A MONTH IN REVIEW

Hi Everyone . . . I cannot believe that another month has flown by . . . I mean really, where did all the time go for the month of March . . . I felt like I got nothing accomplished, that is until I looked at my calendar --- LOL I was busy . . . that being said I decided that I would share a little bit of what took place during my life in the month of March . . . soooooooooo grab something to drink - go potty because this is going to be a loooooooong one . . . 

It all began on Thursday, February 28th . . . we were at the Tank watching the San Jose Sharks vs Detroit Red Wings hockey game . . . 

And while hubby and I were done in San Jose, I was able to take a live class being taught by the  talented Stephanie Ackerman at Scrapbook Island on Saturday, March 2nd . . . her class was called "52 Card Pick Up" . . . Stephanie also offers this class on-line and you can check it out here . . . 

Now you may think that I would have a quite Saturday evening, LOL, but nooooooo . . . because the majority of our family is down in the bay area I contacted everyone before we left Oroville and we celebrated my hubby's 65th birthday a few days early (his b-day is March 7th) . . . our son hosted a family BBQ at his home . . .

We now leave the bay area with the promise to return soon (which turned out to be sooner than we thought-LOL) and have a few quite days at home . . . the reason it's quite is because I have to renew my Notary so I am studying (cramming) for the Notary Public exam I have to take on Friday in Rocklin (1-1/2 hours away).  It met spending Thursday night in Rocklin as I had to be at the seminar at 7:15am  (BTW I just got notice this past week that I passed the test with a 96-YAHOO!!!) . . . 

During the next week I began working on a new project . . . I had decided to participate in an ATC swap with 11 other women . . . we are from all over the world and we know each other only on-line though Kathy Orta's site, Paper Phenomenon . . . this is my very first ATC swap and I had to get 12 ATC's done and in the mail to Canada by March 20th . . . right now I will only show you the back of the cards I made for everyone --- I don't want to spoil the surprise for any of the other swappers . . .

Moving right along, on Saturday, March 16th I spent the evening at one of my LSS, Paradise Scrapbook Boutique celebrating St. Paddy's day with a few of my wild & crazy friends . . . 

Next up, it is time for the annual egg dying party with my granddaughter and friends . . . 

LOL - I don't know which stains my hands more, dying eggs or using Tim Holtz products.  The egg dying always starts out nicely but soon gets out of control - hmmmmmmm same thing happens when I use TH and Dylusion products - LOL . . . 

Well, believe it or not we are coming to the end pretty soon . . . just one more thing . . . we found ourselves back down in San Jose for Easter weekend . . . my son's girlfriend owns a high end consignment shop, It's A Girl Thing and I make speciality flags for some of her customers, like this one 

Oh and while we were down there we attended another San Jose Sharks game as the guests of It's A Girl Thing (she had her name advertised on the Jumbo Tron during a game break) . . .

Well, CONGRATULATIONS!!!  You have made it through the longest posting I have ever done . . . now aren't you glad you went to the potty at the beginning - LOL . . . that's all for now . . . thanks for stopping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses . . . LindaB

LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCE . . .

Good Evening everyone! I know it has been a little while since my last blog, but like everyone else sometimes life takes over and you are very busy!!! That's my story and I am sticking to it-LOL. . . Tonight I would like to share with you one of those layouts from my stash of incomplete layouts . . . yes, I finished another one (LOL). . . you would think that the cabinet that is storing all of those incomplete scrapbooking layouts would be going down, but nooooooo it doesn't look like it yet . . . anyway back to the layout I did complete . . . Back in 2008 my hubby and I attended one of our son's high school friends second wedding. Also invited to this wedding was our daughter and granddaughter . . . it was a very nice proper wedding until the live band began to play at the reception . . . all of a sudden little girls came out of the woodwork and took over the dance floor . . . they were having so much fun and we adults were enjoying their free style form of dancing a lot . . . the poor bride and groom had to cut and serve the wedding cake to get these little dancing queens off the dance floor . . . so drum roll please here are some pictures of my granddaughter having the time of her life . . . For this layout I used the Fancy Pants "Dancing Girl" line of paper. It was just perfect for these pictures of the little dancing queens - LOL!!! . . . Well that's all for now . . . thanks for stoping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses - LindaB

HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Good Morning . . . I want to wish everyone a JOYOUS & HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY and I want to share with you today some valentine "lollies" I made. Last Saturday I spent a wonderful day at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique's annual Valentine crop . . . you know where you visit a lot, eat way too much food and get some scrapping in (very little scrapping on my part as I am busy visiting - LOL) . . . at each assigned seat was this little stack of goodies waiting for us. Well, the wooden thread spool and wooden dowel in the packet of goodies just screamed "LOLLIE" (as well as the store sample) . . . sooooooooooo I made one. Which lead into my making two more at home! Here are what the individual lollies look like. Don't know what I am going to do with them as my dear hubby points out they do not exactly go in with my home decor, but I do soooooooo enjoy making them . . . I am already thinking of ones to make for St. Paddy's Day (hahaha). Sooooooo, that's all for today . . . thanks for stopping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses - LindaB

AND THE ANSWER IS . . .

Hi Everyone . . . back on February 3rd I posted a picture of this container that I made for a friend, but I wouldn't tell what was wrapped in the green tissue paper . . . Well the time has come for the big reveal . . . Hmmmmmmmm, still can't figure out what it is . . . here's some more hints (and you should get it this time) . . . . . . TADA . . . it's a SEAT BELT SNUGGLE and it is being modeled by the lovely birthday girl herself, Diana Higgins!!! I know you are saying to yourself "what the heck" but we short people have a terrible time with seat belts rubbing against our necks and these little cozies are an answer to our prayers . . . they also keep that side of the neck warm (hahaha). I found the free pattern for this little jewel back in 2006 on the internet (tried to link it to this post but apparently the site no longer exists). . . so now I am off the take pictures of some valentine lollies I made . . . Thanks for stopping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses . . . LindaB

AND SO IT BEGINS

Hi . . . in my last post I said how I had amended my New Year's resolution from "not starting a new project until I finished the current one" to "for every new project I complete I will blindly reach into my unfinished project cabinet, pull out one of the incomplete projects and finish it before I move onto my next new project" . . . well yesterday I did just that and here is the 2-page layout I finished . . .

This was a kit I purchased back in 2008 (only know this because of the copyright date on the Teresa Collins paper) from MMK scrapbook store in Chico that is no longer a physical store (Michelle, the owner, now has an on-line store) . . . I was also lucky in that the instructions, bits & pieces and a colored picture were all there so it was easy to complete (YAY) . . . the line of paper that was used was Teresa Collins "Travelogue" and I remember at the time of purchase that I thought this would be a perfect layout for putting pictures of our Disneyland trip with our granddaughter . . . as you can see there are no pictures as we have not taken our granddaughter to Disneyland yet . . . but I am now ready with this layout when we do (hehehe). . . . . . Well, that's all for now . . . thanks for stopping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses - LindaB

OH NO!!!

The title of this post tells all!!! Look at what I found when I was cleaning up the mess I made from my last project (LOL-still have glitter everywhere) . . .

That's right UNFINISHED SCRAPPY PROJECTS!!!! I can not believe that I have this many unfinished pages . . . most of them are 2-page layouts, some need both pages completed (which means I never started them), some need just one page completed and all of them need pictures! EGADS!!!!! Some of these kits are current (well 2012 current) and some go back at least 6 years to when I use to scrap at a scrapbook store that is no longer in business. I now feel very guilty over not finishing these beauties . . . sooooooooooo . . . I have added an addendum to my New Year's resolution . . . my resolution was that I would not start a new project until I finished the current one . . . well it's now going to be . . . for every new project I complete I will blindly reach into this cabinet, pull out one of the incomplete projects and finish it before I move onto my next new project . . . looks like it is going to be a very long and busy year - LOL! Well, that's all for now . . . thanks for stopping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses - LindaB

A NEW GIFT CONTAINER

Happy Saturday Everyone . . . I wanted to share with you today a little container I made to put a handmade gift into for a sweet friend for her birthday . . . I will share with you, at a later date, the gift I made her (just in case she reads this posting) . . . I am known by my scrappy friends for these rounds boxes I decorate to look like little cakes . . .

As the majority of my friends have received one of these boxes from me I had to come up with something new to put little gifts in and this is what I made . . . .

Now I probably saw an example of this somewhere on the internet and I am sorry to say that I don't remember exactly when or who made the original (even though I am pretty sure it was Karin of Creative Chaos - I love her blog) . . . anyhooooooo, I made this container by covering up a purchased paper cone with some scrapbook paper from my stash (wish I knew the name of the is paper as I would love to get more, that is even if they make it any longer-LOL), gathered strips of crepe paper (did this by hand while watching the SJ Sharks win another hockey game - YAY), found some silver tinsel and ribbon in my stash, cut out scalloped circles with my Cricut and went on a Martha Stewart glitter frenzy (glitter everywhere and I mean everywhere!) . . . it is any easy peasy project . . . Well, that's all for now . . . thanks for stopping by and until next time . . . Hugs & Kisses . . . LindaB