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HALLOWEEN 2009

2009-11-01T13:30:00.001-06:00

A Tribute to Michael Jackson

2009-06-26T07:40:00.002-05:00

I changed my playlist to a few of my favorite Michael Jackson songs. He lead a very strange life but contributed so much to music. I danced and sang along to all his music. I love the song We Are the World which he helped write and sang parts with other artists. Another favorite is Man in the Mirror, I don't remember the year but my dance studio did a Michael Jackson tribute and the prefomance to that song is forever in my mind. (For those reading this from facebook, check out my blog Paper Scrap'n Garden Bug at http://daisymeg24.blogspot.com/

Altered Clipboards

2009-06-16T11:17:00.002-05:00

When we were house hunting in May, our real estate agent Patty had very old clip boards with transformers on them for us to use. She is an awesome real estate agent and a super nice lady so I made a little thank you gift for her - new clip boards.

Blog Facelift

2009-04-21T15:39:00.002-05:00

Just changing up the blog a little. It's a cold wintery spring day, a little snow even fell this morning - yuck! but on the good news it suppose to be 80 on Thursday.

Easter Chick Baskets

2009-04-13T11:18:00.005-05:00

Look at me adding to the blog 3 times in one day, it's feast or famine I guess.

Here's a couple pics of little Easter Chick Baskets I made for my daycare kidos and one of Jenna's friends. I cut it out with my Cricut using a cutfile from JenC, see her blog Brian Things in my blog list, she's awesome!!! Her file made a slightly smaller basket so I enlarged it a little bit.

Adventures of Flat Cloey

2009-04-13T10:45:00.003-05:00

Our niece Cloey sent us a flat Cloey. Her first grade class just finished reading the book 'Flat Stanley' by Jeff Brown and thought it would be fun to make themselves flat and mail them off for an adventure. We have been doing lots of things with flat Cloey and are taking her on some excursions and on a trip to KS. Here's a few pics of her recent activities.

Gotta Love Post Its!

2009-04-13T10:35:00.001-05:00

Here's a cute video, I saw on another blog.

EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

A Princess' Dream Comes True

2009-03-24T10:55:00.004-05:00

Jenna wanted to have a princess party for her 3rd birthday so we did! Grandma at the farm made her a beautiful custom princess dress, like Bell's from Beauty and the Beast but in Bright Pink instead of yellow. It was gorgeous and Jenna loved it! We had all our Iowa friends and family join us for a Royal Ball, Cinderella even stopped by to play games and dance. We decorated crowns, became true princesses (story of Princess and the Pea), danced and of course we ate cake. Jenna wanted a princess cake so I made a Barbie in the dress cake and it turned out surprisingly well. All in all it was a magical day!

Finally Ella Marie Arrives

2009-03-24T10:48:00.002-05:00

After much anticipation Miss Ella Marie arrived 1 week past her due. We got to meet over the weekend. Jenna was so excited to hold and play with her new cousin, Jenna can't wait until she is a little bigger though!

Jenna's 3rd Birthday Party at Little Gym

2009-03-16T10:28:00.002-05:00

Jenna celebrated her 3rd birthday with a party at the Little Gym with all her friends. It was a blast. Here's just a few pictures.

Paying it Forward

2009-03-12T17:29:00.001-05:00

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what it will be is a surprise. There's a small catch...You knew there would be one didn't you? Post this on your blog then come back and leave a comment, telling me you're in. Fun, huh? Remember, only the first 3 people to comment receive a gift. Let's see who looks at my blog!

Revised: I'm going with the first 5 people!

Princess Invite Revised

2009-02-27T10:48:00.003-06:00

I thought it was missing something.... so I added a #3 Crest and some vining flowers.

Pictures

2009-02-23T15:26:00.002-06:00

Hello Again

2009-02-23T14:57:00.003-06:00

We'll I've neglected my blog for far too long. I wish I could say I've been busy but the truth is I've been spending my blog time on Facebook. I know, I know but it is very addictive and I have caught up with lots of long lost friends. I'm back now and updated the background for spring which I hope comes soon. We got 7 moe inches of snow over the weekend. I have also been very busy creating (pictures to follow soon). I've been making a scrapbook for my sister-due very soon with her first baby. I'm trying to make pages for her to fill in for the first year, I know I didn't have time to scrapbook much after J was first born. I also just made invites for her baby shower - too cute if I do say so myself! J's bday is also fast approaching and as usual we are having two parties so I've been making the invites. One is an all-star gymnastics theme, we are having the party at The Little Gym and the other is a princess ball. Grandma is making her a gorgeous custom princess dress - (check out her blog Scrap'n Grandma from my list) for pictures. J is very excited about it and wants to call Grandma daily for updates on its progress.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009-01-01T18:49:00.003-06:00

Welcome 2009! I wonder what this year will bring. I know some things will change and some will stay the same. For starters my baby, I mean little girl will continue to grow up too fast, we will all get older, hopefully wiser and we will be moving. I don't know where we are going yet, but I'm sure it will be an exciting adventure! 2008 was a great year and won't soon be forgotten but it's fun to think about what lies ahead and what surprises we are in for!

So Cool!

2008-12-22T16:56:00.002-06:00

Well it is winter in wisconsin and that means lots and lots of snow and below 0 temps. So since I no longer go outside I have more time to read my favorite blogs and in doing so I found a "free" music player. So COOL! I have added it to my blog and am currently playing some of my favorite christmas songs. I will change the playlist after the holidays, although I love christmas music year round!

It's almost Christmas!

2008-12-19T19:54:00.003-06:00

I'm not sure how, but Christmas is almost here. There were so many things I planned on accomplishing this year, but I blinked and time flew by.

The shopping is done, the decorations are up, the cookies have been baked, eaten and baked again and yet I feel like something is missing...I'm not ready for Christmas to be here in less than a week. And by the way the something missing is not the "white" Christmas, we got 10inches of snow today to go with the 5 from last week and some before that too. Yesterday I was looking back at photos from past Christmas'. I was a little sad, every year seems to go by quicker and quicker. I still love Christmas but the joys and excitement I experieced as a child are now being passed on to my (not such a baby anymore) baby and she is already growing up too fast! I love every minute of time as it goes by, but I'm afraid I won't remember all the sweet little moments later.

We are making plans with friends this year since we are not traveling and our families are not coming up either. I guess you could say we are doing some of our own family traditions to mix in with the ones handed down from our parents and grandparents.

Here's a few pictures past and present:

Holiday Wreaths

2008-11-11T18:48:00.006-06:00

Custom Made Holiday Wreaths for Sale, leave a comment with your email for more information.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2008-10-31T22:10:00.002-05:00

I haven't had much time to blog or create lately, but here's some pics from trick or treating with my BOO-tiful princess.

Pumpkin Carving Party

2008-10-03T11:11:00.003-05:00

We love Halloween, dressing up in costumes, eating sweet treats and carving pumpkins! Last year we wanted to have a Halloween party that would not be scary for our then 18 month old daughter so we came up with a carving party. It was so much fun, we've decided to make a annual family event! We carve traditional jack-o-lantern faces, fancy thinned out designs, and add other fun accessories like googly eyes, paint and stickers.

Here's the invitations I made for this years celebration! They are a double slider card, just pull the pumpkins stem and out pops the invite info and a cute poem.

The poem reads:

We bought a fat orange pumpkin,

the plumpest sort they sell.

We neatly scooped the inside out,

and only left the shell.

We carved a funny face,

of silly shape and size,

a pointy nose, a jagged mouth,

and two enormouse eyes.

We set it on the porch,

and put a candle in,

then lit it up for all to see

our jack -o-lantern grin.

Dragon Card

2008-09-26T23:39:00.002-05:00

Dragon card I made to match a webkin dragon for a friend's daughter's Birthday.

Happy Birthday To Me!

2008-09-24T00:04:00.003-05:00

Yep, it's my birthday! I know some people don't like birthdays but I always have! It's not the gifts or attention or... it's just my special day. A day to mark where I've been and where I want to go, but most importantly a day to eat CAKE! and you know how much I love cake!

Growing up my best friend's birthday was today too. We aren't close any more but I still always think of her on our special day. Happy Birthday to you too!

Celebrating Fall

2008-09-22T09:33:00.003-05:00

Fall is my favorite time of year! Why? I love the cooler nights, jackets and sweaters, brilliant fall foliage colors, pumpkins and mums, apples and berries, scarecrows and leaf piles, holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving (my favorite), I could go on and on. Did I mention my birthday is in the fall too! In honor of fall beginning today, I gave my blog a fall makeover, and I will be getting out all my fall home decor too! Happy Fall, enjoy it!

Northwoods Vacation

2008-09-16T14:05:00.003-05:00

Just a few pics from our recent vaction.

Happy Grandparent's Day - WHOO LOVES YOU

2008-09-07T19:39:00.005-05:00

A cute Surprise pull or pop up card, just for the grandparents we LOVE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYS2WIEOEbQ

Spinner Card

2008-09-05T23:09:00.003-05:00

I made this for a friend's birthday, it should arrive soon, sorry if you see it here first! The little bee on the front spins back and forth across the card. I also entered it into the Scrap Happy weekly challenge, see my blog list for the link.

Sketch This #65 Challenge - Revised

2008-09-05T22:57:00.004-05:00

I felt like something was off so I changed it a bit, added the 5 months and moved the flowers. which do you like better, or should I add or change something.

Layout I entered for this week's Sketch This. Check my blog list for the link.

Waterfall Card

2008-09-05T14:11:00.002-05:00

Just pull the tab and the card flips to reveal a new pic. Again a technique I learned from Dawn on youtube. She is AWESOME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3owXJxuVNWY

Blowing Bubbles

2008-09-05T14:05:00.002-05:00

LO I made. I used my cricut to cut plastic bubbles, first time I've cut anything besides paper, works great. Farm Grammie took this pic and was surprised how well it came out.

Double Slider Card

2008-09-05T13:58:00.002-05:00

Double slider card I made following youtube directions. The cool part, it uses part of a plastic sack as the mechanism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7z8SD-k6i8

Getting Going

2008-09-05T10:16:00.003-05:00

Wow, this is fun and a lot of work, I just spent an hour and half trying to figure out how to add a different background (FREE from http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/) for my blog. It was just a wording glich in the directions. Oh well, it is done now! Off to create somethings to display.

Pocket Card

2008-09-04T17:41:00.010-05:00

Here's my take on a pocket card. It was fun and really easy just follow the tutorial on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijq6qu8awEo

50 States Flowers LO

2008-09-04T17:31:00.008-05:00

Here's a layout of my DD. I just got the Cricut Design Studio and this was my first "welding" creation. Did I mention I am in love with my bug (Cricut) and now the DS too. I can't wait to explore all of its hidden abilities. I used Tear Drop for the font and some flowers from 50 States.

New to this

2008-09-04T17:23:00.000-05:00

Trying to get my blog all set up. It's my first time, but I visit many other creative blogs everyday. Bear with me as I get it figured out.