Not a crafty post today...I NEED YOUR HELP!

Hey All!

This post today is NOT a crafty post. I actually deleted my post on here that was going to show my cake pops off because they meant NOTHING when it comes to what I have to ask you.

You all know that I have a small event planning business and that we have a new intern, Jessica. Well, Jessica was filling us in today on her girlfriend from school's brother. His name is Kevin and he was just diagnosed AGAIN with cancer after beating it and going into remission at age 13. Here is info from Kevin's sister, Victoria:


"My little brother- Kevin McGuire- was first diagnosed with Leukemia ALL when he was 13 years old and was in the seventh grade. He fought the battle of his life.. undergoing years of chemo, digesting over 35 pills a night, hundreds of spinal taps, and numerous bone marrow screenings.. and ultimately won his battle with cancer on April 24, 2010. All through out Kevin's treatment he kept his character in tact, remained playing basketball, and even started varsity football as a freshman. Kevin is known through out the community as the High school's "real life SUPER MAN!" Tragically, Kevin had a relapse, and is now fighting cancer for the second time. Kevin is the kindest, most noble 18 year old a person could even fathom meeting, and through out his ups and downs Kevin never even questioned " why me?"


So, here is where you all come into play! I need for you to post this on your Face book pages, your blogs, your friends pages, EVERY WHERE!!!

And this is the reason why. More info from Victoria:

"Nothing, and I mean NOTHING brightens Kevin's day more than Taylor Swift. Kevin DESERVES more than anyone a special event in his life.. and the one thing he wants is to GO TO PROM WITH TAYLOR SWIFT! Let's make this happen people! TAYLOR PLEASE GO TO PROM WITH KEVIN!!!!!! NO ONE DESERVES IT MORE! PS PROM JUST SO HAPPENS TO FALL ON HIS BIRTHDAY!"
"
So, PLEASE copy and paste the link I have below!!! Its for a petition to sign to get awareness to Taylor Swift!  If you know anyone or if anyone can help us get Taylor Swift, please have them reach out to JCC Event Planning!


http://www.change.org/petitions/taylor-swift-please-take-kevin-mcguire-to-prom?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=own_wall



The website to reach JCC Event Planning is:

 www.jcceventplanning.com

ALL CONTACT INFO IS THERE! We are working with Victoria McGuire to make this happen for her brother!!!

I just KNOW all of my fellow crafters and followers want to help this poor boy! PLEASE COPY AND PASTE!!!

Crafty Hugs for Kevin!!!

Jessica

Long and BUSY day today :)

Hellooooooo! What a LONG DAY today was! Its the end of summer! School starts for the kids in our town tomorrow! I'm not going to lie, Im going to be kinda bummed that my little dude wont be off with us on Monday's anymore until next summer :( AND not to mention that he goes into 1st grade tomorrow! WAAAAHHHH! Ummmm, can someone tell me who knocked me out for 6 years, cause last I remember, I was just finding out I was preggers, and now my little guy is 6 and a 1st grader! Oh, mommy can use a good cry tonight!

So, we had a meeting with another client today! Yahoo! FINGERS crossed she books us! She will let us know by tomorrow! After our meeting we spent a good hour and a half in Michaels looking at EVERYTHING! We have a BIG craft show in October, so we are trying to get some of our personalized items made so we can show off our talents! After that, it was back to my craft room so we could get our tablecloth done for our bridal show!

Its only an overlay for the actual white tablecloth, but here is a picture:



To be honest, it looks ALOT better in person...I must not of had this picture straight when I took the picture. I think its ADORABLE, but I would LOVE some honest opinions!! And just for your opinions, I can clue you all into a little secret that you may or may not know...are you ready????? Well.....

The J, C, and C from the above picture were ALL cut on my Cricut!!! Did you know you could cut fabric with our Cricut??? I knew I could, be being honest, I dont think I trusted it! I found an AWESOME way to cut without your fabric moving on your mat! You only need blue painters tape! After you iron on your webbing, you need to adhere it to your mat. I did the best I could to make it stick, then I used blue painters tape along ALL the edges! It worked PERFECTLY!!!

After that, I had to make a gift for my son's teacher for tomorrow. Well, I saw a You Tube video where Sarah at  "Pink Cricut" is making a crayon wreath for her child for school! I thought it would be a GREAT gift to give to his teacher, so I went to town! Here is a quick picture!

The ONLY thing I wish I would have done with this is covered the ring like she did. I was hoping it would have been covered with all the crayons, and even the cut outs, however, that was a no go. But, I think regardless of it not being painted that it turned out pretty good! Info for wreath is as follows:

Locker Room Cricut cartridge
54 Crayons
Circle ( i cut mine on my cricut at 7 inches, and did a 5 inch one on the inside of the circle from the Gypsy to make it not be so thick!)
Hot Glue Gun

Well, its past midnight here and I need to get my little guy up for school in 6 hours! I need to make my famous Mickey Pancakes since school is back on :)

Nighty Night everyone!

Business, Hurricane Irene, & Things I've learned with my Gypsy!

Hello out there! I am SO bad with keeping up with my blog! I wish I had an app on my phone that would allow me to just type my heart out and get it into my blog because finding time in front on my computer just AINT HAPPENING ENOUGH!

So, let me first ask... is everyone is ok after Hurricane Irene? We got smacked around pretty good here. I was more concerned with the 3 hours of tornado watches that kept happening on Saturday night. I'm telling you, when I hear them say that my county was under the watch and to get to shelter immediately, I almost died! I was SO afride! But, thankfully we were all just fine! I hope everyone of you were safe and sound also!

Business is going pretty steady so far! Its A LOT of work to try to start up a business! But, I think we are doing it the right way, and really trying to get our name out there! Please, if any of you can, pass my blog on to a friend, and ask them to pass me on to another friend! We are really trying to get our name out there!!!! Its all work of mouth right now, and hopefully someday, people will just think of us when they need party items and planning!

So, have any of you wanted to know some in's and out's our your Gypsy? I know I love to read my instruction books as soon as I get a new item so I know the in's and out's of whatever it is that I bought. Well, the problem with my Gypsy was that I didnt get a manual. It said it was online. Seriously, who can read a instruction book online...anyone???? I know I cant! Well, thats where I decided to try to figure some things out on my own! Like for starters, did you know that you can hide contour, make an easel card, make any shape card that you have on your Gypsy...? I know I didnt! I happen to stumble upon making my word book a few weeks back, but I wanted to get more use out of it! I will be attaching my video of the items I found on my blog later today. I am still trying to figure out how to make it not be a HUGE file! lol!

For now, please enjoy some cards that I recently made with the Gypsy!

This a CASE of a card I saw online! I wanted to try it out in pink because my partner is pregnant and we just found out she having a girl! YEA! Used New Arrival.

Bride Favor boxes are for a shower that I have to do on Sunday! The bride LOVES pink! Used Tie the Knot Cartridge!

Happy Birthday Card for my brother in law' girlfriend! Used Birthday Bash!

My brothers birthday present! We call him Farmer Bill now because he is so in love with his garden! lol! I used Freshly Picked for this!

Can't remember if I posted this card on here! I had to make 60 of these for a sweet 16 party Alice in Wonderland themed party! The client LOVED them! I used Disney Classics, Nifty Fifties, and Indie Art.

Ok! I hope this was an informative post! LOL! I just wanted to touch base with you all cause I miss you guys!!! 

Been too long...BUT...exciting news!!! AND A PRIZE GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

I know, I know, I am AWFUL with trying to keep up with a blog, really, I am! BUT, I have some VERY exciting news!!! I am OFFICIALLY a small business partner! God willing, I will be my own boss in about 5 years! lol!

So, about this business...Its called JCC Event Planning LLC, and my sister in law, my girlfriend, and I started it. We officially have a website, flyer's, business cards, and we will be at our first bridal show in September! Can you believe it??? I am SO excited!! We will be doing event planning, specializing in handmade decoration, invites, favors, etc! Please, if you can, help me get the word out there!!!

As a matter of fact, I will be giving away AN AWESOME PRIZE to one lucky follower!!! I will be giving away a brand new Stampin' Up Stamp Set (and it will be a GOOD one from the not yet released Holiday Mini!!!) once my blog hits 150 followers! Now, I have a LONG way to go...BUT I know with all our your help its possible to get to 150 and to get our name out there! Here's how you can win:

1. BECOME A FOLLOWER of my blog!
2. POST A COMMENT BELOW!! Show me some love!
3. BECOME A FRIEND of "JCC Event Planning" on Facebook and comment "Jessica sent me"
4. GO to www.jcceventplanning.com and then go to ABOUT US...email me! I'm Jessica! Send me some more love!
5. REFER A FRIEND to my blog! Make sure they say who sent them to my blog below so I can thank you!

I am really looking forward to this taking off for us!!! This is something that we have been thinking about for some time!! I will keep you guys in the loop of all of our exciting news, and where you can catch us in the NJ, DE, and PA areas!!!

Wish us luck everyone!!!! And I promise to start doing more and more updates a week! I am hopeful for daily!

Jessica