Inspiration Board Winner!

Thanks to all who entered the giveaway.  I was completely flattered that so many of you actually wanted this board--There were thirty entries!  Woohoo!

I used www.random.org to choose the winner.  It chose:
Edwards Family said...

So much fun, I can't even stand it! You are become a celeb blogger! So stinkin' cool...I can't believe I wasn't an actual follower yet! But you can bet it's on my blog now (c:

I happen to know Aubrey (I promise that it didn't influence her winning, though.  Otherwise I would have chosen my mom, as it's Mother's Day, and she entered!), and she is a pretty amazing lady.  Aubrey has the best sense of humor and she makes any situation fun.  She's also a mom of two adorable kids, so Happy Mother's Day!  I hope this makes your day!  

Just send me your address, Aubrey, and I'll have this in the mail sometime in the next couple of days.  Congratulations!

Thanks again to all who entered.  I truly love knowing that you all appreciate my creativity.  It's so neat to know that there are people out there who care about what I'm doing.  Thanks for supporting me at Martha Shmartha!

Cabinet Door to Picture Holder

Remember this trip?  During that IKEA run, I picked up a couple of white cabinet doors.  At the time, I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them.  I had seen a bunch of DIY projects using cabinet doors floating around blogland, but didn't have one pinned down.  Once I got home, the cabinet door and I stared at each other for a long time (several times).  I literally had no idea what I wanted to do with it.  Then one night, I just started working.  And suddenly, I had created a picture holder that had become one of my favorite creations ever.  I still haven't decided how to hang it one the wall--I'm up for suggestions!  I can't wait to show you!

I used stamps on the sides and the the bottom.  I wanted to used stamps for the top too, but couldn't find anything just right.  So instead, I used my Silhouette to cut vinyl, and laid that along either side of the photo clip.  I just glued the clip to the cabinet door.  I like it because I'll be able to swap out the photos so easily.  

I couldn't be happier.  And guess what?  This cabinet door cost me $2.  Sweet!

Good News and a Few Cards!

It feels like I haven't posted anything in forever!  I've been busy, so busy.  The end of the school year seems to bring endless concerts, field trips, performances, and lots of work!  On top of it all, my back is still giving me trouble.  The good news, however, is that crafting is my respite.  So despite not posting, I am still crafting little things here and there, where my back allows it.

I have good news!  I am going to be doing some guest blogging and blog swapping!  This is unbelievably exciting for me--I even called my mom when I got the good news (yes, I was that excited!).  On the first Wednesday of June, I will be guest blogging over at Tatertots & Jello.  Jenn runs an amazing blog over there with tons of creative and fun ideas.  She's sort of my crafty idol, so this is a pretty big deal. :)  Then on June 10th, I'll be blog swapping with Amy from Mod Podge Rocks.  Amy is the QUEEN of Mod Podge and has the most unreal collection of Mod Podge projects that you could ever imagine.  This is also a pretty big deal.  As you can imagine, I'm completely freaking out calmly thinking of great tutorials for my guest posts.  Send crafty thoughts my way!

Do you love the UPS man as much as I do?  That guy gets a pretty big smile at our house.  Well, a couple of days ago, he brought me the most amazing stamp.  I ordered this stamp from Stampin' Up a little while ago, but forgot about it until it came.  I am in love with this stamp.  Let me show you:

It's a giant cupcake stamp!  AMAZING!  The coolest part of the stamp was that it had a thank-you note written inside it.  I cut that part out, though, and put it on the back of the stamp.  That way I can use it just as a cupcake or I can stamp the thank-you note inside the cupcake as it was meant to be.  My son used it to write all of his birthday thank-you cards and I have made a bunch of different cards from it.  You can cut it out and send it just as a cupcake.  You can cut the frosting part of and stick it on the base with a dimensional.  There are so many neat ideas.  (Did I mention that I just love cupcakes?)

I've been trying to replenish my card supply.  I looked for birthday card the other day and realized that not only did I not have a birthday card, I didn't have any kind of card.  I try to keep a good stash so that I can send them out when I need them.  Here's one my daughter and I made today:

I'm going to try to crank out a few more cards tonight.  I'll try to get pictures when I'm done.  Sometimes I look at the pictures on other craft blogs and get so jealous that they are taken during daylight hours.  How do people find time to craft when their children are awake?  I can maybe get 10 minutes.  MAYBE.  Oh well, that's what the evenings are for, right?