I am linking up to Deb Duty's This & That Thursday.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
This & That Thursday-
I am linking up to Deb Duty's This & That Thursday.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Wednesday Wrap Up-
Today I am going to share with you some of the wonderful meals I have been making that I found on Pinterest. My family has also been excited to mix things up a bit in the dinner department. First you have to understand that even though I don't work and have all the time in the world, (LOL) I hart cooking dinner!
So here goes, first up is this wonderful Lasagna Soup, I make it at least twice a month. The only thing I do different is add 1/2 hamburger and add in more tomatoes and broth to get more liquid with it.
Next up are these wonderful Chicken pockets. My family devoured these in no time.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.
So here goes, first up is this wonderful Lasagna Soup, I make it at least twice a month. The only thing I do different is add 1/2 hamburger and add in more tomatoes and broth to get more liquid with it.
The last one I want to share is this. I make these up and my youngest goes through them in no time. She is my Smoothie girl and this saves me a ton by not having to go to Tropical Smoothies and shelling out $5 for one Smoothie.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Project Life - Week 8
A few observations first. One- My weeks are slow in the beginning and are packed from Thursday through Sunday. I need to balance this out more. Two- I used the Cobalt Core Edition this week and I like it, but I prefer the Clementine Core Edition. Three- We ate a lot of Fast Food this week or we went out to eat. We need to get back in control and get back to home cooked meals.
I added an extra page protector Design F, from the Big Variety Pack and cut one row off the end to make it smaller than the Original page protectors and that was all the photo's I have. I liked how it turned out and will be doing this again.
This is my full spread:
Left Side:
Front of Insert:
For the background in the pockets I used paper from my stash and cut to fit and then put the pictures on top. I like to do this to use up my ever growing stash. The letters are old Cosmo Cricket. I printed out from the menu what everything that we ate was. This was one of our best date nights that we have had in a while. We went to our Town Center and ate dinner, then went to another place for coffee and dessert and then off to the Comedy Club for some laughter.
(Sorry for the glare)
Here is the right side:
A few things to note is that my three children are very different when it comes to ordering food. My oldest will heap on all the toppings as you can see in this picture of her list of things she wanted on her burrito. My son is very picky with what her eats and will opt for popcorn or bologna and cheese if he doesn't like what we are eating. The youngest will pick a a great thing to eat and strip it down to just the basics. None of them just order straight from the menu like my husband and I do. That is why I love Project Life, I can capture all of this so easily.
I used a few new supplies this week that I made myself. I made the Saturday tab that is on my insert and I used my Studio Calico Stamps on a label sheet that I first ran through my printer and printed a graph background onto them. I also ran some cardstock through with the lined background and cut them to fit into the 3x4 pockets. I will be putting a few kits up for sale here on the blog for next weeks update. I will also be listing some of my supplies that I am purging at this moment, so check back.
Linked to The Mom Creative and One Happy Mama.
Project Life is a product and a system created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. The pieces used in my album are available here. If you live outside the US check Becky’s site for more information on sources.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
One Little Word Blog Hop-
Due to technical difficulties I am not able to upload any pictures this month. Please continue on to Orange.
Here is the list of all the participants this month. See you next month.
Here is the list of all the participants this month. See you next month.
Margie http://xnomads.typepad.com
Melissa S http://blog.mshanhun.com
Sharyn http://LaVieEnChic.com
Kimberlee http://scrapsandsass.blogspot.com
Cindy www.cynthiacrysdale.com
Monica http://scrapinspired.com/
Catherine http://myview-catherine.blogspot.com/
Jamie jmpgirl.blogspot.com
Melissa C www.smudgetime.com
Veronica www.veronicanorris.typepad.com
Heidi D http://mommy.heidimdavis.com/
Nikki www.inkyart.com.au
Brooklyn www.everysnapshot.com
Jen R http://jenritchie.com
Eydie www.whatwecreate.net
Marilee http://rose-brier.blogspot.com
Kaylea http://www.myscrappylife.com
Orange Gearle orangegearle.blogspot.com
Katrina www.katrinasimeck.com
Kelly http://mindingmynest.com
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Project Life- Week 7
This week was a busy week with Interviews, Doctors Appt., Valentine's Day, dinner out, painting and movie watching. Both Courtney and Megan were sick this week. Courtney with Strep and Megan with just a sore throat, but no positive strep test. :-)
I used the Clementine Core Edition with scraps from my stash. I have linked at the bottom of the post most of the supplies that I used. If you have any questions let me know. I know that last Friday I stalked Amazon for the Project Life products that came in stock and got everything I need plus I picked up the Cobalt edition too. They are on there way to my door step right now and I can't wait to get them.
Here are the pictures of my week. I added three additional inserts this week, one for pictures of Valentines Day, Valentine Cards from Bob and Megan's Valentine cards from friends. After I put the cards in the protectors I put a tiny bit of tape runner adhesive at the top and sealed shut so they won't fall out. I enjoyed putting this week together and even got a bit more crafty with my inserts.
The button card is one that I had left over from last week that I slipped in a pocket and the decorative 4x6 card I used my new trellis die that I won at my LSS.
Happy Tuesday and again if you have any questions leave me a comment.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Getting a little Crafty.....
Happy Presidents Day! We have off today and I have spent it painting Megan's room, driving to order Justin's cap & gown and Graduation Announcement. (I waited till the last day to order) Now I am posting this and then I am going to take a little nap and then fix dinner and work on my Project Life week 7 spread for tomorrow. I just wanted to pop in and show you what I made this past week.
Last week was Christy Thomlinson's new workshop "A Gilded Valentine" with Shea from the blog "A Gilded Life". I had taken Christy's 'She Art' workshop last Spring and loved it. So in this workshop on Day's 1-3 Shea teaches you how to make a beautiful heart pillow, a glittered Eiffel tower and a beautiful bracelet, then on Day 4 Christy walks you through making a wonderful canvas.
The canvas is 12 x 12 (Christy uses a 10 x 10), that you cover with paper and then do a lot of texturizing and use rub-ons then do some doodling on it. You also make 4 separate hearts to go on the canvas. I had a lot of fun making this and getting messy and creative again. Here is my canvas:
The top left heart is covered in Sticky Back Canvas, the top right is layered lace and ribbon, the bottom left is rolled paper with paint, lace and bubbles and the lower right is covered in buttons. I love how it turned out and I love the quilt look that it has since I love to quilt also. Now I have to hang it somewhere.
Great place to find Mixed Media items is Christy's shop Scarlet Lime.
Supplies Listed below (click on Image)-
Last week was Christy Thomlinson's new workshop "A Gilded Valentine" with Shea from the blog "A Gilded Life". I had taken Christy's 'She Art' workshop last Spring and loved it. So in this workshop on Day's 1-3 Shea teaches you how to make a beautiful heart pillow, a glittered Eiffel tower and a beautiful bracelet, then on Day 4 Christy walks you through making a wonderful canvas.
The canvas is 12 x 12 (Christy uses a 10 x 10), that you cover with paper and then do a lot of texturizing and use rub-ons then do some doodling on it. You also make 4 separate hearts to go on the canvas. I had a lot of fun making this and getting messy and creative again. Here is my canvas:
The top left heart is covered in Sticky Back Canvas, the top right is layered lace and ribbon, the bottom left is rolled paper with paint, lace and bubbles and the lower right is covered in buttons. I love how it turned out and I love the quilt look that it has since I love to quilt also. Now I have to hang it somewhere.
Great place to find Mixed Media items is Christy's shop Scarlet Lime.
Supplies Listed below (click on Image)-
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Project Life Week 6- (better late than never)
This week was a bit of a struggle for me. Since I am a SAHM with nothing to do but eat bon bon's (So my husband tells me. :-) ), I had a hard time putting this together. I had spent the beginning of the week puttering around the house and sitting in front of the computer sending my resume out. I am ready to go back to work!!! I never thought I would say that, but as the children get older I get lonely during the day. The week ended with a good weekend of shopping and spending time with my hubby and kids.
Here i s a look at the whole spread:
Here is the left side:
Here is the right side:
Thank you for looking and I will see you in a few with more things going on around the house these days.
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