Blog Candy

Yea, we are at #100 which means blog candy time. I promise I will post a picture and details on Sunday. I'm going to a Shoebox Swap tomorrow and have a busy Saturday. Have a great night! Here is a pic of my boys and I from earlier today.

What I have been up to!!

So what have I been up to. Lets see, crafting of course, a baby parade, shots today with Marshall, and my brother moving in with us. My brother returned from Iraq and will be staying with us a few weeks. Our local carnival started on Monday. There is always a baby parade to kick of the carnival. This years theme was animals on safari so we got my brother in laws tractor decked out and had a great time dressing the kids for it.

Craft wise, I have been getting my supplies and goodies together for our PA Shoebox Swap this Saturday. I made my SCS card for the troops tonight. Might redo, not sure if I like it. The BOO page is for my SCS October Secret Sister. I figure you can never get enough of pre-made pages.

Of course I have to include a sweet picture of my boys hanging out today. Mitch was helping Marshall play with is little jungle toy.

So Close!

My blog counter is so close to 100 which means blog candy is soon going to be posted. So what I'll do is post a picture of what the lucky blog reader will receive. All you have to do is post a comment in that particular blog and you have the chance to win. I'm going to have my DH secretly pick a number 5 days after the blog is posted that will reveal who wins. He will not read the blog and will not know who has posted where or what. Whatever number he chooses will be the comment number (counted from the top down) that wins the blog candy. I'll mail you your special gift as a thanks to you for being a reader.

Have a great night!!

Blog Candy

I have a really busy weekend but will work on posting details on my first blog candy on Sunday. My counter has almost hit 100 so as promised I'm going to give away a goodie bag of fun things. I'll post details on Sunday, ok!!! PROMISE!!!

Back in the swing!

Well I'm back in to my creative swing. On Saturday I finished up a 12x12 Monkey Swap. I made this monkey several years ago when I was a Creative Memories consultant. I hosted a class and made it with all the girls. It was so cute I decided to do a repeat and make it for a swap. I had to make 5 of the little buggers but it was fun.

Today I made a card for a friends b-day. I used a new piggy stamp I got and had fun with it. She likes pink so it allowed me to use up some pink supplies that I normally don't use in my boys scrapbooks. It's hard to see in the picture but I used a technique I saw on another blog. I put a stickles glob in the middle of the silk flower. It gave it a really pretty sparkle.

Tonight I'm working on some patriotic pages for a swap. I'm adding more detail than I thought I was going to so I'm gonna have to finish them up tomorrow night. I have been up since 430am with a throwing up DOG so I need to catch some zz's since both boys are asleep.

Have a great day!

Hershey Park Happy!

We had such a fabulous day yesterday at Hershey Park. Mitchell amazed Larkin and I by how much he loved the rides. Because of his tiny size

he was limited to what he could ride. There was a little rollercoaster that he wanted to go on again (in his words.) He rode it twice and just had a blast. Today he asked Larkin if he could go back to the chocolate park.

The new water area was really neat but there were two large areas closed down which made the rest of it packed. Hopefully next time we go we'll be able to enjoy that area a little more.

Marshall for the most part just hung out. He got a few real hot cranky moments but for the most part he was a real trooper.

It was a great family day!!

RSSFWD

Ok has anyone else had isssues with www.rssfwd.com? When I plug in blogs it takes forever to register them and then gives me errors that the page is not available. It's really frusterating because I then forget to go back and add the blog and never receive their updates. Just had to vent!

Blog Counter Up!!

Well after some frusteration, I finally got my blog counter up. Right now it is at zero but once it hits 100 I'm going to offer some blog candy. So post away and visit all you want. I have already be gathering some things together and will post a picture and the "rules" after it hits 100. If your a none scrapbooker/card maker/crafter, still comment and visit. I'll make the blog candy fun for everyone. :)

Tomorrow we are headed to Hershey Park. Please pray for a rain free day for us. Right now it's supposed to be scattered thunderstorms. As long as it's not all day long I don't mind. It'll help us keep cool. I have the ponchos ready to go and an extra change of clothes packed.

I'm taking a break from crafting for the next day or two just to spend time with my family and recoup. I have some Cricut images I need to cut out that I sold on eBay. Won't be doing that any more. They don't sell for nearly enough considering the time that is put into them.

Take care, have a great night and I'll post after the weekend with some (hopefully) finished projects. Have a great night!!

Marshall enjoying some Dippen Dots Ice Cream!!

Double Blogging!

Two blogs in one night. Wow I'm on a roll. I wanted to share my latest projects with you. I realized I never shared my Pluto border set. I also completed a dinosaur layout for a swap and also a thinking of you card for a church friend. I also worked on getting my kits together for my PA shoebox swap in another 2 weeks. Fun stuff!!

Ok real quick for those of you that asked what blog candy is. Basically once I set up a calculator to see how many visit I get to my blog once it hits 100 I'm going to offer scrapbook/card making goody bag. This is a free gift to you for being a designated reader. I'll continue to give gifts at different counter milestones. So now I need to figure out how to get my calculator on my page. Any suggestions bloggers?

Here is my first creation. My Pluto border set.

My second is my dinsosaur pages. I'm really proud of these. The picture does not do them justice.

Lastly is my thinking of you card. I love these color combos. I love pink and brown together even more. I got the flower at AC Moore on sale quiet some time back and have been dying to use it. It is accented with glitter and so pretty.

Every time I tried to take a picture of my card my helper Mitch stuck his head in the picture. It was actually really cute and a good way for me to get pics of him smiling. The second picture you can see my small little craft area behind him. I work with the space I got!!!

Concerned!

The other morning Daddy, Mommy, Mitch, and Marshall had cuddle time. We told Mitch that this was his family. He kept saying all day Mitch luv family. It was the sweetest thing! He has really be getting more and more in tuned to Marshall. We have not been forcing Marshall on Mitch but just letting him warm up on his own time.

Today I dropped Marshall off at my mom's so she could watch him while Mitch and I went to church. Marshall does not do real great during service and I'm not quiet ready to leave him in nursery without Larkin or I. When we were backing out of the driveway Mitch kept asking for Marshall and was concerned why we were leaving him behind. As soon as we got in the van after church Mitch told me we had to go get Marshall from Noni's (like I would forget him.)

It's really sweet to see him warming up and starting to be in tuned to him. Tonight he even crawled up on my lap while I was feeding Marshal his night time bottle and he kissed him on the head and said mom I luv him. Warms my heart! These kind of actions have not taken place at all the past 3 1/2 months so we are breaking ground.

I have not been able to get pics of the together at all but yesterday we were successful so I had to share.

More Disney

Well I feel I had somewhat of a productive weekend. I worked on more Disney swaps. I ran out of adhesive 1/2 through completing a Daisy layout. I was really on a roll too. So now I have to find time to make a A.C.Moore run this week. I did finish a 2 page Mickey and Minnie l/o. I thought it turned out cute. Keeping the blogging short tonight. Need to head to bed!

Shopping Adventure!

I am so super tired right now. We had a big day running around. I just had to tell you about two of my new shopping adventures though. First, my mom and I placed an order through addictedtoscrapbooking.com the other night and LOVED it. We received our order withing 3 days and everything was packaged great. The prices were resonable and we even got 10% for a July 4th special. We will definitly be shopping there again. Today during some of our running in Harrisburg Larkin took Mitch to see Walle and Marshall and I headed to Hummelstown to Fancy That Scrapbook Boutique. Can I just say OH MY GOSH!! It was absolutly adorable! I found everything I was looking for PLUS SOME. I did budget and limit myself since I just got paid today and I have to worry about gas and grocerys for the next 2 weeks. I will tell you though if you live in the Hummelstown area or any where within an hour, it is WELL WORTH the drive. Check it out!

Also thought I would share my goofy border set I have been working on for a swap. I thought they turned out cute. Now I just need to wrap up my pluto set.

Ok I'm off to bed before I fall asleep at the computer. I'm working on getting a blog counter so I can start doing blog candy. Would anyone be interested? Shoot me a comment and maybe I'll have a surprise for you!!!!!

Nite, Nite!!

Recovering!

Well I'm slowly recovering from my computer illness. I have not been successful at finding anyone to recover what I lost so I'm slowly recreating files and begging everyone I know for pictures from the past zillion years.

But on the upside my creative mojo has been going really good. I am in the works of creating two sets of Disney borders for an SCS swap. The one is Pluto and the other is Goofy. I'm using my fabulous Cricut to assist me. I love my little Cricut (it's my crafting baby.) I'll post pictures when I finish them.

Let's see what else have I been working on? I finished a color swap white card. I used this same card for a get well swap I participated in. It was really fun and the first time I used fibers. They create a fun, elegant, festive look. I always love creating matching tags to go with.

The second card I have been working on is a boys b-day card for our PA shoebox swap we are doing in August. This is not exactly what I'll be doing but it's along the same lines. I LOVE using the new mesh that I discovered at a local Amish scrapbook store. So we'll see how my actual card turns out. I found Robot paper that I think I'm going to use as the backing on the card we'll see!!

Oh yea and Disney Cricut images. I have been creating TONS of them for swaps, friends, family members, etc. HAVE I SAID THAT I HAVE BEEN CREATING TONS OF DISNEY IMAGES? I think I'm about Disneyned out!!

Sick

I'm so so absolutely sick in my stomach right now. I can not even talk about this on the phone without breaking into tears. My new laptop was majorly disfunctioning so Dell had me do a system restore on my computer. It was basically to completely wipe out my computer and start from scratch. The rep talked me through how to backup all my pictures and documents onto a DVD. Well as you can probably guess by now it DID NOT back up. I have NO pictures developed since Christmas. Yes this includes Marshall's pictures. The ONLY upside is I did upload 89 of Marshall's hospital pictures to Ofoto shortly after he was born. Other than that, it's all I have!!! I lost all of my mom's group files which is massive but not nearly as precious as my pictures. I can recreate files but I can not retake pictures.

So this is my plead!!!! If anyone has ANY pictures of my boys will you PLEASE save them to a disk or email them to me??????? Even if I emailed you pictures of them and you still have them saved will you forward them back to me? I'm begging!!! Once I get them I'm printing them right away.

Thank you so much and seriously please pray I do not have bad dreams about this tonight. Have I ever said I hate technology?

-Melanie

Quick One!

I have not blogged in well over a week so I wanted to jump on and post a quick update. We are doing good. Now with me working it's hard for me to find spare time to sit at the computer. I should be in bed right now preparing for wake up time with the boys.

Tonight I finished up a border swap I have been working on for about 2 weeks. It was really time consuming but I did enjoy doing it. It just used more supplies than I was expecting. I can't wait to get the other ladies creations back and see what they did.

Today we went to a family members retirement party. I was able to get some great outdoor pictures of Mitch. He is so fun and full of life. Marshall is now 3 months old and sweet as can be. He is smiling, cooing, and really focusing on objects. He definitly knows his mommys voice.

Well off to bed I go!! Thanks for checking in and I promise I'll make time to post more later. I have a funny Mitch story to tell so remind me!!

Outside the Box!!

Well I decided to step outside of the box this week. I normally only scrapbook and do not dabble much with stamping. I blame it on being a sloppy stamper. However my friend April lives in Germany and her husband is deployed right now in Iraq. She is doing cards for troops who do not receive mail. This touched my heart and I thought I would give it a shot. I created 2 different designs of cards. I do not like the one at all so I'm not going to share it. I'm debating redoing it (if I can find the time.) The second one I thought turned out pretty cute. I also worked on a baby boy page last night but I think I need to add more to it. I'm still debating!! Once I decide I'll share the page with you because it's turning out cute.

I used MME paper, Stampin Up and Provo Craft Stamps. The ribbon is by American Crafts that I purchased at AC Moore. The white paper is just a basic card stock.













On a family note: Mitchell is a ham! We got his hair cut over the weekend. I LOVED it long but poor little guy was so hot. We have had some hot, humid days here in PA. Marshall is sweet as ever! This Thursday he'll be 10 weeks old. Hard to believe. Here are some pictures of my boys. I can never get a good picture of the two of them together.

Back to work I go!

Well tomorrow I start my first day of work at the Sportman's Association. I'll be working part time as their office manager. It will be nice to have some working hours out of the house and to have hubby home more often.

We had a wonderful baby dedication weekend with Marshall. It was so great to see our family and friends. Their support is awesome! We had an after dedication part at mom's pool. It was a perfect day.

I worked on a few projects in the past couple days. More just completing ones I already started. My in-laws were here until yesterday so I tried not to bore them while I worked on swap projects.

Here are some pictures for you to see!!

Us before Marshall's dedication

Anything Goes Page Swap

Toddler Page Swap - I LOVE MY CRICUT!!!!!

Rough Day!

My poor little Marshall had his 2 month shots yesterday. It was horrible!! His little legs were in so much pain. Then he did not have an appetite so the combination of being hungery and in pain just about broke mommy down. He screamed for 3 hours with about 10-15 minute breaks. Once he fell asleep he was out but it was just getting to that point. He is now weighing in at 9lbs 14oz and 20" long. He's growing but he's still my little peanut. His little waist is starting to thicken up a little.

The other night I worked on a girl swap for one of my swaps. Thought I would share it with you. I really had a blast with it and took my time on it because I don't get to do girl pages.












Today we went to the Deli for an outside lunch and for the boys to play at the play ground. We always have to finish our visit to the deli with ice cream. I could not pass up these awsome pictures.

Down Time!

Well I have a little bit of down time today. Both boys are down for a nap but I know it's a matter of minutes before Marshall wakes. I'm working on a "busy bees" page with bumble bees on it. My Cricut is having to be replaced due to a malfunction so it sorta has me on hold for a few days until it arrives. I got all the pieces pretty much cut out for it so my next step once I receive my Cricut is to assemble. I'll take a picture of it to share with you cuz it's turning out so super cute. It might just be one of my favs.

This Sunday the 8th we are having Marshall's baby dedication. Our family is coming in from NC. I'm looking forward to the company. Larkin is gone till Wednesday night.

Tomorrow is Marshall's 2 month check up. I can not wait to see his weight and length. The down side is he has to get a shot. Darn things!! This will be his first since birth.

Well I'm going to kick my feet up for a few minutes until it's feeding time with Marshall. Have a great Sunday!