Sugar*Sugar

Christmas Wishes

One last little post before Christmas. I haven't been blogging much this December... just too many things going on I suppose.  We've baked and decorated gingerbread men, dipped everything in chocolate, and gone thru about 6 boxes of hot cocoa! We've gone to see the Christmas lights at least 4 times, exchanged gifts, shared dinner and game night with friends, ate LOTS of treats and goodies... and Christmas is just a few days away!

All of the gifts are wrapped and ready under the tree. The kids CANNOT wait! You remember the feeling, don't you? I used to BEG my mom to open JUST ONE PRESENT PLEEEEESE?!?!?! Always to be told... "Nooooooo Analise, you have to wait."

Ahhhh well, now I am the one telling my kids to wait. :0)

I posted on my facebook status today, "I MUST be on Santa's nice list, because He's already visited me and brought so many wonderful gifts!" My husband, my children, my family, my friends and so much more!

Today, I snapped a few shots of some of our Christmas decorations, as promised. Again, I really really REALLY don't like taking pics of Christmas Trees... oh well! ;0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found this little one cuddled up under my studio tree... She got mad because I was taking her picture. Typical. (I like the subtle hint of the chocolate box she's sitting next to. he he he)

Season's Greetings my friends, I wish you all the very best this Christmas!!!!

XO
Analise

Post Script:

I wanted to share with you my very very  favorite Christmas songs, The Little Drummer Boy.. I love these lyrics... makes me cry every time I hear it...

Christmas Sale!

Hello my friends!! Happy news, I cleaned my studio!!!!

It hasn't been this clean in 4 months.... since August. I've gone full steam thru fall and now here we are at Christmas and I've finally got it completely clean again. (I do have to confess... after these photos were taken, I pulled out all of my unfinished projects, shipped some orders and within hours my table was covered again.... *sigh*)

I ended up putting my white Christmas tree in my studio this year, I like it soooo much more... I put up all of my handmade ornaments and some ornaments made by friends. And.... let's just say it.... Christmas Trees ARE NOT EASY TO PHOTOGRAPH! grrr.

From Andrea

 

From Tiffany

 

From Holly

 

Not all my photos came out so well, to many shadows, I guess... I'll need to take more photos to show you all of the ornaments.

 

Here's what's under the tree... a few gifts, some vintage boxes and some little sugared cottages.

 

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My studio... all clean... makes me sooooo happy!

Here is my desk and my inspiration board.

 

 

Supply storage... these shelves hold all most of my personal supplies... tools, scrap ribbon, vintage buttons, bits and pieces and all my small embellishments.

 

 

Supplies on the table.... things I need alllllll the time: pencils and pens, paintbrushes, pins and needles, and all my scissors.

My corner cabinet...  where I keep all my shipping supplies.

 

A few more supplies and my favorite Rachel Ashwell books.

 

 

I adopted these faux cakes from the amazing Christine Rose Elle of Dollybelle Atelier. Aren't they so cute??

 

My vintage jewelry box collection... ahhhh, I love these!

Lastly, these are my shop supplies... most of the items in the Sugar*Sugar shop are stored here. :)

 

 

There you have it!

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In shop news, first, I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who ordered the cottage, ornaments and nativities this year! Your support and patronage means more to us than you know! You have made my Christmas and I want you to know!!

To say thank you, I want to offer my readers a Christmas Coupon worth 20% off everything in the shop! Yes, everything!! 

YOU MUST ENTER THE SHOP THRU THE LINK BELOW TO RECEIVE THE COUPON!!! OTHERWISE, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE 20% OFF!

Just a few notes:

* Your discount will be deducted at checkout.

* No Christmas Delivery!

* All items purchased with coupon will be shipped from Dec. 28th thru 30th.

* The Sugar*Sugar Shop will be closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 2.

CLICK HERE to shop and receive 20% off the entire shop! Happy Shopping!!!

XXOO/Analise

one last little round

I hope you are all enjoying the Holiday season so far. I finally got my Christmas decorations finished up... the trees are decorated, the house feels cozy and warm... I love this time of year! (photos coming soon!)

Our weather has been really cold and yukky this last week... I think it's basically that way for everyone, yes? We've been eating lots of hot soups, chili and comfort foods too... and I can tell my jeans are already fitting too snug! EEK! I haven't even baked cookies yet! Yikes!

I had some really sad news this week that my very favorite uncle, Richard, passed away. It was unexpected and took me off guard. He was a great guy, always had a way of making me feel special and had hugs ready and waiting whenever I needed one. I'm feeling the loss and have been pretty emotional this week.  I will miss him so much. 

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Needless to say, that put me behind a few days this week, and with the bad weather, I haven't been able to get many good photos for the shop update. I am working on them today, but the sun isn't cooperating with my schedule. :(

I will be adding goodies to the shop tomorrow and Monday. Everything is ready to ship, *priority mail*, so you should receive your package in plenty of time for Christmas giving!

Here are a few peeks of some of the items coming to the shop!

 

 

 

 

 

I'm finishing up the photos of the Nativity sets, shown in the last post... a few of these are already sold, but thought you might like to see them all lined up. Ruffly goodness!

 

 

XO

Analise

Sugared Nativity

A month or so ago I was peeking at the Christmas decorations (way back when they were just setting them out on the store shelves...). I've had this idea in my mind for a long time, and hoped I would find what I was looking for.... and I did!

 

I picked up this little "before" nativity with hopes I could make it my own, you know the drill... change the paint, lots of glitter and add more pink!

Here are a few of the details.

 

 

I used THIS TRICK to heat the glue to easily remove the figures off of the wood. Next, I painted the entire set of figures and wood in simple craft paint. Takes a few coats... in case you are going to try this project for yourself... be patient and let each coat fully dry.

Next, I coated the figures in a mixture of white glass glitter and ultra-fine iridescent  glitter and embellished with flowers and ribbon.

 

I embellished the top of the nativity with crepe paper, velvet and silk ribbon, a millinery flower and a sparkly jewel and added some pink hay... then glued the figures back into place. I ADORE the results.... it is exactly as I had pictured in my mind!

 

 

I am working on a few more of these for my shop, which will be updated in the next couple of days... I'll keep you posted! :0)

Happy Holidays!

Sugar*Sugar Open for the Holidays!

Hello friends!

Thank you so much for you heartfelt responses from my "Giving Thanks" post... they mean so much to me! I think during the holidays we are especially thankful for all that we do have... family, friends and the things we take for granted... like a warm home, food to feed our families, our health and so much more.

After Thanksgiving, I came home and have been working away at getting goodies ready for the shop opening today. To be honest with you, things have not gone exactly as planned... I left my camera (yes, all my photos... and those NOT YET TAKEN!) at my mom's house. I also left all of my makeup. What is a girl to do with out her lipgloss and mascara? *sigh* sorry world... you'll have to see me in my natural glory this weekend! ha!

Anyway, ya, I had no camera, all my shop photos were on it for today's opening, soooo I had to retake all the photos for today's new items. I edited photos for hours and hours yesterday... and I'm a little behind...

BUT! I did get the bigger items listed and ready for you! Needless to say, I will be adding more and more items throughout the week, so as always, keep checking back for more goodies! I'll update my blog when new items are added.

Thank you for your patience and waiting!

Some items in the shop today are:

New Sugary Cottages... find them HERE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aren't they SO SUGARY SWEET!?!?! Love these little cottages!

You can also find the SWEET BANNER KITS HERE

Everything is included to make a banner of your own!

 

I've added a lot of new Sugar*Sugar Christmas Ornaments as well, find them HERE

 

 

 

There are much more goodies to share, but I better run,,, I think you are all jamming my server! ha ha!

I love you guys!

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Analise

Giving Thanks

I'm giving thanks to God this year for several things... too many to list here, but I would like to share a few. Looking back on this year I see how so many things have changed. My husband and I had an extremely difficult and hurtful parting with our church and he was immediately out of a job.  He is still unemployed, and we are part of the millions of others this Thanksgiving, who are jobless.

As much as it hurts and as difficult as it is, I am thankful. 

I am a much stronger person than I was just a few short years ago and I feel like I've come a really long way when it comes to dealing with such difficult situations and people.

I am thankful for my therapist, my mom, Aly and Josh, Cheryl, my amazing friends in Texas... Misty, Shelly and Martha, Mark MacGowan, my friends who gave me unending support at CBC, Karen Allington, Andrea Singarella, Stephanie Smith, Fred Olmstead, Miss Chase Keller...and my blog friends... you are always there when times are good and when they have been hard... ready to listen. Thank you.

Also, a shout out to my local donut shop, Judy's Donuts. They muuuuust know me by name. *sigh*

I am thankful for the 3 biggest blessings in my life, my children. My kids have been awesome and patient thru this struggle... hearing "yes, just not right now" is not easy when you are 9. They have waited patiently and not complained when they had to wait.

I am thankful for my husband, who has been strong when he needed to be... working hard for our family and doing everything possible to make things a little easier for us. He is the best dad on the face of the earth, loving us thru it all and still patiently listens to my rants. (by the way... today is our 14th Wedding Anniversary... I love you Jeff!)

I am thankful that I have this blog and my shop, and the opportunity to be home with my family. It means the world to me be able to continue doing this... really. I don't know how long it will last, but I'm enjoying it while I have it.

I am thankful today. I have so much to be thankful for in my life. I could go on and on... but I have sweet potato casserole to finish baking.... yum, by the way! :0)

I hope and pray that you all are enjoying your families and friends this holiday...

Give Thanks.

oh, also, thank you Golden Girls... you always make me laugh.

Sugar*Sugar for the Holidays

 

Get your hot cocoa and snuggle up to the computer screen!

Sugar*Sugar will reopen on Saturday, November 28th at 12PM Pacific.

Shop from home and stock up on your *sugary sweet* Holiday goodies!

First Come, First Served!!

housing crisis

Just popping in to let you know I'm working away to get these little houses sugared and listed in the shop!

I've received so many emails about them... I know many of you are waiting for them! They will be listed in my shop as soon as they are ready. I'll post here on my blog when the shop will reopen... but I'm thinking... Black FRIDAY??

I'll be back tomorrow to let you know for sure, the date and time to look for the shop to be open again... until then, you can see a few of the houses I'm working on (before the foof and sugar coating, of course).  ;0)

 

 

 

xo

Analise

cropped

So happy for Karin of Creative Chaos (one of my *VERY FAVORITE* bloggers)! She is this month's guest artist over at Cropped!!

Check out her HOW TO Video HERE

 

She is making this super sweet album!

Yeah Karin! You are a rockstar!

:0)

A.

home sweet home

Well my friends, I'm home at last! My time in Omaha was fun and restful, but I'm still taking my time getting back into the swing of things. 

 

photo by Shabby Scraps

(yes, that's me in the back... with my hands up... hardy har har)

I was so happy to have met a lot of you who came to visit my table! Thank you for introducing yourself and reminding me of your "online name"... most of us know each other in the blog world by our blog and/or shop names... "Hi, I'm Analise, Sugar*Sugar"... you get the idea.

I only took a couple of photos of my weekend, most of these are borrowed!! If you are looking for lots of pics (from other gals) from the weekend, you can find them here.

 

(photo courtesy of Sabrina Sane)

Here is my table... sorry photos aren't that great, the lighting was bad. :0(

 

Me and a few friends...

Me and Kathi! Thanks for saying Hi Kathi!! Great to meet you!!

Me and mom, shopping on Scrappy Jessi's Bus Tour

Dinner with some of the other vendors: (left to right) Ann-Denise, Me, Jan, Christine, Tricia, Beth, Beth and Lisa... great fun ladies! Can you believe all the amazing talent at one dinner?!? Love all these gals!

 

Jessi and I chillin' in the Hotel...

 

 

I also participated in one Scrapbook swap, hosted by Jessi... These girls are so fun!

(top row: left to right) Mendy, Lorraine, Jenn, Joanna, Andrea

(bottom row: left to right) Tiffany, Kim, Karla, Jessi and Me!! 

By the end... zzzzzzzzzz. (except Mendy! ha ha)

Thanks everyone for making my weekend! XOXO

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A special shout out to all the ladies who grabbed up my Sugary Real Estate Cottages... 

Money and glitter were literally flying at me... but I so appreciate you picking them up and showing your love for all things pink and sparkly! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

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I am taking the rest of this week to create more goodies to stock the shop. I'll update my blog as soon as the items are ready.

Well, I'm off to bed early, again! (yes!) Pajamas and hot cocoa are waiting!

xo

Analise