A Gift from the Heart

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There is nothing more special then  a gift that is hand made with Love.  To me a value of a gift is not measured by its dollar figure but how much thought goes into the gift.  I have attached just a few photos of a whole scrapbook album I made for by husbands cousins new born baby girl "Arden".  Creating this album took me well over a month with a help of a very good friend "M". It was very challenging but yet extremely fun and I enjoyed every minute.  Currently I am working on my own project which is a book of all my favorite recipes.  It's coming along nicely and can't wait to share some of the pages with you all.

Being able to create and make something by hand gives me such a wonderful sense of accomplishment.  I have said many times, my craft room is my therapy room.  This is where I escape from my daily stresses and enter into my very own heaven.  Even if it is a couple of hours a day, it is "my heaven"....

Bazen hayatin cilvesinden yoruluyorum.  Bazen bedenimin ve ruhumun cok yorgun oldugunu hissediyorum.  Kafamda binbir dusunceler oynuyor, cocuklarim, Kocam, isim, evim, etc.  Ama ailemle olan dusuncelerim hep guzel ve onlari deliler gibi seviyorum. 

Birthday / Baby Cards

Here are my latest cards that I have made to friends and family. I absolutely love using my Cricut Create but I must say I truly regret not buying the Expressions instead. I saw in this weeks Walmart flyer Cricut Expression is $ 297.00. Wow, that is a good deal concidering I paid more for the Create at Michaels. I feel like I have been ripped off a little. Eventually I will buy the bigger Cricut cutter.

My Ultimate Weakness " Shoes"

Sports Shoes

Dress Shoes

Dress Shoes Brown

Dress Shoes Black

Yes, like majority of most woman I have the same weakness. I LOVE SHOES.....

My taste as you can see is mostly Classic Shoes, with a reasonable heel height. My daughter calls me crazy crazy Annecim. She says she can't wait to wear them. I must say these are really not all of them, I am still missing all my boots and summer sandals and slippers. I have no clue how many pair of shoes I own, but it sure is a lot. If you ask my husband he thinks I own more then I need and he is right but I will never admit to that.

Hand Made greeting Cards

Here are just a few of my hand made cards.  I had made more but unfortunately gave them to friends before I took a picture.  Trust me, there will be more cards made as long as these hands can create and this heart can feel...

The mickey mouse card was my creation from beginning to end. The new Baby and the tree were cut with the Cricut "Stretch your Imagination" Cartridge. The I simply decorated with a baby stickers.

Halloween Gift Bags

These are the fun halloween loot bags I made for my son's JK Class.  There are 22 kids in his class and I have managed to accomplish only 12. Every bag is designed differently, I don't believe in producing the same thing time after time, this takes away the purpose of creating.  

I love making things with love, thought and feeling. Without these emotions, my work would not be any different then mass produced China made products that come hot off the press.

These bags were created with your basic Orange card stock and I used the Cricut Tags , Bags, Boxes and More cartridge to make the bags.  Then, I simply stamped Halloween images.  The bats were cut with the Cricut Paper doll cartridge.