Dear Diary…

Posted on | February 28, 2010 | 13 Comments

I FINALLY use my Bind-it-All. I got it over a year ago. M’s been wanting a diary — those fancy big girl ones — but they’re just too expensive for somebody who can’t write well yet. As you can see this book’s pretty simple. I used Kristin Cronin-Barrow, All About Him, paper for the base, Cosmo Cricket alpha (the apostrophe is American Craft), the birdie is Dear Lizzie, the flower is Prima and the crochet flower is one I made. This book is 3.5″ x 5″ and the BIA wires are the 3/4″ ones. I glued two pattern paper onto the front and back of a cereal box. It gives the front and back cover some weight. For the inserts you can use notecard paper or just regular printer paper like I did for mine. M likes to draw and write and she always takes a piece of my printer paper anyways so it wasn’t a hard decision. I think it took me 15-20 minutes to make this.

We’re hungry so I’ll make this sweet and short.

Oh, M want to write a message:

My Mom made this diree for Me

My Cutie-Pie

Posted on | February 27, 2010 | 11 Comments

I went to WalMart today and goodness, everybody who saw Jovie had to stop, smile, and tell us how adorable she was. The little shrimp knew that she was the center of attention too because she gave everybody a little smile. It was so cute and of course I was oh so proud of her. M was with me and I told her that she’s cute too and that when she was a baby people did the same thing when we were out and about — except M got money. Yes, people would give me a buck or two cause she was so adorable. They said it’s for her college fund or treat or something. So far nobody’s given Jovie any cash yet he he he…

The other day I submitted Jovie’s picture to Parent’s magazine. There are already TONS of submissions so the chance of Jovie getting picked is slim to none but hey, why not right? You never know if you don’t try… kind of like getting published in a card/scrapbook magazine. I just want a free trip to NY ha ha ha… look at me, exploiting my kid at an early age, ha ha!

I made another card for Moxie Fab, a thank you card this time. Another simple one, just paper on top of each other.

I used more things than usual on one card. Let me see…. Digital paper by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, All About Him, from Sweet Shoppe Designs, PTI stamps, Hero Arts stamp, Melody Ross borders ribbon, button, Pink Paislee pixies, and pearls.

I hope the photo looks ok. I don’t have my computer yet. iMac at the Mac store and my work laptop is with the IS folks. So far I am surviving but it’s tough to be on a 5-yr-old laptop when you use apps that uses up a lot of power. Oh well, a few more days, a few more days!

Have a great one folks, till later!

Would You Still Love Me If…

Posted on | January 26, 2010 | 14 Comments

You were my husband and I did the below for you?

I mentioned before that now and then I’d do something crazy just to get on my hubby’s nerves and often times he’d wonder: “What the hell was I thinking asking this girl to marry me?” When we met he was drunk and during those (special) moments he’d tell me that he’s been drunk ever since because he’s still crazy enough to be with me. Here’s a sample of me torturing the husband. I thought that without an audio sample the post wouldn’t be perfect… although I might regret this in the morning. Oh well… what’s life without a bit of fun, right?

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I’ve got all sorts of collection, the above is my romantic mellow version (and not as loud, ha!). He hates them all. I’ve got crazy moves too – my Elaine dances (he hates them more) – but there’s no way I’d video tape myself. He’d asked why and I just laugh and keep going until he tackles me. In reality, when I want to and try, I’m not that bad. No pro but tolerable. But for him… he gets the one of a kind Savitri special ha ha ha…

Ok, more serious stuff… I did make a card. I did another one of Laura’s sketch at 2Sketches4You. I wanted to do Sarah’s last week but goodness, like I said, a lot went one last week and this past weekend. Next time, my friend!! I am also playing with Nicole Heady’s scrap challege at Papertrey Ink. I’ve got scraps I tell you!!

I used some more digital paper from Traci Reed at Sweet Shoppe, Qwirky Twerp digital paper, Gardenologi, from the DigiChick, PTI stamps on the butterflies, Making Memories tags, SU rub-ons and gold mist (probably too much).

Ok, I need to go to bed. I spent too much time trying to convert my audio to an mp3 file that won’t get all jacked up. I felt stupid after though because I could have done everything in 3 minutes using Audacity and Lame plugin (instead of Garageband and trying to figure out how to change the settings to be more web friendly). It’s actually quite embarrassing… I teach my students to use Audacity and exporting to mp3 using Lame and here’s me, messing around with something else. Ahhh….. Must be late! Good night!!!

What a Week + End

Posted on | January 24, 2010 | 9 Comments

Just a lot going on this week and this weekend!! I am hoping though that from now on things will kind of settle a bit… with some activities here and there related to our move. There have been a couple of happy emails too last week (no I’m not getting published this year… I haven’t even submitted) and one I’m looking forward to hear more (job related in the UK – currently just a lead but I’m hoping it’ll be a good one).

Yesterday the family went out and on our way home we stumbled upon a new Scrapbook store in the suburb of Kansas City: Scrapbook Boutique in Lees Summit, MO. I LOVE this store. It’s got a bit of everything. If I were to open a scrapbook store it’d be this size. It’s small, cozy and chock full of gorgeous goodies. I got the EK scallop punch (and gorgeous Prima goodies for a page or two). I’ve been looking for that thing! I could have bought tons of paper but I didn’t. I’ve already got a lot in that department that I’m hoarding. If you’re in the area, do stop by. Downtown Lees Summit is lovely already and having this store there makes it more worthwhile. I’ll only be here a few more months but I’ll be visiting that store a few more times before then.

Here’s a bright card using a digital kit by Traci Reed from Sweet Shoppe Designs: Live Your Life, a stamp from PaperTrey, and the scallop punch. Such a vibrant digi set!! I LOVE Traci’s stuff!!!

Alright, I got to go before the Jovie wakes up. I am starving!!! Laters!

My First Homemade Bread

Posted on | January 10, 2010 | 11 Comments

First a card:

I used PTI stamps and the pattern paper is a little bit of leftover from one of my digital papers from Shabby Pickle Designs. The colors came from Dawn McVey. I could have made all sorts of cards/scrapbook pages all day today but I wasn’t motivated. Instead I just lounged around with the girls.

As for the bread… Check this baby out:

I am doing really good with my 2010 goal to make more food from scratch. The above wheat bread is really delicious. I got this one from AllRecipes and the 500+ people who gave this five stars were right!! M and hubby loves it. It is a tad bit sweeter than the store bread but I think you can easily adjust by removing the 2nd cup of sugar. I did follow one of the tip; I divided the dough up into two instead of three to make it more sandwich size. Another tip said to put the dough in the dryer to speed up the growth and so I did – it’s not like I have a lot of warm places options to let my dough sit and rise anyways. I didn’t have any laundry to dry and so I just turned it on for a few minutes before I placed the dough in there. Did it help? I dunno but it grew well. Lovely bread and next time I’m going to try adding sunflower and more wheat and reduce the regular flour.

I hope you had a great weekend. My spring class starts up tomorrow and I have a full class so I’ll be sporadic with the crafting as I get more papers to grade. So until next time!!!