tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56489562740531139462024-03-14T01:35:33.786-05:00Mels Purple GiraffeI'm a full time teacher at an online virtual school, who loves to craft, read, and also happens to be a military spouse. To say my life is a little crazy is just the tip of the iceberg. Follow along as I journey through this fascinating new adventure and share tips, tricks, and even some knowledge that might either help you...or at least make you laugh! Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-11851162872001384852016-03-12T10:30:00.000-06:002016-03-12T10:30:11.139-06:00The "Only Available Parent"
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*as a disclaimer to the pic above, this also applies to the many men that are military spouses too!
Recently there has been a lot going on in my life and the lives of my family members. My DH is a member of the military (that's about all we'll say there for security reasons), and my son is a 16 year old who thinks mom is his Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-85318214671176556812016-03-11T21:07:00.000-06:002016-03-11T21:07:32.803-06:00A New Adventure, A New Life, and lots of feels! So it has been a long time since I've posted anything new on my blog! Like... a really long time.
A lot has changed in my life... some hasn't changed! Let me see if I can get you up to date on what is going on and then we can dive a little deeper into the new direction of my blog... I hope at least!
A few years ago, after working tirelessly towards my bachelors in psychology, I Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-52824407168464051902014-03-17T18:18:00.001-05:002014-03-17T18:18:27.570-05:00A Minon Tale!Recently my BIL jokingly requested a hat that he could wear in the cold winter months of the east coast. Knowing that he worked out doors a lot, I knew it would have to be a ski mask or balaclava type hat, which created a little bit of a problem... I had never stitched one of these up, but how hard could it be! The other problem was that he wanted a Minion hat. Now I recently had made a couple ofMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-76178661612030842592013-12-26T12:39:00.003-06:002013-12-26T12:39:54.878-06:00Christmas CraftI have become a fan of Pinterest. There are so many cute ideas and things to find on that website, and I find myself just pinning away sometimes! Right before December I found this very cute idea of how to make a very unique ornament that is easy, not very expensive, and also has a rustic feel to it! I also found a new blog that I've started to follow. You can see her instructions here. Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-67668569636997352742013-11-16T09:48:00.000-06:002013-11-16T09:48:26.763-06:00Craft Room Reveal!Okay, so last time I was on here I showed you what my craft room looked like before we did any work on it. My husband recently checked my blog out and "yelled" at me for not posting all the hard work we (he) did in the room. Soooo... here is the pictures from the craft room update!!
Old vs new
So the old wall color was green... not too bad, but not what I wanted. So we painted it Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-76699542251075951152013-03-05T01:02:00.002-06:002013-03-05T01:02:54.384-06:00Craft Room Re-DO!
Our House when we moved in!
When we were looking for our house back in 2010 we wanted at least three bedrooms, but would have loved a fourth because I was working from home at the time and my own office would have been great. So when we found our house we were thrilled to know that it did indeed have four bedrooms.
For the next year or so I used the fourth bedroom as my personal office Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-63200128178660605472013-01-06T22:21:00.003-06:002013-01-06T22:21:56.792-06:00New Year, New BlogSo as most of you have noticed I haven't been on my blog in a while. Part of it was because I could not get it to log in. Part of it was because I had no time to actually do any crafts, and another part of it was because I just ran out of ideas. Christmas 2012 my husband bought me a crochet kit to teach myself how to crochet. I fell in love with the whole craft and started making all kinds of Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-83026614549996902582011-08-09T17:58:00.000-05:002011-08-09T17:58:27.002-05:00Just a noteOkay, I am hoping to get on here with another project soon, but I wanted to let everyone know first... Walmart appears to be having a huge sale on their cricut cartridges. I don't know if they are getting rid of that type of merchandise, or if new ones are coming in, but the lite cartridges where I live are $20.00 and the full ones are $30.00 I believe. So check it out. Even if you don't like theMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-20956442520666480102011-07-27T19:00:00.000-05:002011-07-27T19:00:21.987-05:00A Dark Birthday!My niece, who is really into black right now, is having a birthday in August, so I decided to make her a nice card to send to her. The only problem was finding colors that she would be okay with. She loves the color black, but making a plain black card is so... well... blah!!! So I started one with other colors, but it turned out to be just a nice card to send for any occasion, so I went back to Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-25770858593861137832011-07-08T23:19:00.000-05:002011-07-08T23:19:04.451-05:00A Summer Birthday CardSo, this month is a lot easier on birthday cards than June was... I think I got overloaded when it came to the month of June, but here I am back posting a really cute card for my nephew in NY. His birthday is at the end of July, and for his second birthday I was able to be there for the big party. I remember it was really hot in NY, and the block where he lives closed down for a block party. It Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-28630400197143776022011-07-08T00:10:00.000-05:002011-07-08T00:10:09.576-05:00Quick Post!Okay, I have not fallen off the face of the planet... trust me I'm still here. I started a new shift at work and I'm a bit overwhelmed by how much this has screwed up my whole week. At any rate, I have not stopped crafting, and I have a really cute card that I am hoping to post tomorrow... after I pry my eyes open from a long nights sleep.
At any rate, I did want to let you all know that I Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-78285009522694724012011-06-23T22:52:00.000-05:002011-06-23T22:52:19.240-05:00GiveAway at My Scrapbook Addiction!Hey everyone! One of the blogs I am following is having a giveaway for the new Echo Park Country Drive release. Check into it, I googled the pictures of the papers and they are very sweet. Just click the link and it will take you right to the right page!!!
My Scrapbook Addiction Echo Park GiveawayMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-35512809810064829122011-06-19T18:30:00.000-05:002011-06-19T18:30:51.865-05:00The Cutest Paper Purse Gift Bag!!Okay, so it has been awhile since I've actually posted a project on here. For starters, my Chemistry class is kicking my butt... I forgot how demanding science classes can be, and my History of Psychology class is well... history, which is cool, but a lot of information to take in, and of course this one is only an 8 week class, so I'm totally overwhelmed by the amount of work that I need to do Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-68035843220562176662011-06-16T01:03:00.000-05:002011-06-16T01:03:40.964-05:00Quick Question!Okay, this is a quick post. I have some new cards I need to put up, but this week has been crazy. I've had several days of training at work (ugh), and I've been trying to clean my son's room... now a person would think that when there is only one child in the house that there should not be too much of a mess... that person needs to come to my house and see how much of a mess one child can make. Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-29132050088329166522011-06-11T20:53:00.000-05:002011-06-11T20:53:09.435-05:00Head over to Flair and Frills!!!!Okay all my wonderful followers!!! There is an awesome giveaway going on over at Flair and Frills , so if your not a follower of this page go check it out now, and if you decide to enter into it, please leave my name so I can get some extra entries for this wonderful giveaway. Go check it out for yourself... looks awesome!!!
Stop drooling already and head over there!!! Seriously!!Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-56649433020273928482011-06-11T00:40:00.000-05:002011-06-11T00:40:15.662-05:00Another Challenge CardSo this month has been very busy for me in the card area. I have had three anniversaries, and three birthdays, not to mention Father's Day... so I have been busy!!! I don't know about ya'll, but sometimes when I'm making so many cards at once I get creative blocks, and I start to wonder if I've ran out of ideas. When that happens sometimes I go to other blogs I follow to generate ideas, and otherMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-87498791795946807162011-06-09T19:26:00.000-05:002011-06-09T19:26:14.086-05:00Reusing my Glass JarsOkay, so I don't know about any of you, but the prices of glass jars at the craft store are crazy, and even at Wal-mart and such. Sure some of them come in cute shapes, but still, I mean, here is a pic of a small jar I picked up with flowers in it for about $6. The only reason I picked this up was because I really liked the flowers, but I vowed to never do it again!
So one day, after Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-39965179355344406712011-06-09T11:24:00.000-05:002011-06-09T11:24:14.396-05:00A Special Father's Day CardThis year, I wanted to make a special Father's Day Card for my husband from my son and myself. I've watching the blogs for some ideas, and I finally found one that I really liked. Recently there was a challenge to make a Father's day card, over at Fantabulous Cricut , and I was looking over the entries that were made when I came across Cricut Crafting Grammy's Fold Card she made for her Son in Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-40941639096042278022011-06-08T00:38:00.000-05:002011-06-08T00:38:12.308-05:00A Father's Day CardBefore I start on my new card, I wanted to remind you all that Chick-n-Scrap is having a huge giveaway, so head on over there and get yourself entered in. There is a link on my sidebar for it too!
Now on to my first Father's Day card of the year. Since my father passed away several years ago I try to find someone special in my life that I think needs a nice reminder that they are a good father. Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-69822997640115445252011-06-07T21:50:00.000-05:002011-06-07T21:50:01.103-05:00Super Giveaway going on right now!Hey fellow paper crafters!!! There is an awesome (and I mean, OMG awesome) giveaway going on over at Chick-n-Scrap ! Jessica is celebrating reaching her 300th follower, and she is offering some major blog candy. Here is a look at what is going to be given away!
Head on over to her blog for a chance to win, if you aren't a follower of her's yet, let her know that Mel from The Purple Giraffe sentMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-87962267232260423062011-06-05T22:42:00.000-05:002011-06-05T22:42:29.817-05:00Bug Bites Chillin'So as most of you know this weekend was the second weekend of BugBites Grillin' n Chillin' Bug Hop and I spent most of this weekend trying to come up with an awesome card to post for it. I had so much trouble deciding what to do that for awhile I didn't think I would have anything to enter. However, finally today, inspiration hit. I had to make a card for my SIL (yeap, another one), and her Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-68732330828549699402011-06-03T15:44:00.000-05:002011-06-03T15:44:54.707-05:00A Simply Cute B-day CardSo I started this afternoon out in one direction (trying my hand at an easel card) and ended up with something completely different (a card with no cricut image... for shame!)!!!
For a little while today I had a creative block, but then I got out of it when I pulled out my brand new pack of Crate Paper ~ Lillian Collection Kit. This kit is full of whimsical birds and swirls and all kinds of Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-92120694766664504352011-06-02T19:22:00.001-05:002011-06-02T19:32:02.363-05:00A New Award!Sherrie, from Sherri Scraps with passion, passed on this cute award. First of all, I have to say the little stamp is too cute, and then to have someone say that my blog is a bit stylish... well that just blows me away. I have been enjoying the whole blog experience, and I love learning new things about paper crafting, and every day I find new things to do, and to have a person look at my blog Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-5583839305403862312011-05-31T11:38:00.000-05:002011-05-31T11:38:44.015-05:00Bug Hop EndsI don't know about all of you, but I had fun seeing all those projects coming out! I had so much fun just seeing all the creativity. Thank you so much for all that followed the hop and joined in on the fun.
Now to the winner of the Blog Candy I was giving away this weekend. Using Random.org's sequence generator I came up with #29
sweetlilscrapper said... love the shiny butterfly!! :)
Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648956274053113946.post-82964636918456791112011-05-28T07:00:00.000-05:002011-05-28T07:00:03.951-05:00BugBites Blog Hop!!Welcome to my first every Blog Hop! I am so excited to be able to participate in this event that Barb over at BugBites has been so wonderful in hosting. I am super excited to be involved in this blog hop, or I should say Bug Hop as more than just someone who hops along, but someone who is actually involved!! I think its a great way to see some wonderful projects and get some great ideas, and Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703205917195028356noreply@blogger.com39