Cards from SU! workshop

These are the cards we made today at the workshop I had here.

Happy 5th Birthday Saira!!

Today Saira turned 5 years old.... FIVE!! ...5 years old!! At exactly 8:05am infact. 5 years ago, she hurried herself into the world after being 3 days late of her due date. It only took 4 hours from the time the contractions begain until she was out and in my arms. She was 8lbs even and 19 1/2 inches long.
Today I brought a package of cupcakes to her to share with her class. They seemed to enjoy that. :)
Here are some pictures from her birthday party on Sunday...


Can you tell she was SUPER excited to get her Hannah Montana wig from my dad and his wife?? She says she asked Santa for one at Christmas. And all I can think of is that she must've asked Santa at the mall just a few days before Christmas. So yeah, Santa didn't bring it. Shame on him!!! And she was really heart broken on Christmas morning. :( But now it's fine and dandy... :) Go Grandpa!!!

My brother gave her a CD. ;) She thinks she's all that and a box of cookies now...LOL ;)

And of COURSE my little Starbucks addict would get a gift card. ;) LOL



She got soooo many more things, lots of clothes and a few games and a couple of toys. She had a wonderful Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday my little sweetie!! :)

Saira's Birthday Party

Yesterday was the party and it was so much fun. She got so many clothes. I never can get over with her girly girlness. When I was little, I hated getting clothes. I wanted my Barbie's, Strawberry Shortcake dolls, roller skates (4 wheels PLEASE!!!) and bikes. Last week I asked her what she wanted for her birthday so I could tell whoever might ask. And all she said was shirts, pants, dresses and capri's...LOL I had to ask her if she wanted toys. And all she really said was Hannah Montana stuff.

She's starting to do new hair styles on herself. She'll gather up her hair nice and neatly up at the top/middle and front(not sure if you can really picture that...lol) and put a little claw clip to hold it in place. I was never able to do my hair as a kid. LOL Heck, I can hardly deal with her stringy straight as a board hair. It goes one direction and that's it. She must have more patience than I do with it.

I can totally tell she's turning 5. She's acting more and more like a big kid. She's grown 3 inches since her birthday last year. She's in a size 13 1/2 shoe. Size 6 in pants and shirts. She's 3' 9 1/4" tall. And her favorite thing right now is Hannah Montana or any of the 'big kid' shows as I call them. LOL She LOOOOVES her lipgloss. I think she's pretty much addicted. LOL She loves to draw, color and do pretty much anything crafty. She comes by it honestly. It pretty much runs in our blood. Both my grandmothers do/did all kinds of crafty things....that's where I got it from, and that's where Saira gets it from. ;) You'll never see her without her purse and a baby.

These are just a few of the MANY MANY things that make up my little baby girl. She's so full of silliness and personality. And everytime I see that smile of hers it always reminds me of when she was just 5, 6, 7 and 8 months old when ALL she did was SMILE allllllll the time. Major cuteness!! Her nickname was Smilie. With all that smiling as a baby, it turned her into this ham of a young lady.

What's funny, is everything about her now, is everything who I was at that age as well. It's really hard to believe she's 5 years old.

The Birthday Invitations

Well, I finally finished all of my cards. I've been working on them since Monday...lol And I only made 9. I'm real happy with how the turned out.


Supplies:
CS- SU! Purely Pomegranate, white
Stamps- SU! Double-Line Doodles
Ink- SU! Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, More Mustard
Signo white pen, CM pen, SU! Linen Thread, SU! dimensional dots

A Birthday is coming

My baby girl is having a birthday next Tuesday the 22nd. She'll be 5 years old. Being 3 and 4 was just fine, but turning 5 is like WOW. Ryan's 8 and she'll be 5. My babies are growing and growing. I'm sure I'll have a few reflection posts by Tuesday. :)

Saira wants to have a Hannah Montana birthday party. She has 4 friends and a cousin invited. And lots of adults...LOL And all she's asked for is clothes and shoes. Now tell me that's not a girlie girl! LOL She is something else. ;)

Nervous Uncles

I don't have alot of Ryan's baby pictures printed out. I had stored all of his baby pictures on a CD and some how it ended up worn out with scratches.... EVEN THOUGH I kept it protected. I took care of that CD for dear life. I've been heart broken for the last 4 years now...maybe longer, I can't remember anymore. But for Mother's Day 2003, the year Saira was born, my mom created 2 slideshow CD for me, with music. One was of Ryan, the other was of Saira. Oh goodness....talk about major tear jerkers. I still can't watch them without crying. The music she had chosen was very very special. For his CD she put Elton John's 'You'll Be Blessed'. For hers she put a 'Sara' from Fleetwood Mac. If I could figure out how to upload the slideshow, then I would. I'll play around and see what I can do.

Anyways, I got these 2 pictures off of Ryan's CD. The top photo is the older brother, John Edward. He was 17 years old. The bottom picture is my baby brother and my mom. He was 15. I was 23...lol



I actually used all scraps for this LO.

Supplies:
Papers - SEI Granny's Kitchen, Sprial notepad
ribbons - Stampin' Up bayou blue, Linen thread
buttons - Targets $1 spot
flowers - Targets $1 spot
Brads - ??
Punch - Stampin' Up round tab punch
vellum tag and stickers - Colorbox 'baby boy'

I [heart] my cup o' starbucks coffee

I've been wanting to make a layout of my coffee cup for a long while now. I had saved a Starbucks sleeve and sticker awhile back as well, because I wanted to add it on my page. So here is my creation, my cup, my yummy LOVE!

Journaling: I must have starbucks coffee in my starbucks cup! Sweet Goodness

Supplies:

papers-The Paper Studio paper, American Crafts lullaby

ribbon-Target $1 spot

flowers-Target $1 spot

Alphas-Rob&Bob

stamp-Studio G, Autumn Leaves

Misc-staples, safety pins, starbucks sleeve, starbucks sticker, making memories board clip, EKsuccess vellum sticker

Family Is The Best Part Of Christmas

This was Saira's 1st Christmas, 2003. She was being so silly grabbing her brother's head. I had no idea she was even doing it. LOL These pictures crack me up because of her. ...LOL...poor Ryan!!! In the pictures from left to right are Chad, Ryan, Saira, Me, my Mom, my brother and my Great Aunt.










Supplies:
BasicGrey Dasher papers
Fancy Pants chipboard flourish
SpareParts swirl clip
Making Memories snowflakes
Buttons ??
Stampin Up linen thread, Target $1 spot ribbon
Stampin Up glitter
fibers ??
flocked arrow ??
epoxy stickers ??
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink -fired brick-

My New Set of Wheels

This was Christmas of '04. Ryan got his first bike then. I did a previous layout when I was at Croptoberfest of my aunt showing Ryan how to ride his bike. He had such a hard time learning, the poor guy.
I enjoyed playing with this green color. And those bandaid, goodness, they are sooo cute!

Masculine Card

I was asked to make a card for a friend. She needs a card for a friend of hers. And this is what I came up with.

Products Used:

CS: ??
PP: SEI
Ink: Colorbox
Stamps: Stampin' Up Three Thoughts
Misc: Stampin' Up linen thread, Spareparts eyelets

Yesterdays Card and Tagged...

Yesterday afternoon I created a card for a friend who's sick. I had gotten the Farm Fever Stampin' Up set for Christmas with 3 other sets. And I just HAD to make a get well card. I LOVE IT! LOL It cracks me up!

Products Used:
CS: white and green cardstock
PP: SEI pattern paper
Color: watercolor pencils, Stampin' Up basic black ink
Stamps: Stampin' Up Farm Fever and So Many Sayings
Misc: Stampin' Up blender pen




Now for the Tag!!

Over at The Scrapperie, Colleen started a tag for us. So here goes...

1. Name your 2 favorite scrapbooking topics.
Ryan
and Saira

2. What are the 2 best places you've been to?
The Columbia Gorge between Washington and Oregan
The Sequoia National Redwood Forest in California

3. Name 2 things you do every day.
Talk on the phone
And I sit at the computer

4. Tell us 2 things that pretty much everyone knows about you.
I love to scrapbook
And I love coffee

5. What are 2 of your favorite stores?
Hobby Lobby
And Lane Bryant (but that won't be needed anymore..lol)

I tag Kari and Vicki

OK, so as you can see all of the questions have "2" in them. You're going to answer the questions on your blog and add one more question with "2" of something. That way as it spreads, it'll get longer and change depending on who it visits! Make sure to list the 2 people you're tagging on your blog and let them know! (The tag started with 4 questions)

A new page...

Last night I completed a layout. ...I'm headed out the door, so here it is. ;) This was probably 3 years ago I think.

Something for the New Year...

Go me, I actually got crafty tonight!! I made 3 cards for the New Year. And 3 special people will receive them. Will it be you? ;)

New Look for the New Year

I've been fiddling with my template and colors and finally decided to go with what you see now. It's not much of a big change. But it's a little something. I think I'm going to go make a few cards. :) :)

Our New Year Celebrations

Well, we didn't get to go out and celebrate with our friends. My bitch of a sister-in-law punked out on us. Chad and I are extremly bitter about the whole situation. We had a nice evening with the kids though. We had our dinner and then ran up to the firecracker stand and grabbed a few hand fulls of goodies. All Saira wanted was a few boxes of those snappers that you throw on the ground. LOL She's so easy. ;) Ryan wanted blackcats of course. So we got him a few 4, 5 or 8...LOL ;) We got a few of the pretty colorful fountain type fireworks as well. When we got back, we started setting them off and by the time we finished we were FREEZING. We had a great time doing that. We came back in the house and started up the Rockin' New Years Eve with Dick Clark. I so enjoy watching the ball drop!! I was mighty impressed with the new LED lights in the ball and the double-cut crystal triangles on the ball.

...Mary...
I tried to call you when the ball dropped to do our Happy New Years to one another, but you must've been partyin' like it was 1999. LOL ;)

So after we Ooo'ed and Ahhh'ed over the bright and shiny ball, we had to take our new year pics. So here we go.....
Little Missy Prissy couldn't hang much longer after 10:30...

Ryan was all jazzed up about the New Year....

Chad was hardly hanging in there....

And here's myself... :) Ryan took this of me. He's pretty good, huh? Chad took a few, and they were totally terrible pictures...LMAO!! So I asked Ryan if he wanted to try and it only took him this one shot. Go Ryan!! ;)

...Happy New Year...

I wanted to wish you all the most best and very Happy New Year. Be safe tonight in celebrating and ringing in the New Year

New Years Eve plans...

This year we're going back to our same ol' same ol'. We'll be hanging out and partying with our friends at my husbands best friends house. Last year we stayed home because the year before that I ended up getting REALLY REALLY bad sick. Don't even mention GoldSchlager and Buttery Nipples around me. I get sick just thinking about Bailey's Irish Cream now. Blehhhhhh! So the last 2 years All I've heard is "hey, want some GoldSchlager??" They are so mean! ;) We'll be singing, dancing, playing pool, air hockey, volleyball, badminton, eating and drinking. What are your plans??

That day is also my neices birthday. Her and I share something in common....holiday birthdays. Mine is the 4th of July. But anyways, we'll be doing birthday stuff earlier that day. She's be 3 years old.

I haven't been very scrappy the last couple of weeks. I wanted to get back to scrapbooking this week, but I haven't been able to because of this toothache. I'm hoping it gone now. It feels a little better this morning.

And fyi.... my resolution is to keep losing weight. :) :) lol

Will You Keep Your New Year's Resolution?

You Will Keep Your New Year's Resolution

You planning on making a resolution that's smart, attainable, and perfect for where your life is.

Will You Keep Your New Year's Resolution?

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas my blogging friends, from my family to yours.

A few little gifts

I made 7 of these little notebooks. They are little composition books-- 4.5 x 3.25 in. The 3 in the middle were made for the kids bus driver and teachers. I made one more that isn't pictured for the teachers aide in Saira's class. She's practically another teacher. ;) So I hope that everyone that received one enjoys them. I had ALOT of fun making them.

My Christmas Cards...

I was busy busy since I finished and mailed my Thanksgiving Cards. And I really can't figure out why it took so long to make all my Christmas Cards. ?? It's not like they were a difficult card to make. I made 28 of them though. 2 slightly different cards. So that was nice having something different, rather than the same ol' card...over....and over....and over again....LOL

Onto other things...

I had tried out for the Scrapperie Tres Chic Girls Design Team. Last night the 4 new lucky ladies were revealed. My named wasn't called, but that's alright. I'll try again in April. :) It was my first time to ever try out for a design team call.

And more things...

Today were the kids Christmas Parties at school. Lemme tell ya, I'm completely and utterly exhausted. Saira's party was this morning at 10am. Ryan's was at 2:45pm. I'm actually glad all of that is over with. I never say things like that about Holiday stuff, but their party preping was wearing me out. Especially having Saira's party with both the Pre-K. Ryan's was the best one yet. One of the other moms helped me out with his. And his teacher had all the 2nd graders outside playing, so therefore me and the other mom started putting out the plates and napkins and drinks. We decided to go ahead and put out the treats and so forth. I tell ya, that was sooooo much better than running around trying to get it all passed out like mad men. I guess I can tell that group of kids are getting older now for sure, I could totally tell a difference in their behavior. And I'm sure that helped out with the party as well. So now I actually look forward to the Valentine and Easter paries. :) :)

Maybe now I can sit back and enjoy the rest of the Holiday Season. It's been so busy busy busy this year. And I guess that's because I have both kids in school now.

2 events down, 4 more to go..... (Sat. Sun. Mon and Tues.)

SheetLoad of Cards giveaway...

I was checking out my blog friend Vicki's blog and saw she linked over to a giveaway. So I checked it out and you should too. SheetLoad of Cards has a GREAT giveaway going on right now!! :)

A kiddie card

I needed to make a card for Ryan to give his friend tomorrow. She turns 8 and they'll be having a birthday party at her house after school. He's so sweet. He bought her a cross neckalace from the Santa's Workshop the other day as her birthday gift. I just keep thinking... Awwwwww!!

Now How'd That Happen?

Boy am I a sucker or what? LOL I was at the school awhile ago, letting the kids do their santa workshop shopping. And Saira's teacher asked if I sent a note back saying if I'd help with the party next week. I told her no, not yet. And I asked who was in charge (gesh, that was a mistake...lmao). She did a pouty face and said no one yet. And so I said I'd do it. I swear something is on my forehead saying, 'Ask Jayme, she'll do it!!'. I was planning on doing Saira's class party for Christmas. But when she sent a note home the other day saying that both the AM and the PM class were going to do it together I was like OH HECK NO. I'm not doing a party that big. I honestly don't think it's fair. And I'm not brave enough to step up and say so. I wish someone would though. UGH! So I told her we'd do the project I had planned. Therefore I need to go and take pictures of the kids. We'll make a picture ornament. :) That's what I had the kids do when Ryan was in Pre-K.

So wish me luck! :)

Still here...

I'm still here... :) I've been busy making Christmas cards. I'll have a picture posted on here after I get them mailed. Can't spoil it for my blogger friends that get cards. :)


This evening I found some decorations and lights to put out that were hiding in my closet. My musical carousel and my little snowmen lights. The kids just love the musical carousel!!

{Mine} is Layout Of The Day...

...at Scrapperie.com.
Isn't that just too cool? Thank you Colleen for picking my layout today, from all those other terrific works of art.

Yesterday I went for an eye checkup so I could get new glasses. Everything is well, still have wonderfully healthy eyes, just blind as a poor ol' bat. LOL And these are the glasses I picked out. I can't wait for them to come in....so I can see better. Wonder if I'd scrap better? LOL ROTF!!!! ;)

And last but not least today I received this gorgeous card in the mail from my dear sweet blogger friend. :) Kari, you did a wonderful job, I love that little felt tree!!!!! I love it and thank you so much for sending it to my family and I.

Go Me...

I'm suprised with myself. lol I've made 9 layouts in the last 5 days. I have no idea what's gotten into me either. LOL Whatever it is, I like it. I have lots more layouts that need to be made. I have pictures everywhere it seems. Plus 1/2 a zillion more to order.

Anywho, here's what I made last night.

It was Saira's first trip to the dentist. ....oh no, I forgot to title it. The title is suppose to be "1st Dentist Visit". I'll do that later. LOL ;)

PINK!!

I love these pictures. That night when Saira got her pink gun, it was so special. Ryan use to get lots of toy guns. You know those ol' cheapo's from the cheap toy isle. LOL Well Saira has ALWAYS said she wanted a Pink Barbie Gun. We don't know where she got that from, but she wanted one. Well, on Aug. 26, 2006, Chad's grandpa called us and asked if Saira still wanted that 'Pink Barbie Gun'. lol We told him yes. And he said, OK I'll see ya'll later then. A few hours later, him and grandma showed up at the house. And handed Saira a big long back that said Crickett on it. She was sooooo excited! Cause you gotta remember, Chad's family is all about guns and hunting. So at 3 years old, Saira got her first gun. She bypassed the BB Gun like Ryan had gotten and went straight to a 22....LOL Spoiled little thing. ;)

It's either to dark or to bright in here to get good pictures of my layouts. But you actually can see and read the journaling on the page.
Jouraling reads: Saira always talked about wanting a "Pink Barbie Gun". So Paw-Paw found her one... ...a real one!
I used American Crafts papers, Carriage and Lullaby; Peppermint textured cardstock by The Paper Company; alpha stickers from Creative Memories; EK Success stickers; Autumn Leaves stamp; Colorbox ink and Tim Holtz Distress Ink; don't know what ribbon that is.
(I should probably journal some more on it....LOL)

2 from this afternoon + 1

These are two layouts I made this afternoon. They go with these other two I made in October. That's my little nephew.


I made this one just awhile ago. I'm so glad I'm done with these pictures. I'm tired of baby blue. LOL I couldn't think of ANYTHING at all to do with this layouts.

Another from last night

This one is rather plain. I couldn't figure out what to do with it. It was driving me crazy. So this is the finished page. ugh!!