Project 365 Photos - 1/10 - 1/17

This Project 365 is going well! Well, it's only been 2 weeks (lol) but it's really fun! I've started to think I might want to round the corners as Maggie Holmes did in the following image. I like how her rounded corners gives the photos a finished look.



Here are my photos from last Saturday to yesterday...

My laptop - last Saturday, I basically played all day on it! LOL!


My bible for church last Sunday...


My Project 365 kit arrived in the mail on Monday...


On Tuesday, I scrapped for the first time since November...


Our water delivery was on Wednesday...


On Thursday, I got 8 years of my medical paperwork together for Friday's appt...


Photos of the temp outside via our car thermometer and a photo on the way to the dr. appt... (again, these were 2 photos I merged together to make a horizontal photo)


Hubby and I out and about on Saturday. You can see Staples straight ahead in this photo. We were going for more printer ink...also ordered a Bluetooth dongle so that I can print wirelessly from my laptop!


I've also already taken today's photo (think Steelers game!) but will upload this coming week's photos next Sunday.

Oh and have you seen the show "Gameshow In My Head"? It's on Saturday nights on CBS and it's HILARIOUS!!! It's a must see if you ask me! Hubby and I just sit and laugh! :) Go check it out. You can watch episodes if you haven't seen it!

Have a great night and thanks for poppin' in!

Baby, it's cold outside...

I'm happy to be inside tonight. Brrrr!!

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY.

VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COLDEST PERIOD WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WHEN WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE OBSERVED.

THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY, MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF AT LEAST 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

It really is COLD. I went outside to clean the snow off my car this morning and even though I bundled up...hat, scarf, hood, down coat, boots and gloves, when I came inside my cheeks were bright red! LOL! But it is January afterall. :)

Here's a few photos I took outside today...well, the icicle photo with the blue sky in the background, I took from a window inside, lol. The other icicle photo is the same group of icicles but taken from outside. :) The little Arborvitea trees are in our side yard.




Okay, on to some fun business! Yesterday, my friend Carolyn awarded me with a FABBY BLOG AWARD! In light of this, I'd like to thank the Academy... lol. For real, thanks Carolyn!!



So here's the deal - I list 5 of my addictions and then give this award to 5 FABBY gals with FABBY BLOGS!! ;) So here goes, my addictions:

1. Photography
2. Siesta Key, FL
3. Drinking water
4. Internet
5. My scrap stash

And my nominees are...

Dawn McVey
Adora Concepcion
Nikki Workman
Nora Griffin
Leslie Farmer

These are all blogs that I love to read, make me smile and inspire me in one way or another! :) Stop by and give them a visit!

How's everyone doing on their Project 365? Still taking photos daily? I'm still pluggin' away and keeping up!

That's it for tonight! Stay warm! :)

American Idol...

Come on, who watched it?!? I've watched it since the first season and this season is no different! I must say, I'm glad they're not showing as many of the audition shows. They can get a bit redundant, yes?

Here's my little tribute to tonight's season premier...nothing like a few crappy photos taken of the tv! LOL!!


*click for a ginormous view, lol.

I loved the last contestant who was blind. Very inspiring and a wonderful voice to boot!

What did you think of the new judge, Kara? I don't think I cared either way. I don't think she added anything to the show either way.

That's all I've got tonight. Thanks for poppin' in! :)

Oh oh oh...I scrapped a layout today but I need to print my photos. :) It felt good to get back to it!

It's HERE!

I am so excited! For the last several days, I've been tracking my Becky Higgins 365 Kit and it arrived on my doorstep today!! I am REALLY happy I spent the money on it and I think even more than that, I'm lucky to have been able to successfully order one and receive it. After the ordering process mess, I'm glad I went for it.

The minute it came today, I opened it up and spread out all the contents. Wow! The colors of all the funsies, the journaling cards, the transparencies, the album and page protectors, the ribbon, the date stamp, the 12x12 papers, the stickers, the month by month transparencies, weekly cards and the storage is CRAZY AWESOME!!! I can't to put my first set of photos (which I picked up at Walmart today) in the page protectors and embellish! This is going to be a fun project!

Gee...I wonder what my photo for today will be. ;)

Hope your Monday was/is a good one! :)

Not Done With Christmas Yet...

I know...it's January 11th and you'd think the Christmas posts would be coming to an end. They are. I promise. ;)

Each Christmas our family (well, the girls) decides on a wrapping paper theme whether it's a color combination, pattern or icon. We went with a color theme this year and settled on red, black, grey and white. Each of us girls took a roll of paper from a coordinating collection that my mom found and wrapped our gifts in it. I chose a roll that had red, black and grey snowflakes on white.

Since I didn't do any scrapping during the holidays, I was getting the itch to get creative. While wrapping Christmas gifts, I fed my need to scrap by making all my gift tags. It felt good to dig in my stash and use whatever worked.

Here's some of the tags I made. Excuse the photos and *gasp* the use of flash in a couple. Crappy weather, overcast, gloomy days didn't help things. ;)









I ended up using papers from Dream Street, American Crafts, g.c.d Studios and maybe some Luxe. The only thing I bought that wasn't in my stash was a few rolls of red and black hemp cord.





I found this santa suit gift card tutorial and loved it so much I made a couple for gift card stocking stuffers. There's supposed to be white on the collar but I left it off.



Hope you're having a good Sunday! Thanks for stopping by! :)

A little bit of everything...*photo heavy*

Lots of things to share today. It seems as though I'm loving blogging these days. :)

I am so excited to get my Becky Higgins 365 kit (yep, I was one of the lucky ones who was able to get one in my cart and checkout...well, it took 30 minutes, but I'm not comlaining)! I just tracked it via UPS and it'll officially arrive on Monday! I've kept up with my photo taking and finished editing them last night. And since there will be so many photos, I'm going to avoid printing them from home. I'll upload them to Walmart (LOVE their matte finish) and pick them up each weekend. And if all goes as planned, I'll post each completed week's photos (maybe not all, but some) here either Saturday or Sunday. It happens to be Saturday this week. So, here's my photos from Jan. 1st to Jan. 9th.

Hanging of the new calendar...palm trees, beach and ocean scenes of course...

Even a few days after Christmas, still enjoying my new Il Divo album...

Finally made my famous Frosted Sugar Cookies that I didn't make on Christmas Eve. (I combined two of my vertical photos in PSE to make a single 4x6 photo to fit in the horizontal pockets in the 365 kit.)

Made a few Christmas thank-you's...

Purged and organized a guestroom closet with the contents going to Goodwill...

Sat and enjoyed watching Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten) like I always do...

Dan playing a little Wii Mario Kart...

A beautiful snow day. I took the photo from our upstairs bathroom window...

Running around doing a few errands including the post office...

Remember this Christmas planner I made? Well, I made full use of it during my Christmas shopping trips! At the end of the season, it was stuffed full of receipts, gift cards and Christmas lists. I took it with me into every store I went and in the car. I really loved that I made this and was happy it turned into something so functional.

And while cleaning up my Christmas decorations, I sat down and went through all the Christmas cards I received. With the economy and everyone cutting back, I thought for sure I wouldn't receive many cards in return. I made 110+ cards this year and ended up getting 62 cards in return!! Can anyone say Christmas spirit?!?

I keep all the cards I receive in this container I bought at Target a few years ago. It's whitewashed metal with a plaque on the front that says "Christmas Cards". In the bottom of the container, I put artifical pine greenery with a few sprigs of faux holly berries on the side and I just love it.

One day I received 10 cards in my mailbox! The most I'd receive in one day during the season. :)

Hope you're enjoying your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Oh and by the way...what is up with the spacing (or lack of) between sentences on Blogger sometimes? Annoying! Anyone have any ideas?

Just for fun...

Completely lifted this from my friend Jolene's blog. :)

While you're supposed to bold the activities you've done and italicize 5 activities you'd like to do the most someday, I took the easy way out and basically answered yay or nay with a few sidenotes, lol. ;)

Feel free to snatch and make it your own. Leave me a comment when you've blogged yours! I'd love to see your list!

1. Started my own blog – Hellooo?
2. Slept under the stars – Yes
3. Played in a band – Nope
4. Visited Hawaii – Oh, how I wish. Someday!
5. Watched a meteor shower – Nope
6. Given more than I can afford to charity – Nope, but I do give.
7. Been to Disneyworld/land - Nope & no desire to.
8. Climbed a mountain – I've been on mountains, but never actually climbed, lol.
9. Held a praying mantis - Nope, but have photographed.
10. Sung a solo – Not sure.
11. Bungee jumped – Nope. I'm a skeeried cat.
12. Visited Paris – Nope
13. Watched lightning at sea – Yes. Eerie but cool!
14. Taught myself an art from scratch – Yes!
15. Adopted a child – Nope
16. Had food poisoning – Ugh. Papa John's.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty – Nope
18. Grown my own vegetables – Yes - peppers, tomatoes & cukes
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France – Nope
20. Slept on an overnight train – Nope
21. Had a pillow fight – Yes
22. Hitchhiked – NO WAY!
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – Does a bear sleep in the woods?
24. Built a snow fort – MANY times with my brother and sister!
25. Held a lamb – Hmm, don't think so.
26. Gone skinny dipping – Nope
27. Run a marathon – Good gravy, no.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice – Nope
29. Seen a total eclipse – Yes and took lots of photos!
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset – Absolutely!
31. Hit a home run – Yes
32. Been on a cruise – Nope. Another no desire to.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person – Yes
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors – Nope, but it'd be cool to!
35. Seen an Amish community – Seen many an Amish, but not a community.
36. Taught myself a new language – Hubby and I are learning Spanish!
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied – Satisfied!
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person – Nope
39. Gone rock climbing – Nope
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David – Nope
41. Sung karaoke – Yes
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt – Nope
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant – Nope
44. Visited Africa – Nope
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight – Yes and it was too dark! LOL!
46. Been transported in an ambulance – No
47. Had my portrait painted – LOL, no!
48. Gone deep sea fishing – Nope
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person – Nope
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris – Nope, but my best friend got engaged there!
51. Gone scube diving or snorkeling – Nope. Skeeried cat!
52. Kissed in the rain – Yes
53. Played in the mud – Yes
54. Gone to a drive-in theater – Yes
55. Been in a movie – Nope
56. Visited the Great Wall of China – Nope
57. Started a business – Yes, thanks to my sister-n-law
58. Taken a martial arts class – Nope
59. Visited Russia – Nope
60. Served at a soup kitchen – Nope
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies – Yes, when I was a Girl Scout!
62. Gone whale watching – Nope
63. Got flowers for no reason – Many times!
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma – Nope
65. Gone sky diving – Yikes, no!
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp – Nope
67. Bounced a check – Yep, when I was young.
68. Flown in a helicopter – Not 100% but I think I did over the Smokies when I was younger?
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy – Cabbage Patch dolls
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial – Nope
71. Eaten caviar – Yuck-o-rama. No.
72. Pieced a quilt – Nope
73. Stood in Times Square – Nope
74. Toured the Everglades – Nope
75. Been fired from a job – Yes, one time when I was young.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London – Nope
77. Broken a bone – Never
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - Yes, a long time ago.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person – Does flying over it count?
80. Published a book – Nope, but my scrap work has been published!
81. Visited the Vatican – Nope
82. Bought a brand new car – Never brand new.
83. Walked in Jerusalem – Nope, but what a wonderful experience it'd be!
84. Had my picture in the newspaper – Yes
85. Read the entire Bible – Nope
86. Visited the White House – Nope
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating – Yuck. No.
88. Had chickenpox – Yes
89. Saved someone's life – Nope
90. Sat on a jury – Nope
91. Met someone famous – Nope, but went to a wedding where Tom Cruise's cousin was, lol.
92. Joined a book club – Nope
93. Lost a loved one – Yes. :(
94. Had a baby – Nope
95. Seen the Alamo in person – Nope
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake – Nope
97. Been involved in a law suit - Nope
98. Owned a cell phone – Yes
99. Been stung by a bee – Yes. Ouch. Baking soda paste please!
100. Ridden an elephant – Nope

Kind of fun, huh?!

Finally, a new banner design with fresh photos...all taken in Siesta Key, FL. Shocking, I know. ;) New music too!

2009 is off and running and all is well in my world thus far. I even managed to write "2009" on a check today and not 2008. It seems like it usually takes me a couple months to get in the groove of writing the new year, but maybe not this year.

I'm trying to get back in the swing of scrapping. I haven't scrapped a layout since the middle of November and it seems like forever. I've done quite a few cards and I enjoyed getting back into my stash even if it wasn't creating layouts. Even still, I'm ready for some layout challenges to light my fire.

I made a few Christmas thank-yous this weekend that were sent to a neighbor who brought us cookies, my sister-n-law's mother who snuck Bath & Body lotion into my stocking and to a sweet, scrappy buddy who sent me lots of scrappy funsies! ;) And just to get myself up and running, I more or less lifted this design by Tami Hartley. I absolutely LOVE my Cuttlebug embossing folders! The texture they add is just amazing and I think that's what sold me on lifting the design.

So, who out there is excited about Becky Higgin's 365 kit? Luckily, I was able to order a kit even though the checkout process took a LONG time, but I eventually got checked out and received my confirmation email. Hope it actually arrives! Who knows after that mess though, lol! If not, I'll deal with it. ;) I've got all my photos in a folder on my computer and am editing along the way. I think it'll be a VERY COOL project at the end of the year. How fun to review the year and see all the little things we/I did each day. Sounds like something I'll treasure for a long time!
'Til next time...thanks for stopping!

Happy New Year!

I feel like I should be all nostalgic and pouring over the last year's events, but naaa, don't think I will. :)

Instead, I'll just say that I'm looking forward to seeing where the new year will take me. I'm thinking it has to be good, right?

Looks like CNN is starting their '08 wrapup. I love those. This year I'll be watching the ball drop with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. Should be a couple of laughs in there! :) And is it just me or is watching the ball drop without Dick Clark just not the same?

Wishing you all a wonderful night tonight and a New Year '09 that's your best yet!

A few more cards...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Santa brought you everything you asked for. :)

I had a nice Christmas and am looking forward to enjoying the rest of the season through New Year's! I always grew up with our Christmas tree up until New Year's and sometimes a day or two after that. That's how hubby and I do it in our house too. It seems to make the season last longer that way. ;) While driving home on Christmas night, after being with my in-laws, I saw that someone had already stripped their tree and threw it out on the boulevard, lol! I was like...aww, that poor tree! LOL! But, we all do things differently than the other and that's what makes the world go 'round, right? ;) It's all good.

Thought I'd share the cards I made for hubby's tellers this year. I made a little pocket on the inside of the card to hold a gift card. I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder on the green paper and used up a package of Making Memories rubs. Yay for getting in the stash! I also found the wiggly eyes that are girlie - with eyelashes, lol! I had to use those! I kept the envies simple with a stamped tree and the girl's name.

And I've got to give credit to Lisa @ Hero Arts for the owl/scarf idea. It was too cute not to try myself. I ended up liking these cards so much that it might be choice for my general Christmas cards next year. We'll see if I still love owls like I do now...and if I feel like doing 120 of them. ;)








So, what do you think of my white background now? I've always had black but it seems like when I go to other blogs, the black background/white text is harder to read. I don't know. It it just me? I think I'll try it out and see how I like it. Change is always good. Also need to get those darn photos in my banner updated! I've been saying that forever it seems. I'm ready for some freshness.

I'll leave you with the reminder that my friend Maryfrances' "store closing sale" is still going on. The entire store is 50% off and there's still plenty of great funsies left to be bought! Check it out! Happy shopping!

Until the next time...

My Christmas Card Factory...

*Whew* Finito. 110+ Christmas cards this year. Handmade by moi and I took photos along the way. :) Click for a large view.

50+ pieces of cardstock
Tons of patterned paper - Scenic Route, American Crafts, My Mind's Eye
1+ roll of 3M ATG Gold adhesive
1 Jet Black StazOn ink pad
150"+ hemp cord and paper cord
Stampin' Up Curly Label Punch Set
Stampin' Up Spiral Notebook Punch
Art Declassified Photographic Bimbi Christmas stamp (their photograph stamps rock!)
Studio G "Tis The Season To Be Jolly" stamp
Studio G " Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" stamp
CI Art Warehouse/Danelle Johnson Holiday Interactive Circle Stamps
Fiskars "Season's Greeting" stamp
Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle Punch
Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edge Punch (border punch)
American Crafts Slick Writers that never seem to run out! LOVE THEM!
Major use of my bone folder
Replacement trimmer blade - yep, dulled it right out
My envie stash completely depleted (I might have 4 envies left, lol)
Stamped sentiment on the inside (various)
"Handcrafted for you" stamp on the back

That's a lot of love from my scrap stash and like last year, I really enjoyed the process!

My international ones were sent out early last week and all my out-of-state and local ones were in the mail by last weekend.

Now I need to find the top of my table again. :)

Hope you're all enjoying the Christmas season!

Tis the season...

This week has been Christmas party week for us (okay, only two, lol). On Tuesday we went to hubby's work Christmas party. It was nice, but you know how it goes...it was a work party. ;) But, it was just fun being together, all dressed up and feeling the season happening around us.

This evening we went to my BIL and SIL's Christmas party. They have one every year and it's really nice. Tonight there were tall, lit candles surrounded with cranberries and nestled in a mason jars lining the steps up to the front door, a big, beautiful table full of finger foods, crock pots filled with yummy things, a house full of family and friends, talking and laughing, white lights, garland sprinkled with red, glittery balls and gold ribbon, mistletoe hanging in the archway and an all-around festive time. The only thing missing is a bit of snow. ;)

I also finished writing out my Christmas cards this week. I made around 110 this year and had a tough time nailing down my design, so I ended with like 5 different styles, lol! More to come about those in a future post. ;) I took photos along the way of my factory process, lol.

And while we're talking about crafty things, I also made this Christmas planner. It was super quick and I have all my family's Christmas lists inside and a receipt envie, waiting to finish my shopping. I haven't scrapped in a couple weeks, so it felt good to get into my stash. You can find the tutorial here.








*here comes the randomness*

I am so super excited because I'm typing this post up on my new laptop!! It came yesterday and I was able to set up my wireless connection, my email and have already loaded my Photoshop Elements and some other software that I often used on my desktop. I ordered a Dell on Black Friday weekend and got quite a deal! I haven't seen a better deal since then. Ohh...and I ordered it in Expresso Brown. It's gorgeous! :) Now I just need to see if I can get my printer in my wireless network. That might not be fun or easy, lol.

As I'm sitting here typing this, hubby has It's A Wonderful Life on tv. It's one of our favorite Christmas movies! Ahhh, George Bailey and Mary. We've already watched Elf (LOVE LOVE that movie!), Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph...well, I didn't watch Frosty or Rudolph all the way through, but they were on while I was fondling my new piece of technology. ;) Now we're just waiting to see A Christmas Story - you'll shoot your eye out! ROFL! It's not Christmas without watching that one!

Tonight before we went to the Christms party, I made a batch of Chocolate Toffee Almond Bark to take as a host/hostess gift and it turned out really good! It's super quick and even though you need a little patience (and a good candy thermometer) for the boiling process, it was worth it! I filled a clear cellophane bag and tied it with a couple different Christmas ribbons and it was good to go. I should have taken a photo, but didn't think of it. I saved a few pieces for us at home, of course. :)

Speaking of recipes, I made a batch of Magic Bars this week. I haven't had them since I was little as far as I can remember. They were really good and didn't last long! It sure puts me in the mood to do some Christmas baking!

Allright, that's it for me tonight. Night night!

STORE CLOSING - 50% off!

50% 0ff Everything, Everything must go!** Price in cart reflects discount. Limited to in stock merchandise only. Not valid on furniture, gift certificates, or SBO classes. No backorders! While we do our best to keep the inventory accurate if an item is out of stock a full refund will be issued for that item and you will be notified at the time of shipping.Free Shipping for all orders over $100

It's not a fun post, that's for sure. I've been a member at Scrapbooker Online for 3+ years now and have placed many orders in Maryfrances' store. Unfortunately, she's closing the doors of the store, but fortunately for you everything is 50% off! I know...bittersweet.

The good news is that the message boards and gallery will still be the same and all are welcome as usual! Come and get to know a sista or two and upload your work into the gallery - we'd love to see!

On another note, I'd like to wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving. We'll be spending time with hubby's parents in the early afternoon before heading to my parent's for dinner with my sister, brother and their families (all my sweet little nephews!). Tomorrow is a day to be thankful for all the big things but especially all the little things in life. I love Thanksgiving for that alone, as well as how it seems Thanksgiving is the ushering in of all the holiday goodness. Just love that feeling of the coming month!

Enjoy the holiday with whomever you're spending it with and I challenge you to take a little moment in all the hustle and bustle to look around and soak it all up. And for all of you scrapbookers out there, don't forget your camera! ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart

On a side note - thanks to everyone who left me a comment with your special Christmas traditions! Our family will be going through all of them and hope to pick up a few! :)

Christmas traditions...

Hi everyone! Yeah, I know...it's been a long time, so just settle down, lol! First of all, I have to give a shout-out to my friend, Marjorie. She helped me switch over from old Blogger to the new Blogger and it's sooooooooooo much easier now! Love my Marjorie!

Can you believe that Turkey Day is almost here?! I can already smell my mom's kitchen with all the traditional smells of her sweet potatoes, dressing (do you call it dressing or stuffing?), mashed potatoes, turkey (turkey breasts in my family), 5 cup salad, cranberry relish and on and on! I'm ready to eat and ready for a day with family. :)

So, back to the subject on hand. I need your ideas! Our family is looking to start a few new Christmas traditions this year as we need something fresh! That's where you come into the picture. I would love to hear what you and your family do for Christmas. What do you do on Christmas Eve? How do you go about Christmas morning? Special foods, appetizers or meals you always have (please share your recipe if you'd like!)? What do your kids do (or what did you do as a child)? Do you read a special book or maybe the Christmas story? Do you sit and make a craft? I would LOVE your input and hope to incorporate some new traditions for our family!

I'm hoping to start my Christmas cards today although I still need to narrow down my design. As of now, I have 2 designs and I might just go with both and do half and half. I have all my supplies out and I just keep staring at the pile wondering when I'm going to get going. Sometimes I do think less is more...naa, maybe not. ;) Last year it took me about a week to make 132, so all I know is I better get busy!

I also need to freshen up my photos in my header up there...maybe a little Christmas. :)

Under construction...

I'm trying to spruce this place up! Be back soon! :)

*WINNER*!

Thanks to everyone who left a comment for a chance to win my fall/Halloween giveaway! The lucky random winner is:

Wendy said...
What a great giveaway! What I love about this fall season, is that I finally get to celebrate going to the pumpkin patch, picking up fall leaves, and dressing up for Halloween with our new daughter that we adopted from China this year. We have always loved this season anyways but to now have a daughter to share the experiences with, makes those fall moments even sweeter! The pumpkins seem to be more orange, the leaves seem to be more vibrant, and life is just plain fun with her around!
11:40 PM

Congrats Wendy and thanks for visiting my blog! :) I'll be contacting you for you mailing addy so I can get this out right away!

And since these giveaways are so fun, look for another soon! Have a great night everyone!

Fall/Halloween GIVEAWAY & Happy World Card Making Day!!

I know, I know - I need no reminder on how long it's been since I posted, but life has been a little different lately. All is going to be fine though - I just know it. Anyway, I'm back and what's better than a giveaway on World Card Making Day!?

If you'd like a chance to win this little fall/Halloween bundle that includes Teresa Collins 8x8 Halloween papers (double-sided!), felt embellies, various chipboard pieces, ribbons & trims ect, just leave me a comment telling me what you love about the fall season! I will be picking a winner on Tuesday, Oct 7th!! Click on the image for a ginormous view! LOL!

In the meantime, feel free to stop by SBO (Scrapbooker Online) today and join in our fun card challenges and activities today! We'd love to have you!

Have a fun day creating and I promise you'll see me around here more often! :)