Valentine's Day Circle Album

I think these circle albums are so cool. I made this one with Little Yellow Bicycle valentine paper and it turned out super cute. If you are local I am teaching a class on this one at The Playground on Valentine's Day.

hmmmm...... her pictures are better than mine. I shoulda' just copied them!

My Target Buy

How cute is this frame grouping that I bought at Target last week for $29?

Heart Photo Ornament

How unbelievably cute is this ornament? I got this idea from Shelley Haganman. I wrote down her name on my print out, but not her web address. As soon as I figure out which blog is hers I will post it here.

The photos are approx 2x2 printed in a strip of 3. I used some of the Basic Grey Bittersweet papers on the backside.

Adhere your paper to the back of your photos. Lay your photos so they face each other and staple at the top. If you want ribbon, lay it in between the photos so the staple catches it. Pull the ends around so the photos face outward bring together and staple at the bottom. You have a heart!

She also made a cute little garland with these ornaments that I am going to try to replicate when I feel like man-handling my printer again. It is giving me grief. I always have to trick it to get it to print borderless. I don't know what the deal is.

A Very Nice Day

I thought the perfect use for this great Monster paper would be a Cosmo Blackboard book. I have purchased several of them, but have yet to use one. I got the front page of this one done this morning before the thermometer said 68 degrees outside and we had to get to the park.

Canyon had a blast at the park. You would think the kid never played outside before. He met a little friend and they played so cute together. A camera lady from KELO came and started filming the park. Canyon and his little friend were playing in the trees and she was filming them, then when they headed for the creek she asked if she could come along and get some shots.

She was just beginning to ask me some questions about our day at the park when Canyon......fell in the creek. Yep, no shock there I'm sure. It wasn't even a foot deep where he was throwing rocks, so I didn't have to jump in or anything, thank goodness.

He was soaked. Yeah, it was almost 70 degrees today, but that water still had ice on it in some places. brrrrrr! So we left before she could interview Canyon.

Of course I recorded the news at 4:00, 5:00, and 9:00 so I could show Canyon that he was on TV. You would think with all that filming she did half the news show would be Canyon playing in the park. He was on exactly twice. Once from far away and when we put the DVR into slow motion you could see his cute little face in the bottom right hand corner of the TV for a second. I thought he would be disappointed, I was, but he was stoked. He was on TV. How cool is that? Silly kid!

My new favorite

Ok, I screwed up again. This time I did it consciously though. I saw this paper at The Playground and I had to have it. I couldn't wait! This has to be one of the cutest paper collections I have ever seen! Night Light by October Afternoon. It reminds me of the opening credits to Monsters Inc., which was Canyon's favorite movie for quite some time.

I intend to make up for buying it by using it immediately.

One Resolution Down

I bought all this super cute stuff at The Playground yesterday. Oops. I haven't done any scrapping at all since I got home from our trip, so no, I didn't just replace what I used. I honestly didn't even think about my resolution not to accumulate until late last night when I was admiring those cute little princesses.

I didn't even really make it two days. I bought stuff at the sale Saturday before we left. We left Sunday, no scrapbook stores in Cozumel. We got home late Sunday night, and The Playground isn't open Monday.

I guess I need to climb back up on the wagon and try again. :) :)

I saw lots more new stuff that I want. I better start scrappin' !

Update on the Crazy

As of yesterday, everyone that went to Mexico with us has zillions of bug bites too. For some reason mine just showed up earlier than everyone elses.

I did some research on sand fleas (still sounds gross). It said they bite about a foot from the ground and it takes a couple days for the bites to show up. The bites look like mine, so I am guessing thats what we all have.

I am literally covered with bug bites below the knees. I actually had a dream where they counted my bug bites in Mexico and wouldn't let me get on the plane. They wanted to keep me for observation. I know.... overactive imagination.

I just wanted to let everyone know that we don't have bed bugs so Kendra, you don't have to be afraid to come to my house!!! :) :)

A Little Bit Of Crazy

I am still doing laundry from our trip. Those of you who know me know that I kinda have a problem with irrational worries. :) Well... after we got home I started worrying that maybe those bites all over my legs weren't from Mexican mosquitoes, maybe, just maybe, they were from beg bugs. So, after looking at pictures of bed bug bites on the internet I decided better safe than sorry and chucked all of my suitcases outside. I have been shaking out all of the items in the suitcases and bringing them in to wash them one by one. I also read that you can freeze them, so everything that I couldn't wash I put in ziploc bags in the freezer. I left my suitcases outside all day yesterday and last night with the hopes that any bugs inside them will freeze.

My mother thinks I am crazy and I didn't even tell her that my freezer was full of clothes. I must admit, I feel kinda crazy, but I can't help it thats how I'm built.

This was taken on one of our trips to town. I think the town is called San Miguel. It was so cool how everything ran right along the coast. You could almost always see the beach.

Thats me behind the waterfall. This is where I spent a good part of the week. I read three large books behind this waterfall. I loved it!

Hopefully today I can finish laundry and putting things away to do something scrappy!

There's No Place Like Home

We just got in from a week in Cozumel, Mexico. It was so beautiful there, but I missed home. This is a picture from the balcony of our motel room. It is almost 1:00 in the morning, so I will post more later.

Suprise!

I already forgot to take a picture yesterday!!!
I made it a whole 1 day before forgetting.
Shoot!!

Happy New Year!!

Wishing everyone a hap hap Happy New Year!!

My scrap goals for this year are:

To take a picture everyday. Yes, I am going to try this 365 thing. I didn't order the kit though.
I saw a cute album on Two Peas where someone just purchased those album pages that hold six pictures, then used papers from Mat Stacks on them and placed a whole week of pictures on one page. I am going to try some different variations of this and see what I come up with. It sounds like it will be a neat project for my kids to look back at some day.... as long as I remember to take the pictures and they aren't all of my sleeping children at 11:59 pm.

I, like most of you, have thousands upon thousands of dollars in scrap supplies in my scrap room. I am going to use them. Another goal this year is 2 layouts a week. A double page only counts as one. I am really going to try to use up some of my stash so I don't feel so guilty about it all the time.

I am not going to add to my stash, only replace what I have used. (With the exception of the sale at the Playground starting tomorrow). I need to use 2 pieces of paper to buy 2 pieces of paper, use some embellishments to buy some embellishments etc. This is going to be a hard one. I'll let you know how it goes. :)

I am going to get my stinkin scrap room organized once and for all. I am such a procrastinator, I have constantly had an excuse for the past 6 months about why it wasn't done. No more excuses. I WILL have it done by the end of the month.

I also intend to take Cathy up on her offer to be more active at The Playground. Instead of just hanging out in her back room taking up chair space, I would love to teach some classes there and help out my friend any way that I can.

Now for my non scrapbook related goals:

Get the rest of my house organized. I have piles of stuff here and there. I intend to downsize all the clutter and get some organization going.

Start spending more quality time with my family. Playing games with the kids instead of watching tv with them. Letting Canyon help me cook instead of shooing him out of the kitchen. Treat each day as a gift instead of a just a stepping stone to "Someday". I know, it is easy to say I am going to try to do this, but not so easy to do.

Calm down. He is just a child (although a naughty one).

Quit asking her if her brain is working. You are going to give her a complex.

I would also say that I am going to try to lose weight, but lets face it, being skinny is over rated. :)

I have a few other goals for this year, most of them have to do with credit cards and other household debt. He who dies with the most toys does not win.