I Am Irritated!

Ok, let me clarify: I'm not irritated, but apparently my 3 year old daughter is! She announced this last night when I did not rise from the table quickly enough when she announced she would like some chocolate milk! Seriously?? Little girls are so funny...it's amazing to me how different they are from little boys, and how drama just seems to be part of their DNA!

My 15 Minutes!

I am so excited to say that I am a guest designer over at Twisted Sketches this week! Most of the goodies I used in my layout, "Bathing Beauty", are from the April kit from Magpie Club (Tara is brilliant and comes up with THE best kits!). Please go check me out!

Just Fine!

This week at "Scrapping the Music", the song they are using is "Just Fine" by Mary J. Blige. It's fun getting exposed to different types of music than I typically listen to! This is one of my favorite recent pics of the kids and me. Like many scrapbookers, it's rare to find pics that I am actually in! :)

I Heart Vintage Photos!

My mom loves the fact that I call photos from when she was younger "vintage"! Don't feel too bad, Mom--etsy.com considers anything 20 years or older vintage! That means my highschool photos are vintage too! I came across a stack of photos last night that had this great photo of my mom and her BFF, JoEllen, from their college days, and thought it would be perfect for this challenge from Twisted Sketches where we had to somehow incorporate "Touch" into the layout. Mom and JoEllen have kept in touch since 1968--through thick and thin, children, moves to different cities, states, countries and few actual visits over the years. I hope I am fortunate enough to have a friendship that truly stands the test of time like theirs!

Next week I will be the guest designer on Twisted Sketches! I am so excited!

Proud Mom Moment!

Yesterday afternoon my son and two of his classmates competed in a "Mathletics" competition with students from three local elementary schools. They had to answer 15 math questions with a time limit on each question...and I am proud to say that his team won 2nd place out of 17 3rd grade teams! I am so very proud of them!

It's Magpie Sketch time again!

Loved this sketch because it gave me the opportunity to use 4 pictures! I have so many pics from Kendall's birthday that I have been dying to use. I was also happy to be able to use the Spring Junque banner from House of 3 (shrunk down just a bit)! I apologize for the poor photo quality--yikes!

Dear Lizzy!

I am just loving the whimsical spirit of AC's Dear Lizzy line! It is so perfect for spring and just looking at it all makes me happy. Still need to get ahold of some of that fabulous adhesive-backed fabric paper--I keep seeing all these great projects online using it. American Crafts is having a challenge this week to use two or more Dear Lizzy elements in a layout or card, so I put this little card together:

Very simple and allows the sweetness of the Dear Lizzy line to "shine"! Hope everyone is having a great start to their week!