A Big Surprise!

Today Buffy and I managed to pull off a big surprise with the help of all of our friends staying super quite and the help of Malissa's mom!

First of all you should know that Malissa & her husband Tony were responsible for setting Jim and I up so of course I would do anything for them! Malissa and Tony are expecting their second little girl in about three weeks so Buffy and I knew their needed to be a party!



Buffy and I decided on an orange and pink theme for the Big Sister Party. We were looking for bold colors after all this was a PARTY! I used the Cricut not only to make the invitations and thanks you notes but this cute banner with Trystan's Name.



Cute little thank you tags for the pink an orange Now and Later parting gifts.


I even used the cricut to cut out circles to make sister pins. Big Sisters were orange, little sisters were pink, and middle sisters were pink and orange.



We drank pink and orange Crush.



We ate pizza, fruit salad, Pita Jungle Garlic Dip and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. Of course, my favorite part was the pink and orange cupcakes.

(If you look close in this picture you can just barley see three pregnant tummys.)

Malissa had no idea and that was part of the fun! She was so surprised. Luckily we remembered to take a photo before too many guests got away! It was a fun day!

School Valentine's

This weekend will be a great weekend for revealed surprises if you have been watching for that on my blog. :)

Today's surprise revealed is the Valentine's I made for some of my friends at school. I made these sweet Valentine's small so that they could be extra sweet!



Are you interested in winning a great little Valentine of your own??? Check out Sharyn's blog! Go now do not pass go, do not collect $200. She is looking for comment #10 and is almost there! Heck, leave a comment even if you are not #10 tell her I sent you. :)

Cuteness!

Some of you noticed these cards and comment on them so I thought I should share a little more info.


This cuteness is Paper Doll Parade Notecard Set by Suzy Ultman. It comes with 16 notecards in 8 different designs, super cute matching envelopes and 18 stickers. I bought them for my journal but have been having fun mailing them out for Happy Mail too! (I so did not pay the Amazon price they actually used to be much more affordable. Maybe they are not printing them now???)

The DL on Kelly Weekend

Okay, let me start by saying that I have loved everyone of Kelly's classes that I have ever taken but some classes just grab you in a special kind of way. I'd have to say that Addicted To Tape is definitely in my top five favorite Kelly classes of all time! I had a ball creating backgrounds and collaging using decorative tapes and I discovered that I am in love with colored masking tape!

My next "journal" is actually an altered deck of cards (that was also a Kelly class:) and I made all of these cards in Addicted To Tape!!! I should mention that both sides are done too!

(I will put a photo of each card on my blog once I have journaled them. :)

Friday night was The Language of Color. We experimented with color, technique, and even types of paper. I made loads of paper that I ended up binding in to one of my journals in another class this weekend.


I had so much fun Saturday taking Everything You Need To Know About Pens (and More)! We played with tons of pens on top of acrylic and of course I created a shopping list of a few more pens I had to have. :) Once I have them in my hot little hands I'll tell you all about them. I also took all my practice pages and bound them into a journal later in the weekend!


Saturday was a Few of My Favorite Things Book. I flipped the book to be bound from the shorter side and LOVED IT!!! This book is actually inspiring me to do some sort of photo journal... we'll see what happens!



Sunday was Spirit Journal. Loved it too! This little cutie has super cute pockets in the front and back cover and gave me a fun idea I want to try the next time I make one! I could tell you the idea but then I couldn't keep you coming back. LOL! I still want to add a ribbon to this journal so watch for that the next time you see it too!


My other revelation from the weekend is that I should actually try reading the handouts after class. HA! I noticed all kinds of great tidbits in them. Kelly says they are designed to be like a workbook...I have enough workbooks to last a year at least! I need to get to reading! :)

I love Kelly weekends! The only trouble is that they take so long to get here and then go buy so quickly! So much fun!

So Much Fun!

I had so much fun this weekend with Kelly! Her classes were amazing as usual. The unusual part is that I was actually able to sleep, well at least on Friday night and Saturday night. LOL! this made squeezing in a blog post a little tricky. I will post pictures of classes soon but for now more journal pages. :)

Off To Play With Kelly!

How appropriate is it that I finished my ledger journal this morning and I am off to play with Kelly at Frenzy? Don't worry, I'll keep you updated. :)

Goodbye 2009

Finally posting my last 3 pages for 2009. I actually have quite a few pages done from 2010 so I need to get a move on. :)


I have been busy working on surprises as I mentioned before and with Valentine's coming up next weekend I will be able to start letting you in on the secrets. :)

This weekend is Kelly Weekend at Frenzy! I can't wait!