After removing the SW wall from my studio to push it back two years ago this coming April, we are preparing to put up the drywall. We framed it back in right away, but that's as far as we got in the construction. I have had 3 of my lovely dusty lavender curtains hanging there as my 'false wall'. I look forward to painting & wainscoting this wall. I am planning to paint the wall dusty lavender, adding a stenciled flourish in a slightly lightly color. The wainscoting will be white, of course, like the majority of my studio.
The external walls were already finished in a nasty texture, almost like "popcorn" ceilings, which totally tears up your fingers, knuckles, etc any time you reach for an item near the wall! Ouch!
I'll try to keep up on postings of the progress. I also can't wait to install my second mini-chandelier, possibly more!!! A girl can only hope!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Newest project, using the new Best of New Year's kit...
The following layout was completed using the new kit which I had just received a few hours earlier...that's how excited I was to use this kit!
I used A LOT of products from various 3 Birds kits which coordinate with the color scheme of the kit & photos. Here's the list:
Pattern papers, teal cardstock, cards (one of which was cut in half & used as a photo mat), "Happy New Year", "Goodbye....
Hello....", "Ringing in the New Year", "Goals & Plans" & Black and Silver Tinsels: Best of New Year's kit; Blue Felt Flourish: ExScrapaganza; Black & Teal glittered photo corners: Bling Stack; Teal corner flourish & calendar rub-ons: Kind of a Big Deal; Teal border: Super Sticker Nestables; "Prepare to be Amazed" & "You've Got Style" rub-ons: Quote Me On That; Teal glittered bracket & "Lookin' Good": Bling Extreme.
Wow, that was a lot of different kits represented! Because I scrap both by theme & color, I knew I could find lots of teal goodies in my teal 3 Birds stash!
I'm off to play some more with my newest kits, working prior products in whenever possible...I'm trying to be more generous with my HUGE stash of pretty products, getting them 'out of the NEST' and onto my pages, & learning to layer, layer, layer...the style I feel myself drawn to more & more....probably from my love of Victorian Decor.
Scrap on!
Pattern papers, teal cardstock, cards (one of which was cut in half & used as a photo mat), "Happy New Year", "Goodbye....
Hello....", "Ringing in the New Year", "Goals & Plans" & Black and Silver Tinsels: Best of New Year's kit; Blue Felt Flourish: ExScrapaganza; Black & Teal glittered photo corners: Bling Stack; Teal corner flourish & calendar rub-ons: Kind of a Big Deal; Teal border: Super Sticker Nestables; "Prepare to be Amazed" & "You've Got Style" rub-ons: Quote Me On That; Teal glittered bracket & "Lookin' Good": Bling Extreme.
Wow, that was a lot of different kits represented! Because I scrap both by theme & color, I knew I could find lots of teal goodies in my teal 3 Birds stash!
I'm off to play some more with my newest kits, working prior products in whenever possible...I'm trying to be more generous with my HUGE stash of pretty products, getting them 'out of the NEST' and onto my pages, & learning to layer, layer, layer...the style I feel myself drawn to more & more....probably from my love of Victorian Decor.
Scrap on!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
New 3 Birds kit pics & updated layouts
Below you will find a peek at the NEW 3 Birds kit, Best of New Year's. I IMMEDIATELY used the purple "countdown" embellishment, adding it to my 'completed' layout below...it was a perfect addition!
Next, I have updated this two-page layout to better match our Christmas colors this year of Purple, Pink & Chocolate Brown...
I added brown ribbon from the Chickadee album kit to turn a gift box from blue to brown; adhesive-backed pink polkadot paper from the Straight From The Nest paper pack over purple Must Have Cardstock to convert the previous banner; glittered over some of the blue items with Walnut Stain Tim Holtz Distress Stickles to make them brown, and using Glossy Accents as an adhesive/glue with Martha Stewart purple Ultrafine Glitter on a gift box, ornament, tree garland & added a tree topper that resembles our own.
Now I'm off to play with the rest of the New Year's kit after printing the pics from Michael & Wesley's trip into Ludington to see the ball drop. Happy crafting!
Newest 3 BIRDS: "BEST OF NEW YEAR'S" kit is here!!!!!!!!
My newest 3 BIRDS kit is here! IT IS HERE, IT IS HERE, IT IS HERE! rotfl... I can't wait to play with it....in an hour or so actually!!!! I immediately took some pics of the delivery! haha
I'll post more later...can't wait to play!
I'll post more later...can't wait to play!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
My Birthday Crop...let's try this again...
I spent over an hour working on this last night, giving up at around 12:30 am. After all the frustration of my pics not posting, I now discover that NONE of it was saved/posted. Another learning experience I guess. haha
I was lucky enough to have my best bud, my niece Sarah, join me again for an overnight SCRAPBOOKING PARTE'! A bonus this year was the 1st overnight & crafting visit of my sister-in-law, Deb.
For the past few years, Michael & Wesley have been going to stay with Grandma Stream, leaving the house free for my girls' weekend. The only male lucky enough to hang with us was our cat Rusty. Myself, Sarah, Deb, Dakota, Smoke & our kitten Squirrel all enjoyed our 'girl time', without the loud, masculine influences (& interruptions) of Michael & Wesley!
We started out our weekend with a trip into town to develop Sarah's film (from a disposable camera) from her son Brandon's horrible accident last Halloween. She thought that she would be able to look at and work with the photos by now....after trying to scrap them, she realized that she wasn't quite ready yet.
During our wait for the film to be developed, we enjoyed an inexpensive treat of lunch at Mancino's. From there we checked out Dollar General for some decorative boxes that Sarah & Deb had been seeing, as well as a trip into Peeble's for nice work shirts for Sarah's new teaching position. We then visited Grandma Veerman & Aunt Annetta, discussing our girly plans for future play dates, including a possible overnighter at Grandma Veerman's beautiful, large home, before returning to my home to start crafting.
I was lucky enough to have my best bud, my niece Sarah, join me again for an overnight SCRAPBOOKING PARTE'! A bonus this year was the 1st overnight & crafting visit of my sister-in-law, Deb.
For the past few years, Michael & Wesley have been going to stay with Grandma Stream, leaving the house free for my girls' weekend. The only male lucky enough to hang with us was our cat Rusty. Myself, Sarah, Deb, Dakota, Smoke & our kitten Squirrel all enjoyed our 'girl time', without the loud, masculine influences (& interruptions) of Michael & Wesley!
We started out our weekend with a trip into town to develop Sarah's film (from a disposable camera) from her son Brandon's horrible accident last Halloween. She thought that she would be able to look at and work with the photos by now....after trying to scrap them, she realized that she wasn't quite ready yet.
During our wait for the film to be developed, we enjoyed an inexpensive treat of lunch at Mancino's. From there we checked out Dollar General for some decorative boxes that Sarah & Deb had been seeing, as well as a trip into Peeble's for nice work shirts for Sarah's new teaching position. We then visited Grandma Veerman & Aunt Annetta, discussing our girly plans for future play dates, including a possible overnighter at Grandma Veerman's beautiful, large home, before returning to my home to start crafting.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Christmas 2011 Favorites
A few of our favorites from this past Christmas, as part of my
attempt to catch up...
Note the CHOCOLATE FACE already in existence!
Remote Cranky the Crane demos...
PS2 game from Aunt Annetta & Uncle Leon...he LOVES this!
Mom did the HAPPY DANCE when she started opening this...entertaining!
Dad asked for an r/c helicopter...he got 2! For play dates haha
Yep...it was Harry Potter.
Awesome CROSSING track!
Christmas Dinner...thanks Dad!
Dad's big day-after-Christmas purchase. The snowglobe Wesley's had his eye on.
I still haven't mastered the photo placement with this program, but I'll keep working on it, plus talk to Dawn Bourgette, who got me started in this!
attempt to catch up...
Note the CHOCOLATE FACE already in existence!
Spread the love.....
Yes, I chose these too.
Christmas Dinner...thanks Dad!
I still haven't mastered the photo placement with this program, but I'll keep working on it, plus talk to Dawn Bourgette, who got me started in this!
A lot to catch up on!
Wow! It's hard to believe that I haven't posted here for so many months! But...life happened...for a long time apparently!
I'll have to spend a fair amount of time posting layouts that I have completed since last visiting, as well as photos of life in my little world.
Let's work our way backward, okay? While currently working on our taxes, I once again consider whether or not to continue selling products. Yes, it pays for MOST of my own supplies, but the physical labor, time, & expenses involved with the packing, hauling, unpacking, displaying....packing back up (although this last sale sent MUCH fewer product home with me!), hauling, & unpacking/displaying again........very low income per hour, oftentimes at a loss in fact, but the physical tole & stress have the most impact for me. We are not getting any younger, but I DEFINATELY must get back into better shape! Fibromyalgia does not differentiate between 'fun work' & just plain 'work'.
Okay....back to the basics. The past 2 weeks found us celebrating Wesley's 8th & my 48th BIRTHDAYS YEY!!! We had a couple of neighborhood friends over for Wesley's birthday cake & ice cream. Good times!
I was lucky enough to (once again) celebrate my birthday with my best bud, my niece Sarah, who comes up for an overnight SCRAPBOOKING PARTE' !!! A bonus this year was the 1st overnight stay & crafting visit by my sister-in-law, Deb (Kozak) Gleason! We had sooo much fun that we stayed up until 3:15 Sunday morning, NOT EVEN MAKING IT TO THE CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN THIS YEAR:< (Pics to follow haha)
Michael & Wesley made their usual trip to Grandma Stream's for the weekend, so that we girls could have the house to ourselves. There was one lucky male in the household though, our cat Rusty. Otherwise it was myself, Sarah, Deb, my devoted Dakota, Smoke & our newest family member, kitten Squirrel.
Christmas, as usual, was FABULOUS! After we opened our gifts we were visited by Uncle Leon (my oldest brother, who as of this week is RETIRED!!!!!!) & his wife Annetta. They have been stopping by on Christmas Day, on their way to visit her family in Ludington.
My favorite gift this year was my CRICUT IMAGINE! WOO HOO! Michael said "don't you think you hinted about it enough??????" hahahahahahaha Yes, I hinted A LOT after finding out that our local Wal-Mart had it in stock for only $187! I did some research online for Imagine cartridges &, after receiving it, purchased a few cartridges to play with! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use my favorite of the included cartridges, Imagine More, because it was faulty. I also had to exchange the machine after 2-3 days & printing only a few papers because it stopped feeding in the paper.
I can say that I have had very few problems with the machine or cartridges since exchanging the machine & receiving the replacement cartridge. I still get frustrated with the machine shutting down frequently while using the Imagine More cartridge, especially when combined with another cartridge, but I'm trying to work through it and enjoy the capabilities of my new toy.
Wesley's favorites were, of course, Thomas train items, plus he really likes his Cars 2 movie, Indiana Jones Lego PS2 game from Uncle Leon & Aunt Annetta, etc.
This fall found us adopting little, FRAIL, Squirrel....a kitten who found her way to our front porch on August 10th, just before Michael's birthday. She immediately came to me & allowed me to hold her, as if she KNEW we would love & help her. Michael named her Squirrel after seeing how long & bushy her tail was when compared to her body. I am afraid to say that she was the most emaciated animal I have ever seen which was still alive.....she required a lot of TLC, & ultimately, prescription food as well as medication that was added to tuna fish for several months. I recently switched to feeding her adult cat food, which she was constantly sneaking out of the other cats' bowls, when we ran out of prescription food. I think I might have to return to giving her medication for a while if she continued to have tummy problems.
I have been hoping to have some of my projects appear as samples on a 3 Birds presentation, or perhaps their blog, etc. So far, no luck, but perhaps in the future, with the reappearance of their blog or something...perhaps things will happen for me. Either way, I enjoy the process & chance to share. 3 Birds rocks!!!!!
On to crafting & constantly renovating my scrap "studio"!
I'll have to spend a fair amount of time posting layouts that I have completed since last visiting, as well as photos of life in my little world.
Let's work our way backward, okay? While currently working on our taxes, I once again consider whether or not to continue selling products. Yes, it pays for MOST of my own supplies, but the physical labor, time, & expenses involved with the packing, hauling, unpacking, displaying....packing back up (although this last sale sent MUCH fewer product home with me!), hauling, & unpacking/displaying again........very low income per hour, oftentimes at a loss in fact, but the physical tole & stress have the most impact for me. We are not getting any younger, but I DEFINATELY must get back into better shape! Fibromyalgia does not differentiate between 'fun work' & just plain 'work'.
Okay....back to the basics. The past 2 weeks found us celebrating Wesley's 8th & my 48th BIRTHDAYS YEY!!! We had a couple of neighborhood friends over for Wesley's birthday cake & ice cream. Good times!
I was lucky enough to (once again) celebrate my birthday with my best bud, my niece Sarah, who comes up for an overnight SCRAPBOOKING PARTE' !!! A bonus this year was the 1st overnight stay & crafting visit by my sister-in-law, Deb (Kozak) Gleason! We had sooo much fun that we stayed up until 3:15 Sunday morning, NOT EVEN MAKING IT TO THE CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN THIS YEAR:< (Pics to follow haha)
Michael & Wesley made their usual trip to Grandma Stream's for the weekend, so that we girls could have the house to ourselves. There was one lucky male in the household though, our cat Rusty. Otherwise it was myself, Sarah, Deb, my devoted Dakota, Smoke & our newest family member, kitten Squirrel.
Christmas, as usual, was FABULOUS! After we opened our gifts we were visited by Uncle Leon (my oldest brother, who as of this week is RETIRED!!!!!!) & his wife Annetta. They have been stopping by on Christmas Day, on their way to visit her family in Ludington.
My favorite gift this year was my CRICUT IMAGINE! WOO HOO! Michael said "don't you think you hinted about it enough??????" hahahahahahaha Yes, I hinted A LOT after finding out that our local Wal-Mart had it in stock for only $187! I did some research online for Imagine cartridges &, after receiving it, purchased a few cartridges to play with! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use my favorite of the included cartridges, Imagine More, because it was faulty. I also had to exchange the machine after 2-3 days & printing only a few papers because it stopped feeding in the paper.
I can say that I have had very few problems with the machine or cartridges since exchanging the machine & receiving the replacement cartridge. I still get frustrated with the machine shutting down frequently while using the Imagine More cartridge, especially when combined with another cartridge, but I'm trying to work through it and enjoy the capabilities of my new toy.
Wesley's favorites were, of course, Thomas train items, plus he really likes his Cars 2 movie, Indiana Jones Lego PS2 game from Uncle Leon & Aunt Annetta, etc.
This fall found us adopting little, FRAIL, Squirrel....a kitten who found her way to our front porch on August 10th, just before Michael's birthday. She immediately came to me & allowed me to hold her, as if she KNEW we would love & help her. Michael named her Squirrel after seeing how long & bushy her tail was when compared to her body. I am afraid to say that she was the most emaciated animal I have ever seen which was still alive.....she required a lot of TLC, & ultimately, prescription food as well as medication that was added to tuna fish for several months. I recently switched to feeding her adult cat food, which she was constantly sneaking out of the other cats' bowls, when we ran out of prescription food. I think I might have to return to giving her medication for a while if she continued to have tummy problems.
I have been hoping to have some of my projects appear as samples on a 3 Birds presentation, or perhaps their blog, etc. So far, no luck, but perhaps in the future, with the reappearance of their blog or something...perhaps things will happen for me. Either way, I enjoy the process & chance to share. 3 Birds rocks!!!!!
On to crafting & constantly renovating my scrap "studio"!
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