Plan B

If I can't wear the lucky shirt to the wedding,
I am hoping these will work instead.

They are a little more appropriate.

Soapbox

I am getting on mine for a second.

1.
If you have lived in Alabama {or the South for that matter} for even a small amount of time you should know better than to plan your wedding on a Saturday during the months of September, October, & November.
{and not on the first Saturday in December either}
Seriously.
I know that your wedding is bigger than a mere football game.

So there are 9 other months in which you can plan yours.

We got married on a Sunday.

Everyone was happy. All our friends in the wedding still like us.

{All that to say that we will not be able to watch the highly touted match up between Alabama and LSU tomorrow because we will be at a wedding. Kick off is at 2:30. The bride walks down the aisle at 2:30. I have tried on several outfits with my lucky Bama shirt but I just can't make it work as wedding attire. So you can totally blame the McElveens if Alabama does not win. I am thinking positively but you know what happened last year.}

2.
If you are getting married on a Saturday, do not wait until the Friday before to get the wedding band.
Your friends who always come through {like my husband} would rather not spend a beautiful afternoon trouncing around all over town finding a wedding band for you when you should have taken care of that looooong ago.
If you end up with an ugly pewter one, don't blame us.

Get it yourself next time.

Dismount from soap box.

{don't worry, I will be back & in a better mood later}

:)

gretchen

Accident prone

That last post just depresses me
{yes, even though I am not the one who got broken up with}.
So a much more fun post follows
{but it is still about the same brother. ha!}!

This month I get to work with the new In Bloom line from My Little Shoebox.
Looks pretty girly, doesn't it??!

Well one night recently {when it was probably much too late & I should have just gone to bed}, I thought to myself, "Self, I wonder if you could make a boyish layout out of this girly line".

And then my night of sleep was postponed by an hour or 2 as I came up with this layout.
Supplies: Kraft cardstock; Patterned paper, die cuts, transparencies, chipboard alphas (My Little Shoebox); Pen (American Crafts); staples

Yep, a boy-ish layout with a girly product line.
It can be done!
I peeled the purple color off of the chipboard letters to get down to the raw chipboard {which I think looks cool against the kraft paper}.
I am pretty sure Stuart would not have appreciated sissy purple letters on his layout!
:)
He might get mad & fall off of something else!
{HA!}
Have a great day!
:)
gretchen

Update

Remember this layout?

Well I jinxed them.
I mean, Facebook status has been changed and everything.

Crap. I take full responsibility.
{and I don't say this often, but I am glad BHG didn't want this one-might have been a little awkward had this shown up in a magazine}
Maybe I should not be allowed to meet any other girlfriends until they are practically walking down the aisle.
:)

Happy Monday, anyway.

gretchen

We always have good candy

We may not throw wild parties.

We don't even go to any crazy shin-digs.

Heck, we rarely even dress up.

But we do take great pride in always giving out the good stuff at our house.
{that usually means chocolate & that usually means that I have eaten half of it before the first trick-or-treater shows up at our door}

So come on over!
We treat you right!

Supplies: Die cuts/tags (Making Memories, My Mind's Eye), Chipboard alphabets (KI Memories, Prima), Chipboard embellishments (KI Memories), Ribbon (My Little Shoebox), Alphabet stickers (Sassafras), Misc: staples, stickles, jump rings
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And just for fun, here is a layout from last year's Halloween {a rare time when Lee did actually buy a costume & dressed up}.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Luxe-background, KI Memories-all other), Chipboard alphas (American Crafts), Chipboard embellishments (KI Memories), Chipboard ghost (Making Memories), Cardstock stickers (KI Memories), Brads (KI Memories)

I hope you get lots of good candy today!!
Happy Halloween!
:)
gretchen

Trick or treat

I have a couple of cards up on the KI blog today.

{there are lots of cool Halloween projects up there this week so check it out!}

Supplies: Patterned paper, brads, chipboard embellishments (all from the Wicked line by KI Memories)

If you leave a comment on any of the posts this week on the KI blog, you will have a chance to win some prizes so make sure to check it out!

Short & sweet today!
:)
gretchen

A new leaf!

I have to admit that I have not ever been much of a decorator for Halloween.

{sorry Virg}

I always have good intentions but for some reason never get around to it.
But I am turning over a new leaf!
{I feel like that expression is appropriate seeing how it is fall}
This year is different!
I have made a few candles, bought a few Halloween-y trinkets to put around the house, and made this!

Supplies: Patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), Die cuts (My Mind's Eye, Making Memories), Bling (Heidi Swapp), Jump rings (Junkitz), Ribbon (American Crafts, Basic Grey), Die cut frames (Sizzix), silver Stickles, staples, silver spray paint

Here are a few close up views.
I cut the big letters out of chipboard and then spray painted them silver.

I recycled an old box to use as the background for a few of the letters.
And I cut the frames using my old faithful Sizzix machine & adhered the letters to the back so it hopefully looks like they are kind of "floating" there.

Stickles are fun!
I haven't really used them too much before now.

I am so proud of my Halloween decor!

{hehehe}
Now I think I need to make a sign for the front door that says "good candy served here".

Oh, we always have the good stuff at my house!
:)
Happy Tuesday!
gretchen