talking to myself

Happy 2010!

"here's to the bright new year, and a fond farewell to the old; here's to the things that are yet to come, and the memories that we hold." -anonymous

we spent christmas with family and it was wonderful but I'm very happy to be back home (with my computer and internet and ALL my scrappy stuff... spending lazy days in my pjs). i'm such a homebody :)

last night, we celebrated the new year (meaning, we pulled out all the nye party stuff, made some noise and took some pictures) around 5pm. the boys fell asleep at 6:30. hubby and I started watching a movie at 7 and I fell asleep at 7:30pm (oh yeah, we're a wild bunch :p). today started bright and early... the boys were up at 3am!! can you tell we're still on east coast time? oh, boy. I'm glad we still have a few days to adjust before going back to school and work.

have a fantabulous new year, everyone :)

whodunit?

Don't forget to ckeck Studio Calico's January kit. It's amazing :)

merry christmas!

I hope you are having a wonderful christmas day and that your name made it's way over to the nice list ;)

[SC stamps: buttons and whodunit stamp set; calendar pages; kraft cardstock; distress inks: shabby shutters, broken china, mustard seedand fired brick] 
 

THE

awesomest, most wonderful, happiest scrappy dream come true news ever! :D

I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about (after all, it only took me 2 days to complete this post :P). I was asked to join the Studio Calico design team!! whaaaaaaa?! woohoo! Thank you, April (and SC crew) for this wonderful opportunity. I'm ridiculously excited (and honestly nervous) about it!

I'm already working with the January kit and let me tell you: it is fabulous. The SC exclusives this month are some of my fave of all times (and I'm not just saying that). Want to see a quick peek?

You already saw this one (hey, I made the peek slide. woot :P). used the main kit- Whodonit:

Then there's this using addon #1- Colonel Mustard...with the stamp set that I really wanted to use in every single page and they yummy (no, really. they smell sooo good) Hambly doilies:

 

This one uses mostly addon #2- In the Billiard Room but I couldn't resist adding the wonderful SC stickers and the super yummy hydrangea mist:

And finally, i made a quick little project with addon #3- With the Candlestick BUT I also made this:

Do you see that gorgeous green? It's my new green crush... fern. Now, don't get me wrong. I love lime. I really do but I'm currently obsessed with this shade of green. ALL the new mist colors are delicious (I know. I don't even like saying that but they truly are). They are all such happy colors :)

presents!

I decided to get creative in wrapping some of my presents this year. I played around with some Studio Calico paper bags (I always save those!), floss, paper, a little bit of ink, a dip of adhesive and the sewing machine... this is the result:

  

It's a little on the messy side but I love it (and my hubby thinks it looks cool. hee). You can create different looks by using different papers, scrapper's floss, twine or ribbon.  I was thinking that some border rub-ons would look cool on the paper bags too! 

Let me know if you have questions :)

december

i'm back.

november was crazy. i won't even bore you with details... :P

december is here and we are ready (for whatever lol)

 

christmas decorations are out

the tree is up

the train chugging

poinsettias blooming (well, ok mine died back in march so i bought a new one but still...) :)

ups has been visiting quite often (thank you amazon and zappos. my shopping is almost done) 

the one thing missing... scrapping. oh scrapping how i miss you. but this week i will. i can feel it.

happy holidays everyone!!  

random

• i haven't scrapped in over a week so I have nothing to share
• been working on me. running, eating healthy, buying new clothes and shoes :)
• speaking of shoes... the ups guy totally messed up yesterday. I had 2 packages out for delivery. he came over with only one and told me he couldn't find the other so he left! now I have to wait until monday. ugh.
• we're having a busy november so far... birthdays, teacher's conferences, short school days and holidays. keeping the boys entertained is getting challenging!
• i'm thinking about joining the december daily but I'm not sure yet... i need a plan. we'll be out of town and was thinking this is a good way to get my daily scrappy fix. we'll see.
• watched the proposal last night. ryan reynolds is H.O.T. :P
• i have plans to catch up with project 12 this weekend. i'm only 3 pages behind so I think it's doable

that's all i have. sorry for the boringness. hope you are having a great weekend!

best kit ever

Studio Calico- Yearbook.

I might never put this kit away. I just loooove it :)

kit planning

speaking of kit attack... because I don't have a lot of work space this is what I do after the sorting and piling of the goods (in case you're curious):

 

it's like an embellishment bouquet... better than flowers!

anyway, mean ups guy (yes, he's on my bad side now) finally delivered my package late yesterday afternoon. As I mentioned before, I was so anxious and excited over this kit I sarted planning a few pages before it arrived. I never do this but it worked pretty well... this morning I finished a quick page (one of the planned ones):

 

maybe I should plan the kits more often... :)

just call me martha

well, ok. not really :P 

but I have to say, sometimes I make some stuff and think 'dang, that's pretty good'. don't you think? heee 

anyway, here's my latest scrappies:

 

(Studio Calico)

 

(Studio Calico + Kitschy)

 

(Studio Calico)

Have a great weekend! :)