I Heart I-do-it-yourself.com !!!!! (AND MY ETSY CUSTOMERS TOO!)

I absolutely LOVE www.i-do-it-yourself.com! This is the holy grail of blogs for all paper crafters, scrapbookers, wedding coordinators and anyone else looking to DIY (obviously, lol). There's free downloads, links, and tutorials out the ying-yang. The first day I stumbled upon this site I stayed up until 3am reading archived entries and downloading freebies (really, its like crack it's sooo good!)!!

If you have a wedding, a baby shower, or a party of any kind coming up you HAVE to visit this site!

ANOTHER THING I LOVE; my Etsy Customers! Not only to they buy my stuff and feed my addiction for all things crafty but they have some pretty awesome stores themselves. This week I sold a bunch of lot of little tags to Allie at http://www.alliebeans.etsy.com/ and when I did a little reverse stalking and checked out her store I was one smitten kitten. Maybe, it's because I can't sew anything other than the blanket stitch or because my OCD drives me to want to buy anything that will help me get even the littlest bit more organized, but I love these pouches!! Someone I know is soooo getting one of these for a Birthday or Christmas and I think I'm going to have to splurge on one for myself too! Maybe the pink faux bois one?

FREE STUFF!!! And a V-Day Card whose exsistence actually makes a difference in the world!

Nothing is better than free stuff! Not to mention free printables!!! I recently bought some super cute Valentine's Day printables from this great little shop called E.M. Papers on Etsy.com, and then I visted their website. JACKPOT!!!! Not only do they have an even wider range of printables for great low prices but they have freebies sprinkled in EVERYWHERE on the site. Don't let the thumbnails on the side fool ya! Go through all the links and all the little tabs and you'll find free printables in almost every one.

To top it off the artist whose cards are sold on this site is a good guy...person... woman... human, whatever. All proceeds from the Bike Valentine card (http://www.empapers.com/bike-valentine.html) go to The Emancipation Network or TEN, which works to end global slavery and human trafficking. Much of TEN's work involves reintegrating women who have been slaves in the sex industry by providing therapeutic handicraft work.

Great Valentine's Day card, great cause, and freebies to boot! If there were such a thing as a three-fer I'm pretty sure this would be it!

Happy Valentine's Day Everybody!