I FINALLY GOT MY WEDDING PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you sense the excitement, the joy, in the all caps title?????  After 2 years, I finally got my wedding pictures back!  We only have the digital finals right now, but that is enough for me at this moment.... And to share in my glee.... I am going to share a few pictures with you all!

First, my very favorite picture... Isn't he handsome??? ;-)

The two pics above were from the pictures before the ceremony. We did the guys and the girls pictures before the ceremony to save time after the ceremony.

Being Silly :)

This is my hubby's favorite

Me and My Beautiful Mama

Me and My Loon of a Sister ;)

Me and My (cough) Ladies

The New Gohl/Scheid Family! 

for u

I was playing with some bright, cheery colors today as it is quite the opposite outside right now! Hope you like and that it brightens your day too! :)

Supplies:

Paper: Pre-folded blank cardstock, patterned paper from My Mind's Eye (I think)
Embellishments: chipboard letters from Target dollar aisle, button an extra from a sweater, ribbon from a friend
Digi Image: GTC Blog

Mini Christmas Cards

I've been working on a few different creations lately. I wanted to make a set number of things before I actually added anything to Etsy, so I've been working at it for a couple of weeks.  First up is a set of 6 mini Christmas cards, which could also easily be gift tags for gifts. Each card comes with a mini envelope. 

Complete Set

Closeup with Envelopes

Supplies:

Paper: Plain white cardstock for card base and envelopes, Christmas patterned paper from a friend

Embellishments: Glittered snowflakes from Michaels, Buttons from a friend, Ribbon also from a friend (can get the same ribbon from Michaels though)

Adhesives: Score Tape (Just recently got this and LOOOOOVE it.... it works wonderfully!), and therm-o-web, medium sized zots (clear adhesive dots)

P.S. Has anyone had problems with the new Image Uploader gadget? I noticed that image uploads will be down for a couple of hours today. I hope they fix whatever is up with it.

I also created an elegant "Congratulations" card that could really be used for multiple different occasions. I didn't make it specific for that exact reason. My inspiration for this card actually came from a set of Candelabra rub-ons.

Outside

Inside 

You may notice the embellishment in the top left corner. It started out as a candelabra, but as I accidentally ripped off the bottom, I made it into a chandelier. :)

Supplies:

Paper: Plain black cardstock, Patterned paper from a set I bought a while ago at Walmart, but can no longer recall the brand

Embellishments: Ribbon from Michaels, Gems and Candelabra/Chandelier from Michaels dollar aisle

Digi Images: Border from Birds Blog, Sentiment freehand

Hope that you are all having a glorious week... I am finally starting to feel better (PTL)!!!

I have a couple of prayer requests for you all. My husband and I are assistant pastors at a local church and one of our congregation had a stroke on Monday. He seems to be recovering, but please keep him in your prayers. Also, the head of our fellowship is having some very serious health problems. Only a miracle will bring him back to health, so please also keep him in your prayers!

God Bless!

Happy Birthday to my BIL

It is my brother-in-law's birthday this month. I haven't been feeling that well this week, so I've been working on the card little by little each day from my spot on the couch! I finally finished it today. 

Supplies:

Paper: Mostly scraps

Digi Stamp: Raindrop Echo Designs

Buttons: Michael's dollar aisle

Ribbon: A friend

Card Set

So, I've been thinking about putting some of my cards up on Etsy and I decided that I wanted to put up a few card sets. This is the first one that I finished. They are almost 4x6 (about a half an inch on the top and side of the 4x6 bag I put them in).

Supplies:

Paper: Cardstock from The Bon Voyage Travel cardstock stack and a friend

Ribbon: Dollar bin at Target, Dollar bin at Michaels, a friend

Paper Flowers: Recollections Collection and a friend (who told me where they were from but I forgot)

Buttons: A friend

I got out of work early today, so I think I'm going to go start on another set and also work on a couple more holiday cards for the Caring Hearts Card Drive I'm participating in, hosted by Ling's Design Studio.

Oops... some things you only learn through experience

So, I haven't had a lot of space to store my crafting supplies or cards. We live in apartment and my dear hubby has given up quite a few shelfs on his bookcases for my crafting already in our study. Today, however I realized that my idea for storing my completed cards was not the greatest idea. At first it seemed like it was, but today I pulled some of them out and realized that a few of the cards had been damaged (i.e. squashed!)  Oops.... sometimes you can only learn things through experience. I think that I'll be able to salvage the damaged cards to give as gifts, but I definitely won't be trying to sell them! I don't know what I'm going to do about storing cards now though. Any ideas ladies?