Halloween Pocket Bags

Guess I've been a little behind on here. I created some pocket bags for friends, and got a little addicted to them, so I created some Halloween ones. Naturally, I didn't take a picture of what I created, but here's what my partners sent me.

First up, Tam:

 I love the pinwheels she made me.
Back:

 What was inside:

 I love the skull paper clip, too. I love how creative she got. She told me she didn't have a lot of Halloween stuff, so I love how she created so much stuff for me.
Next up, Natalie:

 Love those stickers.
Back:

 Actually, I think these are backwards, the one right above is the front, and the first picture is the back. Oops.
Goodies:

I love the stickers and the googly eyes.

A pocket bag is a paper bag with the bottom folded up to create a pocket. Or, like Natalie and I did, we made our own from sheets of 12x12 scrapbook paper. Sometimes they are called loaded envelopes and are created from envelopes with extra pockets.

Wish Granted

Hi All,
A few weeks ago, I wished for cut aparts and Project Life cards on CraftyLori's wishing video. I had a really nice lady, fussycat grant my wishes. She sent me a huge envelope, and it was so gorgeous, I didn't know what exactly was in it, but when this comes in your mailbox, it can't be bad:

 Here's what was inside:

 I love this poppy tissue paper. I actually glued it on to some cardstock to make a flip book and some for a pocket letter. It's gorgeous.

 And inside those packages:

 A ton of cut aparts and project life cards. She was so generous.
And here are pictures of the individual packets, first the cut-aparts. Craft Smith Charleston Picnic:

MAMBI Sheets, not sure of the stack:

 I'm guessing there's at least two stacks, because a few are glittery and the rest seem to match the colorways.
The rest of the MAMBI stacks:

 Craft Smith Silver Foil:

 Those are actually silver foil, not black.
DCVW  Preppy Princess:

 I LOVE these, they are so cute!
Recollections "Sunlight Garden"

 I love the vintage images in this stack. The top back ones look like postcards.

Again with the vintage pictures
And the project life cards
Project Life Heidi Swap "Favorite Things":

 I love the florals in this collection, I'm not usually a fan of florals.

 Sorry about the horrible picture. I love the colors in this collection.

 Look at the cute banners.

 Project Life "Good Times"

 These are like chalkboard prints, they are all black with white writing on them. They actually look like someone photocopied them.

 I love the cupcake in this picture.

 And the floral in this one.
Project Life "Super Cute"

 This is my favorite, see the strawberries up there, there are so many 'super cute' designs, it's aptly named.

 Lastly, We R Memory Keepers "Hip Hip Hooray"

 As you can see, some of these are punched out.

And not only did she give me all these project life cards, she gave me doubles of every one. I love them all.

Thank you so much, Valerie.

Not the best day

My day started out pretty shitty. Last night we had a pretty big rain storm that just kinda sat over Ames for the whole night. When I got up this morning, I put my feet down in a puddle, this one to be exact:

 And at the end of my bed, there was actually standing water:

 You can see it's not so wet here from the doorway:

 A close-up of the end of my bed:

 And looking into my closet:

It wasn't the greatest thing to wake up to, but after seeing that some people had 5+ inches, I feel a bit better that it wasn't worse. I did read on Facebook that someone's basement collapsed because of all the rain.
It was mostly because we got so much in so little of a time. I read this morning we got anywhere from 4.25 to 7 inches, depending on where you were in the city. It sounded like downtown (where I am) got the brunt of it.
I got to run away to work this afternoon. I love that about work, if you want to get away from your personal life, you just go to work. Of course your personal life is still there when you get back. Thankfully mine had gotten much better. It turned out the massive amount of rain was too much for the sump pump, so once we got that started again, it sucked a lot of the water out. Looking at my bedroom floor right now, it's hard to see what is wet, and what isn't. It's still pretty damp on top, and I'm sure plenty wet underneath. But, it's just stuff, none of my important stuff, like electronics, movies, books or library books were on the floor, so that's good. I did lose a shoebox full of pocket letter inserts for my art, as you can see in that last picture. That's what I'm most bummed about, I had some project life cards, and some Paper Studio cards in there that I really wanted to use, but I don't think it's worth it to try and dry them.
I'd love some healing thoughts sent my way.

Wish Granted

CraftyLori on Youtube puts up a video each Monday called Let the Wishing begin where you can go and put two wishes in the comments and someone else can grant. I love wishing and granting other people's wishes.
A few weeks ago, I wished for cut aparts (in some 12x12 paper packs, there is a sheet of cards to cut apart). I had another lovely lady grant my wish for those. Jody is Jody Home and Heart on Youtube, she sent me a cute little package of cut aparts:

 Baby themed:

 I think these are so cute, I don't have a baby, and don't know of anyone who's having one soon, but I really like these.
Brown:

 Also, really cute
And blue:

Once again, I don't know what I'll do with them, but I still love them. Thanks again, Jody.

Wish Granted

CraftyLori on Youtube puts up a video each Monday called Let the Wishing begin where you can go and put two wishes in the comments and someone else can grant. I love wishing and granting other people's wishes.

A few weeks ago, I wished for die cuts, I had a lovely lady grant my wish. Deanna is PaperLove on YouTube, she granted my wish for die cuts and sent me a great package:

 Here is the tiny card that was included:

 She made one of those altered file folders and stuffed it with goodies for me:

 And the inside:

 The first pocket had papers:

 The second pocket had the die cuts:

 I don't know what I'll do with all them, but I'm sure I'll put them to good use (or hoard them).
This is my favorite one:

 Another pocket had some journaling cards:

 The last pocket had stickers:

Thank you so much, Deanna, I love it all.

I have a feeling, they will be more likely to be hoarded than used

Catching up

I seem to be doing this a lot on both of my blogs. I am now moved in and have a craft space, but I am finding it very hard to be creative, I don't know why. So, how about a few things people have made for me?

I signed up for an ATC swap through one of my FB groups before my move. Sadly, I don't have pictures of the ones I made, but here's what I got in return:

This one is from Ronnie. I love the vintage feel of it. Also, sadly, I don't know where these are at the moment.
This is a nice fall one from Michele:

 and the goodies she sent me:

These next two pictures came in the same envelope, from Tammi. The cards she sent me:

 And some goodies:

 Shortly before I moved, I created a birthday card for a friend. The outside:

 And the inside:

 This is an ATC I created:

 And a few tags from after I moved;

As you probably know, I'm moving soon, so if you're going to be sending me anything, please email me so I can get you a correct address.