What a nice surprise!

I came home today after a long day of inservice and sat down at the computer to take a little “mind” break.  What a nice surprise to find this lovely comment, “Beautiful as always, love your blog! I have given you a blog award. Check out my blog dudleychickdesigns.blogspot.com to see it.”  I can’t tell…

September Scrap Workshop – Sonoma

Sonoma is such an elegant paper line. It’s obviously perfect for heritage photos, but it’s beautiful for so many other themes, as well.  I’ve seen it used with family photos, friends, weddings, and more.  In fact, there are enough greens and browns/neutrals in this paper line that it could even be used for masculine cards…

September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! September’s Stamp of the Month is called….. ****Limited Edition**** The blog hop makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have made it through them all.  If you have already started and…

Hey ladies…can you relate?

I don’t usually post about things unrelated to crafting and/or Close To My Heart, but it is my blog after all.  I can post whatever I want, right?  LOL  So with that said, today I received an email to notify me of a new song/video by one of my favorite country music duos…Joey & Rory…and…

August's CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH Product Spotlight Blog Hop for August! This month we are doing a….. ****CIRCLE CARDS**** The blog hop makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have made it through them all.  If you have already started and are coming…

Special "Pair-a-Phrase" Blog Hop

Welcome to a special edition Blog Hop for the promotional stamp set called… ****Pair-a-phrase**** Starting tomorrow…August 15th…when you purchase $75 or more in current Close To My Heart product, you will receive a special stamp set called Pair-a-phrase for free.  It’s the first time ever that CTMH has offered two stamp sets in one package…

August's Sharing from the Heart Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sharing From The Heart Blog Hop! (formerly the CTMH Blog Hop) This blog hop makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have made it through them all.  If you have already started and are coming from Wendy Kessler’s blog,…

Cricut Withdrawals!!!

Prior to my open house last weekend, which was very successful by the way (thanks to the best customers…and friends…in the world), I created a display board that highlighted the number of shapes that just one button for our new Cricut cartridge could produce.  I posted it to the CTMH message board, as well as…

August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! August’s Stamp of the Month is called….. ****Wicked**** The blog hop makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have made it through them all.  If you have already started and are…

Won't you join me on my journey?

A little over a year ago, I joined Close To My Heart as a form of therapy. To make a very long story short, I suffered from depression for about five or six years before seeking help.  If you’ve never suffered from severe depression, be sure to thank God, because it is a dark, dark…