Really can't believe

How the time has flown this week. I think it has something to do with sleep deprivation. We seriously haven't had a full night's {I'm being generous when I say this, because my hubby and I both function pretty well on anything from 5-7 hours} sleep in almost a week. And it doesn't look promising tonight either, since E's already been up once. {sigh} Life goes on.

ACBailey has their April kit up - very elegant and pretty. :)
One of my projects with it. The rest will wait for a later date. :)

This is my brother-in-law and niece!! :)

Things I'm loving right now:
Robin Thicke's song: DreamWorld
This is just the music. Gorgeous, gorgeous. Love the twist on that classic jazz sound. The sentiments really touched my heart.
my iphone: of course. Love the fact that I can watch a movie, listen to music, tweet and check my email no matter where I'm at. Helpful when you're stuck waiting for your kiddo somehwere...
the gym. Yeah, sounds crazy, but I feel really good since I've been able to get back.
The Paper Niche. Things are looking good to start spending a little more time there... more on that later. ;)
My family. When I came to pick up our boys from Grandma's the other day I asked E if he had a good time. He said, "Yep. Did you have a good time at the Paper Niche?" Sounds so cool to have such adult things come out of his mouth. {wow} Plus, my family has just been super supportive all around right now - hubby and everything. :) I love him and them tons!

All for now - I'll have to try to update again some time this week - You have to see some of the fun stuff we've done with the March kit from the Paper Niche!!

Not so scary...

I had such a great time working with this paper set from ACBailey this month! Love, love the oranges, blues and greens. Yum. :)

I journaled some thoughts about this layout here, on their blog...


A couple of fun ones...


And this one with leftovers, and a few things from my stash. ;) Gotta love the stash... I think it's one of my faves that I've made in a while...


Hope you enjoyed your weekend! Check back tomorrow for my February kit layouts for the Paper Niche!! :)

A couple things...

I had the privilege of being a guest designer for Ms. Jenni Bowlin this month! If you wanna check out what I did with her January kit, it's posted here {Click on the guest gallery. You'll also see my little scrap space under "studio inspirations." Hey, it's not much, but you have to admit, I'm keeping it real!! I had so much fun working with this soft, vintagey kit! I see she's got a little peek at what she's offering for her mid month release up - yummy stuff as always! :)

I also had sooo much fun playing with some American Crafts for ACBailey this month!




Yay for Wednesdays!! The week's half over! :)

Oh yeah...

Wha? In my previous post I mentioned that I didn't have anything to post that wasn't about Christmas - then I remembered that I had these. HeHe. they're my layouts and mini album I put together for ACBailey. :)

This is a book we're planning to sit down and fill on Thanksgiving morning...

And I'm thankful for...

And I'm remembering...


I'm thinking about the holidays - how about you? We did our shopping to fill our Operation Christmas Child box {a global outreach through Samaritan's Purse}. D chose the goodies to fill the box... I loved watching him choose things that another boy his age would love. He totally understood this year - and it rocked. E on the other hand, did not, and kept asking for the toys we bought. Ha!

I *adore* the November colab over at FPD. These are a couple of the layouts I did with it. ;)

With Corina's portion:

And this one's from the Evelyn kit by laura'skathi. Oh yeah... love this! My mom took this photo last winter...

A surprise package and a card...

This is my card for the sketch at ACBailey this month.


Oh, and this is the sketch by Brandy. I make my typical disclaimer. HeeHee. Yes, you can see a resemblance if you look close. LOL

Oh lord - that is seriously cut off. And I'm too lazy to re-size it. Hopefully you can get the idea... :S

oh, and I had a little surprise today. It's always fun to see this...

I haven't had anything since August, but I have more stuff coming in the new year! ;)

What up, everyone? :)

Some digi-ness:
Corina's my little monster kit at FPD. :)


This yummy Christmas kit{Good Tidings} is from Valorie Brown at FPD.


I just love this shot of our little guy - but it's not very clear. Fortunately, since then I've gotten a better camera - look out holiday photos, here I come!!! Anyway, I thought I'd document it just the way it is, and the thoughts behind it. I have to admit, I'm really happy with the way it came out. :) I definitely feel like I'm learning to create fun custom shadows. :)

And I made these fun placecards for ACBailey!

As you can see from the home page, we're part of a fun, fun internet shop hop! There's also a fun little challenge to come up with great projects to dress your table! If you post a project in the gallery, and link to it here on the message board, you'll be entered into a drawing for a prize! hope you'll share a fun idea!
Hope everyone's having a good week! :)