When All Else Fails, Just Add Glitter!

Hi everyone,

I hope you all are having a great summer.  I sure didn't intend to take such a long break. But I am sure you can relate when I say that sometimes life gets in the way of blogging!

When I last wrote, I shared how we had found a home in North Carolina, and we had sold our home here in Michigan.

Well, life sure has a way of throwing us curve balls sometimes.

Less than 4 hours before we were to close on our home here, our realtor called and said that our buyers were backing out!

What the heck???

I thought for sure that this must be his idea of crazy realtor humor, 'til he informed me that he was totally serious.

Unreal!  We had been under contract with these people for 2 1/2 months, and they backed out at the very last minute?

To say that we were shocked was putting it mildly.
I honestly don't understand how anyone could do this to others!!

I was a strange combination of relieved, but yet disappointed at the same time.

We had been packing.  The movers were all set to come.

We were going to be moving into the new home 10 days later.

We had sold a ton of our stuff.

So now, we are back to square one, with our house back on the market, and not sure of what the future holds.

Boy, I sure am more than ready to get off from this roller coaster ride of the last 4 plus months!!!

So, I took a much needed break from all of the stress and broke out the glitter!

It seems like forever since I've been able to take the time to play with some of my favorite materials such as cute graphics, glitter glue, and crinkly seam binding.

 I had so much fun creating these tags.  I found all of the images on Pinterest.  Aren't these little birdies just the sweetest?

I thought the ones below were pretty neat too with their French accent.  Of course I just had to add tiny rhinestones to their crowns for some added bling!

 I always like to tuck a little surprise in with my Etsy orders, which is what I'll be doing with many of these tags here.

Some of them I mounted on extra heavy chipboard.

Others were just mounted on a backing of scrapbook paper.

 I used my favorite glitter glues for some sparkly fun.

I was feeling better already!

 Boy, buying and selling a home sure isn't nearly as easy (or fun!) as they make it look on HGTV!  Let me tell you, it is not for the faint of heart!

So, while not knowing what the future holds is driving me beyond crazy, I will just have to remember my old saying..............

"Glitter makes everything better!"

In the mean time, I look forward to getting all caught up with you.  I have SO missed you all!

Have a great week:)