Hello.... anyone there?  :)

I thought I would do a quickie little post to share my pinterest page, if you wanted to see where I am now "filing" all of my current ideas!  I can't help it... it is faster than blogging and with things being as crazy as they always are.. I got a little lazy.  The Pinterest version of the Crafter's File Box can be found..... HERE!  :)

So if you are looking for more crafting inspiration, you are welcome to check out my latest idea-hoarding location!  Don't worry, I still have a tutorial or two to share.  Just don't don't know exactly when that will be.  Maybe the summer?  Maybe not? :)

Have a fantastic day! 

Just Sleep Rocks!!

Okay how cool is this...  I posted my love *rant* for Just Sleep (see below).  Someone at the company saw it already and sent a coupon code for YOU!!  Save $5 bucks when you enter the coupon code FRIEND.   I forgot to mention... that with every order, you get a Franklin Covey ebook for FREE. 
Check them out @ www.myjustsleep.com   

                       (This is NOT a paid endorsement... I wish it was!  :)  I just wanted to pass on another of my favorite things!)

Hello, everyone!  Has it really been four months since I last posted?  I have a good excuse… I promise.  I have been really taking my Word of the Year to heart:  Balance.  Part of that balance included not blogging for awhile.  It is really wonderful letting go of anything extra for awhile.  I have been amazed at what I have missed in my own family’s life by being so caught up in other’s lives.  I have been able to relax and take off a lot of expectation of myself.  I’ve even said “No”! Turns out, that is a very helpful word! 

I have to share a little secret with you.  A huge part of bringing my life into balance is just one word…. SLEEP.

Yep, sleep.  What a glorious, yummy word.  I have always been a night owl.  I could stay up til 2-3 AM with no problem.  The flip side?  I am NOT  a morning person.  I used to think that the world should start stirring around 9AM.  Since that wasn’t possible (my kids had to get to school, right?) , I would just wake up early, then be groggy and unclear all day.

Enter in JustSleep.  Peeps, I can’t even begin to tell you what this has done for me.  I go to bed and 9-10pm--  on my own!!  My mind doesn’t race, I don’t think about crazy stuff, and I don’t toss and turn for hours.  I don’t feel the need to get out of bed and start a craft or home decorating project that has been tickling my mind.  NOPE!  I just close my eyes, and moments later…. this lady is snoozing away.

Getting this quality sleep has completely changed me.  I am so much for more calm, I can think straight, I don’t feel so compulsive and my moods have stabilized.   I feel more like… ME!  A lovely, healthy me! 

Let me tell you a bit about JustSleep, my little miracle in a bottle.  It is a all-natural, side effect FREE product.  There is not one drop that is made from addictive or chemical substances.  It is made with all F.D.A approved ingredients.  It is so safe and effective that I even use it with my kids.  (And I am such a helicopter/over-protective mom that that speaks VOLUMES of its safety!) 

I know one concern that I had when taking any sort of sleep aid was that I didn’t want to not be able to wake up to one of my kid’s or for an emergency.  The truly amazing part of JustSleep is that you can wake up – or be woken up—at any time without feeling like you are in a medicated fog.  I used to wake up really easily throughout the night, and once I woke up it was a least one frustrating hour before I could go back to sleep.  Now, if I am awakened, I fall back to sleep in minutes.

This is life changing, people!!!  I had no idea that to bring balance to my life,
                                                I needed to JUST SLEEP!!   

If you would like more information, you can visit their website--  myjustsleep.com.  They have tons of informative videos that helps tell you better than I can exactly how it works, what it is made of and so forth.

Cease and Desist

Life is so full of surprises.  Take yesterday, for instance.  I was just out and about at the Ballard's Design outlet "saving" lots of money, when this little email popped up on my phone.

Hello...

I found your very nice website online, using the "Planket" name.  We understand that at times, persons might find the Plankets name as appealing as we do.  However, please be aware that the word, "Plankets" (or any of its variances, including its singular form, "Planket") is a fully protected and Trademarked commercial name, and its usage in your applications is in direct infringement of its trademark:

US Patent and Trademark Office

Registration Number

2305693

We hereby request that you cease and desist in further usage of the Planket name, and that the name be removed from www.craftersfilebox.com and any of your other websites that the Planket name resides, and that any commercial benefits received by the usage of the protected Planket name will be grounds for potential legal compensation or restitution to the Planket trademark owner or their assignees.

We request that this action be completed by January 27, 2012.  We thank you for your immediate conformance in this matter.

Please contact me directly should you have any questions, or would like additional information.

Sincerely,

(name omitted in case that is trademarked, too)


How crazy is that!  I made this tutorial almost two years ago.  Before I posted, I did a search on the name "Pl@anket" to make sure that it was not already someone else's idea.  Nothing came up. Oh, well.


However, I have modified the tutorial (my FREE, not-for-money-tutorial) and took out the controversially name.  I kindly ask that if you have reposted the tutorial (thanks for the love!) that you take the name off, too. I have also edited out the name-that-shall- not- be- written in my picture, so if you can use that new picture, too.

Pl@nket... you and I have now severed all ties.  Love you while it lasted, my friend!!