Create a critter cards

So the last couple days I have been making cards from the create a critter cricut cartridge. They are so fun and I have been looking at pun stamp sets from my pink stamper but just spent quite a bit of money and craft supplies and I have things I have to buy like adhesive, foam brushes and white card stock. So stamps will have to take a back seat. So after searching my collection of close to my heart and stampin up stamps and found a few that would work with the adorable animals diecuts. I then pick pattern paper to use for my cards and found card stock to match. Instead of just cutting out one image of each I decided use up full sheets of 12x12 paper. In the end I ended up with 12 3" owls, bears and dogs. I have to say I love them all.

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Room makeover

I wish I had before picture...to be honest I might I have to look around for them. I do have a before on my wall former wallpaper. Blah!! I went paint shopping with my mom and had not a clue what I was looking for. I ended up settling on a beautiful color called fleeting fawn. It's an orange peach color. The thing that sparked this new paint color is I decide I hated hated hated my rug. It was trashed to the extreme it was about 15-20 year old. So it was time to go. I decided to put in a laminate wood floor. Frankly I went with the cheapest one we found because that was my budget cheap and after spending $50 on paint. The cheaper the better. So in the matter of 3 days I had a new wall color and new floor. I love it!! I have spent the last couple days enjoying my new craft room! Things are always changing in my craft room. I have plans on some new storage in the near future new stamp bins maybe, but I must get a new home for Archer my ferret first!

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Cupcake cards

I know I'm a bad blogger. I'm going to do my best to post more often. I just painted my craft room and put in a new floor,but that is going to posted tomorrow. It looks great though I must say. So what kind of creating have I done. I made cupcake cards. I used the art philsophy cricut cartridge and one of the stamp sets that is sold in the package. I kept them simple I just used card stock in pink and blue, and Tim Holtz shabby chic paper pack and two stamps one says "seize the cupcake" and one says "happy cupcake day" they were fun to make.

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Happy Holidays

I have been MIA again and not because I want to be.  This holiday season has been busy with work, shopping, cleaning and preparing for the holiday season.  I'll be honest this year has been tough this year for me I'm not sure why, but I have been scrooge.  I tried a little bit of everything, decorating, shopping, baking nothing has worked, but Tuesday I had a little help from my favorite nephew when he and I sat down and read my favorite holiday story The Polar Express it was our second year reading it and the 15 month old sit and didn't move, didn't fuss, just listened to me read the story and looked at the pictures.  I was surprised because every time I try to read to him he wants down to play and run around.  I'm still a little bah humbug but helped me a little bit.  He's better then any present that little bundle of crazy with all his giggly smiles.  He mimics things we do now.  We egg him on to blow kisses, give high fives, and "pop" his finger out of his mouth.  My dad makes a pop noise by popping his finger out of his mouth and baby J tries doing it.  He just means the world to me!

The real reason for me doing this post was to wish all my blog reading friends a Happy Holidays!!! See you next year unless I get into a writing mood between now and then.   Pin It Now!

Decorating for Christmas

So I have been away....TOO LONG.  I'm going to try to be better in this coming year.  So anyway I'm starting to decorate for Christmas these pictures are from my craft room, which isn't difficult to decorate because I just have to pepper in some decorations with my already very fun vintage decor.  The vintage Christmas ornament boxes and ornaments came from an awesome find at a thrift store over the weekend.  I'm in love with them because they remind me of my great grandparents.  My mom had a few of their ornaments when I was younger but after many many years they have slowly disappeared.  So I just started my own collection. But because of my 1 year old nephew I felt they would be safer in bowls in my craft room up high where I knew his little hands wouldn't get them.  Better safe then sorry.  This has inspired me... I think I will be going to more thrift shops and antique shops in search of holiday decor in the near future.   

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New Earrings listed in my shop

I just listed these two pairs of earrings in my shop aren't they fun?  I have had the peace sign beads since last year when I was working on paper beads and figured I would make a few pairs of earrings with them.  I made 5 pairs  3 of the longer ones and two of the shorter.  I kept a pair of the longer ones for myself.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/84298076/dangle-earrings-turquoise-peace-signs
http://www.etsy.com/listing/84297886/dangle-earrings-turquoise-peace-signs
While your there take a look around the shop they is lots to choose from.  Great gifts for one and all Christmas will be here before we know it.  I know I know you don't want to hear that, but this year flew by it seems.  It was a decent year in my opinion and I have had really bad years and some really good one and this past year was pretty good. If your on facebook and you like my shop feel free to stop by my shop page and like it to get the most up to date news, posting, and coupon codes.  http://www.facebook.com/GingersVintageRoom

Talk to you soon!

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A little Change

Well I decided today to create some cohesion between my etsy shop and my blog so you will notice that my blog title changed from Pawprints and papercrafts with Ginger to Ginger's Vintage Room.  I like both titles very much and I'm attached to both, but it just makes more sense for me to have my etsy shop name and my blog title name be one in the same.  I could have just created a new blog for my shop, but running two blogs with the same concept would be silly and kind of redundant.  This will still be where I create, share and explore my love of papercrafts...and crafts in general as well as life, but now it will include shop updates and products I'm selling as well as coupon codes.  I hope that you my followers will enjoy my new direction which is much like my old one with a twist and that I will gain more followers.  I hope this will inspire me to post more because lately I haven't been that great about posting because I have been attempting to get my shop going and that has taken all my focus.    Pin It Now!