i am still around!

I know, I know.... I have been MIA for a while. I have been busy. I started the Stories in Hand class and have been working away on that.... For more info, check here. Let me show you what I made for that class! It is all about getting the stories of your life out there. I am really excited about it. I made the binder and it has all sorts of promt questions and places to write the storie ideas quick, with when, where, what columns. I have even more ideas on how I want to organize the stories in a bigger form. The possibilities are endless.

I also have a friend who likes to craft! I mean, really. It is hard to find someone who likes the same things you do, has a munchkin the same age as one of yours, and who you feel completely comfortable with! I have found such a person. I am really excited about that. We are making some Christmas gifts, more on those after the big event! We have also made some little decorations for our homes for the holidays! We did a big "T" and "C" for Thanksgiving & Christmas. Here they are in their unfinished glory. We put the paper on the letters we got from Joann's modge-podged over them. In this picture we are waiting for them to dry. The "T" is done in Matte modge-podge and the "C" we used luster and mixed some glitter in it to make it a little more festive. It is really exciting to see them.

Here is a photo, not the best, for some reason my flash wouldn't go off. I need to wait for crafty friend to email me her photos too. But these are the completed "T". We put 3 different ribbons around the top of the "T." Ricrac around the seam of where the 2 different papers meet. Ribbon and a tag with the words "give thanks" and "family" around the part where the "T" meets. Super, super CUTE!

in honor of the day

So, I have been doing some scrapbooking. I just have been busy with parties and running around with the munchkins, I haven't had a lot of time to post them on here. I am really still in love with templates. I just snagged Janet Phillips November Grab Bag here. I can't wait to see what is in store there! Enjoy!

Happy DSD

So to all of my digital scrapbooking friends, Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day! My favorite sites are having amazing sales at least today, some through the weekend. My favorite is scrapbookgraphics. My good friend has an awsome new alpha up. Even better, it is only a BUCK! YAY! She has fonts and another acrylic alpha too. Check her out. I am super excited to get some of the things I have been eyeing, but didn't want to have to pay full price!

something on the side

So, I have finished 2 of the 3 aprons I am making. YAY! I am so excited for them. I will post pictures later.... I made this -

altered can for dd's teacher. It is a can (think soup, fruit) that has a pop top lid, I took my pampered chef can opener and opened it at the bottom so the pop top is still intact. Used whatever soup was in the can.... Washed the can out. Decorated the outside. Stuffed it with candy. Super glued bottom on. Tied ribbons on the pop top. Off to pick DD up from school! Enjoy!

2 weeks

So, I have been working on these aprons for two weeks. Life gets in the way sometimes. I have one almost finished, just the halter straps. The other one is waiting to be sewn together and the halter straps done. Then, I have another that is cut out and ready to be made. I will have some photos up soon. Just not of the one for my dear sister in law. She knows she is getting one for Christmas, she just doesn't know what it will look like. Who am I to spoil that suprise?

if only

If only there were more hours in my day. I have so many things to scrapbook, but I have committed to making an apron for my coffee group. Plus I am doing a couple of other sewing things and they take up table space. In order to get dinner back on the table for us I am having to give my scrapbooking time to sewing. Soon, very soon I will be back at it! But, here is a page a did a few days ago. Enjoy!

way back

So, I am playing catch up with the last 6 or 7 years of life. What happens to time? Oh wait, time passed in the form of the two cutest kids ever! But, now with this wonderful thing of digi scrapping I can scrapbook for 3 or 4 minutes and leave it on the computer. Don't have to worry about cutting paper, cleaning up before 2 sets of messy hands can touch it, running out of anything! I love it.I am so grateful to islandmom for introducing me to templates, it really does make the scrapbooking go faster!

So, this is from when dd was about 5 months old. Her first Christmas. WOW, time has flown. I still remember when she was this little. The little guy with her is 4 months younger and weighs the same as her!