Hi friends- I have decided to give you guys a few more days to make some cards and enter to win some handmade goodies for the SU! eScape Challenge. What do you think? By end of day Monday?
Have a great and creative weekend!!
Have you seen Lisa Leonard Designs? Please tell me you have? I am in love with her beautiful jewelry and accessories- I just became the very proud owner of a custom pendant ("The Original Necklace") by Lisa- I picked the sentiment "life is beautiful" because it has special meaning to me, and I hung my pendant on the necklace John gave me as a wedding gift. Every time I catch a glimpse of it in the mirror- I literally stop and admire it.
I am also super in love with the baby spoons she makes- I have a few friends who *might* get one of these for their little tots if they are lucky:)
Speaking of little ones- check out the party invite I am working on:
I just love his little face! John says he looks like he's doing a Billy Idol "Rebel Yell" impression. I don't know if you can see it, but that little blanket has tiny little rocker skull/bones all over it.
Here are a couple more shares from the Garden at 2peas:
(apparently I cannot get enough of this kid:)
Both of these pages were using the Ad Inspiration garden theme- I pulled my inspiration from this photo ad in my Pottery Barn catalog. Sometimes it's hard to translate this type of ad into a layout idea- but that rug- Hello!! I just loved how it looked against the blue with the splashes of color. This is now my all time favorite page, and I want to redo my house to look like this:
Here's a random funny subject to scrap about:) High School Boys! LOL!! Really though, when I think back on those years, these two really defined a lot of it for me- I owe them at least one big page in the scrapbook, if not more. and yes...I do feel a little weird posting it online...I had to settle for crappy yearbook pics- since I don't really have any pictures of us together. It was 1993- you know, before camera phones and MySpace...we were deprived. :)
and last but not least- this was a project I made showing an idea for using Hambly ATC Overlays- I made a set of note cards for my camera strap- being a newbie with the picture taking, I find it super helpful to having these little reminder/cheat sheets right there while I am shooting (the charts and info came from PhotoBert's Free Course- they sell premade cheat sheets that look really good if you are interested.)... And the yummy Hambly makes these fun to have hanging on your neck, kinda like camera jewelry...
You can see all these projects up close and with shopping lists here.
In other news, our hoop.dee.do's are the featured item today on CraftStylish.com- fun site, head over and take a look:
Don't forget about the Stampin' Up eScape Challenge- you can post your submissions until Friday when I will draw the winner.
I think that's plenty for one post- I will let you get back to your day. Have a great one!!! Summer has finally arrived in Seattle and we are ready to take full advantage of it. WooHoo!!
Lots of ((((((hugs))))))
Are you like me? Even though you craft all the time, when it comes to making cards or gifts for friends and family, you sometimes don't have the time or the creative steam to handcraft for them? I know I am very guilty of this- it's zero hour and I have to quickly put something together...I should be taking time away to stock up for those events in advance.
Why not do that today? :)
Stampin' Up put the challenge to me (and to you...) to take the day off today from the email, the TV, the internet and sit down and make some handmade cards to reconnect with your friends and families. It's time to eScape and stamp!
I will be spending the day creating- will you join me? There are so many great ways to find inspiration to get started: the Stamping Gallery at TwoPeasinaBucket, the Gallery at Splitcoaststampers.com, and the fabulous challenges taking place on the A.Muse.A.Palooza blog!!!
If you create a card or other handmade correspondance- please upload it to the internet and link it to me in the comments below- and I will draw a winner on Friday for a set of 12 handmade notes (photo shown) made with Stampin' Up "Circle of Friendship" images, and American Crafts papers.
Let's just say, "I need a vacation."
It's been good to take a little break- I have been hermiting here in my little shack, working on some projects, making some pages for the Garden, and waiting patiently for Summer to show up in Seattle. It's practically still winter- rainy and cold!! I have been on two camping trips since we last chatted, one to the ocean and one to the lake (just this weekend)...The sun is apparently in Eastern Washington- my forehead is so sunburnt it's scabbed over...eeewww. It's ok, basking in its glorious warmth was worth it.
Today I decided to dust off the ol' blog, clean things up a little bit, and suprise you with a random post!! John took a new pic of me with my sunburn and my hat, I fixed up the wonky sidebar graphics and made a new banner- something kinda different- a little calmer and more clean feeling...then I wondered what I should blog about, since I am horribly out of practice...and since I am still feeling like a hermit and not my usual chatty self- I decided to just post some projects that I have completed recently.
Here you go:
*grungeboard perpetual calendar- inspired by this awesome goodness*
*2page Weekly Inspiration Layout for 2peas*
*Ad Inspiration Theme pages for 2peas*
and this is the Baby Dearest Book kit that I got to play with for Candice Carpenter's awesome shop Peacoats & Partyhats- Candice is one of the most seriously talented artists I know- she is also a riot and we have a lot in common- I was so excited that she asked me to make this project- I really liked how it turned out.
That's just some of it...you can see the whole thing page by page here. There is also a link to it under the Galleries section on the left sidebar. Candice wanted me to let you know that she has about 5 kits left if you want one!!
So there you have it, a small portion of the fruits of my labor over the past few weeks. What have you guys been up to? Have I missed anything important? Fill me in!!
I'm not quite back from my break yet- I hope to get a bunch of pictures proofed from my trips and adventures to share. Still enjoying my hermitness, hanging out with Drake and John and finishing a few good reads, etc. I'll be back soon.
Peace and Love
Hey everyone, did you know that this month A Muse is celebrating it's 7th year!
In honor of the happy event, we (the DT) are sharing our favorite 7's:
My 7 Fave A Muse Stamps:
My 7 Fave things about A Muse:
Happy 7th Birthday A Muse!!!
(A Muse DT and Instructors: November 2005)
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In other news: lol... I really didn't mean to be away from my blog (slacker) for such a long time! I have been making good use of my time though, working on a few projects here and there and selling our hoop.dee.do's! I recently completed a big marathon scrapbooking session thanks to a *super* inspiring upcoming Garden Theme...I made 6 scrapbook pages in 2 days- a world record for me!
I also wanted to share my heartfelt congratulations to my dear friends Nate and Jessica on the birth of their adorable little boy Caden! He was born last week and we get to finally see him on Thursday. I am so excited. I love him already- I think he's just the cutest thing ever...
(ack! Baby Fever coming on fast!)
Aside from that, there has been a lot of watching LOST and Family Guy and American Idol. I am pulling for Cook- but I think Archie is going to win fo'shiz. It's the power of the masses of 13yr old texters. Who can compete with that?? :)
I missed you guys!
(((((hugs)))))
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I have filled the shop with oodles and oodles of new hoop.dee.do's! Some of my very favorite fabrics (woodgrain!!)are now available and I am so excited!! I hope you like them as much as I do.
What did you do for National Scrapbooking Day? I celebrated with the peas, chatted it up as usual and even had the chance to host a quick scrap challenge. Here's what our group did:
Take 3 minutes: Grab the following (fast-don't think about it)...
one sheet of cardstock
one piece of pattern paper
one tag
one label
one stamp
one sticker
one rub on
one brad
*optional: one embellishment/chipboard/acrylic etc.*
and either one photo or skip the photo
and by the end of the chat, make one super quick page or 2 cards using only these items (you can add letter stickers or journaling too if needed...oh, and obviously your scissors, pens, adhesives, etc...)The object of the challenge is to work super fast, don't worry about mistakes- you can always go back and change it later.
FUN????
Ready, Set, GO!!!!!
Here was my page- honestly the fastest page ever made by yours truly. It was such and exhilarating and freeing experience.
That is a picture of my at what I think is my 4th birthday party? I am opening up my Princess Leia Star Wars action figure, which, if I can remember that far back, was one thing I really wanted for my birthday.
And, speaking of wanting things and scrapbooking....oh man, some new favorites have arrived in the store at 2peas and I can't wait to play!!! Fellow shoppers, I give you the *new* La.Di.Dah collection from KI Memories:
Is that cute or WHAT??? I cannot wait until I get my hot little hands on it. Come to mama!!
And with that, my computer has decided to give me the royal fits, I need to sign off for the evening before I pull out all my hair and I let it ruin my hoop.dee.do and la.di.dah happiness...so, just a quckie tonight dears;P ...I hope you have a great Wednesday and I will be back soon with more chatter later:)
(((hugs)))
Is today!! Come Join The Party!!!
The party is already in full swing!! There are free classes, a whole new garden of ideas, chats all day, a TON of prizes, discounts in the store and more! Come check it out!!
Also, I just finished another big fat batch of hoop.dee.do's! These will go up in the shop either today or tomorrow- and then early this coming week, we'll add a bunch more of the larger sizes with new fabric!! I can't wait. Especially for the fabric choices- super yummy!! There will also be a few "kids" style fabrics as well, and depending on how well these sell, we may do more.
Thank you for all your kind words and prayers for Dottie. I know that I only had the chance to know her late in life, so my experiences with her are much different from others in the family. I am looking forward to the service and hearing more about her, the memories of the rest of the family, etc.
((((((hugs)))))))
See you at the NSD Party!!!
(layout from December 2007 kit at MyScrapbookShoppe)
I am sad to report that John's Grandma, Dottie (Dorothy) Pebbles passed away last night at age 96. It is both a sad time for our family, and a time where we consider how blessed Dottie was not only in life, but in her passing. Dottie was mostly self-sufficient until only very recently- last week she finally moved from her own apartment into full nursing care. Over the past few days, Dottie was visited by almost all of her grandchildren and each of her own children as well. Just after the family spent most of the day working together to help clear out her apartment, at dinner time yesterday we heard from the doctor that she wasn't doing very well. Our immediate family, (John, Sally and parents Ann and Harold) headed up to see her along with Pastor Crabtree from Dottie's church. We all had a chance to comfort Dottie, give kisses, say prayers and goodbyes. Only a few hours later, Dottie passed away in her sleep.
This is from the page I made about Dottie for our family scrapbook just before Christmas last year:
"Dottie Pebbles drove her own car until she was 95, and always over the speed limit. She played Scrabble like a champion, winning almost every game played with her children and grandchildren, only recently has her ability to play diminished. As a kid, she wasn't considered the "fun" grandma, but as John got older, he appreciated that she treated him like an adult. Dottie survived the death of her husband and her daughter Sally. Before Sally passed away from breast cancer, Dottie and her daughter would bake sourdough bread together. For 15 years after Sally's death, Dottie would still use the same batch of dough she made with her daughter to make new loaves, adding new ingredients to stretch the remains as much as possible. Dottie always dresses beautifully, she has to be the best dressed senior in Silverdale, still wearing Banana Republic and classic wool pants suits that look like they were just purchased at Nordstroms yesterday. Dottie still drinks her daily dose of one part gin to two parts water. We all swear that it's this, plus the loving sourdough, that has kept Dottie with us all these years.
Dottie was an amazing, spunky, smart woman; and we will all miss her greatly.
Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers.
Hey friends- if you are so inclined, I am hosting the digital/hybrid challenge this week at 2peas, "Text on a Path"- so break out the photoshop skillz and play along:
Can you see the typed journaling? That typewriter has already come in handy!
It started with my search for a typewriter on Craigslist...I luckily found this one, posted for sale by Pat in Renton, she and her husband Jerry used to run a payphone business and they had this lovely Adler typewriter waiting for a good home. It has an extra wide carriage, so I can put an entire 12x12 paper in and type on it! Shazzam!!! If that doesn't make my lazy butt happy, I don't know what will. Pat also gave me some ribbon that is still in the package- I really scored on this, and it was only $15. I plan on typing my "journaling" for my scrapbook pages with it...we'll see. Pat gave me extensive lessons on how it works- most of which I forgot by the time I got home, but I was so impressed that she could tell me all about it, even though it's been years since it was used.
While I was there, Pat mentioned that they were hoping to get rid of a lot more of the stuff they had accumulated- and that is when I spied this beautiful treasure on her wall and asked if she was looking to sell this as well...
This beautiful vintage Seattle map has found a loving new home with John and I here in Redmond. It is pretty big, I had to drape it over the curtain rod behind the living room couch to get this picture. Note that Drake is asleep and could care less about the goings on around him, as long as no one tries to move him. :) The map doesn't have a date, but Pat said she has had it for a really long time, so I will have to do some research. She also said if she saw it for sale on Ebay for $1000 she'd hunt me down! lol!! No worries, I am not going to be parting with this pretty treasure.
Now, normally I would call it good, but I needed some props to help style some of the hoop.dee.do photos I took over the weekend, so I stopped by my local Goodwill and Redmond thrift store- Goodwill was nuts- it was literally worse than IKEA with all the people shopping. My local shop was better- I ended up getting really lucky with a few finds there:
I really like that retro shaped dish, I used that for all the hoop.dee.do photos...I also scored a box of vintage flash cards, a silver tone ceramic apple, an adorable squirrel nut bowl, a mini red wagon, mini Playskool mailbox, a balance scale, 2 retro wire baskets, a metal owl and last but not least; an old vintage pinking machine...I have been looking for one of these for a few years and got really lucky finding one at a thrift store! I haven't hooked it up yet, but when I do I will make some pinked edge paper with it and show you how it works. It's freakin' heavy.
Lots of fun stuff!! Not what I would call a "cheap" weekend...where I live, even thrifting is not really that thrifty. I put back a lot of stuff because it's too pricey. I guess that's just the reality of living in Microsoft Millionaireland: :) you have to be doing pretty good even to shop at Goodwill!!
Looking at that pile, you may wondering what I do with all this crap...(don't worry, you're not alone, John wonders the same thing all the time)...some of the stuff I pick up goes up on display immediately in a vignette somewhere in our little shack, but most of it goes into my stash, and I use these pieces as props for my photos, or I just save things so I can redecorate when I get a wild hair. I do hope one day to get to a point where I feel happy with the collections I have and maybe get a booth at an antique fair or something...but that is a long way off. If I had a cute house with an adorable front porch like some junkers I know, I would totally do a porch sale...but I live in a teeeeeeeny little hole with no place to host something that fun without irritating our irritable neighborhood. :) So for the time being, I just hoard like a pack rat!!! Good times!! :)
That is my junking update. I should put some new pictures up of the house and add to my vintage finds gallery, I will put that on my list of things to do soon; but for now, I have some scrapbooking and stamping to do...
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Oh, and also, thanks so much for all your kind comments about the hoop.dee.do! I want to welcome any new readers who might be visiting from my link on Etsy, or who found their way over from Decor8. and...here is another picture I snapped of the hoop.dee.do with some of the items from the above junking trip staged for a Kid's Room...
That's some of my art from my Kindergarten and 1st grade years, and a delightful photo of me with my long hair...ha!
Ciao!! 
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