Don't you love fresh flowers? We have been seeing a lot of them around our home the last two months. Dd is taking a floral class and brings us creations on a weekly basis. We love the fresh flowers and the little lift they give us in spirit when we walk by. The only thing we don't like is the fact that the two cats have taken a definite liking to leatherleaf and statice! Maybe it smells like catnip or something? Dd has also been making silk arrangments for a client and those are all the winter whites and blues on the upper right photo on the long table. She does great work! The cornucopia is of course for Thanksgiving last week and below is one she did for Halloween.

Vintage ribbons and trims are a wonderful accent for a christmas page, heritage page or altered project . Heck i just love them because they look and feel so fantastic! I would rather spend time in a ribbon store than a candy store! dolls and lace.com http://www.dollsandlace.com/cgi-bin/dalshop.pl?cat=VintageRibbon&view=cat Ribbon jar http://www.ribbonjar.com/Vintage_s/45.htm french ribbons http://www.hymanhendler.com/french.htm JKMribbon has newer ribbons http://www.jkmribbon.com/main.html retro 1960s http://www.renaissanceribbons.com/ and Relient Ribbon has tons of selections http://www.reliantribbon.com/ Simply beautiful! Rockester

Wow! These are sooooooooo darling and timely and CHEAP! (One of my main criteria in online purchasing.) Look at all you get at Chatterbox.com for the $1.95 download fee: http://www.chatterboxinc.com/fonts.asp mmmmm scrumptious! This one is called CBX Celebrations (Tell them Rockester sent you!)

Here are some holiday card ideas (Not all are christmas and many can be adapted with change of sentiments) Tearing and stamping http://tinyurl.com/y2m5hp Drywall tapes! yes you heard me right... http://www.kent.ca/scrapbooking/card_07.htm more http://tinyurl.com/y6p3s9 dimensional small accents Vary the card size to fit your envelopes on hand! http://www.craftgenie.co.uk/cardmaking_ideas.gal.shtml pocket card for those wonderful family photos (I plan to do a variation in the spring on this one for grad invitations/announcements!) http://tinyurl.com/y4qrgu lots of themes http://www.docrafts.co.uk/asp/authors/?id=340 green buttons http://www.docrafts.co.uk/asp/projects/project.asp?id=762 circle punch http://www.docrafts.co.uk/asp/projects/project.asp?id=1040 So pull out those holiday colors and the scrap bin (and some pop dots) and make some cards this long weekend. Instead of sitting around bloated ater thanksgiving, get moving on some cards! It will get you in the mood for th...

Ok gals help me out here..... Where have I seen these kinds of shaped clips before and tossed them out???? On socks? when you buy a new pair??? LOOKS SO FAMILIAR... and bravo for Cropper Hopper for making something that will hold down the ribbon ends! Yeah!! Rock

Need another blast of creativity in the CARDMAKING department this week? How many cards did you make so far? Here we go again and the theme this set is for BIRTHDAY cards and Birthday projects with SCRAPS! Take a peek. Get out the scrap bin and make a few spare cards to have on hand all year long or better yet make a dozen and give them as gifts! colorblocking http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=158615 snips and strips http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=157704 templates and stamps http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=156841 coordinating papers and punches http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=158616 mini file folder http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=158489 rub on leftovers http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=158142 corner rounder and rubber stamped sentiment http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=158141 circles and photo turns http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=157393 one big flower an...

thanksgiving card inspirations vellum pocket and tags http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=156747 stampled wording http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=155619 dry embossing http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=153046 trifold http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=130770 stamped leaves http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=126602 stencil http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=126497 thanksgiving placecard for the table http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=126360 watercolor pencil and labeler http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=126273 tearing and twine http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=125697 rafia and a flower http://scrapjazz.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=118035