The carpets went in today...

And the twins were bored, so I gave them each a paint brush, an old, "throw away" piece of furniture, and some leftover paint, and set them up in the back yard-they were occupied for hours, and they had some good old fashioned messy fun!

I've been a bad blogger...

But I have been so busy! My husband was offered a huge promotion in mid-April, which means a move for our family. And with a family of six, that is no easy task! And the other catch-we were right in the middle of remodeling our house! We basically had no kitchen in the house at the time...which of course would make our house almost impossible to sell. So, the last two months have been a mad flurry of hanging cabinets, getting appliances in, installing sink, faucet, and counters, backsplash, and lights. This is what it looks like now:

It makes me really proud to say we did it ourselves! We have also had multiple other projects in the works: painting the ceiling and posts of our back and front porches, installing a new front door and front and back storm doors, painting the front and back doors inside and out, having the bedrooms and trim in the whole house painted, and new carpet is being installed in the bedrooms today. It seems like the list is never ending! I can't wait to get it on the market and relax (well, as much as a mom of 4 kids can...).

Well, I didn't drop off the face of the Earth, but...

I haven't had the internet for most of the month... Dratted storms!! I will be back tomorrow to share a little bit of what I have been up to with no internet. Lots of news and fun stuff for my family!

Happy NSD 2013!

I am excited to share a fun project with you that I worked on this week!I am up with a layout created for National Scrapbook Day 2013, and a scrappy challenge over at Shimelle/AKA Glitter Girl's blog! Hint: it's all about using a mood board!

Head over there to see more!

Scrapping With a Page Kit Like Glitter Girl

 

For the last couple of weeks at Two Peas In a Bucket, Glitter Girl has been talking about making scrapbooking easier by scrapping with a page kit, and since this is one of my favorite ways to scrap, I had to play along! Here is my page kit, using Glitter Girl's formula:

 

And these are the pages that I came up with using this kit:

I am so in love the Teresa Collins doily paper...so pretty! The first layout is based on one of Shimelle's sketches, and the second one is based on this sketch from the Paper Bakery:

 

All in all, a fun and relatively quick scrappy challenge!

What’s On Your…

I saw this on the fabulous Ali Edwards blog and decided to play along!

Here’s what’s on my…

 

VANITY |  Don't have room for a vanity...but if I did, it would hold my make up and jewelry

 

PERENNIAL TO DO LIST |   LAUNDRY...laundry...and more laundry...with a family of 6, I do it every day, and it is never ending! Any tips?

REFRIGERATOR SHELVES |  Leftover pizza, pickled veggies, milk, lunch supplies

 

ITINERARY |  planning a weekend trip for Father's day

 

FANTASY ITINERARY |  A European adventure...I would love to stop at all of the big stops...Italy would be at the top of my must see list- so much art and history there!, France ( I dream of stopping at a market for fresh bread, cheese, fruit, pastries, and wine,  and having a picnic in front of the Eiffel tower), England-so much history and ceremony there that I would love to see, and Ireland and Scotland to see the castles and sample the cuisine.

 

PLAYLIST |  I need a new one-any recommendations? What do you like to run/work out to?

 

NIGHTSTAND |   Several scrapbook magazines, Johanna Lindsey-Let Love Find You

 

WORKOUT PLAN |  I really need to get back to running...

 

IPHONE |  Don't have one. When I get one, the first apps that I will download: Feedly, Instagram, Tim Holtz, and Gardens Of Time

 

TOP 5 LIST | (1.)Prayer-it really does work! Had a big one answered this week!

(2.)Kids sports-I love them, love watching my kids play them(especially basketball!)

(3.)Time to relax with the hubs

(4.)Scrapbooking and making kits

(5.)Progress on Home Improvements!

 

BUCKET LIST | Travel, move into a bigger house...did I say travel?!

 

MIND |    Laundry, scrapbooking, home improvements

 

BLOGROLL | Shimelle (great sketches,videos, and all around inspiration!), Tim Holtz (So much fantastic art and inspiration, great tutorials and videos), Studio Calico (they have some amazingly talented designers, so it is always inspiring to me)  Paper Issues (inspiring and fun challenges, great layouts from their designers), Mama Laughlin (love her fitness story, she is very funny and real), Walking In Memphis In High Heels (She is a local {to me} girl, wears the cutest outfits, and has some fun giveaways), C.S.I. (Color, Stories, and Inspiration-A fun and unique challenge, with free printables, too!), and Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog (I love the inspiration for making kits from supplies you already have, and they have tons of tutorials and links, a truly great scrapping resource for me!).

I have hundreds of blogs that I read frequently, but these are some of my favorites!
 

WALLS OF YOUR FAVORITE ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE |  My living room-sand colored side walls with a red focal wall-it wreaks havoc on my living room photos though!

LIQUOR SHELF |   Wine for me, vodka for Bloody Mary's and Screwdrivers for the hubs. And some leftover Peppermint Schnapps that's been there forever

 

LAST CREDIT CARD STATEMENT | Home improvement supplies (Do you see a theme here?)

 

SCREENSAVER |  An Indiana University screensaver

 

TV EVERY NIGHT |  Dancing With the Stars, Elementary, and New Girl are my favorite shows right now. And I can't wait for Suits to come back!

 

 

Another Day, Another Scrapbook Page...

This time, my layout was inspired by a sketch from the Scrappiest:

Again, I used my March kit (I am loving this kit so much! One of my favorites of all time!!):

 I used some of my favorite paper from Dear Lizzy's Lucky charm collection, and other bits and pieces from the kit (the banners were perfect for using up some of my scraps!), an Elle's Studio journaling card, a piece of washi from the washi tape sheet from Maggie Holmes, a few of the Maggie Holmes cut out tags, a few little Jillibean Soup letter stickers, some of the chipboard pieces from the Dear Lizzy chipboard Thickers, and some Gold Lame and Primrose Color Shine from Heidi Swapp.
I backed the cut-out letters with some Lucky Charm striped paper:

I love the yummy Color Shine mist too! I need more colors!
I am linking this layout up to: Simon Says Stamp: Cityscapes or Travel, since the photo is from a trip my family took last year, Layout Love Linky, The Scrappiest, and the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog
 Now...off to see what I can do for this weeks' Glitter Girl prompt...it's right up my alley, since it involves kit-building/scrapping from the limitations of a kit! Ta-ta for now!

Another layout from my March kit...

Just a quick post to share the page that I made using Shimelle's Sketch 12 and my March kit:

 Love the papers-Maggie Holmes, Pebbles, Amy Tangerine...and I added some of my new Heidi Swapp Color Shine mist, a Tim Holtz mask, some Want 2 Scrap pearls, a Basic Grey Canvas tag, pink chevron washi tape, a flocked Doodlebug brad, a heart from the Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm set fit in the fussy cut camera perfectly, and I put a coating of Glossy Accents over it to make a "lens".
Here is a closer look at the embellishments:

Thanks for looking-I always love to know what you think!

Scrapping up a storm!

Yes, I have been scrapping a lot over the last few days...it's kind of my stress release ;-) So, I pulled out my February kit

 and made a few pages:

 and this one based on Shimelle's Sketch #9:

(the sketch):

And another take, with my March kit, on the same sketch:

 I used Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm, Amy Tangerine Yes Please, and Maggie Holmes for Crate (all of my favorite goodies from the most recent CHA, basically!). I also used Cocoa Daisy and Amy Tangerine stamps from my kit, a white gel pen, and added in a set of embellishments, because I just love these yummy Glitz Giant Rhinestones...

Thanks for allowing me to share with you...now I have to go scrub some floors and do some laundry, to make up for all of my time spent scrapping this week ...