tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89694611331240261322024-03-13T11:34:11.900-05:00Oops, I Craft My PantsFollow @oops_Icraftmypants on Instagram for current updates on the art of Kira NicholsKira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.comBlogger699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-90854874498921301212018-02-27T08:14:00.001-06:002018-03-05T18:41:30.110-06:00Man is made or unmade by himself - a set of ATCs<img id="id_d886_d5bc_e385_53bd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5xE4uUst7GI/WpVnpeof9MI/AAAAAAAALrY/F3bN84ziv_gi3WQgplETLZxpf_79snKawCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 406px; height: auto;"><div id="wrapperid_43a3_1285_5cba_5eb0" class="___smartHandler" style="position: absolute; width: 391px; height: 390px; z-index: 100; top: 410px; left: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(67, 135, 223);"><br></div><div id="wrapperid_43a3_1285_5cba_5eb0" class="___smartHandler" style="position: absolute; width: 390px; height: 390px; z-index: 100; top: 410px; left: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(67, 135, 223);"><br></div><img id="id_d439_c7b0_1e1a_79f8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Woxc7gcPB2w/WpVnpjZJ2uI/AAAAAAAALrc/LG9RitrnE8ANc2R-OW97SOOpB9NEGMPngCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_9f83_e382_f7ed_aa9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KLO9Aq8Gw3k/WpVnppC5RUI/AAAAAAAALrg/lxrY1B7uoCYsMcWkDtww6Qhwm8f4LaiPQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_bdf7_ddae_34e9_9142" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qke2sSJc6k0/WpVnqIESKGI/AAAAAAAALrk/tfG_Mq-Miq4fHMqawIM5PF6GLrg0vur3QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br>“Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought, he forges the weapons with which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds... joy, strength and peace.” - James Allen in <i>As A Man Thinketh. </i><div><i><br></i></div><div>A friend of mine sent me this little book for my birthday, and I’m about halfway through it. It’s about how our thoughts shape our reality and thinking good thoughts will manifest good results. I’m trying to take it to heart and implement more positive thinking! These ATCs have one of my favorite lines from the book so far. Woot woot for fun and positive crafting :) I just sat down with my bag of scraps and threw down some paper and ink. Therapy.</div><div><br></div><div> It also helps that I’ve got my medications reconfigured once again so I’m not being crushed by the weight of crippling depression and anxiety. My new attitude for stress reduction has been going fantastic. I’ve been spending a few hours outside with the boys every day that the weather has been good for the past couple of weeks. Whether it’s in the yard or at the park, it makes a big difference. For one, they don’t make messes in the house. Secondly, I get to stretch out on a blanket under the sky and do a little bit of makeshift amateur yogajunk and deep breathing. Therapy. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f32a_e91d_f9a1_ca0e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IeZ3B8de23o/Wp3jRWeb4HI/AAAAAAAALtU/lWPshDBCOn8VuXXjnYS_zTn2A3buG0xSgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>I’m feeling good about taking advantage of this beautiful weather before the Alabama heat, bugs and humidity become unbearable in a month or so. Carpe diem! I’m enjoying myself. </div>Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-69524509794637579732018-02-26T14:58:00.002-06:002018-02-26T14:58:22.111-06:00Giant Budgie Painting and My Birthday Reflections<div style="text-align: center;">
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This past couple of weeks has been so many things. I'll just toss some adjectives: Refreshing. Heartwarming. Contemplative. Fun. Needed.</div>
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I spent the last ten days or so down in Orlando at my sister's house along with all my immediate family plus spouses and kiddos. It was awesome. Probably one of the best birthdays I've had in a long time.</div>
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Festivities included a KIDLESS Wizarding World of Harry Potter day followed by a massive delicious Harry Potter feast and RPG prepared by my brother and his amazing wife. I also got to hang out with my sister a lot at Downtown Disney, now called Disney Springs. New name, more exciting sights and smells. I got my Disney Pin Trading fix and snagged some cute tsum tsum pins, also got to indulge at IKEA and a huge Oriental Supermarket. Also a top highlight: BLACK MARKET MINERALS. Yeah. You read that right. One of my fondest old jobs from the springtime of my youth. Visiting the Florida store was nostalgic and delightful. </div>
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The coolest thing I got to bring home was a big canvas that everyone in the family worked on. Even the little grandbabies got to paint/scribble and contribute. We started with a yellow acrylic base and I added paint drops, swirls and extra layers and color, then everyone kept going throughout the week with doodles with markers.</div>
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By the end of the week, the canvas had an awesome multi layered look to it and we were ready to paint over top with my favorite: a Giant Budgie that I drew. Here's me and my bro starting to paint the bird.</div>
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More progress being made by my sister and me. </div>
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I added finishing touches and a bit of a white wash in areas to make the budgie stand out just a little bit more. We got this guy home to Alabama and he now has a very prominent place in my art studio.</div>
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I love it. I love that it's special and that it'll be a memento of this awesome vacation, birthday and reunion that I got to experience.</div>
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So now I'm going to get back to that whole "contemplative" thing that I mentioned at the beginning of this post. I had a lot of time on this trip where I didn't have to be constantly paying mind to my beautiful boys. I also didn't check my phone more than 2-3 times per day. It did something for my mind that I haven't been able to achieve in uh.... almost four years, since Buddy was born. </div>
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I had a breakthrough of sorts. Finally accepting this season of my life and being okay with it. I've always been focused and ambitious, and driven to accomplish. </div>
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I've known somewhere in this brain of mine that for happiness, my focus needs to be on 1. self care, 2. my marriage and 3. my kids. I have been trying to convince myself that I can continue to nurse my ambitions and business goals in addition to the aforementioned big three. There just isn't enough of my attention to go around and I've been suffering for it. I haven't been happy. I haven't been functioning properly. </div>
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So I finally made a decision. I'm throwing Etsy, YouTube Videos, FaceBook, Insta, marketing, new product creation etc. into the back seat for a couple more years and I'm not going to feel guilty about it. I'm gonna blog for fun when I feel like it. I'm going to learn new things because I want to. Just like the good old days. No more feeling bad about what I think I should be able to earn or do with my precious waking hours. No more. I'll wade a little deeper once the kids get into school.</div>
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But for now, I'm going to get my mental and physical health straight. I'm going to be present for my husband and kids and not use my phone as a form of escapism from this at-times overwhelming season. I'm going to simplify my life. I'm going to create and share for the joy of it. </div>
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I'm going to give myself credit for the things I have already accomplished, not grief for what I haven't. </div>
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I hope I can continue to remind myself of this decision, because it's an important one. I want to start enjoying my life every single day. I've got my eye on making my 32nd my best year yet.</div>
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I'm excited to finally be able to share this project, since I've been sitting on the photos for a while.</div>
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It's a two-sided winged heart ornament for the Mixed Media Valentine Swap over on Craftster. </div>
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First I drew out the shape on paper, then scanned it into the computer and worked the image into a cut file. Here's a pic of the shapes being cut out on the laser out of 1/4" birch plywood. Having a laser is amazing.... I can make whatever wood shapes I want. It's easily the coolest thing I have.<br />
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The piece is 3 layers glued together, and has the lil shrine cutout in the front as well as the back. I just clamped the three pieces together with wood glue, then coated it in gesso to make sure the paint and stuff would stick and be vibrant. I guess it's like primering....It might have sucked up a lot of paint if I didn't gesso it first.</div>
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So here is the first side.... It's covered in a gelliprinted bookpage and then painted on a bit more. Then I drew the wings with paint pen and filled them in randomly with pearl pink and mint green. The middle has a quartz crystal druzy, for sparkliness...<br />
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Dot painted, with a coral and navy blue color scheme... The pendant over the shrine hole made the perfect window. I'd had that little metal thing for years in my stash and I'm glad I finally found a good use for it.</div>
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And at the end, there were little house-shaped scraps from where the shrine fronts had been cut out, so I made some wee tiny house magnets for my swap partner, and for funsies, a little altered clothespin magnet, too.</div>
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She was happy with the package! The heart was pretty tough to send away, but that's the magic of swapping: trading art and making other people smile.</div>
<br />Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-29826746442550436342017-02-07T17:03:00.002-06:002017-02-07T17:03:36.187-06:00Naruto Fixation and Budgie Rock Lee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Soooo, I rarely get to watch any TV that isn't Elmo or The Wiggles or Curious George, or whatever else toddler-friendly show that I can stand at the moment... My boys will so innocently click the button on our smart tv to exit out of our streaming app if there's something they don't want to watch on the TV. It makes me crazy. So I'd rather just relax and go ahead and chill with cookie monster.</div>
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BUT.... When the lights go out, I watch Naruto Shippuden and it's like TV heaven. I love it. Fullmetal Alchemist is still my favorite anime (Kip's middle name is Elric for goodness sake), but after finishing 220 episodes of Naruto Shonen Jump and 2 Seasons into Shippuden, I'd say I'm fully invested in the Naruto franchise. I've got like 7 seasons left and there's still a new one every week. So that's freaking sweet. It's like a binge-watcher's wildest dream, and I haven't gotten tired of it. It's all I watch,</div>
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That being said, here are a couple of Naruto things. First is Rock Lee, in the form of a budgie. It's a things-I-love mashup. So weird, but I'm incredibly happy with it. I'm going to have it tattooed on my bum. (Kidding, that space is reserved for <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/710186-picolas-cage" target="_blank">Picolas Cage</a>)</div>
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And this is a picture of Kippymon, making his pretend "ANGRY FACE" and then I doodled some rough Naruto regalia on him on my phone. It's my favorite. We joke that someday, we're going to cosplay as a family. Kip will be Naruto, Buddy will be Sasuke, Bobby will be Jiraiya and I'll be Sakura. </div>
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<br />Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-63004198014657745292017-01-17T19:20:00.003-06:002017-01-17T19:20:49.629-06:00Skull ATC, Bird Stickers, Ticket Stickers, Gelliprint Tags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey, hey. It's the end of the day on Tuesday and I think I did a good job today with managing my time. I usually have babysitters on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays for about 4 hours so I can get work done, listen to my podcast playlists, fill orders, run errands, do art, and basically have alone time. I love being able to make a list of tasks that I've been meaning to get done and actually doing ALL THE THINGS. It happened today, it just so happens that the last thing on my list is a blog post. So here's my update!</div>
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I did a little bitty swap with an old Craftster buddy, AlwaysInspired. She just wanted some blank craft stickers (of which I have a whole roll), but I wanted to make something for her. So I made this skull ATC with paint, inks, gelatos, etc. The base is another gelliprint from Audio. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out, especially the light peony doodles in the background.</div>
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This grouping of birdy drawings made me smile. There's something about feathers. These are also for swapping, and they're all drawn on sticker paper for extra function and coolness.</div>
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Also, swapped these altered tickets. (I got the idea from another craftster pal, <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=448149" target="_blank">Smmarrt</a>). They're alien cats, because I love cats and I love weird things. Also, I made these into stickers using my Scotch ATG. Fun fact: there was also a blue ticket in this set, but I turned on my fan and it vlew off the table, presumably into an alternate universe, because I couldn't find it.</div>
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So, I hope everyone had a beautiful, peaceful MLK weekend. Mine was pretty okay, and I got to spend time looking after my poor unfortunate, pained husband who was separated from his wisdom teeth last Thursday. Until next time, I'll be making art when I can and sharing it here :) Have a really, really good week.</div>
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Wanting to be more creative and bloggy in 2017, I challenged myself to a <a href="http://www.oopsicraftmypants.com/2016/12/work-table-declutter-challenge.html" target="_blank">Work Table Declutter Challenge</a> and I flippin' owned it, son! Granted, it wasn't TOO hard of a challenge, but I still feel good about myself. I need that. My goal was to create and send 10 quality Happy Mail Envelopes using only what junk and supplies that live on or have pooled up on my worktable. I send out the final six envelopes today. </div>
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Each one of these envelopes contained a Kitty Sticker and postcard (blogged <a href="http://www.oopsicraftmypants.com/2017/01/kitty-stickers.html" target="_blank">here</a>), along with a grumpy octopus sticker and scrappy bookmark. </div>
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I drew these when I was channeling a wee bit of rage. Budzone was sick this past week and as a result has been whiny and screamy. Kip did not catch the sickness, but he did get some of the awful-behavior through some kind of baby-osmosis. I was at my wit's end, so I placed my children ever so gently on the playroom side of my studio and drew disgruntled octopi on a blank shipping label until I felt a little better.<br />
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These are the bookmarks that I made. The backgrounds are all paper scrap from a catch-all scrap basket glued onto scrap chipboard. Luckily, there were a few lengths of random used baker's twine in the aforementioned basket to tie onto the tops. I am really happy with how the houses turned out, too. I've always admired cute little crafty houses that people on Craftster would make, and then I'd try and they'd look like.... not.... good. So, I think I was doing the roofs too big. I've cracked the formula. Don't make the roofs too big or the houses look like arrows to space.<br />
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<br />Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-23839846692786126812017-01-08T12:48:00.001-06:002017-01-08T12:48:25.492-06:00Kitty Stickers<div>I deleted the Facebook App from my phone (again). I was just spending too much time reading my trash newsfeed. As Aziz Ansari put it, I was on page 1 million of reading the worst book ever. As much as I kept telling myself that I couldn't live without the memes, I know I want to be so much more deliberate with my time. I'm always thinking that I don't have time to blog or read or whatevs because of the kids, but I spend a lot of time on FB on my phone. So I want to replace that with better stuff. It'll take me a while to become unglued from my phone, but hey, it's a start and a step in the right direction.</div><div><br></div>I'm laying here on the couch and the kids are napping, so obviously out of habit, I reach for my phone. Checking Craftster, Instagram and playing Disney Emoji Blitz have taken the place of Facebook for now. I thought maybe times like this would be a good opportunity for me to update my blog. So I just dropped $5 on this app for my phone that will let me blog via the couch without having to run down to my studio and use the computer. I hope this app works better than Google's stupid blogger app. <img id="id_38a2_824_f86b_1359" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SMkMnGuwUXU/WHKJXcz1OvI/AAAAAAAALgs/asB6smsEXTY/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div>Anyway, I'm sick. I feel like I got pummeled by the Hulk. Now I know why Buddy was such a turd this week. I want to curl up in bed and hide from the world. Instead, I'll mope and update my blog. I made these kitty stickers on Friday night. I have a big roll of kraft stickers that I want to start using, so I'm pleased. These will be part of my Happy Mails for my Workspace Declutter Challenge.</div><div><img id="id_a738_5812_cd9_1419" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KAFY0KB8OUg/WHKJeCumNLI/AAAAAAAALg4/xTLstTzZgTQ/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>They're things that I think cats would say, but I think I can relate to all of them. My favorite is the pooping one. I don't poop outside, but would if I had to. TMI! TMI!</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, I completed some other postcards for the challenge also. A set of six, using more gelli-print from Audrey. </div><img id="id_a21a_5abc_74fc_2a1d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AbAp8-hTDbI/WHKJeAn6QhI/AAAAAAAALg0/pM0FDOiD2R4/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><img id="id_419a_203d_8f56_a960" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jA2gBMbbPjo/WHKJd35NRfI/AAAAAAAALgw/ICDw0vwj2bU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;">This one is my favorite. This is sass fish. I am sass fish. I want people to treat me right. I want people to be cool. I want a chicken sandwich. I want to nap whenever I want. I want justice. Aren't we all sass fish?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Well, until next time. I hope your weekend has been great :) And a little sassy.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-9248859515294887132017-01-03T16:10:00.004-06:002017-01-03T16:10:34.894-06:004/10 Done: Work Table Declutter Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Alright, I'm well on my way! In my previous post, I challenged myself to make and send 10 pieces of quality Happy Mail using only the junk and supplies that had pooled on my work table area. Let's just be honest: I'm crushing it. I sent out four arty little Happy Mail envelopes today. Each one was a decorated envelope, a lil piece of collage art, a tag, a little package of miscellaneous sticker flake, all attached to a hand-drawn/painted postcard. Here's the loot I made:</div>
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These collage pieces are all 1.5x2.5" in size. They're cut from a couple of pages of Readers Digest Condensed book (yup, lucky enough to have a page with black and white pics!) along with washi and some gelliprint scraps given to me by my illustrious #BAFF <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aud.ity/" target="_blank">Audio</a>. (Best art friends fo'ever.) The cut out phrases have been collecting on my desk for months and ages and centuries. I use them whenever I can. </div>
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These are the postcards I drew. They're abouuuut 4x6, but really are whatever size the chipboard sheets were that were there in my catchall paper scrap basket. Fortunate... These are just random doodles. My favorite is the wild and free ape. The backgrounds were painted first with craft acrylic, then doodled on with a paint pen, colored in a bit with gelatos and then accented with Uniball Signo opaque pens. But they should be called MILKY PENS because, childhood. (Does pentel even make them anymore? Meh. 20 years ago...) </div>
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And here are the embellished envelopes, covered in paper scraps and rogue worktable stickers. They're each on their way to some lucky recipient. Six more happy mails to go until I've completed my challenge! I'll finish this post off with gratuitous close-up shots of my postcards. Happy Tuesday, y'all.</div>
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But then there are the catch-alls. Little wooden bowls that get filled up with crap. Baskets that eventually overflow with paper scraps and ephemera. Broken bits of this or that. Or things that definitely have a place, but I've just been 100% too lazy and not bothered to put away properly. (It's in a receptacle, it's tidy, meh. Kids are screaming. Cleanup is done. Meh. DONE! MEH!)<br />
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So I've hatched a plan... It's a challenge plan. My goal is to make 10 envelopes of quality Happy Mail to send out using ONLY the stuff currently on my desk. Maybe I'll do three or four at a time in a few rounds.<br />
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<b>Three birds with one stone:</b><br />
<b>1. I'm cleaning up my work table and destashing with a purpose.</b><br />
<b>2. Creative time shall be mine. </b><br />
<b>3. I can send them out and spread some happies.</b><br />
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Yeah, crushing it. Stay tuned. I'm giving myself two weeks.<br />
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In other maker news, I was at Walmart sans toddlers and was drawn to the stickers, because I am myself. In that aisle, there was clearance craft stuff and I found all these Coats & Clark threads for 25 cents each and I bought one of each color because I'm a craftstuff-hoarder and have only moderately-in-control FOMO when it comes to clearance supplies. And yes, I did buy some stickers, too. Kitties. End of blog post.</div>
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Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-23641622035115891892016-12-27T15:43:00.002-06:002016-12-27T15:43:33.572-06:00End of year UpdateMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!<br />
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(Aside: What a great phrase to begin a post on my rarely-updated blog... It'll date this post perfectly for visitors when my intentions of keeping this blog current once again fall by the wayside.)<br />
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...But I mean it! I hope you're all well. I'm doing fine. Just here at home, keeping it real. Buddy and Kip are respectively 1.5 and 2.5 years old and they have been keeping me running for my money and on the brink of insanity. My depression and anxiety have been, for the most part, manageable, but it's still something I've been struggling with.<br />
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This is a phase of life, though, I keep telling myself. Once the kiddos are a little bigger and a little more independent, bla-bla-bla, I'll have more time to enjoy that solitude and crafting time that I'd grown accustomed to while trying for so many, many years to conceive and birth said kiddos.<br />
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The Etsy has been busy. Been selling lots of ornaments and bookmarks this season, so about 80% of my free time has been spent working on filling Etsy and Amazon orders. Which is nice, BUT I'd love to do a lot more creative things. Lots of the skills and crafts I've picked up have been gathering dust, just waiting for the day when I can come back to them.<br />
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Mothering is super important, though. My boys are great and so sweet and tender and (mostly) delightful.<br />
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Anyhoo, here comes the possibly futile part. Go ahead and skip this last paragraph, because it just may not happen, according to life as I know it :)<br />
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I'm hoping to begin blogging about once a week and keep up with the few makes and creativity I'm hoping to have time for. Wish me luck. In the mean time, here are just a couple pics from lately.<br />
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I made some Christmas tree earrings that Kip destroyed less than 24 hours later.<br />
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I also got glasses this year.</div>
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I made some chicken themed inchies and glued them into my planner.</div>
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That's my update. Goodbye for now. Love and snootches.</div>
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I have been a busy little bee, working on plenty of new projects. One of my favorites has been putting together a collection of digital stamps that are now up for sale in my Etsy! I've got over 50 new images ready for instant download for all your digistamp needs :) I'm pretty stoked about it... So please check them out! Individual digistamps are only $2 each, and you can save your sweet moolah and get discounts by buying bundles! Here is a collection of a few of my faves:</div>
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Goaties! This bundle of three goat digis is $5. Here's the listing: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/270508547/goat-digital-stamp-bundle-of-3-digital" target="_blank">GOATS!</a></div>
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A lovely fat cochin chicken! I've got other fancy chickens, too, like Polish hens, silkies, easter eggers, etc. Here's a link to the cochin, just $2! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/270612340/chicken-digital-stamp-cochin-digistamp" target="_blank">COCHIN CHICKEN!</a></div>
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Do you love to send mail? This bundle of 6 Happy Mail digital stamps is only $10! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/268482027/digital-stamp-bundle-happy-mail" target="_blank">HAPPY MAIL</a></div>
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I've got tons of monsters up in the shop.This bundle of three little monsters is only $4. Here's the listing: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/270508147/monster-digital-stamp-bundle-of-3" target="_blank">MONSTERS!</a></div>
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This is probably my favorite... It's an alien. $2. Seriously, this guy looks great with a little glitter glue. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/272014138/alien-digital-stamp-monster-digital" target="_blank">ALIEN</a>!</div>
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Zombies! Do you love The Walking Dead like I do? $5 for a bundle of 3 digital stamps! Here's the listing: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/272015726/zombie-digital-stamp-bundle-of-3-images" target="_blank">ZOMBIES!</a></div>
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Free stamp offer has expired! You can still find it here in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/275014890/bunny-rabbit-digital-stamp-cute-animals</div>
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<strike>And finally, what you've all been waiting for. Here's your FREE Digital stamp. I give you permission to click, right click, and save image</strike>. Please, personal use only and link my shop when you use it! I'd love to see what lovely things you all make!</div>
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Until next time, friends! Thank you :)</div>
<br />Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-74871152135623984922015-11-10T10:14:00.001-06:002015-11-10T10:14:20.752-06:00Good Day! Plenty of new things in the works :)<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been a whirlwind the past couple of months! The boys have been growing at a rapid pace... Like Jack and the Beanstalk bean's pace. It's insane. Kip is already crawling, and Buddy is starting to say things. I can't keep him from climbing ev-ry-thang. So they keep me busy enough as it is... </div>
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But obviously I don't know when to quit. I can't stop making things. I will NEVER! I haven't stopped., even though I haven't been blogging. We actually got a laser engraver and things are really picking up for us.</div>
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I've been making babywearing ornaments and things and selling them in my <a href="http://kiranichols.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy Shop</a>.</div>
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They're pretty fun and I'm so happy they're being well received.</div>
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There are some changes happening soon to this site! I'm working on a gallery style design and moving away from the blog format. You'll still be able to browse the archives, though. All my old stuff will be there for the reading if you get hungry for colorful crafts :)</div>
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In the meantime, if you want to follow my work, I'm active on Instagram! @oops_icraftmypants. I draw something and post it every day. I hope everyone has been having a really really really great fall. I have! Hooray!</div>
Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-63045944498409415372015-04-02T07:39:00.001-05:002015-11-10T10:17:40.274-06:00Time has gotten away...I didn't realize that I hadn't done a blog post in... Forever. I've been kept busy and my energy reserves depleted on a daily basis. My second baby boy is coming so soon. Buddy is almost walking. I feel like a tired balloon :)<br />
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I try to find time to make stuff, but honestly, this is pretty much the only thing I've made for months, aside from sewing the odd ring sling and customizing a couple of baby carriers. I had a few new stamps released in Stampotique's February 2015 release. These are the gnomes! (Find them at www.stampotique.com)<br />
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These boys and the tiny baby boy inside my belly have been keeping me happy and busy! If you don't see many posts, you know why! It's definitely a new season in my life :)</div>
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I'm blogging from my iPad because my computer is acting up and it's driving me crazy. The Internet keeps dropping out and it's making it really hard to do anything. Things are looking up, though. I am still so sad about Tinkerbell and I think about her all the time, but I have some really great news that has been distracting me. Really unexpected news. Can you guess? I'm pregnant! Again. Accidentally. I can hardly believe it! Especially considering it took us so many years to get buddy! It's crazy. But we are so happy. This wasn't supposed to be possible, but it's happened! I'll take it!</div>
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It's still really early (I'm only two months along), so I'm cautious with my feelings, but I'm pretty optimistic about it. I'm already puking like it's my job. Morning sickness is no fun.</div>
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Anyways, I made these tag cards even before I had Buddy but now I'm just getting around to sharing them with you. I made them for a swap with a very sweet woman (Gifts by Mother Hen). She made the cutest knit budgies for Buddy and I sent her a variety of goodies.</div>
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Well, that's all for now. The baby is asleep, so I guess I should be too. The pregnant lady needs her rest! Good night.</div>
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This is a picture of Buddy and Tink yesterday. Just a few hours before we had to put Tink down. The cancer spread all over her body, and as hard as the choice was, it was just time. Yesterday was so hard. So much crying.</div>
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But today is worse. I just feel so shredded. I never realized how ingrained in our lives she was. I keep expecting to see her subconsciously and my heart rips open when I remember she’s not here anymore. A hundred times each day. </div>
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Tink was 12 years old. We were friends for her entire life, from tiny puppy to old lady. She was always wanted. We took her with us every time we moved. She was really the best, most gentle, loving, peaceful animal. She knew lots of tricks. She was great at cleaning up our plates. Her ears were soft. She could run so fast and jump so high when she was young. As she became old, she was calm and sweet and so good. Her heart was pure until the very end.</div>
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When will this stop hurting?</div>
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It was my goal this week to do a blog post and CHECK ME OUT! Here I am, posting :) If you can't tell by my tone, I'm patting myself on the back. Tooting my own horn. Ahem, okay, now we can continue.</div>
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Truth be told, I made these a while ago. If you follow my FB page, these were the last project I posted there, so they may be familiar.<br />
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My husband is steadily working on finishing our basement, and when he was putting up the sheetrock, I stole a little scrap of drywall shim. It's pretty much thick chipboard, so I cut up little pieces and glued them together to make house shaped tiny shrines.<br />
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These three little ones are about one inch in size, and I think they turned out pretty cute. They were kind of a lot of work. I can't even remember if I made them pre-baby or post-baby...<br />
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Regardless of when I made them, they now hold up some cute Buddy pictures on the fridge.<br />
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This one is a bit bigger.<br />
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The backs. I used super strong neodymium magnets on the back because in my house, we don't have time for weak-sauce magnets failing to hold things up. My secret: I find these little round magnets the cheapest by ordering from Chinese sellers on eBay!<br />
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You know it's safe to assume that I haven't been blogging much because of this beautiful baby larva. He is allllmost 5 months old, and I can hardly believe it. He grows every day, and looks a lot like me :) He giggles. I love him. And he goes to bed early!</div>
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I've committed myself to doing an entire HOUR of crafting, craftroom organizing, blogging, Etsy stuff, etc. per weeknight after the Buddybean falls asleep. So far, I've put a dent in my craftroom organization, made a few things, and I've....</div>
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<a href="http://kiranichols.etsy.com/" target="_blank">REOPENED MY ETSY SHOP</a>! </div>
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Crazy, I know. It's open for at least the 2014 holidays. I started making bookmarks again because I am insane. Totally insane.</div>
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Anyhoo, I've missed you all, blogfriends. Until the next post... Lots of high fives, hugs and love.</div>
<br />Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-57932384254860213382014-06-23T09:01:00.001-05:002014-06-23T09:01:24.287-05:00Where I've Been<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, Great Big World! Meet Buddy Bonesteel Nichols, born May 2, 5 lbs 11 oz, 19 inches! </div>
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For anybody wondering where on earth I've been, or who have known, but have just been wondering <i>how on Earth </i>I have been doing: My update post is finally here. I feel like only just this week am I emerging out of the hardest, most challenge-ridden couple years of my life so far. Those of you following my blog over the years have know about our struggles with my back pain and infertility, then this turned out to be a tough pregnancy with lots of puking and headaches and hips popping out and carpal tunnel, etc etc etc. Then to top it all off, baby came prematurely, and then I ended up struggling with some serious postpartum depression and anxiety. I am lucky (?) to have had experience with clinical depression and anxiety in the past, so after only a few weeks I knew that it wasn't baby blues and I needed to get some sort of help... Just this week are my meds balancing out and I am feeling like a normal person again and starting to enjoy my life. That's only the story in a teeny itsty bitsy little nutshell. </div>
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But I am HAPPY. I have my BABY and he is BEAUTIFUL :) Here are some pictures for you guys!</div>
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At the hospital, when things started to get real about a month too soon. We're thinking, "Holy crap! I'm gonna be a father!" and I am thinking, "Holy crap! This hurts like a mother!"</div>
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Just about an hour old, face all swollen and cute.</div>
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Two weeks old, tiny boy</div>
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Seven weeks old, big boy</div>
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Anyway, I've missed the blogging life. I hope to be back soon with pictures of some things I've made. I do have a few projects I've yet to share here that just haven't made it onto the internets yet because I've been...well...you know. Busy! </div>
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This is just going to be mostly an "eye candy" post, because dang. I am pooped. I'll do another post with more earrings (they're coming!) and describe more technique.</div>
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Finally, a couple days of not-puking :) The all-day morning sickness has been bad, folks, but hoooopefully is on the upswing. I took advantage of the good time to make a card for some friends of ours. </div>
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Unfortunately, both of them had to have biopsies on THE SAME DAY... I know, lumps are no joke, but this couple has a great sense of humor and they're fellow fans of Adventure Time. The sentiment is appropriate and they loved the card, so.</div>
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It features the Lumpy Space Princess, who is one of the more ridiculous characters in that show.</div>
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I hope everyone has been having such a great holiday season. I miss my regular crafting/blogging, but you know, life and nausea get in the way. The baby is healthy! I'm about 17 and a half weeks along, and we'll find out if it's a boy or girl in ONE WEEK :) Thanks to everybody sending congrats and kind thoughts, sentiments and prayers! Bobby and I are getting pretty excited!<br />
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Squirrels, squirrels everywhere and not a pecan to be seen on any of my trees... Fuzzy little buggers. Cute, even if they are pesky. I made this Fuzzy Fall Squirrel Book using Alpha Stamps products. </div>
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Well, happy fall! I hope everyone is having a great time :) We've been busy out working in the yard and watching our chickens... waiting for the eminent egg-laying. </div>
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Pregnancy: ACHIEVED! I am about 7 weeks along... (Just in case you're just tuning in, we did In-Vitro due to my moderate list of lady-problems) I wanted to do a post real quick, because I have been meaning to announce here, but things have been a little nuts. </div>
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Needless to say, I have A LOT to be thankful for, so I wanted to share these thank you cards I made a while ago. Thank you guys, my readers, for all the love and support :)</div>
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They're all done with stamps from my line at s<a href="http://tampotique.com/">tampotique.com</a>! Anyway, I'm tired-as-flip and I've got a nasty cold, so I'm going to go lay down. Until next time!</div>
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October... isn't it the BEST month for crafting? Making spooky Halloween stuff is so fun. Take a look at this Witchy little decoration I made using <a href="http://alphastamps.com/" target="_blank">Alpha Stamps</a> goodies.</div>
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I got to have some fun playing with embossing powder, the new Celestial Cling Stamp set and Gilder's Paste.</div>
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Check out those embossed embellies :) I love them, they look so fancy. I'll show you how they're made.</div>
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Use a slower drying stamp pad, like pigment ink and stamp your ornate image. </div>
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I like using clear embossing powder, because I can choose any color of pigment ink for the stamping and the embossed area is whatever color ink I chose. Pour a nice little hill of embossing powder all over your image, go ahead!</div>
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You'll pour any excess back into the jar, so there's no waste. Tap your paper gently to make sure all excess shakes off. </div>
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Melt the stuck on embossing powder with a heat gun until all of the powder becomes shiny and transparent.</div>
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Use your finger to smudge and rub on some <a href="https://secure.alphastamps.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=gilders&osCsid=c7bf49c9e37e8999f235f273c5808e16&x=-555&y=-181" target="_blank">Gilder's Paste</a> all over the image. I'm using the <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p10030/Gilders_Paste_-_Patina/product_info.html?osCsid=c7bf49c9e37e8999f235f273c5808e16" target="_blank">Patina</a> color on this. It's so pretty... It turns a beautiful deep turquoise color as you rub it in. You can also layer in other colors of Gilder's Paste like <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p12906/Gilders_Paste_-_Inca_Gold/product_info.html?osCsid=c7bf49c9e37e8999f235f273c5808e16" target="_blank">Inca Gold</a> and it looks really cool, too!</div>
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Cut out your image.</div>
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Voila! Make one or ten, it doesn't matter. You'll be so stoked about how your embossed embellishments add something classy to your next project!</div>
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<b><u>Here's a list of all the Alpha Stamps Products I used in my Witchy Decoration:</u></b></div>
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A Witchy Encore Collage Sheet</div>
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Celestial Cling Stamps</div>
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Mushrooms - Turquoise</div>
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Stitched Leaf Ribbon - Black</div>
Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-73664285488366132662013-10-03T10:21:00.003-05:002013-10-03T10:21:54.166-05:00Halloween is coming! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's the beginning of a new month and that means a new pretty little big kit from Alpha Stamps. This month is a kit with all you need to make a a gorgeous Halloween Banner or two. Lookie what I made!</div>
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For more details on the kit, visit the blog post at <a href="http://alphastamps.com/p14550/October_2013_Kit_-_Halloween_Banner/product_info.html" target="_blank">Alpha Stamps</a>.</div>
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Hehe, I love all the vintage pumpkin head images... </div>
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Happy Halloween!!! Soon....</div>
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<u>Alpha Stamps Product List (all available at <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/">www.alphastamps.com</a>)</u></div>
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Halloween Children Collage Sheet</div>
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Hello Pumpkin Collage Sheet</div>
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Tinsel Cording in Moss Green</div>
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1 Inch Ric Rac Ribbon in Orange, Black, Purple, Olive Green, Ivory</div>
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Halloween Acrylic Bead Mix</div>
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Crinkle Wire (Repro Bouillon) in Pink, Red, Copper</div>
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Kira - oopsicraftmypants.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758546633653411066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969461133124026132.post-66645748392859382892013-09-17T09:27:00.000-05:002013-09-17T09:27:08.547-05:00Paint Chip Crafting: Tags & an IVF update on Egg Retrieval and Transfer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welp, despite my lack of crafting over the summer, my addiction to supplies is still going strong... Unfortunately, buying stuff can still occur from the comfort of my couch. One of the things was buying 2 lbs of random unmounted rubber from <a href="http://www.vlvstamps.com/" target="_blank">Viva Las Vegastamps</a> when they had a 40% off sale. That's a lot of stamps, btw, and I like VLVstamps because they're kind of weird and random. So I made these last week from some of the images I got. I had to work on these over several days, whereas under usual circumstances (more info on that mess at the end of the post), I could've popped these out over an hour or so.</div>
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I decided to start with tags because they're easy... Nothing 3d for me... YET. We'll work back up to that. I was planning on making the tags out of kraft cardstock, but then spotted a big stack of Benjamin Moore paint chips that a friend sent to me a while back that have been mouldering in my stash fuh-ev-ah. Everyone needs paint chip crafts, right? I mean, all those free colorful papers? So hopefully, these will provide a wee bit of inspiration.<br />
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They'll be good for putting on gifts... or I can pop one onto the front of a blank card. Instant card. It's nice to have extra crap like this lying around, so you'll have a handmade card when you need one.<br />
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I think tags will be a good thing for me to keep crafting while I'm in my funk. I've already got a nice little box of them handy... I can always use more and they don't take up space.<br />
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OH, BTW. All of the main images are random ones from VLVStamps, BUT all the background stamping is my "<a href="http://www.stampotique.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=STAMP&Product_Code=4018&Category_Code=" target="_blank">Owl Tree</a>" from my line for <a href="http://stampotique.com/" target="_blank">Stampotique</a>. It's a good one for fall.<br />
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The one with the piggy is probably my favorite. It says whee.</div>
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Anyway, here comes the part of my post where I share about my personal life. Whoopee! </div>
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Last Wednesday, we had the egg retrieval for IVF and it was loco. We had to drive 3.5 hours up to Birmingham earrrrrrrly in the morning to get there at 7:30 AM. Having lived in the southern part of Alabama for over 4 years, we, of course, didn't consider "city traffic" (if you can call it that....Birmingham, lol) Anyway, we were a half hour late. </div>
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Oh well. It was fine. they put me like...half-way under for the procedure. Prep for it takes a long time, but the actual egg retrieval takes about 5 minutes, so they don't do a complete anesthesia because it would be more trouble to put in breathing tubes, etc. So, I remember a LITTLE bit of it. The nurse told Bobby I was laughing and laughing and laughing at first. I don't remember that part, but I do remember that it HURT. Yep, I sure did feel it, even though I was loopy as flip. It was over in no time, though. then we got to go home. I had 19 follicles total, but only 7 of them had eggs in them, and out of 7, 6 eggs were mature, all 6 fertilized and in excellent quality. </div>
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So we made the drive home, and I felt okay, so we went to the pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions, and Bobby bought me a delicious burrito which I ate at the restaurant. That night was a different story, however. IT. HURT. SO. BAD. I thought my ovaries were going to explode. I guess all the follicles (19!) fill back up with fluid after the retrieval procedure, so it sucks. Think tennis ball-sized ovaries. Oh snap. That night was really painful, the next day, Thursday, was a little better, then next day a little better, etc. But Sunday was bad again on my right ovary.</div>
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Monday morning (yesterday), we drove baaaaack up to Birmingham for the EMBRYO TRANSFER! A five-day transfer... I asked the nurse about my right ovary and told her it was hurting like crazy. She looked at it with the ultrasound and said it's still about 6 cm, about the size of one of those yummy little mandarin oranges and that it would take a few weeks to go back down to normal size. I can expect ovary pain for a while. Anyhoo, they put in two tiny, healthy circle babies into my uterus (I say that because they showed us a picture, and they're pretty much cute little spheres right now). The process was really fast, then I had to lay there for 15 minutes to let em sink in, or something to that effect. Then I ate another burrito. </div>
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Today, 1 day past transfer, I feel like I've been hit by a sleepy-truck. I think my body is just catching up after all the crazy stuff it's been through over the last couple months. I. am. so. tired. Good thing I don't have much to do. Gotta fill some orders. Gotta do some chores. But mostly, I can rest and recover. The waiting BEGINS! I won't find out if the little embryos stuck and if I'm really pregnant until Sept. 25th, which isn't too far away... But you know, I can't help but worry. </div>
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Anyway, I'm going to go collapse now. Until next time :)</div>
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