A little something and some flowers!

It feels like I haven’t created anything in forever, when it was really just a week! I had a horrible migraine last weekend that slowed me down and then it hit me again on Friday! I have been taking some new medication and after talking to my doctor he thought it was due to the dosage, so we have lowered it and so far I haven’t had a headache for 2 days! That is REALLY big, because I have had to take aleve or advil everyday for almost 3 weeks. I’m hoping it lasts!

Anyway, since I wasn’t curled in a ball in pain I made my way down to the craft room today. I wanted to make something for Sean, just a little surprise. We have a lot of leftover Valentine candy in the house so I thought I would give him some in a cute tin!

I decided to cover only the top of the tin with some SU designer paper, I thought the stripes were a masculine choice. And then the very simple tag with “A little something” from Gina K’s ‘Tag you’re it!’ set. I used mono glue on the back of the tag and let it dry before I put it on, that way it will come off easily and not ruin the paper. I thought once he eats all the candy then he can use the tin at work for different punch cards at restaurants for lunch. His wallet is starting to look like George’s from Seinfeld. (I hope you know what I’m talking about! George’s wallet was about 6 inches thick and when he sat down he was on a slant! I love Seinfeld, soooo funny!) So I thought to get his wallet emptied of things he really only uses at work this little tin would be a great size.

I had mentioned that I got that mega kit from Cosmo Cricket on QVC the other day. And it just has the most beautiful papers in it! When I went though it the first night I saw a gorgeous piece that I knew I wanted to use with Gina’s new set “Baskets of happiness”.

I’m a sucker for flowers! I don’t think I could ever have enough flower stamps! And when I saw this set for the first time I knew it would be a favorite of mine. I really like the two papers together. The floral is the Cosmo cricket, but the other gingham is from Daisy D’s ‘be mine’ set. I got a 6×6 pad and wasn’t able to use it all before Valentines day. But there are quite a few prints in it that are great for any occasion.

I tried to make the eggs speckled, a little more rustic looking. But I have to admit I have never seen a speckled egg! I don’t live near any chicken farms and we don’t buy eggs at our house. So to me they look a little funny, but I hope they don’t look funny to you! At Gina’s release party last weekend, Kurtis had made green eggs when he used this stamp. I had NO idea that eggs were green outside of a Dr. Seuss book!

I hope you have all had a great weekend. I know many of you have tomorrow off as well, so a nice long break! My mom is bringing me her sewing machine tonight, yeah!!! But more importantly she is also showing me how to thread the needle and also leaving me written instructions. The whole needle issue is the #1 reason I don’t use sewing machines! I know the new “fancy” one’s do it for you, but this is not new or fancy so I have to know how to do it. But in order to make room for it, I have some reorganizing to do downstairs. So I better get moving!

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