Books & Crafts #5 ~ #BookBlogger #CraftCircle

Welcome to Books & Crafts, a craft circle composed of book bloggers, a sporadic meme where we share our other creative pursuits aside from reading and blogging. Everyone is welcome to join, just add yout tag/label links below and you're good to go!

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I've been dying to share this craft with you but since it was a gift to someone who reads my blog regularly (my blogger wife), I had to wait until after I'd given it to her. As y'all may or may not know, I got to meet Lexxie @(un)Conventional Bookviews for the first time in real life last year at RT in Dallas. We had lots of pictures and since I scrapbook (along with my bookaholic friend, Denise) she and I decided we'd make Lexxie a scrapbook with the pictures we took there and also add in pages for her to use for our trip to BEA this year. Here are a few pictures at a 2-page spread we worked on, as we were working on it.

Here's a few pictures of the finished product:

Denise and I were really happy with how it turned out. And I *think* Lexxie loved it. :D

Do you craft too? Wanna get in on the fun? Just add your link below. And don't forget to check out the other hosts' crafts! :D
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Bought, Borrowed, & Bagged #66 ~ RT Style

Bought, Borrowed, & Bagged is a weekly meme, hosted by TalkSupe, where I share with you the books I have bought, borrowed, or bagged (gifted or won) plus a recap of the previous week's reviews, upcoming reviews, and any other bookishness I want to share. :)

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Phew! My week was spent furiously trying to catch up on all the things I got behind on while I was giggling/fangirling/partying at RT! ;) I'm still not caught up, y'all. But I'll get there. 

How was y'all's week?? 


Here's my RT haul!! I'm not going to expend the energy to name every single book. Just know that I brought home ~135 books. I even gave a few to Berls to use as COYER prizes. I still ended up with a few duplicates but that's okay. I've thought of the perfect use for them...Giveaways here! You'll start seeing those next month. ;)

Bagged

Giggling/Fangirling/Partying Pics

Mum-making at Avon's A Texas Homecoming Craft-Along...Cora Carmack is an expert. But Denise, Lexxie, and Berls had a good time creating. Denise took home the prize!

Long live the Alamo! Our team did quite well playing Saddle Up & Draw: Pictionary...Texas Style!

Lexxie and I had dinner with JA Huss!!

I got to meet Shelly Bell...and she knew who I was!! :)
Lexxie and I hung out in the bar (a lot!) and we got to meet CC Wood!

Sylvia Day is such a neat person!
Denise and I got to meet Tara Lain - one of Lexxie's favorite authors. I'm looking forward to reading my new book from her. :)

Michelle Mankin with her surf board. 

I got to meet Amber L. Johnson - and she knew me! *squee*

And I was so excited to see Rachel Vincent, too!

Lunch at The Meddling Moth with Michelle Mankin, Lisa, Denise, and a fabulous group of girls from Colorado!

Lexxie and I all decked out in our finest to party!

Berls, Denise, Lexxie, and I waiting for the Giant Book Fair to open...open...open!


Things I Learned About or From My Blogging Friends

Lexxie has a song for...everything!!

Berls has something wonky in her body that fritzes out electronics!


Oh gosh y'all, we had such an amazing time!! It was beyond words exciting to get to meet Lexxie and Berls in person, as well as Felicia the Geeky Blogger and Melanie Simmons, who adds books to be tbr over at Rabid Reads. We all laughed and fangirled and drank, and laughed some more. I really hope to get together with all these lovely ladies again SOON!



Last Two Weeks' Reviews

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks
Off the Record by K.A. Linde
Yellow Copter by Kersten Hamilton
Mend by Autumn Grey
Taken by a Dragon by Felicity Heaton

Upcoming Reviews

With Visions of Red by Trisha Wolfe
Paradise City by CJ Duggan
Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead