Poor neglected blog

I havent blogged in forever….many days I say I gotta do it today and time just gets away from me. My eldest dd is graduating this year. She turned 18 in  February and each month gets closer to her leaving the nest. May 2 she went to her senior prom.

This is her and her date (and best friend) Lamar. They looked so gorgeous. Its a bittersweet feeling to see her growing older…what happened to my baby….

She always did look gorgeous in pink!

With all of that going on and my grandma passing away, I haven’t really been in mood to design. No creative spark at all. So I think I am just going to concentrate on forum participation at the sites I sell at and scrapping some of these  gazillion pictures I have. Now if I could just stay off of FB

Been a while

Since I last blogged…lots going on in my world. Eldest daughter got her first car! 2004 Olds Alero…her car is newer than MINE! LOL. But I wanted peace of mind when she goes all the way down to Louisiana  that she will have reliable transportation! She of course is over the moon.

I entered the Design2Inspire contest at Inspiration-Lane.com. Here is my week one entry :

be sure to stop by the gallery to grab it! It’s Free which is always good right?

Here is my week 2 Entry:

You can grab it (also free) right here

I did make a layout for Elemental Scraps template challenge with it.

Zaniyah Easter 2008 you can go there and leave me love…if you like!

Serious Swag

I love the ADSR…this is my second year and I love how it gets me in scrapping mode. The challenges encourage me to step outside the box and get my mojo flowing. I often forget one of the greatest things about the ADSR….the fabulous prizes. I feel like a celebrity grabbing all these great swag….here are just a few of the things I have picked up…

 

These are from Tangie Baxter’s SBG shoppe and just gorgeous!

I also picked up SherrieJD’s Curious Collection:

 

And this gorgeous ( I just cant stop using that word) goodie from Anita Stergiou Designs

I cant wait to play!

It’s A New Day

Literally and figuratively….a new day in that we have never seen this day before. But also a new day in American History…history of the WORLD. And in words of the will.i.am, its been a long time coming…..Today President-Elect Barack Obama will be sworn in as 44th POTUS. WOW. It still gives me goosebumps. Not sure if I ever believed (before this year) that I would see it in my life time. And I am young (relatively). I guess it only took almost the total collapse of this country. Hopefully we the people can come together (once again) to form a more perfect union.!

In scrapping news…I been a scrap sensation. ADSR is always a big motivator and this years run is no different!Here are some of the challenges I have completed so far…

New look

I decided to change my blog…if you stopped by yesterday..you might have noticed I had changed it to something other than how it looks now..due to technical difficulties and someone else using the same layout…I chose this!

I am a summer baby…love the sun…have always loved celestial decor and even have a tribal sun tattoo on my back. So it wasn’t hard to go with a theme that featured the sun. Especially since we are in dead of winter with temps in low teens daily…..

I have been revamping some old stuff  I had done and hopefully will have some new kits in my stores soon. 

Major Snow

It was HORRIBLE this weekend. We had our first major snow of the winter. Every year at this time, I regret moving from Dallas back home to Ohio.

Isn’t that just YUCH??? Thats my little Skylark buried under about 9 inches of snow. Poor baby!

In other news, I have of course signed up for ADSR4 and worked well ahead. I had both challenges done before FRIDAY!!! Wooo Hoo! I also completed another layout. Here they are ….

Here are links if you want to see them close up or credits or both!

Azraelle (ADSR4 Challenge 1)

Cabin Fever Blues (ADSR4 Challenge 2)

SoBeautiful (ElementalScraps Template Challenge)

I have started working on Challenge #3…I am scraplifting one of my first layouts. And its one of my favorites.

This is my husband kissing our (then 1 minute old now 3 yr old) daughter. Its a beautiful picture and I can’t wait to scrap it again!

Happy 2009

I saw midnite with my family as usual. We drank our sparkling cider and talked for a while longer. Talked about what our plans for this year might include. The Diva who is 17 and in her senior year of high school is chomping at bit to get out of Dodge. She is headed to Grambling in the fall. I look forward to it in a bittersweet way..hard to believe my lil baby is just about growed up..sniff sniff…but other times I am ready to strangle her!

I also did my daily mugshot. Here is today…check back  for daily update 

My daily mugshot is here

Daily Mugshot

 

I also started a frugal crafters yahoo groups…sometimes my craft hobbies can get expensive and I gotta work on that. The group is in its infancy but if you are frugal and crafty…feel free to join me…it will include picture shares, techniques, and of course chit chat.

FrugalCrafters