E.A.D. Bloghop DAY!!!

Hi Everyone!!

I'm so glad you stopped by,

Thanks so much!!

I've got a couple projects to show you today!

Supplies Used: E.A.D. Designs Vinyl Tile Good Coffee is a PleasureUnity Stamps: Worn Grid, Distressed Dots; I found the plate at a local thrift store.

I wanted to show how very versatile these vinyl products are. I love finding new things to stick them on!

"What A Hoot"

Supplies Used: E.A.D Designs Vinyl Rub Ons in "What a Hoot"

Paper is Sassafrass Lass

I ordered the rub-ons in "cherry red" one of the many really great things about the E.A.D. products is that they are almost completely customizable!!

Now go check out what the rest of the team has got going!

Vikki

Valerie

Danielle

Susan

Is is Monday already...?

"THE PLACES YOU'LL GO"

Supplies Used: Pattern Paper Sassafrass Lass, Rub ons Making Memories

Ric Rac Doodlebug, other Vintage dictionary pages decoupaged on bazzil cardstock

photo is from an old issue of Family Circle

This is for a challenge going on at the Pagemaps blog

The challenge was to use the sketch and create a layout around the theme

"What's On My Mind?"

The answer to that question is "Books" of course!

and speaking of books

I have another giveaway going on over at

Chic Book Chick!!

If you haven't been over there, I hope you stop by!

I've been having book giveaways like crazy!!

Somehow the weeks preceeding my 35th birthday

(which is ..OMG..Friday)

seem to have been sucked into a black hole

I have to get my Driver's License renewed this week...

HAVE TO

This is what I get for putting it off

it has something to do with my driving phobia since we moved here...

You See,

I want to live

Anyway

that's it for today

Have a great one!!

Growing In Unity Week!!! Day two...

Hello my funny little friends...

Well, it's Tuesday,

GIU Day 2....

and hopefully I am somewhere

past Lexington, Ky

on the road in my Dodge Dakota

free and easy down the road I go

with Houdini and Gerbil our Hamsters

and Duchess and Cocoa the dogs

and one of the kids

probably strapped to the roof with duct tape...

ok not really

BUT

enough about The Travelling Castellano's

You want eyecandy

so here ya go

I made this envelope using a 61/2 by 12 sheet of cardstock, folded up the bottom to about two inches from the top and stiched around the sides to create a pocket. I then folded down the top to creat a flap, and scalloped the edge and rounded all the corners. I used Unity Stamp Company: Giggle Grove, Growing in Unity, and Circle of Thanks. Paper is Basic grey Offbeat. Love that paper!

And a layout...

I used Unity Stamp Company Nov KOM, Our Life Our Stories, and Smile Paper is We R Memory Keepers and Fancy Pants..

Don't forget to leave a comment because you love me!

or because you just want a chance to win free stamps

Thanks!!

Ready to play...It's Hip Hop Hangover Day....!!

First things first...click above to go shopping and get free shipping until midnight!! There are also a whole buttload of deals and new stamps and all kind of eye candy over there for you to chew on!!

The Unity Gang has done it again!!!

I have a sketch for you today! This is sketch #3, if you get time I hope you'll come and play with us here over at Splitcoast in the Unity Forum!!

and here is my example...

Supplies Used: Unity Stamps: Journal Box, Sept KOM, July KOM

Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle, K&Company

and I did a card too....

Supplies Used: Unity Flirty Flowers, Bazill CS, Paper Kaiser, K&Company

Gratitude:

Our renters signed the lease yesterday!!!

All we have left is to get the occupancy permit on Monday...

Movers pack us up Jan 27th/28th

and we should be on the road to DC by Feb 3rd/4th

That's it!

I should be back here on Monday...

Have a great weekend!!

I'll be working this weekend...My last week at work!!!

I'm a Rock STAR!!

Ok not really...but I really really felt like one today when Angela (that would be Unity Queen extraordinaire) featured this card I made on her blog...

I used Amber's Monday sketch

Supplies Used:

Unity Stamp Co Nov KOM (the cutest little deer eva, and Senitments O Simple),

paper is My Minds eye.

Sorry I've been absent, I took an unexpected "blogcation"..

Just have gotten carried away here this past week

I worked a little extra

We have had some interest in the house and I think we might just get lucky...

say a little prayer for us, k?

Seriously, I don't know what else I could scrub, clean, polish, or paint in our house

it's a little nerve wracking

but that's just because my nerves are always wracked I think

At least that's what Rob tells me..

that I wouldn't be me if I didn't have myself all

"spun out and wound up over something"

thanks honey

AND..

I am really exited to share that I will be making Tshirts for the

Unity gang to wear for CHA...

AND...

I am going to be hosting a challenge for SCS VSBN Weekend Jan31-Feb1

More details to come and I hope you'll join me!!!

AND..

I have a sketch for you to play with if you have some time to play

supplies used: Unity Stamp Company: Owl always love you, Dec KOM, Giggle Grove

Daisy D's Pattern Paper

ok that's it...I will be posting more this week...maybe even tomorrow!

and I have to get by and see what you all have been up to...!

Gratitudes:

1. Took the boys to see Bedtime Stories today...supercute!

2. Rob took us out to dinner

3. someone came by to view the house today for the second time

and I think someone else is coming tomorrow

4. Got everything I need to get started on the Unity Tshirts

5. Getting asked to host a VSBN challenge on SCS..I'm so excited!!

Unity Challenge Wednesday!!!

Supplies Used: Unity Stamp Company: Mix Up of Cuteness

DP Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine
What a fun day today! First, it's Wednesday, which mean's it's Unity Addict Challenge day at SCS. Today's Challenge was to case something made by Jimmi, Maren or Jennifer.

I cased Maren who was also my Secret Santa! and she sent me all of this wonderful Cosmo Cricket goodness...

I got to play with Christi and my sweet little sunshine Kat all morning...I swear being around her makes me more creative..Case in point that card you just saw up there...

Aren't they adorable!!
I also made this Christmas Ornament that I am just over the moon about!!

It started out looking like this

These little wood tags come with some of the Unity Stamp sets. I had been saving them trying to think of something to do with them. Today I figured it out..

I used Unity's All Santa's Reindeer and Cosmo Cricket DP...I'm just so tickled with how it turned out!

And I got a layout done also...

Unity stamps: Distress Dots Background, Worn Grid background, Flirty Flowers, Our Life, Our Stories, Everlasting Romance

That's a lot of different kits..LOL

I am so happy with this layout..I think it's all the punch of the orange and yellow, I don't know it just makes me feel all twinkley.

and last a cute picture of Landon this am with the dogs..hard to tell from the photo but there are two of them there...

Gratitude:

1. This creative streak that is probably going to end soon

2. While the Strano guy was here taking pics of the house with his big Strano Van parked out front, TWO different people stopped wanting to look at the house..I want to borrow that van

3. a wonderful morning with Kat and Christi

4. That cute picture above with Landon and the doggies

5. With all this realtor stuff going on...My house is soooo clean right now!!

Mi Vida Loca...

Supplies Used: Unity Stamps Oct KOM, Nov KOM

Pattern Paper: Scenic Route, Dreamstreet, Kaiser

My life is crazy lately...but who's isn't right?

I feel like I've been running around like a maniac today...Took kids to school, went to Post Office where I proceeded to wait in line for.........ever (God Bless you postal worker people), Went to Family Video to pick up Dark Knight, Went to Walmart because Rob's orders this morning were "GET BATMAN AND GET BEER"

and we needed some other stuff too

Met with Strano Property Managment...let's hope they get our house rented!

Went by Goodwill, always a fun trip!

Picked up the kids from school

Went by the base so we could all get our Flu shots...have you gotten yours?

and browsed around the BX...spent $20 on stuff we didn't need including another box of Waffleten that Britain and Landon scarfed in 6 minutes...

Came home, cooked dinner while going over homework

and somehow I feel like I didn't get anything done today...

Ever feel like that?

Whew!

Gratitude:

1. Signed over my headache to a professional

2. still managed to create amidst my chaos

3. the kids were sooo good abut getting shots (I think they were trying to out tough each other)

4. The fact that Gas is down to $1.59

5. Snuggly movie time on the couch with all of us

Monday Challenge, A layout, and Cheap Thrills

It's Monday Sketch day over at the Unity forum on Splitcoast. Amber gave us an amazing sketch to play with! I used Unity's November KOM, and pattern paper is Making Memories. And my sewing machine...I'm in love with my sewing machine...although I'm sure Christi will notice that every project I've sewn on still has the brown thread...that's because she helped me thread it the first time...haven't run out yet!! LOL..

I also got a layout done...

For this one I used Unity Oct KOM, Sentiments O Simple, Beautiful Morning Pattern Paper is Making Memories, Dreamstreet and Basic Grey I colored the stamps in with my watercolor pencils and waterbrush.

And now the Cheap Thrills...

Landon dancing with grocery store Santa...

Britain eats an entire box of Waffleten in under 10 minutes...

Goofy scarf wearing dog

That's it!

Gratitudes:

1. got hair cut today

2. got Landon's hair cut today

3. Got to make stuff!

4. got all the laundry done! Yay!

5. Shampooed the carpet

whew! I need a nap...

Weekend Recap...

Supplies Used: Unity Stamps: Beautiful Life, Sentiments O Simple, Giggle Grove

Pattern Paper We R Memory Keepers, Cosmo Cricket

I was happy to get a couple pages done this morning...seems like when I get up really early on the weekends my mojo is at it's best...

What a fun weekend we had..On Saturday we went to Historic Main Street in Belleville for the annual Horse Drawn Trolley Ride. This is a free service that the merchants on Main Street sponsor every year to get people to shop downtown. It's so much fun! Yeah, Britain has discovered Rob's old Basic Training Flight Jacket...it's so funny how great it fits him...

We wrapped it up with lunch at our favorite pub Castletown Geoghegan. A very authentic Irish style pub, which serves up Irish Faire and Guiness (and kid friendly stuff too).

Really though, we love this place...the people that work there are so cool, the food is great and on Friday and Saturday nights they have live Irish music, they even have a sing-a-long pamphlet on every table so you can join in... and then you gotta love a place that has this

Well the Bar, yes of course...but also The official Guiness Countdown to St Patrick's Day...no, I'm not Irish...but I feel like I could be when I come here...

I finished that sewing project (my first since I was 14 and in Home Ec) that I told you about...and I totally stole this idea from Christi...as a matter of fact I even stole the fabric from her...well not entirely true she gave that to me..LOL..but this is the project that I learned to sew on...This project came from one of her 12 Days of Christmas Creating and if you didn't get over there while she was doing this, you totally should...she had such great projects...with instructions!!

Britain loves to draw, so this is a little portfolio I made (with a lot of help from Christi, she made one for her son also) to hold his sketch book, some colored pencils, and a couple mechanical pencils...I also took another one of her ideas and SERIOUSLY PEOPLE...if you don't try anything else I tell you..get you some cans of sweetened condensed milk boil them babies up and make you some carmel...oh my gosh how did I not know about this amazing treat!!

Yep, that's a Unity Stamp there on that little tag! From the Bitty Christmas Tags Set.
Thank you for the great ideas and all the help Christi!!

That's all I have for tonight...that was a whole lot!!

Gratititudes:

1. Horse Drawn Trolley Ride

2. Fun Irish pubs

3. Fun filled family weekend

4. Easy Christmas Gifts made with love (and lots of help from Christi)

5. We've decided to get a property manager for the house...keep us in your prayers please!!

Hello Monday...

I hope everyone had a really great Thanksgiving! We spent a really quiet one at home just the four of us, we spent the day relaxing and watching movies, it was great!

Here's a picture of the boys with the wishbone, Landon won!

I didn't get to the Unity Wednesday Challenge until the weekend because they did it on Tuesday and I was working...the challenge was to do a red and white thankful card...

Stamp is Unity Charming Gardeners, DP is Dreamstreet

I also did a layout...

This is a hodge podge of scrap pattern papers, Michael's 1$ stamps

and the "Life" stamp is Inkadinkadoo

I feel like I'm running low on Mojo lately, probably because I'm trying to work a little extra, and the impending move has me really stressed. You know that feeling when you're just exhausted for no real reason?...and I know this is just barely the begginning of what's coming..and really it's not the actual move itself, I know we're going to love it there and be able to find a place to live that makes us happy. Plus it's always exciting getting to live someplace new! ...it's the stress of getting out of here, finding someone to rent our house etc. etc...sorry I know, I'm rambling...ANYWAY...I've got to much stewing in my head for a good blog post...sorry...I have some time off work after Thursday so I'm hoping to have my brain more organized! Thanks!

Oh hey..can someone tell me how to get the "follower" widget thingie on your sidebar? Thanks!

Mount St Nacho, Twilight Review and a Reject...

I have a few things to share today...

First my DT Reject...LOL...I tried out for the CY DT using this layout interpretation of Sketch #3 (12x6)..their link is over there on the right. They have a lot of really great sketches there...no, didn't make the DT maybe one of these days...but that's ok...I like the way it turned out..

Supplies used: Unity Scalloped Journal and Nov KOM...love that tree DP is Kaiser, Making Memories, CTMH

Based on CPS #92 Supplies used: Unity Stamp Co "Something Within" DP K and Co

Soooo...What did you think of Twilight? I really liked it, and I would like to go see it again. I thought the casting choices for almost everyone were dead on..the only ones that bugged me were Jasper and Alice, mostly Alice...not at all what I pictured in my head, but I think I'll get over it as they make the next two. A lot of the conversation between Edward and Bella was lost in translation and so it seemed kind of choppy to me in parts as well. Still, I loved it...I think it made a good compliment to the book and I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the next one.

I went with my friend Mechelle, and her 16 year old daughter Sara...the Movie Theatre got all froggy when I tried to take pics there, but here's a pic of us having lunch afterwards..

Sara fell in love with Edward as soon as he hit the screen, but I explained to her that I wasn't sharing him until she reads the books, Mechelle read the books too and she agrees...

This is Mount St Nacho...seriously...what was I thinking?...
Afterwards, we went thrifting at Goodwill...because it's super fun... while we were there they had Christmas music playing and there was a woman who was singing along opera style REALLY loud and she was serious...she was not playing...I wanted to take her picture but I was too busy peeing my pants laughing so hard plus Mechelle kept telling me to stop it and be nice (Mechelle is a very nice person) but I couldn't help myself (I mean no offense to any Christmas Carol Opera singing Goodwill customers out there) So Sara and I joined in the carolling...and then we made Sara try on lot's of goofy clothes and model them for us...she's a pretty good sport...I told her I know it's a lot of fun to hang out with really cool mom's like us, but not to get used to it....just kidding Sara!

So that's all I've got...I've got to get to the post office and mail Eclipse and New Moon to Steph in Japan...I promised I'd do it a week ago...oops... Steph (oh she who was so not interested in reading Twilight) started the books about a week and a half ago after I sent them to her and then called me and said..."um I'm halfway through New Moon...when can you send the last two"...LOL

Supplies Used: Unity Sentiments O Simple, Fanciful Dots ,DP Cosmo Cricket