My Christmas Disaster

So speaking of speed bumps and things holding up my blog posts, you'll never guess what happened on Christmas Eve! In a nut shell, we were trying to hang something on the wall to put our mail and keys but we accidently hit a pipe. The picture below speaks for itself. Things have been a little more hectic since my last post. The apartment is a mess. Royce, my rabbit, is still sick and needs to be kept away from my other rabbit Abby. *sigh*



I hope to have things sorted out by the new year. I'm working on my next Stampin' Up! order and I hope to have some Valentines Day card tutorials and videos for you shortly.

In the meantime, I hope you all have a very happy new year! We're going out to dinner tomorrow night for the count down at the Trattoria restaurant in Kitsilano. I'll be sure to tell you all about it.

Busy Busy Busy

Needless to say, I haven't been able to post every day. I can't believe that this is my only my second post. It's been crazy busy for me lately, so if you could just bear with me until after the holidays I should be able to get things under control.

This past Saturday, I helped put on our company's Breakfast with Santa Party for the kids. It was A LOT of work, but in the end everyone had a blast!

Some of you may know that I have two rabbits, Royce and Abby. When I got home from the party, I noticed that Royce was sneezing frequently. Rabbits don't sneeze very often and I was getting worried...ok, I was actually panicing, but only because my last rabbit had similar symptoms and eventually it turned into pneumonia. I decided to keep an eye on him overnight and then to take him to the vet on Sunday if he didn't get any better. That night, he was sneezing so frequently and so hard that he kept me up most of the night. That's when I knew it was serious. I called the vet on Sunday morning and they couldn't squeeze me in. I ended up driving an hour in the snow to get to another rabbit savy vet. Over all the whole vet trip took about 4 hours from start to finish. Royce is now on antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection and he has a follow up appointment this Sunday. For now, to prevent Abby from catching the same illness they can no longer live in the same cage. Abby is now set up in the kitchen due to her recent escape from her pen this morning.

Here is a picture of the two little ones from a couple months ago:

A Fresh Start

So I’ve decided to start this blog all over again, and I’m happy to report that it’s turned out a million times better than it used to be!

My goal is to post each and every day. I would also like to use this blog as a means to support and promote other Stampin’ Up! demonstrators and/or Etsy shop owners, like myself…and of course there will be personal tid-bits along the way so you can all get to know me.

I’m really excited to get started! You can find the link to my Etsy shop in the sidebar.

For my first post, here is a picture of the Reindeer Poop that I made. I'm sending 7 of these to a customer this afternoon. It was super fun and easy to make! A great stocking stuffer.

The only things that I used that were not Stampin' Up! products were the cello bag and the reindeer stamp. There are many great reindeer stamps in the Stampin' Up! catalog, but the only reason I used a different brand of stamp was because I was pressed for time and I could not wait, so I ran out to my local craft store and picked up a reindeer stamp.


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The poem on the back reads:

"Santa checked his list not once, but twice
and found you've been naughty and not very nice.
Since coal is expensive, here's the scoop,
he's filling your stocking with reindeer poop!"

Here is the recipe:

Real Red Stampin Up cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Holiday Greetings Designer Series paper
Real Red Grosgrain ribbon

Great reindeer stamps from Stampin' Up:

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