scrapandbeauty

back to school

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

aniyah's room

 

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.

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.

JBS projects and photos

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.

 

 

some photos

 
 
 

 

Snapped these quick photos. Hope to have some scrap projects to post next.

Proud Momma

 

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.

 
  

just some photos......

 

  

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?

Update & Happy Birthday to Me!

 

 

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!

JBS Jan Kit and Making Memories Je t'adore and photos

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.

few projects & pics of Aniyah

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.

 

park photos

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.