Rusty Pickle BLOG HOP... and PRIZE ALERT!

Welcome to my little internet home... I've spruced up the place for you, set out some snacks, and put fresh flowers in the bathrooms.  Pull up a chair and make yourself comfy and hang out for awhile! 

I have two projects to share with you today... and, oddly enough, they are both gifts!  The first project is for my son's girlfriend, Nicola.  She will be leaving to move into her dorm at UCRiverside this weekend and I wanted to give her a personal gift to help her deal with homesickness.  This word art project was very simple and a lot of fun.  I purchased the letters at Michaels, painted the sides with Tim Holtz Distress Paint (I LOVE THIS STUFF!) and covered the letters with one of my new favorite lines, Rusty Pickle's "Panama Jack!"  The letters are connected with a 3' piece of electrical wire (yes, my husband is an electrician)... Jeff twisted the ends of the wire to give it a nice finished look.  I have Pop Dots at all the connections between the letters and the wire to help keep the letters from sliding around on the wire.  Then, time to decorate!  Have fun and add whatever YOU like... buttons, flowers, bling, or ALL OF IT!  Note about the pictures, I backed them with plain chipboard to help give them a stronger foundation.  Oh, and those DARLING clips are from Office Depot!  Patterned paper, buttons, trim, circle alpha brads, circle walnut tag... all RUSTY PICKLE!

Nicola has been in Palm Springs with her family all week, so she hasn't seen her "dorm-warming" gift yet... I sure hope she likes it!

This second project is a layout I created for our vet!  The newest member of our family is Puppy Abby and in her first 4 months of life, we have gotten to know our vet very well!  Abby is our first family pet and I had NO idea who to take her to see.  I went to check out the Mohnacky Animal Hospital and see if I liked the place and the staff.  As I went to the front desk to check in, I noticed a scrapbook... full of layouts created by the staff of their patients and thank you letters from their clients.  I just KNEW I was in the right place!  They asked me to create a layout for their album... so here it is...   The paper is my FAVORITE from Rusty Pickle's "Pop Star" line... I use this paper all the time!  The "Too Cute" coupon, walnut circle tag and buttons are also Rusty Pickle.

Thanks SO MUCH for stopping by!  But before you stand up and stretch your legs, I have a challenge for you!!!  WARNING... PRIZE ALERT... PRIZE ALERT...

...at the end of the Blog Hop, Sunday, September 20th, I will be randomly drawing a winner... from WHERE will I be drawing this winner of this AWESOME RUSTY PICKLE PRIZE...?  Sign up to be one of my "Followers..." the link is located on the right of my blog.  Once you sign up, make a comment here on this post and you will be entered into the drawing.  If you are already one of my Followers... (I LOVE you guys!), just put a comment on the post and you are all set!  Come back later and check out pictures of the yummy prize package... and leave more comments... it is a party all weekend... I'll keep your chair ready for you and the drinks chilled! :-)

Now, off to the next stop on the Rusty Pickle Blog Hop!  Check out my buddy, Pamela Young's blog... her "World of Scrap" is going to knock your socks off!!!