Just a lil showing off....

FINALLY I can show you the layouts that were published in the new Layout Blueprints 2 book! I got my copy today in the mail along with a check!! Wooooohooooo!!

Been adding to my

Etsy store again! Feels good to create!! Trying to fund a much needed scrappy retreat and since gas mileage is soooo darn out of control, I want to try and raise some extra cash. What better way to do it than create for other people, right??
Go check out my store RIGHT HERE!!

been quite some time...

since I blogged and I figured I better do some catching up here! After the long weekend and the storms and some nice weather, I have not done much in the ways of scrapping, that's for sure! We did try and go camping over the Memorial weekend and the weather was absolutely HORRID. Cold and windy and rainy and you name it....did manage some good pictures tho...







And how bout a lil sneaky peek from the upcoming June Kit over at Treasured Scrapbooking??

I wish i was still there....

on the beach in Florida. I am in love with the beach and the weather and the all around BEAUTIFUL scenery!


But for now I am loving Iowa and will stay here indefinitely. At least I can scrap about the beach, right??

Landscaping has taken the place....

of my scrapping time right now....
Here is what I labored all dang day over hauling 1800 lbs of dirt here and there and everywhere and getting rid of newly grown grass, covering with weed 'paper' hammering in edging and voila! Of course the grass is still pretty spotty since we have only seeded it once but hopefully it will get better over time with more atering and seeding.

Pretty plain jane right now since I could not do the planting of the flowers but it's a start! Today I am going to try my best to fill up the new flower bed and ponder on some ideas for the rest of my 'landing strip' as I like to call it.....



And then there are the two other sides of the garage that need attention....oh boy! This will be the best workout I have had in YEARS!!

Meltin some Hambly...

definitely LOVED doing this!! Melting Hambly was an idea that came from Scrap in Style TV and I think I have found a new obsession.....





Hoping to spend lots and lots of time outside today and tomorrow diggin in the dirt and doing some landscaping with the girls....wish us luck! Averee wants to create a Fairytopia in the backyard. I have quite a lot of work to do I guess if I am to recreate that!

More pics and creations...

Averee looks just about as happy with my new IPOD NANO that I got for Mother's day as I was. Talk about being shocked and looooooving my present!! I have wanted one forever and now I have one. I can no longer say that I am behind in the times of music!

couldn't think of a clever title so that will do. Just wanted to share a few pictures and some creations!

The girls and I planted flowers on Friday afternoon and this one just happens to be my favorite....of course by the time we were done and I remembered to take a pic it was dark, but at least I remembered!

Post Full of Pictures!

Just wanted to share some photos of my recent trip to Florida. One day soon I will have the courage to blog about my travels there and back. But for right now it is better off unsaid...

Leaving....

on a jet plane...don't know when I'll be back again...
Ok I do know when I will be back! Monday night, but the song has been in my head all week! Friday is here and it's all for REAL now! Will be leaving home in four short hours to go meet some of the lovelies from SCRAPLOVE in Miami Florida! I am sooo many things right now...nervous, anxious, eager, sad, crazy afraid, EVERYTHING! I know we will have a fabulous time and that it just will go by too fast! Will try to give a good update over the weekend if I have puter access!

WISH ME LUCK!!