Christmas Projects

I have been a busy bee decorating for Christmas this year. Ali has truly inspired me!


I used Basic Grey naked chipboard ornaments and Martha Stewart glitter to cover them.


And my Christmas sentiment cards arrived, which I also turned into beautiful ornaments!

Happy Wednesday!

Snow Globe

Holiday Projects +Thanksgiving Pics

Mark, Evan, and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family this year. We were lucky enough to host in Pullman; my mom, dad, and sister made the trip to see us. Following a day of eating (then eating some more...), the women of the house got up early (5:15am early) and did some "black Friday" shopping at Shopko. It was crazy! We did score some awesome deals, but I was tired by 5:00pm that night!














 



Clear Christmas ornaments I decorated with letter stickers from Scenic Route.


Home made gift tags using a circle punch + to/from stamp + red ink. Love how they turned out.

I am officially way too excited for Christmas... ;-)

My (almost finished) button tree...

I ran out of stick pins before finish it, but I am so proud of how it is turning out! Mark was really helpful, and sorted/placed buttons on the tree. It was a great pre-Thanksgiving project: relaxing and spending time together.

I am so thankful to have a husband who enjoys art as much as I do.



Evan and his play-doh:


Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I've got the ick...

...so no photos today. I've come down with this awful cold/sinus infection...and I am supposed to go to the Gladish Center tomorrow and take proctored exam! Yikes!

I do have a few exciting things to share:

1. Check this out!!! Kristi W. called me Friday morning to tell me I had won. I couldn't believe it! 1577 people entered, so I was surprised to say the least! :-)

2. I totally want to make one of these for Christmas! I love all of her fantastic Christmas ideas... especially these. I ordered a set and they are on their way...

3. Crop, Paper, Scissors is having a family photo shoot November 30th, December 1st, and December 2nd. They will have professional backdrops (one black, one a Christmas scene), and several great photographers on hand (me included!!!). Call the store to reserve a time slot!

4. I'm thinking about taking this class in January. I could use some organization in my life, and I love Big Picture Scrapbooking!

5. I put this on my Christmas wish list...I love the idea of "see-through" products.

6. I have loved reading her book over and over...and I love her blog on the Creating Keepsakes website. It is so cool that she's pregnant!

Hopefully I will be feeling better soon so I an post photos of all the projects I have been working on. Happy Monday!

4 JBS projects completed tonight...

...but too tired to photograph and post! It is 1:40am after all... so for now, I leave you with my crazy monkey boy:

Conversation...

me: "Evan, say CHEESE!"
evan: "CHEEEESE!!!"




Happy Wednesday!

Friday night layouts...

Yesterday was stressful. Evan woke up around 9am; when I went into his room, he had thrown up over everything in his crib, on the floor, and all over himself. Around 4 o'clock, Mark came home from school complaining of a stomach ache, and he spent the rest of the evening getting sick. Me? I haven't felt the least bit ill. Thank goodness. So despite having mounds of laundry to do, dishes to clean, and a house that is unusually cluttered, I spent last evening scrapbooking! I really wanted to get some layouts done and let go of the stress from the day. I would say I accomplished my goal:



This was a layout class I taught MONTHS ago....it had the photos on it, but no embellishments or journaling. It feels so good to get it done!


This was the first Page of the Month I did for Crop, Paper, Scissors. Again, photos, but no journaling/extra embellishments. I can finally put it in my "family" album!



This layout didn't have photos or journaling/title...until last night! I taught a "Christmas Layouts" class last November, but just hadn't gotten around to actually finishing it.



Lisa Bearnson's June KOTM...I love the way it turned out! I did some tweaking to the original design, and I used Ali Edward's layout as inspiration.

The boys are feeling much better today, so I am hopefully going to get some work done around the house. Have a great weekend!

Halloween 2007

I have about 2 minutes before Mark finishes giving Evan a bath, then my job starts (a story and milk), so I have to type fast! Evan had a great time as a Dalmatian last night! We took a ton of pics, ate Evan's candy, and gave him his first sucker, which he loved.


Our very adorable puppy :-)


The loot.


Waiting at Derek and Karen's door.


Home decor project, which is hanging in my studio. I know Halloween is over, but it is too cute to take down!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!

I will try again...

Ok, so it looks like Blogger is working!






Off to do some laundry... :-)