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  There are times when the mail arrives and with it, a surprise.Its in those moments when just have to grab your letter opener. It’s in those moments when, instead of ripping it open with your fingers leaving lumpy uneven tear marks on the top of the envelope, you have to open it carefully to be sure you don’t tear anything inside. You don’t want to miss a word, a sentence or anything. Has anyone else ever been in that kind of moment of excitement and wonder? I had that moment today, to my surprise, as my husband hands me an envelope addressed to my name and says four words: Chip and Joanna Gaines. Yeah  you heard right, the HGTV “Fixer Upper” Chip and Joanna Gaines. I once heard some one once say “the purity of the heart is tested by giving them a little fame”. Throughout my life I have seen this truth tested in the hearts of many who were not ready for a little notoriety and it saddened my heart to see how they responded to it ,only to expose self-destructive,unhealthy, selfish ambitious motives in their hearts. So, in those moments when you run into people who haven’t…

It is always an exciting time whenever heading to Riverbank Studios in Tampa, Florida to do a Daytime TV Show taping.  For five years,  I’ve been privileged to do what I love in the company of these wonderful people. It just gets better and better every time! Thought you’d enjoy seeing some of the behind the scenes shenanigans, so I thought I’d share some of mine with you. When arriving,  I usually make a very quick stop in the Green Room to greet everyone there, and then dash off to the studios where I see the NBC Peacock on the wall – it kinda makes my heart race. Set up begins. As I prepare my segment , there is always this mental rehearsal in my mind as I go through  how the whole thing is going to play out . So if it looks like it’s really quiet, it’s probably because it is. Well at least everywhere, but in my head. 🙂 A special shout out the the people at Martha Stewart  for providing everything used in the segment . They also provided  all kinds of amazing craft products for a Facebook   Daytime TV Show giveaway – So, be sure to go and…

In the blink of an eye half the year has almost past us! Lots of exciting things going on for our business! This year ROC Paper Scissors has signed contract with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and is now part of the Martha Stewart American Made Market on E-bay! Handpicked by Martha and the team at Martha Stewart Living, the  American Made Market spotlights and celebrates the American makers, products and personal stories that have inspired them. I am so honored to have been asked to join this Market and have an opportunity to come into the homes of 66 million subscribers! Stay tuned for all kinds of emails, social media, and editorial integration on the Martha Stewart websites and in their magazines that they will implement to highlight and celebrate us, as an American Maker!!! I feel  JUST as honored  for the past couple  of years be a guest on Daytime TV  Show hosted by Jerry Penacoli and Cyndi Edwards. This time my “Card Making Alumni” ( Jerry and Cyndi) were putting together a Mother’s Day version of a card I made for the Valentines Day of 2012 on The Martha Stewart Show. It has had such a great response I figured…why…

Some of you may know that my husband and I became grandparents  last February. Our oldest son and his precious bride-to-be gave birth to fraternal twins weighing @ 2lbs and 10 oz, four days shy of their 28 weeks of gestation. Obviously given how tiny they were, they were to spend till their due-date (May 5) in the NICU. After many many weeks of prayer, our little  miracles were finally able to leave the hospital. During their stay, one of the sweet NICU nurses was sure to keep tabs of their footprints and weight till  the day they could finally come home. She would use the back of clinic cards to faithfully and lovingly keep tabs for the busy new mommy and daddy. Suffice to say, the past year for all of us just got twice as busy. Almost a year later we decided it was finally time to salvage and put together a memory of just how miraculous the whole time in the NICU was for all our family. Here are pictures of the work the nurse and Brittany (our new mommy) so faithfully logged for the twins.      Brittany brought each one of the little footprints carefully placed in two…

We are excited to offer our newest product based on our very own and original ” New Arrival Baby Cards” ® These baby cards  have been available for years on our website.  In case you are new to us and our beautiful  creations and are trying to figure out what I’m talking about,just enjoy the refresher below: They are aprox. 7 inch cards and sell for 9.99. Our customers have purchased them in the past and have shadowboxed them giving them at baby shower’s as a beautiful piece of  small artwork  for a nursery. For many many years I have cut out very large sized images used for decor in teachers classrooms, small temporary bedroom projects. Since the shelf life was very short and seasonal I never worried about creating something that would last a little longer than a Holiday season on a teacher’s bulletin board….till recently. We are now paper crafting on steroids. I have had various new mommy’s requests to make  for them larger paper crafted items-much,much larger than our 12 x12 inch Custom Cards  to put in their newest additions room.  So the fun begins. Here is a photo collection our ventures in this very new arena of…

Don’t forget you can enter in a NEW drawing to win a Custom card in December! How you may ask? ROC Paper Scissors is trying to reach 1000 likes before the end of the year. All YOU have to do is ask a friend to “like” our page and have your friend/referral post on our wall:”referred by… ( enter your name).” Start combing through your favorite pictures and get your friends over there! The more times your name shows up as a referral, the more chances to win 🙂