Yay! It's finally here! An update--complete with pictures! The last couple of weeks have been crazy. I've been spending about 12 hours a day in my craft room--thanks to my in-laws and Arvin for helping me set it all up! I'm getting ready for a holiday craft fair tomorrow (Saturday) and have another coming up in December, plus I have some actual orders (!!!) for greeting cards and an Open House next weekend. Crazy, crazy, hectic but I'm so GRATEFUL for every single one of these opportunities.
Arvin and I took some pictures last night of the products I'm taking to the craft fair tomorrow and, unfortunately, the lighting wasn't very good so very few of the photos we took actually came out. But we salvaged these--which were the ones I wanted to post anyhow. I decorated a little tree with these pretty Christmas tags. They are embossed with "Peace" and "Joy" and the other has snowflakes on it. I used stamps from Papertrey Ink; the red and moss cardstock is from Paper Source, as is the moss ribbon; the kraft cardstock and white embossing powder are from Stampin' Up; and the white ribbon is Offray. I made a few different cards and some gift card holders but you'll have to wait to see those as their pictures weren't so great. We will re-take them and I will get them posted in a few days.
I have much more to do for tomorrow so I need to get back to work, but wanted to at least put a little something up today like I promised. There are so many things I want you all to see that I have been working on so be sure to check back at the beginning of next week.
Just one more thing before I go--Mom, you won't believe it, but I actually busted out the Christmas music 2 days ago! I've been making holiday things and it's gotten me really excited about Christmas. A little backstory: My mom LOVES Christmas but too bad for her, my birthday is November 25 and I used to be a Scrooge! I wouldn't allow her to put up anything Christmasy until after my birthday. Yet now, here I am, making Christmas cards, listening to Christmas music, burning Christmas candles, and decorating Christmas trees and we're barely into November. I will say, though, that the music I've been playing is about Christmas, but it's not exactly traditional Christmas music. I'm listening to Hawksley Workman who is AWESOME and he put out a Christmas album a few years ago called Almost A Full Moon. With songs like "Common Cold", "First Snow of the Year", and "3 Generations", he's got a fun take on Christmas and I love it! If you find yourself in a festive spirit as I have been, definitely check him out! And check out his website http://www.hawksleyworkman.com/ where you can hear a few songs from his new albums. ("Piano Blink" is my favorite!)
