Hallo!

Hallo!

Welcome to my foray into the blogging world, my name is Vanessa, Nesa to my close friends. I am hoping those who decide to give me a read will enjoy what they see and read, maybe even get a chuckle or two.

I am a working mom to a very wild and rambuctious 5 year old son, and wife to a hard working former Army Engineer who indulges my crafting craziness. I was born and raised in Texas, with the exception of 4 short years in Oklahoma and 1 year in South Carolina. I have worked the past 2 years for a large casino resort hotel near where I live on the overnight shift, and wouldn't have it any other way. I have had other jobs, but I always seem to gravitate back to hospitality and late nights, guess it is that "vampire" nature everyone teases me about.

Amidst all the chaos and insanity that life brings, or sometimes hurls at me with the force of a bullet train, I find a calming serenity in paper crafting and stamping. I have been scrap booking in some form or another for well over 20+ years (more like 30, but I don't like to admit I am getting older sometimes) and card making for the last 15 years. Nothing can beat the calming smell of Staz-On ink, embossing powder, Versamark ink, brand new stamps and crisp cardstock. It is my own recipe for zen. I have been told on occasion that what I do is wonderful, or even asked how I find the time to be creative. The wonderful part, well, I think I am just average, there are plenty of ladies out there who are more talented than myself IMO, but I thank them for the compliment. I am always learning, trying new things, and just keeping it as simple as I can. As to how I find the time, I make the time. Crafting is what saves my sanity, or rather my INsanity sometimes. I can never really be sure if I am the sane one in a world full of crazy, or am I the INsane one in a world full of sanity. So I have decided I live INsanity, a nice cross of both; I'm crazy living IN sanity, hence INsanity. LOL

But enough about that, on to what makes my heart skip a beat, and makes any bad day better....CRAFTING! I am hoping along the way to make new friends in the paper crafting/card making universe, as well as share with others my favorite stamp companies, crafters, and paper companies. So please, sit back, relax, grab a cup of Joe or maybe a cuppa tea, glass of wine, bottle of beer, soda, gallon of Texas Sweet Tea, water, or whatever wets your whistle and enjoy what my crafty life has to offer you.

V-