Who am I?

Hi and welcome to my blog!

I am a homeschooling work-when-and-where-I-can, mostly stay at home mom of four children, occasional insomniac and forum addict, who loves a bargain and is married to my best friend who is proudly serving in the Navy.

I love art, art history and crafts and I have a thousand and one hobbies. As a matter of fact I have met very few hobbies I didn't like and that has led me to some interesting places!

My grandmother taught me to sew, cross stitch, candlewick, embroider and do plastic canvas, although my needlepoint skills never quite came "naturally."

My mother taught me to crochet, cook and bake like a mad woman (my ever expanding waistline can attest to that...)

Add those things together and here is my current resume...

I am a Wilton Instructor (cake decorating), baker and eater of way too many sweet things...I also grind my own wheat to make bread.

I am a Red Heart Ambassador hopefully soon I will be able to start teaching crochet at one of my favorite places...and I am TRYING to learn how to knit so I can teach that too.

A Certified Fisk-A-Teer (they do a little bit of EVERYTHING) and did I mention a homeschool mom of four?

Which means I am BUSY everyday with school and projects! I plan monthly Craft Days for homeschoolers, and would LOVE to teach in home, Sewing, Embroidery, and Quilt classes but that has not gotten off the ground yet.

I am also my daughter's Juliette Girl Scout "leader" as well as her MPact Girls Club Sponsor.

I am online all the time and everywhere, you never know where I will pop up next. Some of my favorite sites include the AC Moore Forum, the Wilton Discussion Forums, Cake Central and the Cricut Message Boards among others!

Some of my other hobbies include: card making, beading & jewelry, photography (35mm), pottery, scrap booking, soap making, candle making, stamping, and trying to figure out my Cricut Expression machine...

Add it up and you get The_Cr8ive_Life!

Ladies Fall Scrap-N-Craft Weekend

Churchland Assembly of God Ladies Fall Scrap-n-Craft Weekend

October 23-24, 2009

Our church has graciously offered space for a two day Scrap and Craft event! You will want to come join the fun on BOTH days so you won't miss anything!

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month we will be doing LOTS of things to support the cause!

In addition to an amazing day of scrap booking and crafting we will have Contests, Door Prizes, Make and Takes and lots of laughs.

There's lots going on so be sure to read all the details below.

When: Friday 7-10 PM AND Saturday 9AM - 3PM
Where: Churchland Assembly of God
Cost: $25.00 (due by 10/15) includes:
o Dessert night Friday, lunch and afternoon snacks on Saturday
o Plenty of scrap space
o Three fun Make and Takes
o Use of Cricut Die Cut Machine and select cartridges
o Use of Cuttlebug Die Cut machine (Also uses Sizzix Dies)
o Use of Fiskars Punches, Stamp Machine & More
o Thank you bags for each participant

Contact Schonna @ thecr8ivelife@gmail.com for information and tickets.

FRIDAY NIGHT
MINI CRAFT COLLEGE & DESSERT NIGHT
Friday night is an evening of Chocolate and a mini Craft College where you will learn to use the Cricut Expression, Cuttlebug, Xyron and more!

SATURDAY 9AM-3PM
Saturday come prepared to crop! If you are a NEW scrapper just bring basic supplies with you including PICTURES and we will have paper, embellishments and more available to use. You will be able to crop all day. We will demo three make and takes through out the day as well, then you can make them at your leisure.

CONTESTS

Pink Parade! Come dressed in PINK to support Breast Cancer Awareness and you could win a PRIZE!

Queen of the Crop! The lady who brings the most friends will be crowned Queen of the Crop, so be sure to invite your friends!

MAKE & TAKES

Three extra special crafts to make and take home with you. All supplies are included. Themes: Fall, Christmas and Breast Cancer Awareness.

DOOR PRIZES

Put on your thinking caps because we will be giving door prizes through out the day!

SCRAPBOOK GARAGE SALE!

Bring your loved but not used scrapbook items to donate (great excuse to buy more), and shop to find your always wanted items. All proceeds going to my continued journey to end breast cancer.

Special Thanks to Churchland Assembly of God for hosting this event!

My Think PINK Challenges!

As many of you know I am an AC Moore Forum addict. I have AWESOME friends there and they are ALWAYS up for a challenge.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so this month I am hosting THREE challenges for Breast Cancer.

Scrap Pink Challenge

To play along you need to post a LO in honor Breast Cancer Month. It can be a survivor page, memory page, advocacy page, etc.

Pink Card Challenge

To play along you need to make me some cards in honor Breast Cancer Month.

I attended a crop yesterday and one of the things we did was make cards for Spirit Jump, a non-profit organization in the Richmond area that sends RAK's to Cancer patients.

ALL cards collected will be sent to this organization.

The cards should be PINK in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They can be for any occasion: Birthday, Thinking of You, blank etc.

You will then post your card and mail them to me so I can forward them on to Spirit Jump.

Stamp Pink Challenge

To play along you need to stamp something in honor Breast Cancer Month.

You can make ANYTHING you want for this challenge so long as you STAMP it!

The projects should be PINK in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

You will then post your project here.

The challenges will run from 10/1 to 10/22.

The winners will be chosen at random.

What will you win? I dunno yet but in honor of BCM it will be something PINK and in support of this AWESOME cause.

So who wants to play?

Comment HERE to let me know you are playing and which challenge you want to participate in. Of course you CAN do all three!

Scrap Pink

I am a CFD!

Yep, add another title to my resume I am a certified Fiskars Demonstrator!

I went to CFD Training / Scrap Pink Crop yesterday and it was SO much FUN!

Now my confessions...

I went just for the CFD with Wendy Jo.

I had NEVER been to a crop so all I brought was my camera and my Fisk-a-teer scissors!

BUT...

I met some of the most amazing women, had a TON of fun, taxied 3 of them to the JoAnn super store and bought some fun toys, and got lots of goodies from the crop & Wendy Jo too.

PLUS I now know how to use some of the tools I have had in my "collection" and have never used!

And my pledge to those ladies is I will SCRAP at least a page a month from now on (never done a LO in my life), I promise!

WOW, people like me they really like me!

Recently on the AC Moore forum one of my friends had an idea for an awards show. So members sent in nominees for categories I was honored to be nominated in several categories. On Friday July 24th it was revealed that I not only won "Food Crafter of the Year" but also "AC Moore Crafter of the Year."

It may only be a virtual award but I am so honored that my friends on the forum thought enough of me not only to nominate but also award me these two titles. I felt like I won the lottery!

Wanna know what really did me proud though? They nominated my kid for "Kid Crafter of the Year" and she won!

So now I have pretty blinkies in my signature line...

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Mom to:
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Special kudos to all my friends who also won...

You can see all the winners here: http://www.acmoore.com/forum/yaf_postst3452_And-the-WINNERS-Are.aspx

Wanna win a SLICE?

Melissa is giving away a Slice and other goodies in honor of her blogaversary here:keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/

Big Shot giveaway through Aug. 14th!

Go to PriscillaStyles blog to enter to win a Big Shot!

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