Showing posts with label Kim Kesti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kim Kesti. Show all posts

20 August 2011

RAKs from fabulous friends:)

Hello, friends:)


I am overwhelmed by the RAK that I've received!! Most of the cards that I received were for my birthday--and I just cannot thank my friends enough for going out of there way to bless me! 


First up is a card by Cathy M. She is on the ATU team with me--she is sooooooo amazing! LOVE that rocking chair! Very vintage--fab! Hope she wasn't saying that I'm vintage! LOL!
Next, I received this super cute card by Jackie H. She is a friend that crafts with me in my studio. Her card is completely made by her!! I did tell her that we have to work on sentiments--not nice, Jackie:) You'll be my age one of these days! LOL!
Then I received this fabulous card by Kim Kesti--I KNOW! I got a handmade card by Kim!! LOVE it:)
I also received a card from Megan Hoeppner. OH MY! Love her blog too! What a fabulous idea to use up several thickers/alphas! 
My neighbor, Barbara, sent me this beautiful tea cup card--I gave her a tea cup bird feeder for her birthday. So this card is perfect as a TU:} LOVE!
What a surprise it was to find this elegant birthday card in my mailbox--it's from my good friend, Colleen D. She is on the PDCC team with me! LOVE LOVE LOVE that striped paper--not sure you can see how it shines! And the ric rac! OH! LOVE:)
Then I received a huge package from my good friend, Ruby 2 Shoes and her daughter, Tinks! Ruby is on the PDCC team with me as well. And her package was def. unexpected! They sent me some cards and notes, along with a cupcake die, cupcake recipe book, a bookmark, and so many goodies! LOVE LOVE LOVE all the cupcakes! 
This is a note from Tinks--it even had cupcakes on it! LOVE!
My friends, The Ammerman family, gave me a super fun birthday gift, which included a handmade card by their son, Christopher, and a SHOE bag! They know I love love love shoes--esp. heels! Too funny!
**NOTE:: I didn't even notice until now that my font didn't have an apostrophe on their name! OY! 

I'm still going--SO BLESSED to have received all these cards/goodies!!!


Tracey K. {another good friend from the PDCC} sent me this GOOOORGEOUS card! OH MY! I love the papers and the stitching! And that flower--Fab! 
I had another small package with two beautiful cards created by Andrea M. Oh--what a surprise these were! I love how my birthday card is modern and stitched--look at those lines! SOOOO clever! 
And I love this friendship card by Andrea--those colors are just GORGEOUS together--that seam binding makes me drool! LOVE LOVE LOVE! 
And last but not least, I bought myself a birthday bracelet from my friend's blog/website- Vintage Glam. OH MY! These bracelets are SOOOOOO gorgeous--and I cannot wait to save up more money to get more colors! I wasn't expecting anything but my order--and when I opened up my package--Eryn (the owner and a fabulous friend) had the most amazing package for me. It included a fabric flower wrap with my bracelet and this little necklace as a surprise gift! Made me tear up--I was overwhelmed by the message and how perfect it was for me! Eryn is soooo amazing and super talented and so sweet to send that to me:) LOVE it! 
Photo taken by Jessica D. THANKS! 
Here I am wearing my bracelet--ACK! LOOOOOOOOOVE!
I cannot say THANK YOU enough--I am super blessed and so thankful for all my friends and followers! I had over 400 messages for my birthday, and I have to say that it def. made turning 30 AMAZING! LOOOOOOOVE all of you:) 


Thanks so much for everything! Many blessings:)
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09 April 2011

EIC #134 {Think Fast Designs}

Hello, friends:}

This week the EtsyInspired challenge has an amazing featured store--Think Fast Designs. Kim Kesti {Paper Crafts magazine Go-To-Gal!!!!} is the owner of this fabulous store!! I just loooove Kim!! She is super amazing! So creative! 
And our sponsor this week is Nikki Sivils. WOW! Another fabulous lady!! Nikki designs and manufactures scrapbooking paper and embellishments. 
I love that Kim sews...and she made this super cute green bag. I love green, so I used it as my inspiration for my rice and lavender heat bag. I had a customer order one, and I just love how it turned out. It is about 17" x 6". It has a muslin bag inside this green outer bag {with overlapping closure}. The inside bag has three compartments for the rice and lavender--it fits better around your shoulder or neck this way. I love my green fabric [although, I love love love Kim's better!]! 
I love sharing my non-card projects! Anything can be made for our EIC challenges! LOVE that:}
For my next project, I made this birthday card based on this beautiful and colorful quilt. OH MY! I just love those purples, greens, oranges, and yellows! The colors reminded me of my new Pebbles papers--and I just love the sketch of this card. I used the following Unity stamps for this card: Happy Everything [butterflies], This Is the Time [sentiment], To The Moon & Back [sentiment]. LOVE LOVE LOVE this card!
That's it for me today! But wait--the EIC DT have created some AMAZING creations for you to check out! Head over to their blogs now:) And the amazing Kim Kesti is joining our team this week as our Special Guest Designer! 

Kim Kesti {Special Guest DT}
Kimme Leach {April Guest DT}
And don't forget to head over to the EtsyInspired blog for more deets! Link up your creations by Friday, April 15th at noon to be eligible for the two prizes!! And there is a discount for Think Fast Designs!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Love sharing and visiting with you! Be blessed:}
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