Some weekend work...

I decided this weekend I would scrap and use that Cricut that I just HAD to have that's been collecting dust..I'm so happy with the results! I should've had one sooner! So much fun!!

It was my baby's birthday!!

I can't believe my little Sue Sue is 2! She amazes me every moment of everyday. I absolutely love her at this age! I am constantly laughing at the silly things she does and says and every time I look at her I can't help but smile! Here are some pictures from her birthday. I decorated her cake using cricut cut outs.. I ran out of time or I would have done more. The sad thing is that is the only thing I've done with my cricut since Christmas! The gift I just had to have has hardly been used! But watch out! I'm going Cricut crazy this week!

New Addition

We've got a new family Member!! Izzy joined our family yesterday! She's a beautiful Boxer puppy and I absolutely adore her! I'm so not a dog person. If you ask anyone that knows me well, they can tell you that me and dogs just don't mix. She was my brother's dog and he needed to find her a new home and was asking my mom to take her but she couldn't. I happened to be with my mom when he was trying to arrange it and I mentioned it was tempting. You see, we used to have a dog, actually my husband had a dog before we were married and once we were married we still had him. Eventually we had to let him go because he was so territorial he was biting me when he was under the bed and I would come into the bedroom. My husband is a truck driver and the dog was used to protecting him so I was like invading their space. There's a lot more to it but I won't get into it. Long story short, we surrendered the dog to the shelter. (He ended up in a good home and he's very happy, we've seen him tons of times!) Anyways, the point I'm getting at is that Bryan had it set in his mind that we wouldn't be getting a dog anytime soon, which is sad because he is a big time animal-lover-got-to-have-a-pet type of person, I'm not. But yesterday we went to Petco because he wanted to "look". I didn't want to come home with a stinky hamster, gerbil, noisy bird, or fish that die every couple of days so I kept saying no, but he didn't know I talked to my mom and arranged to be the one to take Izzy. So yesterday, my family was in shock when my brother showed up with our new dog. I think my hubby is still shocked. (He was upset for months after we had to let his other dog go). But she is so good! Very mellow. She loves to play but will snuggle too. She has to be trained still in some areas but she's very smart. I'm sure she'll get it. But at least she's housebroken!

Christmas Creations

Here are some fun ornaments I made using products I got from http://www.acbaileydesigns.com/ I used My Mind's Eye Festive and Frost papers. The Festive has some fun non-traditional Christmas colors in it but it is still so festive, and I love the "wintery" feel of the Frost. They're only available for a limited time through ACBailey so order yours while you still can! Free shipping on the first of every month!

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I'm getting a cricut! No, wait! I got a cricut! I got a cricut! Can't play with it until Christmas but it's all mine baby ! All mine!

Weekend projects

I scrapped my halloween pics from this year and I absolutely love the SR salem line. I just used the scrap strip paper and I'm totally wishing I bought all the paper. But I'm out of halloween pics so I guess you snooze, ya loose right? I also finished a Christmas present for a friend. I found this sign thing at a thrift store and bought it for $1. Yes $1! So I repainted it with and crackled it and love the results. The letters and flower are chipboard! I love the subtle dimension on it. I absolute LOVE how it turned out. I'm going to so something similar for my own home. I used to hate to paint my chipboard, but now that I've crackled it, holy cow! Don't be suprised if the technique is on my next dozen layouts!

My Sketch World

I forgot to formally announce that I am a http://mysketchworld.blogspot.com/ Diva Designer. It's an awesome sketch site by Lucy Chesna. This month is her anniversary for the site so be sure to check it out because there are contest sponsors. Here's the layouts that I've done for the first 2 weeks.

Painful Reminders

My revelation has faded away,

existing yesterday but gone today.

Painful reminders

of what was to be,

A sorrowful ending

to the joy I won't see.

An empty feeling
in my heart and my womb,

Praying for the comfort,

that will take away this gloom.

Everyday is getting better,

day by day I see a light.

But knowing that my baby's gone,

in my heart, will never be right.

So I'll take joy in the children beside me,

and in the husband I hold dear,

I'll be grateful for what I do have

when I wipe away my tears.

A few layouts

I did these layouts just for fun. All products are available at http://www.acbaileydesigns.com/ The box in the background is my RAK from Aubrey! It is so awesome!! (the RAK not the box lol.) There was so much more in it than what was promised. I'm hoping to play with some of the yummy albums this weekend so I'll post soon!

Church bulletin board

I was asked several months ago to take care of our ward's bulletin board for Relief Society. I've really enjoyed it, but I always forget to take pictures. So today, as I was doing Novembers, I actually had my camera. The lighting inside the hallway isn't that great but you get it. I love the scarecrow. I turned some clipart into a paper piecing pattern and this is what came of it.