Hi Everyone,
Sorry for being a blog slacker. There has been lots going on. Relatives from Texas came in and then The Scrapbook Tour and lots of swap to catch up on. We also had Art's dad's Memorial Race yesterday. It is part of the county fair. So I thought I would share a couple pics. What is a county fair without funnel cakes and rides, LOL.
Thanks for looking
~J~

There was a challenge during the CHA in Spirit day that got me thinking. I know, thinking is bad and it hurts your head. :) But here is what I came up with. It is a bit different, but so am I. lol. Journaling is under the photo. The letters are Heidi Swapp ghost letters traced in black. The stamps are Elsie Flannigan's (of course).

Went on a date with my hubby yesterday. He picked the St. Louis Arch, which was wonderful. I hadn't been there in a long time and neither had he. I wanted to share a few pictures I took while we were there.

Hey Everyone,
I played on 2Peas last night as they had a "party" CHA in Spirit Day. While a bunch of fellow Peas were up at CHA (Crafts and Hobby Association) Convention, we were scrappin away. I got some LOs done that have had the pictures just sitting here forever. And I got another Reed book done. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how this one turned out. I haven't decided if I want to make tags for it (I left little pockets on the side if I wanted to).

~Sunday Blog Challenge-2Peas~
Name one scrap item that you are dying to have. That would be the Wishblade. I will have it, one day. :)

Thought I would do the 2Peas Blog Challenge today.
5 Things that put me in a good mood.
1- Scrapbooking (of course) it's my release from the world
2- Chocolate
3- A kiss from Reed
4- When Art calls me by a pet name
5- Learning a new technique successfully
Have a great day!
~J~

I have a few new things to share today. I finished up the clipboard that I was working on the other weekend and just finally got a picture of it. Also I did a layout last night for a challenge on 2Peas. They are working out of Ali Edwards' new pattern paper book. The first challenge was to dig in your stash and pull out 6 different patterned papers at random and 3 pictures. Cut them into squares and make a layout. I never realized how much I use stripes and circles in my stuff, lol.
TFL!
~J~

Went to For Keepsake yesterday. Got to take a class with Elsie Flannigan. I tell you what she is the sweetest thing!! This was the 2nd time I met her. We did the Hometown Mini-Album. Of course, I am still working on it, LOL. But I did want to share this picture of Elsie and I. I even won one of her prizes in her trivia contest!!

Happy Weekend Everyone! I have been busy as a bee this weekend. I have been debating on applying for a DT, so I have been working on some things this weekend and wanted to share. The altered letter is for a swap I joined. This has been SOOO much fun. I love how this letter turned out. I'm loving Color Me Silly by Basic Grey.
Then the lunch box (Basic grey) with Heidi Grace papers and stickers. It is so cute.
I am working on a clipboard with the Color Me Silly papers, also.
Lots of stuff going on. Made it over to the progressive sale at For Keepsake, bought lots of good stuff for 60% off AND signed up for Elsie Flannigan's Hometown Class!!!! I can't believe there was still space available. They said there are openings in all of the classes. I found that so hard to believe. Elsie is the BOMB! I met her at CKC and got to talk to her a little bit. Glad she will be teaching her own stuff this time.

Saturday Night Live takes the cake!! LOL. I guess this means that scrapping is BIG. Check out the SNL skit about The Secret World of Scrapbooking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_duMORCX0EU

I wanted to share my Scenic Route Journal that I did for a Manufacturer's Challenge on the Pub Calls Blog. I thought it turned out soo cute. I even changed the papers inside of it to cardstock to coordinate. I love it.

Hey everyone, I took another one of Tammy's fab classes and wanted to share my altered clock. It will work with all the other BG Oh Baby altered stuff in my scrap/office. Art has finally spoke up and said he would have liked brighter colors instead of the pastels. lol.

Also, yesterday was our wedding anniversary, and he made me his first scrapbook page.:) The ABC's of Me. I guess I'll keep him, lol.
~J~
ETA~Updated my picture with the hands on the clock. Had to go get a new set

I don't know what it is about Basic Grey's Oh Baby Line, but I have sure taken a liking to it. Everything I have done in the last couple days, starting with the magnet board has been this paper. I guess is just kind of works with a house full of men, LOL.
Anyways, I wanted to share the picture frame that I made for my grandpa for Father's Day and a notebook I altered to match my BG fetish. LOL.
Thanks for looking
~J~

The week is almost over!! I have been pretty busy . Looks like I will take over the morning Director spot at work. School is a bit chaotic, needless to say I won't do Summer classes anymore. And between all that and Reed and Art, I have snuck off for some me time and got a couple projects done. The picture frame I did for my boss. The magnet board Art made and I covered it in Basic Grey, Oh Baby! Series. (I even did the Making Memories containers in it, lol) The epoxy words and Magnetic 2 Ring Clip are Provo Craft. I think they turned out marvelous. I will be adding things as I find the "perfect" embellishments for it.

Well was home with a lil one with an ear infection today, so I got a couple things done. I wanted to share my stamp collection. My uncle build this for me many moons ago, when I collected miniatures. Of course, being the packrat that I am, I still had it. It dawned on me the other day that it would be perfect for my stamps. Thanks for looking!
~J~

As we were leaving yesterday for a race in Charleston, Art grabbed the mail. And in it was my acceptance for my scholarship!!!!! It will pay 80% of school, books, etc! What a wonderful program. So now I am definately on track with getting my associates in Early Childhood. No more putting it off.
Just wanted to share, now back to bed, lol. We didn't get home until 2:30 this morning.
Have a great day!
~J~

Got a heck of a bargain today!!!! Got this whole box of ribbon and that brand new roll of wire for $2.00! Can't beat that. But had to share my find.

Happy June Everyone! Now that I am done with Food Sanitation Classes (they were enough to make me not eat anymore!) I got down to business. I took an altered letter class that my friend Tammy taught. And just loved the class. (I made the K in class) So I decided to make another one for my "dad". I hope he likes it, now I just have to finish the scrapbook from his 60th birthday party.

I can't believe that it has been over two weeks since my last post. Time flies. I have been to a couple classes. (I'll have to post later) Work has moved to the summer schedule, so my schedule is consistent right now. I have some new Sassafras Lass stamps. They are really cool.
Busy trying to get things put together for my yard sale. I actually purged my scrap room for it.
I get to teach the school age children at work how to scrap. That should be pretty neat. I think I am going to do a tag book with them.
I'll add pics later.
Thanks for looking!
~J~

I've been RAKed AGAIN!!! Woohoo. A wonderful Pea named, ejmom, had an extra copy of The Big Picture by Stacy Julian. If you guessed her birthday you got the book. I guessed right! Soooooo, I'm definately starting the week off right. Thanks Nicol!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone and Happy Mother's Day! I thought I would post up a mini book that I did for my grandmother. She just loved it, but she loves anything with Reed in it, lol.