(before), DURING, (after)...

So my craft room is put together, but not decorated. None the less, here are some pictures of the during process (don't hold your breath on the after, it could take some time and by then, I'm sure Andy will want to move - blah.).

This is the closet (just mainly for storage of random items and shelves with my beading stuff) and on the right is a baker's rack holding (top) a grass basket from Charleston, SC holding premade cards, cute little take-out boxes that hold my foam stamps, my albums, magazines and idea books, photo boxes and basket of fibers (need fibers, I'll send ya some!?).

This is my sewing "table" that will one day have a skirt on it so it won't look like a make-shift table of board and rolling cart w/o legs!

Here are my two bookshelves (that I put together myself, not a smart idea!) that hold lots o stuff: tv/dvd player, paints, ribbon, templates, lil Cricut is in there behind a door, have two drawers filled with chipboard, buttons n stuff, baskets of punches and a basket with embellies. There's my $3 Goodwill basket holding lots of yarn and a small drawer table holding all things to create cards.

This is ribbon central - the bobbins fit right on this wooden thread holder from WalMart and I used my Crop-a-dial to punch holes in the lids of coffee cans to hold other ribbon (still have LOTS of ribbon to organize, drinking coffee as fast as I can to get the cans!!)

Here's my desk area, there lots of stuff back there, but I like to keep everything within reach.

Here's my paper (not including the binder with kits). I need NO more paper, but it's an addiction, love pretty paper!

Here's the front view of my desk - I got that cute 3-tier stand at Target in their Easter/Spring kitchen area, LOVE it! And my OTT lite, it's a dream, don't know how I ever scrapped without it!! Table will eventually be skirted so you won't see all of the mess underneath, eventually is the key word here!

Here's flower central - this is a movie rack that Andy didn't need that I gladly put to use with glass containers of flowers and at the bottom my girlie movies to watch while scrappin (and a basket of yarn waiting to be made into a throw for the living room):

So here it is, workable, but not beautiful. Thanks for taken a peek!!

I can see you...

Poor baby is nearsighted and we never knew it until we went to the eye doctor about the chalazion on his left eyelid. He says these are "awesome" and calls them his "see far glasses".

I think he's even more handsome in his glasses, if that was possible!!

Happy Easter!!

Warning: loooooong post, but lots to look at!!

I heard a rumor that it was Spring...if it's true, someone please let Minnesota know because it started snowing on the first day of Spring and hasn't stopped. Seriously!

Andy's boss kindly came over to clear our driveway after we got about a foot of snow, and that was in just 1 day! Luckily since then the snow has been lighter and the weather warmer, so it melts enough that I can shovel the driveway.

The Easter bunny hippity-hopped through the snow to get to our house:

Alex and I made these cakes:

Easter would NOT be Easter without a coconut cake with lemon filling and I made a small cake for Alex (he won't do coconut or lemon) with a sprinkle BUNNY on it. STOP laughing, it was made with love and when I asked Alex what it was, he did say bunny!!

Here are some pictures of our trip to the Mall of America:

Alex is in the front, on the far left and he has THE biggest grin on his face!!

This boy LOVES rides, he's not screaming from fear here (as I would be!!), he's having the time of his life!!

Because it was the opening of Nickolodeon Universe (they redid the amusement park with the Nick theme), they had characters for the kids to meet and Alex was SO excited to meet Pablo from the Backyardigans:

Dare-devil on the roller coaster!

My bumper car driver:

He FINALLY got to ride the blue dragon (last visit there was a slight melt-down because someone got to it first):


Playing at LegoLand after making his purchase with his gift card from the Joshi's (he LOVED paying all by himself with his card!!):

At home the next day playing with his SpongeBob Lego rocket that he bought with his gift card:

And lastly, some of my recent creations:

A little Easter tradition that I love is making bracelets for my neices to match their dresses:

A challenge at j4k about things you love/favorite things:

Another j4k challenge:

And yet another j4k challenge (I treated myself to the Fiskar's butterfly template, lovin butterflies these days):

Have a blessed Easter!!