So I got my kit from Scrapbook Obsessions and I have to tell you, It is SOOOOO much better in person than that photo gives justice. THIS has quickly become my most favorite kit she has had. ALthough they are all awesome. This mini album is so far up my alley it screams my name! THEREFORE, Sorry family your not gettin' this one! ITS MINE ALL MINE ::said in my evil villain voice:: bwaahahaha! OH hush like yall don't have your shelves full of mini's DONT JUDGE! DONT BE HATIN!
I added an extra page to mine, I have so many things that make me happy I didnt have enough room for them all!! I used UHU TWIST AND GLUE to make this project. IT worked wonderfully on the patterned papers as well as the embellishments. It was liquid enough that you could slide it around and match up the edges but then hold really well and not have to worry about losing your embellishments off of the album.
It is a beautiful day here today. John and Bella are outside doing.. something. Im not sure what. setting stuff on fire I think.. we had some limbs down from GUSTAV that were littering the back yard. I THINK they are cleaning that up. I still have more stuff to scrap hehe. I saw Nickelodeon had shut their programming off for 3 hours today for NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY. Which I thought was pretty cool. An Effort to make kids get outside and play instead of veg in front of the tv. ITs not as hot outside although it is sunshiney so A PERFFFECT DAY to be out and play. IM going to watch them as I play with my scrap stuff hehe Hope you have a fun Saturday!!
ITS FRIDAY!!! Are you happy its friday? Silly question huh? Bella is out of school today so we will be staying "entertained" and hopefully out of trouble. Which is gonna be hard for me because I GOT MY KIT YESTERDAY from SCRAPBOOK OBSESSIONS!!!! SO all I wanna do is dig my hands into it and start creating. I have started my mini album already and OMGOSH I am in LOVEEEE with that new Basic Grey Chocolate chipboard. This is the cutest album so many fun shapes and sizes. You can see it in my previous post. I THINK she still has a few available. THIS is the best kit as of date IN MY OPINION. SO far my most favorite!!! Jan and Lynnise already have pages up in the DT forum and in the Gallery at Scrapbook Obsessions. THey jumped on making layouts (I on the other hand dove into that mini album haha) Check it out and leave em some lovin.'
I DID make a simple little page yesterday while stalking the mail lady waiting for my kit. THis is for the Design Experiment Blog. We were to scrap about our INDULGENCE. My mom is probably gonna cringe when she sees this layout. Sorry mom but YES I love in the summer time when it is REALLY REALLY HOT, and I had been playin ball or ridin' horses or working in the yard or whatever to sit in the shade with an ice cold beer. SO COLD it had little slivers of ice at the top. mmmmmm. Sorry mom. BUT you can rest easy because I cant have it anymore now that I am on this medication. Oh well Its all about indulgence. lol
This was a quick page and really easy for me to do.
Journaling says: IT doesnt take much to make me happy. Cheetoos, Doritos, chocolate a little peanut butter or an ice cold CHILL on a warm summer day. After I take my Shot I always treat myself to chips or chocolate, makes it a little more bearable when you know you have that tasty reward. I am not allowed my one chill anymore but Oh when I do get to have one again someday it will be a major treat!
I used up some of my older paper (WHEHEW AREN'T YOU PROUD OF ME?!!) This is the Basic Grey COLOR ME HAPPY line from way back when (one of my most favorite lines they had) I also used Basic Grey buttons, Doodlebug jewels and Making Memories Felt stickers and Bazzill Cardstock. I have been stuck on Black backgrounds lately lol.
If you would like to join in THE DESIGN EXPERIMENTS CHALLENGE. Just click on the name. They have a cool prize this week! SO CHECK IT OUT!
I have some major scrappin to get on today I want to finish this mini album today. Hope you have a WONDERFUL FRIDAY!!
I got THIS note from Bella last night. IM STILL lookin for the SOMETHIN' that she is SORRY she did. This makes me concerned. SHe just shrugs her shoulders when I ask her what she did and says she is sorry. I will let you know if I figure out what it was..errr is.
SO IM VERY VERY EXCITED TODAY. YOU KNOW WHY I AM VERY VERY EXCITED TODAY? Because ITS THURSDAY! ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GREYS ANATOMY STARTS UP AGAIN TONIGHT!! AHHHHHHHHH McDREAMY. I have been waiting for him. Also, ER the last season is coming on. Can't wait to see that too.
Chantele is totally terrorizing us at Scrapbook Obsessions with her kit. SHe has her hands alllll up in hers already and ours are in the mail (you know, right with that check that everyone always says is in the mail?) Ya, SHe hounded Jan and myself pretty bad last night but we had fun teasing her and YOU COULD SOOOO tell she was lovin every minute of it. Thats Ok let the stalking of the mail man begin. You see that is one of those chocolate Basic Grey albums don't ya? Ya. I can't wait to get my hands on that either!! I am working on my layout for THE DESIGN EXPERIMENT BLOG. The theme is INDULGENCE. Which oh man I have a few... thats why my butt is gettin so big (thank you prednisone.)
Bella is out of school today and tomorrow, some... "teachers ready to get these kids out of my classroom" day or conference or work day or something. Bella woke up singing LOUD this morning her Island princess songs on that dvd player (thank you nana for that thing) EVERYONES kid needs one of those.
Well IM off to try and figure out what Bella was sorry for. If you have any idea or clue what she did.. feel free to ughmm. Yeah. Ill let ya know. Happy Thursday!
While on the phone with Tracy... she came clean. SHe confessed. She was standing behind my chair yesterday and had an ink pen in her hand, I had some 5 x 7 photos stacked on the side that I have to scrap. I told her DO NOT write on those. Because she was bee lining for them with the pen. BUT, she had already written on it. IT isnt that noticable and is not that big a deal but, The point that she did it. Im laughing because I can imagine the horror that went through her thinking omg she is really going to give me to Guido this time. Thats It I have to live out in my playhouse forever... I better go apologize and make her a card. (that is our answer for everything we will just go make a card) SO anyway the mystery is solved. THANK YOU LORD it wasn't something smelly or gross or worse. haha.
PS: I JUST GOT MY KIT OMG OMG IT IS 90000 TIME BETTER IN PERSON. That photo up there doesnt do it a bit of justice!!! Im gonna go roll around in it and yall may not hear from me for a while. Im fiddna get my scrap on!
A friend and I say that word loosely emailed me THIS video. Yet one more reason I love living in Mobile Alabama. I haven't yet encountered said creature in video but am interested if guido would try to eat it as he does the squirrels in our back yard.
Yes I know it is not St. Patricks day but anytime anything remotely funny goes on and it is in the near vacinity of Alabama I get a flood of emails asking if these are my neighbors and or relatives. I know they are waiting for the day I say yes. It is bound to happen, The news cameras just havn't shown up yet to judge which of my neighbors driveways are the most clean, unleafed shiney white driveways on the planet. They can be seen from the space shuttle and they say "OHHHH look! That is Nancy Jones neighbors, They are out bleaching their driveway." YES people it happens.
When I had this last MS spell, and was in the hospital, after my soon arrival home and the medication that they gave me made my head just pound and eye cringe, that is not even CLOSE to an accurate description. No amount of medication could make it stop. THIS SO HAPPENED to be the week that every neighbor wanted to try out their leaf blowers. As well as teach their animals to pee on the one tree we have in our yard verses the 769987654 kabillion that are in the rest of our neighborhood and make my dog absolutly, loose his mind, and freak his crapp out, underneath my window, to be sure I KNEW, some foreign dog, was using MY TREE as its urinal and he was SOOOOOOOOO not in approval. It was a conspiracy with the squirrels to dominate his space and he was not having it for a minute. HE would give this speech in that tone every day underneath my window where I would beg my husband to pull his vocal cords out with a rusty spoon. are you still with me? Well, My sweet husband, I love so much, risked embarrasment and a nasty note from The homeowners association to talk to our neighbors, and asked them to please not blow off their driveways, because he couldnt deal with my crying that it made Bella cry then Guido howl and he was running out of ibuprofen for his own headache. Our sweet neighbors agreed and I know it was the worst two weeks of their life. I have now gotten better and it doesn't bother me so much as long as it is AFTER 7 am on a Saturday. IT is part of What we get for living in Mobile ALabama, in a Middle class neighborhood, surrounded by older men who spent time in the service and have flashbacks of kp duty and are now forced to compete for who has the cleanest concrete to drive on.
I secretly want to go out at night and write in side walk chalk HAHA YOU LOOSE MISSED A SPOT, but figure they will know it is me and come blow off my leaf strewn drive way and totally ruin my fall decorating scheme I have going.
I actually took time off from connecting the dots of my chicken pocked body yesterday to scrap. I used the new URBAN PRAIRIE (ohhh ahhh) by Basic Grey and scrapped this photo of Bella strangling, I mean Hugging Guido in the back yard. I know yall have heard how he thinks she is HIS. We officially have given her to him a few times but she keeps showing up at meal times so we decided to share her. She has taken over most of the care and love of Guido. She loves that dog. HE loves her. Works out pretty good. I also used some things left over from the kits provided by SCRAPBOOK OBSESSIONS , THEY ROCK by the way, on this page. I was not in good form yesterday or mood to say the least. I felt like crapp and was enjoying the quiet, all but qvc on low on the television (definitly not Hannah Montana thank you lord) and some mind boggling, never scrapbooked before people, who were trying to convince me to buy 98654 pieces of cardstock for the low price of 19.99 BUT WAIT.... if you act now....
When my daughter whom we will call, Bella, comes bouncing in all boistrous and singing. Do any of you remember having chicken pox? no? prolly cuz you were a normal person and had them ONLY ONE TIME and you WERE A KID when you did and you blocked it out of your head entirely. Ok let me splain this best I can. NOISE.... HURTS. your entire body. Makes you want to reach out and touch someone and not by phone! Ok so anyway I finally got her to chill a bit then reminded hubby that consignment drop off was today and we have a crib in the garage, Bella is 5, I have 1 ovary and no uterus. Unless he had plans that I was not yet aware of.. IT NEEDED TO GO. We have so much clutter around this house which is ENTIRELY mostly my fault. I have been sick since February and totally let my ability of keeping house fall upon him and Bella. AND BY THE WAY..... (WHomever is spamming my email account with information on quick cures off the internet. Please stop, Im not gonna forward it to 20 people for good luck, yes I read about artificial sweetners and I dont drink diet drinks and I understand your cousin Elroy on your ex sister in laws side of the family saw Binny Hin and when he smacked his forehead lightning struck and he was cured but I will take my faith in the lord and carry it with me to the dr. I think the FDA may be onto something here with these new treatments. Thank you for understanding) so anyway, She is bouncing around my craft room, twirling in my chair, discussing the events of her day when she bumps the table and GLUE goes everywhereeeeeeeee. I ussually count to a thousand sometimes more when things happen cuz well SHE IS FIVE and I was as bad if not worse than her (still am) they dont call me GRACE cause Im graceful. BUt I felt bad and I had worked on this page alll day because I felt bad trying to convince myself I REALLY DIDNT feel bad, so what do I do when the glue goes all over my layout... I CRY. yup like a baby the tears flew. I sat in the chair in my scrap room and bawled. Now it could be the added hormones from the steroids (ya most likely) the fever (nah) or all said above, (that would be my guess) my sweet daughter looks at me as if to say (oh crapp I finally did it, she lost her mind, her head is going to explode. yall watch this, WHEHEWW) and strokes my hair and says.. "DOes this mean your finished crapbookin today?" for some reason that hit me as HYSTERICAL and I started laughing. She is looking around for, like, where is the tv crew for You've been punked, then she runs off. IM not sure out of fear or If she got bored. So, I look at this page I had worked on for ohhhh off and on, ALL DAY. And sigh. oh well don't they say mistakes are just places to add more embellishments? well THERE YA GO. That is how most of the objects were put on this page. TO COVER UP all the GLUE she slung all over the page. SO you may get your embellishing tutorial guide from Bella, starting next spring, on QVC, announced by some salesperson, who knows nothing about scrapbooking, all for the low price...... BUT WAIT! Hope you have a good day.
OMGOSH I WON! HOW EXCITING IS THIS! The layout I did for The Design Experiment WON. How appropriate that I win Webster's pages product hahaha! I am just "VOCIFEROUS" with Joy!! hehe I am so excited!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!
I GOT HAPPY MAIL YESTERDAY!! I am telling you my week started out awesome. My awesome cousin Jan, Sent me the cutest pottery barn collander to hold my buttons, NOW when Bella starts sorting and playing with my buttons, I dont have to freak out that she is gonna break my glass vase I had them in! She also sent me 2 of the cutest stamps from Imaginesce and Heidi Swapp and I also got some BASIC GREY PAPER!!!! You know Im in LLLLOVEEEE with Basic Grey. THEIR PRODUCTS MAKE ME SO OVER THE TOP HAPPY EVEN WHEN I FEEL CRAPPY I SMILE. I mean HOW can you not? They are in my top 3 (with Bo Bunny and Reminisce of course) I have it on my scrap table with photos on it right now awaiting adhesive and journaling. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH JAN love ya YOU ROCK sista!! Totally made my day!!
Ill show ya a pic of my layout as soon as my battery charges,
So what else is going on today? QVC has their scrapbooking day on TV. I like to watch and see the things they make and the cool product, but I don't ever buy anything. Well I mean right now we have priorities... its called INTERFERON, as bad as I hate taking it. Its part of life and its EXPENSIVE. So scrapstuff is down the list a ways. BUT, It makes me happy and smile. I can forget about all this for a while. speaking of which Mama don't panic but,
I broke out again with the shingle/chicken pox things they are on THE OTHER side now on my face (HOW LOVELY) and neck. I think it is because of my immune system weakening from the Interferon (have I said MS SUCKS today?) BUT I am still in "I CAN" land as I say. I am putting vitamin E as the pharmacist suggested to HOPEFULLY maybe I wont get CRATER sized scars. (juuuust lovely.) Always something. COULD BE WORSE I keep saying that. At least it doesnt hurt real bad just tired. IM very blessed and fortunate in my life. I have so many things to look forward to.
DON'T forget my Mantra for this week "I CAN" Keepin that up today. I am going to go rest for a bit THEN I will be back to post my layout I made with the Basic Grey Urban Prarie line (how scrumptiously good is that paper? oh man I am droooling)
OH and here is something else really cool. Just watch it. Thats all IM gonna say http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVQSZA9zSk it should make you feel good, and maybe Inspire you. ANd kinda goes along with my I CAN mantra. SO go ahead and click on the link... I know you CAN!! ;)
Don't be so quick to judge a book by it's cover,Sometimes there's real good stuff on the inside!! (You can use a transparency that is reversible to accent either page) GCD Studios pp,Bazzill just the edge,prima transparency
SURF'S UP DUDE, 2008 THE BEST OF TIMES!! (I LOVE THIS PICTURE)
GCD Studios pp, moxxie sticker, Making memories tag and tiny alpha stickers, Scenic route rub ons, hobby lobby bling, prima transparency
LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST, NEVER LEAVE THINGS UNSAID, ESPECIALLY AN APOLOGY OR AN I LOVE YOU!
GCD studios, Basic Grey buttons, Bazzill just the edge, zig writer
THE END GCD studios, prima flowers, hobby lobby bling American Craft Thickers
Here is the side view of the thickness of the book. *All edges were inked with colorbox fluid ink chalks.
Thanks for looking at my Beach REMEMBER THIS.. album. It was fun to make TOOK me forever but I think it was intended for me to finish it now. I changed a few of the bits of advice in there since ALeida's death. I miss her online. I learned alot from her life, but also her death. We are only here for what sometimes feels like forever but we only get one shot at this, and it is short. We have to make the most of it regardless our situation. Even though my life is somewhat limited, there is still alot I CAN DO. For that I am grateful and thankful. Im still learning the things I Cant. I hate that word can't but, that is reality. I missed some goals (I didnt get to go to Birmingham.., stupid chicken pox/shingles whatever they are) and was very very dissappointed, which we really didn't need to spend the money anyway, but I so wanted to see Cheryl. It will happen. I have faith.
My next small goal is Bella's field trip. IF IT IS NOT hot that day. Heat and MS are not friends. It is like superman and kryptonite. I tried to go outside and take these photos (the mini album) Saturday and almost couldn't get back in the house. so we are rethinking the field trip, John may have to go and just take a billion pictures. As bad AS I WANT to go, not sure how well a wheelchair will work there anyway. Would rather stay home than mess up Bella's day.
Shingles/chicken pox or whatever this is (its not just on one side) had a few pop out over the weekend so back on the meds. Its ALOT better today than last night so meds are working. I feel better than yesterday too. I slept alot this weekend.
SOOOO maybe today I will finish this layout with the new Basic Grey. I have it all laid out I just have to adhere it all down.
I hope you have a good week this week. Try to focus with me on I CAN. That is my mantra this week. I CAN! (and I will )
Here is some more of that Beach mini album I have been working on. IT IS ALOT of pages so bear with me. I wanted to do like a little advice book for Bella. Some cute little life lessons with photos. I think that some day she will enjoy this little book as much as I did making it. (hope so anyway) Hope you have a beautiful Sunday.
HEre are the rest of the pages of the BEACH MINI ALBUM by Prima: I used prima flowers,scenic route chipboard, scenic route rub ons, assorted Basic grey buttons, and BLING !
The journaling on this says: CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY, (GCD studios Patterned paper, creative imaginations epoxy stickers, prima angel wings) BECAUSE THE ENVIROMENT AND FRIENDS YOU CHOOSE ULTIMATLY DEFINE YOU, AND YOU WILL BECOME LIKE THEM. (Prima flower,doodlebug Gem, GCD STUDIOS patterned paper, hobby lobby bling)
Journaling: YOU CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN CONTROL HOW YOU REACT TO WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU. (GCD Studios patternend paper, Ki memories lace paper, Basic grey buttons, Reminisce stickers, Moxxie stickers, hobby lobby bling)
Two times in life when it is most important to keep your mouth closed, when your angry and when your swimming. (Thank you Cheryl for that quote I love it!!) GCD STUDIOS, patterned paper, Prima flowers, hobby lobby bling Basic grey buttons
IF you are happy with yourself, You will make other people happy as well.
I will do the remaining pages tomorrow. I told you it had alot of pages to it lol.
I have been working on this mini album for what seems like for flippin EVERRRRRRRR. I started on it back innn june? Maybe? Anyway I kept getting sick and then other projects took the forefront and it got pushed to the side. BUT, It was important to me to get this little book finished. It has little tidbits of advice in it I have learned along the way of my thirty "cough" something "cough" Years of life.
The album is from Prima. It was one of the add ons from Scrapbook Obsessions. I took colorbox chalk inks and a paint brush (not the foam kind the brushy kind) and swept it across the front. I used several different colors. I also used some of Tim holtz distress inks. THEN I took a dark brown and swept the pad lightly across to get the raised embosseed words darkened. That way you could read them easier. I used some ribbon that is like netting behind the photo and spelled out Beach in bead letters. I THINK that is a prima flower (honestly I have no idea where that flower came from if you recognize it gimme a yell) and the wooden number 5 came from Scrappin Friendsy. I took teeeeny tiny bling and dotted all the little i's with it on the book and center of the Ki memories lace paper flower that is on the back ground. Isnt that the cutest little star fish? I got that in one of those little bags at hobby lobby that has all the little buttony stuffs in it.(can't rem what they are called)
I hung the dog tag that I got from a friend long time ago (thank you Roberta) and the sunshine was a pull knob on this old little box that had a drawer. It was ugly on that thing but I kept it. Voila makes the perfect accent for this little album.
I will show you the first page and then tomoorow come back and I will show you some more of it.
on the left the intro page says:" This little book is filled with words of wisdom, just because I love you. Mommy"
The Journaling on second page reads: "When the going gets tough, DIG DEEPER, sometiems its not what we want to do, BUt we find our treasure in the digging instead of in the treasure chest" (meaning sometimes its the experience of doing something that makes it more meaningful, more so than the expected outcome. Say you want ice cream. Ice cream is good. But when you had to make that ice cream from scratch with your family and you had like a family reunion sitting around taking turns cranking that old timey ice cream maker.... If you have ever made ice cream that way, you KNOW the novelty of it all wears off realllly quick. ya theice cream taste good, but the memories you made while making that ice cream, visiting with family, taking turns crankin the ice cream maker will stay with you forever, and you will probably never ever forget how good that ice cream was,)make sense?
I used GCD studios patterned paper (from the Scrapbook obsessions kit) (prima flowers, creative imaginations epoxy stickers, just the edge cardstock, colorbox inks, some more of those little buttony things from hobby lobby, Bo Bunny cardstock dotted paper, 7 gypsies epoxy stickers, and a zig writer)
I also wanted to address some questions I got about my wall of stamp shelves in my scrap room. MY sweet, Handsome, awesome, talented, handy man of a father in law made those bad boys for me. John literally took all my stamps out and measured the smallest one to the largest. That way they knew they would fit. I NEED one more the size of Half where the wood comes down the middle of this one and my wall will be complete. BUT, My father in law is getting older and I think he cursed this, me and the wood more times than he cared to mention. He is a perfectionist. so he used the best lumbar the best everything. THESE PUPPYS ARE SOOOO HEAVY we had to use special stuff to keep em up on the wall. BUT that is just the kinda man my father in law is. HE WANTS THE BEST. I was thinkin' scrap lumbar, cheap, didnt care if it matched. I can paint it kinda thing, You can IMAGINE my SHOCK and SURPRISE when in he walks Christmas with this!!!! I cried! I was floooored! So these were my Christmas/ Birthday present from my in laws and I tell you. I value them with my life. He said THERE WILL BE NO MORE MADE LIKE THIS. He refuses. I have been offered all kinda money for them but Im sorry they mean more to me because he took the time to make these special. I told him he could make some money if he woudl make a few of these but, He said no thanks. SO... IM sorry. BUt If you know someone that crafty with wood stuff. I will be nice enough to give you the measurements off of mine. Or just measure your stamps and make it custom to your needs. I have told him time and again he needs to make these that I have people that will pay him. He is just not as able to do it as he once was. It is a shame because he is sooo talented with this kinda stuff.
ALSO I want to wish my AUNT IRENE a very Happy Birthday today. Bella painted you a picture and it will be in the mail on Monday. (I will give you a hint what it is when she decides to tell me! ha!)
I hope you have a good day and tomorrow I will put up some more of this book. It has lots of pages so I didnt want to bore you to sleep with all of it at one time.
I will start off with the good news, they say whenever you have bad news.. you should start with good news. Although most everyone out there already knows the bad news.
I finished my layout for Design Experiment last night. I started a layout for Aleida's memorial and wanted to put it up on here but.. I just, am having a hard time. I will try it again today. Here is my Design Experiment page. We had to open the dictionary and point to a word and scrap it. UGHHHH well. I am embarrassed to say I don't own a dictionary (I am sure there are shockwaves going across the world right now roflmao) SO I USED Dictionary.com and used the word of the day for day before yesterday... It was fitting for these photos of Bella. She was SOOOOOOO over me taking pictures of her. So the word of the day was Vociferous- vo·cif·er·ous /voʊˈsɪfÉ™rÉ™s/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[voh-sif-er-uhs] 1. crying out noisily; clamorous. 2. characterized by or uttered with vociferation: a vociferous manner of expression.
The journaling reads: You made it MORE THAN EVIDENT you were DONE with me taking you picture for the day.
It is raining today. Kinda seems fitting for the mood. THe mood so many in the scrapbooking/blogging world are in. Also Martin's brother's Funeral is today. They suspect, He was helping a homeless guy, which was something he did all the time. He is one of those that will go up to them and buy them a cup of coffee and witness to them. He would take them to clean em up and help them find a job. He did so much for the community. HE was a christian and an all around good guy. They suspect it was someone he was helping that killed him. SO please keep Martin and his family in your prayers today as they go through his memorial service. BIg Hugs to you Martin.
Today is also the memorial service for our sweet friend Aleida Franklin. The obituary made it real. I mean I believed them and all. I knew she had died... but when you read the words, and see the obituary, wow it isn't a dream. She is really ... I wish I could hug my friend Jessi right now. I know she is going to the memorial service. SHe was a personal IRL (in real life as in flesh and bone I see you all the time I scrap physically with you) Friend of hers. I feel so strongly and sad on this and I only talked to her on the internet and through blog land... I cant imagine what others are going through BETTER YET HER Family.
It is amazing how close we get on this boat anchor called a computer. But ya know, this computer has kept me sane (ok I know you question my insanity but stay with me here) on many days. I don't get out. I am pretty much home bound. Im not complaining. I just want you to grasp what I am saying. I DO NOT LEAVE MY HOUSE, except to go to the dr. SO yeah the friendships I have made on this thing ARE VERY REAL TO ME.
I talk to some of these people on this computer more than I talk to my family. THey are here no matter when I turn this thing on. Aleida was like that. When I got DX with MS. She sent me the sweeetest email tellin me pretty much she woudl KICK MY BUTT (ok yall know she dindt say butt) if I gave up and didn't give this a big fight. SHe said "THAT IS NOT the Nancy Jones I know, to just say screw it and give up, you have to beat the &^%$ out of this MS NancyJones!!!" She had me laughin so hard. Because then she said.. "ya know.. maybe you givin in would be a good thing.. LEAVE ME ALL YOUR SCRAP SH*T. I could just change out the photo, I would even leave all the mushy S&%T you wrote on it just put MY Bellas picture" I laughed so hard. That was totally like her.
Ok Im rambling. I just didn't want her to end. she was so much to so many. I will close this with her obituary. BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU. GRETA IS WORKING ON HER BOOK. IT IS BEING PRINTED AS WE SPEAK. IT IS ALLLLLLL OF HER BLOG POSTS and alot of her funny message board entrys, as well as posts where people put their memories of her. THis will be given to her husband and children. ANY MONEY THAT IS LEFT OVER WILL BE GIVEN TO THIS FAMILY. SO please. No amount is too small. A dollar even will help them. Gretas pay pal is SIGNAL47@aol.com You can read more about it HERE
You can read Aleida's Obituary and if you would like to leave condolences HERE, CLick on Lewisville and then Aleida Franklin.
That is all for today... thats it. Thats on my mind. Thats on everyone's mind. HUGS to her family and friends, Martin we love you and are praying for you and your family, you are all in my thoughts and prayers.
WOAH DUDE where did the day go. I know I was ASLEEEP! YA I know I hate waking up this late I feel so scattered and can't get into my daily groove. Im so rushed trying to get stuff done before bug gets home from school. I had night before those HORRRIBLE all over muscle spasms. That just JERK your entire body from sleep. SO needless to say I had a rough night (as did John and Bella bless their hearts) Last night was shot night so I took my muscle relaxer when I took my shot praying my body would just chill out. It worked (obviously) John said he wouldn't wake me up because I was so still and (yes breathing) but knew how bad I needed rest from just having pneumonia and the blame chicken pox/pneumonia. WE DO NOT WANT THAT AGAIN!!! (big skull cross bones stayyyy awayyy from here you hear me dont come back!!)
OK so on to the fun stuff: I DID the challenge for ONE LITTLE WORD challenge blog. SOOO MUCH FUN. I had these adorable pictures of Bella bug and Mister Guido. And just thought ok I must scrap these. Guido just lovesss his Bella HE THINKS she is HIS and well in a way.. I guess she is. He protects her and just stalks her sometiems haha. I have photos of him stalking her is too funny. I WISH he could be an inside doggy so bad. BUT, John and Bella are soooo allergic to his furry hair (I am a little but not the degree Bella is poor thing) Her skin breaks out so bad and she itches. We kept hoping as she got older she woudl out grow it but no. SO when she goes out and plays with him she has to immediatly come in and wash up so she doesnt break out in a big ol hive. so therefore... No Guido in house. We brought him in during the hurricane an and we are still finding his hair everywhere. HE WAS WELL BEHAVED don't get me wrong he did beautifully. Its just the hair. :( Poor fella.
OK so Here is my page
The Journaling says: "You can see it in his eyes, Guido TRULY loves HIS Bella. He will sit at the door so patiently waiting for HIS GIRL to come outside and play. 2008" Since Today Im talkin about animals. Not sure how yall feel about praying for animals. I do. They are one of Gods creatures and we get so attached to our animals just like people. Im really worried about my "nephew dog" Taz, tazzy, THE SPAZZ as we call him. HE is the funniest dog. Ok an example. One christmas my brother and Karen and his kids were at Karen's moms opening presents. YOU KNOW the normal hustle and bustle of Christmas going on everyone into their gifts. TAZ IS STanding ON THE BACK OF THE CHAIR looking down like "is it mine".. "hurry open it I wanna eat it!" He is just always spazzy, hyper full of energy happy dog. well he isnt quite like that. He hasnt been for quite a while now :( it is heart breaking. HE has been having seizures and its just not good. SO IF you pray. Pray for Tazzy. I wish it would just go away, BUT, I hate for him to suffer. SO just pray he doesn't. poor guy. Here is his pic: (this is out of a doggy mini album I made my sister in law last Christmas or christmas before I can't remmember.) but look how he smilin' he is so funny ALSO I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO POTTER!(Hey Potter) That is my pal LESLIE'S Doggy. He has been a SICK SICK puppy. You can follow Potter and his healing on her blog (just click her name)
OK Thats all I know for today. IM still tryin to catch up my day. Im gonna go work on a page for THE DESIGN EXPERIMENT blog. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE FUN!!
OK THIS GIVES The phrase my boy toy.... a whole new meaning.
John had to work later today, Martin his co worker and friend that has the Florida territory, had a death in his family. So, John is covering for him. (Please keep Martin and his family in your prayers please.) I still am not real secure driving yet. My legs give out on me at the drop of a hat and I never know when or where. My dear friend Tara Picked Bella up from school (that is Brayden the little monkey in the toybox in above photo's, AKA Bella's "boy" His mama) She brought her by the house and let her change into play clothes, then back to her house to play for a bit. Bella LOVES going to their house. She says they have the coolest toys (what she means is NO PRINCESS stuff and definitly nothing PINK) When she brought her back by, they played here for a bit and let us visit. It was good to have her over. I don't get out literally, I go to the dr. and that is a challenge. She helped us out a great deal I hope she knows how thankful we are. She also made my day brighter.
I tell you another thing that made my day. TIM HOLTZ. GOd Bless him He saved me alot of tears! I was working on a layout for the ONE LITTLE WORD challenge blog. I reach for my handy dandy Ranger Paint dabbers and the paint had seperated. It all kinda clobbed up at the top. So I did a quick inventory. I have A LOT of different bottles of this paint. EVERY ONE OF THEM but a couple were the same way and some of them had never been opened. MY HEART SANK. That is alot of money in paint. RUINED. I know I had not scrapped alot or used my paint in a while but, NEVER IMAGINED this would happen. I couldn't even imagine how I would tell John I would have to replace all this paint, It woudln't happen right now, not with these dr bills and medication bills adding up. PRAYING, I went to their website, trying to find anything that said I could add water or do some special dance move that would make this paint spring back to life. I did get a phone number off their site though and called but got an answering machine. There is a time difference and you know that tragedy as a rule never strikes until 5 minutes after closing time! I thought for a minute and asked my cousin Jan, Would it be inappropriate to email Tim Holtz and ask him if there was any way of salvaging this catastrophe. SHe said "shoot naw girl if it will save the paint email him!!" I had posted on a couple boards asking if anyone knew of anything and everyone was kinda with me at a loss. I was scared to just start experimenting till I heard back from Ranger.
So, I emailed Tim Holtz and it was NO TIME FLAT before I got a reply. HE SAVED MY PAINT and my supper (I was so nausas thinking of throwing out all that paint) SO ANyway I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HE SAID TO DO. SO IN THE EVENT (God Forbid) THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU. Maybe it will save you some worry :) (I got his permission before posting his email reply on my blog)
"hi nancy-
sorry to hear you’re having trouble with the dabbers. I completely understand your frustration, so here are a few ideas:
-first, always shake your dabber before you use. paint in general will always separate (even when you buy it from the hardware store to paint your house).
-if the paints are too thick, simply add some water to them and either shake them or stir them with a popsicle stick (you will not harm the paints by adding a little water to them)
-if the top of the dabber is dry, simply wet that as well to rewet the paint to flow through the top, you don’t need to remove or rinse it, just wet it
-also store your dabbers upside down. since paint is thicker than ink, they are much easier to get going if stored upside down.
hopefully this info helps. there are so many variables to these paints (temperature, storage, etc.) but if these tips don’t’ help, just let me know and I will forward your information directly to ranger for replacement. thanks…
-tim
tim holtz
www.timholtz.com
www.timholtz.typepad.com"
I also want to show you how I store my paint.
My father in law made these stamp shelves for me, I use one of the shelves in it for my paint. He actually recommends storing it upside down instead of on it side like I have done. So.. Not sure how I am going to redo this. I Have to have it where I can see it or it will forget what I have.
So I tried what he said, AND IT WORKED. THANK YOU AGAIN TO TIM HOLTZ for helping me through my little crisis. I also have to commend him. He was very quick on responding and as you can see was very accomidating and made sure my problem was taken care of. I was so very happy because I REALLY NEEDED to use my paint!!
I am almost finished with my layout for the "OLW" challenge, I will post it when it I get finished. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and all your paint never dries out =)
Been tryin' to keep my mind busy and off sad things. So I have been scrappin like crazy.
Here are a few things I have done in the last several days: This is a Christmas box to be used as a frame/mini album. I took a little wooden box that Came from I think Hobby lobby. (prolly did Im sure) and painted it then used Reminisce Christmas papers To alter it. I toook pieces of the die cut paper and cut the edges off to create the frame around the journaling tag sticker. I also for the front Took the stickers and stuck them to chipboard then cut them out. It is a really simple project that took about 3 hours to create. Now all I have to do is when Bella bug gets her Photo taken with Santa this year, Add the photos to the mini album. Get her to parr down her wish list so It will FIT ON THERE... And a cute little decoration we have.
This wooden frame was purchased from Hobby Lobby. I used the Reminisce Jungle papers on this one. I took the stickers and applied them to chipboard then cut them out. Added an initial after painting and voila a cute as can be Baby gift.
The challenge is CURRENT EVENTS... what about the world affects you??
I chose to scrap about the Hurricane since we are way down here where they all like to stall and blow around water and hot air... hmm notice the bad ones this year have been male names? Co Ink E Dink? Im thinkin NAH!!Ok back to the page. THis is an elsuck o photo because I had to take it in my kitchen and its night time and I have that flourescent light in there... so ya it sucks. BUT, I will retake the photo tomorrow so You can see that it looks much better. Ok so on with it:
BACK OFF GUSTAV!
I used Cosmo Cricket Patterned paper on this. The colors were just too perfect. John took these darling photos for me. (I was sick with Chicken Pox so I let him do the duty for me) I wanted to Do a page about the first hurricane of the season to make landfall Then I found this challenge and well how perfect was that? So anyway I cut out all the circles in the patterned paper and scattered them around kinda like a ughmm well a Hurricane. I used pop dots to pop the second photo forward to give it a more dramatic look and it to stand out in the foreground. I used the little line circles that were in the patterned paper to show direction that the sockets were turning. I thought well how cute would it be to have these as pointers to the article in the newspaper. I think it turned out cute.
The Journaling is as follows: BACK OFF GUSTAV Hurricane Gustav- The storm that just would not LEAVE! It kept going and going for over a week dumping rain and wind in its soggy path. It was followed by 3 more systems that 2 would end up becoming major hurricanes. Man I hate hurricane season. September, 2008
Tomorrow I am going to work on the ONE LITTLE WORD Challenge. The Word for this week is LOVE. I think I can handle that ;)
Challenge #4, Document your Hopes. Whether it is for you or for someone else. That is the topic for the next Challenge at PEN PALS.
Sounds easy enough. I was really happy that this was the topic of the challenge. I have been doing a lot of soul searching and thinking since Aleida's death, thinking I need to be sure I have pages with thoughts for the future for Bella. I think it will be interesting to look back at them in 10 to 20 years and see what we were wishing compared to how things turn out.
I chose to do mine on My hope for Bella. I used the World Traveler paper by Heidi Swapp. (isn't it gorgeous?) I love the deep earth tones. I made the little mini book out of cardboard with Making Memories hinges holding it in place.
The journaling is as follows: There are so many things that I hope for your future. You are such a smart, caring and beautiful girl. You have a beautiful heart so full of love. I hope you always stay true to yourself. Pursue your passions and live your life to the fullest. I hope you apply your self and get the most from your education. We will always sacrifice to make sure you have the best education we can get you. I hope you find a man someday as wonderful as your father to be your husband. NEVER settle for any one that does not cherish you and treat you like your father treats me. Make sure he is also your best friend. Forever is a long time when you are unhappy. I hope for you struggles that will make you strong. Unselfishness and happiness but most of all I hope that you know just how loved you are, and that I am so very proud to have you as my daughter. Love, Mommy xoxox 2008
There is still time if you would like to participate in this times challenge.We have alot of fun over there so come on and join in.
I also would like to wish my mom a very happy birthday today. She doesn't read my blog because well, she has enough trouble turning on the tv and getting her cable on the right channel. We won't venture on with computers. But, I know my family reads my blog and this will remind them that today is her birthday and when they call to tell her happy birthday, Be sure and mention you saw it on my blog :)
I love this picture is that not the cutest thing ever!!
I would also like to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers for Aleida's family. They are going through a horrible time right now as well as her friends. It has been a major shock. She was such a funny and loved person. It seems so unfair for her to be taken away the way she was. Greta is continuing the donations for making her blog into hardbound books for her husband and children. All the money that is left over will be given to them to do as they see fit. For more information click HERE. No amount is too small to donate. This is going to be a beautiful gift that they can add to the numerous scrapbooks that she left behind for them. I sure am going to miss that lady. I know there are a flood of others that will as well.
I just received the SCRAPBOOKING.COM newsletter in my inbox. I have an article in there. Click HERE to have a peek at it and be sure to sign up to receive the newsletter every month. It is FULL of awesome ideas!
I need to go get busy. I have a lot of scrappin to catch up on. Hope you have a wonderful day.
This photo was taken off a recent post on Aleida's blog. WE SURE ARE GONNA MISS YOU LADY!! The world has a little less humor and brightness today. I will miss her puns on how I can just go on and send her what ever project Im workin' on since her baby girl's name is Bella also. I will mis her in the blog world as well as the scrappin world. SHe was such a funny lady.
My friend Greta has gotten some info and is getting her blog turned into a hard bound book to give to the family. She is accepting pay pal donations. PLEASE if you would like to donate anything feel free to it does not matter how much every dollar will go to her family. She hopes to have some left over to just give them the money.
you can read the information and how to do so HERE
I have thought about this all evening and can't get it out of my head. This is such a horrible tragedy. For those that don't know. She was killed Friday in Dallas in a car accident. SHe was hit by a car driven by a 22 year old that ran a red light. The scrapbooking world is in tears. No one can believe it is true.
It has made us all hold our kids a little tighter. I am so glad her family will have those beautiful scrapbook pages she made. They will have those memories of her to look at forever. THAT is why I scrapbook. It is making it even more important and real tonight.
I hope if you don't scrapbook or anything of the sort, That you will at least take more photos after today. Capture memories for your family to continue on with. I know scrapbooking isnt for everyone but, anyone can take a picture.
Hug your family a little tighter and tell em you love em an extra time today.
We will miss you Aleda and I wish I had known you even better than I did.
I think we are about to kick this. HUGE PROGRESS. I feel so much more human. Want to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes. Im still not 100% but IM getting there quickly. Thank you again so much.
We are watching this Hurricane IKE now. My goodness he sure is causing a big mess and throwing alot of water around. I fear for those people in Galveston Texas. One of the news reports said that the coastal areas had so much flooding expected that IMMENENT DEATH would be if they didn't evacuate. Hmmmmm. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY CUE TO LEAVE! It is hard for me to believe people still continue to stay when they announce 50 foot waves headed your way. Maybe they have surfboards and a really clear conscience. I dunno. I pray for everyone in harms way though. I hope it doesnt do alot of damage. I know what all it is causing here and we are several states away so I can only imagine.
I hope to get to scrap some this weekend IM SOOOOOOOO behind on stuff. This has really kicked my tail. Im glad it is about over with. My house is so in dissarray. I can't find NUTHIN haha. Poor John and Bella they have been doin best they can while I have been out for the count for so long.
Speaking of which I better go on and get something out of dinner... I WANT REAL FOOD!!!! Have a great day I hope to ceom back later with scrappy stuff to share!
Yes Im still alive, No Im not well yet. Still got chicken pox on my face and neck and a few scattered here and there that are sores now (thank god they have progressed to sores from the blisters) Yes I am still running fever Yes I still feel like crapp. YES I Plan on going back to dr. I think I covered all the questions. If you have ever had pneumonia you understand how hard it is to talk on the phone but also how hard it is to sit up for any long period of time. Makes everything hurt. SO I was just getting all the questions I am being asked out of the way. YES I am doing the breathing treatments i got up to every 6 hours before having to go back to every 2 hours. Im going to go back to bed now. BUT thank you so much for the prayers and well wishes Just isnt anything new to tell. I do think I am a little better... Just dunno what its gonna take to get rid of this crapp.
embellishments. It was liquid enough that you could slide it around and match up the edges but then hold really well and not have to worry about losing your embellishments off of the album.
