Now Look at how Adorable these are

I just wanted to share some loveliness that I received in the mail not log ago...I ordered these prolly about a month back and forgot about them til the other day.....here is my inspiration for one of my next projects....ENJOY!!!!!

if you remember, a couple weeks back I had made a diaper cake for a co-worker and his wife...here's a link if you would like to see it..... diaper cake....well our eldest daughter is having their second baby and it's a girl...wooty woot...a girl...yah!!!! Well anyways, lol, I am making her a diaper cake....and the shoes and socks are my inspiration for the cake....what do you think? Think she'll like it....I think she kind of got a little jealous with the other one I made cuz I didn't make her one for her first shower....so I need to make up for that and make her a doozy...YKWIM!!!! lol...

here are these yummy shoes...I got these from Spensor's online...along with the socks....

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I would like to ask a favor though...I am on the look-out for a digi image(s) that would fit this theme (not cupcake skull...but baby/skull...did that make sense? ....I have not been able to find any.....please please share...lol....I would love to make a matching card for her cake too.....

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well thanks again for stopping in....and any help is greatly appreciated.....I can't wait to get this finished.....I am so stoked...lol.....hugs from Charm City....

Beer..helping ugly people (DTD)...plus one

Happy Sunday morn peeps....I can see a glorious day coming on here in Charm City...yesterday was sunny and very warm here...it felt great to have my windows open....today I'd like to share a couple cards...first one is for the challenge over at DudeTime Doodles....I was happy as pie when I seen this one....and the second card was one I had made a few weeks back....not to sure if I really like it......let me know what you think...ENJOY!!!!!

now look at this image....it's the mug o' ale image from Bonibleaux Designs...doesn't this just scream "manly"?...so the challenge this week is to use the inspiration photo make an easel card...it has to be a guy themed card to.....I forgot to upload the inspiration photo....just click and it will take you to it....it's a fun one...I used DCWV citrus papers--stickles--spellbinders dies--MS border punch and some pearls and honkin eyelets...lol....I have had this little quote on a sticky note for a month or so and thought it was perfect for this challenge with the mug....lol....but when you think about it, it is sooo true...lol....

lol...gotta love a cute quote that fits a man... here's a side view.....I kind of bent the die border in half to use as a stopper for the front of the card..... and here's a second card that's been sitting here trying to get some love from me....I just don't know if I can...I'm just not feeling it....I actually liked it until I added the silk ribbon with the flowers and such...oh well..it's a finished card.... ******************* Well that's all I have for today....I do hope that everyone has a sunny day and thank you so much for stopping in.....Hugs from a sunny Charm City.....

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day peeps....Can you believe it's already here...today is a quick post to share some photos from or jaunt to the beach last weekend to celebrate.....ENJOY!!!!!!

this is what I looked like this year....something way different than years past.... take notice of my shoes.....lol..... ohh, shirt reads--- you touch my lucky charms and I break your little leprechaun.... yep...if you said those were Wal-Mart tennie's, then you are correct...lol....I got a very cheap pair of sneakers (white), spray painted green, added green glitter then sprayed about 4 coats of top coat....added a light up button (see in photo above) on each shoe and I was ready to par-tah!!!! lol....

here's what I did with the dudes....lol....notice the green shoes...yep made him a pair....lol....he was so proud of them too.....

this was a new piece this year--his mug...thought it fit him...we all know how he loves his woo woo's.....I also added a light up cube inside his cup that flashed....

these two were so funny....everyone totally loved their outfits...I mean, look at them, how can you not...they were soo fun....

photo of DH and I....

this is a friend that came down for the day....yep, I dressed her...lol....I tell ya, I still had so much left over even after, as I call it, decorating everyone up...lol....we had a lot of lightups on....

now isn't this just a cute photo....look at DH sneaking in the shot...

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Well peeps...that's all I have for today....I hope everyone has a wonderful St. Patrick's Day and don't drink to much green beer....Hugs from Charm City....

Over the Years--St. Patrick's Day

Well it's a gloomy Sunday morning here on the east coast. I hope that you all are waking up to sunshine coming into your windows....or have had a sunny day for those of you who are ahead of me in time.....

Today I thought I would share some photos that will truly make you believe my DH and I are NERDS!!!!!!! In every aspect of the word....lol....but I'll tell ya, this is a yearly thing we do, for ourselves mostly,and we have a blast. We have gotten friends and family to come and hang out with us for the weekend over the years at the beach ( Seacrets Beach Party) . It's just a revitalization for the soul. We get to hang out with friends, make new acquaintances, and act like silly teenagers dressing up for St. Patty's Day. In the photos below, this is what we looked like each year...ENJOY!!!!!!

our first year...not so much garb but I did make a mask ( I know I'm weird) and attached it to my hat using Velcro...I did this so that I wouldn't have to wear the mask all night....I even got on the evening news this year....another 5 seconds of fame...lol....I made a ST. Patty's Day purse that's on my arm out of an old cigar box....

next year...added more stuff...had a blast...I will never put tattoo's on my face again...they were really hard to get off....loved the beer goggles...

DH didn't learn much about the year before with the tattoo's on his face....lol....you can barely see my shamrock boobies I added to this shirt....but they are like the coconut ones..I drilled a hole in the center of the shamrock and added a flameless light up candle to each one as a lighted nipple ( I know--I'm weird once again...lol)...everyone loved this...when DH and I walk around the place, everyone makes us stop so they can get photos with us....lol....it's so cool to see what everyone else does....more and more people are dressing up....and to think, we really aren't even irish....lol.....but we're having a blast at trying to be.....

this was more and more garb---a ton of light-up stuff.....and many many woo woo's....lol....

this is last year's...I think this is the best...I absolutely love how DH looks here....and I've even talked him into using the beard again....with a little twist that I'm adding this year....I can't wait to finish what I'm working on....if they turn out, they will be awesome....lol....

Well I thought I'd show some of our crazy St. Patty's Day photos....it's only a week away for us....this time next week we will be hung over and on our way back to reality...but we will also have memories of our little getaway just the two of us.....I think it's something every couple needs at least once a year....where you can connect and just cherish each other without the cares of the world on your shoulders.....

I hope everyone has a sunny day. Thanks so much for stopping in....get a chance stop over at SEACRETS ( click on site map at top and down to images and check out the scrapbook of photos) and see why we go here....it truly is Jamaica USA....something for everyone...even the kiddies.....Hugs from Charm City...

A New Baby

Happy Saturday evening peeps....I have been crazy busy trying to get this diaper cake made and been battling a cold. I guess more nursing the cold than anything. It seems like it just doesn't want to move on. BAH!!! My girlfriend and I went to a baby shower today for a co-worker and this is what I made for our gift. I kept the diaper cake simple and we ended up putting all of the gifts into a bag instead of loading down this. I really wanted the cake to shine instead of getting lost with all of the gifts loaded onto it....this is the second one I've made and I really loved how this one turned out....ENJOY!!!!!!

I know it's not a very good photo but I thought you'd like to see it anyways....I ended up using 90 baby diapers to make the 3 tiers....wrapped each one in a receiving blanket added 3 layers of ribbon premade bows and to hiide the tops of the diapers I used the bag filler stuff....the huge rhinestones is actually a plastic ring and I got those in the party section at Wal-Mart....I purchased everything here from Wal-Mart with the exception of the darker ribbon (Micheals)...oh and thoise darling little shoes I paid $1.75 for those...man was I doing the happy dance...lol...who needs expensive shoes when they are that young...lol... here's the matching card....I used an image from Mel-Jen Designs....I thought it was perfect for the musical giraffe on top of the cake....I also used tulle and the darker ribbon like I did on the cake to try and keep the desing the same....now I know this is a girl present, and I didn't realize that this was a boy giraffe, but hey, things like this happen when you get older...lol...you don't see as well....

here's the inside...crap photo again...just wanted to do a visual...I kept it very simple...

and here she is in all her glory....I just used clear celephane--2 strips and rolled and tucked and tied at the top......everyone loved it....

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well that's all I have for today....this week I need to get ready for our yearly St. Patty's Day Smash Bash we do every year....I have some new items to work with for our costumes and soo can't wait to pull it all together....DH has even added new stuff this year....I was just looking at our photos from the past 6 years...I'll have to share them...it's a true sign DH and I really are nurds....lol....so stay turned...maybe tomorrow....Hugs from Charm City....