Cricut® Cards and Envelopes

Cricut Artiste Stamps and Dimensional Elements

Re-vamping with Overstamping

Don't miss this great opportunity to become a Close to my Heart consultant and join my team in the month of August!  Read the flyer for more details or contact me at
http://lauriesmith.myctmh.com.
Also, I was in awe of the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and didn't think it could get any better and then Close to my Heart released the Cricut Artiste in the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book and I was wrong...it got a whole lot better!  Up to 700 images plus an extra book to show step-by-step instructions to  assemble the 3-D cut outs!  Cute, cute, cute!  Contact me for more information, or order yours on-line today!  Just click on the "Come Shop With Me" box to the right!

I hope you are all ready for a look at the amazing items in the new Close to my Heart Idea Book!  I unpacked my boxes from my convention bundles and a pre-order I sent in and there was no room left on my table!  Lots of exciting products, adorable and very useful stamp sets and some fascinating new home decor items!  I still don't know where to begin!  I guess I will begin by showing all of this at Mary Ann's crop on August 18th!  Contact me at thecountrycropper@gmail.com for more information!  If you do not live in the area and would like to see the new products, simply click on the "Come Shop With Me" box to the right and browse through the Idea Book on-line.  You can also order directly on the site and have the items shipped right to your doorstep!

Dallas Time Y'all!

Hey Ladies, it's Dallas time!  I am so excited!  I'm getting ready to head south for an exciting 3 days of Close to my Heart Convention in Dallas, Texas!  I will be attending general sessions with inspirational keynote speakers and will get to see the new Autumn/Winter Idea Book on Thursday!  I cannot wait!  I will also get to see new products and lots of artwork.  I also get to create while I'm there to bring back items for you to see at our crops and gatherings!  I will be taking lots of pictures, so be sure to check back sometime next week to see what all the excitement is about!  Yee-Haw!  Have a great week y'all!

I have totes full of my kids school papers, art work, and all of those special pages they colored just for me out of their favorite coloring book.  I keep saying I'm going to tackle those totes one of these days, but today is not the day.  Today, I did decide to tackle a large pile of papers in my office which included mail, newspapers and my youngest son's school papers.  I threw it all in a box and carried it into my dining room.  I was just going to sort it into piles of bills to pay, my son's papers and junk to burn.  Then a great idea came up and I gave it a try.  I grabbed some 12" x 12" papers, a cutter and a box of photo squares.  While sorting through the pile of papers, when I came to one of my son's papers that I wanted to keep, I chose a scrapbook paper to match, put photo squares on the back of his paper and stuck it down to the chosen scrapbook paper.  In less than an hour, I had sorted through all of my mail, pulled out all the coupons I wanted and had 24 pages of my son's kindergarten work ready for his scrapbook.  All I have left is a little journaling and some minor embellishments, so I don't upstage his work, and I am done!  From now on, when I clean out my son's school folder, there will be scrapbook paper, a cutter and photo squares in hand!  Why didn't I think of this when my soon to be 20 year old was in kindergarten! The first photo shows my beginning pile, the second photo shows my work in progress and the last photo shows a much more organized, colorful and smaller pile of my son's precious papers!