A little bit of Romance...

I've added a few new things in my shop...

Please go take a look and let me know what you think!

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The party (below) is still going on strong...but ends Feb 19th.

So be sure to tell your friends and comment often!

Thank You

;)

It's my Birthday!

~ Thank You all for coming to my 400th post/ Birthday Blog party!

I hope you have fun!

The party starts today and ends on Feb. 19th.

Everyone that leaves a comment has a chance to win a fantastic party favor!

You can leave as many comments as you like and I encourage you to tell your friends as the more comments I receive...the more giveaways are added to the bunch!

~To start the party off right..how about a cupcake?

Or two?

At 25 comments, I'll add...

a romantic frame...

At 50 comments I'll add...

this hand crafted Earring holder...

At 100 comments,

I'll add this notepad and stunning beaded pen...

At 150 comments...

I'll add the LOVE bird,

complete with a glittery nest and sparkly crown....

If I reach 200 comments ....

I'll add this stunning new Birds Nest ring with small fresh water pearls.

~Also included but not pictured...are two birds nest hair clips.

Lastly...If you've been so nice to tell your friends, and they told their friends

and you came back often to see me...

the last gift I'll throw in will be

a "Princess in a box kit"

It will contain :

1 handcrafted wire Tiara

similar to the one I wore here,

1 glittery wand to match the Tiara

1 packet of my custom glitter

1 of my Birds Nest Charms

to match your Tiara as well.

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On the end date of the party,

No matter how many comments I receive,

I'll be giving away 4

of these mini treat bags filled with "

Mystery" Party goodies!

(Please make sure I have a valid way of contacting you in the case that you win!)

International welcome!

~ My Birthday is Friday, Feb 13th...I'll be sure to come back and let you know how it goes!

You are Invited!

~ Yes , I'm having a party and you are invited!

It's my 400th blog post/ Birthday Party!

Date: Thursday, February 12th

Time: 7 days long

Where: Here! (http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/)

There will be cake, ice cream and goodies galore!

I'll be giving away handcrafted crowns, tiara's , wire wrapped jewerly,

and other fantastic treasures.

See you soon!

~Michelle

Calendar Girl ATC's

~ Recently I participated in a "clever " ATC swap through my fellow Fiskateers.

The theme was Calendars.

We each took a month, I chose February.

On the backs we added a mini calendar and made it flip up showing our contact info underneath.

* Of course, my ATC's were anything but boring!

~ Above is what I sent in...

~ Below is what I recieved...

~Front and back...

I wanted to show off one of the cards someone made beacuse I liked how they took a simple piece of red twine and knotted it through the card to look like a bikini!

~ This is ATC book from all my swaps last year.

It's quite full. It's where I go when I need inspiration for a card, tag or LO.
~ Here is one of the Halloween swaps, you can see why I love to look at them , it's like having my own "idea book"!

~ When ever I participate in a swap, I usually make a extra for me in the case I don't get one back. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

~ This one is mine.

Looks much better in person!

Bliss...

I went to CHA last Tuesday and had a wonderful day!

The above photo is of my *New* bussiness cards I made just in time for the show!

Yes, that's me!

I made them the size of a ATC and really added some glitz. I passed out quite a bit and even attached some of my small nest charms to which I passed out to a few people as my way of saying thanks for inspiring me.

To name a few who got one...Tim Holtz, Lisa Guerin, Jenny Doh... and a few other kindred souls.

~ Here I am with my friend Debi Voris.

I came as her guest and we watched a demo of Prima's new Hybrid digital mini books.

I'm not much for digital scrapbooking but after seeing the demo, we both agreed the kit was a

keeper!

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~ Did you notice that I was wearing a new tiara?

This is it. I made it in time for the show.

If you check back on or before Feb, 13th, you may have a chance to win one just like it in my Birthday Give-away!

~Isn't she cute? That's Merlene, a fellow FiskateerShe was helping out at the booth, "playing" with all the new product and tools!

Speaking of new product... we spoke, they listened! Fiskars came out with paper punches and cooridinating stamps! How cool is that!

~ I made this at the Stampington Booth with none other than Lisa Guerin.

She is so sweet and such a caring person. We had a blast chit-chatting and creating!

~ Next, I had the pleasure of meeting Suze Weinberg.

I'm always forgetting her last name so I always call her "Utee-Suze" in my mind!

Fit's don't it?

I took notes on her demo's and just admired her amazing ability.

Look what she made for me!

~ I waited and waited...and waited to do the demo with Tim Holtz

But alas none for me. It looked uber fun though!

~ Here are some fun freebies I snagged!

~Some "inspirations I happened to catch with my camera....

~ last year brought home too many catalogs, some I never ordered from!

This year I was more picky.

Here I am with some of my Fiskateer gals...

Michelle, Anita and Merlene

~More choice catalogs...

~ Along the way, I met up with my dear friend Laura of Katydiddys

Here we are in front of a beautiful glittered tree at the Martha Stewart booth.

~ Did you notice my apron?

It's the same one I made for my Scrapbook Retreat last fall.

Only it's never done and I call it my "Apron in Progress".

I used a vintage rinestone pin that is also a pendant for the top.

I sewed it onto the apron, but since it was so heavy, I also pinned it through to my shirt!

~ I did a serous double take at the Jolee's booth! I'd never have guessed that they would start doing jewelry! The only place that is selling their line now is Michaels craft.

Jolee's who does the dimensional stickers that we all love to add to our paper crafting has now joined with Swarovski so we can make stunning jewerly too!

Don't you love the earrings I made?

~ The below necklace was too beautiful...and oh , all those sparkely jewels!

~ Here is the bottom portion of my "Apron in Progress"...

~ More eye candy!


~ Here I am with another Fiskateer friend, Genevieve!

~ Look at these beautiful Crowns!

~ And Yummy* felt Cupcakes!

~Oooh! and check out this new line by Darcie's!

Of course, anything with wings wins me over in a heartbeat!

Their new line is not even on the website, yet, but it's all so cute!

~ Glittered Birds and nest in Martha's glittered tree.

~ check out these fancy paper decorated Bra's!

What a clever idea!

~ Here's some fun from Claudine Hellmuth!

~ So over all, it was a blissful day...

I made many make and takes, got a few promotional freebies, made oodles of new crafting friends and I only got lost 3 times.

The first was finding a bathroom.

The 2nd was finding someplace to eat that was not over run with smokers. - I finally found a out door court with some warming sun to sit in.

I also made small talk with a lady who came to eat in my sun, but either she was not a "talker" or she was eyeing my delicious (from home) sandwich over her $8 tortilla wrap.

Later...on my 3rd time getting lost , this time looking for the way I came in to go out...I passed a frozen yogurt cart and treated my self to the most refreshing strawberry swirl softserve.

It was so good! For one 'brief' moment I thought of taking a pic to show you all, cause it truly was beautiful, but alas, I only had one free hand and it was holding the cone.

Maybe next time.

Hmmm?