26 Monday Mar 2012
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Sorry no post today – busy weekend here and two sick kiddies. I’ll be back tomorrow with the last of the Tuesday Techniques Finishing Touches Series! And I’ll have some pics of my tags for Creative Chemistry 101 on Wednesday!
S.
22 Thursday Mar 2012
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7 Gypsies, Artist Printer's Tray, Creative Chemistry 101, Kiddies, kids, Northridge Publishing, Online Card Classes, The Paperie
1. I’M BEING PUBLISHED!!!!!! Yes, that was me screaming and yelling and doing a happy dance! It’s not out until August and don’t worry, I’ll be sure to remind you all! Thank you, Northridge Publishing, for liking my work! (Insert blushing smiley face here!)
2. One little downside to the publishing thing – though since I get to play with paper some more it’s not really a downside – I have to remake the class I’m teaching next week. That’s right, any of you who have signed up for my Artist Printer Tray class at The Paperie, you’re doing a soon to be published project, that will now be a bit different! We’re still using the same papers, but I have to change up the design for you all a bit. Side note: We still have space available for that class, so sign up, it’s a great home decor piece (I can say it’s great now, because someone else loves it too!) and it would make an awesome Mother’s Day present!
3. We have a multitude of couches, tons of chairs, and several beds in this house. And this is where G chooses to read:
Boys.
4. M & P have taken to colouring in the same book at the same time. They sit at the corner of the table so they can turn the book just so and colour away. They’re getting really good too, even though M says she doesn’t like colouring!
5. I know I mentioned this class in passing but I am *loving* the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry Class through Online Card Classes! Brilliant videos, awesome, easy to understand information, great PDF’s for reference. Anyone who works with ink should do this course, especially scrapbooking or craft store owners and instructors. I can guarantee this class will help you better understand inks, their properties, how to use them, and in return, how to sell them better and make yourself more money!
I’m doing the interactive class, which means I’m doing it live, as it’s posted, but you can sign up anytime and do the course at your own pace. The only difference is that the forums are closed. You can still read everything (and Tim answers any question people have) but you can’t comment yourself.
6. Did I mention I was getting published? 🙂
S.
15 Thursday Mar 2012
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American Idol, Joshua Ledet, Kiddies, kids, Paperie, Photo a Day
1. Looking forward to playing with my friends tomorrow night at The Paperie crop night – fun, laughing, scrapping, and food!
2. He may be a devil, but he’s my devil – and a cute one!
G.
3. Posted on Twitter last night that I was starting work on the April LO for the 2012 Yearlong Album. Here’s another (very preliminary) sneak:
April Sneak Peek!
4. Watched American Idol last night – yes, it’s my guilty pleasure! At least this year I have a decent bunch to listen to. Last night, Joshua Ledet. Yup. That’s all I have to say.
5. I’ve been taking a Photo a Day since my birthday and it’s fun to take (usually) bad pics with my phone and an app called Camera360.
Yesterday the prompt was Clouds. This is Newfoundland people, clouds are no problem.
Unless it was yesterday. This is the pic I finally got:
Photo a Day prompt - Clouds
Do you see the clouds? No? That’s what I thought…
6. The cold snap we’re having needs to stop. The kids are going insane being barred up in the house and so, of course, am I!
Right now, they’re running as fast as they can (because they’re cars) around the living room, down the hall, through the kitchen, around the island, and back again. I’m pretty certain there will be tears before it’s over….. UPDATE: Yay! No wipeouts, no tears!
7. In the middle of the car race, I got this pic from the girlies – love those two together. We’re going to miss P so very much. 😦
M&P hugging
S.
14 Wednesday Mar 2012
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I took part in Dear Lizzy’s 12 on Twelve on Monday. Obviously, I took more than 12 pictures, but these were the ones I finally went with, as an overall view of our day:
1. M looking down on me with her “mad face”
2. The forks the kids use every. day. Even for their fruit.
3. Rosie curled up in the middle of the chaos.
4. Ella curled up in the middle of the chaos.
5. M and D in the kitchen after supper.
6. M’s party skirt. Which she wore all day with polar fleece pants – she’ll be a trend setter, that one!
7. G’s blond curls.
8. G eating supper and totally ignoring me!
9. Flowers from my dad and Debbie for my birthday.
10. Raspberry Truffle Blizzards as a late night snack!
11. M looking up at me for a pic, but only because she thinks it’s funny to have me standing right over her with the camera!
12. A selfie, taken in the (very dirty) kitchen window.
It was fun to take a bunch of candids, and not worry about the lighting or anything else. I really didn’t care how good the pictures were, I just snapped them off. I think I’ll have to do this again next month – if I remember!
S.
12 Monday Mar 2012
Mama: M, you the best!
M: No, you’re the very best!
Mama: Really? Thanks!
M: Yes, you get *lots* of parties – that means you’re the super best!
It must be true, I do get lots of birthday celebrations. I *am* the Super Best! 🙂
S.
08 Thursday Mar 2012
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American Crafts, Authentique, Bazzill, Big Picture Scrapbooking, Kiddies, kids, My Mind's Eye, Pinterest, Sewing machine
1. I’m seriously considering doing another online class – this one. Lots going on in our lives right now and I think a “Grateful, Every Day” journal would be a fabulous thing to keep me focused on the big picture. Learning how to make a new album and doing some art journalling is just a nice side benefit!
2. Saw this on Pinterest and, considering how much the kiddies here *love* yoghurt chips, I gave them a try – big success, super easy, and they thought they had a treat! 🙂 It doesn’t get any better than that!
Strawberry Frozen Yoghurt
3. The new Paperie monthly kit comes out on Saturday – they go fast if you don’t have a subscription so call in to be a subscriber and have it guaranteed each month! Beautiful blues and yellows in this one, with an amazing stamp set, used by Kristina Werner here. Lots of My Mind’s Eye, Authentique, American Crafts, Bazzill, and more!
March Kit
4. Got my mom’s sewing machine today! That means my happy little moments class will finally begin! Looking forward to sewing on paper! No worries, I’ll post some pics when I get something done!
5. Making my friend Rose’s Moroccan Pork Roast tonight – super yummy! It has apples, onion, cinnamon, apricot jam, and is made in the crock pot. Thanks, Rose, it’s a staple around here, even the kids “gobble it all up,” as M says!
6. G wanted to be upside on the couch this morning. I tried to take a picture but he kept laughing and saying, “I wiggle my bum at you, Mama!” so it’s a bit soft – oh well!
G, upside down
All in all, quiet around here, which is very nice for a change!
S.
01 Thursday Mar 2012
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1. Signed up at the last minute yesterday for this – after my enabler partner-in-crime agreed to do it with me. We’re having “dates” to keep us on the ball! It looks amazing so far – enough that I want to dig out my very dusty sewing machine! And I saw on Twitter that another friend is playing along too – our 3 styles are so different it will be fun to see the finished products.
2. G is “super wicked” today. And to make it worse, he’s giving me those “I know I’m being bad and I don’t care” smiles. Anyone want a 2 year old?
3. Played with my Studio Calico Country Fair kit last night – the pics are from a time before G turned “super wicked” and was still just cute…
Swing
Told you I’d be making more of those stitched tags!
4. I’ve been off a day all week so I think today is Friday. And that kind of sucks. Especially since I have high hopes for a great weekend!
5. Going on a shopping trip this evening – a second hand store for a cheap hardcover book. Wish me luck!
Have a good Thursday, hopefully it’s less “wicked” than mine!
S.
01 Thursday Mar 2012
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M: Mama, G is wicked today – super wicked!
(He really is!)
S.
27 Monday Feb 2012
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(This is my second post today – scroll down to see the Moxie Fab World Trigger Card !)
I brought home what was left of the two birthday cakes I received at the class yesterday (there was precious little left, it was a room full of women!) and the kiddies had it after lunch today as a special treat. Of course, seeing as tomorrow is the real birthday, we’ll have special treats then too!
Anyway, everyone got covered in chocolate and wanted silly pictures taken – all except P who is a pro poser and even with a chocolate face looked fabulous in her picture!
M and G however, well, they’re just silly!
S.
26 Sunday Feb 2012
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M is at her first away from home sleepover tonight. Now, she’s slept at Nanny and Poppy’s, and at Nana’s (where she kicked Grandpa Ken out of bed and took his spot!), and at Poppy and Debbie’s. But never at a friend’s house.
Tonight is the night.
Remember a couple of weeks ago we had P & C here for a few nights? Well, the girls got the bug and have been asking to do it again ever since. We called P today but she wanted to stay home and have M over there. Two seconds later the bags were packed, the toys collected, and I was being dragged out the door.
Both girls asked, “How many sleeps can she stay?” I don’t think they were happy with the answer of, “Only one!”
I dropped off one very excited girl to another very excited girl and they disappeared – no goodbye, no kiss, no nothing!
I don’t think we’ll be getting a phone call to go pick her up anytime soon!
Have fun, M, but stop growing up already!
Mama
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