Saturday, February 25, 2012

Lots and Lots of Scrapping Around here!!!

Well, we are having a delightful "stay home day" here in Houston. DH is working at the college today teaching something medical related and the kids and I have been slacking in our pjs, watching TV, playing Kinect (not fighting hardly at all) and mommy has been scrapping and upload images to Cocoa Daisy and Two Peas.  So here is a little of the progress -
Tea Time - made with January's Tea and Cupcakes Cocoa Daisy Kit
I have no idea why this won't post correctly!!!
 
Anniversary page from our outing in June

Can you believe I did this entire page this morning with two kids at home?

I finally decided on butterflies for the accents and added a strip of stars - very happy!
You can see the full images and the close up shots at 2 Peas or Cocoa Daisy gallery.  Hope everyone has a great weekend. 

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Just not sure and an update on things around here

So I am working on this page about my two silly kiddos and something about it isn't working for me.  I like everything but the accent spots.  I tried buttons already but decided it needs to be something other than a circle.  I just put the tickets on there and I can't decide.  There is no glue on this page at all, everything is changeable.  I am just not ready to commit.  How silly is that?  I think I should just adhere it and call it a day.  I need to channel some Shimelle Laine here and make it work. . . Any advice?  I am thinking more and more I need to take that class of hers.  Wishing I would win a spot on the blog hop they are doing. 


Other than this little project, I am pleased to announce that we think our little guy will get into the bridge program at school - yeah!  One drop off and one pick sounds soooo devine.  Just registed them for zoo camp and have been thinking about what they will do this summer.  Looking for crafts and activities for them - maybe I will head to Pinterest tonight. 

Thinking about getting these books - "Money Doesn't Grow On Trees" by Neale Godfrey and something work related for me - "Read This Before Our Next Meeting" by Al Pittampali

Working on Project Life - still need to do last week.  Didn't take any pictures last week - need to do a better job this week or just run around the house taking some timeless photos.  Thanks to my DH for taking photos today at the dentist.  What a doll. 

Ok - back to work! 

Monday, February 20, 2012

A little more Cocoa Daisy Fun

Ok, one more for the Cocoa Daisy challenge for this month.  I had so much fun making this layout about my little guy with pieces from seven kits.  This picture of Wyatt was taken in the parking lot of daycare as he was getting out of the car - gotta love iphones and instagram. The hat is from Germany - for our cold Texas winters (ha!) I adore this photo.







Thursday, February 16, 2012

Cocoa Daisy - In with the New, Out with the Old Challenge

So excited to actually get a challenge completed on time - not that I expect to win but it was so fun to get to play along. The challenge this month at Cocoa Daisy was for you to use things from the new kit and things from a past kit.  Well I feel like I took the past kit use to a new extreme!  I used the Sassafras cards, American Crafts thickers and two cardstocks from the current kit - By the Numbers, some of the Sassafras paper flowers from January's Tea and Cupcakes Kit, some Jillibean chipboard alphabet from the October Famer's Market Kit and some paper from the September - Printers Drawer kit and finally some velvet ribbon from the July Kit - Urban Loft.   Whew!  I feel seriously accomplished in getting all of that to go on one two-page spread!  Also used October Afternoon alpa and labels in a few spots. 
One, Two, Three Strikes You're Out - by Iska Wire




Be My Valentine

For the first time in a long while I was a calm mom on the night of February 13th as my girlfirend and I finished the kids valentines on February 4th - I love advance planning.  So here they are - sorry for the very bad picture that I took with my phone. I couldn't take another because my wonderful children sealed them up like I asked them too after they signed them.  We had a couple left over which we dropped to three sweet neighbors who are like extra grandparents to our kids.  I hope those little notes brought a smile to their faces. 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Making Progress - Calendar

Yes, I have a perpetual calendar that I started when I was pregnant with Elsie - a class at a LSS to distract me from that fact that I still had weeks left to go.  So fast forward nearly six years - yes, I said six - Elsie is now 5+.  I have completed December, January, February and now March.  See - nagging projects are getting done.  Only eight more months to go!  (thought honestly I have decided that April and May will be the same as well as June and August). If my math is correct, that means only six to go! 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Mommy - can we have coffee?

This is Wyatt's favorite phrase recently.  And I have to admit he is smart - figure out what mommy likes and then beg her to do it daily.  So once a week or so, we stop for coffee after dropping Elsie at school, just me and Wyatt.  As we pull out of the STES drop off alley, he says, "It's just you and me, right mommy?" and then he starts, "Mommy, can we stop at Starbucks?"  Some days the answer is no, mommy has a meeting or we are running late, but some days I relent and take him.  We don't stay long.  He always orders the same thing - milk and a petite vanilla scone.  But he loves the time with me.  And so do I.

Weekend - Retreat to Scraphappyland

This weekend was packed with scrapbooking at Rockin R Retreats in Temple, TX.  What a wonderful way to spend nearly three full days!  In keeping with the to do list project for 2012 and my one little word of DO, I planned, packed and completed all of the things on my list for the weekend crop.  Three travel albums for mom - yes, three!!! - a halloween mini by Cocoa Daisy that turned out amazing, and a small mini album for a friend.  I even did a few pages of some current pictures.  But the biggest exciting moment was the completion of the travel album from mom's 2006 (yes, that is SIX years ago) Baltic Cruise with Jill.  Holy smokes it felt good to empty that box that had been sitting on the floor of my scraproom for nearly six whole years.  Here is a pic of the work from the weekend (sans the non-travel layouts - those will come in a later post) complete with my wine glass!