I'm so excited to announce the Grand Opening of my long awaited Nest Feathers Paperie Etsy shoppe. The shoppe will feature beautiful custom handcrafted cards, tags, mini albums, journals and scrapbook pages to treasure and share. You can also find vintage treasures for your home as well as vintage supplies for your own crafting. Custom items and orders always welcome. Many more items to be listed soon. Thanks so much for coming to visit.

Yeah, can I just say I'm beyond excited! This happens starting next week, so stay tuned for some nice photos and fun projects I think you'll enjoy. And a special thanks to Scrapbooking.com for the amazing honor. It means so much to me. Please check out their website for some wonderful inspiration. ♥

You guys stay tuned! I'm so excited about an email I received this morning that I can hardly stand it!!! I'm thinking of changing the look around a bit here, jazz it up a bit, and also post some fun, new things for you to see. Also, I'm taking a wonderful class by the extremely talented Melody Ross so a bunch of us Brave Girls wanted to treat you to a blog hop all about Melody's Soul Restoration Class! That's coming up soon, too. We're going to show you projects we are doing (there are tons!), new art techniques we've learned and also give away some amazing prizes. But... before the blog hop, something else extremely exciting is brewing. Wanna guess? Hmmm, what could it be? hee hee. I'd love see what you're thinking!


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Oh, and I'm free, I'm free!!! (hence the adorable vintage image above!) Dr's visit went well yesterday, and I can walk now without the crutches and I can take the cast off most of the time! Yeah, it feels pretty stinky to walk right now, and it feels like I'm going to fall with every step, but I'm beyond excited to start doing it again. Remember, I love to backpack, especially in Utah's slot canyons, so I've got to get this puppy working again! Cheer me on, k? ;)

p.s. - the vintage image above as well as many more adorable ones are available at the ever fabulous Tammy Tutrerow's website @ http://tammytutterow.typepad.com/tammy_tutterow/ Thanks Tammy! ♥

A new Merchantile on the horizon!

We've embarked on a new and exciting adventure! A dear friend of mine, Heidi, as in Heidi.... Scarlet's mom...the famous Scarlet that is the love of Tucker's life, Scarlet, has invited me to join her and another chickie to open an online merchantile! We are all beyond excited as we share such similar interests and values and are all really just displaced farm girls. We are announcing the new store front any day now! Heidi makes the most adorable children's clothing. She has many more things up her sewing sleeve so stay tuned and prepare to be wowed! Heidi is our resident cowgirl and rodeo queen, so she has quite the surprises in store. W
My passion is beautiful, lovely, breathtaking paper, as you all know, because many of you share the same affliction. You can add to the obsession ribbon, buttons, bling, metal, ephemera and anything I can use glue on to alter. I'm always on the hunt for something vintage and yummy to add to the mix. :) My latest creation is one I want to share with you.



This is a 16 page Vintage French Country Mini Album that is aged to perfection, and now available as a kit for you to create yourself. You get everything you see in this album, except the photographs. I'm sure you'd rather have your favorite photos in this album than mine. ;)







***UPDATE*** This kit is now available at my Etsy Shoppe Nest Feathers Paperie.
Top brand name lines are used in this album kit as well as some unique vintage pieces that I feel added just the right touch. I dipped into my personal stash of vintage items and ribbons to make this kit extra special and unique. Limited quantities available and... just a hint...they started selling before they hit the site. :) I have many more things in the works: greeting cards, altered items, journals, mini album kits and scrapbooks and pages. Custom orders always welcome. If you have something in mind, or need a gift for a special occasion, just drop me an email. Enjoy and thanks so much for looking!

♥♥♥ What is it about Winter? ♥♥♥

That makes everyone want sweets? It can be a piping hot cup of cocoa, or a plate of warm cookies...it really doesn't matter. Just so it's sweet. Tucker has been begging for caramel apples... a lot. In fact, he said it would be 'life changing'... his words. ;) So, we piled everyone in the van and went down to the local candy store here and this was the result.
His very first. Can you just feel the excitement? lol





And after an afternoon of sledding, here is Wyatt's first taste of hot chocolate, complete with snowman marshmellows. Oh yeah baby, that's what I'm talking about!






And to top it all off, how about a batch of old fashioned mud cookies?



Come spring, I've got two words for ya. Weight Watchers. ;)

Lots of knitting time....

It's been 4 weeks now since I decided not to turn the light on while coming down the steps from the bedroom. I missed the last two steps and ended up dislocating my right foot, breaking both ankles and my fibula in my right leg. Sigh. Funny thing is, I didn't want to bother anyone by turning the light on. Yeah, I didn't really accomplish that now, did I? lol As a side note, this is the first time in 20 years of marriage that we've been without health insurance. Sigh again.

On the bright side, which I've worked really hard at keeping my mind dwelling on, I've had lots of time to knit! I'm a new knitter and as a family we took a vote and decided that Wyatt (a brand new 4!) should get the first completed projects I could manage. Here they are! Isn't he sweet? He's so proud of his new hat and scarf and knows that mommie made them just for him. ♥♥♥

If it's winter time where you are like it is here, please be careful on all the snow and ice. Oh, and turn your light on. ;)

After 33 years...

Our family has been reunited with someone that's never left our hearts. ♥ My husband's stepmom, who we affectionately call our "bonus mom", made the heartwrending decision to give up precious baby girls for adoption. She did it for their own safety and the amazing desire for them to have a better life. This was before she became my husband's stepmom and came into their life. I had been working with Sue for over 11 years to try to find them, then 3 more on my own. We filled out every form we knew to fill out, and I blasted internet adoption sites and boards with their info. We had nothing to go on, nothing. Records were locked up tight. Sadly, my mother in law passed away very unexpectedly three years ago. But I continued looking. I made a promise. I'm glad I did. 4 weeks ago I got an email from one of twins. I couldn't believe it. Could not believe it.
After many phone calls and emails, one of the girls is going to come see us today. She's flying across the country with her husband and baby girl. We can't wait. I've been working on two quickly made scrapbooks for the girls full of photos of their mom. I used premade photo albums, the kind with the pockets for 4x6 photos, altered the front covers, added in patterned paper thru out, covered the front and back inside covers, and added in embellishments. I sprinkled facts about their mom thru out the pages, too. It was such an honor to work on something so important for them. Can't wait to give it to them today.