My {Life}, My {Blog}

A New Look!

OK, so boredom has set in and I am playing around with my blog for entertainment.  I changed the look of it, and will be changing out the content at the side bar as I go along.  I kinda like the new look.  Much cleaner looking than the last one.

I also have been just a little crafty.  I went to CKC to celebrate National Scrapbook Day and made a my Mother's day Cards while cropping there.  Then I accidentally posted a preview in a facebook group that was not a closed group and my Mom saw the preview.  Welp...I learned my lesson from that and have waited until Mother's day was officially over to post the full view.  I LOVE this image.  Need to color myself one.

I also made some personalized gift bags from the reuseable shopping bags.  I love these things.   They make great project bags.

And last but not least, I have to brag on my peeps.  They did really good this year.  DH drove all over the city looking for the 2013 Mother's day bead.  He found it and I was sooo excited!  The kiddos also gave me a cute picture frame for my office.  Now to get them to pose for a new family portrait to put in it.

That's all for me today.  Off to see how this post looks, so I can determine what to take out/add to the  blog.

Sharing a New Page

Quick post to share a  new page that I actually got photographed. 

I bought 8 new mists from ColorShine by Heidi Swapp and I am really trying to use them.  That is misting up there at the top.  Now if I can just get my nerve up to do the droplets on my page.

In other news, I finished my New York album.  I plan to try to photograph it this week and get it posted.  Any good ideas on photographing double page spreads.

Operation Write Home

I have been looking for a home for my handmade cards for a while.  I ran across a post on the Cricut.com board looking for cards for soldiers.  I didn't have many A2 cards, so I made a couple to go with what I have.  I tried a new technique on the cameo for these.  I traced my digi stamps, printed them through the cameo, colored and then cut out on the cameo.  I LOVE THIS TECHNIQUE!!!  I could hug whoever came up with it.

These are the older ones I an sending also.

 

Now that Blazey has a play area in the scrap space to keep him confined, I will be doing more for OWH.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

Happy Resurrection Sunday!

As we wind down this Easter season, I wanted to share a recent project I made for the kids. These are the completed and stuffed baskets for the kids.

And the kiddos in all their Easter finery (haha).  Although we did get a tie on Ross, even though he still has athletic shoes on.

Here are a few pictures from from our spring break trip. Had a complete blast. We went to Orlando for the week and went to Universal Studios. Great park if you have kids.  These are off my phone, but they turned out pretty good.

This one was as you walk into the park. The kids didn't think I would do a silly pose.

And a few others from the trip. Really loved the $8 dollar raincoats we bought. I complained about the price, but it was nice not to get wet on the water rides.

 

Thanks for looking. I will post a few layouts next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Little Easter Vinyl

My big kids still think getting an Easter Basket is cool.  So, I spent a little time doing some vinyl.  I have come to the realization that I actually like vinyl work at least as much as I like scrapping.  I am always looking for something to stick some vinyl on.  Sooo, here are their baskets and their anchor gifts that I will be using to tape the candy and chips to.  Ross's was a little tough since I always have to be so careful not to do his projects too girly or too babyish.

And the detail work on her monogram.  I am really proud of it because I actually did the zebra print cut myself since my LSS was out of zebra vinyl.

And to one for Ross.

Tomorrow, I will be getting fun stuff (candy and snacks) to fill them up!  Then to hide them because Lauren will search the house trying to find them.  SMH!

She Scraps!

Since we have had out dog, I have had a hard time making my way into the scrappy space.  And the need to create was killing me. Lots of new toys that needed playing with.  Lots of new Silhouette cuts.  Too many goodies calling my name.  So...I hauled down my cameo and a few of my latest Studio Calico kits and worked on my bar area.  Too high for Blazey to get at anything and chew. Worked pretty well, but I kept having to run upstairs when I needed something.  

Anywoo, here is what I did tonight.  Gonna leave my stuff down here.  Bob isn't especially happy, but I have lots of pretty papers to play with and I want to make sure I can get to them.  I am looking for a permanent solution to the dog issue.  He cries if he is left downstairs alone, but chews cords and eats all kinds of junk Ross has upstairs if he goes.  Thinking about a baby playpen or octagon gate to contain him while I work.  Any ideas?

Testing Out Something

I use my cell phone for EVERYTHING!! So much so, that when I went to shoot our family portraits for Christmas, I almost forgot how to shoot in manual mode.  Sad, I know.  But, the reality is that it is so much easier to use my iPhone.  Anywoo, I am playing with shooting pics on the iPhone and then posting on the blog.

This is my Dad's Christmas present.  Don't think I have shown it here.  Sorry if you've seen it before, but it was the first project I saw.  Take with my camera phone.  Just want to see how it looks on here.

 

Okay, looks pretty good and was pretty fast to do.  Maybe I can post here more.  Ha Ha Ha!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

So, this is my second time typing this post out.  I accidentally deleted the whole post a few seconds ago.  Ughhh!  Anyway, I have been behind the 8 ball all month and never managed to get a post up.  I had a little surgery done on my wrist, then had to do a month's worth of PT to rehab my left hip.  I got the important stuff done, but never more than 15 minutes before it needed to be done.  In all that, blogging sort of took a back seat.  Here is a catch up post for you.

I did put a tree up this year.  Turned out pretty good.  I had to get a new one as DD took my old, cheap one to her apartment.

We also did family portraits at just in time to mail cards out a few days before Christmas.  Most people got theirs the last mail day before Christmas, so it was all good.

 

Well, that's a short wrap up.  I would say that I will try to be better in 2013, but we all know that will likely not happen!  So, I will just try to get a post in every month.  That I can usually keep up with.

 

A Few Ornaments

I think I might be addicted to glittered ornaments. I've made bunches lately. Here are the family ones.

And here is Blazey boo's. I wanted it to be similar, but not the same.

And these are for a friend battling breast cancer.

The funny thing is, I want to make more. Guess I need to figure who else could use a little glitter on their tree.

 

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Dressing the House for Thanksgiving.

Normally, I don't do a lot of Fall decorating. But lately I have fallen in love with the warm colors. Since my wrist is still VERY tender and I couldn't do much else, I took a few hours and slowly put out the fall decorations.

 

 

I really love the dining room. The colors in there really lend themselves to fall decorations.

 

 

And the mantle in the family room. Had I put this out earlier, I think I would have gone back and gotten more for it.

 

And lastly the kitchen. I found these towels in two different 2-packs. They look like they were one set. Ok, Blaze is not helping here, jumping all over me while I type. Guess I will go play with him.

 

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