Aromatherapy bracelets????? What?????

I have a couple of confessions.

I like jewelry.  I like my essential oils.  I normally

diffuse my oils in my home, but

since getting a new puppy, I have

to be careful.  Meet Joseph!

I realized after getting Joseph

that I needed to be careful with my

oils as some are toxic to pets.  That

led me purchasing a couple of beautiful

aromatherapy bracelets.

Being the "crafty" person I am, I

decided to make some of my own.

That's where my love of making

 bracelets began.

While I used to wear a necklace with my

favorite oils in them, I like the fashion of

the bracelet.  Most bracelets I've found in the

market place are heavy on the lava

stones.  I use only 1-5 normally

and fill the remainder of the bracelet with

a mixture of semi-precious beads and metal accents.

I love the look so much I sometimes

stack them!

I've started an Etsy shop called

addictedtopapershop

and I'd love it if you could drop in and check

out my bracelets and a few paper crafts

that I have added recently.

Here are a few of my favorite bracelets I made

yesterday in my studio.  I hope you love

them as much as I do!

Mimi

It’s Fair time!

 Hi all. Thanks for stopping on my blog today. 

I just wanted to share the 20 cards that I made yesterday from 

my grandsons to send to the buyers of their animal projects last year. 

Buyers are the reason kids get to keep showing animals at the fair. 

Buyers are amazing. 

I started years ago making little cards for my grands to 

use to thank their buyers in a special way. 

Each year I try and come up with a different idea.

Here’s the design that I came up with this year and they just got picked 

up so hopefully they will be in the buyers hands soon.

I used my Cricut Air2 to cut out the award banner.

I still like to use My Cut Search to find an image

that I know is in my collection.

I located three ribbon images, downloaded them all

and cut them out, then I began to assemble my card.

I printed the sentiment out on my computer

printing it on Georgia Pacific white cardstock from

Walmart and then used a die to make an

interesting cut.

I have a Cannon Selphie that I used to print

out the photos of my grandsons with their

prize winning animals at last years fair

and attached to the front.

For whatever reason I just can't help

myself and need to attach some sequins

for sparkle.  These are my favorite as they pick

up the paper color of whatever I use.

They came from Joann Fabric and were just plain

old sequins!

Well I best get back to laundry!

Hope you enjoyed my quick post!

Cathy