Friday, August 28, 2009

This week's Color Combo Challenge

This weeks Color Combo challenge....


and I came up with....
Wish me luck....thanks for looking!


Wednesday, August 26, 2009

My dream job...

My absolute dream job would be to craft projects at home with my kids and get PAID for it! I know, I know, these jobs are out there, but they are not easy to get. There are a lot more talented people {mostly moms} out there than there are available positions.

I have done a few projects like this adorable, Inkadinkado stamped clock that you can find on Michael's Store website. You can find many creative ideas on the site. Be sure to check it out.

So I'll keep creating and maybe my dream job will connect with my life path.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Mini Album Kick...

So, I'm sure you have all been patiently waiting to see what I came up with on the plain chipboard shapes....
I used DCWV glitter pattern paper and creating a mini summer fun album...
watermelon
Ice cream...
birdhouse


and tree







What a fun little project!
Then I wanted to do a mini album all about me, however, since I'm usually behind the camera I don't have many photos of myself to pick from. So I made a mini album with words. I used the Cricut to cut out the front and back, added some paper, and used some Inkadinkado stamps to create my "journal" ideas.

































To be filled in later....
Update on the potty training...Alexis went on the potty twice so far today {yes that is an improvement} and we had two accidents today. I'm really staying hopeful that we can have her trained by her 3rd birthday {Sept. 20th}.








Monday, August 24, 2009

Monday recap...

Yesterday we partied with our family and friends to celebrate Casey's 10th birthday. I love this photo of her and her buddy, Camy. What beautiful girls they are...
And Casey acted like a goon...what's with the cheesy smile?

She insisted on wearing her Nickelback t-shirt from the concert she went to. That was her birthday gift this year...her first concert to her favorite band. She loved it, she's such a music junky.
What do you get when you mix a two year old and red chapstick....give up...here's the answer...

We couldn't help but laugh at her, she's so silly! But she did have to sit for a little.





Thursday, August 20, 2009

Teacher's Card

Ok, so Mikayla is off to kindergarten {all day} soon. I have seen so many cute school theme cards and I just wanted to make one. So I made a card for her teacher...
And as I was making this last night I was thinking...As a parent I'm always curious of opinions on teachers, which parent recommends which teacher, etc. So, do teachers discuss which students parent is great to work with or which parent is awful to deal with? I'm sure they do, but would they really share?!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Potty Training - Ugh!!!

Ok...here's the challenge...to potty train my 2 year old by her birthday {Sept. 20th}. Do you think I'm crazy? I'm really hoping we can do it, but this morning is not going so great...we have had two accidents, sat on the potty only once, and no luck going in the potty yet.

She's big enough to cycle around the shop on her sister's big girl bike with training wheels...

And Mikayla gladly switches to the scooter....

She loves this bike...

I'm just not brave enough to do the bare naked theory...so here we are in just our padded underpants {which by the way are wet in this shot}.
I really hope it will not be a repeat of our last potty training attempt which took till she was 4 to fully train.

Any tips are needed.....
Thanks










Color Combo Challenge

I have watched the color combo for quite some time but have not participated until now.
Here is this weeks color combo....
And I designed a card...

I love to use brown! It's my second favorite color to ORANGE!


Wish me luck and thanks for looking!
I was in the "top 5" with 75 entries! Yeah! There was a lot of cute entries.