Little Miss Tutu...I custom made my granddaughters tutu for her 1st birthday party celebration...

 This is the surprise tutu that I made for my sweet, now 1 year old granddaughter, McKenzie for her very 1st birthday party. I wanted to share photos of this adorable tutu with you all now and very soon I will post a full how to tutorial on how I made this in case any of you wanted to make one yourself. This really was a fun project to make and sadly these pictures do not do this gorgeous little tutu justice. I used a ton of tulle and a baby headband for the waist. You can see the different colors of tulle in the photos and I also added some sweet ribbon that matches the tulle perfectly just as a little extra something. The ribbon makes it so much sweeter. 

The pink satin ribbon in front is made it so that it can be removed. Basically it is held on the baby headband/waist band by another piece of ribbon tied onto the waist.

 This is a side view of the entire outfit. My daughter had bought the Birthday Girl top and amazingly I did not see this top until after I completed this tutu. We got lucky as it matched absolutely perfectly. I had bought a shirt and matching lace leggings that matches this tutu but once I saw her Birthday Girl shirt and how perfectly it matched it was almost like it was meant to be. What is also so amazing is that Lindsay, my daughter, had absolutely NO idea that I was even making this tutu for Kenzie. It was a surprise for both of them. Lindsay found a few birthday tutus for Kenzie online but they were so expensive, ridiculously expensive actually and so the second I knew how bummed my daughter was because she wanted Kenzie to wear a tutu on her first birthday party but didnt want to spend that amount of money for an outfit that Kenzie would wear one time I knew I was gonna make one. That is when I knew that I had to make one for her and I did. When I finally shared the news and showed Lindsay the finished tutu she was completely shocked and SO excited. She even took it to work with her and showed every one including her customers. That warmed my heart like you could not believe. Making someone you love so happy like that is the best feeling in the entire world.  

We know that Kenzie is going to look like a little princess and her new tutu will complete the look of her entire birthday party. I cannot wait to see her in it and am so excited to share the pictures with you all.

 Just a few close up pics of the front of the tutu. As you can see I used two different pink tulles in different color tones, white tulle with glitter, silver tulle with glitter and a few different soft pink ribbons.  

 This is the bottom of the tutu. It is one of the fullest, fluffiest tutus I have ever seen. Is this not absolutely adorable? I was so happy that my daughter Lindsay loved it as much as she did. That alone made it staying up all night and all the time it took to complete it absolutely worth it.  Lindsay plans on framing it and hanging this in Kenzies bedroom because she loves it that much. That makes this mama so happy!

And finally the back of the tutu with a close up of the waist band and you are able to see the how the pink satin bow is tied on if you look closely. My granddaughter Kenzies birthday party is not until this Saturday so once she wears this we will be taking a lot of photos of her and I will be sure to share pictures of how adorable she looks.                                                                                                        Thank you all so much for stopping by and taking a peek at this super sweet tutu that I made for my beautiful grandbaby. Be on the look out for a detailed how to video coming soon. If I can create this tutu then anyone can.                                                                                                     As always Big Cricut Hugs!   ~Terri                                                               

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TONIGHTS Cricut Cartridge Flash Giveaway...

                                                                                                                       

                        Here is  TONIGHTS flash Cricut Cartridge GIVEAWAY info. Please Friend Request Me at www.facebook.com/twopinkpeas then Like and Share the Cricut Cartridge Giveaway post and then leave me a comment on facebook letting me know that you did both. If you wish to get extra entries (I mean, Who would not want extra chances to win? I know I would! :O) ) you can share with Pinterest, Blogger, WordPress, Instagram, Google+ or Twitter. Then just leave me a comment with the link and you are entered. If you are not yet a follower of my Two Pink Peas Blog you can also follow me on GFC for an extra entry here at www.twopinkpeas.com then just leave me a comment either here that you now follow me or on facebook is ok as well. Good luck and remember that you cannot win if you don't enter!                                                                              As always.....Big Cricut Hugs!                               ~Terri                                                       

My Craft Room Sensory Overload...& Update....

 

Boy talk about sensory overload today...After unpacking more boxes of craft supplies my head was literally spinning.

But what a great problem to have and I am definitely NOT complaining. I know and realize how very blessed I am to be able to buy so many amazing craft supplies. I wanted to apologize for this video...I took it on my cell phone and I was turning it up and sideways so some of the video is sideways because of that. But I wanted to show you all what it looks like in a video versus plain old photographs. I hope you all don't get dizzy watching this video..lol. Oopsie! :)

   

 

 

 I have been slowly but surely been unpacking my massive amounts of craft supplies in my new craft room. Four days a week I babysit my beautiful little granddaughter and so I have not had much time to really get in my room and unpack/organize my stuff. I will have to post some photos of her soon...she is absolutely beautiful and she has the funniest most beautiful little personality already. We love her so very much and I am so blessed that I get to spend so much time with her. We have such a special bond already and she just melts my heart every time she looks at me with her gorgeous gigantic smile. Ahh.. I could talk about her for hours and hours. Such a sweet little girl. We are so blessed to have Kenzie in our family.

 

Ok... so back to my craft room...lol. Once I get talking about Kenzie I can ramble on and on about how amazing she is...so let me stop now before I forget what I wanted to post for you all tonight. Before we sold our last house and moved I did not feel comfortable leaving all of my cricut cartridges in storage. As you all know these cartridges and craft supplies in general are really expensive and so to be safe I emptied every cartridge taking out each booklet, overlay and cartridge. I put all of my cartridges in big gallon baggies and kept them at my in laws (they were a God send allowing us to store so many of my craft supplies in their home for close to 9 months and I appreciate them being so kind. I don't know what I would have done without them..so a huge Thank You to my in laws for being so sweet about it) because keeping them stored in a storage unit exposed to all the extreme elements really worried me. There was no way I wanted to take a chance and have any of them ruined. My cricut booklets and cartridge boxes were stored in our storage unit while the overlays and cartridges themselves were kept inside the house. As you see I have alot of cartridges and today I wanted to get the cartridges, overlays and booklets back in their proper cases. Thank goodness for my sweet little girl Hallie and my niece Jillian as they really helped me ALOT. Having their help really shaved alot of time and for that I am so grateful. So here is a few photos of what our mess looked like before.

 

 

All of my cartridges after being taken out of the gallon baggies...and if you have not watched my video above you will see just how many Cricut Cartridges I have.

 

The overlays I stored in a big boot shoe box and these were kept inside. We have extreme weather here and I was not going to take any chances of them being ruined.

 

After finishing putting my cartridges back together I wanted to tackle my stamps. This is not all that I own.. this was just the ones I had packed in a big box. It has been about 9 or 10 months since I have seen all of my supplies and so it kinda felt like Christmas to me today.

This is the other half of what was in the box. When you go as long as I did not being able to see and use all your craft supplies you literally forget what you have. At least that is how it was for me. But I will admit that my memory is horrible..lol. That is why I said it was sensory overload for me today..lol. For months now I have been brain storming trying to figure out how I was going to organize all my stamps so that I could easily find what I need in a speedy manner. It bugs me so much when I need a stamp or punch and I cannot find it and then I spend a ton of time just searching for it. Spending so much time searching for certain craft supplies takes away from being able to create and plus I don't like it when I cannot find what I need quickly.

 

After thinking and thinking about how in the world I could organize these wood mounted stamps so that I could easily find what I need and grab it and go I thought why not store my stamps like they do in some craft stores??!! So that is  exactly what I am gonna do. This is a photo I found on Pinterest (picture is below...I pinned it under Two Pink Peas Craft Room Ideas this link takes you to my Pinterest  page which is amazing as I am always pinning so many creative and amazing cards and crafts so please feel free to follow me) that shows you what I am talking about. Except I am gonna have longer slats of wood and probably more rows since I have so many wood mounted stamps...plus I plan to continue to purchase more and more as I am addicted to them! As far as my acrylic stamps...and I have ALOT...I am not 100% sure yet on how I am going to organize them. One of my blog readers suggested storing them in empty clear cd cases and I might just do that.

For those who have a ton of stamps how do you store yours and what is the best way you have organized them so that they are easy to find when you need them? Any suggestions or comments are always greatly appreciated!

 

Storing wooden stamps this way is probably my favorite storage idea that I have found so far. Finding an image is so easy when they are displayed this way. For those who do not know I am having a giveaway for the one who gives me the most creative or smart idea on how to store craft supplies. Just leave me a comment below letting me know your best idea and once I select the idea that will work the best for me I will get a goodie bag together for the winner as a thank you.

 

Thank you for stopping by Two Pink Peas today and stay tuned as I will be adding more updates and videos and hopefully my finished, very beautiful and very organized new craft room.

 

As Always...Big Cricut Hugs....

~Terri

New Unorganized/Unpacked Craft Room & Giveaway For Best Advice...

Hi crafters!! So I finally was able to take a short video of my craft room, which is very unorganized and unpacked right now, and upload it to show you. We have been so busy with the rest of our house and my craft room is unfortunetly coming last. My goal was to unpack this room first but it just did not work out that way...but that is ok!

I just can't wait to get in there and get crafting!

I was thinking and decided to add some fun into this process. I would LOVE any organization advice, photos, videos or anything you have that would help me decide how I am going to decorate and organize my craft room.

So this is what I am gonna do... whoever gives me the best advice, photo or video idea will receive a prize from me for helping me decide how to decorate my new craft room.

Feel free to leave me a comment with either a link to a photo, pinterest page, your facebook page, youtube video or what ever you chose and after every one leaves a comment

I will look at each and every idea and then pick a WINNER for being so kind to help me out.

Here are a few things that matter to me... I LOVE things to have a place, labels are important to me, different and creative ways to organize stamps, embellishments and so on are also very important to me.

I could go on and on about things that matter to me but I am now going to turn this over to all of you. Let's have some fun and I will of course be doing more video updates as my craft room decor and organization begins so you will be able to follow me. Thanks so much in advance and I will check in with you all in a few days!!

Big Cricut Hugs!!

~Terri

Two Pink Peas is Back & Lot's of Updates!

I am back and I wanted to share a few things.

You all knew that we were building a new house...

Well it is DONE! I cannot believe it and I wanted to share a few photo's for you.

 

This is our new kitchen..well part of it anyway.

This is another view of the kitchen and you can see it opens

to our family room.

 



This is a view of the kitchen from the family room.

I am in LOVE with my frosted Pantry door.

 

 

This is our formal dining room.

It shows our raised panel wainscoting on the bottom.

The top is this very beautiful rich red color. I LOVE it!

It is absolutely stunning in real life.

 

 

We have a tray ceiling with hidden lights. It just sets the right mood when those are on.

 

 

If you look closely you can see the light in the tray ceiling as it is on.

 

This is my craft room. It is a beautiful tan color on top and a darker brown on bottom. The photo does not show the correct color of the paint.

 

The closet to my craft room.

 

The windows in my craft room. My craft room faces the front of the house so I will be able to keep an eye on my kids while they are outside playing.

 

We are closing tomorrow and will move in this weekend.

I cannot wait to get settled in. Once I get to my craft room, which will be one of the most important rooms for me, I will be posting lots of photo's and videos for you to see.

I cannot wait to unpack all of my craft supplies and organize them. I have not been able to craft since we sold our house and started building this one.

 

To keep me busy while our house was being built I have been babysitting my beautiful grandbaby McKenzie. That is while we were not having meetings on the house and picking out everything we needed. It was so hard to believe just how much work goes into building a house. But it was so worth it.

It took us very close to 8 months and I have really missed crafting. My first project will be making a name banner for McKenzie. I already bought this gorgeous fabric paper pad for her banner and I just need to get my Imagine or Cricut out and work on it. I really hopes it turns out beautiful.

McKenzie's bedroom is pink and brown in color so I will match her name banner to her nursery.

 

About 2 weeks ago I had to have gallbladder surgery. I never had gallbladder issues until I started to get these terrible attacks. I had already knew I had stones and lots of sludge because I had an ultrasound of my kidneys and gallbladder. So once my surgeon saw the ultrasound he said it needed to come out. I am not 100% yet as I had a bad reaction to the derma bond they used. My incisions got infected which was not fun to go through that. I am not still healed yet but I am on my way.

 

Once we get settled in I will be posting a great giveaway to celebrate our new house and that Two Pink Peas is back!

It feels like it has been forever since I crafted last.

 

I hope everyone is doing good and I really miss you all so much. But keep your eyes posted for my giveaway and photo's and videos showing the progress of my craft room.

I have tons of other photo's to share to show off our house.

Those will come very soon!

If any of you have any advice on organizing craft rooms I would love to hear your suggestions or comments.

 

Have a wonderful day everyone and I will see you very soon!

 

Big Cricut Hugs!

~Terri

 

Why did my BEST friend have to die? Completely devastated!

 

Never in a million years did I ever think I would be making a post about my best friend Renee. Sadly, my sweet, beautiful and amazing best friend Renee passed away on Nov. 14th. 2012. Her funeral was on Nov. 24th but because I was not aware that she passed away until about a week later, which is very shocking that it took that long for me to find out, sadly it was too late for me to fly to Arizona to attend her funeral. Since I was not able to attend her memorial I wrote something to be read by one of Renee's friends, Kelly, now a friend of mine, was sweet enough to get up and read it on my behalf. This is what I wrote for Renee...

My name is Terri and Renee was my best friend. It is unfortunate that I am not able to be here today to remember and celebrate Renee’s life. Kelly was so sweet enough to read this for me.

There are only a handful of people who come into your world, and touch your life in a dramatic fashion. Some of the people are just flickers of light during a long life, while others are consistent glows for years. For me, Renee was my consistent glow. She was my best friend and we confided in each other about everything and anything.

Renee has touched so many lives with her kindness, caring, loving and peaceful nature. As I go on the journey of my life, I always know that Renee will still be with me. She will be my best friend forever. The sweet memories that she has woven into my life will live on and continue to touch lives- mine as well as many others.

Everybody will tell you what a great mother she was to her beautiful son Chris, and there is no question that is certainly true. Renee would often talk to me about Chris. She would always tell me how incredibly proud she was of him and how great he was doing in school. There was no doubt that she loved Chris more then anything and he was her entire life.

How do you say goodbye to someone like Renee who was so selfless, loving, who always supported & cared about others despite suffering from her relentless nonstop chronic pain? Renee was my source of encouragement and my source of strength when I needed it & I was always hers.

Renee has graced my life more than you will ever know. To Renee I say this: "I love you dearly and will cherish you always. I am filled with gratitude that you enriched my life in so many ways. This world was much improved by your being in it." God bless you Renee. You will be greatly missed.

May you rest in peace.

Renee was one of the most amazing friends I have ever had in my whole entire life. As you can see I am absolutely devastated, crushed and so very sad by her passing. She was so loyal and knew every single thing about me and I was very loyal to her and knew every thing about her.

I find myself calling her phone just to hear her sweet voice. Every time I call her I leave a message for her to please call me back and tell me that this is a huge misunderstanding and that she is ok. For some reason I am having a hard time believing she is really gone. The same thing happened with the death of my dad. It's just hard to believe she is really gone and that I won't be able to talk to her ever again. For the many years that Renee was in my life I was the luckiest best friend in the world. After our normal 2+ hour phone chats we would always tell each other how much we meant to each other and ended our call with "I love you honey".

The only thing that is helping me get through this is knowing that she is not in pain anymore. Renee had severe very painful jaw issues as well as severe chronic pain all over like I do. We were able to relate to each other in a way that no one else could ever understand. I will always carry my sweet Renee in my heart forever. She will be greatly missed!

I have more updates to make but will make them in a few days. For now I wanted to let you all know about Renee.

In closing...please don't take any relationship whether it is a best friend, a family member or your spouse, for granted. We never know when that dreaded day will come. Losing Renee was a complete and total shock for me and I am just thankful that she knew how much she meant to me and how much I loved and appreciated her. Renee will be in my heart forever!

Big Cricut Hugs...

Terri

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Have a great day everyone!!

 

Big Cricut Hugs!

 

~Terri

It's A Beautiful Baby Girl....

 

It's A Beautiful Baby Girl!!!

 

It has been a while since I have posted but I had to share & announce some very exciting

and wonderful news to all of you!

 

Announcing the birth of my

1st daughter's BEAUTIFUL baby girl!

This is my 1st grandbaby and I am so excited & over the moon for my daughter, her wonderful husband

and our whole family.

 

Little Ms. McKenzie was born on Oct. 30th at 10:48 pm  weighing in at 8 lbs 4 oz 21 1/12 inches.

 

McKenzie is absolutely BEAUTIFUL and Gorgeous just like her mama. Mama and baby are doing amazing and as soon as I get permission from my beautiful daughter I will post photo's of our precious, adorable and beautifully sweet McKenzie.

 

We are all overjoyed and so excited for the arrival of our very special beautiful special little princess!

 

Congratulations Lindsay & Patrick.

I love you all more then life itself!!

 

If Lindsay gives me the ok I will post a few pictures of McKenzie.

You will ALL just die because she is just

amazingly GORGEOUS!

I am extremely PROUD of Lindsay for delivering her 1st beautiful baby girl. Wait till you see her!! OMG!

 

The only thing I wish is that my dad who passed away on Jan. 5th 1994 was still here to meet his great grandbaby girl McKenzie. Below is a photo of my dad and my 1st baby Lindsay. You can tell how much he loved Lindsay by his expression in his sweet face. He was one amazing grandpa to Lindsay and I KNOW he would have been one amazing great grandpa to McKenzie!

 

 

Dad...if you are aware of what is going on and you know that you have a brand new beautiful grandbaby girl...We LOVE and MISS you more then you will ever know. We will always tell McKenzie about you and how amazing you were and how much you love her. Not one day goes by that we don't think about you. We hope you are so proud of your

granddaughter Lindsay and now

your new grandbaby McKenzie. I know you are proud so I really didn't need to say that!

 

On a different note, I hope that those of you who were in the path of Frankenstorm Sandy are all ok and made it through unharmed and safe. We were in the path and it was scary but thank goodness we had no damage what so ever. We did have some very strong winds and very heavy rain. Trees were knocked down all over, streets were closed but we are all ok. Thank God for that!

Some how we got very lucky. Many prayers going out to all the families who were affected in any way.

We pray for your safety and your loved ones.

 

One more update...a few weeks ago we have started building our brand new house and we were so worried that the storm would damage our house and the progress. We were very worried that we would have to start all over.

We spoke to our builder and thank goodness it looks like everything they have done so far is ok and nothing was damaged. I don't know how we got so lucky but we did.

We have so many blessing to count right now and I am so relieved that my 1st born daughter and her 1st born daughter are wonderful, healthy and doing great. That is the most important thing to me right now. I have been such a mess worrying about my daughter, her 1st baby! Even though we were worried about our house that we are building, that can be replaced and my daughter and grandbaby girl cannot. Someone was certainly looking out for all of us.

 

As soon as I can give you more updates on Lindsay and McKenzie I will do that asap!!

 

Big Cricut Hugs To You All!!

 

~Terri

Rosalee's Scrap Lounge HUGE Blog Candy...

 

Rosalee's Scrap Lounge is having a HUGE

Blog Candy Giveaway.

How generous is Rosalee for going through some of her own supplies and giving such a huge lot away to one lucky winner? As always, please let Rosalee know that

Two Pink Peas sent you.

To get to Rosalee's blog either click on the photo or the link.

 

Good luck to you all!

 

Since I cannot create anything while our house is being built, which is killing me by the way, I wanted to share lot's of great giveaway's and other great finds for you. I will be back to full speed ahead soon! Cannot wait!

 

Big Cricut Hugs,

 

~Terri