Fun Friday!

Hello again Friends! Can you believe that I had a post up EACH DAY this week??? I can't, lol! I hope this trend lasts... I'm enjoying hearing from you all! Keep the comments coming! So today's post is a bit different. I want to share with you one of my favorite things that is NOT crafting related. It's my purse!This, my friends, is one of my favorite purses. It's a Carpisa! Carpisa is a nice, yet affordable Italian Purse company. They specialize in Leather purses, but also have these fun bags as well. I totally scored when finding this bag. It was brought into the Thrift Store and I got it for just $10!!! I love working at the Thrift Store! Here is a pic of the top flap open:
You can see that there are two inside pockets. There is plenty of storage for everything I need, and just a bit extra space for other things. In the front pocket I keep... my matching wallet!
Isn't it adorable??? I loved the purse at first sight, then I discovered that it came with the matching wallet, and I was SOLD! AND, the inside of the wallet is a fun shade of PINK!
There are plenty of little spots in the wallet for everything I need, and extra things I don't need! lol! I love my new-ish purse so I just wanted to share it with you all. This is actually my second Carpisa Purse. The first is a little YELLOW bag that I handed down to Angel Baby when I found this one... I'll have to show you a pic of that sometime too. I hope your Friday is FANTASTIC and I'll see you all later!

Sweet November Fairy Calendar

Hello Friends! How are you all on this Thursday? The week is almost over, and FUN times are ahead for me! Tonight I should be going to see Alice In Wonderland (YAYAYAYAYAY!). I am so excited, I could PEE! lol! And on Saturday I'm going to Bunco with our monthly group of ladies, and that should be a blast too!

Well, back to crafty stuff. here is a calendar I altered and I used a Sweet November Fairy Stamp:
I colored Buttercup Reedweb with my copics a while ago. I was trying a new technique with the colors. I'm not too sure I achieved what I was going for, but I tried and she came out pretty! I used the same paper as the last calendar, but this time I added the big Prima flowers with a corduroy brad in the middle, some pearls, and the Fairy. Here's a close up of Buttercup:
I hope you all liked my project today and I'll be back tomorrow with a Fun Friday Post! See ya then!

Quick Calendar

Happy Wednesday Friends! I picked up some checkbook sized Calendars with intentions of altering them, and here is one that I made a couple weeks ago. I used this gorgeous paper from My Mind's Eye (I think) and just added to it a bit.
I added the white flowers and put pearls in their centers. I traced the plants with my white gel pen and colored the pink flowers on the paper with glitter pen. I then colored the bird with a Sakura Glaze pen to make him shiny. To finish up the calendar, I put a ribbon around it to hold it closed. I have more Calendars just waiting to be altered, so look for those SOON!

Fat Tuesday!

Ok, I know it's not really Fat Tuesday, but I want to show you some FOOD! Since food tends to be one of the main reasons people gain weight... Fat Tuesday just seemed an appropriate title. LOL! So, onto the FOOD! I have been trying all kinds of new recipes. I've loved most of them, and they have all been super easy and quick too! SCORE! First up is a turkey tetrazzini:It isn't the prettiest thing to look at, but it was YUMM-O! The whole thing was cooked in my Covered Baker in the MICROWAVE! Talk about EASY and QUICK! the main things used for this recipe include spaghetti noodles, chicken broth, deli turkey, and cheeses. The kids actually liked it too, so it received what I like to call the "3-Monster Approval". Now here is something that got mixed reviews from the kids. Once again, it doesn't look pretty, but I loved it! This is Salisbury Steak with Sweet Potato French Fries:
The recipe actually called for frozen O'brien potatoes, but since the commissary here doesn't seem to carry those, I just made the Sweet Potato Fries on the side. 2 of the Monsters loved the fries, but middle monster did NOT. They all loved the Salisbury Steaks, but didn't care for the veggies that I put on top. I love veggies, especially mushrooms, so I ate up all the veggies myself! lol! And, for the Grand Finale, a dish that received a "3 Monsters Approval PLUS!" This is Pronto Pasta:
This was a quick skillet meal that totally SCORED! Main ingredients included penne pasta, pasta sauce, turkey sausage, various veggies and cheese. It was SUPER yummy.

So those have been my adventures in cooking for last week. I have lots of new recipes standing by to be cooked this week, including some Oreo Truffles! I'll let you know how those come out. Thanks for stopping by!

More Valentines!

Good Monday Morning Friends! This is going to be a great week. My husband is home so I won't have to deal with our busy-ness all alone! Woohoo! I thought I'd show you some more Valentines I made. This little set went to my friend and coworker:This mouse image has been in my stash for a few years... I'm not sure where it's from since I got it in an image swap. I colored the mouse with my Copics and put it on the cover of this slider box. There are conversation hearts inside.
And I made up a little 3x3 card as well. This was very quick since there was no coloring involved. I just stamped out the big heart, used my punches, and stamped the sentiment on the medium heart. I drew the littlest heart on the small punched heart.
That's it for this Monday! I hope your week starts off wonderful and continues that way for the rest of the week! I'll be back tomorrow or Wednesday with more projects!

Super Simple Valentines

Hello AGAIN! I'm BACK with more valentines! I had to make more valentines for some of my other super duper fantabulous buds, so I made some simple yet cute treat holders. First is my Twizzlers Slider:There are two packs of Twizzlers in this slider. I used my Stampin Up and Martha Stewart Heart punches for the hearts on the front. I used the punches for the hearts on this treat cover too:
Inside this treat cover is a huge-normous hershey's kiss! Those are my super simple Valentines for some Superbly Fabulous friends!

I'm still alive!

Hello Friends! It's been a loooong time since I've posted a project so I'm hoping today's project doesn't disappoint! I know it's been about a month since Valentine's Day, but that is the last time I got crafty! Here is a candy holder I made for a fantabulously awesome friend:There is actually a giant box of Nerds wrapped in there! I used the digi image, Ebony, from TGF and colored her with my Copics. I also used a Stampin Up set for the sentiment "You Rock!" Cuz yes, my friend ROCKS! There are skulls embossed in clear on the pink cardstock and I used my new heart border punch for the two panels. OH, and those super cool skull embellishments are pins that I found at the Thrift Store! SCORE! When I saw them I immediately thought of my friend and new I had to add them to her Valentine. Here is a close up of my coloring on Ebony:
The hair on Ebony came out just as I planned. I wanted her to have pink tips since my fantabulous friend is known for her pink hair at times, lol. Also, I gave ebony pink sneakers since my friend has pink sneaks too!

Well, that's my project for today. I hope it didn't disappoint!