11/17/09: Thankful for ...

... a 4 year old daughter who has a forgiving heart. Long story short .. I woke up late which made for a chaotic morning trying to get her ready for school in time. She doesn't yet understand running late, nor does she understand needing to hurry and I pretty much lost it on her when she spent 10 minutes in the bathroom apparently doing nothing. But we hugged it out and she had a great day at school and doesn't even remember the incident this morning.

11/16/09: Thankful for ...

... for people like Jessica Sprague who offer free digital scrapbooking classes. Free registration for Holidays in Hand ends TODAY! Go here to sign up. Trust me, even if you think or swear you will never be a digital scrapbooker, there's something to be taken from this class. I ALWAYS learn something valuable (most often how to better edit a photo). She's a great instructor with very detailed and easy to follow videos.

11/15/09: Thankful for ...

... good friends. And the fact that we can get together and watch our kids play for hours on end. That the kids are sad when it's time for everyone to go home. Thanks to Sal and Cynthia and Diego for coming to play today!

11/14/09: Thankful for ...

... this little girl who, when upon seing her I said, "Whoa! Lookin pretty cool there girl!", responded, "No Mommy. I'm only a princess!" Yes you are my special girl. I am so thankful you make me laugh and that you can find yourself beautiful despite the purple socks for gloves, the flower for a wand, the baseball jammies underneath the dress, and the bedhead hair pressed between your face and the arm of your sunglasses. I love you so much!!!!

11/13/09: Thankful for ...

... for a little 1 1/2 year old who asks for hugs and is stringing short sentences together such as "thank you mommy" and "all right mommy."

11/12/09: Today I am thankful for ...

... a healthy family.

A little More Fall Fun

Man you would think I was being paid to promote SEI's October kit, but I swear I am not. I guess I am just really inspired by it. These colors or so so so me! Here's one of two thank you cards I made using the kit. In case anyone is curious, the paper line is called Sophia.

More Fall Fun

As promised in the last post, here's another project I made using my October SEI kit I recently received. I have really been trying to focus on feeling more thankful. I would also like to instill this message in my children. Therefore I thought a nice, little wall hanging was in order. This was so fun to make. And very easy to do. Just cover some chipboard pieces with patterned paper, punch holes with the Crop-a-dile, then embellish away.

Would you like to win this?

I know I would. I adore Prima products! And the colors just make me so happy!!!!! Head on over to Prima's blog to figure out how you could win this.

Have a great rest of your weekend.

Fall Fun

Well I got into the Halloween spirit late so I am trying to make up for it by getting into the Thanksiving/Autumn spirit early. And boy have I been having fun. A while back I signed up for SEI's kit club. I have chosen to skip many months but thought I would allow the October kit to be mailed to me and I am so thankful I did. Get it? Thankful? It is full of wonderful papers - great patterns, great textures - and some nice, clean simple embellishments.

A few days ago I found these on Kim Hesson's blog. Are they not the cutest ever?! I checked her Etsy shop but she didn't seem to have these in stock so I began mulling things over in my head. I resorted to having my husband cut some pumpkin shapes out of plywood until I remembered that years ago I had purchased some wooded pumkins that were meant to be finished and have strings of Christmas lights shoved into the many small holes pre-drilled into them. (side note: this idea is really cute and I have had some in my front yard in years past).

So I busted out my wooden pumpkins and painted the edges with some cream colored acrylin paint. Then I cut some of the SEI patterned paper to eventually cover each side of the pumkin. I then cut strips of various patterned papers and overlayed them on my full paper piece. Once I liked the layout, I inked everything in Vintage Photo Distrss Ink by Ranger and then adhered the strips to my full pumkin piece. I ran the thing through my sewing machine and then adhered the piece to the wooden pumpkin. I am so pleased! They really add a nice warm touch to my home.





This last picture is the reverse side of the pumpkins.

Unfortunately I need about 25 more of these puppies to really make my home feel like Thanksgiving is on the way. Our home decor is really lacking! In the next couple of days I will post another fun project I did with the SEI October kit.

Happy Friday!