Works in progress...

J Crew Incident

Well, I didn't just stop there.  There was a 30% off sale at JCrew online.  So... found some cute flip flops of course for $11.89-

There was obviously more of an incident than this, but this is mainly a shoe blog, right?  I'll leave it to your imagination, but there was yet another "incident".  I mean hey, it's my bday month.

I also bought some dresses awhile back that they still have, one of my favs is the Aveline:

and the Astin dress (sorry so small, but they are out of it) that I wore with gold accessories and my new gold Madden sandals I got at DSW last week.  Looked great on my tan.

Also picked up some Sparkle flip flops from J Crew:

What a steal.  I also picked up some BCBG clothes at Smart Bargains, and a Juicy Couture dress.  Ok, you can see those too...

Uh, yeah.  So, happy belated birthday to meee....

More shoes, for no reason other than they were a great deal?

um 6pm.com today.  Incident.  I was browsing shoes yesterday, and didn't see any great deals, when 6pm.com sent out a Twitter today... and looky here.  Donald J Pliner's, for $34.00, regular $340.00.  90% off.  I have these in brown, but paid $69 back then. 

To add to the incident, I then picked up some other flats that seemed like they'd be good traveling shoes.

Not "hot", but hey, even well-heeled women need a day off occasionally.  And for $22.00, regular $225.00, um, I had to do it.

To end the "incident", I rounded it off with some nice William Rast jeans, $49.99, regular $209.00.  I mean, fall will eventually come, right?

Even some shoes weren't enough to cure me...

Was kind of feeling down the other day - after the b-day, after the "breakup", etc etc.  Obviously, I was head over heels for no apparent reason, and didn't need shopping or crafting.  Dumb, I know.  So, back to the shopping and crafting... which I am apparently better at...

DSW.  Birthday reward $10.  Coupon $5. 

Brought my Madden sandals to $23.09. Considering they are still in style, not bad.

Next, I saw some cute flip flops I just *needed*.
Enter the Guess WG Joyce...  $18.32 (with part of my coupon discount). 

The shoes didn't quite make up for my crummy week, but I think eventually, they'll come in handy.  Expect to see more crafts soon.

Mini word tp roll albums

Happy 4th.  This long weekend helped me find time to do some crafting, golfing, and having fun with friends.

Here's a TP roll book I learned on Cricut Studio:  http://cricut-studio.posterous.com/cricut-studio-cricut-studio-cricut-cards-tp-r

This is the finished product. Used 4 flattened TP rolls, cut chipboard letters with Lyrical Letters shift Jumbo, 3 1/4.
Tags from Tags Bags Boxes 4 inches blackout.  Cut TP rolls and tags 2.5, 3, 3.5, then left the large ones at 4 (which is the length of the TP roll. 

Here it is separate from the tags that you stick in the holes between letters.

Tags

Hope you like it!  Thanks to Cricut Studio for the idea and measurements!

Also, I know this isn't a food blog, but crafters don't have much time to eat.  Kudos to Costco for my food idea - frozen ahi - defrost (only takes a couple min), sear in pan (pref sesame oil) with sea salt and lemon.  Toast Torta sandwich bread, spread pesto on bread, eat!  5 minute sandwich.  More time to craft. 

Long day of work calls for... uh, shoes.

So, on the way back from out of town court today, I stopped by DSW to use my coupons.  Mind you, I've never done this, as I'm a new DSW convert.  So I scoured the racks for a deal, and came across some Bandolino's, $54.94, 50% off, (27?).  Two $10 coupons (they allow using 2 together if different), and $8 later, I'm out of there.  Yup.

Baby card for Julie!

Made with some shimmery brown paper (you can't really see that detail), edged white with Wild Wasabi Stampin Up Ink, (same ink for stamped background on green paper), itty bitty tags tied on (knot hidden under green layer) with brown floss, Copic YG23 for baby outfit.