My Finished Craft Room

I know it's been a little while since I 

wrote a post, but...

I have been working very hard getting

my craft room together.

And,

I have finally got it to a point that I can 

walk in and start a project.

And I know as I go along, 

 I will rearrange,

and probably rearrange again.
To get it where I want it to be.

(but that's just who I am.)

So even though I say I am done

with setting up my craft room, well

I'm kinda not.  

But I wanted to show you some pictures

of what I've got done.

Please excuse the dust, It's taken me 

so long to get it set up that I just wanted to

take pictures to share with you.

This picture is when you first walk in to the right.

The cabinet is filled with supplies along with

the plastic draws to the left. 
Then my table to craft on.

The North side of the building is my sewing area.

 This is the main wall of the building.

I put shelves up to house all my supplies.

Under the shelves is another craft table

for me to work on. At the end of that table 

is where my craft computer will be set up.

This shelf holds all my paint supplies for redoing

furniture or anything I can get my hands on

to spray paint. 

Under the main craft table, I keep all my pretty papers.

I also wanted to show you my bubble gum machine

that I picked up at a garage sale for $5.00.

And yes, it works, so I'm going to fill it with

lots of bubble gum. I just love this thing.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my craft room.
As I go along, I know I will be moving things
around to suit me.

I am so blessed that my husband was tired of seeing,
what he calls my crap, all over the house that he
got me this building to call my studio.

Hope everyone has a great week,

Happy 18th Birthday

 

My son, Justin, turns 18 today.

I am so proud of this kid.  From the time he could walk and talk, he always talked about how he wanted to become an actor.

As his mom, I thought that this was just one of those things that he would grow out of. You know, like a little girl wanting to be a princess when she grows up.

Well, time as gone by and he still talks about moving to LA and seeing what is out there for him.

He has gone back and forth about going to college here in Oklahoma or maybe moving to LA and finding an acting school there.  I feel for him because he has a dream but yet he thinks that maybe he should just go to college and major in computers because that is more of a guarantee for a job in the future.

But that’s not his dream and as his mother I have always told my kids to follow their dreams.  I told them that the work you choose in life will be your life.  You will spend more time at work than you will at home so find something that you love.

Now again, as his mother, I don’t want to loose him to LA but yet I want him to follow his dreams.  I have explained how hard it will be for him there. That he will have to wait tables to make ends meet.  I don’t want him to have to live payday to payday and it be hard for him. But yet, what if he makes it? 

What if someday, you and I will see him in a BiG movie?

I can’t take that away from him by talking him into staying in Oklahoma and going to college here for a degree that I know he is not going to 100% love.

We have been praying to show Justin the way.

But, as for now, he still has not made up his mind and college for him starts Monday the 20th.  So he will be going to college this year in Oklahoma.  He did come to me today and said, “ guess what Mom? there are 5 acting classes that TTC offers.” 

Now if that isn’t God, then I don’t know what it is.  I know God is sending him that way and showing him the way to get there.

I believe someday, I will see my son on the big screen.

Happy Birthday, Son!

I am so proud of you!

 

We are having a party for him this Sunday and as part of the decorations, I have made this word art to put in a frame.

I want to show him that if God is pulling him that way and acting is your dream, then follow it. And follow it hard.

If you would like to have a copy of this wall art, then double click on it and copy it to your hard drive.

I have it set to a 300 resolution, so you should be able to print it as an 8x10 and it look good.

That’s all for now and I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

Melissa

New Kitchen Appliances

We are in the process of redoing

our Kitchen and I am so excited to get away from

the cookie cutter look.

Before we had the white appliances that came with

the house and not that they were ugly its just

wasn't the look I wanted.

So take a look at what I got.

Stainless Steel Baby!

I have always love the look of stainless steel

in a kitchen and I finally got it.

Next is the back splash and new counter tops.

And when I get the courage, I will be painting

the kitchen cabinets.

(One step at a time)

Until Next Time,

Baby Bibs and Burp Cloths

I wanted to show you some bibs and

burp cloths I made for one precious

baby girl.

 I have an Embroidery Machine, and love that

I can personalize and put anything I want onto

the bibs and burp cloths.

These will be wrapped up and delivered to

a mommy who will soon be delivering.

I hope she likes them.

I am now working on some more for my

new grand-daughter.

I can not wait to do some embroidery saying

something like, 

"My Grandma is my Hero"

What do you think?

Melissa

Fun and Useful Sites

I thought I would compile a list of 

Fun and Useful sites that you might like.

So Enjoy!

Big Huge Labs

This site helps you do cool stuff to your photo's.

Pic Monkey 

Create beautiful photo's with Pic Monkey.

Rock You

Here you can glitter up your text and much more.

Martha Stewart Templates

A lot of templates to choose from

boxes, cards and candy wrappers.

Mastervb

Free post-it Note Generator

Banner Fans

Need to make a Banner? This site will help you.

Polyvore

Create a style collage.

Wordle

Create your own Word Clouds.

Blogger Buster

This site helps you check your backlinks.

Logo Faves

Logo Designs.

Texture Lovers

Need some free textures?

Fabric On Demand

Create your own fabric.

Favicon.cc

Create your own Favicon.

Sifr Generator

Generate your own sIFR files online.

1001freefonts

Tons of free fonts!

Urban Fonts

More free fonts.

Miss Tiina

This Blog has free fonts as well but

also offers other freebies.

I hope you enjoy these sites.

I will be adding more as I come

across them.

Until Next Time,

Melissa

Jayden Capri is here!

I am one proud Grandma!

My grand-daughter came into this world 

on May 29th at 11:54am. 

She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 inches long.

I love this little Girl and I can't get enough of her!

Hope your Memorial Day was as good as mine.

Melissa

Water Bottle Labels

I want to share with you today a tutorial on how to make your own Water Bottle Labels.

I started out wanting to buy labels that I could print on but was unable to find anything long enough to wrap around the bottle.

 I use Photoshop to make my labels but you can

use Microsoft or any other program that you have.

Start a new document set at 2inches wide and 9inches long.

          Decorate your label and type out what you want it to say then save your document.

Then opened up another new document that measures 8x10.

Now copy the first document with the label, onto the newest blank document.

I was able to save 4 to a sheet using landscape.

Once you are done, print them out.

I then ran them through my Creatopia.

I received this beauty for my birthday from my kids.

Once you run the paper through, you will have a sticky plastic on top of your paper.

 Just take this plastic off.   Then cut your labels out.

Now you are ready to stick the labels onto your bottles.

That’s it! Your done!

I love the way they turned out.

These were made for my son’s graduation party.

I didn’t go all pretty on them since he’s a guy.  

But you could go crazy with so many ways decorating them.

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Hope you enjoyed!

Until Next Time,

Melissa

I am linking up to these Link Parties!!!