Etsy Stuffs

I haven't been posting much.. or doing much crafting in general - because I've been focusing on making flowers for my etsy shop.

Citrus:

Halloween:

Pretty In Pink:

Here's to makin' monies with some of our favorite things in life!

SketchMania #10 - 9.8.10

Here is this week's sketch and the examples:

DeeDee(with an 8x8):


Purnima(with a card):


RachelMay(with a card):


Sarah Michelle(with a card):





Submit, as always, below in the Mr. Linky - you have until the 30th for this one! Please link directly to your blog entry (CropChocolate, facebook, flikr, photobucket are ok too!) and make sure your name is the title of the piece, we'll need to be able to notify our winner!

Homemade ABC Book

to Welcome dear baby Gabe into the family I'd like to be in the process of making an ABC book for him.. a bit personalized but with all the classics; colors, numbers, animals, shapes, fruits, veggies, snacks, vehicles, everyday objects... etc etc.


So to keep motivated on it I want to post something about the process at least once a week.... here is how my list stands so far:
A - apple, arrow, acorn, ant, airplane, astronaut, alligator, art, anchor, arm
B - banana, bicycle, bell, blue, black, brown, bug, balloon, broccoli, bat, book, butterfly
C - carrot, can, caterpillar, circle, cloud, cow, crayon, crab, crown
D - dog, dirt, dolphin, dinosaur, daddy, duck, drum
E - elephant, eyes, ears, elf, egg, eight, earth
F - fish, foot, firetruck, four, flag, flower, finger, five
G - green, grapes, giraffe, grass, goat, ghost, grashopper
H - hands, hat, hippo, house, horse, heptagon, hert
I - ice cream, ink, icicle, iguana, igloo
J - jelly, jack in the box, jar, jellyfish, jack-o-lantern, jump rope, juggle
K - kite, koala, kangaroo, knot, knee, key, kiss
L - love, leg, lemon, left, leaf, lime, llama, ladybug, lollipop
M - monkey, mommy, mouse, mouth, muffin, moon, milk
N - nose, nail, nurse, nine, nest
O - orange (fruit), orange (color), octagon, octopus, ocean, one, owl
P - purple, park, pillow, penguin, pentagon, pail, pink, pajamas, pants, pig
Q - queen, quilt, quail, quarter, quill, question mark
R - red, rainbow, rectangle, rhino, rose, rocks, ribbon, rocket, rain, right, rabbit
S - sky, squirrel, square, sheep, snake, shoe, school, shell, six, seven, star, snail, shirt, socks, sun
T - turtle, tree, truck, teeth, triangle, train, toes, two, three, ten
U - umbrella, universe, unicycle, up, unicorn
V - violet, volcano, vase, vulture, vine
W - whale, worm, wagon, white, wolf, web, watermelon, wheel, wishbone, whistle
X - x-ray, xylophone, foX, oX
Y - yellow, yo-yo, yarn
Z - zebra, zipper, zig-zag, zucchini, zero, zoo

It's A Boy!!

I would like to introduce you to Mr. Gabriel Dean Catron... our dear baby boy to be, currently 20 weeks along!!

Gabe's face, left arm and right leg... you can see his nostrils on his cute little button nose, his upper lip and bottom lip, and his right cheek. such a sweet little baby!(he's totally sucking his thumb too)


Here is a close up of his fingers and little feet:


Here is his heart and heartbeat.. 154 beats per minute:


And this proves we're having a boy!

The Dr. says everything is going swimmingly - all his measurements are dead on average and we'll be doing another ultrasound in a few weeks to double check his heart when it's a little bigger and easier to see.

Can't wait to welcome Gabe into the world ♥♥♥

SketchMania August Winner!!

and our August winner is Belle!! Scroll below(or click to see her blog) to see all her fantastic work - but let me tell all you ladies that every piece was fantastic and everyone on the Design Team picked all kinds of different favorites - I hope everyone keeps playing and stays interested!!

SketchMania #9 and such!

..........and August is GOOOOOOOOOOOONE.

Thank you everyone for playing for last month's prize. We will be announcing the winning entry later this week, keep an eyeball out!

That means we have a new month, new sketches, new chances at a prize.. and a NEW SPONSOR!!

Our sponsor for September prides herself (and she should) on being as eco-friendly as possible! She recycles, she eats well, she rides a bike to work, she's one of my best friends (that's so eco-friendly!).. she's pretty fantastic, and a lot of her time is spent sharing some of her recycled goodies.. Here's Rachel from RachelMayDesigns.etsy.com with a little blurb about what she does and why as well her prize for the month!

"Rachelmaydesigns was created to showcase and sell handmade goods by Rachel May Bunke. With the increasing emphasis towards green design and sustainability today, the business has evolved to provide consumers with beautiful, functional and affordable handmade papergoods with the environment in mind.


Details of the sponsorship/prize: The cover of this EcoBook consists of handmade paper (made out of recycled junk mail and scraps of colored cardstock), a non-toxic adhesive, and recycled paperboard backing. The interior pages consist of 100% recycled paper. DIY Card Kits contain scraps of handmade paper, coordinating embellishments and a card and envelope. The handmade paper pack consists of four pages of autumn colored papers, all recycled, handmade and hand cut."

And HERE is this week's sketch as well the examples from our DesignTeam:

AJ(with a 12x12 layout):


DeeDee(with a 5.5x5.5 card):


Purnima(with a Halloween card):


Sarah Michelle(with an 8x8 layout):





Submit, as always, below in the Mr. Linky - you have until the 30th for this one! Please link directly to your blog entry (CropChocolate, facebook, flikr, photobucket are ok too!) and make sure your name is the title of the piece, we'll need to be able to notify our winner!

Sometimes..

you're just at a loss for the way people act. whether it's in real life or this virtual world we call the web.

Remember, either way, our words affect people and we should all be careful how we word the things we want to say.