I have a lot on my mind today so I'm going to share in a bullet point list. This seems to be the only way I can have a coherent thought these days because I am oh so busy! If you ever get an e-mail from me, you know that this is how I work. :-) Ha!
- Young Crafter's Unite's very first challenge ends soon! The challenge is to color a stamped image. Easy peasy. You may even have something on your desk already that you could quickly post and enter. The deadline is September 15 and the winner gets a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp. Sweet. For complete details, click here!
- Want another fun challenge to enter? You have about a week left to participate in the September Paint the Town Color Challenge at the Market Street Blog. The challenge winner receives some free (and awesome) Market Street Stamps. For complete details, click here!
- Can I tell you that I have new favorite pants to craft in? If this makes me a weirdo, that's totally fine, but I'm telling you, these pants are comfy, cute and apparently inspire me because I have been a crafting fool in these badboys lately. Check them out — Mine are actually rainbow on the waist band. (Note: I do wash them every couple of days...)
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| Even globs of Glossy Accents come out of these! Magic! |
- Have you ever made something and then completely forgot about it?! That's what happened with these back to school tags I whipped up a few weeks ago. I had intended to give them to my sisters to put in their kids' lunch boxes, but they got lost in the mess that is my desk and I just found them a few nights ago. Happy surprise! I made them all using tons of Jenni Bowlin inks and the Papertrey Tag-It's 6 set. Those $5 sets are the way to go — tons of versatility and the price is right. I tied each one with coordinating twine and inked the edges with Antique Linen.
- I am thrilled that it is fall. It's my favorite season, and I feel like a little piece of me comes back to life with the cooler temperatures and the crisper air. I plan spending hours at the crafting desk and drinking a lot of these —
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| Pumpkin Spice Lattes FTW! |
- Life has been a little rougher than normal for awhile now, but I am making my way through. Here are some Pinterest gems that I need to remember on the hard days —
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| Source: Pinterest |
- I feel like you deserve some sort of reward if you have made it this far! If you check back on Friday, there will be one. I will be having my very first giveaway featuring LOTS of Market Street Stamps and my new favorite ink to use with them. This ink was new to me and now I kind of can't stop using it. It's perfect. Also on deck this week — Show and Tell #2, fun cards and a video post for Market Street.
xoxo,
Jess
Sister - you have been holding out on me! This blog is awesome, and you are so very talented. Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
ReplyDeleteBullet Point list is the best way to organize our random thoughts! I do the same :) Thanks for sharing all the fun new happenings and I always look forward to your videos :)
ReplyDeleteadorable tags!
ReplyDeleteYou know I love me some bulleted lists! I have several pairs of those PINK pants and pretty much live in them. I love that I can wipe my inky fingers on them and it always washes out lol. Hoping life starts to cut you a break :o)
ReplyDeletelove that you had a lot to share Jess, i look forward to your updates. those tags are so cute! i don't have that die, but i do have tag #1 which should work too :) i'm going to have to case these bad boys!
ReplyDeleteMy mind also operates in bullets, LOL, didn't know there were others out there! I liked the quotes you added, made me smile! Looking forward to show and tell (I think that name is clever!)
ReplyDeleteI love those tags! Oh so cute, I think that would be an awesome thing to throw in as a personal touch with the Christmas presents! So of course I had to make an “small” first order with papertryink, since they take $30 in shipping to Norway that would be justified sine I won’t be ordering from them to often… An I just have to say that I love your style Jess and it would be awesome if you could you make a post with some starter tips in how to use distress ink? I might have fallen in to temptation after seeing your landscaping awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteLovely creations and Looking forward to your next video.
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