Project 365 and some random stuff.

So I was reading about Project 365 and you know what? I think it is pretty darn cool. So cool that I decided to do it. It seems like a pretty quick and easy way to capture your life. Apparently you can't get the kit anymore, but that's ok because I don't really care for copying things anyway. Although I have to say that the kit is really nice and you can certainly do lots to alter it. I can always make my own. Of course I'm a few days late starting, so I guess I need to take a look at my photos taken so far. Considering I'm such a shutterbug, I'm sure it wont be a problem.

Talking about shutterbugs, I found the coolest camera strap ever made by Emily Falconbrige http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=102997 . It totally reminds me of my super cool guitar strap.

Oh and I found these really great pens yesterday. They are permanent, super fine tipped and yes they are acid free. The best part was they were only like six dollars and some change for a big pack of them. I found a cute bucket for a dollar and there you go.

Card - Week 2

Supplies -

patterned paper - Chatterbox

ribbon, brads, tag - Making Memories

Stickles

bread tie (stripped courtesy of DH)

stamp - Studio G

ink - Staz On

cardstock

foam adhesive

tape runner

corner rounder

Card - Week 1 (a few days late)

Supplies -

Patterned paper - Fancy Pants

Rub on - Hambly

Ribbon - Close To My Heart

Pen - Martha Stewart

Bling - The Paper Studio

Cardstock - Bazzil

Woven Label - Making Memories

Corner Rounder

Tape Runner

Foam Adhesive

My New Year's Resolution

OK so this is a two part resolution. The first part is to update my blog regularly and the second part is to make more cards. I really don't make cards because I'm bad about giving them out. I just don't like to give them away. I feel like I am wasting them. LOL However my mom told me during her recent visit that my aunt loves to get handmade cards as a gift. So of course she got a bunch that I had been hoarding, plus some new one's that I made specifically for her as a Christmas gift. Plus I gave some to my mom. I couldn't leave her out, after all she keeps all the stuff I make her and if you know her that is a BIG deal. She would toss you out if you sat there too long. LOL Anyhow I have decided to make a card a week and post a picture of it on my blog. This way I'm forced to keep up with my blog and make the cards. I know that I missed one week already because we were out of town, so I will make two this weekend and we can pretend one of them has been there all week. ;)

P.S. If I forget to post my card I expect to get some very stern emails from my friends. After all someone needs to keep me in line.

I'm back!!!!! Woo hoo!

I have so much to share. It's been a busy holiday season filled with family and friends. I've loved every minute of it. Even though the holidays aren't officially over for my family, we celebrate Three Kings Day ( also known as The Feast of Epiphany), I had a few spare moments while the kids played with their new toys and I wanted to catch you guys up. Let's start with some scrappy crafty fun stuff.

My Dad's Book - I made it as a Christmas gift. My darling husband was kind enough to provide me with a Slice as an early Christmas gift so I went to town. It's not my typical 12 month book. I haven't made one of those in a couple of years, but I wanted to send him something since he hasn't been able to visit in a while. I gathered up all of the photos that I had printed, but not scrapped and put them together in an 8 x 8 album. The pictures span from when I was a baby all the way to right before this Christmas. The great thing about my Dad is that he shows off the books I make him, which kind of makes me laugh because he works with a bunch of lawyers. This project was great because it let me use up a buch of stuff that I had been saving.

An ornament I made to decorate the teacher's Chirstmas gifts.

My huge wreath that is now hanging in the foyer. I decorated it and my Mom made the bow. Thanks Mom! Believe it or not I have four more wreaths to decorate for the windows on the front of the house and yes I'll do them now if I can find the flowers.

My brother and sisters. This is the first time that we have all been together since I was pregnant with Brenden.
Phillip, Ali, Venessa and Me

Just the girls!

Ok this post is long enough. TTFN

Proof - LOL

That I still scrapbook. I've just been super busy with my classes and mom stuff. You know how it is. ;)

Hope everyone is having a fabulous holiday season.

Scrap Chic Take Home Class

Spooky Tree

Some quick directions for the tree -

The tree was an unfinished wood tree that I bought at Michael's last year. I removed the tree from the base and painted both pieces brown. Then I traced the tree onto a lightly patterned piece of Basic Grey. I cut it out, then sanded the edges. Then I inked the tree around the edges to give it some shadows. I added some "grass" to the base with a stipple brush and some green paint. The leaves were made with a punch and some left over pieces of pattern paper. The spiders are actually confetti spiders. The pumpkin was given to me by a good friend and I believe came from a pack of Making Memories sheer embelishments. OK I think that's it. Have fun! :) :) :) :)

Fall Decorations

Something from my new class

Logan's Hat

I finished this on Sunday morning. This is my first finished knit project. I started with a scarf, but it's still WIP. I wanted a break from the scarf, so I started this. I really like knitting on circular needles. Logan totally loves his hat. He picked the yarn himself. He kept asking me when it would be done. LOL

This Sunday's Dinner

An online friend turned me on to this great and kinda crazy blog. I'm making this for dinner this Sunday. Yes I have gone crockpot crazy.
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/08/crockpot-brown-sugar-chicken-recipe.html

This afternoon's battle

Life is good

School is going well for everyone here. I'm loving teaching my new and old students. Brenden has gotten lots of praise from his teacher and Logan is well loved. I started knitting and I am having a great time with it. I found a great little knitting store and tons of great patterns online. Chris and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary today. I can't believe it's been ten years already. Ten years and two wonderful boys. Plus tomorrow I will be cropping with my best buds at Archivers. We have plans to get together with some good friends over the weekend. I have to say that life is good.

Happy Family

Last night I got to scrapbook a bit while the guys played Wii. They really get into it. LOL While I am not much of a video game person, I have to admit that I really like the Wii. I like the idea of moving while you play. Granted most people tend to move while they play even when it isn't necessary. LOL

Lately

As I was doing some cleaning out I realized that I had all these pictures that I kept carrying with me to crop after crop, but never actually scrapped them. So I decided to scrap them. I couldn't really figure out why I kept passing them over. Then it occured to me that I needed to write the story first. So on Sunday while Chris was working on the basement (more on that later) I started to write. Truth be told I really do love to write. Not the obvious, but the real story. The things you really wouldn't know just by looking at the picture. Well ever since I took the time to do that I have been scrapping super fast. If you've been scrapping with me you know that fast is not the norm. I think I am going to try scrapping like this for a while and see how it goes. As for the basement, well that is a whole other story for another day.

Today

I spent the day hanging out with the kids and doing a little shopping. I managed to get a bit of scrap time in and this is what I made. Simple, but I love it.

Right now ......

We just got back from our annual trip to the beach. We are starting our birthday celebrations that will last for the next 3 months. We are working on getting ready for Kindergarten. The boys are in swim class. Soccer season will be starting soon. My house is a total mess. LOL I am working on a new class for August. Oh and I agreed to take on 3 more dance classes this coming school year. I think that's all. I will post lots of pics soon. TTFN

Father Album Class - June 1st 3pm

I'll be teaching this class this Sunday at Scrap Chic in Decatur.

I love this picture of the boys ......

I've been carrying it around forever. I don't know why it took so long for me to scrap it. Those smiles are just so genuine. I finally scrapped it at 2am this weekend with my sister.