Last Frame for Madelyn's Room

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I am finally finished. I know it took me a while and my friend Audra has not seen the last 2 so they may get updated. You have seen the ladybug one, but I added some yarn to the bottom so I wanted to show you the update I made. I wanted all of these to have some texture to them. The flower one does not have ribbon, but I did make it 3D.

Here are the first two I made.

Let me know what you think. I had a hard time finishing this project. Life is so busy right now.

Fall - Pumpkin Card

Happy Fall! I found this ribbon at my LSS and had to have it. I haven't been able to scrap very much since school started so I wanted to buy something that would get me back in to scrapping. The pumpkin is a Silhouette file I purchased from Silhouette. The pearl embellishments were also bought at my LSS...I love the teal color! No card is complete without dry embossing (at least at my house). The background paper and card were found in my scrap box :-)

Junk Drawer No More

I told you guys I cleaned out my junk drawer, here it is! I bought a pencil box and put the kids school supplies in it. (Plus some gum for a special treat!) The supplies are not allowed to leave the kitchen since that is where we do homework. No more searching for lost crayons! My kids both have a beta fish, so I also put the fish food in this drawer so they have everything in one place. We have 2 pencil sharpeners and a note pad in our supply drawer. This has made homework time so much easier!

I use clear contact paper in my drawers, I might need to pretty this up with some scrap paper. :-)

First step to being organized

With both kids in school now, I realized I needed a dedicated space for them to put their backpacks when we get home in the afternoon. I went to a home improvement store and bought silver hooks (found on the bathroom accessory aisle). I like these because there are 2 hooks, so when it gets cold outside, they can hang their coat and back pack in the same place.

Above the backpacks is the family calendar. It lists all the major activities for the month. The kids love to move the dot to the correct date each day. I don't even have to remind them ;-)

On the left, you will see our workout calendar. We were doing an Insane workout, but then we went on vacation...

I made a card tonight, but I am waiting to post it. I think I may send it to a friend that visits my blog.

Organization

Hello friends! I have been eewwwing and ahhhing over the organization pins on the Pinterest website. I am in the middle of reorganizing my house. I cleaned out my junk drawer in my kitchen, it is no longer a junk drawer. Everything is organized, I even had room to put a pencil box with crayons, erasers, scissors...for the kids in my "junk" drawer. That's just one of the things I have been working on (instead of scrappping, haha).

Click the organization link below to see some great organization ideas. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Organization

Halloween Decorations

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My kids and I spent the rainy afternoon making some Halloween decorations. To cut these, we used the Silhouette. The ghost and spider are files purchased from Silhouette. The pumpkin is 11 scallops folded in 1/2, then glued together with a hand cut stem and vine. We used the default size on all of these...not sure what that is, haha!

Shout out to my wonderful husband for going to the store to buy ingredients for dinner...and for cooking. We prepared a pizza together and he cooked it on the grill. It was awesome - and our first time to try this. Thanks Honey!!!!!!!

Ladybug Wall Art

I made this cute little ladybug for Madelyn's room. 3 down, 1 more to go!

Here is the original post.

For the background, I used my Cuttlebug to dry emboss. I cut the ladybug using my Silhouette.

Want to hear a happy song?

I listen to Sirius radio in my car and my favorite station is the Coffeehouse. They play lots of acoustic songs and songs by people not so famous. Hubby and I are downloading music tonight, and I am sharing with him some of the songs I listen to on the Coffeehouse. Here is one of my favorites...it is so happy!

It is called "I like you" by SJ.

Hope you like it!

Pockets for Mom's Organizer

I decided to add some pockets to the folder page I made last night. This side has 4 pockets. I need a place to keep coupons...not that I ever use them but I thought if I have 1 place to put them - I might actually use them. Who couldn't use 20% off Bed Bath and Beyond every now and then???

A surprise photo

I found this pic on my camera and knew I had caught something special. I am not sure what caught her attention but I am glad I snapped this shot. It is one of my favorites from our vacation this year. Now if only I scrapbooked!!! :-)

PS -she looks nothing like me...but sooooo much like her handsome Dad!

Mommy's Notebook (Organizer)

Owl Pen holder (bought at Target)

Weekly Schedule - tells Mommy when to send lunch to school and after school activities. Created in Excel, easy for Mommy to update weekly. After school activities start next week, soccer 3x/week and dance 1x/week.

Class Schedule - tells Mommy when Chloe needs to wear tennis shoes to school for PE. Created in Excel.

Homework To Do for Son (his name will be added to the bottom of the folder)


Left: Class Info
Right: Daughter's Homework To Do (her name will be added to the bottom)


Left: Class Information
Right: I needed a handy way to keep up with the Catechism book


Lots more to do to this organizer but wanted to show you what I have so far. I plan to decorate the front cover and add the kids' names to their homework folders. I wanted to create something so my husband and I could quickly glance in here and see what is happening each day. Although, I doubt my husband will ever use it...he relies on me to take care of all the "stuff" and to let him know if I need help with anything.



I made the folder to hold the catechism book, just free handed it. The other folders were bought at Target.



If you have any ideas for me, please pass them along. This is only one of my "get organized" projects...I'm cleaning out my house and getting rid of stuff...you should see our donate piles!

Scraplazyyyy!

My dear husband just changed my name from Scrapcrazyyy! to Scraplazyyyy! He's so funny!!!

Whale Baby Card

Pottery Barn Lamp - Inspiration

I made this for my sorority sister. She is having a baby boy within the next 2 weeks. I was able to find whale bath toys to coordinate with this card (and with the nursery bedding). This card was inspired by the coordinating Pottery Barn Lamp.

I used my SIL SD to create this card. I also use my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing folder to emboss the whale (which everyone loved!). I rounded the corner edges with my Round It All and inked the edges using my SU! ink. The font is from my computer and a brad eye was the last touch.

Vacation T-Shirts

Now that my husband has told everyone he works with our vacation location...I can post this. Have you ever noticed, if you tell someone you are going to the beach, they have to know where...why is that??? Anyway...

I made these shirts for my kids. You have seen the whale shirt, but without the words. Once we decided what beach we were going to this year, I added it to my son's shirt. The orange shirt is for my daughter and she will be so surprised when she wakes in the morning. She is my biggest fan, so I know she will love it!!! Some of the vinyl used is Silhouette and some is generic...I bought it on Ebay and I really like it! It works great!

Going to have some fun in the sun!!! Later dudes!!! :-)

Why does Blogger

Why does Blogger take me in a loop when I try to post comments to other people's blogs? Every time I click to post a comment, it takes me to the log in screen. When I put my password in, it takes me to the screen where I type in the magic word, and when I submit, it takes me back to log in, so I log in again, and I get a new magic word...it keeps doing this over and over until I just give up. Any way to avoid this?

Shirt - Rhinestone Ballet Shoes

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I decorated this shirt using a Silhouette rhinestone template. I still have not purchased the coordinating paper to use with these rhinestones so I had to improvise. It took a really long time to get all the stones in place. I was going to also put the word "Dance" under the shoes but I am going to wait until I purchases the sticky paper - it will be much easier. My daughter starts her first year of ballet in August and she is soooooo excited. I am too bc she has never wanted to play sports or take any kind of lessons. Thanks Angelina Ballerina, you inspired my little girl to dance!!!

(PS - I ironed the shirt, not shirt why it is so wrinkled!)

New Wall Art for Master Bedroom

I made these for my master bedroom. I bought the files from Silhouette, and cut them out twice. I used the second cut to fill in and make the image bigger. I can hardly wait to get all of these hung above my dresser. I will update when I get a pic of all three together.

4th of July Tee

I made this shirt for my daughter. I am sure it will be cuter on her than it is hanging on the clothes hanger. She was excited when she found out I was making it. I was going to put a bow on each sleeve but she only wanted one bow. She fell asleep before I finished...so it will be a surprise for her tomorrow. My son wants to know what he gets???

The firework was a template I bought from Silhouette...I left off the bottom part of it and I added more stones to make the firework bigger. Let's see how long these stones stay on her shirt. :-)

Cricut Craft Room

Wow, I finally got in to the Cricut Craft Room...not sure how long I have had access bc I didn't get an email notification. It is pretty cool! I am just playing around with some of the Cricut carts and using the Imagine pattern carts to fill the images...WOW, you can see it so well. This is pretty cool!

Anyone else played in the craft room??? I would love to hear what you have to say about it!

Furniture make-over (Continued)

I ♥♥♥ the new duvet cover. My husband gave me a gift card to Anthropologie and I happend to find this on sale and had to have it! Now I need to make some pillow shams. I will be making these in the next few weeks.

Dresser, one of the screws broke on the new hardware...uh oh!



(Here is what it looked like before - ewwww)

And finally the chest.



I have never painted furniture. I have wanted to do this for years, but I have been too scared! When I saw the duvet cover, I knew right then I had to do it. I waited a day before I bought the duvet cover (I just couldn't get it out of my head). A few days later, I had the supplies and was dying to get started. I started on Thursday after work and finished Saturday evening. Some of it got rained on Thursday night...and then on Saturday, I had to hurry and get everything inside because there was a storm that brewed up out of nowhere.

Now we have decided we want to paint the room but I really don't want to do any more painting for a while. This project wore me out!!!!! I asked my husband to only help me get the bed outside for painting, I wanted to do the rest. He did help move the chest and dresser also, but I did all the priming and painting and installing the new hardware (he had to tighten some of the handles for me).

I followed instructions I found online for this project. Please visit Just a Girl blog. Her piece is amazing!!!! I can't wait to take some pics in the day time...I think they will look better than the ones I took tonight.

Furniture make-over

I am in the process of painting my bedroom furniture. It is a lot more work than I thought it was going to be...but will be worth the end result. I am currently taking a break and I thought I would share a picture with you. The black shows every imperfection in the furniture...so we may have some sanding to do but this is the initial cut. I still have a nightstand, bed, chest and dresser to paint! whew!

Smash Books

I wish I would have come up with the term "Smash Book" - take something that is already invented (a journal) and reinvent it...brilliant. Now, what can we reinvent??? With the shuttle program coming to an end soon, I may need a job soon...

This is meant to be funny...

kind of...

:-)

BTW, I have a journal I bought at HL and I have been really wanting to use it for something, but I have no idea what for and I just might use it to journal my life for 2011.

Master bedroom makeover

In 2009 I posted a pic of the framed art I did for our master bedroom. See it here: Bedroom Art

Today, I bought this duvet cover. I bought one in an off-white color. (It was on clearance at our local store and I had a gift card, wahhhoooo!)

My husband agreed before I bought the duvet cover, he will help me get our bed disassembled and outside so I can paint it black. I have been wanting to do this for years...and I am soooo excited to get this project started and completed. I think it is going to look incredible.

Here is the inspiration for our room. Our headboard is shaped like this...but more definite. It reminds me of a puzzle piece. My mom bought it for me when I lived at home and I have never liked the headboard, however, I think once it is painted black I will love it! I have 2 nightstands, a chest, a dresser and the bed to paint. It might take me a while to get it finished.

Happy Birthday Sister!!!

Supplies:

Cricut Imagine
Hoot 'n' Holler cart
Elise cart
Audrey cart
Ribbon
Mini round gems
Prima flower
Adhesive
cardstock/pattern paper
Copic marker
Cuttlebug
Cuttlebug embossing folder

It is my sister's birthday tomorrow (we are about 15 1/2 years apart) , so I thought I would make a little card for her. I wanted this card to be different than something I would normally make so I used an odd shape and mismatched the colors a bit.

Back in the 70s, I think she liked owls...so I went with it. I used my Imagine to create this card. The paper is Amy Butler double sided paperstack. The card base is from Storybook (it is not a card but I folded it in half and made it a card). The owl is from Hoot 'n' Holler. I used my Imagine to print the pattern paper (used for the owl). The pattern carts I used are Elise and Audrey. I used a CB embossing folder to negative emboss the sentiment paper. A Copic marker to color in the pupils was the way to go.

I struggled with this card a bit but I am happy with the result. I like doing things a little different...you never know what you will come up with.

Thanks to my hubby for his wallet!

I bought some new clothes tonight...thanks to my husband! I told him I needed his credit card to order some clothes and he came back with his wallet! I did save him 5% for being a black card member and 10% by searching for a coupon code. I also deleted a shirt I had in my shopping cart...because I am that nice!

Thanks Old Town, I ♥ ya!!!!

My favorite place to shop!!! - White House Black Market

Child Apron

Child Apron

White scallop (heat set vinyl)

"C" before it is set

Another pic of "C" before it is set


Teflon to protect material and vinyl from the heat of the iron


The end!

I used white heat set vinyl from http://www.vinylsuperstore.com/ and smooth pink heat set vinyl made by Silhouette. The apron was purchased at Hobby Lobby. I added ribbon to the two straps.

Wouldn't this make a cute dress??? If only I could sew.

Atlee's Bag

Our friends just moved back from FL, so the kids and I went to Barnes and Noble, picked up a couple of books, a stuffed animal and also included a note pad, pens and a neat glow stick as Atlee's welcome back gift. Atlee is 7 and is the most amazing kid you could ever meet...I just love her! I only had a few minutes to whip this together before we were going over to see their new house - or I would have added more to the bag.

For this project, I used heat set vinyl and my Silhouette SD.

Show my Husband some L♥ve!

Show my hubby some l♥ve and leave comments on his VERY new blog!!!!

Here are some of the things he cooked for us while we were without power for a week.

http://oldtowncanoegrill.blogspot.com/2011/05/menu-ala-tornado.html

He cooked the most awesome ribeyes THIS weekend, his cooking keeps getting better and better! In the past I never knew if what he prepared was going to be good or just ok...now everything is soooooooooooooooooooooo yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cathedral Caverns

A friend we played with while we waited for our tour.

Tom and Huck (the movie) was filmed here and this is where they came out of the tunnel...I haven't seen the movie but I am going to ASAP.


Cool picture taken on the tour.

This is the opening to the cave, have you ever seen anything like this? Over 100 ft wide!

We visited Cathedral Caverns today with some friends. It was such an awesome experience. They offer an extended tour - it requires long pants and boots, it involves walking a tight path that is only about 20 inches wide, climbing rocks, and even crawling through a 7 foot tunnel... we are soooooo going to do it!!!!!!!!!!! It takes about 5 hours but the view is supposed to be even more awesome than what we saw today.

Not sure I will actually "scrapbook" this experience but I may do a layout of my husband folding laundry today...HAHAHAHA!!!! (I really did take pics of him folding laundry!!!)