I Want It Wednesday

On my ever growing list of things I want is this...



from Ikea. I know its nothing spectacular, but it sure would look good in my scrapbooking room with lots of colorful things shoved in the the shelves (hehe). I'm actually hoping this will help with that problem by getting me way more organized and cleaned up in there.  So this is for sure on my list of things for the next time I make it to Ikea, which is three, yes 3, hours from me. I know right!?!

Project Life week 5 & 6

Project Life

I've got weeks five and six to share. I'm slowly but surely getting caught up and I'm excited!!

Week 5

Week 6

I like the way Amy used a stamp of the US on one of her weeks and thought that would be prefect to go with the pictures of the atlas. I didn't have the stamp (although I may have to invest in it), so I just went online and found one that I liked and printed it out. I think it turned out really good and goes really well.

Well there you have it, two more weeks completed. I'll have weeks 7 & 8 soon. Thanks for stopping by.

Project Life week 3 & 4

Project Life

I've got weeks 3 and 4 today. I really do love this project. I enjoyed doing it last year and was very excited to get started on it this year. Again I'm not stressing over it. I'm keeping it very low key and just going with the flow.

Week 3



Week 4

I've got weeks 5 & 6 next. I'm hoping to have be completely caught up by the end of next week. Wish me luck!

Project Life weeks 1 & 2

Project Life

I'm finally getting caught up on Project Life 2012. I got super behind because the photo pocket page protectors I wanted to use have been out of stock since December. They did get a shipment of them in in February, but they sold out within no time. I thought I had been checking Amazon on a daily basis, but somehow I missed out. So I decided I wasn't going to wait till the next shipment which is in April or May. I ordered the variety pack one and have been having so much fun with all the different styles of photo pockets. This year is nothing like last years and I am OK with that.

Last year I wanted to do a photo a day and I think I missed less than five days, not bad. This year I've decided that I'm not going to stress over making sure that I have a picture for everyday. I do still pick up my camera daily and take pictures, but there have been days where I didn't use a picture. I've got weeks 1 & 2 to share now and will be posting the other weeks in the next couple of days.

* I took these pictures at night so they are a little dark, but since I'm two and a half months behind I decided to post them anyway in hopes of getting all caught up and only having to post one week at a time. Sorry about that.

Week 1

Week 2

I'll be back with weeks 3 & 4 tomorrow. Are you doing project life?

I Want It Wednesday



Misikko.com

I've been on a mission for a new flat iron. I've had a Chi for a very long time and have been happy with the results that I get using it, but it's time to try something new. And this is the one I want. All of the reviews on it was five stars, nothing but good things about it and the company. If you know me then you know my hair and you know that it requires time and effort to get the frizz and fly aways unde control. This seems like it might be just the thing to help me do that.

Happy Little Moments

I signed up for Maggie Holmes online class over at Studio Calico this month and I am just now getting started on the project and getting parts of it posted. Good thing it's a self-paced class huh?!? Maggie is not only a great scrapbooker, but she is an amazing photographer and her pictures are always fantastic. Love her work.

I'm really having a lot of fun doing this mini and I'm ready to get some more of  the pages done and to have a completed album. They offered a class kit that you could buy, but I knew I had a lot of things in my stash that would be perfect for this book. I bought the book at the library for only fifty cents. Can't beat that.

I am also very excited about next months class that Studio Calico is going to offer with another very very talented scrapbooker, Kelly Purkey. Can't wait.

A Minnie Mouse Cake

So last weekend we had my nieces 2nd birthday party and the theme was Minnie Mouse. Super cute. I went online to get some cake ideas and there are so many cute cake ideas out there for this theme. I picked out the one I wanted to do and set out to get all the supplies that I needed. Well it didn't work out like it should have to I had to tweak it a little.

Super simple super easy. Plus Minnie not only served as the cake topper, but as our gift to her as well. She was super excited she almost didn't let us take pictures of her and the cake before she snatched Minnie off of it or some of the icing. LOL!!

I really wanted to do the cake that I had planned on, but she seemed to really like this one so I guess it all worked out. I'm now trying to come up with a cake for David's grandma's 90th (yes, 90th!!) birthday. Any ideas?!?

Easter (2011)

Coming at you today with a page I did from one of last years Easter pictures and parts to two (I think, maybe three) Studio Calico kits.

I kind of like the way this one turned out. Thanks for stopping by.

I Want It Wednesday

Todays want is all my husband's fault.

http://rivertrailmercantile.com/

So these boots were brought to my attention by my sweet husband. Very thoughtful of him no? Well he didn't bother to check the price on these fantastic boots, but I did and I just can't bring myself to pay that much for them. So for now they are on my want list waiting for my sweet husband to buy them for me. (A size 9 babe)!!

Daily Dozen

Linking up with Dear Lizzy and her photo challange to take twelve pictures on the 12th. Love her and her blog. She's fantastic and super creative.  Nothing special going on around here yesterday, but it was still fun to capture some pictures that I probably wouldn't have otherwise. So here goes...

At the bank. I know I know the pictures is not the best, but I didn't have time to fix the settings and snap another one.

At the pump in my rental car that I get to drive for the week since my husband took over my truck.

Listening to a cd my friend Ros made for me last week. (Thanks, Ros)

Breakfast of champions?!? I think so. Als another reason to LOVE Easter.

Because there is talk of a beach vacation this summer and I am FAR from beach ready.

I usually don't go through the day at work without playing this game at least once.

Our need to be mowed front yard. But with all the rain we got this weekend not sure when it'll get done.

We went over to my brother and sis-in-law's last night to eat and I snapped this picture of our niece.

My brother. He was warned a goofy face gets blogged just like any other (hehe).

When we got home from my brother's house I gave in and did a load of laundry even though I didn't want to. But thougth we might need some clean towels in the morning.

Tax prep. There was a huge mess all over the living room, but this stack was pretty neat so I snapped a quick shot of it.

A break from the tax prep and a quick shot of David and me. Like I said nothing too special going on here. It was still a fun challange and I'm glad I went ahead and did it. Now go check out her blog and the "linky party" thats going on over there.  Thanks for stopping by.

We Have Fun Together

Just a quick page share  using the Daydream Believer kit from Studio Calico. I am loving the new Dear Lizzy  line and already have a lot of this goodness in my basket just waiting on me to hit the check out button.

And we really do have fun together. I mean how could you not have fun when you hang with us? Thanks for stopping by.

Being An Aunt

 It is so much fun being an aunt. I get to spoil the kids like crazy and then send them back to their parents. It ROCKS!!! I'm sure the parents don't like it one bit, but hey that's life and that's just the way I roll. I have nine nieces and nephews ranging from 17 yrs to 1 yrs old. I love them all to pieces.  Each one of them is different in every way and that is what makes them all great.  Seeing them grow up and watching who they become is one of the best things in life. I hope they all know that if they ever need anything that David and I will always be here for them. I hope and pray that one day the Good Lord decides to bless us with one of our own, but if for whatever reason he doesn't then I'll continue to  love these guys like my own.

I will admit with the oldest one being seventeen years old and a Junior in highschool I sure do feel old. hehe!

PS. I sure do want one of my own, but for now I'll settle for being Aunt Stacie.