Monthly Archives: February 2011

When Life Gives You…

...no mojo for designing...make scrapbook pages.  And so I have. ;D  I just picked a year and started working.  I was thinking, after all, why am I doing this?  For them... iseree, chillberries Jana McCarthy Designs (retired); Karla Dudley Designs, artist in me; Jen Maddocks Designs, Christmas Cheer, Basic Essential Templates 22, Barely Grunged Alpha…
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

I remember 4th grade.  Not all of it.  But a lot of it.  It is the grade Ava happens to be in right now.  I can't believe she is the age that I was when...oh man.  I don't even want to go there half the time. Fourth grade was the first time a boy called…
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‘Round Here

It doesn't really matter what you put on the celebrate plate so much as the fact that you get it out. ;D For example.  Here is a rather "boring" egg sandwich.  A staple in our house.  This is what Corey and I had for lunch together the other day.  The reason it is on the…
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March Collab

The March Collab at Scrapable is out early...which means you can get it at a ridiculously good price.  Here's the preview... You can get this for $2.50 until March 1st when it "reveals"...then it goes up.  Fantabulous deal!  You can find it here. Here's what I did with it:
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For no particular reason…

...I like to make cakes...of the birthday persuasion...not because it is anyone's birthday.  But because I LOVE cake.  So I guess that is a reason.  ;D  I made a white cake the other day in my bundt pan.  I thought it might be fun for Ava to decorate it with the frosting.  She was all…
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Home Sweet Home

The girls have been home from school for the second day in a row.  School has been called because of the weather.  It's not really the snow...it's the cold.  We are staying inside...staying warm. I love it when they are home.  I don't live in a dream world where they are perfect angels...oh no.  But…
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