I've been featured.....

Today I'm featured on the Stay-At-Home Moms of Etsy blog! Every Wednesday they feature a member of the team and this week they chose me! Go check it out.
http://stayathomemomsofetsy.blogspot.com/2011/11/feature-shop-altered-by-jenn.html

This is how the kids found Husker today:

Day 3 of Husker the Elf

This morning we found Husker in the living room driving my daughter's Barbie car with Barbie. Maybe he was taking her out on a date?!? :)

Katelynn: OH MY GOODNESS!!! Sucker is in my Barbie car with Barbie. Silly Sucker!

Meet our Elf "Husker"

This year we started the "Elf on the Shelf" tradition. On Saturday our elf arrived via the North Pole. There was a note on the front door telling my 2 kids to look in the garage. There on the step in the garage they found a card and a bag. Inside the bag was our new elf and the card from Santa told them to name the elf and to be good. My son named him "Husker" but my 3 year old calls him "Sucker". We then came to the living room and Santa had DVR'd "The Elf on the Shelf" movie so we watched that and learned more about what our elf does.

 On Sunday we found Husker fishing for goldfish crackers. He was there all day and never caught a one LOL

Monday we found Husker getting a pony ride from my daughter's My Little Pony. He fell off  the pony after lunch somehow. Guess he got tired of holding on all day.

Stay tuned until Christmas to see what else Husker ends up doing :)

Open House pics

I had an open house yesterday at my home. If you're interested in anything you see, please send me an e-mail at orders@alteredbyjenn.com. Here are some pics of what I had:

ORLS Craft Show 10/29/11

I forgot to post pics of my booth from my last craft show.

We have a winner!

Thank you to all who entered for a chance to win a children's birthday party package from me. There were lots of great themes for birthdays next year. I used random.org to choose a winner and the winner was number 1: The Fifth Street Mama! I will be getting a hold of you to get some more details about your child's Angry Birds birthday.

With so many great themes, I decided to pick a second place. Random.org chose number 3: Uniquely Yours. Your child will receive 12 gift boxes/bags, 12 gift tags, and a door sign. Please get a hold of me so I can get some more details about your child's Minnie Mouse birthday.

I will be doing another birthday giveaway in February for April, May, and June birthdays!

Child's Birthday Party Giveaway

Is your child having a birthday party between January-March? Do you know what theme it will be? Is it theme you will for sure be going with? If so leave a comment with the party theme you are thinking of. You have until Monday, November  7 to enter. I will then pick one person and that person will get a party package from me. Which will include the following:


Happy Birthday Banner
Cake topper or 12 cupcake toppers
12 Gift boxes or 12 gift bags
12 gift tags

What a busy week I had

I participated in a craft show on Mother's Day and it went well. I had fun catching up with Christine from Pedestrian Designs since we shared a booth space. We used to be neighbors :) The weather was way better than it was last year which was nice. The week leading up to the craft show was full of late nights and early rising and no naps :(

I made laminated bookmarks, spiral notepads, paper clip bookmarks, and Tooth Fairy tins just for the craft show. Sold a few of my Tooth Fairy tins and a few bookmarks. I can't wait to make some more and work on some custom orders. You can find the tooth fairy tins and the bookmarks at my Etsy shop

Here are some pics of the stuff I brought to the craft show:

Laminated bookmarks

Gift card holders and spiral notepads

Closeup of gift card holders

Tooth Fairy Tins

So excited about 2011

I'm so excited about where 2011 is taking Altered by Jenn. I started off by adding some new items to which I'll be selling this year. Here in our little town it's hard to find party stuff that isn't based towards: Princesses, Toy Story, CARS, Dora, Pirates and Sesame Street. I had heard some of my friends saying that they weren't happy with the selection around here either so I decided to help change that.

I had the idea to start selling party items that can be customized in any shape, color, or theme the customer would want. I am so glad I have decided to pursue this area. I was contacted by a friend that wants me to make a cake topper and matching banner that says "Bride to Be" for her SIL to be's bridal shower in April. I'm also making a "Welcome Home" banner for my BIL's return from Iraq!

I can't wait for the first craft show coming up on Mother's Day so everyone that comes will see what I have to offer the town and surrounding areas :)

Need to find a turkey......

So I just learned about this awesome new site called Cricut Search and I ♥ it! Thank you to Sarah at PinkCricut.com for telling us all about it. Not sure what it is? Well let me tell you.

CricutSearch.com will save you time when working on your scrapbooking, card making or paper crafts. You will no longer have to flip through all of your Cricut handbooks or cheat sheets to find the perfect image to complete your crafting project. Just type it into the search box and we will show you all of the choices you have.

I couldn't figure out which of my cartridges had turkeys on them and didn't feel like searching through all of my handbooks. So I went to Cricut Search and typed in "turkey" in the search bar and it brought up all the carts that have a turkey on them. I never realized how many of my cartridges had turkeys on them! This site is definitely a life saver!

You can also find Cricut Search on Facebook here.

Want some cake?!? **EXPIRED**

I know I do. I thought I would share this awesome giveaway with all of my followers and friends.

First, Creating from the Heart is giving away a Cricut Cake Machine (♥♥♥♥ it). This is in celebration of her 2 year Blogaversary and is open until August 12th, 3pm EST!

And The Scrapbooking Queen is giving away a Cricut Cake Cartridge!

Good luck to all :)

Silhouette Giveaway**EXPIRED**

Check out SugarDoodle for a chance to win a Silhouette machine! There are 4 ways to win and I have entered to win as well. This is an amazing opportunity.

New Simple Stories ele.ment.ary

I am so excited about the new Simple Stories line ele.ment.ary! It goes from preschool-graduation! It'll be perfect for a scrapbook throughout the school years. I will be ordering 2 for my kids :)

If you would like to pre-order the ele.ment.ary kit, please e-mail me at alteredbyjenn@mail.com for more info.

Ele.ment.ary - 4x6 Elements

Ele.ment.ary - 2x12/2x12 Elements, 4x4/6x8 Elements and 6x12 Elements

Ele.ment.ary - Paper, Stickers and Transparencies

Cara Putman's Stars in the Night Contest**EXPIRED**

I'm so excited about this giveaway. While I've never met Cara, I have the honor of knowing her mom, sister, and sister-in-laws that live here in North Platte! I can't wait to read this book!

The grand prize consists of several DVDs of Cara's favorite classic movies, popcorn, cracker jacks, a signed copy of Stars in the Night, and if we reach over 200 entries, a copy of each of Cara's other six World War II based romances. These DVDs are special because they include some of Cara's favorite movies of all time. Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story are great romantic comedies, both with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart joins them in Philadelphia Story. Just last week, they rewatched one of Cara's favorite musicals: Singing in the Rain, which you'll also find in these collections along with Easter Parade and Meet Me in St. Louis. And then you can't do better for dramas than Casablanca and Mrs. Miniver. For the final set, Cara's adding Frank Capra's collection. You'll have hours of wonderful classics to watch.

Five first prizes: a copy of all Cara's WWII books: that means winners receive a copy of Stars in the Night, Canteen Dreams, Sandhill Dreams, Captive Dreams, A Promise Kept, A Promise Born, and A Promise Forged. That's plenty of World War II era romances and romantic suspense to fill your summer with reading.

Five second prizes: a signed copy of Stars in the Night.

So how do you enter?

Just visit Cara Putman's blog for more details!

Christmas in July Blog Hop WINNER

Thanks to everyone that has stopped by over the weekend! I love participating in blog hops like this. Really makes you use your creative juices! I can't wait for the next one, whenever that may be. Thanks to Ms. Sue Frazier for coordinating this again!

I used random.org for the winner (greatest invention ever) and the winner is Cindy!

Christmas in July Blog Hop ***CLOSED***

Join the friendly neighborhood of Memory Works consultants!!!

There will be 13 participating blogs for you to hop around!

You can follow the links to several other blogs that are participating.

At each "stop" you can comment and be entered in drawings to win prizes!

Friday, July 2nd at 5pm EST thru Sunday, July 4th EST at midnight

It will be an assortment of ideas floating around on the blogs

**Note: Some blogs are only offering giveaways to U.S. participants only and will not ship international. Please review the guidelines/restrictions on each blog prior to posting your comments.**

PLUS

here is the GREAT give-a-way prize on my blog!!!

A set of 25 advent envelopes

In order to win this great prize, please comment about your favorite 4th of July memory!

Blog Hop List
Sue <----Starting blog Liz
Wendy
Lynn
Sharon
Noelle
Shelley
Rosann
Jenn <----You are here Maryann <----Next blog Luisa
Lisa
Mariah

Blog Hop Winner

First of all, let me say thanks to everyone who visited my blog over this Memorial Day weekend, and for all your lovely comments. Thank you for becoming followers as well :) Now to keep the blog updated! Thanks, too, to Sue Frazier for organizing the whole thing over on the MemoryWorks forum.

I entered the numbers 1 to 38 into the Random.org generator, and this is what she came up with:

MemoryWorks Backyard Blog Hop **CLOSED**

I am so excited to be part of this wonderful blog hop that is being brought to you by 16 MemoryWorks consultants! This blog hop will be going on from Friday May 28th @5pm (EDT) until Monday May 31 @midnight (EDT)!


You will have chances to win giveaways at each blog...that's 16 all total with a "grand prize" giveaway on Sue's blog for one lucky winner who completes the whole hop! I have seen previews of some of the prizes and they are wonderful.

**Note: Some blogs are only offering giveaways to U.S. participants only and will not ship international. Please review the guidelines/restrictions on each blog prior to posting your comments.**

Here is the giveaway for my blog

All you have to do to win this set of 4 cards is leave a comment about what your Memorial Day weekend plans are! (Be sure to check back at the end of the hop to see if you won, or leave your e-mail address so I can contact you about winning).

Product list:
Note Cards and envelopes- Best Occassions
Patterned Paper- Three Bugs in a Rug: Spread Your Wings
Flowers- Petaloo: Jeweled Florettes- Fairy Wonderland SKU: PT007
Petaloo: Jeweled Florettes- Baby's Coming SKU: PT006
Petaloo: Dazzlers - Raspberry Sherbert SKU: PT009
Die Cut Shapes- Three Bugs in a Rug: Spread Your Wings

Here is the list of all the blogs participating!
Sue <----Starting blog
Jenn <--- You are here
Lisa <---- Next on the list
Mariah
Maryann
Luisa
Wendy
Sarah
Tanya
Amanda
Liz
Lynn
Shelley
Rosann
Rhonda
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If you would like to see the amazing products we carry or more information about Memory Works or the Simple Stories line just click on the MemoryWorks and Simple Stories buttons on the right hand side and they will take you to the respective pages!

Almost to 300 fans!**CLOSED**

WE HAVE A WINNER! CONGRATS TO IVANA FOR WINNING A CUSTOM MAGNETIC BOARD!
I can't believe that I'm only 15 fans away from 300 fans on my Facebook Fan Page! Thank you to all my wonderful fans! So in celebration of this momentous occasion, I will have a giveaway! You will receive a custom Magnetic Memo board! Just leave a comment now through Saturday, May 29 at midnight (CDT) to enter! I will be announcing the winner on Sunday, May 30Th. Thank you all for stopping by!

Memorial Day Weekend Memory Works Blog Hop

Try saying that 3 times fast! Be sure to visit my blog the weekend of May 28-31! I'm going to be participating in "The Backyard Blog Hop" with several other very talented Memory-Works Consultants! That weekend I'll post a link to a "starting blog" where you'll visit and make a comment, then you'll follow the links to several other blogs. At each "stop" you'll comment and be entered in drawings to win prizes! You won't want to miss it!!!