Candy Corn Princess

Well I have been busy with Halloween costumes...and I think I'm pretty much finished except a few last touches.  My project to share today is Robin and Savannah's Candy Corn Princess Tutu's..they saw a picture of their friend Lauren in her corn princess outfit so they wanted me to come up with something like it.  Well I had to put my thinking cap on because with boys I never had a need to make tutu's!! LOL....but I had such fun.  Picked up some orange and black tulle, ribbons and went to work.  For their shirts I just picked up tshirts @ Joann's and painted a piece of candy corn on with alittle glitter here and there!  We did a trial run for their dad, Beth and Jamie at the hair shop and they wirled and twirled and had a ball...it was well worth the effort.  I had enough left to make baby Maia one to so we are having a baby corn princess too!!  I'll post pics of all the princess' hopefully next week..thanks for stopping by!! Note blogger is only letting me upload one picture so I'll try to load more later!! :)

Halloween Tree

Just a quick post to share my finished Halloween tree...the pictures are not very good because the lighting was bad in my dining room and awfully busy background!!  You get the jest of it anyway.  Just used the wood ornaments from Michaels and colored with my colorbox markers.   Used some "googly eyes" here and there.  Made some tissue ghosts, and then added some vintage halloween prints and outlined them with gold pipe cleaners...Tied everything on with ribbons and used some spider web and spider rings in the pot for effect...this was a fun but time consuming project.  My hope is to get to "play" in my room some this weekend...has been a very hectic week and I need some down time....thanks for stopping by....

Spooky Projects!!

I have been up to my eyeballs in Halloween!!! :) and seriously I am having a ball.  I have a project to share with you today that I got the idea from a Halloween Blog Hop I was on.  When I went to http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com/ I saw a fun project I had to try.  It was a glass block "jack o lantern"...she did a really good video on how she created it.  I didn't have any black vinyl so I just went an got a jack o lantern face off the web and made a pattern.  I had some white sticky back paper that we had thrown away at work and I dug it out of the trash!! (imagine that!) always a scrappin' plan in mind...I took black card stock and cut it out and put it on the sticky back white paper and wa-la I had a black face with a sticky back paper....then of course I used just a orange celo. paper out of the craft section at Hobby Lobby, put in a string of 20 lights and tied a spooky bow and a polka dot bow!!  I had alot of fun doing these and they were quiet easy to do...I have more projects to share so I'll see you soon...thanks for stopping by!!!

Apple Of My Eye

Happy Saturday.  I promised Lilly I would load our layout of the month and of course I had forgotten to until I saw it in my scraproom this morning....sorry Lilly!! This is our September layout of the month at our LSS and Amy did an awesome job on the layout..one of the cutest ever...I didn't do mine exactly like hers but generally all elements are the same.  Cricut cart. used were Doodlecharms for the basket..Campout for the frames...Plantin Schoolbooks for the font and also the apples.  I love apples on a layout.  I didn't not use crackle paint on my letters as I didn't have any in the color I needed so I need to add that too my stash!! (imagine that!! :))  I hope to get some Halloween/Fall decorating done this weekend but who knows......best laid plans and all of that!! haha

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stoppin' by!! :)

Crafty Sunday

What a fun crafty Sunday.  Roger was spraying cotton so I decided to play in "my room" today.  Had several projects I wanted to finish and a couple I wanted to start.  I finished Selina's "fall banner" and she was very pleased...I will post a picture of the finished banner to share.  Then my next project start is a "SPOOKY TREE" for halloween.  I purchased a couple of clay flower pots from Michaels that were 40% off and of course I had a coupon with that.  I painted these pots a bright orange and punched out a circle out of my fiskars circle punch to use as a pattern for my black polka dots on the pot.  Then I put a layer of mod podge on this to seal it...I am making some ornaments out of wood and also some vintage prints from Scott and Martin's place (see on my side bar) and just sized them down to make a cute little embellie for the tree....I'm having so much fun with these craft projects.  I will post finished products in a couple of days when they are complete.  Have a great week everyone!!! 

Fall Banner

I am in the mood to decorate....don't think I have been in that mood for about 2 yrs now.  I think as Martha Stewart would say "its a good thing"!!  My project today that I'm working on is actually for Selina and Josh (well mostly Selina!)  I am working on a fall banner.  I have taken thin chipboard and used George cricut cart and cut a triangle so they would be somewhat consistant.  Usually I just eyeball stuff!! LOL.Next layer was just kraft paper and then I used some Cloud Nine papers that I have had for awhile that had a fall look and made my "Lisa Pace Create Paper Flowers" and decorated just with different fall designs...leaves, apples, sunflowers and of course an ear of corn.  I am going to share what I have so far and hopefully this weekend I can put it together and make a finished product photo to share.  I really like how this turned out ....I may have to make me one!  Have a good Friday everyone!!!

Just A Quick HI!!!

We have been off on one of our "family" camping outings and I haven't had a minute to scrap.  I had a wonderful weekend with my sons/spouses and grandchildren and a few friends thrown in the mix.  I hope to get some photos made of a couple of projects this week and posted.  This weekend is layout of the month at my local scrapbook store so that will be my challenge to finish this week!!  Well tomorrow's hump day so I think I can make it 3 days this week...wink..wink!!

Happy "Hump Day"

Wednesday...I'm countin' em down, Lord knows I am to old to wish my life away but I do love weekends!!! LOL..I have been to two classes this week and have had a ball.  Don't know when I have laughed as much as I did last night and I needed it.  Brenda and Allison had a wonderful Heritage class and I'm posting some pictures.  Sorry about the bad colors because the papers are really, really pretty. The title on this one is "The Girl who grew up and Became A Mother"...I used my baby pictures because I don't have any baby pictures of my mom or dad and then I used a picture of both of my boys together. Any of you that really know me know I love old photos.  Mom gave me another "batch" this last weekend that she found...lots of my boys at younger age and some school pictures.  Anyway just a quick post of these pics and hope everyone has a great Wednesday.......

Need One More Day!!

That is my favorite saying on Sunday night/Monday morning.  Where does the weekend go?  This was a super busy one.  Had to do some stuff for my Mom on Sat. morning and Jamie's baby shower Sat. afternoon...today I watched Britt and Jeremy's 5 little monkey's!!! They give me a run for my money but so very sweet and make me laugh constantly.  They wanted to go visit with Brady and Seth so I loaded up the crew and off the Josh and Selina for some "out in the yard" fun.  They watched Brady and Seth ride dirt bikes and Josh took turns riding them on the 4 wheeler....what a wonderful day....I promised poor Selina who had been cleaning house we would not invade the house!! LOL...Now for the pics I'm posting.  I made Britt a "Welcome Banner" for her classroom using the farm theme.  I used the Animal Kingdom cart. and also Our World...thanks to Lilly for letting me borrow these.  I made my friend Lisa Paces' create paper flowers and shined it up with some glitter letters and then tied it together with some black tulle... oh and the base for these were actually costers from Michaels $$$ bin covered with I believe Cosmo Cricket papers!! I enjoyed making this project so much.  Two classes this week so standby for pictures!!! Have a great week.

Layout of the Month--JULY

Just a quick post and a couple of pictures of my July layout of the month from Sassy Scrapper.  We do a once a month "Layout of the Month"  beginning the first of the year.  It is designed by one of the girls at Sassy and we copy it.  I usually stay pretty close to the sample but, I have been known to put my own spin on it!!! I used some pictures of camping from the 4th of July and also Uncle Dave Macon days here in Murfreesboro.  I am hoping to get some pics made of several of my pages this weekend and also a project that I am working on now.  I have two classes next week so stand by for more pictures!!!

Needed A New Look

Well as excited as I am about blogging again I needed a new look.  I have always used blogs by LeeLou so I went over to her blog and found this shabby chic look that I liked alot...Let me know what you think....I will tweak it alittle later on and post a project I am working on for Britt's room...okay catch you later on in the week!! :)

Busy Weekend

What a very busy weekend, but so much fun too!!  I have decided the weekends are just never long enough.  I went out and helped Britt and Jeremy Friday night in the classroom and Josh and Selina came out and helped too....of course I had so much fun listening to the boys pick and play like they were little boys again...I wish I had brought my camera...:)  I have been cutting so many farm animals that my cricut is smoking!! LOL...I cut 5" and 6" animals to use as name tags for their desks and also a sign for her door.  This was all quiet hurried but I'm okay with the way it turned out...The name tags will have each child's name and them laminated and taped on their desk.  I already have lots of ideas rolling around in my mind for the fall!!!  We took Jamie out for her birthday dinner Sat. night and enjoyed she and David.  It won't be long until we will have our 15th grandchild in Oct.  Today we had to drive over to Lewisburg, Roger had a cousin to pass away and we went to the memorial it is always nice to see family but hate it has to be something like that to prompt it...okay I must get ready for bed..have a good week everyone and thanks for stopping by!!

Almost Friday!!

My goal was to post once a week and so far so good!! LOL..This has been a super busy week at work.  I haven't touched a craft this week but I'm gearing up for the weekend. Jeremy's Britt is teaching kindergarten and I'm so excited that she is letting me help her do some decorating in her room.  They painted the room a sunny yellow today and now the fun begins..Lilly and I have been pooling our cricut cart. to see what I can use.  She is using a "farm theme" for the room.  Will that not be just precious??  I will post some of the projects as we finish.  Today I am posting another couple of pages from my heritage  album.  This paticular paper needed to have pictures with old cars and I even found a picture of my mama standing by an old motorcycle.  I asked her who it belonged to and she doesn't remember!!  I actually think she just wanted to pose beside it and didn't really know the owner!! LOL...I am going to post a few random pictures of the grandkids I really need to update and put a slide show on....maybe a weekend project!!! Have a happy Friday the 13th and be careful!! :)

Almost A Year Since....

It's been almost a year since I have made a new post on my blog. I must say I have missed my blogging but Facebook has sort of taken the place of my blogging. I am trying very hard to get my crafting mojo back and I figure I need to just jump right on back into it. I have been reading several of my favorite blogs (Colette, Nancy, Jan, Crystial (aka Pinky) and have gotta the "fever" to scrap again. I have been doing a very few classes here and there but am going to try to accomplish more coz I have lots of memories to capture!! I have been working on my Heritage Album because Sassy Scrapper has been doing a once a month heritage class and I've attended when I could. I love, love scrappin' pics of my mama and daddy and all my realitives..today I'm sharing a couple of pages that we did in the last class that I attended. I think it is a very pretty layout, my skirt did not come out as pretty as Lilly's did but I lost patience at the end (imagine that!!! ) Anyway hopefully I can blog once a week...that is my goal...thanks for stopping by...

I'm Back

Well actually I have been back from Florida for a week....LOL. I have been neglecting my scrappin' both digital and paper for some time now..I have been very fortunate to have taken a couple of trips lately and it has cut into my creative time...(big LOL) Anyway I have spent the biggest part of today in "my play room" finishing pages that needed pics printed and also my Layout of the Month project. I've had such a fun day. I'm going to share a digital layout that I have just completed and I will try to photograph my paper pages tomorrow. This digital page is of Brady, Seth and Hunter at Jamie's wedding in May of this year. In one picture or another they all had this serious look so I couldn't resist...

Texas Here I Come

Gosh I have been so blessed lately to be able to take a few days off and just enjoy. Roger and I spent a few days camping last week at a wonderful campground about 1 hr. from our home. It was on the lake and wonderful...tomorrow I'm going to see my best friend in Texas. I'm going to meet her grandsons for the first time and I'm so excited....they are babies and I can just spoil away!! I have been to two classes for my digital scrappin' since I have posted. Brenda and Lee are both just wonderful teachers and I have enjoyed each class. It's beginning to gel with me and now I want to learn different techniques. Don't get me wrong by gel I mean very, very basic!!! LOL...I have decided for now I'm going to work with 8 1/2 x 11 size because I can print that here at home. The 12 x 12 I have to send away for. I am going to share just a quick couple that I did in learning different techniques....Hope everyone has a great rest of the week. I'll have lots of pics to post from Texas I'm sure...

I have a few days off!!!!!

I'm always excited when I have a few days off....can you tell!! LOL..We are heading out for another camping adventure on Sunday, Roger, Chubba and I. This time we are going to another different campground in Carthage TN. I have tried to schedule new places this summer and not the same ones we normally go to. Roger bores very easily when he doesn't have his farm toys and new places help.:) I had another wonderful digital class this week with Brenda and it was as awesome as the last. Lee also hung out with us and is very talented in the digital world....I am sharing what I did in class and a couple that I ventured out on my own and did. I'm lovin' this digi stuff but of course I still love the paper and embellies in my hands..:) Have a wonderful, safe weekend...I'll try to post again before we go....

It's Hot in Tennesseeeeeeeee!!!!!!

It's hot but I'm such a summer fan I'm not going to complain. Today I'm going to share a couple of layouts that I have just finished..One two pager is for our layout of the month this month at my LSS. I decided since it was birthday themed that I would use Roger's 60th birthday pictures from last Sept. I have been meaning to scrap them and this seemed like the perfect layout to do so....All of the kids were in attendance except Jamie and David and they were still living in Knoxville at the time...the next one is another wedding layout of Jamie and David's wedding. I still haven't seen the "good" pictures I'm still scrappin' snapshots that Josh did for me...Can't wait to get my hands on some of the "real" pictures.....LOL..Stay cool...

Happy Father's Day

Gosh I miss my daddy....especially on Father's day...Roger and I had the nicest weekend camping. We left on Thursday and came back today. We stayed at a campground near Nashville on Percy Priest lake. We didn't have a direct lake spot but we had a beautiful shady, woodsey (is that a word?) spot. Chubba loved watching for squirrels and taking walks...before we left one of my best Fiskateer buddies came to Tennessee to visit. Merlene and her husband were in Arkansas and she convienced Tom to come on up to Tennessee to visit. I'm so glad she did it was good to see her again. I met her in San Antonio Texas a couple of years ago and we made friends instantly. She is from Tuscon Arizona and loved all of our "green"!!..Several of my scrappin' friends met at Sassy Scrapper our LSS and went to dinner. Cristal Hobbs (aka Pinky) was so kind in arranging everything for us. I'm posting a picture of all of us....Then my last pic is of "my girls"...I went by Jeremy's and Josh's today to wish them a happy father's day. They are both really wonderful fathers. The girls were swimming and of course I could not resist some pictures...Hope everyone has a great week....stay cool...