Wedding photo

It's been a month and I am finally getting around to post a photo of my daughter and son-in-law at the wedding! I have been way too busy at work this past month and every thing else has just been put on hold. But no more excuses and here is the beautiful bride and handsome groom! A lovely couple if ever there was one!
Danielle

Notecards for Kristen (and Kyle)

Kristen (my oldest daughter) got married on April 1st. I wanted to make some note cards for her and decided to use the couples initials. I looked over all my fonts for the Cricut and found one that I thought was perfect for these note cards. I mounted the welded initials on a double marquee cut. I used background papers from a stack by Me and My Big Ideas, all in black and white. I thought these could be used for Thank You cards, announcements, or just about anything they might want to use them for. Kristen loves the contrast of black and white and I thought these papers would appeal to her. I picked a variety of papers because I didn't want all of them to look feminine, since they are also for Kyle. The black and white card stock is from AC Moore-just there bulk packaged card stock. The marquee cuts are from Storybook and the font is from Songbird. I used the Gypsy to weld the initials and also to cut everything out. I popped the double marquee with foam tape for dimension.
I am entering the following challenges with these note cards:
1. Papertake Weekly Challenge- http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
2. A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge- http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ White with one color

Wedding Week

My daughter, Kristen is getting married Friday evening, and I've got a lot to do this week so I probably won't be getting much posted. In fact, I should be cleaning right now, instead of spending time on the computer! I hope I'll be able to pop in now and again and also check out a few of the blogs I follow, but next week I'm sure I'll have lots of wedding photos to post!
Danielle

It's WOYWW again!

It's that time again-WOYWW. Don't know what that is? Hop over to Julia's place at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/  and see what all the fuss is about! You'll be glad you did.

Here's what's on my desk today-silk flowers. My baby is getting married! OK, she's 24, and she's the oldest of my 4 children, but she's still my baby! She's having a very small wedding and I had to cajole a little to get her to let me do anything, but she's letting me do her bouquet. The first flower her fiance ever gave her was a peach rose, so she's having peach and white roses. All I've done so far is cut the stems off a bit so I can figure out how I want them arranged in a vase first. Then I will put them in the bouquet holder. I have 2 1/2 weeks, but I am sure she will want to see something accomplished this weekend, so I will be doing them the next day or so. I hope you have a great WOYWW!
Danielle

Where does the time go?

I had a very busy week this week. I got a little crafting done, but I worked nights this week so my sleep/wake schedule got jumbled. My news is that my oldest daughter, Kristen and her fiance, Kyle decided they were getting married before he is transferred (he is a Marine), so I have been doing "wedding things" when I had extra time instead of crafting. They are having an immediate family only wedding and it will be very simple, but Kristen is letting me do her flowers for her and I am looking forward to that. My mother did the flowers for my wedding and I loved them. I hope she likes the ones I am doing for her.
Danielle

Snowman Birthday Card

i made this card to enter in another batch of challenge. The card is 6"x6". The card base is made from Bazzill cardstock. The patterened papers I used for the background are by Colorbok. My daughter, Kristen saw them, thought I would like them and picked them up for me. She's such a sweetie! The marquee cuts are also the Bazzill cardstock. They were cut with my Cricut from the Storybook cartridge. The snowman was cut with the Cricut Winter Woodland cartridge. I inked the edges of the patterened paper and the marquee, added a couple of brads by Making Memories, put some Stickles on the snowman's hat band (I just had to add a bit of sparkle), and used a gel pen to put some faux stitching on the marquee and around the edge of the patterened aper and cardstock. On the inside I used the Bazzill cardstock and another patterened paper from the same set by Colorbok. The stamp on the inside is by Inkadinkadoo. Not sure who made the "birthday wishes" sentiment, I've had it for years.. I inked and added faux stitching on the inside too.
The challenges I'm entering are:
1. One Stop Craft Challenge- http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Card for a male
2. Creative Card Crew- http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ For men!
3. CropStop- http://cropstop.blogspot.com/ Squares and Die cuts
4. Cricut Cardz Challenge- http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/ Snowman
Danielle

Getting into Shape!

My sister, Susan, convinced me to join "Curves" with her a few months ago. The first month we did great and I made it a priority to go several times a week, but in December we were away for a week and a half when we went to Florida for vacation and after vacation I was too busy with holiday activities to go. January came and went and in February we had so much snow I didn't budge out of the house unless I had to. Well, it's now March and our "Curves" is having a "Biggest Loser" contest. I signed up and I am determined to exercise and eat sensibly! I may not be the biggest loser, but at least I will be doing something good for myself. Besides, if I exercise and eat well I'm winning anyway. Kristen and Amy went with me to exercise and they decided "Curves" was a great gym for me. The employees there are friendly and fun to be around, and the other patrons are people from our community and I know many of them. It really is a fun atmosphere. Kristen decided I needed to be held accountable for how often I went to exercise, so she went to the Dollar Store and bought an attendance poster and set it up for the weeks of the "Biggest Loser" contest. She also bought a roll of encouragement stickers and posted it in our kitchen. I get to put a sticker on each day I exercise! With support like that how can I go wrong?

Big, Exciting News!

A few evenings agoI took a message off the answering machine for Kristen. It was for her to call someone from a college she had applied to and interviewed with for a place in their graduate school for Physical Therapy. Of course she called them immediately. A few minutes later I saw her crying and I thought she had been rejected. Imagine my surprise when Rachel said, "No, she's been accepted there." She was crying with relief and happiness! She proceeded to phone her dad, who was still at work and then her fiance. She also called my parents, but she was too late...her dad had already been making some calls of his own and had spilled the beans! She is totally thrilled that she has been accepted at this school, even though it is not her first choice. She is still waiting for calls from several other schools she has interviewed with, but isn't agonizing anymore, as she has been the past week or two!

Still no computer

I'm still without my computer! It's very frustrating, but I should be back up and running in a day or two. I have made a few cards, but am unable to post them until I get my own computer back. I have exciting news though, my 22 yo daughter is engaged. The wedding won't take place for several years as Kristen still has graduate school to complete, as does Mike, her fiance. Kristen and I will have lots of fun planning things for the wedding, though!

My Children

A bit more about my children-as it says in my profile I am mother of 4. They are Kristen-22, Lance-20, Amy-17 and Rachel-14. It's so hard for me to realize that my "babies" are so grown up. At this point they are all still living at home. Kristen and Lance are college students and Amy and Rachel are in high school. As an "impartial" observer, I have to say that my children are absolutely wonderful! Kristen made Dean's List again this semester, Lance just completed training for the Army National Guard and received an award for "Distinguished Graduate" in his class, and Amy and Rachel just received distinguished honor roll awards for this semester in high school. They are also the cutest things you ever saw! (You'd never know I'm a proud mama, would you?) They can also make me want to pull my hair out from time to time, but we'll let that one go for the time being.