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This week’s theme is what you make. I make greeting cards. I actually haven’t had much time to work on them and promote my business since my pregnancy and Lucy’s birth, but I’m hoping to get back into it now.

For those of you who are new to my blog, here are some samples of cards I’ve made:

I had a website, but I closed it down since I haven’t done much with it in a while. I’m hoping to start it back up soon, though. In the meantime, if any of you are interested in custom greeting cards, you can use the links on the sidebar to contact me.

I haven’t sewn anything since my high school Home Ec class.

Until yesterday, that is. I made Lucy a taggie blanket — with my mom’s help, of course.

It really was fairly simple to make. Cutting and sewing the material together was a breeze. The ribbons took a little more time to make sure they were lined up correctly. And, one of the textures I chose was thick so it was a little hard to run the needle over it.

I made an 8×8 taggie because I thought it would be easier for Lucy to handle. It turned out great!

And, it’s been a big hit. Lucy hasn’t put it down voluntarily since yesterday evening. I’ve had to pry it out of her hands at diaper changes and when I put her to bed last night. In fact, right now, she’s clutching it as she snoozes in her bouncer.

It makes me feel so good to see her playing with something that I made for her rather than something I just bought at a store.

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I have found a hobby that really distracts me from the IVF procedure: digital scrapbooking. I never really thought I would like digi scrapping because I love putting the pages together by hand, but it’s really a lot of fun, and I can really whip out the pages a lot faster.

Joe got me a digi scrapbooking kit last weekend when we went to get my early birthday present — a laptop. I’ve been wanting a laptop for a while since, you know, I’m addicted to blogging and the Internet, and I could really justify it now that we’re about to have our retrieval and transfer. I’ll be on bed rest but definitely want to update everyone, and when we have the baby, Joe will be able to give updates from the hospital.

So, for the last few days, I’ve been playing around with my new program, and I’ve completed several pages. I’m betting that in the three weeks between now and my pregnancy test I’ll probably catch up on my scrapbook — and I’m two years behind!

I think I like how they turned out. What do you all think?

If you would like to participate in a craft exchange and get an awesome, handmade gift from me, click here for all the details and to sign up!

Disclaimer: Husband is *not* eligible to participate!

I’ve been in a bit of a crafting funk lately. I don’t know what it is, but I just haven’t really had any motivation. Then, I saw this posted on Lisanne and Carol’s blogs, and I knew this would be something to help me get back into crafting. I knew instantly that I wanted to join in. If you’d like to participate, please leave a comment on this blog entry! The details:

The first seven people to respond to this post will get something made by me. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

The catch? You have to put this offer in your journal as well and make seven things for your friends! (If you have already done this, then I will happily add you to the list.)

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I am going to my first crop in a *long* time tomorrow. I just really haven’t been motivated to scrapbook for a while. Last year found me bummed a lot of the time, and I’m always so tired that I’m embarrassed to be the first to leave because I have to go to bed.

Tomorrow is an afternoon crop, though, so it’ll be a good one to start back with. I spent today looking through layouts and sketching pages so all I will have to do when I get there is crop my pictures and stick them on. I think a lot of what frustrated me was staring at a page and having no idea what to do with it. Hopefully preparing like this will help me.

I really do need to get back into scrapbooking. I am literally almost two years behind. On Sunday, I’m planning to reorganize my cluttered scrapping area. Maybe that will help as well. I’ll post pictures of whatever pages I finish. I love your feedback!