Friday Night Crop!

Last night I went to Archiver's with Margaret from MLDT and we cropped our little hearts out! Archiver's has a "Scrap Mania" every Friday and Saturday night from 5-11pm, and for $15 you get a spot to crop, a free little goodie bag, and yummy dinner with a desert {Last night it was Tuscani Pasta from Pizza Hut and brownies! mmmm!}... anyways, it's lots of fun! If you have an Archiver's store near, I suggest you give it a try! We had another lady at our table who was simply amazed at what we did and our ebay sales. She was really nice. I enjoy going and meeting new people as well and seeing their work.

I guess I'm really just a slow scrapper... I finished an album that I had been working on for ebay. Here is that album, I think it turned out nice!

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Last night Margaret and I decided that we would work on some of our own stuff and actually crop photos and get them on pages. I haven't done this in probably 2 years, I've been more focused on albums and eBay work and haven't found time to scrap my own photos. So last night I decided to start on my cruise album... I finished 1 page, but it's a very beautiful 1 page! I feel that it looks more like a 2nd side of a 2 page spread... so I guess I need to work on that 1st page sometime soon!


This is my album that I bought last summer for 50% off. I thought it would be a nice vacation album! I did manage to get one of my photos in the front picture slot!


Here is my lonely little page. I must say though, it is a great start to my cruise album! I used Basic Grey's "Urban Prarie" paper line and I plan to use it throughout the whole album. The page isn't 100% finished, I think I need to add the journaling {see where I left a spot for that?}, and it also needs a few more embellishments.


I also bought a new border punch yesterday and I LOVE it!!! It's by EK Success and it's a little Beach punch! Too cute! I used it on my page above.

Anyone Up For a Little Remodeling?

As most of you know, this past week has been pretty hectic for me. Though I've got a lot done in my scraproom, it was because I haven't really been able to be in the downstairs part of my house much! We decided to do a little {much needed} remodeling in our bathroom. I've been back and forth to Lowe's more this week than I've been to that store this whole year!!! Here are some before and after pics {thus far}...


This is my border that I tried to match the scheme of my bathroom to. It was hard picking out a floor to go good with this!


Here is the nasty bathroom BEFORE remodeling.


Yes, we had a slight mold problem.


The toilet was also broken and leaky.


Here it is so far after the remodeling!


New tub, new shower, new toilet, new floor, etc!


I LOVE it!!!

There are still a few things that are being worked on. We have trim to go on the mid section of the wall {below the border}, but it isn't up yet in these pics. Also the man doing the work for us is putting in a vent fan/ light today, so hopefully it will be finished soon! I still need to do some painting and retouch some that I already painted, but that's another day. It's a big change and I actually enjoy my bathroom now!

Hannah Montana Madness!

The other day, I was at my grandparents house flipping through channels on tv {my bathroom is getting remodeled right now, so I was staying there and had absolutely nothing to do}... it seems like every channel that I would turn on, Miley Cyrus was on there promoting the new Hannah Montana movie! I don't know about you, but I particularly like Hannah Montana. Two years ago when my husband and I got married in Gatlinburg, TN, we stayed in a Chalet... it had about 3 channels... so I got addicted to Hannah Montana lol! Our daughter isn't old enough to really watch shows like that and understand them, so I sometimes like to watch. It's a pretty good show. I think the movie looks good as well. Anyways, kind of got off track there... so Miley was on EVERYTHING on Friday when the movie came out. That sparked an idea for me! I decided to make a Hannah Montana album! This girl is making mass money, so I figured I might as well try and make a little money off of her as well :-).





Here is my finished product. I think it turned out pretty good! I used the Die Cuts With A View "Rock Star" paper and some Hannah Montana stickers by Sandylion. Too bad my daughter isn't into Hannah Montana yet or I'd keep it for myself!

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Works in Progress

Here are a few albums that I have been working on {and finished} this past week. I just thought I would show a little of the progression on them. I will try to take better {and more} pics the next time I do a progress report! :-) Note: these really don't show much progress, the second one especially, it just shows the papers and elements I picked out for the album! lol I promise to take more pics next time!

Home Is Where The Heart Is {Chipboard Shape Album}:






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Eggs to Dye For {Paper Bag Album}:




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See... my creative mojo is coming back! I've made more albums in the past couple of weeks than I have all year!!!

FINALLY!

Yay! I've FINALLY got something "Creative" to blog about!!!

This past weekend I got a little bit of motivation back. I had started on an Easter album several weeks ago, but I didn't want to finish it because I'm just turned off by pastel colors. I can't do a lot with them and I simply don't like to create with them. I don't know why, maybe I'm just weird! Adam encouraged me to go upstairs and try to work on something this weekend. He said it would give me a little extra spending money, so I decided to give it a try. Note, I haven't completed an album since before Christmas!!!

Well, I'm quite proud of my accomplishments! Yes, with an S! I finished not only 1 album, but 2!!! I'm very happy wit hthe results, so I thought I would share! These albums are both now up on ebay, so check them out!


You & Me Paper Bag Album (click here to see it on ebay)


Easter Bunny Paper Bag Album (click here to see it on ebay)

Tell the whole world, my creative mojo is BACK!!!

New Blog Design & Domain Name!

Hi everyone! Sorry I change things around here so much! I never can find something that I really would like to stick with! I think I've found one now! I LOVE this new layout! It's called "Haute Spring" and it's a blog in a box design by Zoe Pearn. If you haven't checked out her stuff on Sweet Shoppe, you must! She's a wonderful designer! Click the logo below to visit her store!



I've also bought a domain name! Now an easier way to get here is to visit http://www.createserendipity.net GoDaddy is having a domain name sale, I bought this domain for just $1!!! Visit Go Daddy and enter code LOVE99 to get this awesome deal for yourself!

I'm still editing everything and getting my blog back in order, so stay tuned!

Back Home & Still in Vacation Mode!

Hello everyone! I just have to say, I had the best time on my cruise! I had so much fun that I have already booked for The Rock Boat X which will be next year (Jan 7-11, 2010) from Tampa to Cozumel. I'm pretty excited!!! The picture above is of the ship that I was just on, The Carnival Destiny.

Here are a few highlights of my trip!


On the way down we stopped at Disney world (yes, we drove from Ohio.... not doing that again!).


I rode a carousel, it kinda made me feel like a kid again!


This is a pic of Miami from the boat. Isn't it beautiful?


Amanda & Me during the lifeboat drill. Thank God we didn't go down! I couldn't stand another minute in that life vest!!!


This is a view of the Lido deck on the Carnival Desitiny.


The atrium on the ship.


We went to the Lido deck at sundown to watch Tonic preform.


Our first stop was at Nassau in The Bahamas. Some friends and I decided to do a shore excursion that took us to a little private island. It was so nice I didn't want to leave!!!


The Bahamas was nice... and warm!


Look who I ran into in The Bahamas! It's the middle Hanson brother, Taylor!


Amanda and I enjoying the Graham Colton show in the Palladium.


I found a new drink that I love! It's called an ultimate sunrise... I had "4 or 3 of them"... well that's what I thought... turns out I had 8! So THAT'S why my friends wouldn't let me sing karaoke! lol


We didn't get to land in Half Moon Cay because of the weather... so we walked around and found stuff to do. This is me in the atrium.


I even got to watch the innaguration while laying out!


This is us before we got off the boat. We were incredibly tired!

In the end, this trip was so much fun and I hated to leave! On the way home we ran out of gas on the loooong Florida Turnpike which made our drive home take even longer! Next year we are flying for sure!!!