Just Another Manic Monday

It's just another manic Monday

I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to run day

Yeah, I can't come up with a better title than that. And you know that song is now stuck in your head and you'll be singing it all day. You can thank me for it later. You know you will. And by thanking, I definitely don't mean throwing rocks at my head. :)

I hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather was nice here (despite the occasional storm) and we had lots of errands to run, but I managed to get some scrapping time in. I even picked up a few new supplies on one of our trips out. But today I'm sharing a digital page. The papers are from Audrey Neal. Her kits are fabulous, I highly recommend looking at her goods if you are into digitals. For this kit, I use papers from Rainy Day Love and a banner from Just My Type (although I adjusted the colors to match). I used a sketch challenge over at Tally Scrapper for the design on this one - it was such a great sketch I just couldn't pass it up.



Grayson and I are always calling each other 'silly butt' around the house. Usually it starts with me saying it to him and he says, "I not silly butt, you silly butt!!!" and then takes off running so I can't catch him. This particular day he was taking pictures and asking me to pose. Poor Braelyn just looks at us like we're crazy (i'm sure you are right sweetheart, we are beyond help, you'll get it soon).

On another note - I spent Friday cleaning out and organizing my embellishment drawer. Good Golley! I got half way through and decided I wasn't motivated to finish it. So I walked away only to have Braelyn find the piles and start dragging stuff out. So now I'm cleaned out and organized! Why should you care?! Good question. I've decided to do a giveaway. So stay tuned this week (probably Wednesday) and you could win something!

Beautiful

I stayed up way too late last night, but let me share the beauty of that...

• No stopping every 5 minutes because someone is crying
• No listening to someone complain because the tv isn't on the right channel (or even on)
• Nobody saying "I need chocolate milk"
• No separating siblings because they both want the same toy.

Simply peaceful, quiet time for me to do whatever I wanted, watch whatever I wanted, listen to the music I wanted. I enjoyed that, I might have to work it in more often. However, I'm a little older and the lack of sleep will likely kick in soon. Hmmmm... will the pro's outweigh the con's?!

Now, I do love being a mom. With nearly every fiber of my being. My children are precious, wonderful gifts that make me smile on a daily basis. But I have to admit to being human. Sometimes it is nice to have a little time to yourself.

At any rate - I got two (yup, 2) whole layouts done. I pulled out all my kits and started sorting through them. Oh how much quicker scrapping goes when everything coordinates! The problem with my kits is that they are not clearly marked where they are from. (Note to self - start labeling them better.) So if you happen to read this, and know what kit this was please let me know and I'll give credit! Thanks to Mel and my memory (way more mel than me) this kit was from Citrus Tree Studio. Sadly, the site is down right now, but be sure to check back cause I think there are some neat things in store. I also remembered how much I just love to scrap, no challenges for these pages - just plain creative juices flowing!

This was a quick one I put together. Paper & Embellishments from KI Memories, AC Thickers, Prima Flowers.


And on a side note - I have a very similar (almost exact) picture of Grayson. I'll have to see if I can find the page/picture and post it!

Hope you have a fabulous Friday and wonderful weekend. I think it is supposed to rain here, so I'm sure whatever we do will be indoors!

It is Thursday already?!

Since the weather has been nice, I've spent the past three days digging in and rearranging our basement garage. To say it was disgusting is an understatement. However, after one trip to the landfill, one trip to goodwill and lots of moving and sweeping I am done! I did some reorganizing and am happy to say I now have a home for my 'projects'. I've long wanted to blame Jeff for the demise (sorry hon, you know I love you), but after cleaning up I realized that it seems to be my 'projects' that are taking over the space. Guess that means I need to get crackin' and get some things done.

Maybe I will even get the nerve to share before/after pictures, but I don't think it will stay this clean for long.

At any rate, I was going to take today off but I decided to finish up a page I started. I love my son's facial expressions, and he has some of the weirdest errr, cutest placements of his head. He is like me in that he can't hide what he is thinking. So I'll apologize if you get the 'really?!' look, we probably aren't referring it to you, just whatever thought is in our brains at the moment.


This one is for a challenge over at Tally Scrapper (to use ribbon as a border). I rolled the edge of my 'banner' to give it some dimension. I'm not terribly happy with the ribbon strips I put on there so I think I will pull them back off. The paper is Rose Moka and the cardstock is from Momenta.

Braelyn & Daddy

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. It was nice here, we did some shopping and managed to keep the kids in check!

I did this page for a challenge over at Tally Scrapper. I lifted the general idea from a page I saw on page maps. I had to go search out this scrappers blog and oh my word - she is awesome! Do take some time to check out her blog, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

At any rate, I am happy with how my page turned out. I used momenta papers and strips of cardstock from my scraps stash.


Now if I can get back to coming up with my own ideas, life will be good! Enjoy your Monday folks!

Wedding Smash Book

So I've been working on a smash book with stuff from our wedding. I feel like I'm channeling my junior high self, which is what it looks like. LOL! I am happy to say that all the memorabilia is now in one place and I can throw away all the extras. These days I am all about decluttering, but I didn't want to just toss everything. So now it has a home, and the book (which I finished in record time) is easy to grab if I want to reminisce.

I used the notebook that I originally used to plan the wedding, since I thought that would have a little more meaning. I decorated the front and then went to work on getting everything inside. Here are the first few pages, I'll share some more later.





I'm not sure I'm sold on the smash books yet. Maybe cause mine looks like a 10 year old did it?!

I do think it would be a great way to document fun, everyday things about the kids. I might make one for each of them and fill it with their little quirks, then I can keep up with it and write down the little things about them that make me smile.

In my research, I've seen some awesome journal style smash books. Unfortunately, I'm not sure my life is interesting enough to occupy a full book! LOL!

If you've seen some out of the ordinary uses for them, please share!

Pumpkin Pickin'

Happy Tuesday - hope everyone is having a great day! The weather here looks nice, but I think it is on the chilly side (more incentive to stay inside and get crafty, right?!).

For this layout I used a sketch from My Sketch World along with papers and elements I created. I absolutely love digital pages, they go together quickly and the kids can't steal my supplies!

Grayson loved the pumpkin patch last year, but honestly he had more fun with the wagon!


Yesterday I started working on the smash* book with memorabilia from our wedding. I decided to use the notebook that I used for planning the wedding to begin with, so it isn't an official smash* book, but it has a bit more meaning for me. I'm surprised at how quickly it is coming together. Matter of fact, I'm almost done with it (it helps that everything was in one place to begin with). I want to add some pictures to some of the pages, but for the most part I would consider it done. Which means that I'll get to toss all the 'extras' which have been sitting around in a box. How is that for decluttering?!

1st Beach Trip

This was a challenge I did back in January at CTS. Being that this was the first layout I had done in months, I love how it turned out!

Grayson's first trip to the beach was in April 2011. He loved access to the HUGE sandbox. He still talks about it, and lately has been asking to go back. I just love this picture of him, his expression seems so somber which is rarely the case for him.


I've decided to join in a smash* book challenge over at Tally Scrapper. I have loads of empty journals around so I thought it might be a good way to use them up. I actually think I'm going to start with the junk errr... sentimentals from our wedding. They have been sitting in a box for the past few years, so I figured I might as well do something with them! It is part of my quest to declutter!

And, in case you haven't read, My Sketch World is having a DT call right now. There are great sketches there, and the forum seems like a great place to hang out! Check it out and good luck if you apply!

Brown Eyed Girl

You all should know I have a special place in my heart for pups. I love all of them, even the annoying ones like mine. Right now, this is our oldest pup Sofee (she is only 5). She started having seizures late last year. She has 1 or 2 a month, so right now we are waiting it out to see if the frequency of them changes before we put her on medication.

For this page, I glittered up some random chipboard alphabets I had, I also used the packaging from some Sassafras embellishments and painted up a doily with some caramel colored shimmerz. The bird is actually a metal garden stick I had in my drawer (who knows where I got it from).


The inspiration for this page was an upcycle challenge at Tally Scrapper. Sorry the picture isn't the greatest, I didn't see the glare on the transparency until I started to edit.

Hope you are having a terrific Thursday!