My week at Cricut World Blog

Thought I would let all my peeps know about my week at the cricut world blog. I am part of a group of ladies online that share the same love of scrapbooking and cricuts. We started a blog in February and now each week we get a turn at posting different cricut cut crafts (say that fast 3x) So finally this is my week. I would have posted to my blog sooner but I actually forgot that I should invite some of my friends over for a look. So if you get some free time go see what is happening there. I am trying to post something every day...you know me, that could be a real challenge since I neglect this little blog so often!

In my defense, last week was spring break and we were away in the mountains at our camper enjoying some much needed down time! I had a blast, sleeping late, scrapbooking, sitting outside and enjoying the weather. It was definitely a great week! I was a little sad to see it end, but glad to be home and back to my reality. I am finding that the more I stay at home the more I really like it!

I did manage to take some really cool photos this week of some butterflies, thought it would be nice to share.

I will be back tomorrow with some more photos from the camper...don't forget to check the cricut world blog daily too for my crafty stuff!

Sorority Formal

Today's post is a little picture heavy but I wanted to share the photos I took of my daughter and her date for her sorority formal. I just love the color of her dress and how we did her hair to compliment the one shoulder of the dress. We went to Mac and had the most wonderful make up artist do her make up. I now wish I would have taken a photo of her eyes closed, they looked amazing with 5 different tones of purple shadow. It was a long day of getting things ready but I really enjoyed being with her and watching her transform. It was a girls day that started with mani's and pedi's, then off to lunch, then to make up and shopping and lastly with hair and photos. Fun times together! Not sure if she will treasure this time but I certainly will! She is growing up so quickly, really in just a blink of an eye. Seems like yesterday she was a little newborn. Can't believe she will be 20 in a few short months!~ No way am I old enough for an adult child!!!

Finally a day to relax!

Wow I can't believe I finally have a day to relax and do what I want to do!!! I feel like March is always such a whirlwind month. This year especially since I missed most of February due to the kidney stone. Glad to report I am back to normal and no signs of any future stones. Just gotta remember to drink lots of water, so I am on a 90 ounce a day regimen. I know that is a lot of water, but it has really been good for me. The other thing that has happened is I am not drinking sweet tea anymore...oh how I miss my dear friend!!! I have always loved sweet tea, but I want to make sure I never get a kidney stone again so I have bid farewell to sweet tea. I will only have it on the rare special occasion, but no more making a gallon to have at home anymore. It is just too tempting!I have not been taking too many photos lately, not sure why but I think it has something to do with feeling very overwhelmed with the 22,000 that I have on my computer now! Since I am a scrapbooker I feel compelled to take photos but do not have the time to scrap them all! Plus there are tons of photos that probably should be deleted all together. I don't seem to have the time for that though. One of my many projects for any day...

I did manage to go shopping with my daughter this weekend and pick out a dress for her spring

formal. Here is a photo.

The original plan was to make a dress that we had purchased the pattern and fabric for last year. But we were in a bit of a time crunch, the formal is in less than 2 weeks! Yikes! So I opted for going out shopping to see what we could find. Glad we found this one and it was a steal! We spent more on the jewelry for the dress then the dress itself! Can't wait to see her in the dress and her hair and make up done...so pretty and exciting! I am also glad that I will have the day off since the formal is on a Friday so I can be there with her spending the day together getting her ready to go! The bonus is she has a new boyfriend that she will be taking to the formal and he is a really nice guy, finally she found someone to treat her right!!

I gotta get on with my "do what I want to do" day!

Harry Potter Birthday

It was a blast! My son had the best 12th birthday ever! That is what he told me, anyway! All the hard work and exhaustion paid off! Here are a few photos highlighting the event.

I am not sure I can top this birthday unless I go broke! This will probably be the last big party we do before his sweet sixteen! That is only 4 years away! Yikes! Better start planning now! I have a busy day ahead of me, gotta make cupcakes for the baby shower I am hosting tonight and the weather is really cold and rainy today. That after a 75 degree sunny day is depressing!

Baby shower fun!

Hello friends! I have been busy since I am back to my normal routine. So busy that I have almost forgotten about posting all my latest and greatest crafty items! For the past 2 weeks I have been working on a friends baby shower decor. I am so excited that my friend Julia and Matt are adopting a baby from china. I wanted to make sure and give her a shower she will never forget. Below is 2 collages of some of the items I have been working on for the shower. I really hope she likes it as much as I have liked creating all the fun items!

I will be back later this week to show you all the fun items I have been creating for my son's birthday party! It is Harry Potter themed! I have never really gotten into that crazy movie or books so now is the time to learn everything I can!!! I only have a couple of days to finish all the million candles I have to make to hang from the ceiling, yikes!

Better late than never

Here are a few more Valentine cards that I made 2 weeks ago. I really enjoyed making the different cards and sending them to friends, it is something that I always want to do but never have the time. Guess there was a little bonus to being sick and in bed! I got some crafty things done! I took inspiration for these cards from an old issue of Scrapbook ETC. It was the February 2008 issue. I didn't exactly duplicate the cards but used the same color scheme and a few elements are the same. I just love how the turquoise and pink work so well together.

I am slowly getting back to my normal routine. Thank goodness, I have had some days of crafting and getting out. I even did some laundry! I have not ventured to clean the house or cook dinner, I guess that will come this week! I am hoping that I will go back to work by Wednesday and as long as the next 2 days goes well then that is the plan!!! It is time though, I never thought I would say this but I am getting bored staying at home!

Blog Hiatus

I have been on a blog hiatus the past month. Just too much going on in my life and honestly didn't feel like blogging about it. Mostly because I just didn't feel like sharing, but now I am ready to share with everyone that I have been trying to pass a kidney stone for the past couple of weeks. I have had days of extreme pain, I have had days of all day sleep, days of dr appt, days at the hospital. You name it I have done it. What I can say is it is getting old and exhausting. I have had about all I can stand of it and I am ready to put this behind me...only 1 small problem, the darn stone has not passed yet!!! I am waiting as I type this from a call back from my dr. to decide the next step. He has already told me that I cannot do the lithotripsy so it will be a full blown surgery, who knows what that entails.

I have not really been in a crafty kind of mood, but did manage one day this week to make some cards. I thought maybe it would take my mind off the pain for a while. It worked, sort of...I made the cards, not my best work but they are done and I enjoyed the crafty time! So that is a success in my book!

Yes it is a Valentines card. Usually I don't send them, but this year I decided it would a nice little treat for some of my friends and family to get a card from me for Valentines Day. Just to let them know I am thinking of them! I duplicated this card 8 times and had a little help from my friend Julia(craftyjulia.blogspot.com) finishing them. I tried a technique where you spray your embossing folder with glimmer mist, put your cardstock in the folder and run it through the embossing machine. Can't remember where I saw this idea, think it was from a magazine. Since I have been in the bed a lot lately I have been looking through lots of idea books. I also stamped the heart and then hand painted the image with glimmer mist. You can't tell from the photo but the heart and background paper are very glimmery irl. Simple and quick card, took me only a few hours to put together all of them! My kind of project for the mood I am in right now!

Hopefully I will be back soon with some good news about this kidney stone!