A Little Christmas In July

Every July I get the itch to craft for the holidays! I think it might be the fact that it gets so darn hot here, and my mind yearns to escape it!

 So,I made some little snowman cupcake family ornaments for my shop!

Family With Son

One family has a son, the other a daughter but they can be customized to fit your family!

Family With Daughter

I also made some lovely single snow people. :0)

Red Polka Dot Frosty

This one is a mini snowgirl

Blue Polka Dotted Frosty

I need help with a name for Frosty's female friend, lol

Pink Girlie Snow Woman

I love how cheerful they all look against my new backdrop!

While we are talking snowmen, I also made this jumbo sized cupcake with a fake sugar cookie topper,

I love his sweet smile. He is a one of a kind creation.

Jumbo Frosty Cookie Cupcake

Also a first for me is a female frosty friend! I usually just make male sugar cookies, 

but thought, "hey! why not a little friend for Frosty!" I really enjoyed painting and dressing her up, more girl snow people are sure to come!

Frosty's Female Friend Sugar Cookie

This is what her friend Frosty looks like:

Frosty

Frosty With Wreath

Snowflake Frosty

Thanks for stopping by!

Take care and God bless.

-Debra Lea

Stop and Smell the Roses..

The kiddos and I are enjoying these lovely roses with our breakfast this morning.

They smell so light and sweet, these are some of the most beautiful roses that I have had the pleasure of receiving lately! :0)

Be sure to stop and smell the roses and hug your loved ones.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Debra Lea

Playing Around..

I've been playing around with a new back drop for my shop photos.

Clouds have sort of become a little theme for my shop..in my head it works out like this:

"Imagine Out Loud" says to me "head in the clouds"...I know, I guess I have weird connections upstairs, hahaha!

Anyhow, when you order from my humble shop your package comes wrapped in cloud paper:

My banner also has a little cloud action going on, on the sides:

So!..I thought it's be cute to incorporate the clouds into my product photos also!

Here are a few photos for you to look at, please let me know what you think of them.

 I really appreciate the feedback! :0)

I'm really loving this photo:

Thanks for stopping by!!

God bless.

-Debra Lea

Fun Short Trip To San Diego

While our family was in town we decided to take them to San Diego to

escape the crazy heat for a couple days.

It was so beautiful and cool there!! What a blessing it was to spend a little time at the

beach, I wish I was there again right now!

Coronado Beach is so lovely! The sand looked like it had specks of gold in it, 

that's probably what this couple was looking at! :)

We also went to La Jolla to check out the seals..gorgeous!!

By the time we got there, it was actually cold! 

Memories of smoldering Vegas left happily behind!

The next day we enjoyed the harbor cruise and my brother in law snapped these nice shots.

I can't wait until we get to go back again!!

-Debra Lea

Playing Tourists

We had some family visit from out of the country, so 

we had a chance to act like tourists a little. :0)

It was soooo hot!! It really felt like my shoes were going to just melt right onto my feet!

My brother in law took this lovely photo of the bridge at Hoover Dam.

We also took them up the Stratosphere so they could give the crazy rides a try!

Here are the kiddos enjoying the view and trying not to melt into the concrete! :P

Thanks for stopping by!

-Debra Lea

My LIttle Helper

Here is another post about my sweet little helper Sophia.

She really love getting in on the action and helping out in any way she can.

When it's time to take packages to the post office she insists 

on doing it herself because she is a big girl and can help!

I think she wanted to inspect the address here, haha

I just had to share my sweet girl with you, I can't believe how 

big my baby has gotten already!!

The fact that her dress matches my packaging was a total coincidence, 

I shall call it a "happy accident," as Bob Ross used to say! :0)

Thanks for spending some time with us!

-Debra Lea

Happy 4th Of July!

Happy Independence Day everyone!

I hope everyone has a safe fun filled weekend!

Sneak some goodies in your weekend too!

Imagine Out Loud

Be safe!

-Debra Lea

It is so HOT outside...

So I decided to make more fake Ice Cream!!
My mind went crazy with flavor ideas so I of course had to make some more!!

(Yes, we did eat some real ice cream too!)

~Oreo Cookies n Cream~

 ~Rainbow Sherbet on Vanilla Cone~

~Rainbow Sherbet on Aqua Cone~

~Classic Vanilla on Strawberry cone with Chocolate syrup and Handmade Sprinkles~

~Vanilla and Strawberry Swirl~

~Classic Vanilla on Sugar cone with Chocolate syrup and Handmade Sprinkles~

~Classic Vanilla with Handmade M&M's~

~Orange and Cream Swirl~

~Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl~

~Mint Chocolate Chip~

********YUMMMMM********

...umm, I think you have a little drool there,..yeah right there on the left..
ahh, there ya go, you got it! ;0)

hahaha, all of these are available in my shop and make great gifts, fun kitchen decor or photo props
that will never melt!!

Thanks for dropping by, and please go eat some ice cream already! ;0)

-Debra Lea