hand is not good it makes me feel very useless. There is some benefits to this not having to clean or cook lol.

While my wrist heals there will be no new projects but I will be posting some stuff I have worked on in the past. Ok so now on to my goals for 2011 since I no longer do resolutions as they are never kept.

Goals for 2011

Quit smoking
Lose 40 pounds

Spend time with my family as I have felt that the last year I didn't spend enough time with them due to all my work. I am grateful for all my work and will conitnue to work hard but, I will also make sure not to take on to much so I can give my family what they need.

Read more I have always loved to read but since reading the twilight series in 2009 I haven't really read anything else... My goal for this year is to read the last two Harry Potter books and also finish all the books I started but never finished.

Open my Etsy Store/Craft more- I have crafted more this year than I have my whole life. The truth is though I mainly crafted for work this year I want to make a point to craft for fun. I would like to craft and sell some of my work on Etsy. I would also like to be invited to do a blog hop this year and would like to gain more followers. I also plan on making a few cards that I can keep for special occasions so I am always prepared.

Videos - I would also like to introduce a video series into my blog where I can showcase my crafting and also my party skills. I want to create a series of vlogs that will follow me as I plan a party and also mini crafting videos. I would like to start this series within the next few weeks.

Blog - I have also not been very sucessful in this blog, mainly for my lack of post. So starting today I plan to blog atleast once a week if not more as I would like to keep my readers up to date.

Plan ahead - This year I found myself wanted to do so much but doing very little. I missed out on halloween and so many Christmas projects. So this year I plan to start on the different occasions ahead of time so I will be able to complete all my projects. I also plan to incoporate the plan ahead into my party planning as I always find myself doing everything last minute.

And finally RELAX - I found myself very busy this year and had no time to really relax. I even got really sick this year so I plan to do some more relaxing as its really important for a healthy living.

Ok I hope to accomplish all my goals and keep you coming back!!!!

Have a great day
Mel