Inkredible Stamping with Julie

Curiosity Thrilled The Cat

Curiosity Thrilled The Cat by: Sofie Kelly (Author's Website) (A Magical Cats Mystery #1) Obsidian, February 2011 336 pages From the Publisher: When librarian Kathleen Paulson moved to Mayville Heights, Minnesota, she had no idea that two strays would nuzzle their way into her life. Owen is a tabby with a catnip addiction and Hercules is a stocky tuxedo cat who shares Kathleen’s fondness for Barry Manilow. But beyond all the fur and purrs, there’s something more to these felines. When murder interrupts Mayville’s Music Festival, Kathleen finds herself the prime suspect. More stunning is her realization that Owen and... Read more →

Polished Off

Polished Off by: Lila Dare (Author's Website) (A Southern Beauty Shop Mystery #2) Berkley (Prime Crime), February 2011 304 pages From the Publisher: Audrey Faye sashays into Violetta’s Salon looking for stylists for the Miss Magnolia Blossom pageant. Hairdresser Grace Terhune’s opportunity quickly turns into a nightmare with anti-pageant protestors, angry mothers, frantic contestants...and then, a very dead Audrey. The murder weapon was a nail file, making Violetta’s manicurist, Stella, the prime suspect. Now Grace must find the real murderer before she is polished off permanently. Quick Thoughts on This Book From Julie: This is another time where I jumped... Read more →

Blog Candy: Free Skinny Elastic for Bungee Bookmarks

Chance to win Blog Candy: A Sampler Pack of Skinny Elastic from: Bitsy Bands My favorite place to buy elastic for the Bungee Bookmarks is Bisty Bands and I'm SO excited that they have given me some Sampler Packs of their 1/8" Elastic to give away to my blog readers! Look at all the fun colors they have to choose from! Two Lucky Winners of This Blog Candy Will Get: A 1/8" Bradid Elastic Sampler Pack with an assortment of all the fun colors avaliable from Bitsy Bands - Enough to make LOTS of fun Bungee Bookmarks! For your chance... Read more →

The Bungee Bookmark with Heated Ribbon Flower

Today's the day my Project is avaliable on Craft Project Central!! Take a look... Here’s the perfect way to dress up a gift for Mother’s Day or for your favorite book lover! The bungee bookmark stays put in your book so you never lose your place. Just stretch the elastic band around the pages you’ve read and close your book! Embellishing the Bungee Bookmark is limited only by your imagination! The Heated Ribbon Fower adds an elegant touch to this bookmark! Tutorial includes instructions for using your bookmark as a pretty bow for a gift package, and a beautiful matching... Read more →

Shot Through Velvet

Shot Through Velvet by: Ellen Byerrum (Author's Website) The body was blue. Not merely wearing blue, he was blue—and not the blue pallor of death. He was sapphire from head to toe, a deep shade of mood indigo. (A Crime of Fashion Mystery #7) Obsidian, February 2011 336 pages From the Publisher: Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian is touring a failing velvet factory in Virginia on its final day of operations—and finds one of the factory owners dead, lashed to a spool of velvet and soaked in blue dye. The workers are delighted, since they blamed the “Blue Devil” for killing... Read more →

Crafty Bookmarks for Cozy Books

A couple of weeks ago Kris over at one of my favorite book blogs: Not Enough Books was hosting a blog candy give away for a bunch of Cozy Mystery Books... and if there is anything on this earth that I love better than Free Stamps it's Free Books so of course I had to enter and I WON!! I was so excited - those of you who know me well know I'm never win things!! All the luck in my family belongs to my brother! The books came in the mail the other day and I'm excited to start... Read more →