First, I love to blog about my family life. I love the crazy things that happen in my home. I love sharing that with friends and family. Next, I love seeing what's going on in my friends and family's lives. While visiting their blogs, I sometimes get sidetracked on even other blogs. I love to see what people are cooking.......sewing.......crafting! Even though I have made some of the recipes and copied some crafting ideas in my own projects, I want to do more. I enjoy making cards, scrapbook pages, mini scrapbooks and other paper projects. I enjoy photography. I enjoy cooking and baking. I enjoy decorating for the holidays and seasons. I've even started to enjoy reading again. All of this is MY FUN. Instead of trying to incorporate some of these things in my family blog, I'm going to have my own creative outlet on this blog. It will be a place I can go and reflect on past accomplishments and a place to post new ones. With all my boys in school for the day, I now have the time to focus on me a little more. And this is one of the things I'm going to focus on. This was the plan weeks ago when the boys started school - time seems to pass fast and I wasn't creating. Since last Thursday night I've been under the weather. This has given me lots of time to sit back and think. When I woke up today, I HAD HAD IT! I thought I was going to go crazy if I didn't get something accomplished. I knew I couldn't clean, it would wipe me out! But I could create something.....that's what spurred me into action today. Enough talking....here's my first completed project. I had two of my friend's photos from June 2006 - her daughters and their friends enjoying some bowling. I had some ideas for this layout, but as I started I went a completely different direction. I used this big scalloped paper and punched out circles that mimic the bowling balls and it gave me a place to stamp the girls names. Color choices are not always easy for me, especially with everyone wearing differenct colors and the purple and red in the background. But I think I did OK....at least I did something!
One of my original ideas for this layout was to use red jewels - maybe as the lines on a big bowling pin. The page was clearly going in a different direction, but I still had the red jewels out. Problem: I wasn't using any red! How was I going to tie red into the page? That's when I decided to paint the title white and draw the red lines. Then I could use the red jewels and I don't feel they are out of place.
So there you have it, my first post on my new blog!
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goodbye procrastination!
The nursery is so cute with green and pink stripes and paisley on the curtains and light and dark pink stripes on the wall. I think the invitation is cute and simple.
I'll try to get an invitation that a friend and I made Saturday night. I used the cricut to cut everything out. We thought it would make the invitation so easy to put together....I'm just glad Deanna was there to help with the assembly!
The happy couple - Catherine & Sean
Could there be a more beautiful bride? I don't think so, but maybe one just as beautiful (since she has an identical twin sister!) I love, love, love this picture!
My sisters and youngest brother - Audra, Austin and Catherine
I think this photo belongs in a fairy tale story - so sweet!
That's Kyler's hand behind it!
And how cute is this pan - my super mini bundt pan. (with a cute micro mini loaf in front)
It was the first time to use my super mini bundt pan.....what do you think? Unfortunately, I overfilled the cavities and they ended up look muffins!
This was my first time making this recipe. It was good, not great. It did get better to me the second day. I will make them again, but I think it needs something else. Maybe a little more spice, maybe adding a secondary flavor (my choice would be vanilla), my friend wanted more sugar! I think it's still worth making and it did kick off my fall baking!
The owl is finally dry! Here's the 2nd card made from that Mojo Monday sketch. Same basic card, different base color, ribbon instead of letter beads, owl instead of ghost.
I especially love the glittery look.....viva Las Vegas!
I'm just glad to have another card finished.....thanks to Mojo Monday.....maybe I'll get my crafting mojo back!
Here's my brads, eyelets, jewels, buttons, glitter and flower side of the tower. Again, it's so amazing to me how many embellishments can be housed on this thing!
As sad as I was to say goodbye last month to the scrapbook store ONE MILE from my house, I was able to pick up my latest find - this 30 slot 12x12 paper holder. All my paper (cardstock & patterned) is loaded up and organized. It just makes me feel good to see this!
The best part of this room.....It's
During spring break our RS had a women's retreat. I came up with a couple of crafts and brought up supplies to make cards. This SPRING banner was one idea. (not many people made the banner, but they all LOVED the cricut) I love the colors, using different fonts on my cricut, and the ribbons. I meant to create one for every season, with fall starting, I guess I'm behind! If I wait a little longer, Spring will be appropriate again!
Monday I need to clean my house, but I am determined to craft something! Till then.
I found this squirrel stamp at Michael's a couple of weeks ago and thought it would be too cute to use this fall. The next week I found this oversized acorn and knew I would use it with the squirrel. I've been wanting to use my new butterfly punch and saw the idea for the tree in a magazine recently. I was going to originally say DREAM BIG - but I found two stamps to chose from: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF & FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. Tony preferred believe in yourself. When I showed this card to Asher he said: "Believe in Yourself..............whatever!" Again, is it any wonder why I created a blog for this!
I love how the textured papers made the stamps look. I really love the striped tail on the squirrel.
This butterfly punch is my favorite right now! I added a little gold glitter to the edges and a little gem on the heart. Tony's comment was: "wow....a heart-shaped apple." Hope you enjoy it more than my boys.....that wouldn't be hard!
One of my original ideas for this layout was to use red jewels - maybe as the lines on a big bowling pin. The page was clearly going in a different direction, but I still had the red jewels out. Problem: I wasn't using any red! How was I going to tie red into the page? That's when I decided to paint the title white and draw the red lines. Then I could use the red jewels and I don't feel they are out of place.
So there you have it, my first post on my new blog!
