...is to shake this stupid cold and cough!
((everything else, I've already got!)) :) :) :)
Here's a couple pages to share - haven't posted anything here for a while...
((1st one is My Mind's Eye "Colorful Christmas", the 2nd one is Collage Press "Joy Ride" and the 3rd is BasicGrey "Eskimo Kisses"))
I can't believe there is only a week to go before Christmas! This seemed like such a short season!
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It's been a great weekend, and we have tomorrow off as well, so we're all getting a good chance to rest and relax. We went to the farmstand in Derry that we visit every year for our BIG pumpkins, and hopefully we'll make it to Applecrest's pumpkin patch next weekend for our small pumpkins to carve for the pumpkin lighting on the green. I had some stuff planned for tomorrow, but I think we're just going to stay home and take it easy. Aileen's still got a little bit of a head cold, and I don't want her to get any worse.
There has been much scrapping so far this weekend - between the new collections and the new photos, I've been in crafting heaven!
First up is my Pink Paislee "Twilight" coffin-shaped birdhouse. I'd been fiddling around with it off and on for a few weeks and finally finished it up. I wish I had another of these birdhouses, because now that I've done this one, I have tons of ideas that I'd like to try on another! I got the very last one at AC Moore when I bought this one (because it was damaged) so I guess I'll have to wait until next year to see if they bring it back in again.
This wasn't a scrapping project, but it one I finished up last weekend to send off to the big Quilt Market
in Texas with May Arts. I had a variety of trims to play with, and settled on the green and black corduroy trims and the orange velvet rick rack for my Halloween-themed apron. The pumpkin fabric is by Debbie Mumm and I got all three patterns at Jo-Ann's Fabrics.
I'm hosting the October PDT challenges over at Peek. This week's challenge is called "Leaf Motif" and you can read all about it here in the Challenge forum. I created this page with the new Basic Grey "Indian Summer" collection for the second week's challenge.
And my last page to share is this one that uses some of the new papers from Webster's Pages most recent releases, "Postcards from Paris" and the vellum from the "Nature's Storybook" collection.
Wishing my Canadian friends a happy Thanksgiving, and my friends here in the states a great Columbus Day!
...the last time you blogged, it is definitely time to compose a new post! lol! September was a busy month, and October is shaping up to be just as busy. Between work, the increased load of 2 kids with nightly homework, activities and trying to keep ahead of the clutter here at home, it is a struggle sometimes. I figure I have about two useable hours a day that I can try to get any creative time in, and lately I've been relaxing with tv episodes on dvd, or with my favorite show instead of crafting. I try to make up on the weekends, but sometimes crafting takes a backseat to my family's activities, and I've been working on accepting that limitation. Now if I could figure out how to get by on less sleep, I'd be all set, but am beginning to understand that this is how it has to be right now.
On the health front, I had great news at my 3 month audiologist follow-up yesterday. Amazingly, I have had a "significant" improvement in hearing in my left ear. I still have a moderate loss, but I have regained some of the lower pitches, which is wonderful news. I go back in 2 months to have it tested again...
When I have been crafting, it has been using a lot of new Pink Paislee - the Amber Road collection for fall, Twilight for Halloween crafting, and Pat just got in the new Mistletoe and Co. stuff for Christmas crafting. I'm in heaven! :) Loving the new Cosomo Cricket collections too, especially The Boyfriend. Here are a couple new pages...
I'm working on some new projects that I hope to share next week... Pat has gotten in so many new collections lately that I am drowning in new paper! (not that there's anything wrong with that!) Check out the "What's New" section at Peek - a veritable cornucopia of patterned paper wonderfulness!
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
Love, love, LOVE this Lily Bee "Audrey" collection!! So beautiful! Did you know that Lily Bee has a Ning site now? Come and join the fun!
Just a quick page share before I have to get the kids up for school...
7 Gypsies, Pink Paislee and Bo Bunny papers - loving the Prima and MM leaf cluster! :) By the time the kids got home from school so I could do some "first day" photos, they were hot (it was in the 80's) tired and *over* the first day completely. But they were troupers and let me take a couple photos anyway. :)
October Afternoon "Road Map" collection. Loooove the crossword puzzle paper!
My Little Shoebox "Imagine a Forest" collection. Making Bear Scout badges and playing with their Build A Bear animals was one of the main pretend-play activities of the summer. They got pretty elaborate with their merit badges, and I was pressed into service making about a dozen felt sashes!
Crisp fall morning this morning - 47 degrees! I love it! :) Yay for September!!
...but I think that Autumn is creeping up on us on little cat feet. It was an absolutely stunningly beautiful New Hampshire day here today - the kind that reminds me why I have never had an urge to live anywhere else! Bright blue sky, light breeze, topped out at about 74 degrees. Oh yeah, I'm ready for it! It's down to 54 now at 8pm, and it's going to be a chilly one tonight. Yay! Think I'll bake muffins for breakfast.
We made our first trip to Applecrest this weekend. We picked 25 pounds of apples for pies and apple sauce, and I'm sure we'll be back a couple more times before they close for the season. We took the hayride for the first time (the girls loved the big draft horses pulling the wagon, Red and Bill) and had our favorite apple cider doughnuts that they make fresh by the hundreds every weekend in the fall. LOVE them. I should have thought ahead and brought home a bag full! Next time.
I took off for a little while this morning and went to the big Jo-Ann's Fabrics sale to get the fabric I need for my May Arts project. Can't wait to get started on it when the ribbon arrives! In the meantime, I am working on a sweet little Halloween birdhouse that I found at AC Moore last week. I din't realize that the roof is damaged until I started painting it, though, so I am going to have to "wing it" and change up what I was going to do for the roof.
Haven't done a lot of scrapping in the past week. I'm still trying to get into a groove with being back to work, and helping the kids adjust to new expectations from their new teachers. I see a lot of homework-filled afternoons in our future! So far, they are both enjoying their new teachers and classmates. Aileen's having a bit of "new girl" syndrome - her other classmates were all together last year and looped with the teacher to second grade. Aileen is one of three new children that were added to the mix. She already knew the kids from switcheroo last year, but it isn't the same as being a full part of the class. She's trying to find someone to play with at recess and longing for a "bff" like Brigid has, but hasn't found that special friend yet, and I think she's frustrated by that.
We're having our annual "end of summer" cookout tomorrow for lunch. Lobster is actually cheaper than boneless chicken at this point, so hubby is getting me lobsters and steamers - delicious! We'll do steaks, burgers and hotdogs for the folks who aren't into seafood, and we'll have corn on the cob and fresh veggies too.
(of finding out that today is a "teachers only" professional development day, and my vacation has been extended by one precious day!)
A couple pages to share today:
Super fun "Little Ladies" collection from My Little Shoebox.
Love this new collection from Bella Blvd: "Pack Your Bags". Pat has it on sale now for 25% off!
Off to enjoy my special "bonus day" of summer vacation! Hope you have a great day too!
