I've been cardcrafting for years and years and years now. My Mom has a lot do with this, but so does a best friend from college days. My bff has a paper addiction, and she got me addicted too! I can happily sit for hours, surrounded by beautiful papers and embellishments, playing, until I get just the right look. I still handcraft all my Christmas cards, bit by loving bit.

And each card on my shop has had the same attention to detail. I love embellishing! And you can never have enough glitter....

When another bff came down with cancer, I started adding cancer cards to the shop. And not just get well cards, but pink Christmas cards too. I try not to overuse the pink ribbon, but create these cards with just a strong pink color to them. Next I decided to add cute chemo hats in comfy cotton yarn to the shop; my bff was getting rave reviews on the hats I had made for her! And the cloche hat is my personal favorite. And yes, I do crochet these same hats for myself.

I have big plans for this shop in 2014! I have a whole host of new crafting toys that will rev up the way I craft cards, and the embellishments I can add. Look for lots of embossed details and papers, all lovingly crafted piece by piece.