December - Days 5-11 plus some decorations

I am keeping up! These are my next 7 days and they have already been sent off to have printed so I can add them to my album. This day by day thing works. I am also including a few decorations that I have made for this year. I haven't been scrapping but I have been crafting. My Cricut and my hot glue gun has gotten a work out!

December 5, 2010


My new tree. Its nekkid in this pic but this tree has a story already. We go to Louisiana after Thanksgiving dinner to gamble. The deal this time was that if we came home with enough money I was going to Micheal's to get get a new tree 1/2 off on Black Friday. We did and we got home at 3:30am and I was at Micheal's at 6am for my tree. Found the tag and went and paid in cash. $124.50 plus tax. Went to get the tree and they were out. They were going to refund me until they found out I paid cash. So...my tree was upgraded to the $350 tree for the same $124.50 price. 7.5ft with lights already on it.

December 6, 2010


Super cold and I wasn't getting out of the truck. Hello Venti Hot Chocolate :)

December 7, 2010


There is something about the morning sky in the fall and winter. The colors are amazing and I love driving to and from work during this time.

December 8, 2010


Dinner out with no kids. Need I say more. We have designated Wednesdays as our "date night"

December 9, 2010


Amber at work. She loves her job! I think they work her a lot for still going to school but she seems to be handling it okay.

December 10, 2010


I love, love, love working the 7-4 shifts on Fridays. I like beating the traffic home and spending more time with the girls and Robbie. Its blurred because as much as I love everyone reading my blog...I have a thing about the phones now that I am on them so much during the day that I don't want to talk to anyone on the phone.

December 11, 2010


We totally kicked it old school with the wrapped door. Our neighborhood does contest and we decided to do the door as a huge present...you know like the teachers did back in Elementary school? I won't win but it was fun and looks good at night.

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These are some of my decorations that I have made over the last couple of weeks:

Snowman Top Hat


Snowman Ornament:


Painted Wood Snowflake:


The tag for the front door:


Angel


And lastly I will leave you with a pic of my completed house that is on display for the thousands of people who drive by...(my address on the mailbox has been blurred)

December - Days 1-4

I have told myself for the last 2 years that I was going to do a December Daily that Ali Edwards leads and last year I started it and walk away with just the paper cut. This year I am determined to do it. No excuses at all. I need to do this.

When she first came out with the December Daily postings on her blog this year I started looking at album options. Then I ran across the bones of my album that I started last year and decided that I could do this one day at a time. Small pictures, not a lot of fluff and to just tell my story. Like most scrappers, my idea for my album came to me in the middle of the night-I knew then that I was on my way.

I started my journey at Archivers and found a Christmas Countdown paper from Imaginisce. One sheet and that was all for the Christmas stuff. I went home. Baby Steps...slow and steady takes the race as Dave Ramsey says. I am sure that Dave Ramsey didn't mean that for scrapbooking but I know if I go 90 to nothing I will give up.

I went back to Archivers to kill some time while Robbie was at his work on a Saturday and I spent $30 on some distress ink, stickles, a silver pen, a few Christmas embellishments and 7 sheets of Christmas paper. I went home and put my stuff down and watched TV.

I had originally decided on a 12x12 gate fold album that I would make myself with my Bind-it-All. Needless to say...I messed it up so many times that I walked away only to come back that night and cut my chipboard in half and start again. Finally after an hour of cutting and punching I had my 6x12 gate fold album on its way. 2 days of gluing my paper on my covers and putting something heavy on them so they were flat instead of bowed. Putting the album together and adding the binding. It was finally together.

Time to take the pictures. I decided that I wasn't going to carry my Nikon with me for 25 days since it was almost Nikon-napped at the park when I was taking Amber and Kyle pics in November. I am using my phone and the vintage setting. I am having them printed at Walgreens on a 8x10 collage print so I can get the size I want the photos all in one.

December has been crazy...it started off with a BANG and has gotten better but then again tomorrow is Monday and it requires me to leave the house. Who knows what is coming next because when you see me...my new tag line should be...you see drama.

Here they are in all their glory:
Day 1


Poinsettias at Chick-Fil-A because it was that kind of day and I didn't feel like cooking. I love that CFA puts real flowers on the table.

Day 2




Robbie drove me to work and it was cold. Down in the low 40's (yes, cold for Texas) and the 1st shot is a small bayou on the way to work. The 2nd photo is a building downtown. We had to go to the bank.

Day 3


I almost forgot to take the pic. This is the evening sky when I stopped at the library on the way home from work to pick up Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner and The Scarpetta Collection by Patricia Cornwell. I know...what a combo I have checked out there.

Day 4




Robbie putting up the Christmas lights and what my house looks like all lit up. I think I am going to decorate the front door this year and put lights around the doors as well. Nothing fancy...just not feeling the wreaths.

Another Year

This month for My Sketch World the sketch was just perfect for me. I could use just one photo! LOL

This layout took me so long to make for some reason. I completely listened to a P!nk, and Radney Foster CD and still wasn't finished. It wasn't that hard to do but I just couldn't get it to go faster.



Another Year?


Journaling reads: This question can be taken two ways really..."oh my! another year - where did it go?" or "will we be here another year or will we have to move?" I hate this question. We will have to see about...

I used Bon Bon Bazzill, Crate Paper Prudence Die Cut Paper, Bella Blvd. Pack your Bags. My ornaments were cut from Diamond Bazzill and glittered with gold and white glitter, green fiber, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink and my letters are Thickers (shocker I know :) )

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I would also like to say that this is my last layout for Lucy at My Sketch World. I am leaving 2 months early due to life - work life mostly. Scrapping hasn't been coming that easy to me and what I have been posting lately has been made for a few weeks and up to a month in advance. Thank you Lucy for letting me be apart of your team - everyone is just great to work with!

Becoming Me

This week for Who's That Girl the theme is "Becoming Me". There are many people who helped shape who you are, from family to teachers to children. Your challenge is to document the impact someone in your life has had on you. It can be something as simple as the freckles you inherited from your uncle to the way a teacher changed your life.

Ms. Brown


Journaling reads: (Ms. Brown) took over my class when the teach I had took a position as an assistant principal. I was 16 or 17 years old - very lost and very angry. Ms. Brown was a lifesaver. I never thought in a million years a teacher would be my saving grace. She was unlike anyone else I had ever met that was an adult - I could trust her with my secrets and she would listen to me. Never judging anything that came out of my mouth and gently guiding in a better direction without being pushy. Back then I didn't realize how lucky I was to have someone like her to lean on. I am so thankful for her. She still teaches the last time I checked and there is no telling how many others she been there for over the years.

I used Kraft and Sunshine Bazzill, Stickles to add some sparkle to my stars, a black Zig Pen. Letters are by Pink Paislee.

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I would also like to add that this will be my last layout for Jessica at WTG. Its been a great year and I have some great layouts about myself to put in the album. I would like to say a great big Thank You Jessica for keeping me on for so long and pushing me outside my comfort zone sometimes.

Young Love

I am going to be playing catch up this next week so be on the lookout for new post every couple of days.

This month on Sassy Lil' Sketches Cherie came out with a great sketch for us to play with! I pulled more pics of Amber and Kyle from when I took their photos not too long ago. The colors are great in the photos and they look so happy together. I can't wait to get winter photos. I think I am going to find a really cool place to take them that is out of the ordinary from the normal day to day.

Here is the sketch:


Young Love:


No journaling this time. I let the pics tell the story.

I used Ivy Bazzill, Basic Grey Origins PP and Chipboard Embellishment Stickers, Bazzill Just the Edge Butterflies, a beautiful flower that I received from a secret sister swap, the white dots are from my Uni-Ball Signo White Gel Pen (honestly the best ever...you HAVE to get one). Letters are Thickers in Charcoal Foam.

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