Happy {early} Birthday Mommy

My mom will be celebrating her 55th birthday in about five days. So I took her out for a just us girls dinner and a movie. We went to Carrabbas!Superyumaliciousness! I ate the most delicious shrimp scampi I have EVER tasted. I must look up the recipe. Mom had calamari…I have tried before and it was ok. But these were the actual shapes of little deep fried octopi…too gross for me!!! We both had drinks…she had a razzamatini and I had a pomegranate margarita. Both were WAY heavy on the alcohol.  Then I had the Johnny which was

Sirloin Marsala
10 oz. USDA Choice center-cut sirloin grilled and topped with mushrooms, prosciutto and our Lombardo Marsala wine sauce

and

Chicken Bryan
Grilled chicken breast topped with goat cheese, sundried tomatoes and a basil lemon butter sauce

and

Mezzaluna
Delicate half moon ravioli stuffed with chicken, ricotta and spinach in a tomato cream sauce

I am not a ravioli fan so the Mezzaluna did not impress me but everything else was soooooo good!.

Then we went to see Wolverine…great movie. My mom is not really a big Marvel fan (unlike me) so I had to keep giving her back story. All in all we had a great time and it was a great day so we got to ride in her Mercedes Coupe with the top down.

in scrapping news, AliSarah Designs picked me for her one kit call for Brace Face (YAY me!)…I already did one LO…

Details (and if you wanna leave me love) can be found

Scrapable

DesignsInDigital

Digishoptalk

DoItDigi

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!