I Trained All Year For This

Everyone's familiar with the crazy Target lady right? 

Well, she is my favorite commercial of the season and 

this is my favorite one Target 'Black Friday'. 

Plus a couple others:

 Target 'Chorus' 

Target 'Running' 

Target 'Visualize Your Path'

Target 'Elliptical'

Target parking lot, 12am Black Friday with line around building

One Bug Fits All

Yep, that all fits in the bug (I think a little more could have fit).

Making a trip to Salvation Army to donate fabric sample books.

Baby Shower for Bency

I hosted my friend Bency's baby shower and made theses tissue paper pom poms . They were super easy to make. Not only were they decorations for the shower but they are now hanging in baby Zachary's room. Needless to say, the baby room colors are red, orange and yellow.

Zachary's nursery 

Oh and here's the custom bedding Bency had made by Susie mey

Of course I had to make a card that matched the animal theme of his room.

Boo!

A little ghostly treat!

Nutter butters dipped in white chocolate with chocolate chip eyes.

Fun fall color inspiration........magentas, oranges, and golds!

from Vera Bradely

A Splash of Pink

A splash of PINK is just what you need for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

This year ClarissaB will have a Trunk Show to raise awareness about Breast Cancer

 October 15th from 12-4pm at Quirk Gallery 

Featuring special PINK items, designed for you!

Quirk Gallery

311 West Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23220

You can help by purchasing a ClarissaB item or by donating in person on the 15th.

10% of each sale that ClarissaB makes, will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure 
and 100% of donations made will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 
This will help with research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

You can also donate right now, here!

Search for a team captain and enter Claire Berry. 

Click 'find'. Click 'donate now' and enter your donation.

Simple as 1, 2, 3!

Below are some necklaces and cowl scarves which will be for sale at the Trunk Show. 

Hope to see you there!

Brag Book

Challenge: A friend of mine asked me to make her a brag book. What's a brag book you ask?

It's a compact photo album created for the purpose of showing off pictures, in this case, travel photos. My reply "sure!" I've never made one before but I can make it happen.

I loved making this book for a couple of reasons. One, I had never done anything like it before. Two, I had to problem solve to find a way to insert and remove photos. Three, it was my first time sewing with paper and plastic.

Here's way I came up with :)

I started by cutting down chip board and taping panels together.

I glued fun scrap booking paper to each chip board panel.

For the cover, I tied a lace ribbon around, which holds the book together.

 Once opened, it looks like a zig-zag and can be displayed in multiple ways! Holding photos on each side for more photo fun!

Sewing plastic to paper on three sides, leaving one side open to insert and remove photos.

Perfect to be displayed down the center of a table...

conversation starters during family and friend gatherings!