a couple of treats...

after a LOOONNNG-awaited paycheque!

My friend Jenny has the cutest wallet, and I've coveted one of my very own since I first saw it. I was recently pointed in the direction of a couple of stores in town with a good selection of espe wallets & bags... they come in every colour, and in the long and short styles. So cute!


I also treated myself to a new pair of Keen winter boots (they just so happened to have a matching bag, so I treated myself to that too!!) - this is an awful picture, but I assure you they are super cute! I only had short, hiking boot style ones, and they're not so practical for some things (like trudging through snowy fields after dogs!), and they are most certainly not Cute! Cute is good.


and, the most comfortable sox on the planet... seriously! They even come labeled so you can put them on the right (or left) feet at 5am!

more cards...

I have a few classes and Stamp - A - Stacks coming up in the next weeks, and I've made a few of the cards...

I tried my hand at an acetate card... it's really hard to get a decent picture, but the green is just to try to show the stamping on the acetate.


I ordered the new felt flurries... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them! These are the large ones.

Felt snowflakes... and felt RIBBON! LOVE it!

More felt flurries (these are the small ones)... and gorgeous new striped grosgrain ribbon!

a few cards...

I am really really really trying to love Pacific Point (or, at the very least, use some of it up!)... I don't hate this card.


I'm not really a red person, but the Riding Hood red and gorgeous new taffeta ribbon look so elegant for this, I think!


The inspiration for the above card came from Kelli's card... LOVED the snowman-belly-shaker thing so I changed it up a bit!


More of my usual favourites... nesties, ribbon & felt flowers!


My new CB embossing folder looks just gorgeous with just a bit of glitter and ribbon...


I totally CASEd this beautiful card... I adore these colours together!

'quiet' evenings at home...

Mr. Innocent...

Oh, woe is Milo...

seriously...

CUTE slippers!


... expensive (probably too expensive to just walk around the house & get covered in dog hair!), but cute, & comfy!

happy mail today...

for all of us (well, except for Shawn, but he's enjoying the high life in Calgary right now, so I guess that's OK, eh? Besides, he should be happy that I'm happy, right?)

This made me smile...

Cute marketing!


Doggytopia sells Red Dingo brand pet tags and I loved the cute enamel designs and the colours, so I got one for each of the boys... (there are several designs available but I didn't want the boys to feel I played favourites, so they each got the same one in one of my favourite colours!).

Ultra quick service - I ordered Tuesday and they were shipped Friday and they arrived today! At $13 each, they're only slightly more than the tags I used to get engraved at PetCetera, but they look so much better, and they are heavy duty and cute!

a recipe for me...

The Recipe For Tara

3 parts Savvy 2 parts Instinct 1 part Compassion Splash of Wisdom Shake vigorously

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?