Sneak Peek!

Just wanted to give you all a sneak peek about what is on the inside of my Christmas mini book that I made using file folders, envelopes, and printed paper. Remember, if you want to make the photo larger, just click on it.

Took me a whole day to make it with all the cutting and folding. I hope you enjoyed looking!

Paint chips, scrapbooks and shadow boxes, oh my!

This is what my dining table and scrapbook table look like! With me trying to pick out paint colors for every room and hall way and making scrapbook things for the Christmas craft show. I do think I have picked out all the colors I want to paint my rooms and I have made three things for the craft show. So, so far so good! I took a plain denim blue 8x8 scrapbook and put a circle road and cars on it with a Dr. Suss book title on it, Oh, the places you will go. I thought it would be a wonderful vacation book or for a little boy who loves cars. I also, made a Christmas mini book out of printed scrapbook paper and file folders. It has a ton of pages, pull outs and pages that flip up and out. Last but not least, I made a Christmas shadow box out of an empty metal tin that my Prima flowers came in. All you have to do is take off the lid and put your photos in it. Enjoy!

I'm back!

Sorry, I haven't blogged in so long. I have been very busy with many projects I have going on! We are in the middle of redecorating our whole entire house. Pretty much going room by room and painting, sprucing, and getting new furniture. We are doing the living room and downstairs powder room right now. We got a brand new reclining sectional, that has the softest material I have ever felt in my life! We will be painting the living room and powder room this week. I also got new towels and decorations for it. I am so happy! That's not the only thing going on. I also tried out for the Osceola Center for the Arts Christmas Craft show. They don't take just anybody. They have to make sure your crafts are desirable and priced right. Well, they let me know I'm in. So, I've been making scrapbooks, mini books, and shadow boxes like crazy! I am also making a ton of other things but this is what I've working on lately. I promise I will keep up better with my blogging in the future! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Guess who's 20, today!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful, brilliant, and totally off the wall son, David. Dad and I love and treasure you! You are by far the best 20 year old I have ever known! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Cardboard, woo hoo!

I love cardboard! It is so useful and versatile. I have found a new use for it in my scrapbooking! Instead of using a ton of pop dots or foam tape on large things that I want to 3d. I use 2 to 4 layers of cardboard. It gives the 3d effect I crave and is soooo much cheaper! Yea, who wouldn't love that! The Valentine page in photos above I scraped lifted from Mari at the Scrappy Boutique but, did change a few things to my style. I also used cardboard to give dimension, not one pop dot on the entire page! Enjoy!

Landon's first road trip!

On Sunday when we were at church Walter got a text from my brother Tim asking if they could come over. They were stir crazy from being cooped up in the house with a new born. So, of course we said come on over! Landon has only been to doctor's, the hospital, and to stores but he stayed in the car with his mommy or daddy. So, it was his first trip to visit anyone and into the real world! I am so thrilled it was to see us!!! Here are some photos of the newest member of our family, Landon.

I can't believe he ate the whole thing!

We had a wonderful, crazy, busy weekend! On Saturday, we drove into Melbourne and went to the mall. We needed some clothes for the kids. Well, by the time we were done shopping it was supper time. So, we went to a gourmet deli restaurant called TooJay's. They were having this promotion going on that if you could eat a pound and a 1/2 sandwich called the Jaynormous you would be entered in a drawing to go the Palm Beach and be in the eating contest. Well, guess who tried it and he did it! Yes, that would be my Austin! For the record he said before we sat down at TooJay's he wasn't that hungry! Just imagine what he can put away when he's starving! Now, maybe most people will know why my grocery bill is so high! We were so happy and so was he!