A Brag Book

A wedding brag book.  I did this for a friends daughter who is getting married this spring.  The charms are two rings and charm that says "Joy".  The paper is "Graphic45".  The back is a "V" stnnd alone so the top can be flipped for viewing.  The ribbon ties in front.  Love is in the air.  Hugs 

Happy New Year



If one deserts their blog for a year, probably they should have something to show for it.  So I begin my new chapter with a new organizational tool, my life quest, organizational tools.  I saw a "7Gypsies" box using the index cards and thought it was a way cool idea and that it might help me to throw out my sticky notes, I am slowly but surely reinputting the info on index cards and getting rid of the sticky notes, they are a hindrance to ones train of thought.  Have you seen these cubes and boxes at "The Dollar Tree"?  Well they have become my obsession, I am using them everywhere.  I used one for the index cards instead of the Library Box as shown by 7 Gypsies.  I then cut index cards "From My Kitchen" cart, I did 12, one for each month and 26 one for each letter of the alphabet.  I then printed out a calendar for each month.  During the reigning month the calendar sits infront of the index, when the month has passed the calendar goes in back of the index and the whole month is moved to the back behind December.  When the year is through I will then bind them.  Jan-Dec deals with day to day issues, things I want to remember, important dates, etc.  A-Z are ideas, things I want to record as in recipes, instructions for projects, they too will be bound at the end of the year.  When I begin a card I either put the date indicating where it will be filed or the Letter under which it will be filed, along with the date in the upper left front corner.

Now that is it for my first few weeks of 2012.  2011? Part of me says I would just like to kick it out of the living experience, on the other hand, it was a tremendous growing year for me.  The best parts, I came together with myself and think I have a whole new understanding of me and what I am supposed to be doing.  My ex-husband died in January 2011 of complications from Type 2 Diabetes, losing a buddy is tough but I walked through it all with not only our son but also my ex-husbands wife, we are all stronger and healthier from the process but owwwie geeze it was hard.  My husband Michael has Type 2 Diabetes and one of my missions last year was to find out the whys and how do we fix this.  What a journey, as a result I have thrown out 95% of all processed food and turned my kitchen into a whole food kitchen.  There are no boxed cereals, not store bread, switched over to quinola pastas and embraced a product called Wild Tree, it is void of toxic fillers and colorants and will be completely organic by summer.  I have lost 30lbs, Michael has lost almost 40 and his glucose numbers have gone down.  As all of this was happening I made the decision to rep the product, wow!  If you would like any info on the product you can check it out on my web-site by clicking on my link:   Wild Tree.  

I have linked my Gypsy to The Imagination, now that was a brain teaser but I have to admit, I love love it.  No more looking for a cart.  I hope all of you had a good 2011 and that 2012 is on its way to be an inspirational and fun packed year.  Hugs 

A Scrap Wedding Card

This is another wedding card using left over embellies and paper from a commission.  The background paper by Paper Pizazz, the corners are by Sizzix, the "Love Honor Cherish" is from Me and My Big Ideas.  Misc. ribbon.  This is a 4.25 X 5.5 card.  I have almost talked myself to committ only to using scraps for an entire year and see if I can do it.  The only deviation will be a commission card.  I will let you know when I decide.  Have a great weekend. Hugs

Happy

This is a card using scraps and some stickers, and misc. ribbon, it just came out so happy thought I would share.  Happy Friday, Hugs

Black and White Wedding

This is short and sweet.  I wanted to use some of the embellishments left over from my other Wedding Card.  Yesterday while looking for some baby paper I saw this Heidi Grace paper on sale WOW .59cents a sheet.  The butterflies are MS and the paper and butterfly centers have glitter but photo did not pick it up.  The photo corners only visible on the bottom are EK Success.  MS butterflies were stamped with my tiny flower background stamp.  Hugs

Grad Eagle

Well this little darlin was a pill from the get go, but it is done.  The eagle is from "Stand n Salute", the bling is by Recollections.  Photo corners are EKSuccess.  Grad Hat is from "A Child's Day" and "2011" is a QK font. And there you have it!  The recipient is a cheerleader and loves bling and leopard prints.  Hope all is well in blog land. Hugs

The Frog

So this gave me serious giggles yesterday.  First I would like to say that who ever is marketing director for JoAnn's is part genius.  Check out is set up as a long line of bins with lower priced items and candy, so as you are waiting you are looking and then you look again and then before you get to checkout you are $5.00 lighter cause you found several things that peeked your interest.  That is the way of this frog, I wish I had taken a before picture but to be perfect honest I did not think it would work.  The frog is balsam wood and the eyes, etc. were pre-drawn to him.  So I took my Copic markers (beware it is a little rough on the tips) and went to work.  I thought it would bleed horribly but it did not.  It comes in 2 pieces, the frog and the bottom stabilizer. Who would have thunk?  Now for the rest of the story.  This is for my sister, she is under a lot of stress right now and I have been teaching her a tip I perfected in my 40/40 which is being the observer and not getting involved in all the stuff around you.  So I wanted to send her something that would remind her frequently of it.  Speaking of giggles did you know that Jesus and Holy Spirit have a sense of humor?  They do, I asked them to help me with a verse that would make her smile, yet remind her.  So the card says, "If you get down in the trenches with them - you are going to get dirty."

This is the back of the frog and the card says, "But if you observe, you stay clean and are Blessed with Peace. The clouds and coloring on the card were also done with the Copic markers. Hope everyone has a great week. Hugs

A Wedding Card

This is a 5.5 X 5.5 card.  I fell in love with the Recollections adhesive strip jewels and then the rest just kinda rolled into place. Paper is by "Paper Pizazz".  The Mr.&Mrs. from "Me and My Big Ideas" as well as the flower. Added the misc. bow with corsage pin.  Photo corners by EKSuccess and background lavender is Bazzill.  We are having a rip roaring rainy day and there is snow in the Sierras, hope your day is filled with Blessings. Hugs

Another Grad Card

Okay, what in the world do you do with orange and green, lol.  This is a fun sassy grad card.  Carts used "Shall we Dance".  Font is from QK and the confetti is from a Sizzix Die.  Gold accents.  I touched the color up some it is more orange than yellow, but then you could not really see the gold accents.  Have a great weekend. Hugs

Grad

Well I did get this uploaded without too much stress, I truly figured I had forgotten how, lol.  How can it possibly be May?  This is a commission card.  The grad and cap was cut from "A Child's Year", year font is "Blossom" from QK.  All colors were done with Copic Markers.  I did it Carole, I got on puter and posted, ROFL.  Hope everyone is Blessed today. Hugs