Sale in my Etsy shop!

Time to clean out the old to make room for the new ---- everything is now 10% off in my Etsy shop --- just use coupon code CARD10 when you check out!!!

MY ETSY SHOP

24 hour till the SUPERBOWL!!!!!

ARE YOU READY?????????

OMG I am soooo excited for the Superbowl tomorrow!! I am so ready --got the chip dip & taco dip made --- Matthew's friend is bringing some wings --made some dessert --- got the beverages --bring it on!!! Wanna see a glimpse at what I made for dessert???





Yeah ok so we already had some of it, lol. But there is plenty left & will be just the thing after all the other HEALTHY food we eat, lol. In case you'd like to try these......here is the recipe...

DOUBLE DECKER CONFETTI BROWNIES

3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour, DIVIDED
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 TBSP butter, melted
1 cup M&M baking bits

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13x9 baking pan. In large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter & both sugar until light & fluffy; beat in eggs & vanilla. In another bowl, combine 2 1/4 cups flour, baking powder & salt; blend into creamed mixture. Divide batter in half. Blend together cocoa powder & melted butter; stir into one half of the dough. Spread cocoa dough evenly into pan. Stir remaining 1/4 cup flour & 1/2 cup M&M's into remaining dough; spread evenly over cocoa dough in pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup M&M's. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.


Can I just say, they should make special bags of these baking bits with just GREEN & YELLOW----that would have been an AWESOME Superbowl dessert! Yes, I probably could have bought a bunch of bags & picked them out myself.....maybe next time!


I've been busy getting some things listed in my Etsy shop & on Ebay. Things were piling up so I had to get busy!









All 3 of these cards are currently listed on Ebay ----click HERE to view my listings.











And I just listed some new charms in my Etsy shop. Click HERE to view my shop. I have lots of cards listed ---including some Valentine's Day cards ---& many other charms.


I am spending the day catching up on things around the house & taking care of my sick child :( Poor Michael has a fever & sore throat --he missed school yesterday & he MUST be feeling crappy because he also missed basketball today. Please send healing thoughts ---us moms HATE when our kids are sick. Although --he is playing the Wii with his brother right now so hopefully he's on the mend!

Have a great weekend & enjoy the Superbowl!

New charms

Hello everyone & happy Saturday!! It is rainy & cruddy here....figures it's nice out all week then the weekend comes & .....BLEAH!

Speaking of BLEAH that is how I'm feeling today. I battled stomach issues all night last night & now I'm just taking it easy. I have soooo much to do but I know if I do too much I will feel even worse tomorrow. So I have declared today PJ & Movie Day at our house! Fun for the kids & quiet time for me :)

I wanted to share with you the fun charms I just listed in my Etsy store. I just got them today & couldn't wait to get them into my store.




Santa Hat --just in time for those holiday cards!





Cell phone --I can think of a few images this would be perfect with!






And a cute little mouse with a "love" heart.

These & more fun charms (& cards too!) are listed in my Etsy shop HERE!


I really wish I could create something today so I could use some of these, but my day consists of hanging out on the couch with my laptop! Not a bad day, I just wish there were a clean house/laundry/grocery shopping fairy to get all my stuff done for me....sigh....

I did hear back from my doctor. She had left me a message earlier in the week that my blood work was normal, but now she said my B12 level is low. Of course I Googled it & found out this can cause migraines, fatigue & dizziness. We'll see --it would be nice if I could just start taking a pill every day & feel better but I don't think it's going to be that easy. But ---it's a start & they took so much blood from me that I'm glad they found something!! LOL!!

Have a great weekend!

A day at the zoo, & a wee bit o' Halloween candy.....

Hello everyone, & happy Halloween!! The boys & I had such a fun day yesterday --they had off of school for teachers convention & I took off of work. We decided to go to the zoo, since we hadn't been there in a while. I knew they were having their Trick or Treat there at night, but we decided to go early & avoid the crowds. Well as the day came to an end, we decided to stay for the Trick or Treat -- so we were there almost 8 hours! I wish I had worn my pedometer ----we walked the zoo twice, & then some. But it was soooooo fun --we had gone years ago & I think they had just started doing it, there weren't many stops & not much candy. And we gone on Saturday afternoon. It was SO MUCH MORE FUN walking around the zoo at night. They had HUNDREDS of pumpkins all lit up, & a light display set to music, & tons of Trick or Treat stops for the kids. We had a great time -- I just HAD to share some pictures with you!! Bear with me, there might just be a TREAT at the end!!




They had a ton of these fabulous displays, which were way cooler at night, all lit up!





My boys complained every time I wanted to take their picture, but I think they actually enjoyed posing with the mummies :)





Aliens! I wish I had gotten a picture of this display after dark ---it was sooooo cool ---it was like Close Encounters, LOL!!




This turned out kind of blurry --but the worker was PETTING the octopus --see his hand in there?? I swear his eyes were rolling in the back of his head he was so happy (the octopus, not the worker).




My little monster......




And my pumpkin :)




This is probably one of the best pictures I have of my two boys ---at the time I didn't think it turned out that well but was pleasantly surprised when I uploaded it!





This pumpkins hails from Eagle River, WI & is the biggest at 944 lbs!!





Ok I *think* Michael is rolling is eyes in this one.....





They had a scarecrow sitting on the bench outside one of the Trick or Treat stations. I told them I wanted separate pictures of them with the scarecrow.





This picture was taken right before the scarecrow turned toward Matthew & put his hand on his shoulder. Yep, it was a human & it scared the CRAP out of Matthew. I actually had my head down & was putting my camera in my purse when it happened so I missed it ----but I did hear the screams, lol. Oh that would have been SUCH a great picture!



And, for bearing with me & all my pictures --I am offering a small piece of candy. I recently came across a spare High Hopes stamps so I thought I would share with one of you...Fairy Princess. Along with that, I am offering some charms that I sell in my Etsy store. There are 3 pumpkins, 3 snowflakes, 3 autumn leaves, 3 cherries, 3 Xmas trees & 3 hollies. All you need to do to enter is leave me a comment! It can be about anything --what you like about fall, what you are doing for Halloween, what you are doing for Thanksgiving (which is just around the corner --eek!), what you're asking Santa for for Christmas --anything!! I will ship anywhere! I will keep this open until Thursday night & I will use Random.org to draw the winner on Friday!!!



Thanks so much for visiting --have a GREAT Halloween!!!!!

Just Magnolia sketch

It's been a loooong time since I participated in a challenge of any kind, so when I received my new-to-me Tilda I checked out the Just Magnolia blog to see what their challenge of the week was. Lucky for me, it was a sketch challenge!

Here's the sketch:




And here is my card:



I used Witch Tilda and Pumpkins which I bought at 7 Kids College Fund. I colored her with Prismas & gamsol & did a LOT of distressing, both with my distress tool & Walnut Stain Distress Ink. The papers are Basic Grey Indian Summer. I added a bit of Stardust Stickles & a few Prima flowers & leaves & thought it turned out to be quite a lovely autumn card. AND it's pretty darn close to the sketch --I have a habit of drifting far away from the original sketch.




Here's a close up of the lovely Tilda.




And a close up of the silver leaf charm. These are available in my Etsy store, along with a few other fun charms. I will be adding more styles in just a few days!

I hope you are having a great week --when my boys get home from school in just a few minutes, we are off to the Science Fair at school! We went to set up last night & oh boy, lots of fun projects!! Can you believe we never EVER had a Science Fair when I was in school? School is just so darn fun nowadays!!

Don't forget to enter my blog candy in the post above!!!