"you know you're a Craftaholic when...."

be prepared to laugh your crafty little butts off! this is seriously the funniest post ever!! this is for all of us Craftaholics to sit back and laugh at ourselves. enjoy!

just for fun, grab a pen and paper and write down the number(s) of your fav craftaholic-isms. then at the end of the post, leave a comment with the #'s and i'm going to award the winner a very, very special prize next week :o)

"You know you're a Craftaholic when...."

1. Your 3-year-old sees your brother's tattoo and says, "I like your stamp!" -Tomi Ann Hill
2. You feel uncomfortable just contemplating NOT giving someone something handmade for their birthday-Tomi Anne Hill
3. Your finance-guru husband says, "Crafting is to Heidi what excel spreadsheet modeling is to me."  -Heidi @ Made by Heidi
4.  You salvage your old maternity underwear and turn them into bean bags for your kids. -Stephanie
5. You spend a majority of your time looking at all the crafting blogs trying to find your next perfect project! -Kathy Ladle @ The Latest Scoop, Too
6. Your cat is consistently covered in glitter and hot glue strings. -Laura @ Along for the Ride
7. Your husband puts you on time-out from the thrift store. -Michelle @ A Little Tipsy 
8. Your glue gun sits next to your toaster on the kitchen counter. -Michelle @ A Little Tipsy
9. Whenever you go shopping you end up buying nothing because you think you can make everything by yourself! -Sara @ The Crafty Ungoddess
10. While planning a journey abroad you make tons of research for craft and fabric stores instead of museums and monuments! -Sara @ The Crafty Ungoddess
11. While packing for a journey, you leave room in your luggage for all the wonderful crafty things you will buy! -Sara @ The Crafty Ungoddess
12. You look at every dress/skirt/etc in the street and think "that fabric would make a beautiful craft" -Magda @ Duas Estrelinhas
13. You haven't thought about food all day and it's now 3 p.m.  Amazing new fad diet, anyone? -Heather @ Lucky Star Lane
14. you save any and every scrap of something pretty so that you can turn into something amazing. -Katrina @ Three G's Crafts
15. You go out shopping and instead of buying something you like, you sketch it so you can go home and make it yourself! -Jen @ Our Change of Art
16. There are no solid colored shirts in your kids' closets because you've crafted on every single one of them. -Michelle @ Do You Smell That?
17. You pass the craft store and have to tell yourself out loud: "No. Groceries first!" -Kat @ A Little Bit of Random
18. Your guests have to sleep on the couch because you have a craft room instead of a guest room. -ChristinA @ Photography by CMC
19. You know you are a craftaholic when....your craft room is organized to a tee but the rest of your house is a disaster. - Kandy @ Kandy's Krafts
20. You would rather spend the day at a craft store than at the mall.-Kandy @ Kandy's Krafts
21. Your table is so piled with your craft supplies that you have to eat dinner in the living room on a bar stool. -Jessica @ Home and Holiday Keepsakes
22. Sweeping up the floor, you find more pins than dust! -Julia @ The World is My Oyster  
23. You see a cute accessory on someone on the street and instead of thinking, "Ooh I wonder where she bought that," you think "Ooh, i could totally makes that! and probably for cheaper than she paid for it!" -Julia @ The World is My Oyster
24. On a regular basis, your kids ask, "Are we going to A.C.Moore today?" -Kristine @ Creative Crochet
25. Your walk in closet has more craft supplies than clothes. -Kristine @ Creative Crochet
26. Your husband asks you if he still needs to save the empty paper towel rolls and then, eventually does it without asking. -Julie@ Singing Three Little Birds
27. The majority of your day dreaming is about refashioning the latest article of clothing that was added to an already HUGE stash. -Sarah @ Sunshine Baby
28. The family goes hungry and asks what time it is...-"when are we going to eat?" -Katarina from Sweden
29. You collects things your friends throw away. Recycling! -Katarina from Sweden
30. You ask your husband not to throw the toilet paper roll away because your going to create something out of it, and then he looks at you like you are on drugs or something. -Marcia 
31. When you aren't sure if your finger tips are sore from pressing the spray paint can, or using the hot glue gun too many times. -Chantal
32. You go to work with paint/glue/sparkles/threads/etc stuck to you. -Julie Link
33. You see someone wearing a really cool t-shirt and contemplate asking them if you can have it to refashion for your 2-yr-old. -Julie Link
34. You have pocket in your purse dedicated to Joann's, Michael's and Hobby Lobby coupons. -Julie Link
35. You ask your hubby if you can take your sewing machine on vacation with you. -Julie Link
36. You hoard magazines and blog posts of other's craft ideas! -Julie Link
37. You know you are a blogging crafter when the whole room is a mess except for the area you are photographing! -Miss Little Brown House
38. When the only thing unpacked and set up in your new home is your sewing table and machine.-Ellie
39. When you save shiny gum wrappers to use as canvas backgrounds. -SueAnn
40. When you own at least 20 types of glue. -SueAnn
41. You start pulling apart someone's handmade gift to see how they made it before even saying "thank you." -Sheryl Coe
42. When your craft table is part of your living room furniture and never taken down. -Lisa
43. When I start spending my husbands personal budget on crafting things (because I'm already over budget on mine and the kids...) -Aubrey
44. You have more pictures loaded on your computer of your crafts than your kids. -Brooke @ Making It Domestic
45. Your Husband has to build a shed to make space in your home, because all the material you have. Tania @ Super QT on the Hill
46. Your kids know all the names and locations of craft stores and quilt shops in the county. Tania @ Super QT on the Hill
47. Your children put their arms straight out the second you come out with a measuring tape. -Kelsee
48. You no longer have finger prints from the hot glue gun burns. -Kelsee
49. You sit in a movie and instead of watching the story line, you are looking at their clothes or how the house is decorated and making lots of mental notes on how you can make them for yourself. -Kelsee
50. You blow the budget on fabric because there was a good sale. -Sharla @ My Little Gems
51. Your sewing machine lives on the kitchen table and you leave it there all the time. -Sharla @ My Little Gems
52. You start looking at everyday things - like a shoelace, or a crayon or an old frame and think of something you could make out of it. -Sharla @ My Little Gems
53. You've become a gun enthusiast- glue gun, staple gun, nail gun!-Kara
54.  Your hubby tells you that you have more inventory in your craft room at home than the actual craft store in your town does -Lori @ Live Laugh Love Create
55. Your husband drives 20 miles an hour over the speed limit on trash days, in fear you might find something in other's trash you want to "alter"-Tracy
56. Your husband tries to keep it secret that he's going to Lowe's or Home Depot. - Tracy
57. You transfer all your cereal into glass canisters just so you can use the "good boxes" for patterns or chipboard substitutes. -Tracy
58. It's 1pm and you're still in your jammies with your hair a mess, the kids have entertained themselves by trashing the house, but you've just completed the cutest little craft project! -Carol
59. You yell across the office "I want that box (or envelope) if you don't want it." -Debbie @ Snippets of Whimsy
60. You hardly ever buy new clothes because it cuts into your crafting money.-Debbie @ Snippets of Whimsy
61. The biggest reason your husband is excited to buy a new house is so YOU can have a craft room where HE can unceremoniously toss any and all 'craft stuff' he finds in the rest of the house.-submitted by Maggie's HUSBAND
62. Your 6 year old son uses the word fabric in everyday coversation! -Lindsey
63. Your 3yr old child asks why you didn't go to the fabric store today as if something is wrong. -Big and Little with Odd Socks
64. You are trying to concentrate on getting a new recipe right and the colour and shape of the food makes you think of all the new things you can create. (extra sad when you actually draw new designs onto the floured board) -Big and Little with Odd Socks
65. Your kids get stains on their clothes and instead of pre-treating you think of cute crafts with the fabric. -Fun with Aunt Kadra Louise
66. You tell friends and neighbors to stop throwing veggie cans away, so they can be decorated and used for table centerpieces for the high school band banquet. -Fun with Aunt Kadra Louise

ladies, you are hilarious! thanks to each of you for submitting your craftaholic-isms!

*now, leave a comment with your favs. the winning Craftaholic will get a special prize next week :)*