So, I want to blog about my favorite scrapbook store. Since I'm a visual kind of person, I check my pictures to see if I have any of the store. Nothing there. That's ok, I think, I'm a Little computer savvy (with a Capital L), I'll just surf the web for a picture. Hmmmm, nothing there, either. Looks like today there is just the written word for this post. However, if you're reading this, you have probably either been to Treasured Memories, or at least heard about it.

I went there today and let me tell 'ya, there is a SALE going on! I found items for .10, lots for .25 and even more for $1. They are selling products at sidewalk sale prices to make room for the new products soon to be coming in. My reason for telling you this has two purposes: One, this kind of sale doesn't happen very often, and I'm all for sharing the love - and discounts! Two, I WANT TO SEE THE

NEW PRODUCTS!

I'll admit I'm a big sucker for new stuff, and I am chomping at the bit to see it, touch it, feel it. So, go on, get yourself to Treasured Memories, 1510 S. Wells Ave., Reno. You can find their website here.

Comment on this post, let me know what you think and/or what great deals you got. I'm going on my scrapbook retreat next week, and when I return I will pick a random winner from the comments and they will win a fun goodie bag, full of wonderful scrapbook or card making items. So comment away!

First There Were Three

It really started out at Cropapalooza last October. I had heard of Stickles, kinda knew what they were, but never really played with them. Then one of the croppers embellished a card with them and I was wowed. Ok, so it's just a glitter glue, but I fell in love. I bought three - Burgundy, Copper and Platinum. These three colors went on my Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas projects. Then...

More was added to my collection. What to do with them? Cards, page layouts, you get the picture. Shortly thereafter...

even more was added to my collection. Luckily, these bottles are small and don't take up much room. I spent a weekend just making cards and adding Stickles to some to make them sparkle. Love them!

A simple card with Stickles added over the patterned paper.

Thank you cards made using Fiskars border punches.

Stickles around the flowers of the card on the right.

I went Stickle crazy on these Fall cards.

I love using up scraps to make cards.

Yep, my dining room table really is under all that.

We've graduated from Cake Decorating 101

Erin and I finished our basic cake decorating course. Still don't think I've got the knack for decorating, but Erin does. We decorated a cake together. I love making the roses but I really need to practice.

Erin signed up for another cake decorating class. This one is going to be learning about fondant.

See those confetti-looking squiggles? Yep, that's caused by a hole in the bag of frosting.

Erin and I are taking a cake decorating class at Michael's. What fun, I thought. I'm a kinda creative person, I should take to cake decorating like I've taken to other crafts, right? Oh, noooooooo. After three classes I have decided that I am definitely not a cake decorator. I didn't even take pictures of the first cake I made. Looks like I'll just have to stick to scrapbooking. And knitting. And card making. And crocheting. And...

I made two cakes - one for each of us. We had to frost them before the second class. Our first class the teacher gave us a lot of information and went over what we would be doing.

I landed up having to make four batches of frosting - that's 16 cups of powdered sugar! My kitchen was a disaster and I never could get the frosting smooth.

Class #3's results. I now have a lot more respect for cake decorators. This takes a strong, steady hand, and other things which I obviously don't have.

Still on a card kick for some reason. I signed up for a crop on April 4. I'm excited about that since these days I don't seem to get a lot of scrapbooking done unless I'm at a crop. Here are a few of the cards I made. Simple cards, trying to use up some of my stash.

Gotta Love The Cricut

Paper crafting.

Gotta love it.

And the Cricut makes it even better!

I got to play with some cartridges borrowed

from a friend (thank you Kazie!) and made

just a few things.

The two cards below are made from the Wild Cards cartridge






Can't remember which cartridges this one is from...

This Dumpling Bag is just too cute!!

I've had this pattern for quite a while, so,

why haven't I started it until now?

I was asking myself that same question when I was knitting up

this too cute bag.

It's knit on size 13 circulars so it is a very quick knit.

Every bag I've knit from

She-knits

has been a quick knit, which is one of the reasons I love them.

I used yarn (Brown Sheep Bulky) I had left over from other bags.

While I love the way this yarn felts,

I'm not super happy about the shedding afterward.

Do all wool yarns shed this way?

This bag only took a

couple of days to make.

Now that's my kind of

bag.

The Dumpling Bag by She-Knits.

You can find this pattern and more here.