Where have I been? Well, up to my elbows in chocolate… which is a family tradition for the Celona family.
For about 20 years now, I have made candy as gifts to friends and neighbors (that live near enough to deliver by hand). I have included not only the photo, but an ‘extreme’ closeup (when you click on it).
I say that I make it, but it is truly a family affair and there are no shortage of teenage girls these days to help with chocolates to be made. 
My daughter Katherine who was ’tiling’ the roof with non-pareils, the walls were molded by my daughter Sarah & her friend Brittany. And you can see below also the ‘before & after’ shots of the houses in construction. Read More→
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Meanwhile, enjoy this quick gift card project… I mean who doesn’t like receiving a gift card or cash (hint, you can send me one…).




It’s a *very* simple gift card holder to make and it took a VERY small amount of the designer series paper… in fact, I used the wide grosgrain to hide the fact that they don’t quite meet up under the ribbon!


This fun little candy holder was one of my Stamp-A-Stack projects this past week. Don’t miss my monthly
sized candy! The cover is "Spooky Skyline" rolled in black on Wild Wasabi (green) and the spooky skyline was helped out by tearing and the addition of a torn strip of vellum cardstock. The witch (from ‘Home is Where the Haunt Is’) was stamped on Always Apricot, punched and then sponged again (in Apricot) for the whole "cloudy night sky" effect–I don’t know if you can tell! Oh yeah, I couldn’t resist the great boogly eyes added to the spider–I’m a sucker for that stuff!
Again with the envelopes (and my new favorite set). I want all you ladies out there who are rushing to your demonstrator to purchase this set to let your rep know she can Paypal me 10% of her commission, LOL! The envelopes that I used are the same ones in my last post, they are the
This neat little ‘envelope trick’ idea was given to me by my wonderful & talented friend 















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