Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors

I know it seems like all I do is sew anymore, but I really do other things too! Since I still really enjoy scrapbooking and love some of those fun vintage trends on pages right now, I was so excited to see that Martha Stewart makes fringe scissors now!

I was planning on ordering them, because its a lot easier than taking my crew to Michael's (since I knew they sold Martha Stewart) but decided to wait until my next amazon order (I buy my laundry detergent among other things on amazon :)). 

Last night, the baby and I snuck out of the house for a bit to escape the sickness that has taken over our family. Stalling the inevitable, we walked around Joann's until we had seen everything. The last place we walked around was the greeting cards, and low and behold, do you know what we stumbled upon? A Martha Stewart line. Maybe this isn't new there, but it sure was new to me! I got even more excited when I saw the fringe scissors, on SALE! Score! I may have even done a happy dance. 

I really think there are a lot of possibilities with these fun and funky scissors. I love the look of festooning and now with these, I can make my own! 

 So many possibilities! What else can you use these for? :)

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May Design Team Page

using Fancy Pants products:

The sun is chipboard covered in glitter, and the center of the sun is a brad covered in glitter. along the sides where the flourishes and words are has some shimmer as well.

First page I have done in awhile!

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Rainy Day Thoughts

Internet was down, life was happening, and posting didn't!

I was looking at scrapbooks with the boys the other day and sharing our past special moments with them, realizing how cool it is to have some of our stories and moments captured. 

This led to me to realize that out of all of the books we have made, I have't shared nearly as many pages on my blog! I will be sharing some of my favorites here and there. Some older maybe not as "hip" pages, but special pages to us.  

In other news, this past week, I have been busy sewing, creating and getting ready for boutiques and etsy shop updates. I can't wait to share!

And ending thoughts: this weekend, as we focus on the Ressurection of Jesus, I am so thankful for our family that God has blessed me with, our health, the roof over our head, the clothes on our back and the food on our table. He provides us with everything we need, including our salvation if we choose to follow Him.  

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Alligator Party!

My little guy doesn't have a lot to say, but one thing he likes is alligators, and he lets us know! Its actually really cute how he says it, just dont ask him to say it...because he wont. It has to be on HIS terms.

So we decided to throw a little family party last night for his birthday tomorrow. The theme was...alligators!

I made this shirt with both applique and freezer paper stencil:

 Modelling it before the party started:

Then I did a bib. Chenille front, cordouroy back. 

Testing it out at dinner:

We didnt do all the decorations this time. I kept it simple with this banner I made and the fun part is, it can go in his room too!

The food was really good. My husband's hobby is smoking meat, so he took care of the big parts. He smoked pork for pulled pork sandwiches and did beans and coleslaw. I did mac and cheese from my friend's recipe who was super gracious enough to share it with me (and help me make it over the phone!) and we kept drinks simple with water, kool aid and sweet tea. My mother in law made a yummy  layer salad, some fruit kabobs with fruit snacks on the end which were a huge hit with the boys for sure, and an awesome alligator shaped dip. It tasted great and looked fun! She was such a huge help!

The most fun part of getting ready for our boys' birthdays is making the cake for it. Micah and I always do it together, and its always an adventure. Here is Jackson's cake.

This is what we started with:

a bundt cake, cupcakes, mini cupcakes and a sheet cake. Then we just started cutting until we got this shape:

And blowing out the candles....twice ya know, since he is turning two!

So thats about it! I will have more pictures from the party on our family blog soon. Thank you to our family for coming over and helping us celebrate the blessing that Jackson is in our lives! It means so much to us to know how much you love our little guy and he loves you all too!

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Bless Our Nest

The other night, I was really restless. The house was picked up, the boys were watching a movie, my husband was working on his Bible study for Sunday, and I had nothing really urgent to do. 

So, I went out and got a piece of scrap wood from the garage (fun!), got a piece of scrapbook paper out of the old stash (which was a couple of years old) and some vinyl, black glitter and black paint. I came up with this:

Because the paper was 12x12 and the wood was a lot longer, I cut it up into four pieces and pieced it together. I thought it would look better that way than two pieces. 

The sides are glittery black. Hard to capture glitter, isn't it? 

Because I had everything here, it cost nothing to make, it kept me entertained for a bit and is now hanging above our front door inside. 

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"What?" Scrapbook page

Design Team Page for Devine Memories this month. In my defense, I haven't scrapbooked in awhile and I was trying to get it done before I went home to save a trip back, but otherwise, I think it went together pretty well :)

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Happy as a Lark

Made this on Friday night using new Fancy Pants paper cut outs, some fun glitter, a wooden bird and vinyl with my cutter and a piece of scrap wood from my husband. I really like how it turned out!

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Page Kits at Devine Memories

Avaliable soon!

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second page revised

Got these great gears that really filled in this spot! ok, I like it better now :) and I am counting this as saturday's post, since its pretty much already saturday.

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"My Favorite Pieces" Page Layouts

My friend Michelle just had the opportunity to design a paper line for the Paper Element. This weekend is CHA and Michelle asked if I would do a page or two for the papers to display in their booth! Of course I would!

Here is my first page:




My Favorite Pieces
Sparkle letters from american craft
Martha Stewart glitter
Making Memories tags (and metal tab too)
Screen Prints journaling circle
brad and rhinestones

Here is my second page... I like the first better, but this one isnt too bad... just feel like its missing something. the notebook paper accents from this kit is so fun.





My Favorite Pieces
wooden stars
my cutter to cut the letters and circle out
felt
metal tag and curling ribbon


Cant wait until the line comes out so I can do a mini album with it! Pin It

Family Page

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First Design Team Page for 2009

Wow, I have been a scrappin' slacker the past few months. Today, I cleaned up my scrap area and decided to sit down and create.  I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get anything done so I grabbed a coke, my favorite glass and the laptop with some sweet tunes and got to work. I had this page kit I needed to do for DM by tomorrow, so that was nice to work with and get back into the groove! 

Here is the page that I came up with:

products used:

bazzill cardstock

pink paislee "sweet cakes" paper

daisy d's birthday rub-ons

thickers alpha stickers (i love when alphabet stickers give you enough letters to do a title... its the little things, ya know?)

ribbons

black ink for distressing

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