I truly hope that everyone had a fabulous easter. Church service was great and time with family was much needed. Aniyah loved getting her basket of eggs which had money, chocolates, and beauty products----she almost loves the makeup and polishes more than me, lol! It's back to the grind tomorrow and I need to get some rest. TTYL!!!! xo T
She just loves her hair. She almost won't sit still to even get her ends trimmed but she loves wearing it down with curls.
I made this cute little birthday box using Crate Paper's Pretty Party line! It just makes me so happy. Aniyah puts her little nic-naks in it and it's a cute little accent piece for her room. I found the box at Hobby Lobby and used Krylon's spray paint in Ballet Pink to cover it.
| C U R R E N T Crafty Wish List|
I currently have a Slice and Cricut Expression (that I never use). I think its just the extra versatility that comes with the Cameo and I've been loving all the fun things I've seen being done with it. Hopefully I'll snag it up while it's in stock!
You just simply can't go wrong with Ali Edwards. I totally love her sentiments. Perfect for any project.
4. We R Memory Keepers 12x12 Album
These albums have been my "go to" for storing my projects. I picked it up for the first time to use for Project Life and I love it so much that I'm using it to store my layouts. It's simple and that's what I like the most about it.
5. Basic Gray - What's Up collection
I love the colors in the collection and can't wait until it starts shipping.
I finally managed my way thru pages 1-10 today of my DD. I spent some time during the week working on it but it really all came together for me today. I'm glad that I'm sticking thru with trying to complete the album this year. I really want to have these memories to look back on years from now. My approach to doing the album was to "Keep It Simple" KIS! My new motto when it comes to creating. I can get more done without trying to over-complicate each and every project.
----------------------------------*------------------------------>
I've been loving seeing the pics across the net of babies and Christmas lights for photos. We attempted this today with her leopard santa hat that that I'm loving. I got it from Target.
----------------------------------------------------------------------*December Daily Album*------------
|Day 1| I kept it simple on the left with just a few words that meant the most to me this year *love, peace, hope, gratitude and thankful*.
|Day 2| Included a picture of myself and what I had on my list for Christmas this year *iMac, camera lens, MAC, new living room furniture (I've had the same set 8 years now), a new home and a pair of Jeffrey Campbell's. I wanted to at least document myself once this year.
|Day 3| I wanted to keep Aniyah's Christmas list that she wrote down so I included it. Her list is extremely long this year. We'll see how good Santa is to her.
|Day 4| A simple day with only a picture of our wreath hanging on the door.
|Day 5| Aniyah broke my cell phone and it made me so mad. I told her 2 minutes prior to put it up and it ended up costing me $130 to fix.
|Day 6| I kept this day simple as well with just a snowflake. It called for a chance of snow so I thought it fit the mood of the day.
|Day 7| My love for Starbucks! I couldn't do an album without including it and especially this year since I'm loving the Tazo Tai Chi Latte.
|Day 8| It includes one of my favorite pics of Aniyah. She loves her fur vest and so do I.
|Day 9| Love her leopard hat and the Christmas lights
|Day 10| I always encourage Aniyah to be creative. She was bored and while I was working I told her to be creative also and make Christmas cards.
---------> My approach to this album is just documenting those moments I want to remember. I've kept it very simple yet I'm enjoying the process. I do work on my album daily even though I don't post daily but I'm hoping to do better.
---------> December is here! So excited for the Holidays and documenting this year for my December Daily album that I'm completely determined to finish this year. I don't have any set way that I'm going to document but just go along with the process and enjoy it. My wreath is up and has been on the door for over 2 weeks now. I love the traditional colors, pine cones and berries. So perfect for the Holidays!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Got a chance to take a few pictures of Aniyah before I washed her hair. I know I am biased but she's so beautiful. Can't stand that she's growing up. Ugh! Working on learning my camera more and taking better photos.
:::::*I finally did my first advent calendar for Aniyah. I saw an idea using tags on pinterest. Click over there -----------> for my boards on Pinterest and it's in the Christmas boards. There was a little rhyme & reason to it and I wanted to keep it easy on myself instead of trying to create something personalized for every single day. I wanted to utilize the MS snowmen stickers that I just purchased, my slice, stamping, an ornament, my corragated alpha's that I've been hoarding and at least one other element on each tag in each row. I used my SC numbers set for most of the numbers and a mini clothes pin and stick pin on each. I'm not sure if she'll get something each day but it would be just a fun way for her to pull one down each day until Christmas. I'm not sure just yet how I'm going to cover my board but I may paint it white.
I took a few quick pictures of my baby when I put the tree up. I haven't had the internet in over a week and it's been so frustrating. Ugh!
We went to Boo at the Zoo this weekend and Aniyah had a blast......besides me being so cold! Brrr! The Scooby-Doo show was really good and so was the trick-or-treating. We got a chance to go see Puss in Boots Friday night and that was a good movie. Love having family time.
I like how Keisha Campbell separates her blog posts by dashes, equal signs, lines etc so it makes for better flow so this is definitely her idea.
=====================================================================
I got to do a few projects with my JBS kit this month. I've been so busy that I haven't had much time and I'm working on my Halloween album. Hope to have a few pics of it this week to share.
I love stamping on tags, and using tags on projects which is another love I got from Keisha Campbell.
This was another kit that I loved and I'm loving black butterflies for some reason right now. I've been trying differnt approaches to taking pics of my layouts. Just trying to figure out how to get true to color and clear images. I've taken pics before on my glass desk or my craft table and I used a mirror I had this time to see how the pics would turn out------------------------------------------I think I like it but I need more practice on how to get the right pictures.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------{pics of my baby}------------------
I love that Aniyah loves to read. It just makes me smile. We went to the library a few weekends ago only because she asked and we asked for some good books that she would love to read and I have to admit, this is a great book. As part of her assignment for school, she has to keep a reading log and we enjoy our reading time at 7:30 each night before bed.
She loves to roll her chair around the house. It's made her a little lazy.
I totally loved the kit this month....absolute love! I ran into a paperpack sale at Hobby Lobby that had all their paper pads 50% off so I grabbed the Fancy Pants "it's the little things" pack because I loved the papers in this kit. I couldn't cut up the vintage receipt so I used it on top of one of my favorite papers...I love it in the background. August 8th was her first day of school.
I stamped the medallion in versa mark with amercian crafts gold glitter embossing powder.
New scrap space that I'm loving working in now. I had to take over the kitchnen nook but I'm loving having access to natural lighting and a connection to our family area.
It's that time again in my home where Aniyah is back to school and my 2nd grader couldn't be more excited. She's fighting allergies and a cough this week but I'm praying I can nurse her back to health without seeing the doc. I took these photos of her after school and as usual, she didn't really want to cooperate.
On a different note, I've been cleaning and getting rid of boxes in my garage that were just cluttering my space and I just couldn't take the clutter any longer. Along with cleaning that up, I am working on re-docorating my home and I've been a pinterest queen lately. I've moved my craft space to now take over the breakfast area . I just felt like I needed to have the natural lighting and a connection to our family area. The challenge with being a renter is that you know you won't always be in the same place forever so that presents very many challenges because you can't be too specific in customizing. The scale of your room may accommodate the pieces you have now but when you move, it may not be so accommodating.
What I'm discovering is to utilize colors and pieces that can transition it time.
The challenge to renting is that you don't know where you are moving to next so it's hard to "customize" windows and treatments and furniture b/c you don't know if the next place will accommodate
I normally always change Aniyah's room each summer that she's gone so I decided to post some before pictures and then I'll post the updates later. Her room changes will be simple but I keep adding/taking away and purging things. Ms. Princess the Frog has been around since last year for Aniyah's birthday. She had a Princess and the Frog party at the bowling ring.
Aniyah is so fascinated with alarm clocks. For some reason she feels its necessary to have one to wake up.
I love Aniyah's butterfly lamp.
Her shelves definitely won't stay the same.
Her desk area will change.
She loves Spongebob
Another layout made with the JBS May kit.
I just loved May's kit this year. I really loved the colors in last month's kit and I can't wait to dive into this month's kits. I'm still so far behind with my Calico kits so I only have three layouts this time and a card but I'm hoping to back track and get those done along with some project kits I've neglected and several other things. I'm staying home this weekend so I'll be spending all weekend crafting and catching up on things that I need to be doing.
I love the new stamps that are out now so I used it and my martha stewart punch.
I love Talipia and we eat it all the time. One of my favorite meals with a squeeze of lemon juice on top.
I finally got a few projects done with the JBS April Kit and I still have May's Kit to do and several past kits and project kits waiting for my attention. I hope to get back to scrapping on a regular since my parents are moving to Illinois this week. Aniyah is in transition with them for some of the summer and I already miss her and it's only been a day. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I'm off to watch the first playoff game and finish baking my sweet potatoe pie.
This card needs a bit of journaling but I didn't have a card in mind for anyone so it is blank for now.
Snapped these quick photos. Hope to have some scrap projects to post next.
My first grader made honor roll all year long! I'm definitely a proud Momma. Sorry for the photo quality, these were taken with my phone.
I snapped these photos on Sunday over Mother's Day. My baby is getting so big. Can't believe in two weeks that school will be out and she will be starting 2nd grade. Where does the time go?
Once again my hair has gone thru another change! Change is good right? LOL! I absolutley love my La'Bella Couture earrings! I have another pair and they are truly the talk of the night. I have nothing on my face and on my lips is MAC Currant lip pencil and Up the Amp lipstick (which is my fav pink). Love how Aniyah made it into my photo!
Mother's Day was awesome and I'll post some pics on that later this week. I love Tina's blog and how she does a post on currents, so I'm joining in.
listening: Steve Harvey morning show online at work
eating: Frosted mini wheats
drinking: hot tea
wearing: crop pants, cardigan and heels
feeling: happy today for some reason
weather: sunny and hot (90 degrees today)
needing: a new camera lens and to save
enjoying: loving on Aniyah
wondering: if I'm gonna pass and take the GMAT
Have a great week loves and I'll be back for some photos and scrapping. Oh, Happy Birthday to my sis-in-law Nikki. We love you!
Wow! Have I've been gone from blogging this long....????? I almost don't know where to begin but so much has truly been happening all over. We just experienced the massive tornados that took over our State on Wednesday, 27 April 2011. We finally got power back on Tuesday night but the devastation will forever be in the history of Alabama. My heart goes out to all those who lost lives, homes, family, friends and loved ones. Truly a sad day for Alabama but in the midst of it all, we were spared and so I'm thankful to be alive, to see another year and because I am living, blessed and the sun is shining, it is a fabulous day.
I can't even begin to figure out where or what has been going on but I've been traveling tremendoulsy the past few months and it will probably slow down a bit after my parents move next month. I finally got back into my scrap room last night and I truly miss it. I want to move it out of my study room but only b/c I would love to have more natural lighting but it works in terms of space. I was thinking about canceling my SC subscription temporarily until I can get caught up on everything but it's hard to miss out on the goodies. I guess I'm a scrap-a-holic when it comes to products.
I will definitely be back to my regular scrap.fashion.makeup.hair programming and Happy Birthday to Me! Oh, not to mention it's Cinco de Mayo! I need a margarita tonight! LOL!
From the moment I saw that cute shadow box Keisha made for the MM blog I just knew I had to have one of my baby for my office. I was trying to think of ways to decorate my area in a chic way with something different and this was just too perfect. I purchased the shadow box in the smaller size but I also bought a larger one and I was somehow thinking of making it again as gifts my mothers for Mother's Day. We'll see . I had the paper reverie card and I loved those butterflies so I broke it out and used it today. I definitely need to use it more often and I used MM Je t'adore papers for the butterflies. It is still my most fav collection right now.
I don't know where the "diva" personality in Aniyah comes from but these pics were taken one afternoon after she got home from school. She is such as mess!
I finally got some scrapping done! Yay! I'm so behind on a few kits from 2010 but I didn't want to make 2011 that way so I got caught up on my JBS Jan kit. I need to work on my SC Jan kit next so hopefully I can still get some scrapping done today. I love the black and cream in this kit. Jenni is always fab when it comes to the combination of colors in her kits. I can't wait to get my Feb kit, the colors in it are awesome!
I totally love MM Je t'adore collection. The colors are so fab and since I love the month of Feb, it was just too perfect. I bought a few more things from the collection that I need scrap with and I hope to dive into the rest of the collection soon.
Aniyah is growing up way too fast. She will be 7 this month and it's so hard to believe.
I love the month of February for so many reasons. The most important is that Aniyah's birthday is on Valentine's Day! My baby will be 7 this year, yes SEVEN, and I can't believe it! She wants a Spongebob party so we will be doing something on the small scale this year. I have to work on her invitations this weekend and I have a great idea for that. We were headed in a different direction but when she saw the cake in Kroger, it was a total win for her. She had a huge bowling party last year so I'm definitely not stretching it too big this year. I love February because of the pinks and reds and simply because February is the month of love. Can’t wait to get this month’s kits in the mail yet I’m so so far behind on past kits. I have a lot to do this weekend and lots of photos to take. I have no mojo after work in the evenings but I’ll have it Friday night. Can’t wait. Photo source.
Finally finished these layouts for December. I'm working backwards and trying to play catch-up. So nice having my internet up and working today and since the kids are out another day, I'll hopefully be able to continue posting. I am addicted to all my MS punches that I bought before moving and just now able to break them out. I love this kit and the colors. I hate I missed getting any add-ons.
I had a post ready to publish but my internet deleted it all. Working on some layouts but no ink for my printer to print photos and we are snowed in. Trying to add more photos but I keep getting kicked off.
We went to the pumpkin patch last weekend with Mom and enjoyed our time there. Aniyah picked out a pumpkin and got the chance to ride a pony. I loved the spooky tree.
I totally loved the kit this month. I only got the main kit this time. I was going to purchase the first add-on and really only because of the polka-dot stamp but I decided that it may be in the shop next month so I'll wait and see. I loved the October Afternoon Seaside paper that came in the kit. It is that "planked wood" paper that I was completely drawn to. I find that if there is a paper that I really love, I will have to cut it and use it in pieces whether I make an 8.5x11 layout or just in various bits but I have to use it more than once. I broke out my ek success large circle punch again. I am in love with it, a little bling and butterflies.
I started this with angles on the pattern paper and I just kept the same flow with my journaling. The polaroid stamp is a must have. I love it.
I channeled my inner artistic self on this layout. I did some sewing which I'm finally learning how to do and I used my ever so faithful ek success circle punch on this layout. I also used some of my new paint daubers on this layout along with some studio calico mr. huey mists. I'm beginning to fall in love them. I love this process of scrapping because it's the freedom to just be creative without the barriers of having clean lines and perfect placement. I may begin doing more layouts like this. I've been extremely inspired by them lately.
I did these layouts with the SC September kit. There is still more that can be created with the kit but I need to move on to all my Jenni Bowlin things.
This layout still doesn't feel quite finished but I was stuck on it and decided to post anyway. I need to add some journaling but I love the circles nonetheless. I used Inkadinkado swirl stamp and some bling on this layout along with MM Flutter flowers and Classically Defined Stickers.
These layouts were done using the JB August kit. I got a little behind in doing these but I created a few layouts with them.
The first layout is of my beautiful mother and I used my new Tattered Angels pumpkin mist over the maya road chipboards.
This layout is really about my hubby but I love this photo of me that my niece took.
This layout was done using the Studio Calico September kit. I used the Fresh Cut ad-on for this layout. This is one of my recent fav pics of Aniyah.
Just a few pics from a day at the park. Aniyah is getting so big. Working on a few projects. Hope to post later this week.
