Welcome Neighbor

Happy Monday everyone!!!
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OK, so maybe I am not quite THAT chipper this morning. Truth be told, I am exhausted. But it is a good exhausted. I spent the weekend scrapbooking with friends. We stayed up WAY to late for this old body though. I did manage to get 7 cards and a layout done though. That is pretty good considering we also do a lot of talking. LOL I will be able to share some of my projects with you soon.
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Speaking of crafting have you checked out this month's issue of Crafts N' Things? If you sign up for their newsletter you can even gain access to a whole bunch of free stuff on their site. I have to say, I am loving this issue. All the adorable owls and Halloween stuff has definitely got me in the mood for Halloween already. There are several projects in there that I am dying to try, not to mention the Christmas ideas they have included. I need to start thinking about Christmas ideas and get a jump start on those. The holidays always seem to sneak up on me.
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I have a project I wanted to share with you as well today. I have mentioned before that we live in a new neighborhood. As I type there are workers across the road installing drywall into a brand new home. We had an empty lot next to us until a few of months ago. As of three weeks ago we now have new neighbors. I was talking to them last weekend and she mentioned that she has a hard time keeping track of everyone's names. I shared with her how whenever we move to a new neighborhood, I keep a little notebook with everyone's names. This got me to thinking about the perfect welcome gift. This is what I came up with.
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1. I simply took a journal that I found at Michael's in their Dollar spot and covered it with some of my favorite October Afternoon paper.
2. I then ran one of the cute fences from Magistical Memories through my Sizzix machine using one of the textured templates by Tim Holtz. Man, do I love those things!
3. I then painted it and created the little house to place behind it. The sun is simply the center of the Nesting Circles from Magistical Memories that I painted yellow and added buttons.
4. The cloud was created by printing the sentiment on white cardstock. I lightly drew in the cloud around the sentiment with a pencil and cut it out.
5. I then I embellished it with a few flowers.
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After I was done I added neighbor's names and addresses to the inside along with their children's names so she could keep everyone straight. Hopefully that will help them feel welcome.
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Have a fabulous day everyone! Thanks for stopping by!