"Grow Your Blog"

Hello to all my friends out in blogland and a 

special Hello to any NEW FRIENDS who are joining today!

I have joined with over 600 other wonderful bloggers to

have a "Grow Your Own Blog Party!!!

Let the party begin.....All the links can be found HERE at

2 Bags Full! 

thank you Vicki  for hosting this wonderful event!!

My name is Darlene Pavlick 

(also known as "akronstamperdpk" over on Splitcoast Stampers).

I am retired, which happily gives me plenty of time for crafting in my 'crafting cave'.  But before retiring, I did office/computer work in a variety of categories over the years ... Retail, Steel Industry, Nuclear Site, and my final out of home job was Administrative Assistant to three Senior Partners in a law firm.

My life's partner is Mark who is the most amazing person, we have one daughter who is happily married to Frank and they have 2 wonderful children ... granddaughter Morgan (21) and grandson Jonathan (16). 

You will see that most of the postings on my blog are in reference to my love of paper crafting.  But you will also see a few more personal posts ... i.e.  what my grandkids/daughter are up to or even some home canning/recipes.

My daughter will tell you that about 10 years ago when we moved to Akron, OH (from Toledo, Ohio but originally from the Pittsburgh, PA area) she introduced me to scrapbooking. At the time, she was selling Creative Memories so even though I was a little reluctant, I agreed to partake in her adventure and support her by joining in on her 'crops'.  Well ... long story short, one of the gals was a Stampin' Up rep and a friend of my daughter's so in support of HER efforts I started buying stamps ... that's all it took!  I was hooked!

Here's a photo of my crafting 'CAVE'.  This is where you will find my 90% of the time! Paper crafting is so rewarding (but so addicting LOL).  More photos HERE and a cave revamp HERE.  Told you it was addicting! LOL!

Daughter suggested I start a blog and share my beautiful creations (her words) ... my comment was "I don't know anything about blogging!  I wouldn't even know where to begin."  Well, being the nosey curious person I am, I started snooping around the worldwide web and POOF ... all of a sudden I was the proud owner of Dar's Crafty Creations Blog! 

I'm sure you will agree ... what a fabulous invention this 'internet thing' is!!  I have met so many amazingly wonderful people through my blog ... from all over the world ... and proud to say many of them are now close friends!  I have met several of these ladies in person ... Oh what a treat that has been!!

I'm looking forward to visiting YOUR blog and hopefully making a new friend!
If you like what you see here at my blog ... please feel free to become a follower or better yet, a subscriber so you don't miss any postings.  I would be thrilled to have your visits and your comments!!

Thanks for stopping by!