Day 3 of 365

So day three I took a picture of Noel's NFL Football.  It is of significance because today was the last day of regular season football.  The Buccs went 3-14, and the Saints went 14-3.  The Saints won the right to a bye-week in the first round of the playoffs and they have home field advantage for their first game.  Good Luck Saints!!  Lets finally win this thing!

ACOT Freebies

Have been intereted in getting started in digital scrapbooking?  Well you have the opportunity to try it out for free you know! Over at ACOT, or otherwise known as A Cherry On Top, there is a whole section of freebies in the digi-store!  All you need is PSE, GIMP, or some other program to do "photoshop" stuff in.  Come check it out!

Day 2 of 365!

Here is the photo from day two.  I promise they will get more exciting.  This is just waht has consumed me lately!  I am trying to "deep clean" my house!  hehe

Project 365!

I have decided to try this once again.  It is tough to remember to take my camera with me everywhere I go, so I am going to really try and stick to it.  Hopefully it will just become second nature to me.  I can't wait to see the end result at the end of the year. 

Here is my photo for today!

This is the book shelf in my office.  It is brand new and has inspired some serious cleaning in our house.  The garbage men will hate us on Monday!

Back from Louisiana

I was very fortunate to take a three week vacation home to Louisiana for winter break.  I left on December 9th and didn't return until the 26th!  It was wonderful, but exhausting.  I got there on the 11th and on the 12th we had my nieces birthday party.  It was so much fun.  She turned three this year and it was the first birthday party I have attended.  It was so much fun and I enjoyed it all.  The night before the party (the day I got in) she and I made cupcakes for the party. Pictures as soon as I remembered where I saved them!  Grr!

Then I visited family!  I had a great time hanging out with my dad, sister, brother, nieces and nephews, and grandparents. 

On the Wednesday after I arrived......I got the dreaded stomach flu!!  YUCKY!  That put me down a few days and it was not fun.

On the 18th my brother arrived in town and on the 19th we all had Christmas.  That night the New Orleans Saints lost their first game of the season.... :-( ...and the next day I left for Dallas.  I was busy, busy, busy! 

Noel was supposed to arrive on the 21st of December at about 5:30.  But wouldn't you know, fate had other plans!  His plane was delayed by 6 HOURS!!!  After spending an ENTIRE day - literally, in an airport, he arrived in Dallas at 9:40 that night.  We hung out in Dallas for two more dats then headed back to Louisiana.
We celebrated Christmas with my aunts family on Christmas Eve Night and then with my family on Christmas Day Morning.  We headed back to Florida that very night around 10:30!!

Great trip but VERY exhausting!  I can't wait to do it all again soon though!  PICTURES COMING SOON!

Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving 2009 was fantastic in our home!  Well actually it was at Noel's grandmothers home, but it was still fantastic!  Ms. Daniele's sister and her partner came from France and it was such a please getting to meet them.  We had a great dynamic group of 14 with all of our friends and family.  Below are some photos.  I will ass more later.

Fancy ham and cheese rolls.

 

Ms. Daniele preparing the silverware.

 

Fruit Basket

 

Ms. Daniele

 

Appatiffs!

 

Noelle & Henry from France

The Spread!

A Gift From The Kiddies!

I finished up my Practicum Hours the Thursday before Thanksgiving and I loved it!  I had such a great time working in the classroom with the little rugrats.  They were so full of energy and taught me so much!  Before I left they sneaked around with their teacher and put together a gift for me. It was a homemade bag with goodies to use in my teaching career (or in school...hehe) and also some books for my first classroom library.  The BEST part of it was the little booklet of thank you letters from the kids.  They made me cry like a baby (check out the last photo...he told me good luck in my marriage).   I LOVED it!

 

 

 

 

Changes All Around

I need a new start.  A bit of a refresher.  Something different, exciting, and fun!  I am making major changes to my blog.  You may notice that I have changed the title and I am currently working on changing the look of the layout. 

In the past this blog included only things about my scrapbooking.  Now it will include everything I do.  I am planning to take cake decorating classes soon and sewing in the summer.  I would really like to learn these two hobbies!  In addition to that stuff, I will also still be chronicling my scrapbooking and will now be adding photography stuff too!  I had different blogs for each of these things and it just gets too complicated.  Lastly I am adding recipes and opinions about the ones I complete.  I can't wait to get it started!

Happy Hobbies!!

A is for Autumn & a FREEBIE!

So, fall is almost here and Isabel Mendez with Crisdam Designs knows just how to bring it in with a bang! Check out this layout which gives you a sneak peak of the new kit that is coming from Isabel! It is titled "A is for Autumn" and you are going to love it.



As a gift to you, I am giving you a basic template that I created to make the above layout!

ACOT SUMMER CROP and a freebie!

Begins today at 3:00PM!!!

www.acherryontop.com

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Now for the freebie! I created a digi-page of my nieces first ballet practice but I had to make an embellishment to go on the page. I had nothing ballet related. So, I created some ballet slippers. Here is the page:



Here is the freebie:

Some Recent Kits at ACOT

These are some amazing kits from some amazing designers at A Cherry On Top. Go to the digi section and get these today! You won't regret it!

ACOT Summer Crop!!

It is time again for anther crop at A Cherry On Top! We love the crops over there because there are so many things to do. We play games, host challenges, fast scraps, and give away points; tons of points!!

The dates are August 28-30, 2009. You can find all of the information you need on our message boards. Stay tuned for game rules, challenge requirements, and contests!

Great Scrapping News!!!

So I have some great news! I was recently selected to become a part of the Creative Team for A Cherry On Top. I was actually selected as a member of the Digi-CT. I am so excited!! This site is amazing! I became a member of the message boards and a regular member of the site about two years ago when I swapped from paper to digital scrapping and I have never looked back!

Some of my recent layouts....

Here are some layout I have completed recently.

The first is of a rabbit that hang out in my yard! He is our real live Easter bunny! hehe The layout was created using the collaboration kit made by Isabel Mendez. See previous post on where to find it.



This layout was created using "Happy go Lucky" by Shabby Princess!

SOOO many annoucements and a CT Call!!!

Yay! Crisdam Designs has a new store at Elemental Scraps, woohoo!!!

FROM ISABEL'S BLOG:
As you might now Elemental Scraps went through a makeover this past weekend. The site is finally up and running and by the way, I just love the new design, it looks so fresh and inviting! And for my grand opening I did a cute collaboration with Angie Kovacs and my entire store will be 30% off. The offer is good through April 12th.

Click HERE to visit my new store.

This is the collaboration preview:




NOW FOR THE CT CALL INFORMATION!!!!


Have you always wanted to be on a digital CT? Well, now is your chance! Crisdam Designs is having a CT call and your invited to apply! Read the ad below and if it sounds like something you would love to do, send in your email!

Destined to be...

So today on the ACOT message boards, Kami for "Kreations by Kami" hosted a little contest! She gave us a sampler of her new kit and we had to use at least 75% of it on the layout. If our layout is chosen we get the kit free! Here is my layout!

Spring Flings & Sweet Dreams

Here are some layouts I created using the new kits from Isabel Mendez!

New Kits by Crisdam Designs!!!

I missed posting on the day she released them. I am still swimming in an ocean of work called school. However, better late than never! Here are the two new kits from Isabel Mendez.





Click on the photos above and they will take you right to the product at ACOT!! Enjoy!!

P.S. I decorated my blog with Spring Breeze! Whatcha think about it??

New Kits!!

I have great news! There are some new kits coming from Isabel Mendez and you will love them!!! Be on the lookout!!

An update and some layouts...

Well I just returned from Spring Break this past weekend and I had a blast. Nothing exciting happened, but I got to visit my family in Louisiana for nine days and it was much needed and very relaxing! My niece and nephew were great fun to be around and I even got to see my cousins Rachel, Ayden, and Drew. We had a extraordinary time!

Before I left going out of town, there was a crop over at ACOT. I love these things! They are so much fun and the friends you make while doing it is unbelievable. I won a challenge there and I had one of my layouts chosen to be represented in the "CT Spotlight there" I was so stoked about it. Here are some layouts from that weekend...

This is the "CT Spotlight" Pick