Splendid Sunshine

I was in a semi-creative mood and decided on a new scrapbook layout. This is what I came up with.

  

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Baby It's Cold Outside

I made a layout using the January Studio Calico kit. The picture is from last January when we got so much snow and had a snow day which meant no work. That's my kind of day! :)

I love the wood veneer letters and so wishing that I had another set or three.

The 2 brad didn't come with this kit, but it come with another kit.

I've already got a few more ideas that I want to do with this kit. I"ll be back with more soon.

Wanna Be Baker

This weekend we celebrated my grandmother's 83rd and oldest nephew's 17th ( I feel so old) birthdays. So of course I was in charge of the cakes. Since my nephew has played football since he was little and is still playing I decided to do a football cake for him. Super simple and easy. Love those types of cakes when it takes longer to bake them then to actually decorate them. That's my kind of cake.

And for my grandmother's cake I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. So to the internet I went and came across this really pretty picture of a "ruffle" cake and loved it. It was simple and very pretty not to mention it didn't look like it would be very hard or take that long to do. It didnt't take me long at all, but I learned that my "ruffle" needs practice. I'm not sure if it was the icing (which is so what I'm blaming it on) or my technique (yeah, right). It still turned out looking ok and of course she loved it.
I will definitely be doing this cake again. I'm still kicking myself for writing the site down where I ran across this cake, but I'll be doing a google search later to see if I can find that particular site. She had pretty amazing things on there.  It really is a pretty idea for a cake. Whenever I do a cake that doesn't cause me to throw things around my kithcen, it always puts in a baking mood. I want to bake and make cakes and just be able to whip 'em out like nobody's busness, but that is never the case. I still love making cakes and I am ready for my next challange, my niece's 2nd birthday. Still no theme yet, but I hope I'll be able to make something fabulous. I guess we will see. Wish me luck.

Project Life 2012 cover page

I really wanted to start posting my weekly "layouts" for PL, but the page protectors I want are still not in stock and won't be till the end of the month or first part of next month. I have other page protectors that I thought about using, but I really want my weekly layouts to use design A. So until I can get those ordered and get caught up the only thing I have to share is my cover page.

I liked the way that Susan Weinroth did her cover page, so cute, but I really liked the note she did at the bottom saying their names, ages, where they are currently living, and about their dog. So I decided to do that this year. Even though I'll be behind on posting my weekly pages I'm still taking pictures and making notes so I don't forget what all has/will happen before I get the rest of my pieces. Also I signed up for Studio Calico's first online class, Photo A Day, to help me stay motivated not to mention all the great picture ideas these ladies have. Love looking at others peoples pictures and getting a glimpse at stuff I wouldn't be able to otherwise. But for now my pictures will stay on either my memory card or in a file on my computer and one day they will be printed and put out there for the world to see. :)

A Mini for 2012

I was on Elizabeth Kartchner's blog and seen where she had posted about a 2012 mini album and after seeing what she made and where she got the kit I just had to make one for myself. You can print the kits from this site (I'll for sure be checking that blog out again and soon) and make your own little mini too. There are only a few pages to it, but I really liked the idea.  I just used my Cinch to bind it all together.

I went with Instax pictures also. Just thought they fit the book.

This page is for David. I'll snap a pic of him when he gets home since I didn't have an Instax of him laying around and with any luck I'll talk him into filling out the questionnaire. There was even a questionnaire for kids, so cute. Wish we had a couple.

A part of the kit is to write yourself a letter and read it at the end of the year. So I included an envelope and added stuff my letter in it.

I wonder at the end of the year if I'll remember to read the letter I wrote to myself. I guess I'll find out. That's all there is to it. Simple and easy. After I finished I kind of wished that I had included a picture of Daisy (our dog), but I didn't. Maybe next year. I'm glad this kit was shared.

Hello 2012

Welcome 2012. I hope everyone has their resolutions written down and are ready to tackle them. I however did not make any. I mean why set myself up to fail? Just kidding. I have a few things that I want to work on this year and I am hoping to stick with it. We shall see. But I have to say that I am more excited about my husband's resolution than any of mine. My fingers are crossed that he manages to do it. (You can do it babe).
I was lucky enough to be off yesterday to celebrate the new year. So instead of doing anything useful like clean my house or do the laundry I did a couple scrapbook pages and watched a lot of t.v. Oh, well what are holidays for if you can't enjoy them right? Am I right? I know I'm right!! (wink) But I wanted to posted some pictures of the layouts, you know since I'm a wanna be scrapbooker and all. I really wish I was as talented as some of my most favorite scrapbookers, but I'm not so I'll just have to share my layouts here where no one looks and be happy with that for now. That is one of my resolutions, to actually post a layout or two on one of the sites where I am a member and see what kind of feed back I get if any. We'll see how it goes. But for now here are my most recent layouts.

First up, TODAY. Using some of my Studio Calico kit. I really need to learn how to photograph a layout. (Another resolution)! 

And YOU MAKE ME SMILE.

Again using some of a Studio Calico kit and other bits laying on my desk. For whatever reason I'm in a mood for some serious scrapbooking so I'm off to complete some more layouts. Thanks for stopping by.

Wrapping up December Daily and 2011

I finally got my December Daily completed. I have to say that I'm glad I did this project this year, it was a lot of fun. I've got the rest of my pages photographed and here they are.

Days 14-17 I used two paper bags. It didn't turn out like I was really wanting, but it worked well enough.

I added an envelope for extra pictures from the 23rd, 24th, & 25th.

And that wraps up my December Daily and 2011. I hope everyone has a safe and magical new year's eve. I can't wait to see what 2012 brings. I hope that it brings lots of new adventures. I'm also excited to get started on my project life 2012 tomorrow. Still can't believe this is the last day of the year. Have fun and I'll be seeing you in the new year.

From Our Family to Yours

                          We wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

**I also hope everyone got what was on their list.

Merry Christmas Eve

We've got two Christmas down and two to go. I LOVE this time of year and the meaning of Christmas and everything it stands for. I'm really excited that Christmas day falls on Sunday this year, how perfect is that? So much to be thankful for.

Wishing all a good night.

December Daily Part 2

Here are days 9-13. Around here not much happens in the first few weeks of December since we don't have kids and David doesnt' get home till right before Chirstmas, but this is what my December has looked like so far this year.

I got these super cute Christmas dishes at the Dollar Store. Can you believe it? I still can't. This is the first set of Christmas dishes that I've bought and so I thought I would document them in my DD.

This is the back of day 9. I decided to do the journaling for day 9 on the back of the page.

On Saturday (day 10) it was my turn to host the monthly "meeting of the minds." The theme this month was a "Traditional Christmas Dinner." It was perfect. I mean could you go wrong with any Christmas themed idea? I don't think so. I went with an envelope for day 10 because I knew that I would have a few pictures that I wanted to include. I did a little misting with snowflakes that was cut using my Cricut and Mister Huey's from Studio Calico.

Day 11 I got the idea for the two tags from Lisa Truesdell. She is amazing. Love her work.

And since I was going to use an Instax picture I decided the tags would be a great page for it. Did I mention I love How The Grinch Stole Christmas? It is one of my favorite Chirstmas movies. It ranks right up there with A Christmas Story.

Christmas came a little early for me. I was super excited when I got home and saw that my core kit for project life was sitting at my front door. I like to order all of my stuff at one time that way I have it all together and in my hands, but I wasn't wasting any time ordering this kit just in case they all sold out. But the rest of the items I'm wanting needing  for my 2012 project life are in my cart waiting on the items that won't be ready until next month. Which also means that I'll be starting the year off behind, but I'll get caught up. I hope!

Not much was going on on this day, I was doing a little reading on my Kindle (which I love) and thought about how I got it for a Chirstmas gift from David two year ago and that I should make a page about that. So that's what I day for day 13. That's all I've got for now. I'll be back with more December Daily pictures.