GOING CRAZY!!

Yep, been heading down crazy street the last couple of weeks!!  I have been stamping like crazy -- but don't have "one" thing to show you.  And you ask, WHY?  Well, actually I have prepared about 300 cards and small projects for an upcoming craft event I am attending but they are mostly retired stamps and product.  I'm trying to downsize, so decided to pull out all my Christmas cards, swaps, and projects to finish them and hopefully sell some at an event I'm attending.  I couldn't believe how many card "kits" I had collected from different events/classes.  Fortunately, I have never given away any of my Christmas stamps, because I only buy what I love.  The problem was how long it took to find them -- hello!!!  I will never, ever again put a card in my cabinet unless it is totally finished.  And I haven't even started on my all-occasion cards! 

So today I am going to show you why I am going crazy.  I hate, hate, hate starting a new project without cleaning and putting away my tools, cardstock, stamps, etc.  I tried cleaning up after doing a few card kits, but learned very fast that it was taking way too long.  So after 13 days, this is what my craft room looks like (makes me gag!!):

This is the " halfway-clean" spot.

Overall view of messy, messy, crazy room!!

Had to move to larger work station for this job!!

Close-up of my temporary work station!!

Cutting, scoring, punch, and Big Shot space.

Christmas Cards boxed up to go!!

Desk on left is my "normal" work station.

Now you see why I am going CRAZY!!  Fortunately,tThis will all be cleaned up tonight so I can start tomorrow on my Everyday Occasions Card Kit for display at event -- Yippee!!

And of course I can't leave you without at least one current card from Creative Retreat class:

Such a cute card designed by Tamie Ackerson for one of the cards we had at the card class.

Until next time,
Sandi
"I will rescue you . . . and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm."  Exodus 6:6

Studio and Party Pictures

Thought I would put in a couple of pictures of my studio that got taken over by the graduation open house party. Here are some before party pictures, and pictures of what my studio normally looks like when it is CLEAN (not very often--LOL). This is the "BEFORE" pictures:

















Above is my desk where I do all my crafting. All my supplies that I use the most are in the cabinets or in front of me, making it very handy.


The picture to the right is my daughter Tricia and good friend Shirley, taken at one of my classes. They are sitting at the work stations pictured on the left (yah, this was taken when I first moved into my studio before I had it decorated).

Below are pictures taken before people arrived (only a few early family helpers were here). I took a few pictures inside and outside and then forgot to pick up the camera again!! I hate that when I do that -- didn't even get a picture of the graduate!! I KNOW "STUPID" WITH A BIG "S." Oh well, hopefully somebody else got some pictures. But I did have fun, even tho the weather could have been better. We even had a few late night swimmers!!













This is Holly, Emily's sister and my super helper for the day!! She worked her you know what off!!







My sister Kathy sitting at the table and Emily's Mom (my daughter), Tricia fixing the tables before the guests arrived. The other picture is down at the pond and fire pit -- DH was making sure the fire was going good!!

This is my grandson Zachary digging into the fruit.

And, finally, a very blurry picture of the pond.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my pictures. I hope you enjoyed seeing a little of my "other" life as a mother, grandmother, and wife!!

I will be back soon, Sandi