Guess what!  I got a temporary camera cable (mine’s on the way…from far far away)…yay!  So, I have lots and lots of pictures to show you….all of which were being held hostage in my camera!! 

Let’s start out with some recent purchases that I LOVE! 

 Like these pretty patchwork pants from Sweet Birdie Blue…..

I had her make them a bit long, so I could roll them up and maybe still have nugget wearing them into Fall…..aren’t they so so fun and cute??  If you love retro, bright, colorful, vintage fabrics…go my gal at the above mentioned shop–her stuff is soooo sweet!  Tell her Shelly sent ya!

OK, so I already have a cutting mat for my rotary cutter, but it’s grey ’n ugly and all nicked up.  So, when I saw this cute Heidi Grace one….well, it made it’s way into my cart and now it’s mine!  And, it was 50% off, thank you very much.  Aren’t the little goodies on the side fun, too?

And, I though these stamps were fun, too…..perfect for putting edges or a frame around my photos that I scrapbook….can’t wait to use ‘em!

I thought it was a bit early for Target to be putting out it’s “back to school” stuff…BUT, then I saw these adorable Hello Kitty glue sticks and made ANOTHER impulsive buy.  Dang you, Target!  Why, why WHY do you have to constantly have cute stuff…..stuff that I can’t resist and DO NOT NEED???

Now…just some goodies I’ve been workin’ on……

A fun 12 X 12 scrapbook cover design for a sweet little girl…fun and bright!  I don’t  know if you scrapbook or do any sort of paper crafts, but if you do……don’t you just LOVE the mixture of paper and fabric?  I do and use it in almost every one of my layouts now.  I love the mixture of textures!

Remember those yummy beads and bird pendant I bought a couple weeks ago…?  Well, I worked on making them into a necklace and here’s the finished product:

The best part of this necklace (in my opinion) is that the swallow pendant is NOT in the middle of the necklace….it kind of floats off to the side.  I like how it turned out, for not having made jewelry in over a year!  It got me wanting to make more….but nope, no time for that right now. 

I also worked on some new goodies for Lemon Tree over the past couple of days………how about a pile of birds?

Or this sweet baby congrats card with lots of bling!

I thought it would be cute as a set..with this matching gift tag…

Yes, yes…there were owls involved….one that looks so yummy with those Heather Baily papers…

And, here’s my huge owl card….oh, how I love her!  She stands almost 8 inches tall and she’s all dolled up with a sparkly flower…isn’t she cute?  She’s so big, I had to make her her own matching envelope because she didn’t fit into anything I had!  I’m still thinking of a name for her….you’ll have to check out the SHOP to see what I came up with.  She’ll be flyin’ in there tonight…

UPDATE:  I named her…..?????

I also noticed that Target was jumpin on the owl band wagon….these are cute, but a bit too shiny for me…

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And for those of you that are STAMPERS or just love stamps……I am going to be adding a TON of stamps to my shop over the next few days, so check back often for first dibs!  I am getting rid of a LOT of stamps that have never been used–mega destash time!   

So, be sure to adopt a stamp from Lemon Tree!

Happy Monday!!