baking

I love, love, love the smell of yummy, fattening things... Especially cookies! (and German chocolate cake!) So, yesterday morning while my girlie was at school, I baked. And they are yummy. Everyone thinks so.

And this is what little guy did while I baked. Sat in a box and watched "My Friends Tigger and Pooh"

finally fixing it

So, as some of you may have seen my misspelling in my blog address, I have finally figured out how to fix it. YAY! I am going to be adding the other "p" in the address. I just want you to have a heads up so you can be prepared to fix the link in your blogs and favorites folders. And those of you who do bloglines will be able to fix your feeds. The new address will be scrappingirlsplace.blogspot.com

new do

Just thought I would make the blog a little festive! I love, love, love Christmas! I will have another post later this morning... Time to get ready for the day!

sewing

So, I have been sewing up a storm! Well, actually my crafty friend has been sewing up a storm with only minimal questions. We each have 2 munchkins, although one of hers is a pre-teen. Don't kill me Crafty Friend. I think I need a new name for her. I like how my old YW leader is islandmom and I need one for this friend. I digress.

So, with 3 girls and 1 boy running about. I finished a gift for my wonderful sister-in-law. Helped my Crafty Friend make a couple of aprons, made invites for a few things (YW in excellence, PTA bingo), went to Grandpa's house for turkey day, set up Christmas and took millions of photos. Then, Tuesday night I had the crazy idea to make an apron for my cousin as a birthday/hostess gift. Off to the fabric store yesterday morning with Crafty Friend. We get into so much trouble there. Got the fabric, washed it (very important!), cut out the pattern, worked like a little bee worker. Then, this afternoon it was done! I made the whole thing in 24 hours! WOW! I need pictures. Crafty Friend took them and I need her to email them to me. I will put it up when I get them.

Oh, and big pat on the back to Craft Friend, she has completed the 4 aprons that she needed to have done in less than 2 weeks! AMAZING!

And another round of applause for her, she hasn't ever sewn before and she is a PRO! I like to think she owes it all to me, but no, not at all. She is a great seamstress! I did teach her a few of my tricks, so I can say I helped her.





This is Crafty Friend and I.... Just thought you would like a photo of who I am talking about!

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!