Upcoming Technique Classes at Posh Scraps

March 3 Distressing Techniques: working with a variety of products, we will be aging papers and tags, crumpling, sanding, tearing, inking, edging, stippling, masking, crackling, adding texture and more more more.
March 17 Mixed Backgrounds Techniques: we will be working on acrylics, glass, tissue and vellum with a variety of inks and stains to create some beautiful backgrounds for use on cards, layouts and other projects.

Each class is ten dollars and last approximately 2 hours. They are on a Sat. and start at ten am. You leave with complete, printed directions for each tag we create. To sign up, please call Posh Scraps in Palm Harbor, Florida at 727-784-2928. Hope to see you there!

Shoppe Around the Corner

For the lovers of lovely and vintage and steampunk and tons and tons of pretties, this boutique is the cat's meow! I first learned about this shop from my friend, Kathy Nelson. We were suppose to go about two years ago but something came up and we didn't. Then, my Book Club buddy, Glo, suggested we go around Christmas time . Armed with our coupons, she, Sandi and I hit the store at a run after fortifying ourselves at Peggy O'Neals for lunch.

And I fell in love...I mean, what is not to love about all these goodies and more. And the best thing about Shoppe Around the Corner is the fact the profits go to support Meals on Wheels.
For those of you who do not live in the Palm Harbor, Fl area, there is an online shop as well. Check it all out here at Shoppe Around the Corner.
This place is pure eye candy and the stock changes with the seasons. I fell in love with all the lovely bunnies and Easter pretties and, they had gnomes!

I had to take Jo there today as I had been talking her ear off about the place almost since she had arrived...oh and the best news today...she and Bill are pretty well decided on 3 mo. next year instead of just too! Yahooo.

I am so inspired by this store and I may not sleep tonight for all the ideas running through my mind.




Hope your week is a lovely one!

WINNERS of the trash to treasures announced

Give Away A: Janet LeBeau

Give Away B: Nancy Cokely

and for helping me make 100 followers: Kristen Kottwitz

Will all 3 of you please send me your home addresses to eeickmeier@hotmail.com? And thanks so much for having fun with me.

Trash to Treasures give aways

A)above
B)below

I could not stand it a single moment more...I could not find anything. I had a drawer, a bin, two or even three little bins with slide out drawers and duplicates of everything. So, today, I caved in and actually cleaned, sorted and organized all the little stuff I just had to have, could not live without and absolutely NEEDED at the time.

After all this, I now have one drawer and two bins with slide out drawers and this is what is left. As I am one of those people who can not bear to get rid of things that others might use, if you will email me at eeickmeier@hotmail.com with your name by midnight Sunday, Jan. 29, I'll put your name in the hat for a drawing of either one of these. Please indicate A) or B) in your email and YES! I will pay postage but you have to take the WHOLE thing. FYI: there is a little plastic box in A)that is filled to the brim with buttons, charms, etc all sea themed).

Waiting to hear from you....

A Valentine gift to my grand daughter

I am making a Treasures box for Leighton for Valentine's Day. Now, I know she won't use this for years and years but hopefully her mama will keep it for her. I have finished the lid (I think). I want to line the inside with velvet and a fiber paper and then fill it with vellum envelopes that I "watercolor" and label with such things as "Lock of Hair", "First Lost Tooth" (I have a delightful fairy charm for that one) and a larger one done in crushed patterned tissue labeled "Secrets". Some day, when I am long gone, perhaps she will open her box and think of her Nana.





I used Helmar's 405Quick Dry, the Fabric Adhesive and the Gemstone Glue. I know these hold and hold well. Can you tell I am a real Helmar fan?

Leibster Blog Award

Leibster Blog Award

My blogging friend, Kim, gave me this wonderful award.

Please make sure to head on over to her blog and say hello!

This award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers, in the hopes that it will bring many new friends/followers.

Leibster is German and means 'dearest' or 'beloved' but it can also mean 'favorite'. The idea of the Leibster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. So, in the spirit of good fun I am passing this award on to five other bloggers. Please stop by and visit them.

The Rules are:

1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.

3. Post the award on your blog.

4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.

5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love!

My favorites for this award are listed below in no particular order. Click on over to their sites and take a look and please leave them some love! <3

Lucy's Daughter


Parasols and Mary Janes

Gine's Scrap Room

Natasha, the Queen of Bling

and to my dear friend, Janet M who never knows where she will be.

Creating out of my comfort zone

I have only made jewelry once before in my life and, according to a couple of my friends and one lady in a cab line at the Ballagio Hotel in Las Vegas, my necklace was a complete failure.

I think I did better on this one! My friend, Marcia, had several of us over for lunch and beading and I am so happy with my necklace. Jo did a great job as did everyone else. Glo made her friend, Precious, who is a school teacher, the most beautiful lanyard for her ID badge. Sandy's necklace was very vintagy!




For pictures of this most amazing adventure at Marcia's check out my daily blog www.postingfromparadise.blogspot.com

As always, thanks to those of you who read and follow my little blog. I am only 3 or 4 followers away from 100...something I NEVER thought I would ever come close to. Who knows...there may be fun things for the next few who help me get to 100. Just sayin'

Oh and I have a received a blog award that I'll try to post tomorrow and you may be getting one from me...watch and see!