It's finally official!!!

We've been approved for the apartment!!!! When Brian came in tonight and told me I so excited that I literally lept off the couch and gave him the biggest hug! We're going to the apartment on Monday to sign the lease and we should be able to start painting and moving stuff in on Thursday. New place, here I come!!

Craft Room.

What beautiful words!! Soon, very soon, I will have my space, my own place. I can mess it up, relax in it - it will be my little creative haven away from the world. I'm so excited- a WHOLE ROOM just for my art! I can't even imagine - space to do all the crafty things I love! I'll have my desk for scrapping, a sewing table, a cozy corner for crocheting and (gasp) knitting. There will be plenty of room for storage in my big closet and a place for all of my Sterilite drawers. I'll get to decorate the room with as much art and inspiration as I can manage to fit. As long as it will fit, I'm even going to have a bed for those sleepy moments when I might want to take a nap. :)

My dream fabric storage:

Getting closer!

Brian saw the place on Saturday and really likes it! Yay! Now we just have to fill out the application and fax it over to our soon-to-be landlord. I'm getting so anxious. If the place was already ready to move into I'd be sleeping there already. Oh, how I hate having to be patient! I'm all packed except some clothes, a few odds and ends, and a few necessities. November needs to hurry up and get here!

Two more weeks!!!!

For those that don't know, I'll be moving soon!!!I'm very excited, and yes, my house will be fine for those of you that know the situation. I'm not just going to leave my family hanging, but I do need to get out on my own. Everything is all worked out. :)

Brian and I will be getting a two bedroom apartment in Lakewood. It's in a good neighborhood and just around the corner from many of our friends. Not only will I be getting to finally live with my dearest love, but the craftster in me will have a wonderful new place to decorate!!!

This is my inspiration:








Earthy. Ethnic. Warm. Inviting. Cultured.

Thank goodness Brian and I are in agreement with the color palette and the feel of how we want our place to be. I think I could pretty much do whatever I want and he would be okay with it. Our landlord is allowing us to paint too, which is amazing so we really have tons of options and colors/textures to play around with. I would really like to mix up the place with everything from Celtic and European decor to some Middle Eastern and Asian flavors. It should be a lot of fun!

Missy's wallet

I absolutely LOVE Craftster. I find so many fabulous gift ideas there. This one goes out with props to HappyFrog, who came up with this super simple way to make a card wallet.








I made it for my friend Missy, at work. One day we went over to JoAnn's on our break and I bought a fat quarter of this fabric. She saw it an practically drooled all over it. I knew I had to make her something with it. She said the pattern on it was similar to the pattern she has on her business cards so when I saw the tutorial for this wallet I knew that's what I would make. I gave it to her on Sunday and Wednesday when a bunch of us went out after work she was already using it! Yay! :-D

Disposable Camera Swap

Here are the pics I got from Lizzle! I LOVE the city and airplane shots. They're two of my favorite things!! Plus she sent me a really cool chalkboard frame and special pens to use with it. I'd never seen one before - love it! :-D

Debonne

The other day I got to hang out with my Joe. We went out to Friday's for dinner and then I took him out to Debonne Vineyards.















It was so nice and relaxing. No one was around, it was so peaceful. We just sat in the gazebo sampling some wine and talking, watching the sun set behind us. Note to Self: Their dry Riesling is heavenly. Next time bring a bottle home. :D




















Since Joe is moving back home in a few days I made him a little keepsake of the evening.

Fairy Tale Creature Swap

I got my Angel package the other day!

Let me say first off how awesome Red_Pooka is!! She totally spoiled me, I LOVE everything she made!! She put so much thought into all of it. Everything was tagged with descriptions of why she included each item. I got some pixie stix (yum!), a fairy stone (that I've already worn twice as a necklace), a stenciled shirt (that fits like a glove and is an amazing shade of green that goes perfectly with my green eyes!), and a knitted dragon (Smaug from The Hobbit!!), and what dragon would be complete without some dragon's treasure!!

Ok, here it all is!!


Fairy Stone:


Closeup of Smaug and his treasure (I love the details!! Right down to his jewel encrusted belly scales!!):


Celtic Dragon Shirt (hand stenciled) :


Action shot:

Two Years.....

This Saturday is me and Brian's two year anniversary. I can't believe it's been that long already. It seems like just the other day that we were at 80's Night and I was waiting all night for him to give me that first kiss. :)

I think I'm gonna scrap this pic as one of his prezzies. We haven't had a picture together that hasn't been on a cell phone for MONTHS.

I want one of these.

Wouldn't this make the most amazing craft studio?
















Such inspiration!!!! Daddy is a carpenter so I think I may have to enlist his help on a project. :-D