Personalized Creations Bangles Beads Bows

What I last saw out of my living room window.

I last saw my beautiful butterfly garden and my poor husband mowing the yard in this heat.  I also saw my beanstalk/tomato plant broke in half and new I would have to pull the plant out of the ground and put it out of its misery.  The tomato plant did us well and we had a good crop from it.  I think next time I will grow smaller tomatoes instead of the Big Bertha variety.

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I want to celebrate my birthday with everyone and offer 10% off of any item at my store, Personalized Creations.  When you check out, just put BIRTHDAY as the coupon code for your discount for one day only!  There are new items in the store and some great stuff for summer time.

I also want to show off a layout I did with a lot of Heather Manning’s kits!  I love mixing and matching kits with tons of elements and Heather’s kits are just beautiful.  You must go by and check out her store out here.  I have been wearing glasses now for 50 years and what better subject to scrap about than that item that hangs on my nose.

**********************************************

Now to the sad news.  It was announced over the weekend that UGA VI had passed away!!  This is major tragic news for the Bulldog nation.

You ask, what is UGA VI??  Well, he is the University of Georgia’s mascot.  UGA is and has been one of the most famous mascots in the US!! 

Uga VI became the school’s mascot in 1999. He was the son of Uga V, the only college mascot to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated. He was only 1-year-old when he replaced his father as the public face of the university’s athletics.

“Uga VI, the bulldog that represented the University of Georgia during two Southeastern Conference football championships, died from congestive heart failure at his home in Savannah, the dog’s owner said Saturday”, reported from Fox news.

A new UGA will be announced at a later date and I betcha his name will be UGA VII.   GO DAWGS!!!!!!!

Tags: Heather Manning, Personalized Creations by Tammy
7 Comments »

I love blogging for money.  It’s easy, it’s fun and you can do this on your own time and anywhere you have access to a computer.  All you have to do is blog about things you know about and enjoy.  I know all you ladies need some extra cash now a days.  i have to say that I have made a few hundred dollars so far in just a short few months.

SocialSpark is just one of the places I go to blog for money.  All you have to do is reserve an opp, wait for the go ahead to blog, read about the opp and the requirements for that post and sit back and watch your bank account grow. 

Another good thing about SocialSpark is in its name.  It’s a social network of great people that will help you with any problems you have and their Customer Love, another word for customer service, is helpful and always fast with answers to your questions.  The website if very easy to use and I love the format.

Social Spark’s code of ethics is easy to learn and straight to the point -

-100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure
-100% Transparency
-100% Real Opinions
-100% Search Engine Friendly

And one of the most important reasons I use SocialSpark is to drive traffic to my website blog.  Just another way to get customers to my website.  I know some of you out there need that for sure.

Check out SocialSpark today and see how you can add dollars to your bank account with ease.

Tags: Social Spark by Tammy
1 Comment »

While flipping homes, one of our biggest purchases is to change out the hardware through out the home.  Even though it’s a very small amount of our budget, the look that it gives the house is priceless. 

One of the places where we found door hardware had many items to chose from.  Such as, door hardware, cabinet hardware, bath accessories and items for your fireplace.  Great prices, beautiful colors to choose from, satisfaction guaranteed and free shipping over $75.00.

Tags: home decor by Tammy
No Comments »

View from my window (literal or mind)

The window is in my office and since I am at my desk most of the day, I am constantly looking out the window to see if I can spy on someone, watch the occasional lizard crawl along the window or watch the skies for rain. 

As you can see from the picture, my view consists of the neighbor’s garage door and little bit of landscaping.  Definitely, not a million dollar view!  Since I live in a 55+ community in Florida, there isn’t much activity in the streets anyway.  A golf cart or car may pass now and again or the retired couple taking a stroll together.  There are a few dog owners walking down the street with their little dogs and when the neighbor across the street has a fight with her spouse, that’s worth watching.  Yes folks, I am a nosey neighbor!  Someone has to do that job and I must say I qualify!

Here lately though, my main cause to peep out the window is to watch the skys.  It’s hurricane season and we have been having daily thunderstorms and lighting.  We are in desperate need of water here in Florida and from April 9th till June 11th, we didn’t receive one drop at our house.  Two months without a drop!!  Our grass and landscaping was really showing the stress and the rain we have been getting lately has really greened up the landscaping for sure. 

Tags: Florida by Tammy
6 Comments »

As some of you know, my husband and I have been in the real estate business for quite a few years with rentals and until recently, flipping homes.  When the market was slowing down, we depended on any device we could use to sell our flips. 

I found a great place where you can list your home and sell real estate with no commission or fees.  And in this low market, the seller can use all the extra cash in his pocket after the closing.

All you have to do is list your new home on www.offplanpropertyexchange.com, unlimited listings for 3 months, you can show images of your property, reach world wide buyers and ton’s of traffic.

Tags: Real Estate by Tammy
No Comments »

Things I wish I had know when (graduated, got first job, married, had first child, etc)

I would’ve started saving in a retirement account when I started working all those years ago and had not waited until I was 40.

I would’ve waited to have gotten married the 1st time.  Or should I say, I would’ve thought hard and long about being married at a young age.

I would’ve used my degree in computer science instead of the other jobs I did to stay close to home.  Can you imagine?  Bill Gate’s and I could’ve been best buddies by now.

I would’ve done all I could’ve to get my son a better education for his music.   I hate the school he went to didn’t have facilities for him to learn even more.  He did take private lessons at the area college, but I wish there could’ve been more to choose from.

I would’ve visited my parents more and spent more time with my friends that I left behind in Missouri.  I miss them.

And what am I doing now you say?  I have definitely learned from my mistakes, but I can’t complain about my past life.  I am living life slower, taking more in, learning more about our wonderful country and what I can do to keep it the greatest country in the world, I am loving my husband like no other wife can, I am eating too much (that needs to be worked on) and basically laughing and enjoying life like never before.
*********************************************

April Staker has come out with another beautiful kit called Leah and you can find it at her store now.

The pictures show my husband with the 2 youngest of the 8 grandchildren.  Does he look like a proud grandpa or what?

credits - Leah by April Staker and frames by Heather Manning

Tags: April Staker by Tammy
3 Comments »

What heirlooms do you have to pass down?

I am sooooooooo into passing things down from generation to generation.  I have many things from my past grandmothers that are safely put away in my china cabinet.  They mainly consist of china, silver and crystal items.  I also have Christmas ornaments from grandmothers that I cherish a lot.  I don’t have a little girl who would really appreciate all that china stuff, but I hope my son will pass them on to someone else in our family to cherish, if he doesn’t want them.

I do have a very extended collection of Dan Marino items.  More than the sane person should have.  I also have a very extensive ornament collection that I have been doing now for about 30 years.  I am very proud of those ornaments and I hope my son will cherish them and my Snow Village for years to come.

Tags: heirlooms by Tammy
4 Comments »

So where did you get your talent?

As long as I can remember, I have loved to do crafts, paint, draw, sew, anything like that.  And now I am using those crafty talents at my business, Personalized Creations.

So, where did I get my talent?  I really don’t know!!  There really isn’t anyone in my family that loves being really crafty.  I guess this was something that I just learned on my own.  My aunt and mom love to scrapbook, but that’s about it.  And I do have a cousin that is very talented when it comes to drawing.  But where did she get her talent from?  hhhhhmmmmmmm  I must call my mom and aunt and see if there was someone in our family that was crafty.

I have always been the kind of person to figure out a problem or read up on what I want to do.  Just like learning to digi scrap.  I’m tellin ya, if it hadn’t been for all the wonderful CT’s and designers, I wouldn’t have learned how to make any layout. 

I should scrap a page about my craft stuff. 

Oh and btw, for those of you who want great blog prompts every day, the same one’s I use, you will find there here.  Glynis, Pat and Tink come up with some great prompts
**************************************************************

I watched a great sci-fi movie last night and I must say Cloverfield is the best that has come around in a very long time.  This movie is seen through the eyes of someone who just happen to have his video camera with him when New York came under attack.  It’s a short move, about an hour and a half and has a great monster in it.  The movie gets to the point and I loved how they did the ending.  It’s rated PG and is available on DVD.  I watched it on Pay Per View in HD, so I could get great sound quality.

I give it 5 stars

***************************************************************

I love retrodiva’s newest June kit she has in her stores now.  Beautiful colors and elements for summer time.

She is also running a 50% sale through June 25th.  You can also go there for great “Download a Day” freebies.   But, you must get them daily, because they will be archived and only available with a subscription.

Credit-retrodiva June kit, Klewis, Doro and Maria LaFrance

Tags: crafts, movies, retrodiva designs by Tammy
7 Comments »

Let’s start this week’s diary entries with: What makes you cry.

The day my son graduated from high school was such a sad day for me.  My son was all grown up and in a couple of months, he would be going to college and leaving the nest. 

I cried all through the ceremony and you can see that in the picture.  I just knew the day we took him to college and left him there I was going to cry the whole time.  But, no!  I saw how happy he was and that he was going to have a great time there and I was fine. 

During the 1st year he was gone, I would have my crying spells.  Missing him terribly.  And then he came home for summer time.  I was soooooo happy!!  My baby was going to be home!! 

He was home for about 2 weeks and I asked him, “Son!  When does school start back up?”  He was driving me nuts.  I was in a routine of just having 2 people in the house and then he came home, threw his stuff every where and well, mom’s, you know what he was doing to his room and every where else. 

He came home for 2 summers during college and then ended up staying at school, working and living in an apartment.  Even though he has been gone now over 10 years, I miss him and love seeing him when we can get together.  But, I know one thing for sure.  He ain’t coming home to live again!!!!!!!!
**********************************************
Clever Crow Designs has a great kit called Into the Woods. Anything and everything you would want to scrap about the woods is in that kit of papers and elements. 

Our recent trip to the Georgia Mountains goes great with this kit, Into the Woods.
 

Tags: Clever Crow Design Studio, family by Tammy
7 Comments »

I have been blogging and making money now for quite a few months and just love how easy it is.  I use a few sites where all you have to do is add your blog, wait to be approved and then wait for the opportunities to come in to blog about.  You can get many different prices for an opportunities and the best part is, its all up to you when you want to work at this.  I just check for opportunities during the day, reserve a few and type away.

Another great thing is you can pick out what opportunities you would like to blog about.  I know all you ladies have used many products, especially you mom’s.  Some opportunities I have blogged about is as easy as going to the products website to investigate and read about and with that information can blog about what that product is about. 

Since I don’t work the 9 to 5 job anymore and don’t receive a pay check, I need a way to show income to offset the amount I still want to add to my IRA.  Well, this is the perfect way to show income for that.  Now I won’t be penalized anymore for wanting to save for my future.

One of the places I use for blogging is SocialSpark. Great place to reserve opportunities and make some money!!

Now I know you mom’s always need extra cash and I know you are on the computer sometime during the day, especially all my scrappin’ friends.  Come on and join the fun and learn how you too can make easy money blogging about the things you know about.

Tags: Social Spark by Tammy
No Comments »