Some new ones!

Here are a few of my latest layouts. I went to a crop with some of my best gal pals at Scraptacular last weekend which gave me a jolt of creativity!! It was a blast!







Thanks for looking!!

2009 camping season has begun!!

We headed out on Friday to Elk Neck State Park in MD to kick off the 2009 camping season!! We planned on going to Point Lookout in MD, but the weather forecast for that area quickly turned to rain/snow! So, we switched our reservations to Elk Neck instead. We were there back in October and always said we'd love to go back to explore the town of North East more. We got to do that this time around and had a really great time!!

The campground was full with the exception of maybe 2 spots. Believe it or not, there were quite a few tent campers out! The weather was nice. A bit chilly at times, but rain held off until the nighttime. We did lots of hiking, biking, lounging and exploring! It was a nice relaxing weekend!! There is nothing better than getting out having some great quality family time together!! We got home this afternoon. We can't wait to get out next month!!

Here are some pictures from the weekend!!

A few more

Of course my mojo is returning, I need to clear out my scraproom! I'm giving Macy the bigger room, so I've had the daunting task of clearing out. It's going to take a lot longer than I thought! I've got SO much stuff!!

Here are a few new ones I did. I actually did 3 layouts in 2 days! Go me!!

The pics of Jack are from Mother's Day last year when we went to Daniel Boone homestead. The other layout is from our camping trip to Elk Neck State Park, MD last October.

Thanks for looking!

Snow day!!

Today was a snow day. We got probably 4 inches or so, it's hard to measure because the wind is really blowing and making drifts.

It was nice sleeping in and just taking it easy. We had a great time playing outside with the kids. The neighbors came over to play as well. No pictures though!

We are going on the first camping trip of the season in less than 2 weeks, hopefully it'll warm up some and no snow!!

I was able to quickly sneak in a layout today. It took me about a half hour. The kids absolutely love this monster puppet!! They fell in love with it at Target, so we got Jack one for Valentine's Day. Macy got a sock monkey. Each night, this monster tucks in the kids. Chris does the best voice for it! For some reason, the kids love bonking him over the head, the monster, not Chris!

I used some of the new Jillibean Soup papers on here, along with October Afternoon and Daisy Bucket. Fun stuff!


I also did this one quickly, a few days ago.

I just LOVE this orange Pink Paislee paper!!


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Happy Fastnacht Day!!!

It only comes once a year! I made a batch of my Grandmom's famous fastnachts last night!! I've been making them every year since she died. I know she's smiling down on me when I make them!!

Now, today's task is to try and get as many as I can out of this house because "Fat Tuesday" is really ringing true for me!! Blech!!



Here's a pic of them with my Kitchenaid, who made a full batch possible this year!! I get so much use out of this!! I'm constantly making breads and all kinds of delicious foods with it!


While we're talking baking, here are some pictures of the kids from a few weeks ago. They love to bake, so we try to do it a few times a month. This time was making soft pretzels. So yummy!





Have a great day and try not to eat too many fastnachts!!

New layouts

I'm trying to bust out some layouts, trying to get that groove going again. It's tough!! I did these for an online crop at ScrapGal.com today.





Thanks for looking!

Pretty Butterfly

I got this [My Acrylic Album] acrylic butterfly album for my birthday. I don't make mini albums that frequently, so I wanted to come up with something else to do with it.

What I did for this project was take the front and back cover and adhere them together to make a full butterfly shape. I painted the back with pink glitter paint and white paint then stamped the flower image on the front. I added some Cosmo Cricket Blackboard and Prima bling. I cut Macy's picture out and used her as the butterfly body with some Loosie Fibers underneath, then added her name.

I had a difficult time getting a pic of this. I just couldn't get focused on her body no matter what I tried! This is my best attempt! I think it turned out cute! I added a ribbon to the top so she can hang it in her room!


We had some snow on Wednesday so the kids had off of school. We went to our friends dad's farm and sledding all afternoon! It was a blast!! I'll share pics of that soon!!

Have a great weekend!!