Sunday, August 26, 2012

Mini Album and Page Kits for sale

OK the adventure begins. I enjoy creating and hope to sell these awesome kits. If interested send me an email and you can pay via PayPal. Postage will be $5 or if you like I can deliver to you if I will be seeing you in the near future. Email for PayPal and to request a kit is: craftifaye@sbcglobal.net
First kit is this fun Disney Character Tab Album. Six pages of pure fun. Book measures approx. 6 x 14 inches. 2 kits available at $30 each
Walk In The Park 2 page layout. A fun layout full of flowers and Pink Paislee pattern paper to showcase those special Disney papers. 5 kits available at $12 each
Magical Moments 2 page layout. We all have those special moments especially with those sweet princess'. Pink Paislee paper and other fun embellishments. 5 kits available at $12 each (Note: tags will come pre-stamped / embossed)
Finally the last kit is this fun Doggy Diary Album. 14 pages of fun to showcase your favorite pooch. 1 kit available at $30
Please let me know if you are interested and thanks for looking.

Life goes on..........capture each momet

To say that the past couple of years have been tough would be an understatement. I can't believe that my life has come to this point. So many things have happened that I don't know where to begin share or even how to do it. There are too many of them right now that are too painful to express or put into words. I honestly thought that with time it would get better but then something brings it all up again and tears are shed and sorrow is felt. I do realize that I need to capture these moments and know they are part of who I am. Somehow maybe they will help someone else. With the loss of my sweet Emma last month, I have contemplated getting another dog and some puppies became available last week that were black labs just like her. I wrestled with it for awhile and the puppies all found homes. I went back to when I got Belle as a puppy and all the items that soon became her chew toys. As I thought about it I remembered the chew marks in the coffee table and the end table. Then I got sad, not only was Belle gone - I lost her just before the move to mom's, but I don't know where the tables are. In consolidating 2 houses things went everywhere. So 2 tables with dog chew marks may not mean anything to anyone else but they do to me and they may be in the garage buried with some other stuff but I don't know and it made me very sad. You might consider that silly but it is something that mattered and I don't know if I have pictures of the tables but realizing they may be gone brought home the fact that I didn't capture the moment. Life is about change some good and some not, but change none the less. We make decisions, sometimes ignore advice from well meaning people and we have to live with what our decisions bring. I am beyond grateful to my mom cause without her, I would be homeless. Moving in here was supposed to make things easier for her too. My hope is that I have been as much of a blessing to her as she has been to me. Now that it is just us 3 girls, things are definitely calmer and life is moving forward. We still have some financial issues but trusting for God to provide and see us through. This journey that I am on is not easy. I feel the tremendous sense of loss. Three of my beloved pets have gone. My pets are my kids and the pain is great. My first house became a short sale. I gave away so much of my life that every once in awhile like the tables things will bother me and call it silly but I grieve the loss. Then at the end of it all I ended up single. How did this all happen? How is any of this OK? I know God has a plan and I know that He has not left me but there are days it gets very overwhelming. There are some things this month that need to be taken care of and right now the money isn't there but I just need to trust that God will provide and I know He will. Somehow I need to undo some of the damage that has been done in our home in regards Christ centered life. Some actions have not shown a true Christian behavior and it has affected some people. My journey will be to make sure that Christ is seen in me with everything that I do and say. I know that God is protecting my family and me and know that He will see us through. But with each day and each moment we need to remember to capture those things that will mean something later on. I know that I am going to be OK. I just need to find my place again in this thing called life. I need to work on creating new memories and capturing those. I need to lean on my friends and start to trust again. Most of all I need to put myself first and keep me well physically, mentally and spiritually and be ready to do whatever it is that God wants me to do. Though the first 50 years didn't end with happily ever after, I need to gleen what was good and move forward to live the life that God has for me and do it with a happy heart and ready to serve. Thank you for your friendship and love and for walking along side of me on my journey. I really do have some amazing friends........................... (God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1) ............................... (Be still, and know that I am God; Psalm 46:10).......................... (I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 )

Monday, July 16, 2012

Emma Sue

November 20,1997 - July 2, 2012 My sweet girl it has been just 2 weeks since I said goodbye to you for the last time. My tears still flow when I think of you both happy and sad. You were such a trooper and you fought as hard as I did to keep you comfortable. So many things arose over the last 2 years and you just had the will to live and I wanted you to have a good life. Dimentia in humans is rough but with dogs it is a whole other world. Guess maybe my experiences with you will help me with mommies who are facing the same issues. I remember the day you came to live with us, Belle needed a playmate and you were Wednesdays Wagger on Sunny 106.9 You had been at the pound and funny thing was you old mommy and daddy were clients at my work. Though they painted you out to be a difficult dog, that did not prove to be the case. You could not have been more loving and an awesome dog. You had the sweetest disposition and loved to snuggle. You and Belle had a few scuffles but you were best buds. The only thing was you chased the cats and kind of freaked them out so we had to separate the cats from you. You loved to chase balls and could you jump!!!! You were very good at it. You could start in a standing position and be eye level instantly. You loved to go for walks but actually walked your daddy instead of visa versa. I wish that we could go back. I wish that I would have been more aware of the fact that all the change was stressing you out. Your little brain just snapped one day and we knew that nothing was going to be the same. After the move, you grew to love the bedroom upstairs. You could lay up there for hours and be so content. The cats loved you too. So often I would see one of them grooming you cause you just laid there and relaxed. We had you on such a schedule with meds and such that I find myself looking at my watch and thinking I have to give you meds and then reality sets in. The kitchen floor and the foot of the bed look naked without you, but the memories are still vivid and there. We all miss you and actually think we hear you. My sweet girl, I just hope you know that I loved you so much and only wanted your life to be full of love and comfort. Your body was failing you, so I had to say goodbye and with you went a huge chunk of my heart. I will treasure the moments that you laid in my lap and just snored before taking your last breath. So my sweet sweet girl, just know that I love you will all my heart and wish I could have done more for you but know that you are free of pain and suffering. I look at your picture everyday and smile (and cry) but mostly smile because my sweet Emma you brought so much joy to my life. I love you my sweet girl and miss you terribly.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Canvas Layouts

I had so much fun creating these 12 x 12 wall hangings using canvas. The family one was a Mother's Day present for my mom and the other is for me. My friend Treion and I went to Disneyland last year so just had to create something fun.

My Minds Eye Layout Class

This was a class I taught at Paper Daisies using My Minds Eye Miss Caroline collections. Perfect for the county fair or any summer/fall activity. I just love how it turned out. There are still 2 kits availble at Paper Daisies and I have one in my Etsy Store.

National Scrapbook Day at Paper Daisies

This years National Scrapbook Day was probably the best crop I have ever been too. It was so much fun to crop all day Saturday and Sunday. I could have cropped Friday but my body was fighting me. Wendy and Marie at Paper Daisies totally rocked the weekend. It was superb. I also participated in an online crop with Big Picture Scrapbooking and had fun working on my pages using there suggestions for challenges.
This was my space on Saturday. The pink carryall was our gift and had lots of goodies. So cute, I love it and it is PINK..........
These are 4 of my layouts for our trip to Arizona and our journey down Route 66. I so loved that journey, still need to get the pictures done, so behind yikes
This was a challenge to create a memory from my childhood / youth. So this was about my roommate Lynnette and I going to 7-11 to play Ms. PacMan
I had some kits to finish so I did these on Saturday and the pages on Sunday. What a great time and am already looking forward to next year..

Paper Roses

OK, here is my latest project. Just love the paper roses and there is so much you can do with them. These fun jewelry pieces are fun for young and old. I am taking the plunge into the land of Etsy and you can purchase these one of a kind treasures there.

SEI Nature Kit

These were 2 projects in the SEI March Kit and my mom loved them so much that I had to create them for her and they were a hit. Love the awesome colors with the butterflies and the paper in general was awesome. SEI you outdid yourself with this fun kit.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Creating a Craft Room #1

Part of the battle of getting my craft room looking the way I want it too and having my tools ready to grab, I decided to use vinyl and paint to add some pizazz. The first one is a Pampered Chef tool caddy and the second one is from Michaels. I really like the colors. More ideas to come to show off my craft space





New Zutter Books

Having fun creating or recreating themed books for others to make. This darling leprechaun made his appearance again. A great place to showcase those St. Patricks Day pictures.


New to the group is this Pot of Gold. Each coin is attached to a fun saying about luck. This would be great if you wanted to add your own journaling or talk about the photos in the album




The bunny and the egg were redone withh current papers from 3 Bugs and American Crafts. The new papers created and brand new look and were alot of fun.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Disney Kits for Sale



I am in the midst of creating kits for this fun Disney book. Would you like a kit, that will come with instructions and everything pre-cut?

Kit cost $35 plus $7 shipping.
Pay via paypal using craftifaye@sbcglobal.net

All kits will be mailed out next Monday.

This is over 12 inches long and about 6 inches high
Page size is 4 inches high and varies 2 inches - 12 inches.
Thanks for looking.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Daisy and the snow

I just love watching her. She loves the snow and just happen to have my cell phone handy when she decided to roll around in it. As you see, she was enjoying herself.