More Garden Confetti

Here are some more die-cuts in my paper shop.
It was fun to set the sheets to look like a wallpaper sample
to display where the rounds came from.

Stripes, flowers & dots...you just can't go wrong!

I would love to see what crafters do with these on note cards.

Pretty like Wallpaper

I got my hands on this pretty cardstock paper that reminds me of pretty wallpaper. I've got them listed in my Etsy paper crafts shop so I stacked the designs so that they would look just like wallpaper in a photograph. It's a good alternate view of what can be done with the quarter sized rounds I punched from them. These will be great for scrapbooking, card making, journaling and who knows what else.



I like that the papers are slightly distressed to provide a more homey decorating result. It can either go the shabby chic route or a flea market or country style. Now I just have to photograph the four other sets that have the same palette but different patterns. If you'd like to see more details, click HERE. And celebrate that it is Friday!

The Background Fairy & Spring Flowers

My little annual harvest of daffodils from my back yard yielded enough for 2 of my blue glass vases...one for the kitchen & one at my desk. How pretty. My star jasmine just started blooming as well. Can you tell I live in California?


I'm having fun with The Background Fairy. The website offers free backgrounds and headers and today I was in a brown & cream colored mood and of course, she had just what I needed. It's an easy change to make and only takes minutes. I highly recommend "playing" there to keep your blog looking fresh. You can also click her "Graphics Fairy" box and gain access to amazing free vintage images to dress up your projects!

See you soon with new cupcake creations!

Even Better

Not much to say since I'm working on custom orders & a few more Christmas pieces of jewelry.
Just wanted to show you my birthday flowers after 5 days...even better than the first day!

See you soon.

Inside Out

This vase of flowers from my husband started my Thanksgiving, which was also my birthday (falls on this day every 7 years). The lilies are big and fat and the roses pink & fragrant. He brought these to me with a sweet card and a fresh pot of coffee...ahhhhh. Then we drove up to Napa where my sister was hosting Thanksgiving. The drive is only a little over an hour so that is a treat in itself.

We actually ended up with the grouping of family we expected at Christmas, but Thanksgiving turned itself inside out this year.


Originally, we were due to visit my in-laws for several days but the entire household became ill and we didn't get a phone call until Tuesday. I thought, wow, so maybe we'll just stay home but we aren't prepared to cook a turkey dinner, and I sure didn't want to spend my birthday doing THAT! So I called Sis and she was SO happy since her regular group of people weren't coming and she was down to her family of 3 plus her father-in-law.

As it turns out, my dad & stepmom had to cancel their southern California plans as well, so they were looking for an invite somewhere. We ended up with 9 munchers and Sis was so happy to insert her table's extension to accommodate us all. She and her dad-in-law fixed all the food while her husband smoked a turkey and baked pies.

The side dishes were pretty awesome and it was tough to pick a favorite. When I was young, I would demand one entire turkey drumstick which is pretty crazy since we were a family of nine who always had one other family of 6 at the table. But I got it a couple of times.

Well, bro-in-law offered the drumstick to me so I happily took it...heehee.

It will be interesting to see what happens at Christmas! Did any of you have a quick flip flop of plans for turkey day? I'm wondering if this occurred for a lot of people this year.