This is so fun!

Have you been to SmileBox? What a great thing... I made this..... yeah it's very simple... but I think it's oh so cute! Just click in the box below!

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More Love

Believe in "happily ever after"
and it will come true.
~Jane Dettmering

Romance?

I want to take a moment to recognize the loss of Anna Nicole Smith. To some she was like a train wreck to others inspiration. I'm sure I will return to this before long.. but for now... MORE LOVE!

You Follow Your Heart

You're romantic, sentimental, and emotional. You tend to fall in (and out of) love very quickly. Some may call you fickle, but you can't help where your emotions take you. You've definitely broken a few hearts, but you're not a heartbreaker by nature. Your intentions are always good, even if they change with the wind

Do You Follow Your Head or Your Heart?

A few days of fun and love!

You may or may not have noticed I changed my music.... but I did! just a few selections to get us in the MOOD for love... and here's a little fun to go with it.. what does your candy heart say? mine says:

Your Candy Heart Says "First Kiss"

You're a true romantic who brings an innocent hope to each new relationship. You see the good in every person you date, and you relish each step of falling in love. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a romantic dinner your sweetie cooks for you Your flirting style: friendly and sweet What turns you off: cynics who don't believe in romance Why you're hot: you always keep the romance alive

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

Falling Behind!

Ack! My life has run away with me! Holidays have been tough for a while.. I really thought I was going to beat it this year... I know my limits and have learned to say "no"! I try to leave room for the unknown but it would seem have yet to estimate how much "unknown" I will have. The thing about me is that I "appear" to be "well" most of the time. That appearance consumes energy.. blah blah blah.. enough of that garbage...

My computer is about ready for it's annual reformatting, I defragged the hard drive and the registry, but it is still moving slow and the items on my task bar seems a bit small. Ho Hum.. I hate reformatting, it often takes me 6 months to get everything back on and tweeked just right.... I tried to scrap last night and waited a half an hour for PSCS to load... then I just dumped it, I didn't want to wait anymore... I can't post my layouts to the photosite page either... I don't think I have enough ram to run the program anymore... all it wants to do is crash! grrr... Anyway, I thought I would share with you some of the layouts I have been able to finish! This first one, is of course, that little cutie of a grandson of mine... The products I used were created by the very talented Doris Castle for "The Storytellers Club". To be honest with you, I haven't been able to locate it over there.. so no link.. sorry...

OK... now another one of the little cutie! he he.. again using products by Doris Castle this time created for Cottage Arts.. this is Simply Love 1 Paper and Element paks.I really like the way this one came out! I wasn't sure what to put as journaling so I just used the lyrics to the Carpenters song "Close to You"

Oh now more fun! I went out and bought the little guy a bunch of finger paints. Everyone thought I was crazy, but I wanted to do this with him. (did you know finger paints now come in squeeze bottles?) I solicited Grandpa's help to set us up with a painting studio in the garage. He set up his extra work bench and covered it with a old shower curtain (I knew that would come in handy someday), put all our supplies on top (including the painting apron I had purchased for Rye) He even put out paper towels, a trash bucked and a bucket of clean water! WOW, we were set! Oh, yes, do you notice the jammies under that apron... this was the same visit where I couldn't get him to put on regular clothes! LOL So we start painting... he wasn't real keen on putting his hands in the paint, so Grandma showed him how to put blobs of paint on the paper and fold it in half... that was good... but I foresaw a huge problem with that meathod... and a frustration factor if he couldn't get the paper unfolded, so I went over to Grandpa's supply closet and pulled out a foam roller and a small brush! Now we were in business! He really enjoyed that! He just loved putting lots of paint on the page... so much that it took all week for the paint to dry! LOL... I was impressed with the results! I remember hating to finger paint in kindergarten because while everybody else ended up with these colorful pictures.... mine was always BLACK! LOL now there's an instance where more isn't better... more color and more mixing only made my picture worse! But Rye, on he other hand... well, you can see.. I cut one of the pictures in half, framed both pieces and gave one to great grandma and one to great grandpa (my mom and dad) for Christmas! The supplies I used here are from a new source for me, a German site, Scrapbooking Heaven The designers name is Gisela and she is a real sweetheart! If you are int he market for a Valentine kit... check out her "I SEE PINK" it's fabulous! This kit is called "Sparkling Stars". Gisela has a number of "gifts" on her site including an adorable Star Doodle that would go very well with this kit!

credits

Kit - Sparkling Stars by Gisela http://tinyurl.com/368jwc

Handwriting Cards By Doris http://tinyurl.com/3atq39

ScrapDrawers: Dictionary Definitions By Doris http://tinyurl.com/2nzmsj

ScrapDrawers: Photo Lifts By Doris http://tinyurl.com/32v66x

Personal Trash By Doris http://tinyurl.com/348vgz

Schöne Tochter - Katharina

I came across this photo on Petra Losbichlers blog and knew one day I would want to scrap it.. so I naturally lifted it.... I do have Petra's blessing to post my layout.. (thank you Petra)... I have been in a terrible creative slump.. well a slump in general... I thought I hadn't scrapped in over a month and then realized that I actually had and was sitting on the layouts waiting for the ads to come out.. the ads have come and gone, I guess I better get busy and post the layouts! LOL

credits:
Romantic Recollections by Lara Payton
available at both Dustybear and Digital Freebies

BAZ-AL

Love the message, hate the messenger.... something inside me screems SUNSCREEN and closing with a quote from churchill shows lack of creativity.. but how can I say that about the man who invented the internet!? Anyway, SING, FLOSS, STRETCH, DANCE, TRAVEL and for crying out loud WEAR SUNSCREEN!
Oh and for heavens sake.. Do NOT read BEAUTY magazines, they will only make you feel UGLY!

NONSENSE

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,
it's a way of looking at life through the
wrongend of a telescope and that enables
you to laugh at life's realities.
- Dr. Seuss

Pajamas

Oh yes, the "I can do it" stage. Dear Rylie has arrived! Not only can he do it... but it must be done his way! Currently dressing himself is a big deal... and no matter what the day's activities, it's generally in his pajamas. This day we walked to Starbucks for a cup of hot cocoa and then off to the childrens salon for a hair cut... all in his pajamas!

credits:
Baby Cakes by Carrie Stephens
available at SBG http://tinyurl.com/y3l9q8

Fringe template by Kristy Nerness at PBW

floral brush by onegreeneye

font: Alor

Elves?

Ok a little Christmas Fun...
I have an Elf name.. can you believe?

Christmas Elf Name My Christmas Elf Name is Get your Christmas Elf Name at JokesUnlimited.com

Floppy-Feet LOL.. well at least they smell good! That's assuming Peppermiz is a good thing... Ok one more fun thing.. then out to the stores!

Which of Santa's Reindeer are you? Donder Like Donder you are sensible and a good leader. You know the right things to do at the right time and have people's respect Find out which of Santa's Reindeer you are at Quizopolis.com

Well that's not too bad! I was afraid I might end up as the reindeers a*s

Baby's Got Style

Oh my.. I just finished a week with Rye... he's becoming soo independent, he is now going through a phase where he wants to wear his Pj's all day. I finally figured a little public embarrassment was better than the frustration of trying to convince him to put his clothes on. When he's here, I generally try to get him a decent haircut at a local children's salon... this day it was in his Pj's so I brought my camera to record the event...
Credits:
Create-A-Quick Page: Midnight Bloom
by Doris Castle at SBG http://tinyurl.com/ydnwjc
Brush by Andrea Victoria
Fonts: Dokyo and Chopin

Stock Photos

have you seen this?
http://yotophoto.com

Miracles

Profound

A great quote I found on Christine Miller's site: http://swirlygirl.com

"Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people
who have come alive."
-Howard Thurman

Um... Ok

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All my years in retail management tell me the time for this sale was 6 months ago, at this point we shouldn't be seing this in the shop taking up valuable vitual shelf space.... time to cut and run on this one! BTW... this appeared to be just the calendar part... no top template to reuse for next year... sigh!

Things are getting worse...

Please send chocolate!



photo taken at VCOA West Coast National Meet 2006

Sweet Hubby

Over the weekend I spent some time snapping photos of DH... much to his demise.. I got some good photos and some really silly ones!
journaling reads:
While we were away for the weekend I decided to snap some photos of you. You tried to make it difficult for me, giving me every look you could think of; but, in the end, my perseverance paid off! I got some of the best photos I have even taken of you




credit:
template from Limes blog http://tinyurl.com/yl3hvv
paper and element packs from Jayme Gonzales'Green Tea Kit available at Addicted to Digital http://tinyurl.com/yklvhe http://tinyurl.com/yauws3
font: satisfaction

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