Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

Too much email…

It’s crazy! I was gone for 2 weeks and it is talking me forever to get through everything that accumulated while I was away. Honestly, email does nothing to get my mojo going. I have a bunch of projects to do but can’t seem to get in the zone.

It could also be that I have given up my very good friend, diet Coke 🙁 as of Aug.1, the day Chris returned to Iraq. It seems to be a small thing in the grand scheme of life but it’s surprising how attached you get to the stuff. I am nervous that the magnet that I always thought was funny, “Without caffeine, I have no personality at all.” is true for me.

The good thing is no headache which I thought I would get for sure.

Guess it’s time for another light Minute Maid lemonade with no bubbles or taste…

CHA is over!

and wow- it was fun! I can finally tell you that my line of Sizzix dies has been released! I’ll post photos when I can. The dies are designed to cut and score thick material such as- MATBOARD and chipboard. There are eight designs available and they are called ScoreBoards. They are officially released in December so won’t be available for a little while yet. I’ll keep you posted 🙂

The show itself was actually somewhat small compared to other years. However the companies that were there were serious and doing quite a good business. There was a record crowd for the consumer SuperShow which was held immediately following the trade show. The booths were exciting and CROWDED. I didn’t even get to walk the whole show- the crowds were crazy. Anyway, more to come on this later… along with photos!

Heidi and the fringe

I told you a while back that my daughter Pam came by and we worked on a project together for her friend. I had found a little “Heidi” Golden Book somewhere in my travels and had to buy it. It was one of my favorite stories growing up. I can still remember the anticipation as a little kid-after we had our baths and gotten ready for bed, it would be time for my sisters and I to hop up on the couch and listen to our mom read to us.

Anyway, Pam happened to see this little book and ask if we could mat the title page and she could give it as a birthday gift to her friend Heidi. I love it anytime my kids (even when they are 25!) ask to work on something with me so we picked some colors out and cut the mat. Upon closer inspection of the book, we saw that the previous owner had taken scissors and snipped the bottom of the first few pages into fringe to make their own version of grass.
Happy Birthday, Heidi!

And we have a winner!

That would be Candace Jedrovitz! My daughter Maryanne picked a number and you were that number comment!

Thanks so much to all who took the time to listen to the show and leave me your kind comments! I hope you will continue to check in and see what’s new as the summer goes on. It’s easy to subscribe to this blog in a feed (little gold button right under my picture). When I put up a new post, you will be notified. Fun stuff is just around the corner…

Many thanks to Tiffany and the Inspired at Home family, that was a fun time!

Candace, please email me and let me know whether you would like MatBoard Magic or Foamboard Magic and also need your address.

Hi Maria!

There was some discussion of shaker cards on the Inspired at Home show the other night. I had heard of them but never made one. Maria Nerius was asking about the FoamWerks circle cutter. I was telling her that it cuts a perfect 1″- 6″ circle. So here is a card made using the circle cutter. If you click on the photo you can check out the perfect clean edges with no ragged edges or tears. This is one cool gadget. I may have to keep this out and fiddle around with it again…