Crippled again!

I think I need to learn to walk all over again. 6 years ago I sprained my right ankle quite well, and had problems for about a month after that. Yesterday I had the grand daughter and daughter all day, so when Allie wanted to go upstairs to use the bath room I walked over to take the baby gate down, turned around, and promptly stepped on a toy that grand daughter had thrown there earlier. My left foot curled sideways in the opposite direction of my leg, and I heard a distinct crack and a loud pop. I went down to the floor in pain immediatley and couldn't stand up again with out screaming pain shooting through my left foot. So needless to say, I am unable to walk on my left food, and I had to call off work, which is bad because I haven't been feeling 100% healthy and have called off way too much in the past several months. I know my manager is very upset with me, and I just called and apologised to her about yesterday and told her I would be in today, but there is now way I was going to be 100% and able to move quickly which my job entails. So luckily I have an awesome helper tonight, and she can do some of the running for me if necessary. Well Chris Durnan is designing some awesome wedding files for me to use in my wedding album, and I can't wait to see the finished product. Well that is all for now. I am relaxing my foot today until I have to get ready for work. You all have a fabulous day. I am off of here for now!!

Wow was this ever hard to do!!

Man I never thought that trying to decide on photos for the wedding album and what order they would go in would be so hard. I had about 140 photos to go through and decide what ones would go in the albums. Which ones I wanted converted to black and white and then resize to 5x7 as well as reordering 4x6 photos that were in the old album but had adhesive etc on them. I spent the past several hours just deciding on the pics and scanning others in to edit. My photographer gave me the negatives as a wedding gift, so I need to take them to a store and have 4 of them reprinted and resized. I will do that this week when I don't have Chloe. Probably on Wednesday, and then after the birthday party on Sunday I will edit and upload pics from the party and place one huge order on dotphoto. They will be printed and delivered hopefully by the following weekend. Dotphoto is usually pretty good about printing and shipping in about a week. I just need them to be at my door by the 19th. This is my favorite photo that was taken before the wedding. This will be printed as a 5x7 and be by itself on a page title "The Flower". The page next to it will have two 4x6 photos on it with another picture of me and a picture of Michelle and Krista holding their flowers. I can't wait to get to scrap my wedding album the right way. The papers are perfect and the embellishements will be flowers, swirls, and die cuts made using my digital cutter. I have a whole collection of Wedding Files that I am eager to use. They are just gorgeous. I am hoping that Chris Durnan has some wedding files as well because I would love to incorporate her files into my album and use those as DT projects as well. Well it's time to get off of here. I am watching the Nascar Race with Dean. Have a good rest of the weekend.

Wedding Album Project.

Well the countdown for the crop is at 26 days. I am getting excited. I have everything pretty much packed that I am going to take. I am going to do my wedding album. I had scrapped it once years ago, but it was pre embellisment and fun technique phase, and I so am wanting to do it the right way this time around. I bought a beautiful silver album with enough to do 40 pages in it, and then the metallic paper and soft floral paper packs from DCWV. The paper is gorgeous and perfect for wedding albums and formal protraits. I am going to do one half of the pages in B&W and the other half in color. The B&W will be 5x7 portraits and the rest will be 4x6 pictures in color. I am going to work on some sketches etc today while watching the race to see if I can get some ideas going for the weekend crop, and get my final picture choices made and prints reordered etc. I think this is going to be a gorgeous project when I have finished it. Well off I go. I am going to start sketching now. Have a good rest of the weekend.

Wow were we ever busy today!

Today Dean and I were off together so we decided to tackle the storage room in the basement. When we moved two years ago we never really went through every thing and purged. So today was the day. We threw out 30 boxes of junk. Man was that a lot of garbage that we didn't need. I found a lot of missing things as well. I was wondering what earrings I would wear with my gown for my sons wedding, and I came across a jelwery box full of rings and earrings that I forgot I had. The perfect pair was in there. Yea!! I can't believe I forgot I had alot of these pieces. Oh well the mind isn't what it used to be LOL!! I started packing for my weekend retreat. I am having my daughters birthday party on the first of March and I figure I might as well pack the bulk of my stuff because I am going to have to put it away for the party. We use my room and table for the food when we have parties. I don't mind. I will try to scrap, but I will just make sure I keep every thing in the case so I will be ready to go on the 20th of March. Amy and I are getting excited. We were making plans last night when I saw her at work. It was her night to work security at our store for the Police Department. Well the hour is getting late. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.!

Relaxing and Planning

Well I guess everyone has started to pack for the weekend crop coming up in a little over one month. Della and Alice have started and I have gotten a list together of what I need to double check for before I leave on the 20th. I think I will probably pack most of my stuff on the 28th of February. That way it is out of the way for the party on the 1st, and ready to go for the crop. I will keep out the things I need to have for the Creative journal Challenge on Lifetime Moments. I am enjoying that challenge a great deal. It makes me think of things that I would never have thought to ponder on and write about. Well I am off of here for awhile. I have a few things to take care of before DH comes home. Have a great evening.

UK Scrappers

Ok thanks to a link in Chris Durnan's Visual Designs Forum I found this awesome site. Wow are the ladies on here talented, and do they look like they have a lot of fun. I can't wait to get into it more as time goes by. I would love to join their cyber crops. They look like they are a lot of fun, and the projects are amazing. The link to the site is in my side bar if anyone is interested. Have a good rest of the evening. I will post more layouts later this week. I am currently working on my Febraury project for Chris's DT. I should have it done tomorrow if the daughter and grand daughter cooperate and entertain eachother.

Still Scrapping, but need a break.

Well I have reached the 200 mark on Winter Scrapfest for February. That is all I need to get the discount code and entered into the price drawings. I am going to focus more this month and part of next month on m photography. I want a wide variety of things to scrap when I go to the retreat in a month. I am hoping to get a lot of good pics from the birthday party and a few other things before I place an order for a ton of pics at Dotphoto.com. I want to have a nice range of things to scrap to keep my attention on scrapping and be productive. I need to finish the layout I am working on today and then I will post it for points. I have one other layout that I need to design and work on for my DT project for Chris Durnan. I have an idea of what I want to do I just need to find the perfect picture. Well off I go. Have a good weekend!!

February Sketch Challenge Visual Designs By Chris

Ok here is my entry for the February Sketch Challenge at the forums for Chris Durnan. I love this sketch, and the files that came with it. I used the journaling box cutter file and then the accompaning pen tool file for the lines. It was a breeze to set up, and cut on the Silhouette, and the layout just came together so easily for me this morning. The lettering for the title are using the Curlz font and Smokey Quartz Gemstone Glitter from Martha Stewart. The Tiara is from Magistical Memories and the Patterend Paper is from My Mind's Eye. The cardstock is Bazzil Basics. The flower embellishment is from Petaloo. I used Snow Angel and Autumn Leaves Glimmer Mist to give the flowers a bit of shimmer. I used a lighter to achieve the unique distressing on the top half of the large piece of Patterened Paper.

Scrappin today!

Well today was my day to start scrapping again. I am trying to get to at least 200 points for winter scrapfest this month. I am at about 100 or so, so I am actually doing good. I got three layouts done today. One was for the Creative journal challenge and one was of Allie's christmas play and the other was of Chloe talking on the cell phone that she so loves to do. I am planning on working on the February Sketch Challenge from Chris Durnan's Design Forum tomorrow. She has some really cool files in there. I can't wait to give it a try.

The Scrapping Retreat in March is getting here, but it is getting here slowly. I am getting more excited day by day. Amy and I are supposed to get together on Friday so she can look through all of her stuff and see what she still needs. She will be making a list and going back up to Archivers again to get the rest of her things that she will need. She wants to go through my things and see what she can use from there to suppliment what she has for her projects that she has in mind. Well my stepson and his fiance and the grand baby are here , so I am going to get off of here and talk to them. You have a wonderful evening everyone!

Newbie Shopping Trip!

Well today I went to Archiver's with Amy. She has very little scrap supplies and is going to attend the weekend scrap retreat in March with me. So we got together and headed to Archiver's. We had a late lunch at Olive Garden and then headed to the store. We were in there for about 2 hours just looking at everything. I walked out of there spending more then I had planned, but I bought Allie some supplies and I also got a replacement blade for the Silhouette which was almost 50 dollars. I bought some Halloween decor projects as well that were half off and I had been eyeballing in the magazines last Fall. I started the project, and it is coming along nicely. It is a banner/garland type thing that says All Hallows Eve and come with everything you need to decorate and assemble, but I am adding more embellies and going to town on altering the pieces. I will post pictures when I get it done. I am going to work on it for a few days and take my time so it is exactly how I want it. Well I am going to say good-bye for now. I am downloading the new software for the Silhouette which will allow me to make mats and other things that the old software couldn't do. Have a good rest of the weekend.!

Retreat News Update!

Well I am officially going on the retreat. There was enough room for me to get a spot, and last evening Officer Amy who is a good friend of mine contacted Donna as well and she has her spot reserved too. This will be a blast. I have got an idea of everything I am taking, and where I am putting everything. I should have it narrowed down to 4-5 bags, depending on how much paper I decide to take. Amy and I are planning a trip to Archivers this Saturday after I get rid of the grand baby and my daughter. I need to get a list together of things that I "NEED" to purchase. I need to stock up on adhesive and cardstock, and I am looking to get some new patterend paper collections. DH found a bag for me to carry the Silhouette in and it will also hold my minimal clothing needs that I am taking. Amy and I are planning to head down early and stop and some shops before meeting up with Della, Alice and Becky for dinner and then check in at the hotel. There is also a cemetary down there that Amy and I are thinking of looking into visiting. I have never taken photographs at a cemetary and I would love to give it a go. The retreat is locate din Berlin, and there are plenty of tiny little shops to visit. I am going to love this, and there my even be a scrapbook shop or two down there as well. I will update more when I learn more. Have a good day!

Scrapping Retreat!!

Well I have never gone anywhere for an extended crop. Most times it is just to a friends house for a few hours or the local scrapbook store, but this year in March I am heading to Amish Country for an entire weekend of scrapping and relaxation. Della from work wanted to go but someone canceled and she didn't want to spend the money to go alone, so I asked her if it would be ok if I went in the ladies place, and she was exstatic!! Her?! I was overjoyed. An entire weekend to scrap and create. No kids, chores, cooking, laundry, nothing, just me and a group of ladies doing what we love. Ok so now that I am planning on going and DH said he didn't care, and I made arrangements for Allie for the weekend of the crop, the hard part is before me. I haven't left my house to scrap anywhere in about 4 years, so what do I do. Luckily I bought a new tote about 2 years ago, and it was just being used for scrap paper storage, so I just had to clean it out. That was easy. But still the hard part is ahead of me. I have to make an entire scraproom fit into a rolling tote. Ok not all of the stuff is necessary, but since I am not sure if I will have time to plan any layouts ahead of time, and actually I stopped planning layouts several months ago, and I just wander around my scraproom throwing whatever catches my eye onto a layout. This could be a problem for me. I have to condense everything into one bag with a tool tote. So today, yes I know the retreat isn't until the 20th of March, I began to plan what I would do with my embellies. I took a tackle box type container that has several compartments in it, and some very tiny baggies, and I began to fill the baggies with individual colors, and styles. I have baggies for each color of brads, and then one of the same color for eyelets, snaps, anchors, etc. Those wnet into the compartments in the box. Then I filled up several prima jars of buttons and primas. This way I have a wide variey of embellies. I am also taking a baggie full of various ribbons. I can still use these to scrap, but they are packed, and give me an idea of how much room I have for my Silhouette and my paper and cardstock. Yes I am taking my Silhouette and laptop. I rarely if ever create a layout that doesn't use the cutter. So I think I have an idea of how to transport my embellies and how much room it will take up in my tote, but I still have to figure out what I am going to do with my cardstock. I have a creative memories back that I can take my pp in, but my cardstock is in iris carts. So do I combine the CS into one container and see ifit will fit into my tote, or do I try and narrow my cs choices down. I would jsut hate to be at the crop and not have access to cs that I need. I know the hostess sells creative memories supplies, and she will have that there for purchase if needed, but I am picky about the CS and PP that I use. I try to only use textured cs such as DCWV or Bazzill. So I have a few more things to work on to get ready. I am trying to limit my baggage to one tote, one tool tote, one paper carrier, and the laptop case. Wish me luck ladies!

Still Scrapping Away!

I spent the weekend working on my newest layout. It is titled Snow In Love. It isn' quite done yet. I am waiting for the letters to dry. I sprayed them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I want that to dry really good before I adhere them to the layout. Allie's Invites are done. I will photograph those and upload a picture tomorrow. Right now I am relaxing and discussing parties and weddings with my DH. We have a very busy first half of 2009. Lucky us. I will have alot to scrapbook though. Well I am off of here. I need to finish working on dinner. I have to work tonight so if I want to eat before I go in I need to make dinner and have it ready before I leave for work at 3:30. Have a nice day, and I will post the pictures asap!