My FIRST Pocket Letter

Happy Sunday to you! I am excited to share my 1st Pocket Letter with you!
I was asked by a Facebook friend, and fellow Owl-Obsessed girl if I wanted to do a Pocket Letter swap with her. I had heard of the concept and that was about it....so I did some "googling" and found this:

Janet Lane-Pocket Letters

It sounded like so much fun so I was game!

Here is my pocket letter that I mailed to my friend Emilie:

I filled it with lots of owl goodies: Paper clips, stickers, washi tape, tea, a letter about me, and more. 

This is what she mailed me! I was blown away!!! Look how scrumptious this set is!!!

She put such detail into every little pocket!!! And the extras are adorable! I love the cute polka dotted pencil which will work great in my planner for penciling in dates!!! A super cute note pad and a candy bracelet!! {squeal}

This is the front.

And this is the back. I didn't even know to fill the back up too!

a BIG Thank you to my friend Emilie for my 1st super cute owl pocket letter! I LOVE It!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!! Have a blessed Sunday!!

Autumn Swap!

I was SO pleased when Mamarazzi of Dandelion Wishes let me participate as a NEWBIE in her Autumn Swap! I was paired up with a fellow Texan! Janna from Happiness is a Journey has a wonderful blog about her personal journey through life. I have really enjoyed reading it and getting to know her.  She is such an inspiration!
Janna sent me the most wonderful package! I just knew this package was put together for just ME...it was so personal and wonderful!

I LOVE owls...and Janna keyed in on this and sent me this super CUTE OWL mug!!!! Look how adorable she is!

I just bought myself a new Keurig coffemaker so this mug will be used many, many times! I can just sit and stare at it too!!!

And look at these cute bowls!!!

I cannot wait to pull these out on Thanksgiving day and fill them with some wonderful foods and dips!

I have never been to a Pier1, but after seeing these cute owl items...I want to go! Now!! LOL

And just for me! A wonderful candle, some awesome hand lotion from Organics, and my favorite, Burt's Bees lipbalm. I'm all set for fall!

This was such a fun swap, I'm so glad that I got to be a part of it.

Have a wonderful Friday!!!

Bookmark It! Part 2

You might recall a post I did about a Bookmark Swap I participated in. I just wanted to share with you the awesome bookmarks I received from some lovely scrappers!
Here is the one I made using an owl image from Meljen's Designs.

And here are the ones I have received so far. There are going to be 7 total but I am still waiting on 1 more.

Aren't these just awesome!?

Here are some close-up pictures, because this one at the top doesn't do them justice.

These were created by Terri and Monica. (now..I really want a bird cage stamp!)

Kylie and Kathy made these!

What a great idea Ronny had created this bookmark with a small note pad inside and a super cute mini pencil attached to it as well!!! I love this one for my Bible, great for jotting down verses.

                       And look at this cute corner bookmark that Leslie made. And it has an owl!  {{{squeal}}}! I love owls!!!

What a wonderful swap this turned out to be! I'm so glad I got to participate in it!!!
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Tuesday!!

It's an Autumn Swap!!!

Finally some fall weather! I love the colors and smells of fall! So...I'm so thrilled to be participating in






You can read all about it here: Our Dandelion Wishes

Flip Flop Fun!

Hope you are having a fabulous Tuesday! It was a great, long weekend wasn't it?! But OH this HEAT!!!
Wow...it's been so hot in south texas!! All I can say is thank God for air conditioning and flip flops!!!

Speaking of flip flops, I was in a super fun swap hosted over at The Texas Darlings blog. This was their 3rd Annual Flip Flop exchange, but it was a 1st for me. I got paired up with Kristen from Georgia. She's got the cutest blog called blissfully insane. I love the way she talks about her three kids and her pregnancy. You see, she is pregnant with twin boys! Yep...twins!!!
Anyway, we got paired up together and she sent me the cutest flip flops by BeeBop:

She also sent me some yummy Red Pepper Jelly. This is my all time favorite jelly. I love it spread on cream cheese and crackers! And her town is so pretty!!!!

Thank you Kristen for a wonderful swap and thank you Becca-The Texas Darlings for letting me participate!

And so here I sit, blogging in my BeeBops!!!

Have a great Tuesday!!

Meljen's Challenge Day and It's a Swaparoo!

I've got 2 things on my agenda for today! First..it's Thursday, that means it's one more day til Friday! Just kidding...
It's time for Meljen's Designs New Releases and New Challenge #58--Graduations!
Here are this week's new releases:

and here is my card for this week's Challenge #58:


In real life the greens really do match. Not sure what was up with my camera. It is a cloudy day, so my picture isn't the best it can be. That's right...I'm blaming it on the weather!
Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Cardstock-Bazill, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger, Black Brads-The Paper Studio

With Graduations right around the corner, I plan on using all of these images. I cannot wait to see what you come up with for this week!
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And now...for my wonderful goodies from Jennifer of My Crazy Life.
but FIRST let me tell you about this unique, fun swap. I found it over at My So-Called Chaos, Angie and Beth were so kind to let me participate.  We were paired up with another crafty loving person and traded with them. Like I said, I got paired with Jennifer!  I had so much fun getting to know her!

And these are the goodies I received from her:

A handmade memo board, she made this out of a cookie sheet, covered it with yummy fabric and ribbon. The covered tin can has magnets on it so it is removable. She also included a matching pink and black clippy.

How cool is this! She is so talented!!!

and look at these adorable Bottlecap necklaces! She sent me the John Deere necklace because of a blog post I wrote about my Dad driving a JDeere tractor. How sweet is that?!     But my

stinker of a 17 yr.old,  daughter claimed it! LOL She loves tractors! And the "Love" bottlecap comes off so it can be switched  with another pendant. You see, it has a magnet on the back of it. I could even use it or store it on my magnetic board!

The funny thing is....I sent her daughter the same kind of necklace!!! LOL

One more thing to show you...these adorable magnets! They are wire shapes with polymar clay flowers in the centers of them. How cute are these!? {{{squeal}}}}

She says my polka dotted ring got left behind at her house, so that will arrive on Friday. I'll show you that as soon as it makes it to me.

Please visit Beth's blog over at Living a Goddess Life to learn more about her and this swap.

I would like to thank Beth and Angie of My So Called Chaos once again for letting me join in!

I have had so much fun gettting to know Jennifer, learning new craft techniques, and sharing crafty goodness with her! What a fun swap!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Thursday!

WooHoo! I JUST got some good news!!!

I am so glad I took a break from my crafting to check my email! I JUST got the news that I am going to be able to participate in a really fun swap!





This is my first swap with this group of ladies' and Angie and Beth of My So Called Chaos were kind enough to let me slip in at the last moment! WooHoo!!!

Okay...now back to my crafting!!!

**UPDATE:, I got my swapping pal! Her name is Jennifer and she's a Texan like me!!!! YeeHaw! LOL
Here is her blog...she's got some funny stories about her cute kids, I'm having fun reading! My Crazy Life is filled with informative stuff, cute stuff, funny stuff, and more!! I cannot wait to get to know her better...I'm sure we're gonna be teaching eachother a whole lot!