I'm back...I think and Swap info

OMG...I am sorry for being away for so long but there has been craziness going on. So my husband and I had this trip all planned out to Nashville, and had been planning it for a while. Well wouldn't you know that we got caught in the flood and were evacuated. We spent several days getting all of our stuff and ourselves out of Nashville. I will post pictures later. Then I had to prepare my students for the big state test that they have to take at the end of my class. Which doesn't really happen at the end of the school year. BAH! My mom is having surgery on Monday because they finally figured out what is wrong with her and she has had all of the pre-op tests and other things. Thank goodness they figured out what is wrong with her. Then some how in spite of my efforts to not sign up for a lot of things this month, I ended up with 5. Double BAH!


SWAP INFO!!
Anyway, to the two ladies that signed up for my tag swap...I'm still game if you are. We would only need to make 3 and then you would mail two to me and I'll mail two back. Hope that makes sense. Unless you want to try and make more...I'll leave it up to what you all would like to do. I'll need you to either leave a comment or email me at krussellstudio@gmail.com, about whether you are still in and if you want to try and make more than just 3. Maybe we can push the due date back to the end of the month...that way we have some more time. I would really like to do this swap. Maybe if we do it again we can get more people.

May Tag Swap

Hey all,

I'm going to be hosting a tag swap on my site. The details are as follows:

Please sign up below if you are interested in joining this month.

The theme for May will be "Crafty Creations" since May 1st is National Scrapbook Day. Make a crafty statement with your tag. Make them as unique as possible.

I will take names for the swap until May 6th.
I will post groups after May 7th.
Once I have groups posted and your tags are finished, email me at krussellstudio@gmail.com and I will send you my address.

Details:

• You will make about 10 tags - depending on the sizes of the groups. (Don't start making them until groups are posted)
  
• Try to make the tags as similar as possible.
  
• Tags should be around 2.75" x 4.38"
  
• You can follow the theme as much or as little as possible
• Please include your name, blog, or any other information on the backside or attached to the tag
• You will mail all but one of the tags to me, and I will return the same amount back
• Place the tags in a plastic bag to prevent water damage
  
• Have tags in the mail to me by May 25th, so that I can get them back to you by the end of the month
  
• Please include a self-addressed envelope and include $5 to cover shipping, I will mail the rest back to you (Let me know if you are an international swapper and I will send you an invoice for shipping.)
  

Enjoy making the tags!

New goodies

Sorry for the long absence. It's been busy here. Although at times it seems like we haven't done a whole lot. Things might get hectic soon because we are going to start preparing to renovate the kitchen. We're going to try and gather the materials first, then try and do the renovation in one quick go.

I got some new goodies today from BlueMoonScrapbooking. The shipping was super fast and I got a couple of free goodies. Check out my video on YouTube. I love all of the paper and ribbon. It's going to be yummy in some minis or in some cards. The stamp set from 7Gypsies will be perfect for the mini I am working on for Lilly, my TWS mini partner. I really need to get going on finishing that mini. I have unfortunately not had a whole bunch of time to work on crafty things. I did manage to get some of my tags and my ATCs finished. I can't wait to get my first set of ATCs.

I am making a deal with myself that I may do a couple of tag and ATC swaps but I'm not going to join another mini swap until I get the mini for my friend finished. I also need to work on the one that I started for my mom a long time ago. So many things to finish. Hopefully I'll be online more now and update more.

Winner of my giveaway!!!

Hey all,

I was about to make a video of me picking a winner for my giveaway when my husband came home. So after he ate, I made him pick the winner. The name he picked was Laura. Congratulations Laura!! Laura send me an email at krussellstudio@gmail.com with your information and I'll get the package out to you next week.

Thank you all for entering and spreading the word. I enjoyed reading all of your comments and looking at your blogs. I had fun doing this, so look in the future for another giveaway.

Thank you again!

Clean, clean, clean

I didn't really get to do anything creative today - in terms of paper crafting. I did get to make this:

Yummy cake with homemade chocolate icing.

Hubby and I spent most of the evening cleaning up the house. I spent the early part cleaning and he took over doing most of it during the later part, or is it latter part??? I finally had to straighten and de-clutter the main area I was using to do my crafting, which is the dining room table. I still have stuff there, I just moved the bulk of it to an extra desk in the office area. I can't decide which area I would prefer to work in. I'll just try them both out and then make up my mind. The benefit to the dining room is that I can watch tv at the same time if I want. The downside is that if hubby decides to watch something or play a game, I have to listen to it. I haven't really tried the office yet. It would allow me to leave stuff out more, since no one would see it as much.

Getting worried though because I washed the quilt for our bed and I don't think it's dry yet. It is 11:00 in the evening. We need to go to bed soon. Guess it'll be another late night, as usual. Haha! :)

Anyway, don't forget to sign up for my giveaway. Remember there are 3 things you need to do in order to be entered.

1st Giveaway

Hey all, I'm going to have my first blog candy giveaway. I meant to do this when I first picked up the products but better late than never, right? So I am sharing my wealth of ME chipboard products. There are two chipboard albums, if you would rather have the dog instead of the rounded star shape than I can switch them out. The more detailed ribbon is about a foot of each and the plain ribbon has about 3 feet. There are dimensional stickers and chipboard embellishments from the new ME line. I also threw in some cute pink clips in a swirl, heart, and butterfly shape.





To enter:
1. Start following my blog, using the button on the sidebar.
2. You must do a post about my giveaway. If you would like to use the button you may post it on your sidebar also.
3. Leave a comment below.


The giveaway will last until tax day, April 15th and then I will draw and post a winner on the 16th. Good luck to everyone.

Spring Kit Blog Candy Giveaway!

Hey check out Kellie's blog for her awesome giveaway. She's celebrating 100,000 hits. What an awesome number and an awesome giveaway. Thanks Kellie for being generous and having the giveaway.

Here's a pic of the Spring Swiss Pixies Kit. Click either on her name or on the pic to be taken to the post.