Happy Memorial Day!

The American flag does not fly because the wind moves past it...the American flag flies from the last breath of each military member who has died protecting it. American soldiers don't fight because they hate what's in front of them...they fight because they love what's behind them." ♥ 


 Support your Troops!! God Bless America!!
(taken from a friend on Facebook)


Sending out many thanks today to all the men and women who have fallen while protecting our country and to the men and women serving.  You are brave, you are courageous, and you are my heroes!  God Bless!

changed picture

I changed my profile picture!  I figured that since my blog name is "Reina's Mom's Crafts", I should at least show a picture of the REINA part of that!  I tried and tried to think of a name for my blog and couldn't think of anything better than "Reina's Mom's Crafts"- being Reina's mom is my most awesomest of jobs and crafting is what I love to do!  So what better name than combining two of my favorite loves!


Ok.  Done gabbing for tonight.  I got my pattern printed so I can go shopping for supplies for it tomorrow- so hopefully Monday I will have least a little bit of a new project to post!  Have a good night, friends!
Chris

So ready for the weekend!!!

Hello Happy People!


Is anyone else but me totally ready for the weekend?  I've been ready for the weekend to start since my alarm went off on Monday morning!!!!  This week has just DRAGGED on and feels like it's getting longer.  I'm not sure what crafting I'll do this weekend if any.  I may start on a new plastic canvas purse- got some pretty cool patterns that I haven't tried out yet.  There's one pattern from Plastic Canvas Creations that I've been wanting to try for a while now but haven't yet done it- may have to actually get started on it this weekend.  


Anyway.  I thank you guys for following my blog!  I started it so I could join Made It Myself Mondays and since starting it, I'm having a blast with it.  Not sure what creation I'll post on Monday for MIMM but I'm sure that in my My Creations folder on the computer I can find SOMETHING to share!  I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!  Thanks again for being my followers and putting up with this newbie!


Hugs to you!
Chris

Made It Myself Monday post!

Aavrie's photo album.  This was a photo album we picked up at Tuesday Mornings.  It already had the pink zebra print but before we gave it to Chelsea for baby Aavrie, I wanted to jazz it up some.  The lettering is done with glittered craft foam and cut on the Cuttlebug machine.  The crowns were also part of the lettering dies.

another new creation- almost

I so badly want to share my newest creation (embellishment) with you but have to wait until tomorrow evening!  The gift is for a baby shower that Reina and I are going to tomorrow night and since the baby's Grandma and Auntie are my followers- as much as I want to show it off TONIGHT, I'll have to wait until tomorrow!  But I can give some hints!

It started as something I bought but thought it needed a little somethin' somethin'.  I racked my brain until I figured out just the right way to bling it up and I'm pretty proud of it!

Ok.  Stay tuned and I'll post tomorrow evening!  Stay tuned!
Chris

Made It Myself Monday post!

Reina has a little friend at daycare who had a birthday recently.  A few weeks ago when Reina took a plastic canvas purse to daycare, this other little girl liked it and kept trying to take it from Reina- so I made one just for her.  I managed to put the whole thing together in less than a week (which is good for me- I'm slow at pc projects!) and we gave it to her today.  Unfortunately, she was more interested in pulling everything out of the packages to pay much attention to it- but that's kids for ya!  Anyway, here are a few pictures of it.

Newest Creation!

Don't know why my E keeps flipping when I try to post the picture but anyway- here is my latest creation.  Was asked to make lettering for a baby's nursery and here is the finished product!    I think it turned out pretty cool and I hope the Momma-to-be and Daddy-to-be like it.  I already have the baby's Grandma's vote of approval though and that part alone makes me feel pretty good about the project!

The lettering patterns came from Lissa Mitchell of plasticcanvascreations- they are the 26 Large Door Letters set.

New blogger question

Since I am a new blogger, I am posting a question to my (future) followers.  When you want to add a link to your list of favorite links, do you have to ask permission first?  There are several websites that I buy patterns from or printables from and websites that I use their products often- I'd like to post their links on my blog but not sure if I have to ask first or if I can just do it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!  Thanks!
Chris

new creation

These are the new bulletin board at work.  I was racking my brain trying to come up with something to decorate the craft room bulletin board- then ran across some cool files at Lettering Delights and there's where I got my idea.  I LOVE the BBQ Bash set- shown in the second picture.  The details in this set are so cool!

Hopefully I will have another project finished this weekend so I can post the pictures soon.  Stay tuned for more!
Chris

written while blogger was down

This post was written Thursday evening while the blogger was down- was supposed to be my second post.


Can't post on my blog tonight due to maitenance on the blogger site- so
instead I'll write my post on word pad then paste it to blog later.

Been asked today to do some invitations for a birthday party- so now I'm presenting
my (future) followers with a question, a question that has come up for me many times: What do you think is a good price to charge for hand made goods?  Paper piecing projects like characters for a child's birthday party, invitations, party decorations, etc?  Me, I'm always afraid someone will think I'm charging too much so I don't charge a lot but also don't want to get cheated for all the work that goes into these items either.  So to those of you who do make money from your paper crafts-  please give me some input here.

That's all for now- but I'm sure I'll think of more stuff to add later!  Please stay posted for more!
Chris

My first blog post! (again)

Started this blog a few days ago but due to blogger maintenance, it got lost and I had to recreate it.  So here I go again- my first blog post- a second time!

This is me!  Chris.  I'm a momma to a 5-year-old little girl who I'm shocked hasn't given me gray hair yet- or maybe she has and they're just hiding because my hair is so thick!  I work full-time, I work with people with disabilities, I have an awesome honey who is also my little girl's dad, and I am a crafting fool!  I love to work with my Cricut Expression and do paper crafts, I also love to work with plastic canvas.  I've made wax candles, gel candles, soap, jewelry- you name it, I've probably done it!  These days, I love making things for my daughter and making goodies for daycare, I also do a lot of bulletin boards for work.  So if you're stopping in to visit this blog, you'll be able to see what projects I've completed recently and probably also hear me talk about my Reina.  So if that sounds like your cup of tea- stick around.  I'm new at blogging but hopefully I'll be able to keep you entertained!

Thanks for stopping by!
Chris