Tuesday.

Greetings! I have some pictures to share... The first is a stick bug. Not sure of the technical name, but he looks like a stick, but is really an insect. Cool, huh? (Okay, I have a little tomboy in me!)
Next, action shot of Libby and hubby playing in the front yard over the weekend. Beautiful weather here lately. Low humidity... Just beautiful.
And last, a sneak peek of a card. Making some things for eBay and/or Etsy for this week. Fun stuff!
Have a great Tuesday!

Saturdays.

Normally, Saturdays are full of chores and not-so-fun stuff, but today, I'm carving out some time for scrapping. Here is what I whipped up today. Keeping it simple...

Melissa Frances papers, Making Memories Passport stamps, Purple Onion alpha stamps (Seaside), Ali Edwards "Adventure" stamp, Prima flower, mini starfish - craft supply.

layout for me.

Hello there! Well, I worked on a layout for me yesterday. It was a lot of fun, too! I really like those new Campy papers. Totally inspiring. I also wanted to try and make a "filmstrip". It wasn't that difficult and I can have several little photos of Libby running down the bank at the river. She's so wild when she wants to be!

a little peek.

Here's a peek at something I made yesterday. Lots of ideas whirling around in my head and not enough time in the day! I love it when the mojo is going!

Winner!!

Okay, you are all winners in my book, but the winner for the drawing is.....
Marti!
Thank you for your participation and your lovely, sweet comments! (Marti, e-mail me with your address and I'll ship it ASAP. )
Have a wonderful weekend!

photo experiment & giveaway.

Okay! As promised, here is your chance to get some free scrapbook goodies! I'm purging some of my yum, yums and want you to have it! I will draw one random name by 4 PM central time tomorrow.
So, I've been experimenting with my camera and I really don't like the looks of photos with the flash. So, the other option is to get your subject to be VeRy still. Here she is, giving me crazy eyes...
She's chillin' on the futon in the office. Since she's a princess, she likes to have her head on a pillow. Aweee! Tee hee!
Good luck on getting some goodies!

Christmas is coming.

I'm just realizing that Christmas is just around the corner and I need to get my buns in gear! I love to make homemade gifts (for the people that appreciate them) and often run out of time. So, here I am getting started early! Okay, when I say getting started, I mean thinking about where to get the supplies, etc. :-) Anyway, here is a little something I started for eBay. I didn't get it done this week because it was hard to get the Christmas mojo going! LOL! But, here's a sneak peek anyway...
Also, for my blog readers, I will be purging some scrap stuff soon and will randomly choose a winner from posts. Not yet though! Next week. I'm only in the thinking stages of getting rid of stuff! LOL! More soon!!!

Inspired.

Here's one of the layouts I started on the camping/fishing trip this past weekend. I finished it up today and thought I'd share. It's from the Jenni Bowlin kit last month and it was very easy to work with. The photos are from our Connecticut trip Christmas 2007. Hopefully, I can finish more layouts, but the weather is beautiful here today so I may just go outside and play instead. :-) Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Back!

It was a nice relaxing time... I even caught a big, brown trout! The biggest brown I had ever caught! Very fun! It started raining cats and dogs today and about an hour after we got home, the power went out. It's back on now so I'm going to post real quick. Here are some pics from our trip.... Libby loves running up and down the banks of the river at full speed! Please excuse the lack of make up and hair do. :-) The fish don't mind!

short trip.

Hubby's birthday is coming up and there is lots to do! Well, not really. He got what he wanted for his birthday already. He even picked it out and ordered it. It was easy for me, but he had to pick it out and order it because I know nothing about keyboards! I got him a few other little things to actually open on his birthday. Another thing we do almost every year is go camping for his birthday. We leave tomorrow and that's why I did not get that cute little, canvas travel album done :-( But, we'll only be gone until Tuesday, so I should be able to finish and list it Thursday.
Because blogging with no pictures is no fun, I'm uploading a photo I took on our camping trip last year. I'm really looking forward to a couple days of R&R. Peace and quite. And if the fishing is no good, I should have a couple of layouts to share! Bye for now!

767 and more fun!

Hello! I've been craving to scrap some of my own photos and have decided that I will do the much attainable goal of 2 layouts a month and go from there. I hope to do more, but I'll start small. Here is what we did this past weekend. My husband flies for ATI and they purchased a 767 and had a kind of open house down at the airport. We went and checked out the new paint job, new cargo (instead of passengers) area, and of course the cockpit. Can you believe I forgot my camera at home?! But, I do have a camera on my phone and I was so glad! What a handy thing to have! Anyway, here is the layout I did from this past weekend...

Oh! I just discovered that 12x12 paper fits into my typewriter! I was so excited to figure that out. Now, I can type directly onto my layouts! Also, another cool thing I did on these layouts was stamped on the photos with white ink. I used the Stampin' Up! White pigment ink and Ali Edwards' travel stamps that they sold at Cocoa Daisy.

And, I've started working on this little cutie... I can't get enough of the MM Passport line, can you tell? That and CANVAS! YUM! So, here is the cover, but the inside will have pages for journaling and photos. Cute little mini album for photos from vacation. I should have this done and ready to put on eBay Thursday... That is IF I don't have jury duty this week! FUN! :-)
Okay, more later!

Lately.

Let's see... What have I been up to lately... My mom came for a vist and we had lots of fun girl time. Except for the day I had to go to jury duty. That day, mom stayed home and painted. She made me a lovely acrylic painting from a photo I took in Tuscany a few years ago. So pretty! We did girly things like go see "Momma Mia" and a dinner theater play, "Guys and Dolls". All great times. Thanks for the visit mom!
And here's a sneak peek of a layout I finished yesterday. Loving blues and greens with a little pink accent color lately. A fun summer layout I'll put on eBay late afternoon today.
Hope you're enjoying the last days of summer!

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!!!