Saturday, November 20, 2010
Santa!
Today, we took Elizabeth to see Santa. She didn't want to sit in his lap, but she didn't cry! That's a step in the right direction. All week, Matt has been showing her pictures of her visiting Santa and bunches of Santa movies. I can't wait to scrapbook these new pictures. Since she wouldn't sit in his lap, Santa read her a story! Then, we got to have cookies and milk and make a reindeer ornament with her hand as the antlers. Pictures are up on her website already.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Sketchy Thursdays
I'm trying to find my lost scrapping mojo. Each day, I go to various websites looking at forums or reading blogs. I see lots of wonderful scrapbook pages out there and wish I was doing that too. But every time I sit down, I'm not inspired. When I'm inspired, I can't sit down.
What to do about all this? I visited the Sketchy Thursdays blog. Each Thursday they post a great sketch to inspire you. I'm challenging myself to use these sketches. That will be at least one page that I get done each week. It's a start, right?
This is my entry for the November 4 challenge. I did it this weekend but waited to post it until almost the last mine. I'm good like that. :) I used paper and embellishments from the Basic Grey Wassail collection. The pictures are from Elizabeth's 18 month pictures so, even though it's her Christmas dress and a Christmas layout, they were taken in February 2010.
What to do about all this? I visited the Sketchy Thursdays blog. Each Thursday they post a great sketch to inspire you. I'm challenging myself to use these sketches. That will be at least one page that I get done each week. It's a start, right?
This is my entry for the November 4 challenge. I did it this weekend but waited to post it until almost the last mine. I'm good like that. :) I used paper and embellishments from the Basic Grey Wassail collection. The pictures are from Elizabeth's 18 month pictures so, even though it's her Christmas dress and a Christmas layout, they were taken in February 2010.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
My Love Affair with Basic Grey
It started many years ago. I secretly coveted some paper collections. This was in my early days of scrapbooking. I was a fresh college grad and most of my supplies came from WalMart. I couldn't dream on spending so much money on simply paper. But still, I loved Basic Grey. I didn't buy any, but just drooled over it online. As time went by, I expanded my horizons to a newly opened scrapbook store in my town and moved up to drooling in person. I bought a sheet here and there but couldn't bring myself to spend almost $20 at once on something that was simply fancy paper.
As happens with so many hobbies, life interferes and you drift away. My sister moved in with my husband and I temporarily, and I found out a few months later I was pregnant. My daughter is born (who is two now) and my sis moves out. We sell our house and move to an apartment waiting for our new house to be built. Time moves on.
Then, about a month before my daughter's first birthday, I start peeking at scrapbook.com and twopeasinabucket.com. There's nothing like thousands (I wish I was exaggerating) of baby photos to make a girl want to scrapbook again! And so, I began drooling over Basic Grey once again. This time though, I didn't see the $20 as a terribly huge sacrifice and I bought my first complete collection - Lemonade. I have to say, that is still one of my favorite collections. I adore it. Many of Elizabeth's first layouts were done with that collection.
After many discussions with my husband, we decided to do something that I've always wanted - give me a scrapbook room! The corner in his office was overflowing and I needed more space. As I moved into the spare bedroom, I went through many of the supplies I had kept from years ago, including scraps of paper. And one of them that I picked up made me smile. It was covered with elephants. My mom loves elephants and I bought that paper to scrapbook some photos I took of her opening an elephant gift I had purchased for her while on vacation at the beach. I looked at the bottom cutaway strip and smiled. It was from Basic Grey!
I went searching for more Basic Grey after that. I started buying some of the new lines that came out that I fell in love with. I also noticed a For Sale or Trade board on Two Peas. It was then that I crossed the line from merely drooling over paper to being in a full blown love affair. There were ladies there selling their old Basic Grey lines that they didn't want anymore. And they were selling them for half the price! I snatched up two, three, sometimes six different lines at once from sellers.
I began to realize how much I liked that company. Their style matched my own in many ways. I will admit, I'm not a fan of the recent stuff that has come out. Wander and Jovial just don't speak to me the way Lemonade and Oh! Baby Girl (the first line I ever drooled over and now own three sets of) do. So, I told myself that I don't have to buy everything. Far from it. However, as I buy the old lines, I stare at my growing collection excited to be creating again. I can't wait to take more photos of my daughter and put them on that luscious Basic Grey paper. In fact, I think she's waking up from her nap. Time to go to the pumpkin patch and get some of those photos.
Happy scrapping!
As happens with so many hobbies, life interferes and you drift away. My sister moved in with my husband and I temporarily, and I found out a few months later I was pregnant. My daughter is born (who is two now) and my sis moves out. We sell our house and move to an apartment waiting for our new house to be built. Time moves on.
Then, about a month before my daughter's first birthday, I start peeking at scrapbook.com and twopeasinabucket.com. There's nothing like thousands (I wish I was exaggerating) of baby photos to make a girl want to scrapbook again! And so, I began drooling over Basic Grey once again. This time though, I didn't see the $20 as a terribly huge sacrifice and I bought my first complete collection - Lemonade. I have to say, that is still one of my favorite collections. I adore it. Many of Elizabeth's first layouts were done with that collection.
After many discussions with my husband, we decided to do something that I've always wanted - give me a scrapbook room! The corner in his office was overflowing and I needed more space. As I moved into the spare bedroom, I went through many of the supplies I had kept from years ago, including scraps of paper. And one of them that I picked up made me smile. It was covered with elephants. My mom loves elephants and I bought that paper to scrapbook some photos I took of her opening an elephant gift I had purchased for her while on vacation at the beach. I looked at the bottom cutaway strip and smiled. It was from Basic Grey!
I went searching for more Basic Grey after that. I started buying some of the new lines that came out that I fell in love with. I also noticed a For Sale or Trade board on Two Peas. It was then that I crossed the line from merely drooling over paper to being in a full blown love affair. There were ladies there selling their old Basic Grey lines that they didn't want anymore. And they were selling them for half the price! I snatched up two, three, sometimes six different lines at once from sellers.
I began to realize how much I liked that company. Their style matched my own in many ways. I will admit, I'm not a fan of the recent stuff that has come out. Wander and Jovial just don't speak to me the way Lemonade and Oh! Baby Girl (the first line I ever drooled over and now own three sets of) do. So, I told myself that I don't have to buy everything. Far from it. However, as I buy the old lines, I stare at my growing collection excited to be creating again. I can't wait to take more photos of my daughter and put them on that luscious Basic Grey paper. In fact, I think she's waking up from her nap. Time to go to the pumpkin patch and get some of those photos.
Happy scrapping!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Writing
I'm finally getting my words on paper! I'm writing a children's book about Normie, the Lake Norman monster. I'm having a little writers block though. I have my basic outline and I written about a third of the book. I know what happens next but just can't seem to find the write words.
Writing a book has always been a dream of mine. It's an odd dream to have for someone who hates to write! I love to be creative though and tell stories. So, I'm trying something new to help my husband. I'll post again when I'm done.
Writing a book has always been a dream of mine. It's an odd dream to have for someone who hates to write! I love to be creative though and tell stories. So, I'm trying something new to help my husband. I'll post again when I'm done.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
New Basic Grey!
Wow! I'm so excited. Earlier this week, new Bo Bunny. This morning, I wake up to an email stating that Basic Grey has announced two more new lines! I'm drooling over these. They're called Oliver and Olivia and they gorgeous!
Oliver has a mix of denim blue, red, and lighter green. Love it. I don't have a son, but I still want this line. There are some of the papers but I'm not too huge a fan of, but they're double sided! So, if I don't like the first side, I do like the reverse. The look great!
My favorite of the two is Olivia. I love the brighter colors and they will be great for spring and summer layouts. Olivia features pinks, greens, and whites. I love the stripes, plaids, and tiny prints as well as all the flowers. I can't wait to get my hands on this one and the matching embellishments. I'm not usually big on getting a ton of BG embellishments (too expensive), but I'll be biting the bullet because they are just such a perfect compliment. I need this paper!
Happy Scrapping!
Oliver has a mix of denim blue, red, and lighter green. Love it. I don't have a son, but I still want this line. There are some of the papers but I'm not too huge a fan of, but they're double sided! So, if I don't like the first side, I do like the reverse. The look great!
My favorite of the two is Olivia. I love the brighter colors and they will be great for spring and summer layouts. Olivia features pinks, greens, and whites. I love the stripes, plaids, and tiny prints as well as all the flowers. I can't wait to get my hands on this one and the matching embellishments. I'm not usually big on getting a ton of BG embellishments (too expensive), but I'll be biting the bullet because they are just such a perfect compliment. I need this paper!
Happy Scrapping!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Dear Edwina, Zva, and Bo Bunny
First, the good news. Dear Edwina, Jr is over! The shows went so well. I'm so impressed with how the middle schoolers pulled themselves together and put on a great show. I am happy that I was such a big part in it. It's very stressful to stage manage for such young kids. You end up doing so much more then you'd expect. But it's all worth it to see them singing on stage and hearing the talent that my school has. I'm so proud of them and will miss our eighth graders as they move on to high school next year.
I tried out for the Zva Creative design team in April. Unfortunately, I didn't make it on the team. Oh well. I'm still new to trying out and haven't been published anywhere yet. I may try some magazine submissions and see how that goes. Creating Keepsakes has some submissions listed on their website so I may try that in the next couple months.
And now for Bo Bunny news! Wow!!! I just saw the four new lines they have, and I'm blown away. They are amazing! I love all four of them. Their previous release had some great lines but they didn't all wow me. These though, I need all four lines of papers. And the embellishments. I think I finally found the perfect paper to scrapbook Elizabeth's first "Fortune July". I can't wait until they come to scrapbook.com!
I tried out for the Zva Creative design team in April. Unfortunately, I didn't make it on the team. Oh well. I'm still new to trying out and haven't been published anywhere yet. I may try some magazine submissions and see how that goes. Creating Keepsakes has some submissions listed on their website so I may try that in the next couple months.
And now for Bo Bunny news! Wow!!! I just saw the four new lines they have, and I'm blown away. They are amazing! I love all four of them. Their previous release had some great lines but they didn't all wow me. These though, I need all four lines of papers. And the embellishments. I think I finally found the perfect paper to scrapbook Elizabeth's first "Fortune July". I can't wait until they come to scrapbook.com!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
It's Here!
This is the big week! We have two more rehearsals left before the final (taped!) dress rehearsal. Thursday we have a show in the morning for the school and then one at 7pm. We have a third and final show on Friday at 7pm. I can't believe it's finally show week! Next weekend, I think I'll be sleeping in a lot. May 1 is National Scrapbook Day and I think I'll be celebrating with online crops because I plan to chill out in my pj's and just relax all weekend. I have so much left to get finished before tomorrow's rehearsal! I have lighting scripts to mark, final props to sort, a wheelbarrow to prep with letters...a lot! I love being the stage manager but it's a lot of work, and I miss seeing Elizabeth every day. I like to play with her and read her bedtime stories, and all that stuff! I hope I can help the director pull all this off. Fingers are crossed and prayers are being said. :)
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