Holiday Joy

These are the things that are making

me incredibly happy and thankful these days :)

Jake performed in his very first band concert this past week.

It was the Winter Concert and my heart

just busted with joy watching him play!

He was amazing :) So proud of him!

And this...

Jake made the "A" Honor Roll and

we just got his certificate yesterday!

SO SO SO very proud of him!

And this is just making me happy!

I have been stalking Becky Higgins website for

quite some time now debating on whether

or not to get Project Life...

I was nervous about getting because

I have NEVER been a simple scrapper

and I really thought this kit was more basic

and for beginners...

Uhhhh...can I say...LOVE.LOVE.LOVE!

It is EXACTLY what I have been needing to

get a kick in the butt to get my pictures into

an album! It's simple, it's fun and most

of all it's taking away the guilt I have been

hanging onto with all my pics either being

stuck on the computer or stuffed in a box!

Truly.Love.This.Kit!

Already started using it and not done yet...

still going to add other stuff to it...

but off to a great start!

Thank you Becky!!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish

all of you a blessed and Happy Holiday

whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah

or another holiday I hope you have a

wonderful time with your families :)

Feeling Inspired...

This is the first year in a very long time that I

am REALLY feeling the whole Christmas vibe.

Every year I feel that I am struggling to keep my

head above water to get everything done.

This year I made a HUGE effort to get ahead

and I have to tell you that I am loving it!

I did my decorations early this year and

I just have a few small things left to buy.

FEELING.REALLY.GOOD.RIGHT.NOW!!

Not to mention that I have been cranking the

holiday music this year in my car...

Yep I am the crazy blonde singing her little

heart out to xmas tunes while driving! LOL

Anyways.... I found this blog

http://cain81art.blogspot.com/

by Linda Cain

SHE.IS.AMAZING!!!!

I fell in love with her work especially

her holiday tags.

And I had to re-create the one that she did.

This is my version...

This tag just SCREAMED to me

Merry Christmas!

And I learned a couple of really cool techniques.

So check out her blog I am sure you will love it!

And a few pics from around the house...

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great weekend!

A few new things...

It always amazes me how I blink

and the holidays are

RIGHT.AROUND.THE.CORNER!

I always say every year that I am

going to start my shopping early

I am going to do things around

my house that have been neglected.

I am going to put up my decorations early.

I am going to make my christmas cards early.

Mail the cards out early.

And once again...I AM NOT EARLY!!

I feel behind on everything!

So today I took a few minutes to create

sort of "a beginning xmas list"

and ordered a few things online.

It wasn't much...

but I feel MUCH BETTER already!

Not to mention Black Friday...

I will be the crazy one getting up at

stupid o'clock to shop...

And as I do every year...

I will get through this one too :)

So enough blabbering....

and on to the good stuff....

The Bride

(Supplies: Patterned paper - Basic Grey, Pink Paislee Mistable Paper;

Chipboard letters - Pink Paislee; Flowers-Prima; Resin pieces - Prima Shabby Chic;

Pearl flourishes - ZVA; Punches - Martha Stewart; Mist - Tattered Angels; Ribbon - Pink Paislee; Distress Tool - Prima)

This is ONE thing that I had a jumpstart on for the holidays...

I really LOVE the new Pink Paislee Shadowbox frames

and I was thrilled to be able to create with one.

This one I did to hang up during the holidays this year...

The picture is of my son from a trip that we took

to Vermont when he was about 6.

I adore this picture of him and knew right away

that I wanted to use it on this project :)

Winter Wonderland

(Supplies: Shadowbox Frame - Pink Paislee; Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny;

Cardstock Stickers - Bo Bunny; Canvas Animals - Prima; Resin pieces - Prima Shabby Chic;

Floral Vine - Prima; Snowflakes - Spellbinders; Stamp - Hero Arts; Embossing Powder - Zing;

Mist - Tattered Angels; Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam in Chandelier; Snow - Diamond Dust)

Wishing you all a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Score!

So today kinda got off to a rough start...

Until about 5:00 when I came home to

three lovely little boxes at my front door :)

DAY.GOT.MUCH.MUCH.BETTER!

I am locking myself away in my office tonight

and playing with all my new goodies :)

Doesn't take much to make me happy ;)

Have a great night everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Decided to take the day off from work today

since the boy was out off of school today.

It was great just to relax and hang out together.

So since I didn't have to be up at stupid-o'clock

this morning I stayed up late last night playing round.

I've been messing around with some

ideas for a wall hanging for Halloween

and have been wanting to do something fun

with the Authentique halloween line.

And this is what I came up with...

Products used: Shadowbox frame - Kaiser Craft; Patterned paper - Authentique;

Stamps - Pink Paislee; Embossing powder - Zing;grungeboard - Tim Holtz; vine - Prima; flowers - Prima;

spider - Pottery Barn; black spray paint; Ingvild Bolme Prima distresser; stickles; mist - Tattered Angels

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend

and Halloween! Enjoy all the treats! :)

A quick card & frame

Thought I would get an early

start on Thanksgiving this year by

making some cards to send to family.

I've only been saying every year that I

want to make cards and send them....

needless to say...this is the 1st year ;)

I love the new Orchard Harvest Spellbinders

and couldn't wait to use them....

ONLY I had to wait because I then found the

matching stamps to the dies at Unity Stamps! :)

Got the stamps yesterday and just had

to play with them...was driving home

from work praying that we wouldn't

have a TON of homework tonight...

WE DIDN'T!!!! Yeah me!

Products used: Kraft Cardstock-Paprertrey Ink; Patterned Paper - Echo Park Victoria Gardens;

Brown paper - Basic Grey; Stamps - Unity; Dies-Orchard Harvest Spellbinders;

Stickles; Copic Markers; ribbon - Michaels; jute

And I finally finished the frame that I started

to go with the shadowbox frame that I previously posted.

I had made that with a album and I wanted to make

something for her husband-to-be also...

He told me that this picture that I used

is one of his favorites so I coordinated with the

things that I made for her and made him a frame for

his desk.

Products used: Frame - Michaels; Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee Nantucket;

Cardstock - Papertry Ink; Punch - EK Success; Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dyed;

Fasteners - Tim Holtz; Flower - Pink Paislee Mistable Flower; Mist - Tattered Angels; Bling - Zva

Overall a pretty simple frame to do and makes a great gift!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy the rest of your week! :)

Happy Harvest and Showers of Happiness

So friends of ours are getting married this coming weekend...

And for two of their shower gifts I decided to get crafty!

And this is what I came up with...

Again...I apologize for cruddy pics...

still waiting to replace my cameras ;)

And I took these as I was FLYING out the door to the shower...

(Products used: Shadowbox Frame-KaiserCraft; Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee Nantucket;

Flowers - Prima; Bling - Zva; Birds & Bridge - Prima Shabby Chic Treasures;

Vintage Trinkets - Prima; Paint - Ranger Dabber Snow Cap)

(Products Used: Album - Basically Bare; Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee Nantucket; Flowers - Prima;

Bling - Zva & Want 2 Scrap; Chipboard label - Want 2 Scrap; Chipboard - Pink Paislee;

Mists - Ranger & Tattered Angels; Stencils - Prima; Punches- EK Success & Martha Stewart;

Stamps - Pink Paislee; Ribbon - Pink Paislee, Papertrey Ink, Various)

As I have mentioned before...

I LOVE this time of year!

I love that the weather cools

off just a touch (I'm in Florida...it ONLY cools off a touch!)

I LOVE decorating the house for fall

and for Halloween and I still love

taking Jake to the pumpkin patch...

even if he gripes the whole way there...

I'm not even sure if he will go next year... :(

He is growing up so fast and everyday there

is just ONE more thing that he is getting to old to do...

Or that just isn't COOL to do...

So I am trying to enjoy it for as long as it lasts...

Jake was not thrilled to be taking pictures...

I just thought this pumpkin was so cool looking :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week :)