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June 26, 2015

Flashback Friday and Move Forward

Flashback:

I totally missed the whole “Throwback Thursday” thing this week, so I’m going to Flashback on Friday. Seriously, no one will find this quite as amusing as I did, but I’m sharing it anyway. And please ignore the rug.

It’s a little hard to see because it was one of those capture it really quick moments. This was 9 years ago, and to this day, every time I make spaghetti I giggle about it. My husband was ~~interfering~~ being helpful and was going to put the noodles in the pot for me. He opened the box and went to pour them in. Well, I’m a little OCD about how things are done and I always break them before I put them in the pot, and he hadn’t done that. So, as he goes to dump them in, I yell, “WAIT!”. I must have scared the bejeezus out of him because he jumped and slung that box of noodles all over the kitchen! I swear to you, I still giggle every single time I make spaghetti.

And Forward:

I had to take a minute to share that these are the last days for Etc. by Danyale’s sale at Scrap Orchard. So much is going to be gone forever and you just can’t beat these prices. Grab up all the goodness!! And make sure you are following Danyale for all the exciting things that are coming!

I have one layout to share today using new stuff from Amy Wolff Designs – June Wolff Pack Papers and June Wolff Pack Messy Marvin:

June Wolff Pack Paper Pack June Wolff Pack Messy Marvin by Amy Wolff — June Wolff Pack Paper Pack
June Wolff Pack Messy Marvin
by Amy Wolff

I’ll have more new stuff tomorrow. Today I am off to grocery shop and to C’s end of the year baseball pool party. Have a great Friday! Peace, out…

June 23, 2015

Birthdays and Father’s Days and Lazy Days!

Whew.. So we got C’s 10th birthday off without much of a hitch. I thought it was going to rain most of the day, so we set most everything up inside. Fortunately, the rain held off until after the party. I think everyone enjoyed it. The decorations came out pretty cute if I do say so myself ha. I used Papers and Elements by Robyn Meierotto called Play Ball at Pixels and Company:

The water balloon batting practice was the favorite with little kids and big kids alike! We had a pretty low key Father’s Day and ended up just going out to eat. I think we were all worn out!

I was able to get ~~all~~ mostly caught up on my Life in Pockets pages. I still have this past week to do but with Traci Reed’s Pocket Life ’15: June Collection, I did get two weeks done!

Just a few other pages to share with you today…

About A Boy by Amy Wolff Press Plate No. 40 by Paislee Press — About A Boy by Amy Wolff
Press Plate No. 40 by Paislee Press

It’s Featured Favorites time over at Pixels and Company

Asian Summer by Mellybird Designs Blueprint No. 1 by Gennifer Bursett — Asian Summer by Mellybird Designs
Blueprint No. 1 by Gennifer Bursett

Curated: Currently by Pixels and Company and curated by Celeste Smith Sunny Template by Gennifer Bursett — Curated: Currently by Pixels and Company and curated by Celeste Smith
Sunny Template by Gennifer Bursett

I think C and I are headed to the pool today…It’s supposed to be a hot one! Have a great Tuesday! Peace, out…

June 19, 2015

And here I am…

Yep, it’s been awhile. I honestly have thought about coming by every day, and then every day something comes up and this blog just sits. I am working on a few changes to my routine and life that will hopefully help me to become better organized and keep up with this a bit better as well. Streamlining, if you will. School has been out for a week now, and baseball is over as well. I have spent most of this week getting ready for C’s birthday. He has not always had the best of birthdays. My dad and my father-in-law both passed away within the week surrounding his birthday, so I’m trying to make this one a little extra special. There won’t be a lot of people, but I’m hoping he will love it just the same. I’ll share photos when it’s over. Next week, we will get in to the fun stuff, like pool time!

I’m pretty much keeping up with scrapping time as well, and my Life in Pockets is only behind by a week! I do want to share that Etc. by Danyale is closing her shop at SO and is having one fantastic sale! Make sure you get by there and grab up some of her goodies at ridiculously low prices!

I didn’t do a whole lot of scrapping this past week, but I did manage to get in a few pages. Here’s some of what’s new:

All About A Boy by Amy Wolff Press Plate No. 40 by Paislee Press — All About A Boy by Amy Wolff
Press Plate No. 40 by Paislee Press

Painted Canvas Papers, Corrugated Alpha, and Finishing Touches Elements by Amy Wolff

Foto Face by River~Rose and HGD by Laurie Ann Fuss Free: Play It Again 18 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee — Foto Face by River~Rose and HGD by Laurie Ann
Fuss Free: Play It Again 18 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee

I’ll also be updating my Life in Pockets later this evening or tomorrow. Traci Reed’s Pocket Life for June hits the store, and it is awesome!!

Have a wonderful weekend! Peace, out…

May 30, 2015

Simply Saturday

Busy times indeed! Just popping by to share my June layouts for Simple Scrapper. I absolutely love being a part of such a great community of scrappers. And I love that every month Simple Scrapper helps me to scrap stories that might otherwise be overlooked! If you haven’t yet, you must check out the Premium Membership. It is an amazing resource, full of sketches, templates, and inspirational story starters to spark your creativity! Right now, you can save 20% on 6 months of purposeful tools and genuine community support for your memory keeping hobby.

Here are the latest pages that Simple Scrapper has helped me to create:

This page is all about the trip that my daughter and I took to San Antonio, TX to see my son graduate from AIT at Fort Sam Houston. It was her first time flying and I only wish I had been able to get a photo of her facial expressions on take off! For this page I used Simple Scrapper Premium Membership materials and 2 kits by River~Rose – Up and Away and Life With You.

This is one of my all time favorite photos of my two boys. It was taken at Easter in 2011. They are the best of friends. For this page I used materials from the Simple Scrapper Premium Membership with Treasured – May 2015 Collection by Pixels and Company.

I will be back soon to catch up on everything else! Have a great rest of your weekend! Peace, out…

April 26, 2015

In Deep…

Well, I’m in it kind of deep this morning. My PC decided to blue screen on me twice in the last couple of days, so I decided it was time for a long over-due reformat. I’ve had this computer for about 2 years and never done a good hard reformat, but I’ve put it off simply because I did not want to got through setting it all back up. Since all baseball stuff was cancelled for the weekend, and I had a bit of time, I figured it was as good a time as any. We are only going to get busier! Now, here I am, deep in re-installation hell!

I figured I would take a minute out and come share layouts for this weekend before I go any further and before I face-palm because there was something I forgot to back up (it always happens).

All Year Round: Precipitations by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio Coraline by Zoliofrope (retired) — All Year Round: Precipitations by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio
Coraline by Zoliofrope (retired)

Pockets No. 9 by Valorie Wibbens Typo Create by Valorie Wibbens Label Junkie by Valorie Wibbens Sprinkles V31 by Valorie Wibbens When Skies Are Gray by Valorie Wibbens When Skies Are Gray Journal Cards by Valorie Wibbens — Pockets No. 9 by Valorie Wibbens
Typo Create by Valorie Wibbens
Label Junkie by Valorie Wibbens
Sprinkles V31 by Valorie Wibbens
When Skies Are Gray by Valorie Wibbens
When Skies Are Gray Journal Cards by Valorie Wibbens

Fierce Patterns by Robyn Meierotto Fierce Word Art Robyn Meierotto Indian Summer by Gennifer Bursett — Fierce Patterns by Robyn Meierotto
Fierce Word Art Robyn Meierotto
Indian Summer by Gennifer Bursett

Fuss Free: Life Is Amazing 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Morning on the Lake by Etc by Danyale — Fuss Free: Life Is Amazing 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Morning on the Lake by Etc by Danyale

This Is April by River~Rose and Southern Serenity

If and when I get my Photoshop re-installed and running, I will catch up on my Life in Pockets pages. I’m a couple of weeks behind, but it shouldn’t take me long to get caught up. Wish me luck as I go in deeper! Have a great rest of the weekend. Peace, out…

April 9, 2015

Simply Sharing

Just thought I would take a moment to swing by and share my most recent layouts for Simple Scrapper. If you have not checked out this community and it’s membership, you are really missing out. Talk about a ton of information, inspiration, and goodies! Not to mention a wonderful group of scrappers who are always quick to support and help. Jennifer has been working like a mad woman behind the scenes to revamp the member area and it is fantastic!

The Premium Membership includes access to previous monthly content, members-only classes, and special events. They will be open for new membership soon, and you can sign up to be notified when everything is ready!

Here are the pages I created this month using sketches and story starters from Simple Scrapper:

Missing You by Tracy Martin Sketch from Simple Scrapper — Missing You by Tracy Martin
Sketch from Simple Scrapper

Cozy Times and Hipster Alpha by Tracy Martin Sketch from Simple Scrapper — Cozy Times and Hipster Alpha by Tracy Martin
Sketch from Simple Scrapper

I’ll be back this weekend to share this week’s newest releases and updates on my Life in Pockets pages! Hope everyone has a great end to the week. Peace, out…

April 4, 2015

Holy Cow…

Yeah, so it’s been a couple of weeks and yeah, same ole busy, busy, busy. I am taking a class this semester and, every little bit of weekend time that I’ve had, I’ve spent working on stuff for the class. It’s interesting stuff, if you like classes on teaching methods, but between that and the usual spring IEP, paperwork, testing, etc, I don’t have much “free” time. We have a 4 day weekend going on right now. That is the extent of our “Spring Break”. I am so envious of those who get a whole week off, but we are on the countdown to the end of the year! I’m also tackling a pretty big project in my time off…painting all my kitchen cabinets. They’ve needed an update for a long time. I got about half way through yesterday and will probably get the other half tomorrow. Today, we are going to color eggs and go to mom’s for dinner.

We got C all signed up for baseball a couple of weeks ago and he had try outs last week. We heard from the manager of the team yesterday and he will get to be #45 (Michael Jordan’s baseball number). Their team is the Giants and we have our meet and greet on Tuesday evening.

I haven’t had a chance to see it in person yet, but M now has a house of her own! I have informed her that she now must come and get all of her stuff haha. I’m dreaming of a craft room! But all of that will probably have to wait until summer, when I have the time to do it.

I have managed to get in some scrapping the last couple of weeks, and pretty much keep up with my weekly spreads. I’ve updated both galleries, but here are some of the pages I’ve managed to squeeze in…

Little Somethings V10 by Tracy Martin [ link ] Facebook freebie paper by Tracy Martin Topography No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens — Little Somethings V10 by Tracy Martin
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Facebook freebie paper by Tracy Martin
Topography No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens

Fuss Free: You Are Here by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Gentle Rain by Etc. by Danyale — Fuss Free: You Are Here by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Gentle Rain by Etc. by Danyale

Hello Pretty by Valorie Wibbens Drama Queen No. 3 by Valorie Wibbens Typo Grow by Valorie Wibbens Topography No. 14 by Valorie Wibbens — Hello Pretty by Valorie Wibbens
Drama Queen No. 3 by Valorie Wibbens
Typo Grow by Valorie Wibbens
Topography No. 14 by Valorie Wibbens

All Year Round: Beautifications by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio retired template by Zoliofrope — All Year Round: Beautifications by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio
retired template by Zoliofrope

This Is March by River~Rose and Southern Serenity

Fuss Free: Dots and Bows 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Gypsy by Etc by Danyale — Fuss Free: Dots and Bows 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Gypsy by Etc by Danyale

Fuss Free: Plan Ahead Apr 2016 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Gypsy by Etc by Danyale — Fuss Free: Plan Ahead Apr 2016 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Gypsy by Etc by Danyale

Be You - April 2015 Collection by the designers at Pixels & Company Layered Layouts v7 by Deena Rutter — Be You – April 2015 Collection by the designers at Pixels & Company
Layered Layouts v7 by Deena Rutter

Glam Pop by Traci Reed Convostation by Zoliofrope (retired) — Glam Pop by Traci Reed
Convostation by Zoliofrope (retired)

Thanks for having a look and hope everyone has a happy and blessed Easter! Peace, out…

March 15, 2015

One of “those” weeks

You know, the really really busy ones! Monday was mom’s 77th birthday so we headed over to her house with cake and presents to celebrate. We ended up staying a bit longer than planned while I set her up a Facebook account. Yikes! I’m not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing…time will tell I guess! She had been telling me about some of her old friends hounding her about getting on Facebook and then said “If I don’t hurry up, all my friends will be dead!” hahaha. Oh, mom.

Tuesday was C’s last basketball game. We were hoping it wouldn’t be, but they ended up losing by one point in yet another really poorly officiated game, but I digress. So, I spent Wednesday catching up on everything that didn’t get done Monday and Tuesday.

Thursday was Randy’s 45th, so more cake and present getting happened. I got him the set of headlight covers that he wanted for “Cammie” (his Camaro). And Friday, he spent the evening with her, while I did NOTHING, thankfully!

And so now here we are. I didn’t even get much scrapping done last week and I am a couple weeks behind on my Life in Pockets pages. Hoping to get caught up on those week as I am anticipating fabulous new goodies to play with!

Still there some great new releases this week!

If you are a geek like me, then you totally knew that yesterday was Pi Day, and a once in a lifetime one at that. Etc. by Danyale has an awesome bundle deal with her It’s a Theory Kit and new Perfectly Geeky. I paired it up with Cheryl’s new Fuss Free: Banner of Love templates.

It's a Theory/Perfectly Geeky by Etc. by Danyale Fuss Free: Banner of Love by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs — It’s a Theory/Perfectly Geeky by Etc. by Danyale
Fuss Free: Banner of Love by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs

New this week from River~Rose is the gorgeous spring time kit called You Can Bloom. I paired it up a template from This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles.

You Can Bloom by River~Rose This Journey called Life by Two Tiny Turtles — You Can Bloom by River~Rose
This Journey called Life by Two Tiny Turtles

And last but certainly not least. Valorie Wibbens has a brand new set of templates out this weekend – Topography No. 27. I absolutely adore her templates, they are so unique and so awesome. I used her For Like Ever Papers and Sprinkles V33.

Topography No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens For Like Ever Papers by Valorie Wibbens Sprinkles V33 by Valorie Wibbens — Topography No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens
For Like Ever Papers by Valorie Wibbens
Sprinkles V33 by Valorie Wibbens

Now we get a bit of rest and gear up for our first year of baseball. Hopefully, I’ll keep up with it all! Peace, out…

March 8, 2015March 8, 2015

It’s a Great Day

What an awesome day! This has to be one of my most favorite days of the whole year…Daylight Savings Time! I love the extra daylight in the evening. I just have so much more energy when I have more sunlight in my life. I get so lethargic once the sun goes down, and when that happens right after I get home from work, it’s really rather depressing.

But I didn’t really come back today to sing the praises of DST, I wanted to share my newest Life in Pockets pages. I am keeping up fairly well so far. I still have this past week to do, but hopefully I’ll get that done later today. C has basketball practice and I have to shop for my mother’s birthday, but other than that I don’t have much else to do. Thankfully, my morning does not involve shoveling or chipping ice!!

For Week 9, I used all things Valorie Wibbens – For Like Ever Papers, For Like Ever Journal Cards, and Sprinkles V33…all at The Lilypad.

I’ve added them to my Life in Pockets page, so everything there should be up to date! I’m on my way to work on some pages for releases coming up this week. Hope everyone has a fantastic Sunday!! Peace, out….

March 7, 2015

Well…

I’m not really sure where the last few days went, other than we did finally get back to work for 3 days and then off another 2. I am over winter. Fortunately, it does look like the next week or more will be beautiful and no temps below freezing! I also love, love, love the time change! I really do think about this blog every day and say I’m coming to post something and then one thing leads to another and I piddle around and don’t do it. But anyway, I’m here now and wanted to share a few new things for this week!

First up, it’s a brand new month at Simple Scrapper! If you haven’t checked out their Premium Membership, you really should. It’s a great community filled with wonderful scrappers! You also get access to a full library of sketches and Story Starters to jump start your creativity, Spark Magazine, planning tools, and lots of other unique and awesome content. Here are the layouts I created with sketches and story starters from the Premium Membership:

Love The Life You Live by Tracy Martin Simple Pleasures by Tracy Martin Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership — Love The Life You Live by Tracy Martin
Simple Pleasures by Tracy Martin
Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

All Year Round: Foundations by Traci Reed and Jady Day Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership — All Year Round: Foundations by Traci Reed and Jady Day
Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

Basketball season is winding down and we are in the playoffs right now. I have so many photos to scrap and Traci Reed read my mind! She has this great new basketball kit and matching cards!

3 Point Shot and 3 Point Shot Cards by Traci Reed 365Unscripted Plastic Stitched Grids by Traci Reed — 3 Point Shot and 3 Point Shot Cards by Traci Reed
365Unscripted Plastic Stitched Grids by Traci Reed

Val C. has a great new challenge over at Oscraps! I just loved playing with the big words that she provides for the challenge.

Creative Box - Big WORD by Val C. Designs ArtBook - This Day - The Bundle by Val C. Designs ArtBook - Posing ART by Val C. Designs — Creative Box – Big WORD by Val C. Designs
ArtBook – This Day – The Bundle by Val C. Designs
ArtBook – Posing ART by Val C. Designs

Also out this week is a beautiful kit called Create Joy by River~Rose. I paired it up with This Journey called Life template by Two Tiny Turtles.

Create Joy by River~Rose This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles — Create Joy by River~Rose
This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles

And I am off to get ready for a day at basketball! Have a terrific weekend! Peace, out…

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