Guest Designer Turtle Shop

Well today we are leaving the convention and traveling home. Here's a great project created by an artist that i met at the Texas Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony.  She had a booth and was raising money to save the turtles.  She was selling some wonderful handmade cards that were super cute.  I bought a set of them and asked her permission to share them with you all.  Here's two of the three

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Mary Poppins

 Hello all it's the last day of the convention today, we will be taking one more fun class today, it's making a great book called "Coffee" with the owner of Scrappy Boy Stamps.  He's just a hoot and so much fun. I had a blast last time I took a class from him.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Hello

 Today we will get up and grab breakfast and then goto the convention early and  I am taking two classes.  One that teaches you to make 18 cards with a 6x6 pad of paper and one that gives you tons of wonderful goodies (that one with  my mom).  I look forward to a nice, hopefully slow day.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Sprinkles

 Today is day one of the convention.  It is an evening event filled with projects and sales of crafty goodies.  It will run from like 2pm to 10pm.  That's a long time, I will craft that long, but in my hotel, not at the convention.  Eventually I will want the comfort of my own.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Love grows here

 Today i am leaving for the convention in Irving Texas. I will go with my mother and we should be meeting my God Mother there. I can't wait to visit with them and have fun.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Happy Birthday Sterling!

 Wishing you the best of Birthdays! I hope your wife and kids have wonderful plans for you.  Happy Birthday from Holley and John

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Stop and smell the flowers

 Happy Monday everyone!  Does anyone else have today off?  do other countries have a holiday like "spring break"?  in America it is a one week break from school that typically occurs during March.  It happens at all schools from elementary to college.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Handmade in Turkiye

 Here's another set of wonderful work from students in Turkiye.  This will be my first year going there and seeing a new class of students and not the students who created this work.  I will always be happy to see new kiddos but sad to miss the kids from the last several years.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Show your true colors

 OK so NOW I am actually on Spring Break, lol.  Perhaps I should sleep in....no, my body does not really let me do that.  Nap?  yes, sleep in late?  nope.  what does that make my true colors out to be?  lol, a sloth?

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Cat hair IS my glitter

 Happy Friday everyone!  It's spring break...well, almost.  I do have to work today.  I look forward to the convention which is now only five days away.  I am taking a couple of classes, one of which is to take a 6x6 pad of paper and create 18 cards in one hour.  I loved the class from the same company last year (stampilistic). Here's one of the cards I made after I learned the technique during the class:

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Skull card

 Here's an interesting skull card that I made with some gorgeous embellishments that I got in Turkiye.  The skull was meant to be a patch, but I adhered it to the card with glue dots.  The flowers were lovely little embellishments in a store, I don't know what they are meant to be used for but I thought they would go perfectly on greeting cards.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Happy Day

 One week to the convention.  If you are buying from the lace store, I will be out from the 19th to the 23rd.  Put in your orders early or they will be delayed slightly.  Hope you are having a terrific wednesday.  

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Be thankful!

 Four more days to spring break!  lol, is my counting annoying yet?  how about the 84 days left until Turkiye?!?  I am excited about that too.  I am such a blessed person.  I often need to sit back and be thankful for that, like every day and every hour.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Hi, happy monday!

 Happy Monday everyone! It's just a week now until Spring Break!   I know I sound like a kid, but I am excited because as most of you know, I am traveling up to Irving Texas to go to a stamp/scrapbooking convention.  I am expecting my mother and my god-mother to join in this year.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Guest Designer Adelaide

 Here's a card created by a child from Austin, I went to this kid's booth at the christmas carnival at the capital tree lighting ceremony,  She had lovely cards made and was sharing awesome cards she created in a Texas theme. I just loved her art work. Her name is Adelaide. (posted with her permission).

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Stampalistic flower

 Happy Saturday everyone.  I am thankful for the weekend. I feel like the last week of celebration in addition to the packages and the extra shifts was a lot.  I would say that I need some down time but I don't think I will get much this weekend.  BUSY BUSY BUSY.  and in reality, that's my norm, so I should be thankful for that.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

1 week to spring break

 Good Morning everyone. I hope you had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend.  I hope to be hearing that people are receiving their packages soon.  I can't wait to see what you all make with your goodies.  I wish I had the time to sit down and craft lately, but that will come on Spring Break when I go to the convention in Irving Texas.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Best Wishes!

 Today is a special day that I won't be working as I am going back to my OLD elementary school to visit a couple of students, one of whom is leaving AISD.  I wish him the very best!  I have seen him grow so much over the last couple of years.  What a great kid. Best wishes to you in your endeavors.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

For a dear friend at work...

 Happy Hump day, I should be at work today, though we had something pretty serious happen to a co-worker last week so I may be picking up extra shifts.  I pray the best for her.  Hope you are having a great day as well.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

You BAKE me happy

Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a blessed day.  I am here and awake and happy, so i have more blessings than I can count.   Here's a super cute card I made from a kit by Simple Stories. I just love their adorable sets, they give you so many pieces you can make extras in addition to the 8 cards they give you.

Yesterday Glennis asked me what I do with all those cards I make at the convention, pretty much share them on my blog. Then donate them out or give them away

Packages mailed today:  Sindhu

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Coffee please

 Happy Monday everyone! I can't believe we are in the first week of March now, Just 16 days to the convention and only 6 days of work until spring break!  I hope to make lots of cards on this trip, maybe not the 300 plus I did last year, but still, hope to get a lot done this year.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Handmade kids art

 Here's some wonderful art from the class of children in Istanbul.  These kids graduated from elementary school and are now in middle school in Turkiye right now.  This summer when I visit my dear friend will be teaching a new class of kids, young kids as the teacher starts with the kids in first  grade and progresses with them through elementary school.

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Thank You

Happy March!  Wow, I can't believe we are in March!  packages will start the mailing process TODAY!  WOO HOO. I am usually off on Tue and Thursday so I hope to get them all out into the mail today and the other hand delivered this week.  Keep your eyes posted.  

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

The following items went out today:

Rizzo T. (2), Gail T, GR Farrell, Valerija J (2), Tina Z (2), Birgitta (2), Karin (2), Marjeta, Vinita, Gail (Card contest prize)

The following went into the mail today:

Becca Y, Shelley, Gaye, KellyKardsFL, Linda V, Denise, Suzanne H, Mel C

Thanks so much everyone for Celebrating with me!

Sindhu....i am missing your address.

Thanks for being you!

Thank you SO MUCH for celebrating with me this month.  I am so grateful for all the crafter's out there who supported me during brain surgery and have continued to support me throughout the years.  Y'all are just the best.

Question of the day:  Last minute requests?

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Winners of the thank you card contest: 

1) Susan T

2) Ionabunny

John's choice - Marjeta

I think the only address I am currently missing is SINDHU, please email me an address!

Anyone who didn't make the prize lists?  PLEASE PLEASE contact me htondre@aol.com.  I have been taking data one everyone participating, so I probably have a prize already ready for you!!

they are HERE and Here and HERE

Thank You

 Last day to post a Thank you card for the contest.  thanks so much for playing along. If  you made one I will send you an extra goodie!  The deadline is 5pm Central USA time.

 Thank you card contest: https://holleybarnhartsblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/thank-you-cards.html

Question of the day:  which of the cards on the contest is your current favorite?  (link above)

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Anyone who didn't make the prize lists yet?  PLEASE PLEASE contact me htondre@aol.com.  I have been taking data one everyone participating, so I probably have a prize already ready for you!!

they are HERE and Here and HERE