I finally cleaned my craft area!

It's been a long time coming, and when I say long time I mean MONTHS. As my craft stash has grown, so has the mess it leaves every time I try to make anything.

January 7, 2012 Haul - Michael's and Walmart

One day last week I asked my sister if she wanted to go to Michael's with me. For me, Michael's is about 30 minutes away. Hobby Lobby, Walmart and another local craft store are all about 15 minutes. As you can imagine, I don't make it to Michael's often.

I was mostly going because they had a few things I wanted on sale and I was inspired by some of the hauls I'd seen people getting on YouTube. Plus, I love saving money wherever I can.

So without further ado, here's what I got from Walmart and Michael's.

Foodie Friday - Biscuit doughnuts

Growing up my mom used to make "doughnuts" for us every now and then. She said her mom used to make them the same way (more or less) when they were younger. I always kind of liked that part of why we had them just about as much as I liked the taste. Boy were they good!

Now that your mouth is watering I'll show you how to make these awesome puffs of wonderful.

Cricut Craft Room Review

My husband went shopping on Black Friday - a nearly unheard of feat considering in the 4 years or so we've been together, I've only known him to go shopping on Black Friday once and that was at Game Stop. But anyhow, he went shopping with a friend of his at some of the more big box stores this year. He came home and announced that I couldn't peek because he'd gotten my Christmas present.

He also told me that he spent $400 on my present and I would be mad at first about what he got me, but then I'd get over it and be really happy/excited. This, coupled with the fact that he said it was just sitting in the closet and if I wanted I could peek, really had my anxiety up when Christmas Eve came.

Needless to say, he was kind of right. I managed not to peek at all, but I was a little mad when I opened my present and found a laptop. Why? After I managed to fry not one but two laptops in the last 10 years (give or take), I'd sworn off laptops. I gave him my best What on Earth did you do/Motherly look of death and he replied with "Now you can use your Cricut with it and cut stuff from the Internet."

And so it began. He had remembered one random day in November when QVC was debuting the new Cricut Mini and I, of course, was watching with eager eyes to see the latest and greatest. They talked about Cricut Craft Room on the show and I was hooked. I knew I had to check it out and I wanted so bad to be able to use my Cricut with it but there was no way I could hook it up to our desktop.

I've done exactly as he intended in the week or so since Christmas. I've cut and created and cut some more.

You are the best - Mojo Monday 222

This week's Mojo Monday challenge sketch looks like this:

And this is what I did with it:

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