Goodbye for Now.

I know you haven't heard from me for a while, and it doesn't look like it is going to get any better any time soon. My life has suddenly become extremely hectic and complicated, and while I was hoping it was going to let up, it hasn't. I need to let some things go for a while. Unfortunately one of the easiest things is letting my blog and blog finds go. I'm sorry that I have to make this decision, and I'm definitely going to miss you. I will be back, I just don't know when. So for now I'll just say, see you later!

Matt Made Master!

My wonderful hubby was just notified that he made MSgt. I'm so excited. This is the last promotion we needed in order for him to retire at the pay level he wanted. This means that in exactly 3 years and 10 months we will no longer have to worry about Afghanistan, Iraq, or anywhere else in the world that needs some military support. I made this card for him. I'm so proud of him!

My Pretty Punch art Princess

As some of you know, I am a member of VC Rocks (VC stands for Virtual Convention). This is a yahoo group that gets together every spring through fall and disbands over the winter. Anyway, this year I am hosting a card swap. Sugar and Spice is all about girly cards and inner princesses. So, to honor my card swap, I created this cute little princess. Isn't she adorable?

Princess Card

I'm hostessing a VC Rocks swap this week. Sugar and Spice, and everything nice.... :) We had to make girly girl cards. For those of you that know me, you realize this is slightly outside my comfort zone. My son is probably more girly than Katie is, and I'm definitely not girly at all. But this is what I came up with.....what do you think?

Chocolate Chocolate Everywhere!

Since we are new to the area, I joined Matt's unit's wives group. This month we had a Chocolate night. Everyone brought something chocolate. With a little help from my German friends, I was able to obtain some German chocolates to bring. Since some of the candy had alcohol in it, I wanted to make sure everyone knew which ones were which (guess that is m

y substance abuse training, I would hate to have someone in recovery eat the wrong kind!). So, I broke out my chocolate stamp (that I never used......even though it is no longer available. Dang move!) and made these little labels. I think they turned out really cute, and of course the chocolate didn't last. It was so yummy!

Easter Baskets

A month or so ago I was able to participate in a great bulk buy run by seaside crafts (if you haven't checked them out yet, go to Yahoo groups and take a moment. They get amazing deals on some really cool crafting stuff!). Anyway, one of the items I bought was these cool clear paint cans. I decided that they would make great Easter Baskets this year, so I used my big shot and some DE sheets to decorate them. As you can see, the bunny matches the bunny clues I showed you yesterday and the Chick one matches the chick clues I forgot to take pictures of. The kids loved them and they are packed away with the reusable clues for next year. I love it when my crafting bug actually creates something that is useful!

Easter Hunt

This year we decided to put together a hunt that was a little different. I had thrown away all of my easter eggs, and didn't really want to buy some more. So, Matt and I spent an afternoon putting together bunnies and chicks for the kids to find instead. On the back of each of these was a letter. Once the kids found all the clues, they had to unscramble the words to figure out where their baskets were hidden. I forgot to take pictures of the chicks, but here are the bunnies. Matt made these all by himself. He was so proud. I did laminate all the pieces so we can use these over and over again.