Archive for November, 2012

Christmas Gift Card packaging.

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

I wish I had the time to craftily wrap every present for Christmas.  I already have my Christmas shopping done by October 5th and start wrapping the next day.  But I just don’t have enough time to crafty-craft every gift package.  And some really are easier than others.  Like gift cards.  I detest giving gift […]

Adventures in Couponing.

Sunday, November 11th, 2012

Up this week is a little round-up action.  Albertsons does this promotion where they will round up any coupon to $1.  This is great for all those 25-cent coupons that don’t seem worth it to clip and save.  But when you can pair the round-up with good coupons and a good sale, it’s a beautiful […]

Best Wishes.

Friday, November 9th, 2012

TGIF! ’tis been a fast week this week, no?  I like that.  Because I live for Fridays.  I’m so much nicer on Fridays too – ha. Tonight my daughter and I are going to ULTA to get our hair done for free.  They are having an event where they’ll do your hair in to an […]

Happy cards.

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

I’ve seen folks make cards out of patterned paper – like not using a cardstock base – and that’s always intrigued me.  I’ve always thought that patterned paper was too flimsy to use as a cardbase though.  But I had the 12 x 12 sheet of this Jenni Bowlin paper with that super trendy honeycomb […]

Celebrate.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Hey Hey it’s Election Day – don’t forget to get out and vote! Yeah…I’m not so sure about this card.  I really liked the image and wanted to do something with it, but maybe these big images are best suited for scrapbooking and not cards.  Because I didn’t know how the heck to embellish it.  […]