Last one today, I promise!!!!!

Just one more little project to share. Remember, you can always check out my stuff at Peppermint Creative too.

Fall Calendar Fun

Here's another new project I've created using Miss Mint's calendar template and her new Hocus Pocus papers and elements. I plan to hang this in my kitchen and make a new one each month!



I'm just loving my guest designer spot over there! It's really got me stretching my creative limits a bit.

Anyhow, I plan to post directions how to make this on my blog very soon!

My first project as Design Team Member

Please head over to Peppermint Creative and check it out! PC is a site for digital and hybrid scrapbooking and projects. Back in September, I found out that I was chosen to be part of their design team! SO FUN!

Here is my first project with them.



Credits to Miss Mint and Tay Silver for the products used.

Painted Season Kit


Happy Birthday Word Art

I will be working on 3 projects per month, so be sure to check back and see what all I'm up to!

And please feel free to leave comments. I love to hear from you!

Etsy

I'm posting some things in my Etsy store this week, so be sure to take a look! :D

Really? Really......

Look what's coming to a store near you in October!!!!



Looking for another way to enjoy guilt-free hot chocolate? Hot Cocoa is the next limited edition flavor to join the ever-expanding Dreyer's/Edy's Slow Churned Light Ice Cream line. It has marshmallows and everything, humans. It'll hit the freezer aisle in October. We can't wait! ***More good news for chocolate-lovers. A long-term study has found that heart attack survivors who ate chocolate two or more times a week cut their risk of heart-disease-related death THREEFOLD compared to chocolate-avoiders. Pass it on! ***Pssst... Licorice oil may help burn fat. Don't start inhaling Twizzlers just yet, though. Click here for more. ***A new study suggests that eating out with a large group of female pals may cause you to consume more calories. To be safe, start talking about HG and all the great stuff you've read in recent emails before ordering. (Just a little tip!) The study also found that none of the variables -- like group size or gender of the other diners -- affected what the men ordered. (Sheesh!) But overall, the women still consumed fewer calories per meal than the men did. (Score!) That's all we've got. HG out!

Thanks to http://www.hungry-girl.com/ for this one!

Cat's Away......

Mice will work VERY hard! I won't bore you with all that was accomplished this week while my little punkin' was golfing in NC. However, I will share with you a project. The weekends will be devoted to my Martha within. (sometimes that bitch is just screaming to get out, KWIM?)

OK, so months ago, like a bad home owner, I was removing nail polish. I set the top to the remover on my bathroom shelving unit. No big deal...........unless you FORGET that you've set the top there. Which is exactly what happened, resulting in this:

No big deal, but it looked bad. Someone suggested I buy a tray and "cover it up". So, I sashay my ass to Target after church today and buy a beautiful silver tray. Only to find out that the tray is too small and therefore won't cover up the spot. But now, I've fallen head over heels in love with the tray idea, so it ain't goin' back.

Now what?

Get out a paintbrush and paint the top. Why not? It's raining and crappy out. We'll freshen it up, and THEN put the tray on top!

So, here is the top all freshly painted:



And now, with said tray on top.........................



I love it! I am so happy with how it turned out! It was not a "Martha on a Dime" project in the least. Yes, the paint was leftover. But the tray+accessories probably cost me about $35. May have been cheaper to just purchase a new one, but me thinks this gives the bathroom just a tad bit of personality!

So I'm pondering my next project. I'd like to tackle the photo wall and really get some good stuff up there. Off to do my research.....................

Twice in one DAY?

Who am I?  I never blog twice in one week, let alone twice in one day!  

I'm thinking all this blogging will keep Vicki busy while she's off on maternity leave next week!

Anyhow, nothing really to say today.  Just reporting my cals in/cals out:

Cals in: 1447 total

Cals out: 1950

Deficit of 500.  Keep it up and I can lose 1 lb by next week!