My Night with JM!

Well, my favorite cupcake did NOT disappoint!
Even with his new buzz haircut,
he still delivered on an amazing two hour concert!
I was sad to see it end!!

He even sang a new song that he had previewed
a little snip of a few months ago!
It was awesome to hear it in it's entirety! Take a listen!

Countdown!

I'm counting down the hours to my date with John Mayer!

It's been over 7 months since I last saw him

(he was minus that Aniston chick then)!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to a GREAT evening with

good friends and my favorite cupcake, JM!

Circus Dayz

Sheeze! I feel like I'n not getting ANYTHING done this summer!!
If I didn't have swap deadlines, I probably wouldn't finish anything!
Here are some ATC's I did for a swap called "Under the Big Top":

On to other things!
A total sweetie pie, Nancy , gave me this Brillante Weblog award! Thanks Nancy!!!


Now, I can really only think of one blog to pass this award on to (everyone else has already gotten one!). And the winner is....

Heather aka Merry Moon !

Here's some rules:

- Put the logo on your blog
- Add a link to the person who awarded you
- Nominate at least 1 other blog
- Add links to the blog(s) on yours
- Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

Enjoy, Heather!! You deserve it!!!!!

NEW SWAP

I'm hosting a new swap for my Vintage Ephemera Swap Group -
it's a Fall Tussie Mussie Swap

Here are the details:

Fall will be here soon! Let's welcome it in by making a tussie mussie (embellished paper cone). Use your vintage ephemera to make a Fall-inspired tussie mussie (back-to-school, Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving...) and fill it full of more vintage ephemera and treasures.
Template available at: Crafty Secrets

Sign-up deadline: July 30th
Send deadline: August 30th

So, if you're interested, head on over and sign up!

Stick a PIN in me!

I've been meaning to work on some new pincushions for a while now. I'd bought some vintage egg cups from ebay and had big plans for them. Here's what I've some up with so far...

Juicy Fruit Pincuhion

Summer Picnic Pincushion

Cupcake Pincushions

I also found another little birdie candleholder, so I turned her into a pincushion too!

Glam Girl Pincushion

All of these babies are available at my etsy shop!

Somethin's going on at Whimsey Wishes!

To find out what, head on over and check it out at

Whimsey Wishes . Tell her CupcakeDD sent ya!

Greetings from the Grand Canyon!

Just a quick note to check in and say "hello"! We've enjoyed the last few days at the Grand Canyon with the whole Weller Family! Yesterday, we took a jeep tour of the Rim and then a tour of some old native american cave paintings - AWESOME!! Pictures coming soon...

Today, we're headed to Sedona, AZ and then to our home-away-from-home in Mesa, AZ (it's supposed to be 112 degrees there today!! YIKES!!).

Hope you are all well!!

Grins & Giggles,

Julie

Jewels of the Sea Pendant Swap

Speckled Egg is hosting a wonderful swap called
"Jewels of the Sea" Pendant Swap.

Over 30 swappers were to each make six pendants.
I decided to try my hand at altered domino pendants.
I think they turned out pretty well. I made one extra for our lovely hostess!

Can't wait to see what everyone else has created!

"Hook, Line and Sinker"

Each pendant is individually packaged with sand, a metal charm,
tiny shells collected from my many trips to Florida, a pearl,
and teeny, tiny glass beads.
I named most of them after Ariel's sisters from The Little Mermaid.

"Andrina"

" Adella"

"Arista"

"I'm Hooked"

"Allana"

"Atina"