a little bit of DIS and a little bit of DAT

hiya sistahs!  Hope your week started off great!  We are buried in SNOW… I can’t complain because I think I am one of the very few who LOVES snow.. I love watching it fall… makes me all warm and cozy inside…

I have made a CRAZY RASH INSANE decision last week… WHAT you ask?  I decided that Stamping Bella should have a BOOF (booth ) at CHA… OMG am I NUTS?  Yup… that means I have to make a catalog (GRRRRR… can you hear me crying?) arrange details etc..  Well, we all know that I only work under pressure.. so I think it will be amazing!  Once I find out my booF number, I will announce it and I hope you come and visit!  I will also be doing MAKE and TAKES at the boof (Yep still crazy).. but it will be FUN!  I will MAKE IT FUN!    I will also be doing a retailer educator event the day before with Paula from the CCHA..  I think there are a few spots left :).  Check it out HERE.  But you must be a member of CHA first before you apply 🙂 .  My name is not yet on the list but will be added any day now

Ok so aside fro the usual stamping I have decided that in da BELLA HOUSEHOLD, every sunday we watch MOOOVIES (the kids and I- or SEASON 1 GLEE..LOL) and we do a crafty project.  Tyler is DYING to love doing it ( but I know he really doesn’t..LOL) and JAYDEN wants to DIP herself in paint..LOL.  So I was inspired by Alisa Burke’s blogpost where I noticed a canvas hanging in the background).. I fell in love with it and decided to make it a family project.  This is what we came up with.  Now I LOVE graffiti.  I appreciate Graffiti.. I believe in everyone being able to express themselves in whichever way they would like to (but I do HATE that graffiti artists choose buildings and private property to display their art 🙁 ).. Actually there are some schools of thought that deem graffiti art as a fine art.  I LOVE it… if you would like more inspiration on graffiti, you can check out Dina Wakley and Roben-Marie smith.. they are true inspirations to me.  And then you incorporate your stampies in there and you are good to go..!  I have stamped on canvases lots lately and I LOVE IT!  I also really love GOLDEN products.. this is a great kit to start with if you don’t have a starter kit yet

I wanted a canvas at the doorway of our home.. which tells people what the BELLA family is all about.. the kids had fun coming up with our THIS IS WHERE theme.. aside from BODILY FUNCTIONS that they had to include and scream out when we were thinking about this LOLOL.. we came up with GOOD ONES!  We LOVED making this piece and it really means a lot to all of us 🙂

I think we covered a little bit of DIS and a little bit of DAT today no?

Don’t forget Bellarific Friday this week —> theme is GIFT.. stamp with gift, gift enclosures.. puffed gift.. gift kebab.. popcorn gift, gift CREOLE (OMG if you don’t remember this from FORREST GUMP when he was listing all the shrimp varieties.. I am gonna look like a FOO’ (fool..LOL)..

Don’t forget to place a comment HERE for a chance to win BELLA BUCKEROONIS

mwah to da sistahs who love to paint 🙂
Em