So Sorry!

I'm so bad!

I'm sorry I have neglected my blog.

The Holidays have really thrown me for a loop and I have a little fur ball to keep up with too.

This is Peanut. Our new Yorkie puppy

and this pic is just a little sampling of how crazy our Holiday Season was:

Yes, this is our Annual family picture in front of our tree. Yes, that is our son being a clown. He gets very giggly, very quickly and was tired of pictures after only three shots. Thankfully, we got one good one before he ran to his room. LOL

I will get some crafting in soon. I promise!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

Awwww! Jeanette Gave me an Award!

I got a yummy award!

To accept this award I need to do a few things:

1. Thank the person who gave it...

Jeanette, you are the sweetest evah! You inspire me in so many ways and you are a WONDERFUL friend. You always have an ear to listen and a shoulder if I need it.
I ♥ U!

2. Copy the award and put it on your blog

3. List three things which you love about yourself...

Ewwww, I'm not good at this!
* I love that I'm a child of the KING! Thank you Lord
* I love that I'm not a materialistic gal. I'm happy with
what I've got (well of course, unless there's some crafty
thing I absolutely need HAHA).
* I love being crafty! I think that is a great quality ;)

4. Post a picture that you love...



Here's my crew on our trip to San Antonio, TX we took last month.
This was taken on the River Walk. We had a blast!

5. Tag 5 people you'd like to give this award to...

Melanie ~ Girl, you are a great friend! I love your creations!
Mwah!

April ~ You are a great friend! I love your craziness!!!
Your creations are fantabulous 2! ;)

Marsha ~ Your vintage creations are GORGEOUS!
Thank you for inspiring me!

Meg ~ Girl, your photos are top notch! All your projects inspire me!

Cheryl ~ Your scrapbook designs are FABULOUS! Your blog is a wealth
of information!

Making Great Use of Your Old Craft Supplies

When's the last time you cleaned out your craft supplies. Do you still have those 2D stickers from 15 years ago when you first started crafting? Well, my mom and I did and we cleaned it all out and gave a big bag of goodies to my DD. She loves stickers! She couldn't believe how many we gave her. A couple weeks ago she and our DS decided they would put them to good use!


Aaron is so funny. When his sister decides he needs to be "prettied up", he goes right along with it!

Look at those beautiful eyes :)


Here's Bethany...you silly girl! Way to take advantage of those border stickers!

What a lovely smile!

No projects today. I'm working on it this week and will try to have you some craftiness very soon. Last week was just sooooo crazy!

Thanks so much for visiting :)

Until next time...
Blessings...

Silly Polka Dots

Hello people!
How are ya? I am feeling good because I am gettin' some scrappin' done this week.
I'm sharing a couple I recently finished. Watch out the first one is really bright!

DD in her new Polka Dot outfit. Oh my how she loved those polka dots. I thought it was the cutest little outfit EVAH!

My base c/s is melon mambo. Behind the photo I used green galore and lovely lilac c/s. My title is made with chipboard tiles, white, foam thickers, green glitter thickers and die cut letters.
I made the big flower at the bottom. You just use scrap c/s and paper and cut them randomly, crumple and distress. I added a clear button to the middle with some lime thread. I adore the lacy ribbon on this page. It is from a Fancy Ribbon pack called Holly Jolly. Leave it to me to use Christmas themed ribbon on a bright and cheery page! The other button at the bottom is from a 3 pk. I got at Wal-Mart. I added a few stickles and some more chipboard accents. Oh yeah, how do you like my random pink pearls? I think they finished the page nicely.

This next page was very simple to put together

Aaron got a little bored so he entertained us while we waited for our table. What a character!
My base is soft suede c/s. The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack. I "boo-booed" on my inking on the upper right hand side of the page sooooo, I cut a few kraft circles, inked and distressed them to cover it up. The title and journaling is computer generated. I gathered my sheer olive green ribbon at the bottom and then added another handmade flower. With this one I used kraft c/s, the same paper some thin ribbon strips and a glittery, fabric piece.
Thanks for coming by today! God bless you and I hope you have a great weekend!

Gotta go, lots to do...

Until next time...
Blessings...

Merry Christmas from our silly family to yours!

Today I would like to share with you a family photo that was taken at our first Christmas get together this year. Our children wanted to play with their presents. They wanted no part of pictures! I don't blame them. This particular family gathering is filled with 'kodak moments' all night, every year. So, to show us how much they did not want the picture taken...our children decided to give the fakest smiles...wait I can't even say they're smiles, it looks more like growls, that they could possibly make. They are very funny. At the time, I looked at the camera and thought how awful, I should scold them, but I then thought, nah, they're just kids being kids. I will put this in my scrapbook (maybe even enlarge it :)) and write about all the pictures taken that night and this is how our children deal with it!!!! hehehehe!
Here it is...



So, from our silly family to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I pray you have a safe and wonderful holiday spent with family and friends and great 'kodak moments'! :)

Until next time...
Blessings...