Saturday, December 15, 2012
A Heavy Heart Today...
I saw this on Facebook, and felt it very appropriate to repost today:
" Dear God, I pray for the families of students at Sandy Hook Elementary. May these children find peace during this tragic time. Innocence lost by fear is unacceptable. I pray for the wounded and I pray for those lost. Keep these families near your heart and help them find healing In Gods name we pray."
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A Christmas Survey
When I saw this on Courtney's blog, I just had to play along!
1.Favorite Christmas Album/CD/Song:
I love all Christmas music, but this is my favorite!I love his voice!!
2.Run on Christmas morning or take the day off?
Take the day off! I have the whole family to cook breakfast for, and there are presents to be opened, pictures to be taken...
(THIS is what Christmas morning is about for me!)
3. What do you usually eat on Christmas morning?
I love waffles!! I remember my dad making them for me and my siblings when we were little! Last year, I made these:
Red Velvet Waffles With Cream Cheese butter (I skipped the cherry bourbon syrup, but they were still fabulous!)....they were sooo yummy ( alot of work, though!)
4. Favorite holiday or Christmas tradition?
Baking cookies with the kids! Messy, but fun!
5. Real tree, fake tree or no tree?
Fake...I love the smell and look of a real tree, but a fake one is more practical for us right now.
6. Christmas pajamas… yay or nay?
Yay...for the kids, anyway!
7. Where do you spend the holidays?
Home-luckily, both of our parents live close by, so we get to spend time with them also.
8. Food that you always have during the holiday season? Favorite Christmas food/treat?
I love cookies, green bean casserole, and pie!
9. Open presents all at once or take turns?
We have tried to make the kids take turns, but it doesn't usually work out very well that way! So, we usually just give them each one, and let them have at it!
10. Favorite Christmas movie?
I love almost all of them!But these are my top 3:
It's A Wonderful Life
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
1.Favorite Christmas Album/CD/Song:
I love all Christmas music, but this is my favorite!I love his voice!!
2.Run on Christmas morning or take the day off?
Take the day off! I have the whole family to cook breakfast for, and there are presents to be opened, pictures to be taken...
(THIS is what Christmas morning is about for me!)
3. What do you usually eat on Christmas morning?
I love waffles!! I remember my dad making them for me and my siblings when we were little! Last year, I made these:
(photo by Laura Freed)
Red Velvet Waffles With Cream Cheese butter (I skipped the cherry bourbon syrup, but they were still fabulous!)....they were sooo yummy ( alot of work, though!)
4. Favorite holiday or Christmas tradition?
Baking cookies with the kids! Messy, but fun!
Fake...I love the smell and look of a real tree, but a fake one is more practical for us right now.
6. Christmas pajamas… yay or nay?
Yay...for the kids, anyway!
Home-luckily, both of our parents live close by, so we get to spend time with them also.
I love cookies, green bean casserole, and pie!
We have tried to make the kids take turns, but it doesn't usually work out very well that way! So, we usually just give them each one, and let them have at it!
10. Favorite Christmas movie?
I love almost all of them!But these are my top 3:
It's A Wonderful Life
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
I love Christmas! Thanks, Courtney, for helping me to get into the Christmas spirit!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Sweet Notes Trims and Embellishments
Just look at the luscious trims and embellies that are included in this collection!
Trims:
I love the Glitter Ribbon and Rose ribbon!
And the Overlays:
And you can't forget the yummy washi tape!
Trims:
I love the Glitter Ribbon and Rose ribbon!
And the Overlays:
And you can't forget the yummy washi tape!
New Collection from Webster's Pages, "Sweet Notes"
I think I have found my first "must-have" collection for the upcoming year! I absolutely love this collection...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Scrapbook Mystery box sale! SOLD
Friday, November 30, 2012
Merry Christmas!
Just a quick post to share a Christmas greeting with all of you, my followers! I am sharing the same card that I am sending out to all of our family and friends...in digital version!!
And a special note from me to you: I appreciate each and every one of you, and I enjoy reading your comments and blogs as well! It is such a bright spot in my life, and a blessing to a crafter like me that has no crafty "real-life" friends that live nearby. I enjoy sharing with you all, and hope that I might give a bit of inspiration from time to time!
I promise I will be back to sharing on a much more regular basis soon, we are in the middle of a kitchen remodel, so it doesn't leave much time or space for crafty endeavors!
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
ScrapFriends - All about Scrapbooking: Christmas Candy Giveaway!!!
ScrapFriends - All about Scrapbooking: Christmas Candy Giveaway!!!: Christmas and New Year are just around the corner and it’s Giveaway time! A little bit of time left to prepare your self for this wonderf...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Hopping with Counterfeit Kit Club
Good morning! Can you believe it is already November? I know I can't! This month we were given a different type of challenge from the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog:
This month, we are going to change it up a bit and let YOU pick what to counterfeit! With collection kits and coordinating embellishments so popular, we thought it would be a great idea to let you choose a collection from 2012 and find (or create) papers and embellishments from your stash to mimic the new collection.
Given such a loose set of rules, of course my head started spinning with creative ideas!! I went back and forth over my CHA Pin board , drooling over all of the scrappy goodies that I loved, and had so many favorites, that I couldn't seem to narrow it down! Finally, I decided that two of my favorite collections from CHA summer were Cashmere Dame by Glitz Designs, and On Trend by Crate Paper. (Links go to 2Peas, if you want to purchase these collections!)
Cashmere Dame:
On Trend:
I have some nearly forgotten, but much loved goodies in here! Patterned papers from Basic Grey, Echo Park, and the Paper Studio, cardstock, washi tape, black lace, 2 sets of pink Thickers, black Glitz letter stickers, stamps from The Girls Paperie, chipboard stickers from Pink Paislee, photo corners from Anna Griffin, clear acetate diecuts from Making Memories, zebra dots and bling, Fluerettes in black and animal print, and Basic Grey die cut pack. I really love the way this came together, thanks to the CKC blog and their inspiration!!
I was so inspired by this challenge, I decided to make a few page kits, as well! In the past couple of weeks, I have shared pages made from these kits!
I made a mini-kit based on this collection by Echo Park, "Fall Fever":
You can see more photos and details about these pages here.
In this kit, I have included Bazzill glazed cs, kraft cs, Patterned paper from Echo Park, American Crafts, and Studio Calico. Embellishments include: Thickers, ScrapWorks Flea Market letter stickers, Heidi Grace word stickers, polka dot kraft tags from Target, Basic Grey wood buttons, a Jenni Bowlin Bingo card, a burlap sack, and a couple of fall rosettes.
I hope that I have inspired you to get creative with your existing stash and pull a kit or a page kit! For more kit making inspiration, we are having a blog hop, so you can see all of the CKCB's Design Team's kits!
Here is the list:
This month, we are going to change it up a bit and let YOU pick what to counterfeit! With collection kits and coordinating embellishments so popular, we thought it would be a great idea to let you choose a collection from 2012 and find (or create) papers and embellishments from your stash to mimic the new collection.
Given such a loose set of rules, of course my head started spinning with creative ideas!! I went back and forth over my CHA Pin board , drooling over all of the scrappy goodies that I loved, and had so many favorites, that I couldn't seem to narrow it down! Finally, I decided that two of my favorite collections from CHA summer were Cashmere Dame by Glitz Designs, and On Trend by Crate Paper. (Links go to 2Peas, if you want to purchase these collections!)
Cashmere Dame:
On Trend:
They are just so fun and colorful!! So, I pulled from my stash to create a kit, which I am calling "Sassy Fashionista":
I was so inspired by this challenge, I decided to make a few page kits, as well! In the past couple of weeks, I have shared pages made from these kits!
I made a mini-kit based on this collection by Echo Park, "Fall Fever":
Here is my kit, Autumn Afternoon:

In this kit, I have papers from Graphic 45, Making Memories, The Paper Studio, and My Mind's Eye, Making Memories upholstery brads, a fall rosette, Thickers chipboard shapes, and some Studio G stamps.
I made a couple of pages with this kit already:
You can see more photos and details about these pages here.
My last kit is not really based on a collection, but a single paper! I purchased a sheet of this gorgeous paper from Studio Calico's Yearbook collection:
I simply made up a fallish sort of kit with these colors and prints that I thought would go well with it! My second autumnal kit, "Colors Of Fall":
In this kit, I have included Bazzill glazed cs, kraft cs, Patterned paper from Echo Park, American Crafts, and Studio Calico. Embellishments include: Thickers, ScrapWorks Flea Market letter stickers, Heidi Grace word stickers, polka dot kraft tags from Target, Basic Grey wood buttons, a Jenni Bowlin Bingo card, a burlap sack, and a couple of fall rosettes.
I hope that I have inspired you to get creative with your existing stash and pull a kit or a page kit! For more kit making inspiration, we are having a blog hop, so you can see all of the CKCB's Design Team's kits!
Here is the list:
Guest Designer: Julie http://hisglorygirl.blogspot.com/
Margie http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/ *YOU ARE HERE*
Milissa http://millermall.blogspot.com/ *GO HERE NEXT*
Rebecca http://howiburb.blogspot.com/
And if you love making kits from your stash, why not try out for the Design Team?
Saturday, November 3, 2012
My Scary Bunch...
I thought I would take a tiny break from this regularly scheduled scrappy blog to share some Halloween photos of my kiddos. So, if you will indulge me for a minute...
My oldest (who is 13) wanted to be a Playboy bunny-we nixed that idea pretty quickly, lol! But when she agreed to wear sweats or jeans, we felt a cute black bunny costume was a good compromise:
My son wanted to be Scream, and it was pretty funny that one of his best buds ended up being Scream also-and they didn't even tell each other what they were going to be!
Evan/Scream:
Evan and his buds before a Halloween party a few nights ago:
The twins personalities and differences are really showing with this year's costumes! Natalie, the oldest twin, wanted to be rather glamorous and pretty, so she went as a "Goth Fairy":
And the younger twin (by 2 mins, lol), Cecilia, wanted the ugliest, scariest costume that she could find, and it HAD to have a mask. So, she went as "Infectious"(although she looked rather like a zombie to me, but what do I know?):
I especially love that blonde hair peeking out ;-) !
My oldest (who is 13) wanted to be a Playboy bunny-we nixed that idea pretty quickly, lol! But when she agreed to wear sweats or jeans, we felt a cute black bunny costume was a good compromise:
My son wanted to be Scream, and it was pretty funny that one of his best buds ended up being Scream also-and they didn't even tell each other what they were going to be!
Evan/Scream:
Evan and his buds before a Halloween party a few nights ago:
The twins personalities and differences are really showing with this year's costumes! Natalie, the oldest twin, wanted to be rather glamorous and pretty, so she went as a "Goth Fairy":
And the younger twin (by 2 mins, lol), Cecilia, wanted the ugliest, scariest costume that she could find, and it HAD to have a mask. So, she went as "Infectious"(although she looked rather like a zombie to me, but what do I know?):
I especially love that blonde hair peeking out ;-) !
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