All of these layouts & cards were made with the June Masters kit. I think last I checked there was one left! So if you like...and you want...run on over there!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Scrap love...
All of these layouts & cards were made with the June Masters kit. I think last I checked there was one left! So if you like...and you want...run on over there!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Long lost family and stuff
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Good Times All Around...
Last night we meet up with some high school friends of mine that I hadn't seen since high school (yeah thats 14 years for you guys keeping track). It's amazing how quickly you can catch up with old friends on facebook. We never realized how much we had in common and now that we are married and both have kids it's sort of a no brainer that we hang out. So anyway, we met for dinner and then went to see a local comedian and had a blast. We even capped it off with a Waffle House visit. So much fun. We are already planning a New Orleans night out!Friday, July 10, 2009
Guest Designer at VP Creative Cafe
This is the little gated card I demonstrated. The ladies there were so much fun and got so creative with their cards!You can swing by Vintage Plum and join in the fun. The instuctions are up in the forum under the creative cafe section. If you upload your cards to the Creative Cafe Gallery by Sunday at midnight, you have a chance to win these earrings from my etsy shop...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Celebrating Independance Day
I can't get these pictures in order to save my life! Blogger just sort of puts them were they want them and won't let me move them. Oh well...they are sorta in order.We started off our day with a jeep ride to my brother's house for my niece's birthday party.
Her birthday was in March but she insisted on having a summer party because she wanted a slip and slide. So we went and I thought Zane would eventually get into it but not so.
Below is the UNbirthday girl enjoying her slip and slide!
And this is where Zane spent the better part of the party.
This is a misplaced picture (thanks blogger) of us at the pool party that we went to after the birthday party.
A very merry UNbirthday to you!
Ok, another misplaced picture...this is Zane's reaction to the slip and slide...
He finally said he wanted to take a turn on the slide. So my brother took him on it. *note the clinched fists*
Now my baby niece on the other hand, she loved it!
Here is my brother with his baby girl. She is a doll. I'm so proud of my brother for turning out to be a great daddy. He is still a bit irresponsible and child like at times but he has come a LONG way and treats his girls like gold!
The next two shots are pictures of the view from the Plaquemine Locks where we went watch the fireworks.
I'm so happy my little hometown has started such a wonderful tradition and it has been so well received. It really is nice to be able to have a celebration like this without having to go 20 or 30 minutes out of town to an over crowded drunk fest to watch the fireworks.
Ok, more back tracking...before we went to the fireworks we went to hang out with our friends at their little pool party. After the slip and slide ordeal we were not sure how Zane would react to this.
Apparently fairly well.
He did enjoy the water but was in and out of the pool and spazy as usual.
We parked the jeep up on the levee and watch the fireworks from there once it got dark.
Zane was amazed. He does love watching the pretty fireworks.And that's it in a nut shell. A very long winded and photo heavy nut shell!
Now you guys be sure to swing by Vintage Plum this afternoon where I will be making a guest appearance at their monthly creative cafe. Log on at 6 p.m. central to join in!
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Talk about taking the pressure off...
Friday, July 03, 2009
LOTS to share
Great car conversation and ending the day with Dairy Queen were the highlights of the day. So needless to say it was a great trip over all. It's not the destination after all...but the journey...right? LOL!
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Gettin' Scrappy 'wit it!
*sigh* told you...I was very inpsired. And this doesn't even include the projects I did in the classes I took! Wowza!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Hilarious and Random
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETU86ha_SCg
You have to watch it all the way through to see me!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Back from SIScon!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
We've been trippin' & we ain't done yet!
We went to New Orleans to see an awesome Guns & Roses tribute band! They also had a Poison band with them AND a Motley Crue tribute band! It was crazy good!
There was plenty of time for quality time with the hubs...
...with one of my best girls, Alissa

She had just come from an 80's themed party where she was dressed as Axl Rose! How perfect was that?! Love her painted tats! Then Sunday morning she invited us over to their home on the way out of town to have coffee with her and her hubs. Such a wonderful visit! I can't wait to do it again soon.So here are a few of the sights we saw...
And now for a huge last minute treat...my hubs as agreed to a last minute road trip to Nashville so I can attend the Scrap In Style event!
I'm going to get to take some killer classes from Martha Bonneau, Jenni Bowlin & Amy Tan! AND I get to hang out with some beautiful women like my pal Beth Perry & Stacy Fike among others that I most likely don't even know are going yet. This is so spontaneous and exciting! So much better than signing up 6 months ago and having to wait! LOL! If you get a wild hair up you butt and wanna go too, there's still room!!! Thursday, June 18, 2009
>insert snazzy title here<
I feel cool now that I own something that was on the cover of an Urban Outfitters catalog! LOL!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
This makes me sad...
My great grandmother's old house? Well it's about to be torn down.Nothin', what's up with you?
I wanted to thank everyone for all their sweet thoughts, prayers and comments on our loss. You have all been so kind. Above are the beautiful Zenias that Lindsey picked for me out of her garden. She knew they were my grandmother's favorite. She loves me like that.
This is Molly. She is a Southwest Box Turtle. Thursday, June 11, 2009
I felt pretty today
Today was my grandma's funeral and it was a very emotional and rough day. My mother took it VERY hard during mass and my heart truly broke for her. Her poor, tired body had just had enough and she was flooded with all the emotion she had been holding back. I have never experienced such a out pour of emotion at a funeral. Always a quite tear, lots of hugs and an occasional boo hoo but this was real, raw emotion and it was hard. Now that this is behind us, we can begin to heal and manage our lives with this obviously missing piece.
As I mentioned, I felt pretty today. So I took a picture. A few actually. You may have noticed that I stopped taking my 365 pictures. I had gotten so religious with them and had taken a couple hundred or so. But I just got uninspired and eventually stopped. But today I put on a dress, which I never do, and I felt pretty. So there.
That's all for today. I feel very inspired but my mind is to cluttered and exhausted to do anything about it. I need to just be tonight. Just exist with my thoughts and be.
Monday, June 08, 2009
I've been scrappy
I got a little glimmer mist crazy on some of these (thanks in part to my CandiMandi)! So if you are a scrap nerd like me and want to see detailed pictures and discriptions, you can hope on over to the Masters blog for more.
She is gone
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
A few more beach pics...
Above is my favorite shot of the trip.And here are a few more of my top pics...
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Play by Play brought to you by iPhone
The day before our trip we were flying a kite. Should have been packing...but we were flying a kite! LOL! Oh and I posted this pic on facebook and got a ton of comments about the power lines. I ASSURE you, they look A LOT closer than they are. It's just the angle of the picture. Promise.
So anywho, we went to the beach this weekend for the first time since before we had Zane. So this was his FIRST beach trip! Here is the recap according to my iPhone.
On the road....
And driving through the tunnel in AL...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Painted. Ate. Drank. Enjoyed.

Had a great, lazy weekend. Painted. Ate. Drank. Enjoyed.
The band was good but the company was better.I was feeling pretty feisty...I even had on my sexy shoes! LOL!

Oh and we ate pop sickles! Is there anything that an orange pop sickle can't fix when you are 2 years old?!
Well that's all in my world. Laters!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Closing another week...
Had some awesome jumbo shrimp. My hubs loves me...he boiled me 35 pounds of them!We also went out for sushi, drinks and music with some friends...


Earlier this week, my projects for Vintage Plum were posted...
These cuties were featured on the Hambly blog.
Gave a little tutorial on the Vintage Plum blog for this cute little mini made with the VP May kit and an old board game.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Today we celebrate our mothers

The ones who brought us into the world and made us who we are. The ones we can not even begin to thank for all they have done for us. Mine is amazing. I spend the better part of the day with my mother. I admire her strength, her drive, her hope, her love, her kindness. I strive to be half the woman that she is to so many in her life.
And today I also reflect on the mother in me. The woman I have become. The woman I hope to be.

I am reminded that these moments that seem so routine and uneventful will soon become a vague memory. Things that we do everyday will be seem like light years away. As I watched my son splash around in the bath tub tonight I realized that in 10 years this will be ancient history...hell in 5 years I'll close my eyes and try to recall this very moment. This time is so fleeting. These moments are so treasured. Will I remember them? Will I look back on them fondly? All these things that take place day to day that we take for granted...will we long to have them back? I know we will. It almost makes me sad. I look at my spirited little boy and see the man he will become and it makes my nose tingle and my eyes watery. So today, I'm holding on to this little boy with everything I have. Stay little my angel. Stay my little boy!
Saturday, May 09, 2009
What a blur of a week!
We went to New Orleans Monday to see Flyleaf at the House of Blues.
The show was amazing. Lacey has such an incredible voice and unlike most live bands, she is better in person! We also got a chance to hang out with our friend Matt and kinda mill around the streets of the French Quarter which I adore!
I left my camera since I didn't think we could take it in the House of Blues but was very disappointed when I saw everyone taking pictures! So all the pictures you see in this post are from my good 'ol iPhone. I fall more and more in love with that thing every day.
Oh and we played dress up in a few of the french quarter shops...which is always fun!
We are already planning our next trip back to see another live band in the next few weeks...maybe this time we will make an overnighter! Sunday, May 03, 2009
Super Excited!

To see them...
Hells yeah. Not much else to say tonight. I made a few of my projects for my guest design team spot over at Vintage Plum and I am in love with them already! Can't wait to share. Perhaps I'll do some peeks later this week. Saturday, May 02, 2009
Happy NSB Day! Scrap News & Projects!
Now for some scrappies! This is a few things I did with last month's Vintage Plum kit.
*you can't see it very well in this picture but these are sewn on the sewing machine and they look like they are quilt blocks. Super cute way to use this awesome Sassafrass paper!*
And for my first assignment as the guest designer over at Vintage Plum, I got to host a challange at the online crop today. My challange was a 3D altered item. There is still time to play if you are feeling frisky! LOL!
Friday, May 01, 2009
In honor of National Scrapbook Day...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Weekend review in pictures
Who knew he would be such a good boy with daddy not there!
We caught up with some good old friends that we hope to spend more time with this summer and the kids got to play again.
And speaking of kids...the guys looked like kids when then saw this old house they are taring down on in our neighborhood. They had to go take "band" promotional pictures! LOL!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Today was his birthday...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Mr. & Mrs.
So my weekend was nice. Saturday we chilled out. I made stuff. We visited Sugarbutt and had dinner at her house. So nice.
This is Zane all duded up to see his yaya and James. (his daddy dressed him...can you tell?)
So as I mentioned...a nice weekend. Doesn't get much better than this.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Random
The above pic is of my watering can next to Zane's watering can that his grandma gave him in his Easter basket. I just thought it was so cute how he wants to water the flowers just like we do and seeing that little can next to the big one just made such a visual impact with me today.
And this post gets even more random...
Things I'm into this week:
Music:
Pandora Radio on the iPhone, Lilly Allen, Meiko, Ting Tings, Frou Frou, Lenka
Scrappies:
New Hambly (need to order!!!!), I diggin' kits! - Vintage Plum, Masters & Studio Calico, Crape paper
Shopping:
Ann Taylor Loft, American Eagle
Yummies:
Robbin Eggs, Lots more coffee than normal, Tuna wraps from the cafeteria @ work, Homemade Caramel Brownies
Housewares:
Clean Linen Reed Defuser, Funky Mod Ikea Lamp,
Interesting...I took a color profile test and this was the result based on my answers:
Enthusiastic, optimistic & full of energy, capable of pursuing originalideas with vigor. Demands a calm environment, free from conflict anddisagreement. Prefers the natural to the artificial. Sensitive,perceptive, able to work well with others. Friendly yet something of acharacter. Most people are entertained. Ordered, rational and energetic.Needs to break away occasionally. Take a trip. It'll do you good.Apparently the cosmic gods are telling me to get out of town! LOL! I mayhave to take that advice. So you folks who know me in real life, chime inand let me know ifyou think the test was accurate! LOL!
I leave you with some pics of my little guy playing in the yard today with his watering can and bucket.
Well like Porky Pig would say.....That's all folks! Type ya later!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Just a few scrappies
The next couple projects are using the latest Master kit, which by the way I love.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The Easter Bunny Has Left the Building & apparently Jesus works for the Cable Company

Lots of good coffee talk with friends. I SO enjoyed that!
"Analyst Jesus has entered the room" then followed by "My name is Jesus and I am here to help you today". I'm so glad it was a chat and not a phone call...for two reasons: a) I would have laughed uncontrollably in his face and b) I would not have been able to share this screen capture with you as proof. An appropriate experience for Easter Sunday, don'tcha think?Friday, April 10, 2009
Yes it was a GOOD Friday

Despite some "issues" with my in-laws getting crawfish, I ended my Good Friday at a crawfish boil. My good friend Corey saw my disappointed twitter post about not getting my crawfish and promptly called to invite us to the crawfish boil he was attending. See, twitter IS a God sent.
Next I share with you pics of my little man...
His daddy got a big load of rocks for the yard and Zane just thought that was the coolest place for him to play. He thought about it carefully and took his job of rock moving very seriously.
And just to prove that I have been creating...
This is a card I made with the latest Masters Kit...Licorice and Jelly Beans. I adore this kit. Seriously.
Oh and remember that fabulous IKEA light I wanted? Well my girl Shelly out in Houston saw my post about it and offered to get it for me since she was coming to Louisiana for the Easter holiday! I met up with them today and actually got her to get me two of them. They are wonderful! Just know that when IKEA says assembly required...they AINT kidding! I'll post pics of that process later. Thanks again Shelly!
Ok, well I have to scoot on to bed. BIG day tomorrow...hosting my 6th annual Easter tea. Plenty of pics to come I'm sure!
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Blog slacker
As for creativity, I got my masters kit (http://masterskitclub.blogspot.com) earlier this week and haven't really gotten to play yet so I hope to work a little on that this weekend at some point. I also have the next scrapjacked challange to do (and it is SO cool .... Like painty cool!), and I also posted a twilight challange over at vintage plum (www.vintageplum.com) so I need to wrap that project up too!
*sigh*. Is it the weekend yet?!
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Coming to terms
I think I could be happy at my new job...eventually. I still wish I could be closer to home and have not given up hope on those possibilities but for now, I'm ok and I'm just rolling with it.So the above picture was taken while the hubs did some mowing...Zane was so cute, he went out got HIS lawn mower and "helped".
Remember how I said how bad of a week I had, well my starshine Elizabeth made my day by meeting me in my parking lot at work with this!
Yes, it's the GOONIES! I adore this movie and I had mentioned it to her a while back...so when she saw it, she got it for me and saved it for a crappy day like the one I had that day. She loves me.And this (as well as the picture above) was made with the February Masters Kit.
Well all for now. Later my loves!
Oh and thanks so much for all your sweet emails and comments. Things ARE getting better. I think. LOL!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The light at the end of the tunnel
As you know, I'm not thrilled with my new employment. Above is a picture of Baton Rouge at dawn. I must admit that I do get a pretty sweet view of the sunrise on Friday mornings when I get to come into work about a half hour earlier than normal. Well back to my title...I just got some pretty good news on the homeward bound job relocation project. I'm still waiting on details but keep your fingers crossed for me! This could be the silver lining I've been looking for in the whole situation.So here are a few random updates...a great little mini I'm working on...
And out night out last night. Friends, sushi, pool, drinks, and shananagins. *sigh*
OH! And I got a new laptop! I'm so flippin' happy about that. SO happy! I decided upon a Hewlett Packard and I think I'm gonna LOVE it!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The "C" word strikes again.
This time, this wonderful creature from God has been stricken with it. Not once, but twice. My 85 year old grandmother has cancer. And yes, it's terminal. (The above picture was taken when she was a young, beautiful woman.) She has been diagnosedwith lung cancer and a brain tumor. The news of lung cancer was hard enough but the words "brain tumor" sent us in a tail spin of emotion. This diagnosis took place a couple of months ago but I'm just now ready to talk about it. I'm ok with letting my grandmother go. She has lived a long and satisfying life and it really is her time. She has lived with out her husband since he died of a heart attack in 1973 and she has longed for theday when she can be with him again.
With that in mind, it doesn't make seeing her go through this any easier. Thankfully, she is not in any pain. I mean none. That is such a blessing. It's quite bizarre but we don't question it. The Lord does work in mysterious ways and I guess he figures if he must take her this way, he could at least make it as painless as possible. She did after all lead a very modest and respectful life full of kindness and giving. She has blessed this world with three children, six grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren (one of which is yet to be born). She has given me such an appreciation for our Italian heritage and culture and I would like to think that I have her giving nature. I'm sad that 3 of her great grandchildren will not be old enough to remember her but very thankful that she got to see Zane and he at least got to meet her and may remember her in some way. I hope to carry on traditions that she began and culture that she has exposed us to. She has undergone radiation for the brain tumor and is currently undergoing radiation on the lung right now butthe prognosis is not good. Months really. I plan on spending as much time as I can with her and hope she continues to stay comfortable until the very end. The hardest part for me is watching my mother deal with all of this. Although she has two brothers to share the burden, as the only daughter, you know the responsibility she feels for making sure her mother is well taken care of. Not to mention the kind of person my mother is. She is the one that always steps up during a time of crisis and helps to make things better. She is the one that is always strong and keeps a brave face despite the fact that she worries more that you can imagine for everyone she knows and loves. She truly carries everyone's burdens on herself. For example, the day we found out that the biopsy on the lung was cancer, it was the day I lost my job. She was already so worried about me loosing my job and then had to get the news of the biopsy being cancer. That is anemotion that she should have the right to feel fully all by itself. And then the day we found out about the brain tumor I had sewage backing up in my house and she had been on the phone with me pouring my heart out about my petty issues earlier that day. Then when she called me to give me the news about the tumor, she couldn't even get it out of her mouth. She had broken down and let the emotion overcome her. I rushed to her house and just held her as cried and told me the news. It was so strange for me to be that person for her but at that moment I was. So now, I feel the tables are turned and I have to be the strong person for her. I have to help her get through this. I keep telling her to prepare herself and she says that she is but she is about to loose her mother and I can't even imagine that feeling. It saddens me to even picture that day. I just wanted to get these thoughts and feelings out while they are presenting themselves because I tend to block this stuff out during times of grief.I leave you with one of my favorite pictures of us. This picture was taken a month before David and I got married...so I guess that makes this picture 7 years old.
Up until Christmas time last year, this was how you usually would find my grandma... happy. healthy. bright eyed. smiling.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Randomness.
I want this....badly. It's an Ikea light.
Did I mention we don't have an Ikea in Louisiana? Damnit! Wouldn't this look good in a bedroom painted Tiffany Blue with a chocolate bedspread? *sigh*And here are some scrappies I did for the Masters kit.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Full and Satisfied
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Is it possible for a Glade Plug in to make you happy?
So how's my weekend going? Well I'm glad you asked (even though you totally didn't).
Last night we managed to sneak out for our much needed adult night.
We went to our favorite spot to see local bands to see a wonderful cover band that sings a lot of 80's stuff. How can we resist that?
Well all for now. We are thinking of hitting the Zoo tomorrow. Perhaps. The weather is so pretty and my little guy is due for a train ride. I'll most likely post more on that tomorrow.
Oh and I have some scrappy projects to post too.
Well laters!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Allow me to be dramatic for a moment
Today sucked. Ok, not really. But it was the worse day yet at my new job. My job is primarily to run reports. Lots and lots of reports. All day long. Everyday. Well today everything just got under my skin. It started with daycare being late. Again. But this time it wasn't as bad as it was Monday. Monday I sat outside for 15 minutes in the pouring down rain (knowing that traffic was getting worse by the minute) before somebody showed up. So I get on the road and get going. Actually making good time. Once I get to work and run the "Wednesday" reports I tell my boss I'm done and like an idiot I ask if there is anything else he needs. Well after sitting around for three hours absolutely useless and bored out of my mind he comes to my desk with a spreadsheet with about 100 line items to update from data that resides all over cyberland somewhere. Nice. Did I mention he lays this on me like an hour before it's time to go. He starts rattling all this stuff off and where it's located and I guess he saw the look on my face and asks..."Am I stressing you out?" To that I answered "Yes!" He then tells me "I stress most people out. So you go it?" What am I supposed to say to that?! So I kindly answer "I'll try."Then traffic was stupid this afternoon. Notice I didn't say it was bad. It was "STUPID". Idiots I tell ya.
And lastly, I pick up my main and get my first piece of mail that refers to me as a "former Dow employee". Nice.
Is it Friday yet?

Oh and the two pictures in this post are yesterday and today's 365s. I've sent the boys outside...now mamma's going scrapbook. Laters!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Once upon a time...there was a crazy week...
Monday I went out to lunch with my old work buddies. My last day unemployed.Tuesday I started my new job. This is my new view.

The commute is not awful but way worse than my 5 minute drive I've been spoiled with for the past 7 years.
I made a scrapbook to give to the Church for the St. Joseph's altar.
It rained. A lot.

We drank rootbeer out of glass bottles.
Saturday we put the finishing touches on the altar for church. This is a fava bean. More on that further down in the post.
Finally here is the latest scrapjack. I had fun getting messy with paint. Check it out!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Amazing
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Busy Weekend...not really...well sort of...

This weekend involved a trip to Urban Outfitters where I got a few really good deals and then a visit to the fabric store for some project supplies...one of which was the hounds tooth fabric for my camera strap that I'm proudly displaying above! Yes, I made it! I'm so excited about that!
Then Saturday and Sunday was cookie making for the St. Joseph's altar. These were the fun cookies.
Today we made haystacks...
They are basically dry Italian cookies that are stirred into hot melted sugar and molded into stacks. It was a very hot process but the results were pretty cool and they tasted great.
Saturday we made fig cookies. It was my first time making them but I seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly. I'm thinking that I will have to add these to my Christmas cookie list this year now that I know how to make them. And I took plenty of pics...



Saturday, March 07, 2009
There's a new toy in our house
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Getting my craft on...
And I was so inspired that I whipped up this little clear wallet.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Is it bad the BBQ was the highlight of my day?
Breakfast. Church. Lunch with Sugarbutt & Fam at BBQ joint. Nap. Coffee. Computer time.That is all.
I had a wonderful time catching up with my sugar and rubbing her very prego belly. And seeing her little James too. I had a strange moment where I looked up from my plate and thought to myself...man they are getting big. Then I was like...OMG that's our BABIES! Time is flying and we are just along for the ride.
Ok, so 365 catch up time...
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Consider it severance
So in addition to this fabulous shoe find, I also had a KILLER trip to the Anthro sales rack. KILLER. You will see those finds later.
Oh and I came across these wonderful images in my stuff I had boxed up from art school.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A reminder...
Monday I sold my favorite piece in my etsy shop. I had mixed feelings about that too! So I worked on some new creations that will me showing up in my shop soon...
And yesterday, on the way home from an interview I ran in one of my favorite thrift shops and found this...three of them actually! I was so excited! Now the delima is to sell or not to sell.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
It's a chili kinda night
I love my clovers around my house. they have little deep red hearts on each leaf. So this afternoon was pretty chill. I spend most of the afternoon playing in the yard with my little guy and racing hot wheels down the slide.



And this is a better shot of my tiny bit too short dress...you can't tell from this picture but it was short. Well short for me at least.











He goes through phases you know. Two years ago it was a guitar. This time it's a skateboard

