Good morning! School has begun- Vanessa is officially a kindergartner and she really really really LOVED her first day. She played with "the girl in the brown tank top" (I supposed we will find out her name eventually) and liked her teacher a lot. And, she was super proud of her new SuperGirl backpack, complete with pink AND bling! Robyn had her first day solo at preschool too. She did wonderfully and had no problems adjusting to Vanessa not being there with her.
Here are the pictures from this morning.



Robyn wouldn't look at me for a pic this morning...


And Miss V was very very excited about this new kindergarten business!





So, hopefully, things will start to be a little less busy here and I can be more consistent with posting on my blog. I know I have some sneak peeks coming up soon for some brand new products to be featured on QVC the 23rd, so keep checking back for those.
I'll leave you today with this little Robyn layout- I love this girl's smile!


Have a great day!

It's Wednesday again! Today is Vanessa's very last day of preschool, so hard to believe she isn't my little 2.5 year old on her first day of preschool anymore- that was 2 years ago!! So, to celebrate, we are taking an extra long weekend to just hang out before she makes the trek to Kindergarten next Tuesday morning.

And, I'll leave you with a silly layout about the day Robyn discovered the belly slide :)



Have a great day and wonderful weekend! :)

Hey there! Just wanted to show off my pretty princesses this morning. *sigh* they are growing up so fast!!


We are having some beautiful end of summer weather, perfect for sleeping with the windows open and playing outside without getting all sweaty! I hope it stays like this for a few weeks...still not ready for the official colder weather of "fall".

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Happy Friday! Just popping in with a quick post of a layout. My little girl is starting kindergarten soon and she is very excited about it, so I wanted to make sure to record her excitement, and my tiny bit of sadness to see her growing up and being a big girl.


I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Wednesday!
Just wanted to share real quick this morning the layout I did for this weeks I Inspire Me Challenge. The theme for this week was Jewelry. I really like the debossed flower design on this little ring I have, so I recreated similar debossed flowers, then used the exacto to give the flowers a little lift.




I'm heading out today for a big meeting, so if you have some lucky vibes to share, send them my way please! Have a wonderful day!

Oh my...I have not been so good lately about giving the blog some attention. Have I mentioned that things are just extremely busy around here lately? I think the next couple of weeks are going to be just as busy too.
Speaking of being busy, today I just had to step away from it for a second and make something for fun real quick. Sometimes it just has to be done! And now that I got it out of my system, I can get back to my work and do a better job at it :)
So, here's my quick little layout today called "race" - just grabbed some things out of the box of scraps and went to it!



Now, if you can- take a quick break and go make a little something just for fun! Come on, you can do it too :)
Have a great day!

I meant to get on here yesterday and post about this week's I Inspire Me challenge to be inspired by stationery, but unfortunately, a stomach virus got me instead and I was just staying in my bed all day long. Feeling a little bit better today though YAY!

So, head on over and check out the I Inspire Me blog again- there is some amazing creativity happenin' over there!
For my stationery inspired project, I actually used this notecard set I have to make a little mini book of some beach pictures. It was a super easy project and I really like how it turned out :)
















I hope you all have a wonderful day!

August? Really? This summer is going by too fast- my little Vanessa will be starting kindergarten in ONE month! Crazy! We had a nice, relaxing weekend- the weather was beautiful and not too hot or humid- yay! I hope you had a nice weekend too.

I just wanted to share this "rowdy" layout today of my girls playing- seems like they are always making up fun little games to play with each other.


And, I was tagged by my friend Lea, so here goes!

Here are the rules:

1. Link to the person who “tagged” you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is posted on your blog.

My random things:
1. I am left handed, except when playing softball or using scissors, then I use my right hand (basketball and volleyball I am pretty much ambidextrious)
2. I have a B.S. in Ecosystems Biology
3. I would like to pursue a PhD in Phycology (the study of algae)... someday :)
4. Matt and I stayed in a treehouse in the jungle of the big island in Hawaii for our honeymoon- I want to go back there someday.
5. I'm a Mac user :)
6. I want to learn to play the guitar

And now, I hereby tag the following people- make sure to check out their cool blogs too!

1. Celeste
2. Dina
3. Kimberly
4. Lana
5. Staci
6. Tabitha

Have a good day!

Ok, it's Thursday and I haven't had a chance to post this week! Things are just busy as ever over here :) We had a great time last weekend, took the girls to a fun place that has a splash pad and a beach on the lake- they totally loved it!




I also thought this picture of them from the other morning was pretty cute- and yes, Vanessa is in need of a haircut!


And, I only have one layout to share today, called I Believe in Change. I wanted to document two of today's issues that are important to me, peace and alternative fuels. I thought about sending this in for MMM contest, but decided not to. :)



Thanks for stopping by :)

Friday Friday!! YAY! this week went by FAST! I wanted to share a couple of layouts today.
First, "hippety-hop"- I cut up a tag for parts of the title and I really love watching my girls play in the yard together- they call each other "best sisters" now :)



And I also have "sandbox" to share...been diggin' the color yellow for awhile now, just so cheery and bright! And, I totally love these K&Co chipboard letters- fun font!



That's all for today, have a great weekend!

Happy Wednesday! We have such a beautiful day here today, not too humid and only in the 70s...perfect! Makes me want to get out there and play :)

I just wanted to share my take on this weeks I Inspire Me challenge (you can check out this cool blog by clicking the link over to the left). The theme this time was clothing inspired. If you know me, you probably know that my children's wardrobe is MUCH more exciting than mine, so I used this shirt of Vanessa's for my inspiration this week. I love love love the font on this shirt. But, I don't have a font like this, nor have I seen one...


So, I set my mind to creating this font myself- I used the Bauhaus 93 font and added the stripes myself in PhotoShop...it took some help from Matt and a little patience, but I finally acheived what I was wanting!




I hope you all have a great day!

Hey there! I just wanted to pop in and share a couple of layouts today. I had a whirlwind, busy busy busy day at CHA on Friday. I got to see some old friends and meet a couple of new ones too, it was great! Of course, I saw tons of eye candy while there- my top 2 picks are- ALL of the new Sassafras and I really dig the BG Ambrosia line!

And Jennifer- you need to come back here to claim your rak!!

So, first layout is 'no more pictures'- I bet I am not the only one who can relate to getting this look! HA!


And I also have "you love to explore"


Have a wonderful Tuesday!

I'm heading out in the morning for a whirlwind trip to CHA...hopefully I'll get to meet up with Celeste and Dina while there!
Just wanted to share this super simple one today. Have a great weekend everybody!

Happy Wednesday! It is going to be hot and humid here today, making me glad I signed up to help the preschool take the kids to the pool this afternoon!
I just wanted to share a couple of layouts today and tell Jennifer that she needs to come back and claim her RAK!!

First we have "you color my world"- I love the KI Bloom line!


And we also have "sunshine daydream"


Have a good day all!

Monday Monday! And we have a RAK winner.....Jennifer- you guessed correctly that my bicycle is PURPLE!! Thank you all for your fun guesses and Jennifer- send me your address and I'll try to get this RAK out before I go to Chicago on Friday.

Today, I just have a quick, simple layout to share celebrating my girl's love of creating!


Have a great day everybody!

There's my little Safety Town graduate! She really enjoyed this past week going to Safety Town. They got to do all kinds of fun things while learning about safety...school bus ride, fire engines, fire safety house, riding bicycles, hanging out with police officers, learning about 'stranger danger', getting inside an ambulance, and she even got a new bike helmet and t-shirt! I'm proud of my girl, and it was great practice for kindergarten in a couple of months!

I also wanted to share this fun layout using some *new* Brenda Pinnick goodies- so new, nobody else has seen them yet! :)


And yep, the blog has had over 500 visitors! Cool!! I was thinking that I would do a little RAK to celebrate...but, in order to win the RAK- you have to tell me WHAT COLOR MY BICYCLE IS. Anybody want to take a gander?

Have a great weekend everybody. I'll post the winner of the RAK on Monday!

*sigh* I loooove this blue/green/brown combo!! I have this hanging up on my wall right now in my office- between those colors and my little cutie I think I really really like it :)

So, I noticed that my blog is nearing 500 visits! WOOT!! I really appreciate all of you stopping by and encouraging me to keep posting. Make sure you stop by tomorrow as there will likely be a cool challenge RAK to celebrate 500!!

Have a good thursday!

Howdy folks! Happy Hump Day! :)

Just wanted to pop in today and tell you all to head on over the I Inspire Me blog and check out what all those super creative, inspiring girls had to show this week! Really really awesome stuff!

Here was my take this week, following the 'kitchen' theme. I was struck by the angles on my kitchen faucet and thought, hey I could make this into a layout!
So this....


became this...


I also did a quickie layout about my LOUD child- maybe she really *IS* a future rock star!


So, that's all for today. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go check out I Inspire Me- there are a couple of cool RAKs up for grabs I hear!
Peace!

Aw, aren't they the cutest ever?? I just love this pic I snapped of them watching our local 4th of July parade. They had a great time waving their flags and collecting tons of candy. It was our first year going to the parade downtown. I was amazed at how much of a political promotion it was being an election year...the politicians must have felt the way to our votes was to give our children candy LOL! I'm also thinking that the parade must be about 1/2 the size on a non-election year- so many running for city council and judges and stuff. I was very happy to see all of the alternative fuel vehicles being used and supported in the parade however and one of my favorites was the bicycler with the sign "another bicycle for energy independence". I love that we live in a pro-active community.


We also had fun up at Top of Park again. Here's a layout about Robyn groovin' to the music


And, I wanted to share another layout too, love this one of my Robyn crashed out on the floor!


Thanks for stopping by- have a wonderful day!

My baby is growing up...today, she started preschool! And boy, was she thrilled about it after all this time watching Vanessa getting dropped off at this fun place with lots of toys and kids and fun things to do. Needless to say, I guess we don't have to worry about her missing us much- besides, she has Vanessa there for a couple of months to help her out!
Here are her 1st day of school pics!


she started playing right away!



Also, thought I would share the 1st layout for this years vacation album


And 'ponderings over popsicles'


Have a great day!