At last.

Hello there! Well, it's finally starting to feel like home around here. We are almost all unpacked and the basement is the "final frontier" to take on. But, I finally finished these adorable lunch boxes. I love, love, love all Making Memories lines and wanted to do these cutie pie boxes for eBay (will put them up later today). They have 12 little file folders inside (one for each month of baby's first year). The outside will be customized to baby's name, too. Talk to you soon!!!

messy room.

Hello there! Well, I am finally getting settled in and have Internet up and running. My new scraproom is much smaller and I'm still getting it organized. I made this cute curtain after seeing the one in the new CK mag this month... I was inspired. I had to do something to this room to get my mojo going. Okay, keep in mind, I still have a ways to go in this room, but here are some shots anyway.




Happy Monday!

long time...

Sorry it's been a bit... I've been busy moving! We only moved across town, but still it's a lot of work. Internet is yet to be connected properly, but I'll update again when that happens. Should be sometime this week. I hope! Talk to you soon!!!

Canvas + Travel

I've been off the hook busy lately, but I was so inspired by the new MM Passport collection when it arrived at my door, I just HAD to create something with it! Here's a sneak peek. You can see the rest of the pictures later this afternoon on eBay.

canvas tags.

Just thought I'd share a peek of a canvas tags I'm getting ready to put on Etsy. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far!

yum, yum...

I want some! Did you see this over at the MM blog? The Passport Collection! I cannot wait to get my hands on this line. It looks so cool.

And, since I think it's against the law to post with no photos, here is what I've been working on. These custom baby lunch pails will have 12 folders each inside (one for every month in baby's first year). Too, too cute!

First layout.

Hi there! Okay, I just finished my first layout from our Seaside trip. The new camera takes fabulous photos (even for a beginner like me) and I love the way this pink and orange flower turned out. Also loving mucho mucho the new MM line! YUM! So, here it is the first page in my Seaside section of 2008. Enjoy!

back.

Sorry for being MIA for a bit... I forgot to post before we left, but we went down to Florida for a little R&R. We celebrated our 10-year anniversary and my birthday (I'm not telling which one). Hubby got me a awesome new digital SLR camera! I love it! I'm still figuring it out though. It is super easy to use, but there is a lot to learn, too. Hope you had a great weekend and I'll post more soon!

good day, sunshine

I love spring. It's my favorite time of the year. The only bad thing about it, is that I feel guilty for staying inside and scrapbooking while it's beautiful out. Here is another layout I did over the weekend...

Hope the weather is lovely wherever you are.

Happy NSD!

As most of you know, today is National Scrapbook Day!!! What better thing to do that scrapbook today! I also fell in love today... With this new Making Memories line, that is! This stuff is so ME. I was totally inspired to make something with these new goodies when I tore open the box and saw the beautiful-ness of it all. Here's the latest from my "a while ago" photos. Have a super day and I hope you get to scrapbook until your heart's content today!

Going back.

Well, I've been going back through my photo boxes and getting rid of extra photos and putting the ones I know I want to scrap into sheet protectors in my albums. I've been inspired to do a layout here and there in my "older" albums. Actually, taking a break from going through photo boxes and creating layouts is a welcomed break! Here are a couple I made for my 2004 album. I love papers that I don't need to add much in order to look beautiful!

Spring cleaning.

I've been taking on a cleaning project here and there all over my house. This weekend (among yard work) I'll be cleaning out about 10 huge boxes of photos. I'll put the ones I want to scrap in the appropriate albums in sheet protectors and {gasp!} throw the rest away! Wow, did I really say that? Well, yes. My thought is that I'll scrap the great photos and keep it simple. If I want copies of the rest, I can always do that later with negatives or CDs. I will attempt to fit about 10 large boxes of photos and negatives and CDs into about 4-5 shoe box size boxes. Wish me luck! So, last night when I was going through some pictures, I found these lovelies that were taken when my mom was here for a visit in 2006. I had scrapped some of the photos from her trip, but not all the ones I wanted to. I'm keeping it simple, but still telling my story and getting these memories in albums.

Hope you're having a great SPRING! Bye for now!

thankful.

Let's see... What have I been up to? Well, spring cleaning, mostly. I've been going through drawers and closets and cleaning out stuff. In the process, the scrap room/office has suffered some neglect. This, in turn leads to creative blockage. I just can't stand the piles of stuff all over the place in here. It messes with my creating anything! So, this week, I'll be cleaning up in here a bit and listing a few things on Etsy and maybe something for eBay, too. Mother's Day and Spring stuff, I'm thinking. So, here is the only thing I've done in the past couple of weeks... We went to London about 5 years ago and I've only done about half of the photos.
In other news, the weather here is finally nice today. We had tornadoes go through a couple days ago and that was exciting. It was the first time I had to take my furry baby under the stairs and hunker down! I heard the "freight train" sound you hear so much about, for the first time. I was at peace though (thanks be to God)! I knew we'd be okay. So, the next day, there was no damage to our property and our neighborhood is pretty well intact. I'm so thankful. More soon!

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. I love Easter! Spring is here (finally) and this is what I was inspired to create for Etsy... Have a wonderful day!

green.

Yes, I know... St. Patrick's day was yesterday, but I was sick! Still am, but feeling a bit better. I just thought I'd show you some of my green. I added some green to my bathroom by way of some towels, candles, and even some cute, ceramic pull knobs from eBay!

Also, later today, I will be putting some green kits on Etsy. I've gathered lots of goodies (both vintage and new) from various places and if you feel *lucky* you can pick one up!