simply the sweet life

Well now here we are on a Monday morning. Just like that. Good grief. What happened to last week? 

I guess I was so busy getting ready for CHA that the days slipped past me.

Here's what I have for you today: 

Please click on over to Simply the Sweet Life magazine and check out the Valentine's ideas in the Winter issue. One of which comes from little ol' moi.

Also, here are some pics from Margie's booth at CHA.  They aren't grand photos. The lighting in the convention center was crappy.  But you'll get the general idea.

The little masterpiece below was made by Jen Jensen.  I like to call her "The Desert Rose" because she lives in a very small town in Southern Utah. She's like a little hidden treasure.

I created a kite for the booth using Margie's "Jubilee" line of papers.

I stitched the paper together to form a patchwork that looked like fabric.

The tail wrapped around the wall. I used everything from muffin cups to tickets on a roll in the tail.

My good friend Jen Vu tagged along with me for the weekend. We had such a fun time together. She also created the most amazing bird cage using the "Vintage Whimsy" line.  I didn't get a usable photo of her project but it was a site to behold.

a kitchy wreath

I leave early Friday morning to drive up to Los Angeles to help Margie set up her booth for CHA.  This is her second year designing her own paper and so it is really exciting to see how people flock to her booth and drool over her products.

She really is an amazing designer.

Anyway, I made a few decor items for the booth.  I thought I'd share one with you.  I used the papers from Margie's "Kitch" line to create this wreath.

It is large. Probably thirty or so inches across.  I really wanted to capture the feel of the paper which is, well, kitchy. So I dug out some of my vintage hankies and old pop tops.  I made carnations (the kitchiest flower around) out of muffin cups. And as I always say, everything is better with pom poms.  Oh Lordy yes.

The overall theme of Margie's booth this year is going to be very festive so I wanted to stick with that and make this wreath seem like a party on the wall.

Don't those polk-a-dots just give you a happy feeling deep down in your soul?  If you will be at CHA I hope I get to say hi. I will be at the show on Saturday, but then I must come home and take care of all my little chickies.

the d.l.

Hello Feburary!

Only sixteen posts in January! Whoopee! I'm starting 2KX off with a bang.

I know I've been a little MIA as of late.

Here's the DL on my absence.

I went to CHA for a little R& R. Turns out there wasn't much R&R to be had. MRA had her minions working away like mad turning her booth into a pink wonderland. She rocked the cazba at the show and thanks to her FHO she had the best booth around. We saw a few SW's and LOL alot.

So I did the CHA thing with Margie then I came home and worked like MADD on my Spring jewelry line. Margie, Rhonna and Liz all wore my necklaces at the show and they passed out a cabillion business cards for me so I thought it might be a good idea to at least, you know, add a few new items to ye ol' shoppe.



Meanwhile...

My minions were working feverishly at pimping out my new website and giving this here blog a little TLC. Oh yeah. They rocked. Don't you think?

The Brother's Record, AKA Ebsi, are good friends of mine ( not quite BFF, but along those lines) that just happen to own an awesome website/blog design company. Now isn't that just convenient for me?

Seriously, check these guys out. I am excited to be working for Ebsi, helping them design blogs for girls like me. SAHM's who should have, nay, deserve, blogs that pop.

Oh and BTW, Ebsi is giving away a

free custom blog template

to one of my readers. A template that no one else will have. It will be yours, all yours. Here's the catch. You must leave a comment, just one please, telling the Brother's why they should pimp your blog. If you blog about this giveaway, we'll give ya more consideration than the non-blogger abouters. Fair is fair. A winner will be selected on the morning of February 10th. You'll be SOL if you don't get your comment in by then.

In between working in my art room, talking and texting and emailing the Brothers like crazy, trying to get our adoption finalized, drawing illustrations for the Brothers to use, changin' butts and takin' names and generally TCB, I've not been blogging.

So there you have it. The DL on my DIYADD life.


P.S. VCO's stay away. If you leave a comment correcting my use of acronyms I will publicly poke fun of you. At this time I'm only accepting drawing entries and accolades for my new blog and jewelry line. Thank you for your cooperation.

JIC:

Just in case you aren't one of the cool kids that stays abreast of urban acronyms I'll help you out a little.

DL: Down low
CHA: Craft and Hobby Show
MRA: Margie Romney-Aslett
R&R: Rest and relaxation
2KX: 2010
FHO: Friends helping others
SW: PJ
PJ: Personal joke
BTW: By the way
BFF: Best friends forever
LOL: Laughed out loud
MADD: Mothers against drunk drivers
TLC: Tender loving care
SAHM: Stay at home mom
VCO: Vocabulary corrections officer
AKA: Also known as
DIYADD: Do it yourself attention deficit disorder
SOL: (if you don't know what this means, you're better off not knowing)

TTYL...