Hello 2011!!

Hey all,

I know it's a little late but hello 2011!! I know it's been forever. I don't know if any of you that follow are still even checking. I haven't been feeling well the past month or so but I am on the mend. This past week was particularly rough. The holiday season also took a toll on me. I even didn't have enough time to scrap and be creative. Even though we have been off of school enough I just didn't have the time. I've had some more time now though since the holidays are over. I have gotten to work on some wedding shower favors. I'll try and get a video up of those. If not a video at least some pictures. I got the idea from Chic' n Scratch. They're the post-it note holders using a binding system. I haven't done a bunch of paper crafting otherwise. I feel out of practice now, haha. I have taken up knitting again. I started a scarf for a friend a while back but wasn't happy with the way it looked so I had stopped working on it. I undid the work I had done and practiced over and over. I am happy with the work I am doing now and have started working on it in earnest. I'll get some pics up soon.

We have been out of school this past week and are off tomorrow also. We were off for 7 days at the end of last semester and have now been out for 7 days this semester. We only have 10 days worked into our system, this was after they bumped it up from last year. They have already started trying to figure out where to take the days from. Although there's been talk of since we're in a state of emergency maybe we'll get some of days excused. We'll just have to wait and see. This has been a good time to not feel well. So I guess everything has worked out alright.

Oh by the way, I was doing really well not spending a whole lot of money on myself the past month or so. I was proud of myself. I have bought more stuff recently, but I have had some gift certificates and good coupons. So I haven't spent a ton of money. Right now it's a little hard though because I have these other coupons for my birthday and stuff and of course there are things that I would like to get. One of the things is a pegboard for my scrapping area - I've been waiting because I didn't know if we were going to try and move soon or not. I think though that I would like to get it anyway and I'll just take it down again or whatever. Part of the reason for really wanting it now is that I am slowly working on rearranging things in a few rooms and that includes my scrapping area. At one point I thought I was going to lose my work surface but I may be able to keep it after all. We'll just have to wait and see what ends up working. I may decide that I don't want the pegboard after all. We went to Sam's and bought this bin system that I really like - at first I didn't know if the look was going to be too industrial but I like all of the storage that is available. Maybe I should get a second one since I pretty much have this one full. Anyway, just been thinking of different options and what I think will work best for me. Hubby has offered to build something if I make up my mind what I want to use.

Anyway, enough rambling for now. I'll get those pictures up soon and some videos.

Take care and bye for now.

Keep forgetting to post projects

I have a few new projects that I need to post but I keep forgetting to once I get the computer out. I'm working on the calendar pages for the 2011 Calendar swap on The Beach. I also have decided to make a little 4x4 calendar for myself or maybe to give to a family member. When I get them finished I'll post them. Anyway, I need to make a video of the card that I made for my niece and nephew so they know how to work their card. You'll see what I mean when I get the pic/video posted.

I am still around

Hey all,

I am still alive. I know it's been forever and I keep thinking I'm coming back on a regular basis but alas. I've been busy with the start of school and trying to learn a new curriculum. I was so excited at the start of this year when I found out that I was going to get to teach something new but it has kept me very busy. Also, I started back to school myself. I have started a program that meets once a month on sat, all day, and is a year long. I should be working on my school work right now, but decided to check out blogger. I've tried to keep up with my crafting but have not a good job of posting it.

I did realize the other day that I have 100 subscribers on YT. YEAH!! I think I'm going to get a giveaway together. So if you are a subscriber, keep a look out.

Also, I still have those kits for sale over at my etsy store.

Jubilee Mini Album Kit for sale

Hey all,

I love the Jubilee collection from K&Company. Unfortunately I haven't had time yet to play with it. School starting again always takes some time to get everything ready and get back into the swing of things. I hope that someone else has time to play so I've put a mini album kit for sale on my etsy site but here's the direct link:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/53933278/jubliee-mini-album-kit

Here are some pics.


Go check it out if you're interested.

What I have been working on during my absence

Here are some of my creations for the months of May, June, and July.


This is the inside of a wedding card. I left the area under the Happily Ever After unglued so that it would act as a little pocket. I used the Storybook cricut cartridge along with two Martha Stewart punches.


Here is the anniversary card that I made for my husband. I colored the Fleur Anya stamp in using Copics. I tried colored her to look similar to me. I haven't really gotten the hang of coloring darker skin yet. I used the spellbinders labels four for the mats and the sentiment stamp is from Studio G.


An easel card with Fleur Anya again but I colored her to look like my mom when she was younger. I used Damask sizzix embossing folder for the background mats and a stamp from Autumn Leaves Stampology.

Finally, a swing or flip-flop card for my sister-in-laws birthday. The owl is from Cornish Heritage Farms (so sad they are selling). The solid paper is from DCWV and the patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye.

TH Giveaway

I'm so excited. Jenn from LiveTeachCreate is having a TH giveaway. There are some awesome things with several of them signed by the man himself. Check it out by clicking below.



Go check out her store also for the sale that she is having.

I'm back...again

Whew! What a crazy summer it's been. I am sorry for being absent for so long but my poor mom has had a rough time. So after they attempted the one procedure, they realized they were going to have to do the major operation. After that was scheduled, they had to move her surgery up by two weeks. We were all kind of caught off guard...I know I was at least. I had all these plans to get different scrapping stuff finished but no dice. The surgery went well and the doctors were all pleased with the healing process. There were lots of other issues though.

She was in the ICU for about 5 days longer than she needed to be because of the type of pain meds they had her on. She completely out of it and saying things that didn't make any sense. She finally came home the first time after about 10 days in the hospital. She was home for about a week and then she went back to the emergency room due to some weird pains in her side and was admitted again for about a week. We got her home once again for about 6 days and then had to take her back to the hospital. This time because she had lost about 5 lbs. since being home because she just couldn't eat anything. She had no appetite or desire to eat.

Since the beginning of the illness she's lost about 25 lbs. This time the doctors tried numerous things to try and get her to eat...mostly appetite stimulates. They sorta worked. She's also had a feeding tube down her nose and throat for about a month now. This is how she's getting most of her nutrients. She spent about a week in the hospital and has been home now for about a week and a half (I've sort of lost track of time - just started measuring time by her being in the hospital or not in the hospital). She is eating more now and seems to be maintaining the weight. She isn't eating enough to gain any weight but she has at least not lost a significant amount.

I was finally able to finish the mini for Lilly. I also managed to get the tags out from the swap that I hosted months ago. I will be hosting another one for the month of August. Hopefully will not have the same issues that I had with the last one. We did get to remodel our kitchen. My husband had to do all of the prep work due to my trips to the hospital. I did manage to help out with the painting and installing the floor. Painting the kitchen ended up being no small task but we'll talk about that later.

School is about to start soon. I think I have a week and a half left. Basically this whole summer is gone and I don't know where the time went. I have some videos and pictures that I need to get up. I've actually been able to do some things since my mom has been home and the kitchen is finished. I went to a class at my LSS and created this cute mini travel album. I will get pictures of it up soon...I have finished decorating but don't have the pictures in yet because I want to print some more out to put in it. I'm going to create one for all our trips now. It's a nice small reminder of what you did. It can be my journal and scrap album all in one. I'm also getting to work on the mini for my friend who had ovarian cancer. I'll get some pics up when I get some more work done on it. I'm going to meet some ladies tomorrow and work on a few projects.

I also want to have another contest for my return to blogger, youtube, and the scrapping world. I'll post more details later when I get things together.