Baby Alert!!!

Mason Shawn should be gracing us with his presence hopefully tomorrow. Kristin is being induced tomorrow morning, she checks in at 6:30am. So think good thoughts!!!

Class Reminder

I have my adorable Sesame Street Color Book Class today from 1-3pm and tomorrow will be the first Trash to Treasure class. Bring in 7 supscription cards and $5 and you will walk away with a super cute date book for birthdays and things.

Keep up the great organizing ideas, they are ROCKIN! Isn't it wonderful how different people have different ways of doing things and you can always learn something new. I just realized that the day I choose a name will also be the unveiling of the new Heart In Hand Scraps. Tammy has gotten some awesome instructors over there.

Ok I have to get everything packed for my class.
~J~

Ahhhh, fresh air!

The temps have finally given us a break, so we opened the house this morning and it has got me going. So this weekend I think I am going to purge my scraproom. I already have half of a big box full. So leave me your favorite organization idea and I will draw a name on September 1st! The more ideas you give me, the more times your name gets put in, so let me hear it, I need all the help I can get, LOL.

Baby Update

Kristin is still at 4 cm dialated and they say she could go any day. If she hasn't had little Mason by Thursday they are probably gonna help him along since they live an hour away from the hospital. They see the doctor on Monday and talk about their options.
In other baby news, my best friend Tara is pregnant!! (Needless to say I am NOT drinking the water around here. :D)

Hello Saturday

Well I'm going to say that my layout didn't get picked for the Oh Baby call since the calls are over, so here it is. Journaling reads: "To my little sister, I want you to know that I wish you all the best of luck and hope that you will listen to my words of advice. Know that there is no perfect way to be a parent, just try your best and always think things through. Take things one day at a time. Try your best to steer him away from the mistakes that we made as kids. Learn patience, you'll need LOTS!! I know you will be a great mom."

I have to get ready for our work day at work today and then it's date night!! YAY!!

Bring on the RAIN!!!!!!!

I hear the thunder, but no rain yet. I'm just happy that it wasn't another record breaker today. How can my uncle who lives on the very southern tip of Texas be cooler than us??? That just doesn't seem right. I am SO ready for the fall.

It seems I am doing a lot of Halloween layouts, mini books and stuff lately. And that is definately all right by me. I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

Remember this little guy a couple posts back, well we did finish him. Reed decided that he had to have a smiley face. We lit it up and put it outside for dad to see when he came home from work. Reed was so proud of it. I bet the neighbors thought we were nuts. But that is ok, let them think what they want.

Looks like I have a date night on Saturday. I'm so excited, we haven't had one of those in months. And with Art on 4-10s, we don't get to see a lot of each other like we would like.

Ok, off to get some DT stuff done. I'll leave you with this cute picture I took while we were sitting at a stop light. He is so darn cute!!

A couple class changes

The store called today and there are a couple changes that are going to take place with my schedule. I am postponing the Cricut Club until after the New Year unless I can find someone that wants to take it.
Also, the September Trash to Treasure class on the 27th has been moved up to Wednesday, the 5th 6:30-8. That is the one with the packaging. I have learned that the Heidi Swapp stamp packages are perfect for gift cards and the HS large florals are perfect for CDs. Just an FYI. Come on down this is only $5.00!!!

Stomach Flu YUCK!!!!

I won't go into details, but woke up this morning (3am) with a horrible stomach flu that has left me in bed most of the day. Which isn't an easy task with a 3 year old running amuck. So I figured before I fell asleep, I best get up and do something. So here I sit.
I got some work done this weekend, but nothing is photographed, so I'll share at another time. But here is a digi layout using Holly's kit again.
I had so much planned to do today and haven't gotten a thing done, since I had to leave the house to do any of it. Oh well, one day wasted. I'm going back to bed.
Hope you are having a better day!!!
~J~

Ahh, the mojo has returned...

Over the last couple nights, I have been working on a couple different projects and everything is coming together sooo wonderfully. Unfortunately I can't show you what is going on over here, since the layouts must be unseen. But I am feeling it! I guess so has Reed, he has become quite the little photographer with my digital camera. He took this picture of me. A couple of his dad's back at the computer and a few of his cool remote control robot. He cracks me up.

My stamps from Holly at PinkSugarPop came today and I think I have used everyone of them in the hour they have been here. I also used one of her digital kits over at My Digital Muse and started on my first hybrid project. It is a little cube and this is the first side of it. I created it as I would a 12x12 layout and then resized it to 3.5x3.5. Once I have gotten all of my sides made I will embellish it like a traditional page. And whatelse should you do on a hot August day, but carve a pumpkin? I mean seriously. This is the only pumpkin that made it in the heat, so we pulled him off of the vine the other night and Reed brought him in this morning with the pumpkin scooper and said he wanted to scoop the pumpkin. So I opened it up and he scooped for a minute or two and then I was left to finish it, go figure. But it would be sad just to waste it. So I am trying to decide what to carve into it before it goes bad.

That is it for now, Kristin is 3 cm. dilated. So I will keep you up to date on when little Mason comes into the world.

Have a great weekend and stay cool!!

Bathtub 1, Reed 0

Yep, Friday night Reed was taking a bath and decided to stand up and tell me he wanted to wash his hair and BOOM! Down he went. Our first ER trip for an injury. (First of many, I'm sure!) They glued his top lip together a bit, instead of a stitch. His tooth is looking better, hopefully he won't lose it. Excuse the pizza roll face in the bottom picture. LOL.He completely picked off the glue by the end of the day and today the swelling has gone down some, so I think he's going to make it.
~~ETA~~ Took out the second picture because it was grossing out my co-workers, LOL. So I thought that maybe it was grossing out others too. But today 8/10 his lip is looking MUCH better and he hasn't lost any teeth.

Classes Coming Up!

The Sesame Street Color Book has returned for one more class. It will be held Sunday, August 26th from 1-3 pm. You get to choose your character.

If you have been reading my blog, you know that I have been working on the concept of Trash to Treasure. (Kind of along the lines of Donna Downey) So each month I pick some trash, you bring it in and we get to raid the cabinets at FKS and make it into a treasure. And only for $5!!

So August's T2T is subscription cards. You know the things that attack you as you read your favorite magazines. Bring 7 on them in and we will make a Dates to Remember book out of them. T2T will be held on Monday, August 27th from 6:30-8:00pm.
This is September's Trash to Treasure class. We are using old packages from our scrap supplies. I used Heidi Swapp packaging, but you can use anything that reseals. The HS Stamp packages are great for gift cards and I just found out that the HS large floral packages are great for CDs. This class is Thursday, September 27th 6:30-8:00pm. And only $5!!
Puzzle Book Class. This is offered on Saturday, September 8th from 2-4pm. The cost is $15.oo. You will need to bring your Crop-o-Dile (if you have one) a 4x6 picture and something to sand in the little areas. Mini Muffin Pan Advent Calendar Class will be on Sunday, October 7th from 1-3pm. You will need to bring your own mini muffin pan (24 holes) which you can find at Schnucks and Target for about $7.00.

This adorable box frame clock will be offered as a class on Sunday, November 11th from 1-3pm.

There are other classes up at the store. Including my Travel Bag Album on September 16th 1-3pm, my Family Wall Hanging on Saturday, October 6th from 10:30-12:30 and my Stocking Holder from 2-4 that same day. My perpetual calendar is back by popular demand, just in time for the holidays. It will be offered on Saturday, November 10th from 10:30-12:30.

Also I am putting the finishing touches on the Cricut Club, our first meeting will be on Saturday, September 22 from 2-4pm. We will be playing with the George Cartridge.

I hope to see you there!!!

Pictures from the photo shoot in Chitown

The infamous Holly McCaig Me

Holly at work :D
The fabulous Tammy Tutterow
And the lady who put the lime in the coconut! Kathy Northup

It was a blast in Chicago with this group of ladies. We had a lot of fun, I know you can check out Holly's blog for links to her pics from CHA. I also met lots of cool peeps while up there. Friends of Holly's Audra, Mish, and Robin (waves) and friends of Kathy's Kathleen and Shelley. Met some Peas and some Fashionistas. Saw Becky Higgins, Erin Lincoln, Stacy Croninger, Tim Holtz, and I am sure there are more.