Doesn't this sofa make you want to curl up to a great movie or read a book!

Girls Craft Weekend at Hood Canal

I'm very excited for this weekend when four of us girls are headed to our cabin on the Hood Canal for some scrapbooking ,crafting and girl time into the wee hours of the night.  Scrapbooking is something I've loved to do for many years now and I've been involved in many ways from teaching scrapbook classes, to having an in-home business, a retail store front and even patenting a scrapbook product called the "Crop Cushion".   All of those chapters are long over now and I'm just so very happy to still enjoy the craft and have a hobby I love to do.  Working with paper and embellishments is enjoyable for me.  I've heard many woman who say they just dont have the time to work on their scrapbooks and thats true for most of us, but as our life goes zipping by it's so easy to forget the details and a picture or an album page can take you right back to that memory and place in time. 

Urban Wares

        Collecting, Repurposing, Re-Using, and Editing to Create a
                                    Fresh Urban Style.

Getting the Creative Juices Flowing!!!

Well my plans to spend the day cleaning out my craftroom went out the window after a couple hours and off we went to our favorite little town of Sumner, WA.  First stop was to Paper Muse where Cami (shop owner) oozes with creativity and is as sweet as can be.  I always leave with projects I want to go home and try.  I got a great banner kit for valentines day that I cant wait to work on tommorrow during the Seahawk football game!  I'm so glad there is a woodworking store next door to keep my husband occuppied for a bit while I try to take it all in.  Cami was working on her new store blog and since I'm a newby I couldn't help her much.  Not sure where and how you all learned all your tricks but I hope to get there one day!

Next stop is my favorite antique shop, "Todays Country Store", where I walked in and recieved a big hug from Wendy who's such a kick, I love her.  The shop looked great, there's so much eye-candy its a rush. They keep things fresh and updated, not like the musty antique shops where you find everything sitting in the same spot a year later.  papermuse.blogspot.com

Today's Country Store (My Favorite Shop!)

todayscountrystore.blogspot.com

They're having a girls night out with food & refreshments Thursday Jan 27th!

.....and below is Donna Ingill's new space within New England Saltbox.  Donna travels several times a year back east to bring home wonderful primitives.  Her booth looks wonderful now and it will be fun to see what else she brings in from her wonderful collection!

 ....and then the VanLierop Garden Shop which is always a treat even on a rainy day.  (Me pictured with Izzy, my little stow-away pocket pooch who was an exceptionally good girl today.)

Tackle the Craft Room!

  

I hope this weekend to transform my craft room that served as Santa’s Workshop and took quite a pounding, into Valentines Craft Central. Later this month I'm hosting a scrapbooking over-nighter with my scrappin' gals and hope to get those pic's out of my camera and into an album for all to see while having lots of laughs and girl time doing it.  Normally our crafting get togethers involve lots of yummy food and goodies but I'm hoping to change it up a bit and stick to healthy snacks. For someone who loves chocolate, I've been able to adapt to dark chocolate for the healthy benefits and I'm up to 85 percent now! 

 

Fresh Start!!!!

...Christmas is all tucked away for another year and our home has a fresh look to start out the New Year!  Bring on 2011, I'm ready!:)

A New Beginning.......

Well all things must begin at the beginning and that is where I am in the world of blogging.  We will see where this takes me in the upcoming 2011 year.  I hope to grow and stretch as a person (...step out of my comfort zone) and share some of the my passions for collecting, repurposing, decorating, scrapbooking and enjoying life!