Scrapbook Update - For Real!

I did it! I managed to finish those 2 layouts from 2 weekends ago. I got the journaling done this morning. Of course I used that as an excuse not to workout! This layout details the ceremony and includes the invitation. The flowers and embellishments are pretty much the same as the last wedding layout. In the August kit I got these Heidi Swapp journaling squares that were really cute but I didn't know how to use them since I don't do much hand journaling. I tried to run them through my printer and that didn't work. Well I used them to make the bottom border. I added some more flowers and rub-on words. I have a detail shot here so hopefully you can see that they are little white pieces of shaped paper with light pink borders.
This next layout shows some of the posed family shots that were taken. Another really simple layout of cardstock, a metal frame, flowers, and more pearl brads.
In the September kit a piece of scalloped edge cardstock was included. I loved it but it was black and too dark for this layout (everyone is already wearing black) so I traced it onto a piece of ivory paper and cut out some scallops of my own. I think it is so pretty. As I look at this photo I realize that I seem to REALLY like symmetrical pages. Hmmmmm....

These layouts bring my total to 49 layouts! Wow! Only 3 to go and I have met my goal!

Garden Update

It looks like our yellow squash has recovered from the harsh summer and our neglect. We harvested this little yellow squash yesterday and it looks like there may be a couple more coming. Tomatoes are still going strong and one of the other gourd plants that looked dead seems to be enjoying the cooler weather and is growing steadily. I don't know what Greg was thinking when he composed this photo of the squash. Perhaps he wanted the weiner dog placemat to give you a sense of the size? Hmmm?

I am hoping to scrapbook a little tonight since Greg was a sweety and got the veggie "meat" loaf prepped last night while I was at BSF. We are going to have some mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it but that shouldn't take much time to whip up. Yum!

Monday

I didn't get any scrapbooking done this weekend. I finally got the my printer ink changed on Sunday night because I had to print out a new chart for my fridge (where I record my daily exercise). It kills me a little because I got such a great kit in the mail this month:The paper in this kit is so divine that I love BOTH sides of the double sided paper. I can't decide how best to use it! There are little felt flowers and big newspaper flowers and interesting journaling cards (in the black spiral bound notebook). I love it is all but I am still working in pink wedding pages. I suppose I could put them aside and work on this but I have so much wedding related stuff out that it would be a lot of work to set it all aside and change gears now. I must plow ahead. I am going to try and do a little work this week. Back to my old method, just a few minutes a day.

I am lame!

Since no one really wants to read blogs about what I ate for dinner or watched on tv I really have nothing to say!

I did catch the season premiere of The Office last night and laughed my butt off. Otherwise I haven't have done much else.

This weekend I need to pick up a birthday gift for little guy who is turning one on Sunday so that should be fun. I of course want to finish those wedding pages and clean the house a little. Then I am helping with the volunteer fair at church on Sunday after the birthday party.

Greg will of course be at school at least part of the weekend. He has had a tough week. We received a check in the mail from his school this week quite unexpectedly. When he investigated it turns out they dropped one of his classes and refunded his money. Why? Well we would like to know too! They claim it was a strange random fluke and now he has to run all over creation to get it fixed. I love when an institution makes a mistake and then make the victim run all over the rectify it. Poor guy! He is going to try and get it resolved after work today. I am just sad because he wasn't planning to go to school tonight and I was going to get to spend some time with him. Maybe this weekend!

Have a wonderful weekend. Fall begins on Saturday so you have one night to live it up summer style!

Scrapbook Update?

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! The sun is shining today and I love it!

I did work on a couple more wedding layouts over the weekend but my printer ran out of ink so I couldn't do the journalling and finish them. I finally got the ink last night so hopefully soon I will have something to show you. They look VERY similar to the last wedding layout.

I haven't had much time at home these days. I have been trying to workout each day and it has really been dominating my mornings. I can't manage to do much else. And then in the evenings I have been trying to make a home cooked meal every night to ensure we are eating right and saving money so that has been taking up my evenings. Combine that with BSF back in full swing and television premiers I don't have a lot of free time.

Speaking of premiers, The Office premiers this Thursday and the first episode is supposed to answer all our questions about Jim and Pam. I can't wait! I will be watching alone unfortunately since Greg has class so no one will be around to hear me squeal.

I hope to have more to report soon!

Weekend Goals!

It has been raining here for 2 (or more) days so I imagine I will be spending a great deal of my weekend indoors unless the weather takes a turn for the better. I am hoping to get some scrapbooking done. I haven't had a lot of extra time lately and have fallen behind slightly in my productivity when it comes to hobbies. I am so close to completing my goal that I can't give up now! I got my September scrapbook club kit in the mail last night and am really excited to use it. I think it may be my favorite so far. I was going to take a photo this morning but with all the rain it was so dark and gloomy I couldn't get a good shot.

Have a great weekend!

I'm In Heaven

I got this in the mail last night. If you don't already watch this show, please give it a chance. It is only 30min on Thursdays but it is HILARIOUS!! I am so addicted to the office that I watch is on the train on my video ipod and have to force myself not to laugh out loud (so people won't stare). Greg and I watched the blooper reel last night and we were both laughing so hard I almost peed my pants. I hope that season 3 is just as good as season 2! A lot of the extra footage is available at nbc.com for free if you want to take a peek.

And for you BBC Office lovers, give the US version a try. They really came into their own in season 2. I promise you won't be disappointed!

Tomatoes will survive the apocalypse!

The tomatoes were the only thing in the garden that survived this summer. Greg and I picked these over the weekend and turned them into a yummy spaghetti sauce. They were really delicious. We tried to harvest the beets but in our neglect they had become uncovered by the soil and were growing completely on the surface of the ground. Because of that they were really hard and dried out. So much for beets.

So we moved on to carrots. This is what we found. Warning! When you neglect your carrots they grow into each other and meld in to giant mutant carrots. When I cleaned and cut these up one was completely hollow inside and had to be pitched. There are a few more mutant carrots out there but that is about it. Just tons of tomatoes. I plan to make some more sauce and freeze it for the winter. I am sad that not one pumpkin or gourd survived. I love to use them as decorations in the fall. I guess I will have to visit the farmers market this year for my decorations!

Now we are trying to plan a garden clean-up day to get all the beds cleared and mulched for winter. We have new neighbors next door and I am sure they are wondering what is up with the weed patch out back!

It begins again.

Tonight is the first night of BSF. Over the weekend I didn't get much scrapbooking done but I did manage to make a new cover for my binder this year. Since I work with kids I try to do something fun. Last year I had 4 girls in my class so I did all pink with flowers and ribbon. This year I am teaching 6-7 year olds and I have 2 boys and 2 girls so I went with something colorful but not too girly (except for the big flower!). I think it counts as a layout toward my goal.
Today also happens to be the 5th anniversary of 9-11. Last night Greg and I reflected on our experience in the city on that day and were more moved than we thought we would be bringing up those old memories. Luckily we were fresh home from church and an awesome sermon on Mark 13:24-37. The passage reminded us of Christ's impending return and 9-11 reminds us how desperately we need Him when we recognize our capacity for evil. Christ is returning to right all wrongs and redeem and renew His creation. Knowing this we are able to LIVE in light of this hope (that was the sermon challenge). It was a great comfort as we watched the news last night and those images we hadn't seen in 5 years.

More Scrapbook Stuff

Sorry I don't have a new topic today. All I have been doing is washing clothes most days. I loving Rosie SOOOO much! I have her set to run a load today so that when I get home the drying will be almost done. Gotta love doing laundry while I'm at work. BSF starts in a few days and I haven't even begun planning my lesson! Oy!

Rachel and Chris just celebrated their second anniversary yesterday so it is fitting that I post this layout which I finished last weekend. I am not thrilled with the dead space on the right but I love the detail around the focal photo. Please excuse the color differences. They are the same pale pink paper on both halves. The lighting was just kind of bad. The detail work:
Pearl brads, paper flowers, rhinestones, and white brads too. I copied this right off the cover of CKs Special Wedding Issue. I loved it so much and I think it worked really nicely on my layout. I have lots of wedding photos left so I think there will be 2-3 more wedding layouts.

Scrapbook Update

My photos arrived from www.scrapbookpictures.com and I was very happy with my order. As you can see the photos were all different sizes and most were pre-cut for me. All I had to do was trim and add them to my prepared mini-book. I added a few more embellishments and I was done. I will definitly use this company again. They have so many more options than the other places I was using to develop my pictures.

Most of my photos were 2x2 inch. Having them printed at that size was much better than what I usually do which is attempt to crop them myself.My mom found some dies for my Quikutz that are of punctuation () {} [] * etc. I used them in this little book (thanks mom!). Most of the other supplies came from the August scrapbook kit. It was so nice to have everything coordinated for me. It made it really easy.

These are just 3 of the 8 layouts that highlighted my experience in San Antonio. So far people have enjoyed looking through it.