Week 23: Made It Myself Monday & There's No Place...

....Like a NEW CRAFT ROOM! 

~Hi FRIENDS~

I hope all of you had a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!

I finally began to feel better, so my hubby, my son and I were able to travel up to Utah to enjoy some HAPPY FAMILY TIME with the rest of my kids and grandkids! It was great!

Upon my return, I discovered that my new CRAFT SPACE...I'm calling it the... " You Had Me At Craft Head Quarters"... or for short the "YHMAC HQ"... needed only a few tweaks before it was CRAFT READY...
!!!TADA...HERE IS MY NEW CRAFT/SEWING SPACE!!!

I LOVE IT! It's taken a while...but I am SO EXCITED to have it COMPLETED!!!

NOW unto TODAY's LINKING PARTY! 

I will be joining you soon and posting the fruits of my latest creative juices...as well as sharing some decor items I've been working on as I continue to make this new house a HOME! 

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY !!!! and CRAFT ON !!!!

Never partied here before? Check out the deets below...

1. Link any crafty project NEW or OLD.

2. Link UP to 3 projects.

3. Place the party BUTTON on your post.


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4. Visit and Comment on at least 2 Other Blogs

5. Lastly, leave a comment HERE!

Sick Day

~ Hi Friends ~

YUK! I have no choice but to "call in" and take a "sick day" from today's normally scheduled "Made It Myself Linking Party". I know, such a bummer :( 
Anyways,  I've been struggling with ... " let's call it...a woman's issue, discretion ap-pro-po here :).... for the better part of two weeks and last night and today, I'm just feeling really, really bad. Normally, when I'm feeling sick, I just press on and try my best to keep on going. But today, it's a "no go" !
I have no choice but to get into see a doctor. Mind you, I just moved to a new city, so I don't have a doc here yet. But a nice friend from church recommended someone, so I've spent the morning filling out "new patient forms". Luckily they had an afternoon appointment that are squeezing me into :)
Needless, to say this has slowed the progress of the craft room set up, but I figure if I get patched up in the next couple of days, I'll be up and running at normal speeds pretty soon :)
I have sooo many fun ideas running thru this crafty brain of mine, that I can't wait to create and share with you!
So just give me a bit of time to heal up and I'll be posting new projects from my new "You Had Me At Craft Head Quarters"  very soon!

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

Week 22: Made It Myself Monday

Oops friends! I almost forgot to post todays 

LINKING PARTY, YIKES! 

 So sorry! I had family in town, and there's still SO MUCH BUSY WORK going on here!

But ANYWAYS, please enjoy the PARTY and LINK UP your lasted crafty creations!  

I hope you ENJOYED all the GUEST DESIGNER'S that have graced my humble blog the last few weeks! I SOOO APPRECIATE them taking the time to share their talents with you during my hiatus!

The new craft room is coming along nicely, yet I still have a few loose ends to organize before I can BREAK OUT my next CRAFT...but I do have some fun IDEAS up my sleeve!

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY !!!! and CRAFT ON !!!!

Never partied here before? Check out the deets below...

1. Link any crafty project NEW or OLD.

2. Link UP to 3 projects.

3. Place the party BUTTON on your post.
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4. Visit and Comment on at least 2 Other Blogs

5. Lastly, leave a comment HERE!

Guest Designer Lala Palooza with Holly's Hobbie

Hi! It's Holly from Holly's Hobbie  and I am so excited and honored to be a guest designer today! Thank you so much Alex for choosing me!

At first when I was chosen I was so excited but then I realized that I had to make something fantastic so I got a little worried! Now that I am done, I am just excited to share my project with you!  I have been crafting for a little over a year with my Cricut and I love to make cards.  Today I decided to make something else just to mix it up a bit.

I recently got the card Flower Shoppe and I love it but I had yet to open it up so I thought I would use it for my guest designer day!

For this project I had been looking everywhere for the green foam circle wreath that they sell in all the craft stores but I couldnt find any. I was discussing it with my friend Brittany and she came up with the idea to use packing paper!

This is the "wreath" that I made with packing paper and packing tape.

I then wrapped it in green tulle and Voila! I had a wreath.  Then I cut about a million (this is an approximate number) flowers out from Flower Shoppe and hot glued them to the wreath.  At this point I am not sure if the wreath got more glue or my hands.  I got glue everywhere!

This is the end product!

This is my wreath hanging on the wall.

Because I used different sized flowers, the circle doesnt look circular but it is.

Close up of one flower.

To get more details about the products that I used, please visit my blog at http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com/ ! Because I am so excited about being a guest designer, I will be having a giveaway on my blog!

I really hope that you enjoyed my project! I am just still over the moon about being a guest designer for Alex! She was one of the first blogs that I ever visited and I have been hooked ever since! She is one talented lady!

Thank you so much Alex for letting me be a part of your Lala Palooza! I hope that you are settled in your new home and are back to your fantastic creations soon!