Happy Birthday Mer!

This is about to be on it's way to my sister:



Loving these new Inkadinkado stamps (and as always my chalk inks)!

Happy Mother's Day

It was a dreary, rainy day here today, and I hadn't gotten around to making my Mother's day card - so I got on it, and then some!

I made picture holder for her (yeah, just a variation on a theme!):


And a cute card:


And still managed a few minutes for a Daily Something!

Cute Girls

A couple of layouts of my nieces, I still have to finish the journaling on a few, but they're mostly done!

Halloween

Three years worth of Halloween (some have been done for a bit, but I only just finished 2007):

2005

2006

2007

Something New

I thought I'd try something that wasn't a card or a scrapbook page. Turned out pretty cute!


These two are destined for a couple of kitties - but I think I might make a few for my mom for mother's day (I'm thinking pink and brown, add some pictures of the grand kids?!)

March Round-Up

I have been horrible with the round ups - I guess I sort of feel like my blogs serve as enough of a record of events. But I said I would do these, so here's March 2008...

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
I'm still in the middle of rereading the entire Harry Potter series, from start to finish. I read all of the third and a fair amount of the fourth, so I'm making progress.

As for the magazines, it's the usual suspects - Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly and Creating Keepsakes. I did subscribe to Paper Crafts, so that's been fun.

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
Even with the writer's strike wrapped up there still wasn't much to watch. I started watching the new show New Amsterdam and The Riches started back up, but for the most part it was all the standards in re-runs.

Nothing special in the movie department either. I'm not sure I could pin down the last time I even went to a movie! I'm sure I watched a couple of old re-run movies in my quest for something to watch on TV, but obviously they were nothing memorable.

What special days did I celebrate and how?
We've got a couple of birthdays, my mom's on the 4th, my niece's on the 8th, my friend Robert's on the 19th and my friend JC's on the 21st (oh and two birthdays at work).

All the friends and co-workers got cards and either a phone call or a "happy birthday", but not much more. And since Mom and Erin live in California that's about all they got too.

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
For my Mom's birthday I sent her a plaque with Airedales on it (hey, she liked it) and a few other odds and ends. For Erin's birthday, sadly I haven't sent her a thing! I keep looking for something nothing is rocking my world - and I really like to send the girls cool stuff so... On the upside she's only 2 so she doesn't realize that I missed her birthday.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
None, thankfully we're both still in okay shape!

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
Easter was incredibly early this year (the 23rd!), and we celebrated with John and Marcia, their kids and their family. It was wonderful, the food was amazing and the company was great!

I also went out for a fun Girl's Night out, we went down to Birmingham, had dinner then went to a club to listen to the band and dance! It was great, well except for the fact that there was a blizzard while we were in the club and there was almost 6" of snow when we left the bar.

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
Well there was the awesome Easter Dinner and we did eat at 222 fr the Girl's Night, but other than that it's been the same old same old. I have been cooking a bit lighter as beach season is soon to be upon us though.

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
I bought a whole new plumbing pump! That was super (if you aren't reading all the biting sarcasm you're doing it wrong)! I won't go into huge detail for two reasons: one is that you can read about it here, here, here and here and two is that it makes my blood pressure reach unreasonable numbers. Suffice it to say, I have a new pump and it was expensive.

What were this month's disappointments?
None, it was a basic month, no real highs or lows.

What were my accomplishments this month?
I got through NaBloPoMo! I stupidly signed up for March and I barely made it through, but I'm glad I did it.

Anything else noteworthy to record?
Not that I can think of, but you'll be the first to know ;-)

Just Finished!

I just finished this cute little chip board album for a kitty friend of ours, I think it came out pretty well.







I used a Bare Elements Chipboard album, and an old My Minds Eye paper collection (Front Porch I think) along with solid card stock. Most of the stamps are Hero Arts, but there are a few Inque Boutique thrown in.

There were other pages, but they basically look the same.