QK!!

Wow just received the info that they created 94 new shapes and released them today!! I am able to download them all since I have the unlimited membership. That is pretty awesome. I must remember that it comes out of my checkbook. :) I am enjoyin my membership. Files that I never would have purchased because I really have no idea of what to use them on, I have downloaded, and I am actually planning layouts for them. I am in love with mushrooms and cottage, and am thinking of some ideas for a layout using those files. Perhaps a layout about my fairy garden when I get out there and get it ready for summer. Today was grocery day. I splurged, and filled the house with food. It has been so long since I have actually bought goodies and descent food for meals. I have been skimping so much lately to save money here and there, but one can't eat the same boring things over and over. We are having steak tonight with bakes potatoes and roasted veggies and apple pie and fruit salad for desert. YUMMY! I am going to attempt the steaks, but hoping Dean will take over when he gets home about 4:30. I need to start scrapping some more. Perhaps wehn Allie leaves for school tomorrow I will stay up and scrap. I need to get my room back in shape after unpacking from the weekend. I bought a case of printer paper off of a lady at work. Some guy she knows bought a storage locker at and auction and there were cases and cases of printer paper etc in there. Couldn't pass up the deal. 10 reams for 20 dollars. That is 2.00 a pack. Cosidering even walmart isn't that cheap I guess I did good. Well time to get going. I need to finish getting dinner ready. I need to start the grill and get that wamed up for the steaks. You all have a awesome evening. I will post some more layouts etc when I get them done. Have a good one!

Wedding Dress!!

Well when I got home Sunday my gown for William and Renee's wedding had arrived. Is it gorgeous. I will have to do some major altering to it. The straps are too long so the dress doesn't fit right at the bodice, and it will need shortened a little. The amount depends on the size of heel I decide to get. I am looking at 1-2" heels. Other then those few things, the dress fits perfect. I love it, and I do think I look good in it. Will look even better when the hair and make-up are done and I have the right shoes and brasier. Renee wants to see me in it today, so I have it on and I am waiting on her to come and get Chloe. I wil post a picture of it when I get a chance to try it on after the alterations are done. Hmm I may even have Mom make it strapless. :) Well I need to get going. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Tuesday. See everyone later!

OK ladies. I have some pics edited of the layouts that I worked on this weekend. Some I did when I came home, but several were done at the crop. Enjoy!

Home is where the heart is.

We got home around 3:00pm yesterday. We left Berlin around 12:00 but had to stop in at my parents' house to pick up Allie, and then we came home. I had to make dinner, and then unpack my bags so I could do laundry, and then not have such an issue when I tried to scrap and nothing was where it was supposed to go. We talked amongst outselves and determined that next year we would attend as well. Amy and I had a blast and once I got over my scrapping out of a tote bag phobia I was able to get a few things done. I also was afraid to break out the glitter because it is so messy, but I did when it got really late and those around me had cleared out. I was able to spread out more and loosen up. I do think I make take head phones next year so I can turn my music up and not have to listen to other people's music. I will post pics as soon as I look through the ones I took and get them up here. Have a good day, and will post more when I have time. A few of the layouts I can not post because of the DT. But I will post them when I get the ok from Chris Durnan.

We are here!

We arrived in Berlin about 2:00 friday afternoon and we wandered around from store to store. This place is adorable, and really a fun place to be. There are just so many tiny shops and country stores that you can't really get to them in one day. We found a really cute shop that sold nostalgic items such as vintage Halloween objects and then old antique signs and magnets. Amy and I had a blast and she bought a lot of things. I found an Orca box with and Orca necklace inside. Will Allie be in heaven when she get that Sunday. We found a nice little scrapbook store called the Scrapbook Nook and they had BAZZILL!! Man was I excited. I spent about 12.00 there getting some Bling for my wedding layouts. Had an idea to cut the floral boutque out of the bling instead of using the very messy glitter. I did end up using it on my last layout that I created today. It was called "All about the cake", and was the pictured of the b-day cake and Allie blowing out the candles. I used lots of glitter and tried not to be messy, but in the end the glitter WON!! Oh well that's the way it is. I am anxious to get home. I am having a good time, but I am just not feeling the scrapping this weekend. I think I am feeling enclosed, limited, stunted on my creativity. Usually I have a 6 foot table all to myself, and a fully stocked and organised room to roam and do what I want. Here I have about 4 foot of space and my supplies are in a rolling tote at my feet. I have no view of the items as I am working. It makes it harder when you don't have the room to move out. I usually have tons of things pulled out and lying around on the table to test on a layout. Oh well. I did manage to get 3 wedding layouts done, one Chloe layout done and Allie's two page birthday cake layout done. I didn't accomplish nearly what I wanted, but at least I got the wedding album started. That was my big worry. I bought everything to work on it, and I am using some awesome files from Chris Durnan, and I needed to get them started and done. Amy and I had to go to Millersburg several miles down the road to get a cell phone signal so I could call my daughter and husband. We went to Walmart to pick up Amy's photos and while there I bought a really cool keychain that has the Cullen Family Crest and the name Cullen. It is a sturdy metal, and it is my compensation for not getting Twilight yesterday. I will probably get is Wednesday Night when I go to work. Right now I am listening to Reba McIntire and relaxing. I need to attach a couple photos to the cake layout and then I am done. I may go ahead and pack everything up tonight, that way I will be ready to go tomorrow. Amy and I are going to stay up for breakfast, and then sleep for a few hours. So, I doubt if I will get anything done tomorrow/today. Well I am getting off of here for now. Have a good Sunday.

Out of here until Monday.

Well ladies, I am out of here until Monday at the earliest. I am all packed and ready to head on out around noon on Friday. I work until midnight tonight and then I have to grab a few hours of sleep before I get Allie up at 7:00. After that depending on what time Amy is coming to pick me up, I may go back to bed for a few hours. All I need to pack yet is my toiletries tomorrow. I am getting so excited. I really need this weekend away from everyone. Amy and I are headed to a Twilight Movie release party at 11:00 tomorrow night. I probably will wait until I get back home and get it at work. I would get the fuel perks for it if I did wait. So I think I will. If I want to catch a peek at it Amy will have it and we have our laptops to watch it on. So all that is left for me is to get through 4 hours with Chloe, and 8 hours of work. That should be easy. I hope. I work with Cindy tonight, and I need to talk to her about my coordinating job. I am hoping that she is still wanting to use me. But oh well that is something to worry about at 4:00 not at 9:00 am. LOL! Well I need to get going. You all have a wonderful weekend, and I will post pictures when I can!!

2 days to go!

Well yesterday I had CPR training all morning. Today I have to work from 4-12am. Grocery day and watching Chloe is tomorrow, and then Friday is the day!!! Allie is getting so excited for her sleep over with Renee and Chloe, and then getting to sleep over at Papa's house and see Uncle Stephen and Aunt Debbie. They have her blanket and coffee mug, and a 10 gallon aquarium for her 5 new hermit crabs that she got for her birthday from my parents and us. It will be nice to have them all in one tank with lots of room to move, and I can actually set the tank up the way it should be. They can have two swimming bowls and two food bowls if need be, but there will be plenty more room for them. Allie wanted me to start packing her suitcase, so I did that this morning. Her clothes are ready to go as well as her movies. I just need to pack her brothers and sisters in the morning on Friday and then she will be ready to go. I have everything packed but my toothbrush and makeup. I am goign to work on cleaning the house today before I go to work. I would like it somewhat clean when I come home on Sunday. Well going to go. I will post more later. have a good day!

Baby Card.

Chloe took her 8:00 am nap today just as she does everyday that I have her, and I was able to get Megan's baby shower card done. I love how it turned out. I used Crate Paper patterend Paper and ric rac from the Brunch Collection. The cardstock is from Bazzil and the water colored pencils are from Staedler. This is the first time that I have really sat down and worked with the water color pencils since I bought them back in early February. I used the It's A Boy Stamp from the SeeD's Vintage Baby Collection, and then the fairy picture is from the Faeries Book. It is a collection of templates of various fairies and fairy things that you can scan and reproduce as often as you like. This is the first time I have used the book for anything but browsing. :) http://www.amazon.com/Crafters-Design-Library-Fairies/dp/0715327151/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237211015&sr=1-2

I am hoping to use more of them for other cards in the coming months. I should look for the perfect one for a wedding card, and then mother's day and then perhaps Christmas cards for this year. Well enjoy. I am off to watch Noggin with Chloe and relax for awhile. I get to work tonight 6-12. I don't have a day off until I leave for Berlin on Friday.

Relaxing Sunday!

Today was a day to relax. I am off work today, and wanted to think about making a baby card to go with my gift for the lady who is having a baby at work. I tried my stamps, but not sure I like how the stamp looks. I may use the Fairies template book that I have and make a card using one of the templates. I was thinking of something along the lines of a prince on the front and the sentiment something like Congratulations on the birth of your little Prince. I will have to play around with it a bit. I am thinking of starting my idea tomorrow. I will have to see how things go. I have Chloe tomorrow from 6:30 to 2:00 so if I can find time in between taking care of her and her little meltdowns, I should be able to get something going. The weather is lovely today. The sun is shining and the chill in the air is almost gone. I know that this probably won't last, but it is nice to feel the warmth of the sun on my face as I sit here in the livingroom watching tv and talking to Dean. Well I downloaded the last of the QK Silhouette files from the website. I joined up using the half off deal for the unlimited downloaded for a year. I downloaded all of the files. I may have a use for them I may not, but might as well get my moneys worth out of it. I downloaded all of the new releases the other day. I love the new shapes. There are a ton of cute ones, and I will I'm sure use alot of them. I am counting the remaining days down before I head off to Berlin. I think we leave around 12:00 on Friday afternoon. I can't wait. I am looking forward to it. Well time to get off of here. I have a few things that I want to get done on here before I head up to bed.

It's done!

Well as I previously posted I was going to paint the bins in the embellishment containers that my Grandpa had made. I painted the tins the various colors of what would be in there. I am going to organise my buttons, brads, eyelets, and photo turns when I get back from the crop next week. I am waiting for the bins to dry and I may put another coat of paint on them tomorrow after I see how well they dry. I started rearranging everything again as well. I would like more things to be in view. I would like to use more things on layouts, and I only remember I have them after the fact. I really love the glitter spice rack that I did today. I am hoping to find another spice rack somewhere. I will hit the flea markets when I have some extra spending money. Well tiem to get off of here. Dean and I are watching Friday the 13th part 3 in 3-D. Yea!! Happy Friday the 13th!

Organizing and Relaxing!

Wow!! Exactly one week from this day I will be in Berlin Ohio scrapping the weekend away with my friends, and getting away from household chores and duties. Allie will be heading to Renee's house for a Friday night sleepover and then Saturday my parents will pick her up for a sleepover there and a visit with my brother and his wife. They bought her an Orca blanket and stainless steel orca mug with her name on it for her birthday and it didn't arrive in time so they asked that my Dad bring her down so they could see her open the presents there. She is also getting a 10 gallon aquarium for her 5 hermit crabs that she got for her birthday. Right now they are in seperate containers and I know they would love more room. Right now I am reorganizing my scraproom since everything is packed up. Gives me a chance to move a few things around. I emptied an old spice rack of it's spices and am now using it for my "spices" which consist of all of my Martha Stewart glitter and doodlebug glitter and flocking. I think it looks rather cute, and I am eyeballing the other spice rack as well, but those jars need emptied of their contents and that won't be happening anytime soon. Perhaps I can go to the flea market and see if I can find an old spice rack with the emptied jars to work for my embellishments instead of the containers that I have. I like the container that my grandpa made, but I can't see the color of the embellishment unless I pull the container out. I may have to paint them just so I have an idea of what color things are. That would be a good project for me since I am in the painting mood, and painting every wooden container I have. hmm. just maybe..

I am all ready to go!

My pictures arrived today from the wedding that I reordered and had enlarged. I have them all marked ont he back as to what page they go in, and I have them packed up. Everything else but my clothes and toiletries are packed, and those I will do next Friday morning. Today I did a quick clean up of my scraproom. I threw some junk away and swept. Everything that I am not taking is in its spot, and my room is the way I want it. When I come home it should only take me an hour or so to put everything away. Yea! Yesterday was my first day back to work. It was nice to get away from everyone here. I got to catch up on everything, and see everyone. I have today off. Weird. Work one day and then off again, but I work the next two and then I have Thursday-Saturday off. Next Tuesday I have to attend CPR training. My certificate is up in May so they are sending me next week to renew it. I am hoping to have a few more hours next week then I do this week. I hate not having a nice paycheck. No extra spending money for the retreat. Oh well off I go. I need to get dinner ready. dean will be home in about an hour. Have a good week!

Jayden

This is the baby shower gift that I am giving to a lady whom I work with. I used all the Quikutz files for this project. The letters are from Darice and the rest is stickles, and tattered angels glimmer mist. I think it needs something yet, but I am not sure what it is.

Scrapping Done!

Well I am all done working on layouts and swap items. I have packed and repacked my bags for the weekend crop. I will be heading out of here in a little less then two weeks. I think in the mean time I will sketch out some ideas for the wedding album when the pics come next week. I am looking forward to this weekend away. I know I keep saying it, but you gotta understand.... A weekend away from everyone and no kids wanting to "help" me scrap. Amy and I are probably going to take a late night break on friday and head over to Walmart to hang out with the teenage girls to get our copies of "Twilight". I have managed to condense an entire room into one rolling tote, laptop case, Archivers tote, and my clothes bag/Silhouette bag. It is the most padded thing that I have and that I am willing to carry my Silhouette in, but I may change my mind and not take that bag, but find some other way to carry the Silhouette. I just have to pack up my few clothing items and toiletries, and my beverage of chose and I will be ready to go when Amy gets here at 12:00 on the 20th. I am going to miss Dean and Allie, but I think a weekend away will be just what the Doctor ordered for everyone. Dean has to work most of that weekend so he won't even know I am gone. ROFLOL!! Renee' is taking Allie for a Girl's Night Slumber Party on Friday of that weekend and then my parents are taking her on Saturday then Amy and I will swing over in their direction to pick her up on Sunday evening. Well I just got my schedule for next week, and it is going to be an easy one. I work 3 days and that is it, but it is not good on the wallet. My check buys groceries and pays for my laptop. But it is supposed to only last about another month and then we should be getting our hours back. Let's hope that it will pick up soon. This economy is pretty lousy. Well as least I have the retreat to look forward to so I can at least have a weekend without worries. :)

Some Projects Completed Today!

Well last night I finished more sea life puzzles and this morning I went and purchased poster board for the backs of the puzzles. I have one hung up on her door, and two more drying with a third already done just needs hung up. My bags are packed for the weekend crop I am attending this month. I will be trying to get some swap items done before I go. I think I may work on those tomorrow after I head to the store. Gotta love grocery day. My photos were shipped today. I am pretty excited. That means they should be here by the middle of next week at the latest. That's good. I will be able to get things finalised for the trip. I got one layout done today. It was titled My Funny Valentine. I did get two of my creative journal layouts done for the challenge. I am all caught up again, and I am at 62 points I think for Winter Scrapfest. I may break 200 this month. :) I am hoping to get a ton of points with my wedding album. I get a minimum of 15 points per layout for each one that I do, not to mention things added on to it like ribbon, buttons, eyelets, brads, pp, etc.

Day three of vacation

Well today is the 3rd day of my vacation. I haven't gotten much accomplished this week so far. I did spend Monday working on a puzzle that has been sitting here begging to be finished. I am going to mod podge it and hang it on Allie's wall. It is called A Mother's Love by Christian Riese lasson. It is of a mother and a baby dolphin. My daughter is obcessed with anything related to the see especially Killer Whales, so we are going to hang that up ans the 10 other sea life puzzles she got. Her room will look like the sea yet if she has any say so about it. I did put the finishing touches on my Snow Princess layout today and will upload that to Chris Durnan's blog and I worked on week 8 of the creative journal challenge on Lifetime Moments. I also joined the QK Silhouette unlimited download membership for their cutting files today. I have downloaded about 280 today so far and am going to work on downloading more today as well. Well have a good rest of your Tuesday and I will be scrapping away tomorrow. That is my plan for the day. I have Chloe from 11-2 so it shouldn't be too bad of a day o work on my scrap room.

Glad It's Over!!

My baby girl turns 8 on the 6th of this month so we had a party today. After working until 11:00 last night and staying up till about 1:00 to unwind, I was back up at about 8:30 to start getting ready. I was still trying to get things together at 1:00 when everyone started showing up. We had an Orca (Killer Whale) Party. She got a lot of things today. She got about 8 - 10 outfits, a large floor dinosaur puzzle, a 10 pack of sea life puzzles 100-500 pieces each, a new stuffed Orca, Wonder Pets toys, Bratz Doll, two new hermit crabs. She named these two who are twins Weenie and Oswald, and a orca cup and blanket with her name on it. We are waiting for those to arrive at my brother's house. Shipping was taking longer then expected I guess. We got her 4- 5 foot wall decorations of Orcas and dolphins, her new computer, an animitronic polar bear, 3 hermit crabs, and the Blue Lion action figure from the 80's cartoon Voltron, which she loves to watch. We have all 5 seasons of the original on DVD. All in all she made a killing today, and she had a really great time. I have all the pics uploaded to Dotphoto already and the order is placed. I want to make sure that I have my wedding pics for the album here before the 20th when I head to Berlin Ohio for a weekend of fun, and scrapping. I am getting quite excited, and it is only about 19 days away. I will post more later this week. I am on vacation and I am going to get some pics of Chloe scrapped that Renee gave me a few days ago. Well have a good rest of the weekend!!