I am addicted to reading...

My name is Margo and I am addicted to reading. I have always had a love for reading and well I have to say I have it bad. For me its normal it to have a "to read" pile, so that I never run out of something to read. Though I am pretty sure that most people's "to read" piles don't consist of about 100 books! No I'm not kidding and here is the proof, the "to read" pile by my bed (they aren't all there I do have another stash in the closet lol). I am constantly adding to it as I am taking away from it so it stays pretty much like this all the time.

To help with my addiction I have discovered an amazing site Goodread.com, here I can list and keep track of all the books I have read and plan to read. Plus I can see the reviews that others have given for books that I want to read or find new books to add to the to read pile.

I read every night before bed, its my time to wind down and relax. I have found that I sleep much better when I read before sleep, and after doing some research I have learned that the best way to read is by book light. It helps your mind and body get the message that its time to start to wind down. I don't know about you, but if I don't make sure that I have relaxed before trying to get that beauty sleep my mind just races and I have a hard time falling asleep.

I am thrilled that my kids love to read just as much as I do. A trip to the book store is such a thrill to all of us. Another great site that I like to use is called Paperbackswap.com, here I can post the books that I have read and am ready to pass along and then find others that I would like to read. Its a wonderful way to get rid of some of the books you have laying around and to get some new ones to take their place.

Margo

Where Has She Been And Some Valentines Goodies.

Not really sure if any of you have asked yourself this. It doesn't help that I had just started the blog before my absence, but just in case you have here goes. We have several life changing issues happen in our house hold in the last 6 months, without going into a long and rather emotional spill about it all I will just say that hubby is now a college student again after the long two years of surgeries that have ended in him not being able to continue in his profession any longer. I myself have been dealing with an illness that just wouldn't let up and frankly just didn't have the energy or want to even try to be creative. We finally found the issue (we hope) and I am on the road to feeling normal again which is something I haven't felt in a really long time. So with that I have finally started to get my craft on and had fun making several things for Valentine's this year.

I got lots of inspiration from several of my favorite blogs. Once Tanner and I say this Lego box on Crap I've Made it was a must to make for his class party. Super simple just took the shoe box and cut the slot on the top. Next we cut down some dixie cups and filled them with tin foil to give it some strength and glued them on. Hubby then help Tanner spray paint it red and vala. Love the way it came out, then of course he had to have the Valentines to go along with it.

I grabbed the picture she had already made up and uploaded it to Picnik added Tanner's name and then sent them to Walgreens to be printed. Grabbed a couple of bags of toads (and frogs) at the dollar store and they were a hit with his friends.

Lastly I made picture frames with conversation hearts. All I did was take a simple wood frame from Michaels, painted it white, then began to glue and glue some more hearts all around it. I made three of them one each for my little boys I watch everyday and one for myself, picture will be added as soon as I can get my kiddos together long enough to snap it LOL.

I have several project in progress now and will be posting them here in the next several days. Along with tons of ideas that I have been thinking about during this long absence. Thanks so much for stopping by.


                                                                         Margo

Homecoming means mum making time.

It was that time of year again HOMECOMING. Miranda and her friend decided that they wanted to make their own mums this year so us moms pulled out our glue guns and staplers and we all got busy. We hit the craft stores and bought tons of ribbons, trinkets, bells, flowers, stuff panthers (the mascot) and threw in some feather boas. The girls wanted big this year so away they went putting all the ribbons on at one point I had to tell Miranda that there was no way anymore ribbon would go on it LOL. She wanted big this year and that is what she got. It took the four of us two days to get them done but the girls were so thrilled with them and wore them proudly all day on Friday.


xoxo
Margo

Copic Love

I started my copic collection about three years ago, I have many but not as many as I want LOL. There are still tons of colors out there waiting for me to find them and grab them up. I am really enjoying the fact that crafters are finding and falling in love with these amazing marker again. I know that they are a bit pricey, no scratch that they are a lot pricey but let me tell you they are so worth it. They last for ever and the coloring ad shading that can be done with them is just astounding. Here is an example of a card that I have colored with them, yep that's my Edward stamp on the birthday card I made for one of bffs.

XOXO
Margo

Flowers Flowers and More Flowers

I have been working on my crocheted flowers for several days now. I haven't made these in years and decided it was time to make some more. There are several colors and I will be listing them on my etsy soon. I just love crocheting things while watching a movie or something on tv I find it very relaxing. I try to make the kids a blanket every couple of years and have been reminded by both that its time again LOL. I still have the one my grandma made me when I was a little girl, it holds wonderful memories for me. I was very young when my grandmother showed me how to crochet and then when I was a teenager my mom helped me long more. It use to be a thing that was passed down through the generations but now a days less people know how or even want to learn sadly even my own daughter shows no interest in learning how. I encourage everyone to give it a try there are so many resources out there to help you learn if you don't have someone to teach you. The Internet and YouTube are full of instruction.

xoxo
Margo

Card Challenge

Hello everyone, I came across this blog the other day. Christmas Stampin' All Year Long and just love the idea of having a challenge once a week to do a Christmas card so that I will have them all done and ready to go when Christmas sneaks up on me. So this was my first week to play, I was inspired to use the spinning card that the wonder Momo did a video on and got right to it this morning.

Here it is, I used bazzil card stock and the Hero Arts stamp set Owl Christmas. I used the copic colors E 31 33 G 2 R 29 Y 4 YG 3 YR 65 to color the owls in. I hope you all check out the blog and momo's channel for their great ideas.

xoxo
Margo

Cork Board Necklace Holder

Miranda has so many necklaces now that it is getting really hard to store them she is wanting one of those large stand up jewelry boxes like I have but right now that isn't possible, plus she likes to be able to see them out so that she can choose what she wants quickly. So this is what I came up with for her.

What I uses is two packages of 4 pieces of 6x6 cork board, they are kind of thin so I glued two pieces together so that the push pins didn't stick out to much in the back, which made me end up with 4 boards, a package of fun colored super large push pins, and four bright paint colors. I painted each one a different fun color and then added the push pins in two staggered rows that way the necklaces don't hang on top of each other, the push pins stick out just a bit in the back but this is nice because they stick a just a little into the wall for some extra hold. It really helped when we were trying to figure out the placement they just stayed where we put them, then we used foam tape to put them up on her wall to make sure that they could handle the weight of all her stuff. We are loving the way they came out so much that I think I am going to make one for my bathroom for the necklaces that I tend to wear more often.

Thanks for stopping by and come back soon.

xoxo
Margo