Adventuring With JIm

Jim and I decided to adventure to the London Bridge yesterday. The drive to Lake Havasu, AZ, is about 3 1/2 hours from our house but we like adventuring together!


At about lunch time we ran into a casino (This is not shocking if you know Jim). Jim put $20 down on a hand of blackjack, won, and paid for our lunch. Once we got to the London Bridge we walked around the little tourist trap and shared a delicious shaved ice, bought a shot glass, and took a few cheesy pictures. On the way home we stopped to buy some tasty jerky from a guy on the side of the road because no road trip is complete with out doing so. We had lots of fun and the day seemed like two in a good way!

If you are looking to sign up for the give away look at the next post! You have until 8 PM my time. :)

I Have A Little Problem...

but you can help! LOL!

Last weekend Buffy and I were working on invitations to Baby Q's first birthday. At some point in the process of going to my studio to retrieve exactly the thing we needed for the next step in the process Buffy turned and looked at me and said, serriously how much do you think all of your art supplies are worth? This was not a question I even wanted to think about answering!

Pair this with me sorting through all of my supplies because I am finally putting away my supplies from Kelly weekend and you have the I Have A Problem Giveaway! I'll admit it, my personal stash of art journaling supplies is getting ridiculous so here's the deal. :) I will send a 10 x 13 envelope of art journaling supplies to three lucky people who agree not to send me anything in return! :) If you are interested in focal images, random pieces of scrapbook paper, and random doo dads leave a comment promising with your right hand raised not to send me anything to add to my studio. (It's not that I don't want to add to my collection :) It's just that this particular post is about trying to clean out a bit!) If more than three people comment I will have a random number generator, aka Jim, select the lucky winners! I want to mail these packs out on Monday as I am sure it will make me feel just a little better about my problem if I share my stash!

Yay! I can't wait to see who gets/wants the goods!

The End

So, here is the end of the ledger journal.



Now the pressure is on to get crackin' on the journaling for my altered deck! LOL!

More Surprised Revealed!

I warned you this month would have lots of revealed surprises. :) Yesterday was Sarah's school baby shower. When I fond out her little guy, Max, was going to have a rock N' roll nursery I volunteered to help with the shower decorations. I knew she NEEDED these table centerpieces.



A banner with Max's name.



And a rockstar baby banner too! (I won't tell you how irritated I was when I discovered that one of my kids had torn the cutest star off of the end of this banner some time during the day!)




This was the card for Sara.


And her school gift was thanks you notes to match the shower!


The shower was super cute and fun too! I can't wait to give her, her gift on Sunday at her personal shower either!

A Little Reorganization

I've been working on a little reorganization in my studio most of which you would never be able to tell I did. I have been cleaning out folders of supplies and trying to pass on what I don't think I'll use. If you have ever done this you know how painful it can be. For me it is mostly disappointment that I have not used so many supplies before they loose their cool factor. Passing them on to my oldest niece is making it a little easier. She loves stickers and will not care if they are random alphabet stickers. :)

One part you can see (but probably would never notice :) is my tape stash! I reorganized my pants holders so that one holds all of the opaque tapes and one holds all of the transparent tapes.


I love this but even more I love my new masking tape stash! I had serious tape envy over Kelly's masking tape box at class about a week ago so I had to make my own box! I had this ruler pencil box and it fit my tape perfectly! (FYI... Kelly's box is larger than mine so if this looks unreal to you just think it could get bigger!)



Here are a few journal pages too!

Officially A Bridesmaid Again!

It's true! Shannon got engaged on Sunday and asked Buffy and I to be in her wedding at lunch on Monday. I am so excited for Shannon and can't wait for the three of us to be in another wedding together. Shannon was in both my wedding and Buff's!


With so much other excitement can you believe I still haven't posted all of my last journal yet?

A Valentine For Jim

Now I am trying not to be ridiculous with the pictures her but I love Jim's Valentine! (Their are actually 10 different pages but I condensed. :)



I saw this great idea at one of the local scrapbook stores in December and waited until now to put it to use. Who knew that a flattened toilet paper roll was the perfect size for a little love not or a gift card? I covered 10 flattened rolls with super cute Valentine paper from My Mind's Eye and embelished, cut tiny cards and attached ribbons and other bits of fun, and then added the words reason and a # cut from the Cricut of course! Wrapped in a little fabric envelope it is perfect!

Have a happy Valentine's Day!