Sunday Scrappin

It's time for another Sunday Scrappin! I love that I have had projects/pages to share for several weeks now. This week I scrapped some on Sunday - I think my bestie was on the phone scrapping too...but I may have my weeks mixed up? I also scrapped with a friend after a doctor's appointment another day. For anyone who may not have seen my last post, we found out this week that baby on the way is a little girl! We're both excited and Lydia was super happy, she even said "thank you" lol. So girls won the tiebreaker, counting the dogs we totally rule the house. ;)

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I've been on a kick scrapping Lydia's milestones and random pictures to finish up her first year album but this week I ran into a couple problems - no paper for her birthday pages and other sets of photos I realized I was missing some pictures. This week I'm going to go over my to-do list for her album again and print off whatever is left to do. I'm also hoping to make a trip to a scrappy store for birthday papers. This week I worked on pages for the family album - which is very very far behind. It was fun doing something different.

These are pictures from a trip to the splashpark with the kids our first summer here. Michael had so much fun once he got wet...Lydia didn't care for it much then. I still have to journal.

 

 Here's a picture of Michael at two. He loved playing drums so I thought his drumsticks were fun to include in the picture. I still have to journal. For the facing page he's a little older but not quite three. These were favorites of mine. His little faces in both coffee pictures. BTW - it's not coffee, but chocolate milk. We were running errands that day and while I got a coffee I got him chocolate milk. I need to finish up the title and do some journaling. I also want to distress or ink the pages some.

  

And these are pages that I did for Michael's preschool pictures. I blocked out the name of the school and student's names. On the second page I used a sticker sheet I bought sometime back and then Michael scribbled on it...but I still used it because it seemed fitting. I had specific pictures in mind and today added them to my print folder so I can add them later. I'll be using more flip flaps here as I forgot just how many cute pictures I had.

To-do:

•  Print photos
• Get birthday paper
• Scrap!
• Figure out if I need cards & if so make them

I have quite a bit of non-scrap to tackle to get ready for baby. I'll be switching the kids' rooms, finishing up decor projects, purging & reorganizing. I hope to have time to share some progress of that. You can join in or check out other scrappers by clicking the button above. Have a great week & thanks for visiting!

Peek A Boo Baby!

Sunday Scrappin'

It's time for Sunday Scrappin' again! I love this weekly meme because it gives me motivation to make time to scrap during the week and I find inspiration in other scrappers projects. This week I didn't get as much done as I was hoping but I still have a few things to share. I took one day to mistreat my windows so that cut some extra time away from scrapping. Today I want to start work on Lydia's  first birthday pages (two celebrations and lots of pictures) but have housework to catch up on and am taking the kids out later. Yesterday was such a nice day we went to the park and let them run around in the sunshine. I'm hoping for a few more warm days before rain or cold set in and hope that we've seen the last of the snow for the year. We didn't get nearly as much as some places but too much for being in the South.

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This is the second page of Lydia's first foods page I shared last Sunday. I am going to look through my rub ons and stickers, number each set of photos and journal in the empty space on the first page. And yes, my daughter was caught eating the cat food at my great grandmother's house during a visit back home. I just had to take a picture before telling her to stop. The bottom picture will be covered with a flip flap (this link page 90 upper left corner), I saw them on this blog post and thought "why didn't I think of that? I could have made my millions" then I contacted another scrappy blog friend who is a CTMH consultant and will be ordering some from her soon. I like that they can be used on the page protector - you don't have to pull the page out to see the other pages or you could put it straight on the page it looks like.

Next I finally made a gift for my friend's daughter. Her party was postponed because of sick kiddos so I'm going to give this to her next time I see her. She likes ladybugs so I thought this board book would be cute. The front & back are made from chip board and the inside pages are card stock with mattes ready to place pictures.

Lastly I did this page. My camera at the time was having some issues so the picture quality isn't great but Lydia was starting to take steps before Shawn deployed and this is what I got on camera. Shortly after he left she was running around after her brother. The facing page will have photos of the two of them, they had such a special bond even when she was little and always bounced right back to it with deployment and training schedules.

I finally made a trip to Hobby Lobby this week, with coupon in hand, to find my 3 ring albums were sold out. Boo. So instead I picked up the Cropodile which I could have got for less at Wal-Mart (even after the coupon but I had a gift card for Hobby Lobby so it worked. :) I also picked up some black letter stickers since I was running low and got some off brand 'thickers' - foam stickers, those are the white stickers on the First Step page. At half the price I should have picked up two packs, I'll get more next time.

To-Do:

• Make time to scrap Lydia's pictures
• Journal completed pages
• Get albums & page protectors
• Order flip flaps

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a great week. Click the button above to see what other scrappers are doing or share your own projects!

My Mistreated Window {and new obsession}

I hope that I can stay focused enough to finish this post with some coherency. Between preggy brain & my excitement I just don't know...oh look something shiny! Wait that's just my hair in horrible need of a shower. Yesterday I finally read a post & watched a video on Big Mama all about her mistreated windows and easy they were to do. Her post led me to The Nester's blog. And I fell in love. Not just with her mistreated windows but with her motto about homemaking & decorating and I quote, "It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful". So true and so simple and yet how many of us mom's strive for perfection.

In a conversation with my best friend today this came up. We all too often put pressure on ourselves, our spouses and our children to live up to some standard of perfection. They/we must always be all that we/they expect of them/us. Though, I would argue that the expectations we think they (spouse, children, friend) have of us is really our own expectations put on ourselves but we reason that it's not us it's them. Does that make sense? I think coherency just went out the window.

Speaking of windows. Along with Nester's motto that helped to refresh my perspective I was super motivated to finally treat my windows, er mistreat them. I say super motivated because I stalked scoured her blog yesterday and this morning I went to the store to hunt out a good deal on fabric, trim and get myself a glue gun. I'm 27 years old and have never had a truly 'dressed' window or owned a glue gun. The personal growth is astounding. After gathering supplies I did a little cleaning and got to work. Lydia was my little helper/company/endless talker throughout most of it and my husband gave me a few strange looks. At the end I'm very happy with the results and can't wait to share it with you. If I can do this, anyone can.

 

I must confess. Before going to the store I fretted over measurements...and at the store I was still fretting - I mean, what if I didn't bring home enough fabric? But then I remembered it doesn't have to be perfect and continued on. I was hoping to find a great pattern but the store I went to didn't have much selection and the patterns there wouldn't compliment my kitchen.

 

I have another confession. I hemmed the cut edges of my fabric. But in my defense it was fraying fabric, very fraying. One thing about the mistreated window idea I love is the fabric isn't custom fit to any window so if you move or change your decor it's much easier to use and reuse and re-purpose. How could I move it easily if it was fraying all over? Plus that could be messy  in the kitchen. So I dug deep and remembered all my grandmother taught me about sewing, then ignored half of it when I left the raw edges of the fabric raw. :gasp!: My hems were by no means perfect but that was okay because I knew they would be gathered up.

And here's my new glue gun. Rather than sewing the trim on it's hot glued and you can't tell the difference when looking at it. If someone were to come over and inspect my windows that closely I'll let them make treatments for the rest of my windows. I doubt that will happen and if it did I'm sure they'd stop complaining.

  

And this is just about the finished product. I say just about because I decided to add ribbon across the top and I'll add two more tacks where it's sagging. I'm also going to use her safety pin trick for the gathering and trim the excess ribbon. I can mistreat windows but there are some things my CDOness just can't handle. I do wish I had been bolder in my trim choice but like I said....I was fretting. The fabric, trim & ribbon cost under $20 for two windows - I only took a picture of one. The investment in the glue gun, glue sticks & tacks will be used for several mistreatments to come.

Yesterday we found out that it will be a little longer than I was obsessing over hoping to get into a new home with 4 bedrooms and other perks that our current home doesn't have. So rather than whine, mope and worry over it, changing nothing in the process; I resolved to enjoy and make the best of the home we are in. Nester's blog is filled with decorating ideas that I'm already making lists/adding to my lists of things to do around the house.

Thanks for visiting, I hope you also visit The Nester and maybe you'll be inspired by her motto, simple decorating ideas or both!

I can't wait to show you what I have in mind for some old plywood, paint and picture frames.

My ♥

Super Bowl Sunday Scrappin'

I know last Sunday was the big game but while the Super Bowl was on {Congrats to the Saints & all their fans!} I ended up scrapbooking. We had plans with friends, a tv and some snacks but as often in life...plans changed. I really meant to getting more scrapping done this week but didn't. As for my long & lofty to-do list from last week night of friends coming over changed and the birthday party was canceled due to sick so some projects are on hold as well. As long as there is some scrappy progress made regularly I'll be a happy scrapper. I'll be another week closer to my halfway mark tomorrow and time is flying! Click ~~~~~~~~~~~> button to see what other scrappers are up to or share your own craftsiness. :) Scratch the button....had some troubles linking so you can click here ~~~~> www.sundayscrappin.blogspot.com

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I started the last page of the Love Lydia series I shared last week, down to the littlest aunt & uncle. It will be all finished when I order the missing pictures and journal. Looking over these pages I feel there's something more needed but not sure what.

I had so many pictures (joy & pain of a digital camera) of Lydia and I so I narrowed down my favorites for this simple spread. I still want to squeeze in some journaling...maybe an embellishment?

 

This is the last page I did before calling it a night. I saved a spot for journaling and will finish up the rest of the baby food pictures on the next page. 

 

This is an accordion album I made for one of my pregnant friends. I was able to see her this week before she had her baby. A handsome & healthy little boy! <3

To-do's:

• Scrap! Just working on Lydia's album
• Write up a list of gifts I want/need to make over the next few months
• Trip to Hobby Lobby - with coupon & gift card in hand!

Have a great week!

Sunday Scrappin'

It's time for another Sunday Scrappin where we share our scrap & crafts weekly. I like looking back on my scrap progress and seeing things checked off of my to-do lists. If you want to share your craftsiness click this button ~~~~~~~> and link to your blog. Or you can see what others are doing and maybe even be inspired by their work. :D This week I found some time between household projects and had the company of my bestie over the phone.

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These are pictures of Lydia with various family members. I did something like this for Michael's album, though I had more journaling spots...I'll have to squeeze in some journaling here or at least a way to label/caption the photos. There are some pictures I need to print and add to these pages as well as another page to do and the set will be finished.

To-do:

This week I'm going to squeeze in some time to scrap some more and hoping to have a couple friends over to join me. I also want to start tackling my list of pages that need titles/journaling and/or embellishments. I'm almost halfway through this pregnancy so the clock is ticking on my deadline for Lydia's album. I would love to get some pages for my family album worked on as well.

ETA: I have a mini album to make for another expecting friend and a card & gift for another friend's daughter's birthday this weekend.

Thanks for visiting, have a great week!