Happy Birthday David!

Yesterday was my middle baby's 6th birthday! Somehow it doesn't seem like it has been 6 years since he was born. He took munchkins from Dunkin Donuts to celebrate with his class. Although he could have managed to carry them in on his own, he asked me to walk him in to class, so I did. As I was about to leave he gave me his morning goodbye kiss, but today instead of doing it in the car, he did it in front of the other students! I thought that was pretty cool! I gave his teacher invititations to his birthday party, which we will do on the 24th. When I picked the boys up at school, David came out wearing his bright yellow paper birthday crown. His present was waiting for him when he got home, and of course he was pretty pleased. Later, we did the cake and icecream and sang Happy Birthday. Overall he seemed to enjoy celebrating his special day! Even Daniel helped make the day special by not fighting with David, and making a special effort to be kind and loving. Although all that changed this morning when it was time to get up and ready for school. The battle lines have been drawn, and it's back to the normal daily chaos.

Altered Stuff!

Here's a little project I just completed. My first altered clip board! I had problems with the paper wrinkling under the Mod Podge, but it's not too noticeable. I used papers from the Rob & Bob Studio line, misc ribbon, stamps by Rhonna Farrer, diecut letters from my new Cricut, and a flower from Walmart. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.










This was a little frame I found at Walmart, and I immediately thought this could be really cute if I added a little something to it, and this is how it turned out. I used some misc cardstock and drybrushed it with a little white paint. Then I added a few flowers, a tag, and some rub-ons and ribbons, and there you have it!

Gonna get back to it!

I can't believe that I haven't made a single post since this year started. Well then, I guess I better get it going again! I've decided to use my blog to showcase what I'm doing with my scrapping along with keeping the family journal here too. It's been an interesting 6 months already. I had carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand and will get the left one done next week. So my scrapping will be limited till things start to feel better. I've been taking some of the classes over at BigPictureScrapbooking.com, and I am loving the opportunity to do the classes at home on my own time and at my own pace. I'm currently taking Stacy Julian's Library of Memories class and right now I am working on sorting and organizing my stash of photos. I'm tearing apart my magnetic albums and placing those photos into an archival photo album. I started puling my digi pics from my old computer and placing them on my laptop. They are all organized according to date, so not much organizing there. All the loose photos are already sorted chronologically and are in archival boxes, so not much to do there either.

What else has happened? We bought a vacation home in Myrtle Beach and are renting it when we're not using it. I'll put a link to it on the sidebar so check it out if you're interested.

We're in the last couple of weeks before school lets out, so the kids are pretty anxious for it to all be done and over with.

I'm busy trying to catch up on some of the interior decorating at our house. It's been almost a year that we've been in this house and we have finally finished all of the punch list with the builder. So now, I can finish accessorizing my rooms!

I've been trying to jumpstart my creativity again. My scrapspace had a makeover, and I am almost done setting it up, so the pics will be up soon! I've been spending more time chatting with more of my cyber friends on some pretty interesting message boards. I mostly hang out at DiversityDesigns.net, ScrapsAhoy.com. Scrapbook.com, and TwoPeasInABucket.com. I haven't done many challenges lately, but that's about to change. I also intend to step up my game and submit more to the various scrap mags. I'm ready to finally step back in and get inspired and create again. The fruits of my labor will be showcased here and maybe a couple other spots, so I'll try to keep things going and get back to it!