Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Why did you smile today?

Things that made me smile today:

// One of my teacher's telling me that I was at the top of my class and he was impressed with my work and to "keep it up!"

// My other teacher going on a seriously funny 30 minute lecture about not walking in "dog sh##" so we don't get hookworms.

// My banker inadvertently sexually harassing me (on accident) by telling me that I'd make a good stripper (long story).

// My kickboxing class at LA Fitness and actually noticing that push-ups aren't as hard anymore! (yay!!)

// Buying matching planters for my patio for half-price at JoAnn.

// Buying my new Nikes for working out so my feet won't hurt anymore!

// Making my way around Grapevine without getting lost.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

And continued... 4 layouts.

Alright, four more layouts to share with you guys. :) Click to enlarge and any comments are much appreciated. I'm starting to break out of my shell with my layouts. I tend to go simple, complex, simple, complex. Am I the only one that does that? I get exhausted from busy layouts and then do a simple one. Then by the time I'm done with the simple one, I'm ready to get out all my embellies and make another busy layout. Phew, exhausting, but fun!! :)

I was inspired to FINALLY use one of my many Hambly overlays that I've been hoarding for about a year, now! I saw this overlay used at mugsyboo.blogspot.com and it looked amazing so I made myself get it out and use it while the inspiration was still fresh. I really like the way it turned out and I'd love to thank Martha for that burst of inspiration! I will try and remember everything I used: Hambly overlay, Bazzill cardstock, Love Elsie ribbon, American Craft thickers, Bam Pop frame, Q & Co alphabet chipboard letters, Heidi Swapp ghost letters, stickles, chipboard buttons, and other random embellies/papers from previous kits (Poppy Ink, I think).



I was so happy that I used one of my old papers! I tend to only use my "newer" stuff. I was inspired by our clothes. Josh and I were wearing brown and blue and so I looked through my browns and blues and found this in the blues and thought it would be perfect. I also really wanted to use that Together rub-on by Daisy D's that I bought at The Crafty Scrapper (my local scrap shop). The two little birds represent Josh and I, of course, and those are Hambly rub-ons. The two gold butterflies came in a previous Poppy Ink kit. The buttons are random but mostly from kits or from Autumn Leaves. And I do believe this is the first time I used a corner adorner! I'm getting so bad about making only one picture layouts... haha, oh well!



I really wanted to use my new circle punch and my new Pop Culture paper that I bought at Target. I also bought some Autumn Leaves alphabet stamps at Target and this was my first time to use them. I also used some cute acorn stickers that I got in a previous Poppy Ink kit and a few sequins from a Scarlet Lime kit. Very simple layout that I was pretty pleased with. :)



This was the last layout that I did Sunday. I wanted to just randomly choose a picture and scrap it and I ended up choosing this one. This is Josh's mother and brother. We are at the Wax Museum. I thought something simple like this would look cute. I used Primas, an Autumn Leaves stamp, and cardstock. That's pretty much it!

2 Day Scrapathon

I had an amazing weekend at Mom's house. I will be there a lot here in the next couple of months because I have to get out of Josh's hair so he can study for his Series 7 test that he is taking at his work.

I did so many things at Mom's house!!

But, for now, here are only two of the things that I made. Both of these are for Josh. I made him a bookmark and a framed layout.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Organize, organize, organize!

I have collected/purchased/hoarded SO MANY cute organizational items in the last year... but have yet to execute them properly in my scrap room! I need motivation to get my booty in gear and start organizing and rearranging my room. I have a beautiful expedit bookshelf that takes up an entire wall and I have yet to take advantage of it with all my cute red baskets and such. Someone motivate me and light a fire under my butt!