this month at pink pineapple the theme for the atc swap box is vintage. itll be rad ~ i know it. i hosted a atc swap online that was of the same theme and it turned out so perfect, that i thought all the locals {or even not locals for that matter} could rock out another vintage theme atc swap. plus i love the box. :-) spots are still open,,, 76-~598~2222
love, ally

well, im still waiting on one or two for the atc and halloween swaps,,,, but i thought id share mine in the mean time :-) here are my kawaii atcs ~ in honor of the lovely missy nely

love, ally

i wanna start, first of all with an apology. im really, really sorry that i havent been very social as of late on the internet. i miss you. yes, you. im sorry i havent visited your blog, its got all ive got left in me {as far as time goes} to even post these quick post i try to squeeze into my daily life. im sorry. and im trying my very hardest to catch up,,, ill be by very soon {i hope}, but please dont lose faith in me. i do, love you!!! promise. and i miss telling you how rad you are. i really do.

with that being said, here is my second glitter atc swap. kinda, sorta, outta what i would call my *norm*, but i likey non the less. maybe because it does feel like i branched out a tad bit. by the way, all the glitter atcs have been shipped out. and those of you that will be picking your up at the store, ill be there tonight with the, for the alice swap. if you dont come by tonight, ill leave them in my box in the back. just ask one of the chickys for your package. :-)

love you, love ally*son

here is my first set of glitter atcs for the glitter atc swap i hosted in honor of missy danielle. totally inspire by this card i had created a few months back,,, i loved the card so i thought i couldnt got wrong making an even smaller, more glittery version,,,
love, ally

so, here are the atcs from the vintage atc swap,,,
elena crystal
rosie
gloria
stephanie

denise
nely
me
amy
michelle
jessica

maggi

love, ally

the vintage atc swap is in the bag!!! done. and really, really cute!!! if you sent yours via mail, check your mail box and if you dropped em off at the pink, well, then theyre there waiting for you!!! im super, super tired from a long and perfect weekend, so im not gonna stick around,,, tomorrow ill share the close ups and whos is whos,,,,

love, ally

wanna see the way my next atc swap at pink is gonna go?? guess the theme ;-),,,

sign ups havent started yet, but the due date for the halloween atc swap is wednesday, 7th october {geeezzz,,, already talking october here},,, and the reveal party in wednesday the 14th at 6:30. gonna be funnnnnn!!!

love, ally

so here are my atcs from the vintage atc swap. i used true vintage parts. really. the rummy cards are vintage as well as the milk caps. the rest just looks vintage, or kinda just goes with the flow,,, right?? while im on the subject ~ if you live close by and can think fast, or if you can create really fast and ship even faster, i need two last minute additions to the vintage atc swap. kinda a bummer, the first swap started with twelve and ended up with ten, the second looks as though its gonna be the same. there must be something to prevent this from happening, but i havent found it out yet. thank you to those that wanted to play along and that did. and thank you to those that got the atcs to me in a timely matter. i really appreciate it. again, if youd like to jump in this swap like right now,,, please email me at xoxoallyserrato@aol.com .have a great weekend!!!
love, ally

soooooo,,, here are the atcs from my very first hosted atc swap. the theme was transpareency,,, what do you guys think?? love em?? i doooooo,,,, nely

krystie
elena

me :-)

carrie
jessica danielletabitha
stephanie
dawn
this was fun,,, im waiting on two from the vintage swap and then ill share those,,,

love you, love, ally

sign ups have begun for the *alice in wonderland* swap at pink. im pretty sure there are spots left,,, but i also know that the spots are filling up!!! so if youd like to play along,,,, 760*598*2222
love, ally*son

this is rad,,, im {as you may or may not have caught on to},,, crazy for the atcs. yeah, i know. totally a surprise, right?? anyway, im also {you may or may not know this either},,, but a tad bit crazy about being a part of the pink pineapple team, group whatever you wanna call it. soooooo,,,, im now going to be hosting atc swaps at pink pineapple. yeah, i know, rad right?? the first one is alice in wonderland theme. similar rules apply, we create twelve. the atcs are due to pink by the ninth of september. we will meet the following thursday {the sixteenth of september} at 6:30 and i pass out the swapped atcs and ohhh and ahhhh over everybodys creations. there is a charge for this one, because im creating these rad little alice in wonderland theme boxes for us to keep our swapped atcs in. cute. right?? or no?? i think yes. :-) we havent started sign ups yet, but we will by friday. im only taking eleven and these babies fill up wicked fast yo!!! hooray for atcs!!! oh yeah, its gonna be $12.00. not bad right??

oh, totally dont forget to check out the newest prompt on the pink ninjas,,, mine will be up here manana,,,

love you, love ally

hi. ive got a few things up my sleeve today. i feel like i usually post on one thing and one thing only, but two biggies that cant be spread out gotta be put up today. first things first,,,

the glitter atc swap that danielle got together filled up really, really fast. ive gotten a few emails from girlys that wanted in on the swap and i had to say that the spots have been filled. i hate doing that. im such a yes man its not even funny. so,,, i chatted with danielle and we agreed that itd be fun to have a second group for the glitter atc swap. group *b*. what this means is this,,, if youre in the first glitter swap and you wanna be a part of group *b* also, you totally can. this is a different group, meaning if you are a part of the first glitter swap, and wanna be a part of the second as well, you will be making 24 glitter atcs, but the first 12 cant be the same as the second 12. make sense?? the same guidelines apply. they are due to me via pink pineapple or my mail box by 10 september. please email me if you want to be a part of the glitter atc swap group *b*. xoxoallyserrato@aol.com im like, crazy addicted to these little babies and have soooo many new atc swap ideas that will unfold as time goes on. i dont wanna over do it, ya know??

second. i have a card class this sunday. yeah, i know it kinda crept up on me too. of course its at pink pineapple, {of course, of course}. here is a picture of one of the five cards that we will be creating. hope to see you there!!!okay, so those were the two biggies i had to chat with you about. im still waiting on three transparency atcs from the first swap, i cant wait to share!!! oh ~ and today, i have big hopes and dreams. im gonna stay home all day. yep. and mark my words, im gonna bust out four ~ yeah, count em one, two, three, four layouts and finish my vintage atcs. its gonna be a busy little factory in my house today. the good part is my hubby will be very close by, working on the house so the kids will be outside all day with him,,, shhhh,,,, dont tell him my plans, im gonna work it somehow like "hey babe, daniel wants to try out his new soccer shoes {again}",,, and go from there,,, cant wait!! dont share my plan,,, ;-) i hope i dont let myself down,,,

just so you know, i love the pink ninjas. like a lot, a lot :-)

oh and i like crazy love pink pineapple. love, love, love.

love you, love ally