Record Inventory…Alphabetical, of course!

The following is an up-to-date inventory of my vintage records.  Pick and choose your favorites to be transformed into coasters, wall clocks, or bowls.  As the column titles suggest, first is the artist, followed by the album name (some didn’t have a title, so I picked the first song on the first side or left it blank), then the third column indicates whether there is a paper album jacket for the record.  If you pick a record with a jacket, it comes with whatever project you choose!

If you’d like to know what songs are on the record, if you don’t Google it, I would be happy to pull the record and send you a message.

Enjoy browsing!

Vintage Record Inventory
Artist	Album	Cover (Y/N)
20 Monster Hits		Y
68/ Wrko Now Radio Boston	30 Now goldens	Y
AC/DC	Flick the Switch	Y
Al Di Meola	Cielo e Terra	N
Al Di Meola	Splendido Hotel	N
Al Di Meola, Joshua McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia	Passion, Grace and Fire	N
Allen Parsons Project, The	The Turn of a Friendly Card	Y
Allman Brothers, The	Eat A Peach	N
Allman Brothers, The	Idle Wild South	N
Argus	Wishbone Ash	N
Arlo Guthrie	Alice’s Restaurant	Y
Asia	Asia	Y
Atlanta Rhythm Section	A Rock and Roll Alternative	N
Atlanta Rhythm Section	Red Tape	Y
Bach	Sonatas for Violin	N
Belairs	Need Me a Car	N
Bonnie Raitt	Sweet Forgiveness	Y
Brotherhood	Brotherhood	N
Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	N
Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club	Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club	N
Carpenters	Close to You	Y
Catholic Girls	Catholic Girls	N
Chipmunks, The	Chipmunk Punk	Y
Claude Bolling Trio	California Suite	N
Claude Bolling Trio	A La Francaice	N
Crow	Music	Y
Cure, The	Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	N
Cure, The	Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	N
Cure, The	Standing on a Beach	N
Cure, The	The Head on the Door	N
Cure, The		N
Dan Fogelberg	The Innocent Age	Y
David Allen Coe	Castles In the Sand	N
David Allen Coe	Darlin’, Darlin’	N
David Allen Coe	Hello In There	N
David Allen Coe	Just Divorced	N
David Allen Coe	Son of the South	N
David Allen Coe	The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy	N
David Allen Coe	Unchained	N
Debbie Harry	Kookoo	N
Do it Now	20 Giant Hits	Y
Doors	L.A. Woman	Y
Dwight Yoakum	Hillbilly Deluxe	N
Easy Rider Soundtrack	Hits of Right Now	Y
Elevators, The	Frontline	N
Emmylou Harris	Best of: Profile II	N
Epidemics, The	Shankar/Caroline	N
Eurythmics	Be Yourself Tonight	Y
Fun with Music	Dance Party Song Fest	Y
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap	The New Gary Puckett	Y
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap	Incredible	Y
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap	Young Girl	Y
General Public	All The Rage	N
George Benson	In Flight	N
George Winston	Winter Into Spring	N
Goldfinger Soundtrack		Y
Great Country Hits		Y
Guess Who, The	American Woman	Y
Guess Who, The	Share the Land	Y
Harvey Mandel	Feel the Sound of Harvey Mandel	N
How the West Was Won Soundtrack		Y
Humble Pie	Humble pie	N
Jam, The	Setting Suns	N
Jefferson Airplane	Surrealistic Pillow	Y
Jimmie Buffet	Last Mango in Paris	N
Jimmy Buffett	Floridays	N
Joe Jackson’s	Jumpin Jive	N
John Fahey	Popular Songs of christmas and New Years	N
John Klemmer	Arabesque	N
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia	Passion, Grace and Fire	N
John Payne Lewis Levin Band, The		N
Johnny Cash	His Greatest Hits, Vol. II	Y
Johnny Horton’s	Greatest Hits	Y
Johnny Horton’s	Greatest Hits	Y
Judy’s Tiny Head	Judy’s Tiny Head	Y
Judy’s Tiny Head	My Car, Farm Owners…	N
Kansas	Leftoverture	Y
Keith Jarrett	Fort Yawuh	N
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition	Greatest Hits	Y
Kris Kristofferson	The Silver Tongued Devil And I	Y
Kris Kristofferson	Me and Bobby McGee	Y
Kris Kristofferson	Kristofferson	Y
Laura Nyro	Nested	N
Laura Nyro & Labelle	Gonna Take a Miracle	N
Les McCann & Eddie Harris	Swiss Movement	N
Linda Ronstadt	What’s New	N
Lines, The	Will you Still Love me when I’ve Lost My Mind?	N
Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus	N
Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus	N
Living Guitar	Folk-Dixie Jamboree	Y
Loverboy	Get Lucky	Y
Manhatten’s Transfer	The Best of	Y
Men at Work	Business as usual	Y
Men at Work	Business as usual	N
Men at Work	Cargo	Y
Nancy Sinatra	Greatest Hits, Boots made for Walkin’	Y
Nancy sinatra	Nancy in London	Y
Nancy sinatra	Movin’ With nancy	Y
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Nancy & Lee	Y
neil Diamond	Just for You	Y
neil Diamond	touching you touching me	Y
neil Diamond	Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show	Y
New Order	New order	N
O Positive	Cloud Factory	N
Oldies But Goodies	Vol. 9	Y
Outlaws	Lady in Waiting	Y
Peter Gabriel	Sledgehammer	N
Peter Gabriel	So	N
Peter, Paul, & Mary	Album 1700	Y
Pied Piper	In the Land of Make Believe	Y
Police	Outlandos d’Amour	Y
Pretenders, The	Learning to Crawl	N
Rare Earth	In Concert	Y
Rare Earth	Get Ready	Y
Rare Earth	Ecology	Y
Rasa	Everything you See is Me	N
Replacements, The	Tim	N
Rita Coolidge	Fall into Spring	N
Robert Palmer	Double Fun	N
Rock N Roll High School	Music from the Soundtrack	N
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack		Y
Shenandoah soundtrack	Feat. James Stewart	Y
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over troubled water	Y
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over troubled water	Y
Sly & the Family Stone	Greatest Hits	Y
Solid Gold	An Album of WPRO	Y
Spanky and Our Gang	Spanky’s Greatest Hits	Y
Steam	NA NA Hey Hey	Y
Steeleye Span	All Around My Hat	Y
Steely Dan	Greatest Hits	N
Steve Goodman	Santa Ana Winds	N
Stevie Wonder	Fulfillingness First Finale	N
Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	N
Ted Nugent	Intensities in 10 Cities	Y
Temptations	Greatest Hits II	Y
The Great Rock Revival	(Two volumes)	Y
The Gunfighter	He-man country & western hits	Y
The Mamas & The Papas	Deliver	Y
The Mamas & The Papas	Farewell to the First Golden Era	Y
The Singing Nun	Soeur Sourire	Y
The Union Gap	Woman, Woman	Y
Tom Waitts	Anthology of Tom Waits	N
Tom Waitts	Blue Valentine	N
Tom Waitts	Franks Wild Years	N
Tom Waitts	Rain Dogs	N
Tom Waitts	Swordfish Trombones	N
Tommy James and the Shondells	Roullette	Y
Tracy Nelson	Mother Earth	N
Tracy Nelson	Tracy Nelson	N
Welcome to the Ponderosa	Lorne Greene	Y

Strawberry Ambrosia…or cottage cheese dessert?

I had a lot of cottage cheese to eat today.  Two full containers were due to expire.  Aside from eating it straight, I’d eaten some with chunky salsa on top and served some as a snack to the kids.  I still had 1.25 containers to eat.  I went to a search engine and typed in “Cottage Cheese Recipes.”  I wanted something sweet, so I discarded the corn flake meatless meat loaf recipe (yuck!) and chicken enchiladas with cottage cheese (really?) and went straight for the “cottage cheese dessert.” 

Strawberry Ambrosia

The basic recipe is as follows, but I added some other goodness too. 

2 cups cottage cheese (I used the fat-free stuff)

1 small tub of whipped dessert topping (I used Cool Whip)

1/2  of 20 oz. can of chunk pineapple (drained and broken up)*

1 pkg. of sugar-free Jello, any flavor** 

Mix the first 3 ingredients together in a big bowl and then sprinkle the Jello on top and continue to mix until well incorporated.  Chill.

 *In this version, I also added about 7 Maraschino cherries, coarsely chopped, and about 1/2 c of sweetened coconut. 

** I used Strawberry, sugar-free Jello. 

The Jello gelatin helps to set up the mixture.  I thought the consistency and flavor was more like an ambrosia recipe I’d had as a kid, hence “Strawberry Ambrosia.”  If I’d had some mini marshmallows, they would have entered the pool.  In hindsite, I could have chopped up all the leftover peeps from Easter, but it was so good, I didn’t really miss the marshmallows.  After we’d had our special dessert, I covered the rest with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge. 

I’m thinking that I’ll make another version with some mandarin oranges or just plain with grape Jello I have in the pantry. 

This one looks a lot like strawberry ice cream….I wonder what would happen if I froze some?

How to Make a Diaper Sailboat

I was invited to a baby shower.  I hadn’t attended one in such a long while!  The mother-to-be registered for a few things and I really dislikedthat there were people who went off-registry for my shower, especially since I took the time to pick and choose what I wanted my baby to have.  However, since becoming a mother, I quickly realized that it’s really not about that kind of thing.  I am crafty.  To pick an item off the registry, to me, seemed a little too easy…and a bit boring.  I wanted to gift her something practical, yet appealing.  So, I wanted to make her a diaper cake.  What new baby didn’t need a ton of diapers?? 

A friend of mine makes spectacular diapers cakes ALL the time.  I mean, really.  I think she makes them at least once a month…or multiple ones at the same time.  They are truly beautiful when complete, such that I wouldn’t want to take them apart…even if I had no diapers left and a stinky baby.  We’d adapt that burp cloth to function until I could get to the store for more!  I digress.  I thought about it more and decided that I really wanted something a little different, so I was going to make a square diaper cake, then a diaper bassinet, but I ultimately decided on making a sailboat because it’s a nautical themed shower.  How cute, right?  So, I was on the hunt for a tutorial to make exactly what I had in mind.  Much to my disappointment, nothing measured up to my standards of grandeur.  I saw plenty of small boats with, like, 20 diapers involved or ones you could buy for $75 or more, but I wanted to MAKE it!  So, I decided to wing-it with the intention of creating my own tutorial….to share with the masses!

Here it is, complete with step-by-step pictures, some tips from along the way, and the final project.  It came out awesome if I might blow my own foghorn and I think you’ll agree.  Give it a try and LMK how your’s turned out!

The Diaper Cake Sail Boat

Materials List:

Diapers (I used Size 1, but size 1 or 2 will work), 1/2″ wide curling ribbon, cardboard base, hot glue, dowel, fabric,clear elastics, baby accessories.

Diapers, rolled and secured with clear elastics.

Start with:

 *a 17″ x 16″ piece of cardboard (I used this measurement because of the Size 1 Huggies Snugglers. Two of them stacked on top of eachother was approximately 8.5″ tall. And 10 of them laid next to eachother was ~16” long)

This is how I measured the size of the hull. Two diapers stacked on top of eachother (8.5" tall) and 10 diapers laid next to eachother (16" long).

*(2) 8.5″ x 8.25″ squares of cardboard.

Cardboard squares, 8.5" x 8.25"

*80 Size 1 diapers, (I got two pkg of 40 diapers each) rolled and secured with clear elastics (Find a pkg of them at drug stores, 250-500 per pkg for a few dollars. But, I got 1000 clear and black together at Family Dollar for $1!!!)

*36″ x 19″ piece of fabric

Fabric sizing.

*~15″ skinny dowel ~1/4″ thick

*Curling ribbon & hot glue

Instructions:

1.Fold the large piece of cardboard in half so there are two 8.5″ portions. You will have a large valley.

2. Score both of the squares on the diagonal.

3. Hot glue the square to the end of the valley at the “V”.  Hold in place until dry.  Repeat on other end.

Apply a generous amount of glue to attach the ends to the hull. When you valley fold the end, you'll want those pieces securely attached.

4. Fold the square on the score and hot glue in a small valley position. hold until glue sets. Repeat on other end.

How the valley end stays together and "bent" with the bead of hot glue down the center score line.

5. You should now have a rough boat shaped cardboard base.

The completed cardboard base sailboat.

6. Taking care not to get glue on any of the diapers will make sure they are all usable when disassembled.

Hot glue a length of ribbon to one end of the broad side of the boat, roughly 1″ from the bottom or about 1/3 of the way up the diaper.  Line up 9 diapers next to eachother and affix the other end of the ribbon to the other end of the broad side of the boat and hot glue, tightly against the diapers.  Repeat with a 2nd ribbon at the 2/3 position of the diaper. 

The first row of diapers. Note positioning of the ribbons.

7. Repeat Step 6 for a second row of diapers on the broad side of the boat.

Propping up the first row of diapers with extra diapers while assembling the second row helps keep things in place until the boat sits upright.

8. Secure a small piece of ribbon around the top ribbon of each row at about the middle and hot glue it to the side of the boat, between 2 diapers.  It’ll help to keep the diapers from “bowing” in the middle.

9. Repeat Steps 6-8 for the other broad side of the boat.

10. For the valley ends of the boat (front and back): Start the same way as in Step 6, but position the ribbon a little higher to account for the fold. Line up 5 diapers and fit around the fold.  Secure tightly on the other side.  Tip:  If you affix the ribbon above the very first ribbon from the broad side of the boat and attach each subsequent ribbon above the broad side ribbon it’s easier and looks woven.

11. For the second row on the valley front, line up 7 diapers and secure tightly. 

12. You may need to trim the top point of the cardboard square to line up with the top of the diapers. I needed to, and trimmed off about a 2″ high triangular piece.

13. Add a small length of ribbon around the two ribbons of the top row in the middle and secure perpendicular to the row at the tip of the boat. This helps to keep the diapers from popping out and slipping.

The bow of the boat. Secured with the perpendicular ribbon to help hold the diapers in place securely.

14. Repeat steps 10-13 for the other valley end of the boat.

15. Tuck in 1 extra diaper in each row of the broad sides of the boat.  You should end up with 10 diapers in each row, for a total of 40 diapers.

16. Dry fit your fabric piece to trim around the approximate shape of the boat.  The ends will have excess to be trimmed.  It’s not necessary for perfect edges, they are going to be tucked behind the top rows of diapers all around the boat.

The interior pleat on the corners.

The finished interior fabric.

18. Put the dowel thru the center of 3-4 diapers to cover its length.  Tie an open diaper around the top of the dowel as a flag. This is your “mast.”

The mast.

19. Put the excess rolled diapers (I had 11 left)  into the bottom of the boat to help hold up the “Mast”.

View of the finished sailboat.

20> Fill with baby accessories.

Top view of the boat contents, before the washcloths were folded into baby ducks.

 Tips: I used a binky as an anchor.  Outlet covers hot glued lightly to the ribbons function as portholes, and folded the washcloths into ducks and the little socks into a bouquet of roses.

The anchor.

If I can make it, it’s not really Impossible…quiche.

So, I’ve had a headache all day.  Quiet time, a couple of cups of tea, and generally doing nothing did not help.  So, I thought about dinner.  The grocery store is not my favorite place.  In fact, if I didn’t really love food, it’d be the last place to spend my time.  So, as a result, the fridge is a little light in the shelves: OJ, alcohol, a little bit of milk and a bit more of Silk soymilk, a head of broccoli, some leftovers, bread, lettuce, and that’s about it…although, it’s kinda full if you count lots of condiments, dressings, and sauces.  On the bright side of the bulb, we have a particular affection for any kind of cheese, so I always have a shredded cheese or two.  I almost always have potatoes and onions and a salad ingredient, too.

Although many could make a meal out of just vegetables and eggs, my husband is a carnivore and would prolly fade away if I didn’t feed him meat with dinner.  So, to the freezer I went and checked for frozen meats and found some sweet sausage and thought about how I could make the lonely head of broccoli I found in the back of the fridge work with it.  I’m tired of the standard: meat, veggie, starch.  Pinterest seems to be a cool place to look for different recipes so I thought I’d look for a quiche recipe.  However, I came up with less than I really wanted and resorted to my recipe box.  I found my impossible pie recipe and thought it would work. I also happened to have a box of Bisquick! My headache was getting better.

So, here are my versions of the Impossible Pie recipe from the Bisquick box, using the bare essentials from my fridge and pantry. I made a meat and broccoli one and a largely veggie one, but snuck in a tiny bit of the sausage…  I noted where I made a few changes with fancy * and notes.  If you can follow my recipe, make it.  It’s a great cleaner-outer of the fridge!

Impossible Sausage & Broccoli Pie

Impossible Broccoli Veggie Pie

Basic “wet mix” recipe from the “Bisquick Impossible Cheeseburger Pie”

1/2 c Bisquick

1c milk*

1c shredded cheddar cheese **

2 whole eggs

Mix all of those ingredients in a bowl with a whisk until combined.  I didn’t worry too much about lumps.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  I removed the sausages from their skins and browned the sausage meat in a skillet with 1/2 an onion.  Meanwhile, I cut up my broccoli into bite size pieces and cooked them until just bright green, slightly crunchy.

Slice of Pie: sausage, cheese, and broccoli goodness. Oh My!

For the Meat & Broccoli one:

I added most of the sausage and broccoli to a greased 9″ pie plate. Pour the basic wet mix over the meat and broccoli.

*I had a little over a cup of 1% milk left, so I used all 1% milk for the basic wet mix.

**I only had cheddar and mozzarella shred cheese, so I did 1/2 and 1/2 to make the cup.

Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Slice of Pie: Broccoli veggie + a tiny bit of sausage

For the Veggie one:

I put a tiny bit of sausage and the rest of the broccoli into another, greased 9″ pie plate. I like onions, so I sautéed 1/2 a large red onion in the sausage pan until slightly translucent.  My husband can’t do red onions, so I only put them in the veggie one.  He won’t touch it, because it also has a whole, chopped plum tomato in it. I wanted to add mushrooms too, but I think we ate those last week!  Pour the basic wet mix over the meat and veggies.

For the basic wet mix, I was short on ingredients, so here’s where I thought it could get iffy.

* Since I used almost all the 1% milk for the meat one, I had about 1/4c left for this one so I added in Silk Soymilk Very Vanilla flavor to make up the 1c.

**Again, I mixed 1/2 and 1/2 on the cheddar cheese and mozzarella for 1c.

This one was still “wet” after 25 minutes in the oven,  likely has to do with the chopped tomatoes.

So I put it in for another 15 minutes or so. It was also much more brown on top, but not burnt. (See the picture from the beginning.)

Both quiches came out delicious! My generally slow eater was done in record time and asked for seconds.  I sampled them both and decided that there was no real difference in the Silk pie versus the 1% milk pie flavor. I also sprinkled a bit of garlic powder on mine since I gave up salt for Lent. It might be psychological, but the garlic made it a little better.

In case you needed to know, we now have no milk, Silk, eggs, shredded cheese, tomatoes, broccoli, or sausage.  I think I better go to the grocery store!

Craft Fair Announcement

April 28, 2012

Groveland Congregational Church

730am to 3pm

Pancake Breakfast from 730-10am. Vendors are open during the breakfast!

Come eat and visit me during the fair!

1950’s Antique Sink Cabinet Make-over

So, this is my very first attempt at a make-over project that I did with my grandparents’ old kitchen sink cabinet.

My brother was still using the last 3 drawers while he waited for his new cabinets to arrive.  My project basically started out like this:

The 1950's farmhouse sink cabinet. Originally with a porcelain sink top.

These are the supplies I used for my make-over:

Martha Stewart Metallic Texture Paint, Rustoleum Black Chalkboard Paint, and Butcher's Wax.

After painstakingly scrubbing each piece with a baking soda/water paste, they went from this:

The dirty, greasy, 60 year old chrome hardware.

to this:

The restored shiny hinge.

My husband helped prime the whole cabinet and drawer fronts…and he painted the cabinet with cabinet chalkboard paint.

The Primed cabinet.

Primed drawer fronts. I cleaned the outsides and insides with Murphy's Oil soap.

Chalkboard painted cabinet. Painted once vertically, then horizontally. Gives it a slight cross-hatched pattern and further hides some of the imperfections.

 I went to the home improvement store and picked up 1 jar of Martha Stewart’s Metallic Texture Paint.  I opted to apply it with the putty knife seeing as my surface wasn’t exactly smooth and I wanted extra texture!  It took a fairly thick application and then just a touch up of the “see-through” areas.

The metallic texture paint applied with a putty knife.

I applied Butcher’s Wax to ALL of the drawer contacts and the entire bread board.  I figured I won’t be cutting any bread on it, so it won’t matter.  Now it slides pretty smoothly out of its hideaway.

After all my paint was dry, I reattached all the hardware.  It was harder than I thought it was going to be, but I was patient. (Something I am not known for…)

The table top was recycled from a butcher block type table we acquired a while back.  Again, my husband expertly fashioned a backsplash and was able to use the entire table!

Here’s the final project!  Silver drawer fronts, black chalkboard sides, and a few hidden elements.

This is the Finished Craft Cabinet!

I added some gray spraypaint to the inside of the divided drawers because it was impossible to get it to look “clean” after so many years of use.

Spray painted the sectioned drawers inside with gray Krylon paint.

Spray painted the sectioned drawers inside with gray Krylon paint.

I also took some unused sink front drawers we had lying around and added it to the dummy sink front.

I added a sink front drawer and my husband added a new "floor" to cover up the pipe cut-out.

Inside the cabinet middle, where my husband added a new “floor” to cover up the pipe holes, I put in an adjustable sink shelf unit.All in all, I think this project cost me only $7, the price of the Martha Stewart paint….and a lot of elbow grease and time.  But, really, we had every other aspect of this project hanging around.  I mentioned I was crafty, but did I mention I’m a bit of a collector?  Some might consider it hoarding, but at least I can find it and re-use it!

What do you think?

Hello world!

This is my first official entry in my online blog.  I learning how to blog, add pictures, and link to people, places, and other blogs.  Please be patient with me.

I have this up on my Artfire Blog, so I’m simply cutting and pasting, but I plan to update this blog with tutorials, craft product reviews from my stash, and whatever else comes to mind.  Comment away.  I find inspiration in lots of places and would love to be pointed in different directions along the way.

The Beginning of ELP

Published initially on: 11-19-2011 01:36pm from everyonelovespinks.artfire.com

So this will be my first official Blog post. It’s kinda scary, actually.  I know this will go out into cyberspace, for all eternity, and maybe I’ll be the only one to ever read it.  On the other hand, millions of people will have access to this and will immediately form an opinion.  So, here goes.

I have always been crafty.  I grew up in a crafty home.  My mom had a ceramic studio in our basement, where 10 women would gather and “cackle” (as my dad used to say) over painting, glazing, and making the perfect eyes.  (It seemed my mom was the only one who ever really mastered that task.)  I would paint ceramics for my room or even for Christmas presents. I still have many of the things that were made for me.  I was a Girl Scout and we made tons of handmade items for Christmas out of common, easily accessible, and recyclable materials.  Only, at the time, we didn’t really have the term recycle or reusable.  The milk jugs we made Santa heads out of were really just trash…and it took a long time to save up 12 of them for my troop!

As an adult, I am thrifty, crafty, and everyone knows that if it has to do with paper, glue, beads, or trash, I can make it into something fabulous. It’s true.  My newest favorite things to make are taking empty chip bags and other bags, and crafting them into wristlet pocketbooks.

I started out making cards for any gift that I purchased.  I ventured into scrapbooking after I took a fabulous honeymoon to Ireland.  I was hooked on anything paper, glue, or sticker-related.  I went to demonstrations, had home parties, and scoped out (and frequented) all the local craft stores.  I have my favorites.  I also like coupons…so if they have a coupon or a ridiculous sale, they know I will be there.  Loyalty programs are my best friend.  Who doesn’t love something that gives back in stuff you love??

I made handmade Christmas gifts because we didn’t have a budget for everyone I felt like we needed to gift.  Our family and friends loved my handmade items and would look forward to what I’d come up with for next year! Soon after, I made what I thought would be a one-of-a-kind item for my sister-in-law who was expecting her first baby.  After showing it around to my closest friends, I got orders to custom make a few of them for other people expecting a first baby in their family!  I finally listened when enough of them told me I should sell my items on a website or something. That was in 2010.

Currently, I love to make jewelry and my wrapper bags.  I especially like that my wrapper bags are almost entirely made out of recycled materials.  I enjoy going to thrift stores and craft fair white elephants for old, broken, or undesirable jewelry to take apart and make into something cool and new.  I teach card-making and paper crafting classes at our local Senior Housing.  I craft with my two little ones.  They will often come to the craft store with me and ask if we can make “this” or “that” and I almost always say “Of course!”  I don’t want to seem like a know-it-all crafter or anything, but I think I can craft just about anything I want to…as long as I can get my hands on affordable materials.

So, as a blogger, I am a novice.  My grammar may not be perfect and I will often use made up words like “prolly” because I like them and they are easy.  I hope to add content that will include details on how to make some of the items I make or a how-to guide or something like that.  Check out my items for sale here [www.everyonelovespinks.artfire.com] or take a look at my Facebook page: Everyone Loves Pink’s.  I love to talk about crafting and share how I craft with anyone interested.  My friends know me as the go-to for just about any supply a class project or random costume item they may need. I may also be slightly obsessed with crafting.  So, if you’re reading this with interest, tell me.  It’ll make me feel like someone else cares or pays attention too!

Craft on.