Kayla's Invites

I've been working hard this holiday weekend on Graduation Invitations. Our oldest niece is graduating soon, and I was honored & touched that her & her Mom asked if I could make the invites for them:)

I ended up with three designs, mostly out of necessity. The first one had way too many gems and the red bow in the diploma was not making it look right in my opinion. So I removed it! lol I use the purple rhinestones until I ran out, then I switched to black, (easily found in my stash!) I was trying to keep the costs low. All in all, I feel good about making 53 invites for $32.00.

If the invites look funny....its because I'm trying to figure out the scanner without the husband home...lol. I'm sooo proud of the fact I figured out how to "white out" all the personal info so I could post them here! lol

I used Core’dinations Pearl Black Cardstock, And Core’dinations Purple cardstock.

  In real life its so shimmery!

Kayla's Invites:

Second Set: (using Black Rhinestones)

First set of Invites:

Its true.....I do.....Blogging has been hard for me lately.....That's how busy I've been......But I will catch up....I promise!

Technique Tuesday

Felt Roses

Here is another cool video, showing how to make a cool felt rose. Imagine the possibilities here, and who says you need to use felt? I can not wait to try this out with paper:)

Sunday, Sunday

I wanna know.......where did the weekend go? Boohoo! Its off to work bright and early tommorrow!! I did get back into cleaning my scrap room again. I'm trying to organize by colour. Its a lot more work than I thought, but I hope it allows me to use my stash better!
Just spent some money over at Art Freckles tonight! I'm super excited about the new kit coming up and added to my copic collection as well! Good Stuff!

Today Hubby & I went to the DIA to see the Fakes, Forgeries & Mystery Exhibit...... I was not impressed. First no one told us we needed to purchase additional tickets to get in! We paid our $8 each to get in, and then found the exhibit, and were told we needed tickets! Another $16.00 later and we were in. It was not as interesting as I thought it would be. All I can say is that they hired a very good marketing firm. It got us there! I did see some Picasso's and some of Andy Warhol's art while we were there. So I can strike that off my bucket list. Picasso's self portrait was interesting....to me, he looked like Ricky:)

Technique Tuesday

I've been googling a lot lately. I thought I'd start a new thing called "Technique Tuesday" to share some of the cool things I've found out there in the world wide web:) I'm hoping to inspire myself to actually scrapbook, and possible inspire you too:) On a Plus side, it will at least get me to blog more, and thats a goal I have set for myself this year:)

Here is what I found. Its called Black Magic Stamping.... with a twist. I think its pretty cool:

Family Day & Helena's Birthday!

Can you believe its Family day? Time Flew so fast this weekend! Its the first weekend in eons that M & I are home together for 3 days straight! Its been sooo nice! So today we went and celebrated Family Day by going to the movies. We were suppose to go to the DIA, to see the Fakes, Forgeries & Mysteries exhibit, but who knew the museum would be closed on a Monday? Not Us! I'm glad hubby checked before we went:) So we went and saw "Unknown" . It was very good. Keeps you guessing, that's for sure!



So on the way home Hubby and I had a serious discussion about starting our own family. All I can say is that its good stuff, and I'm sooo glad we talked:)

And I wanted to take a moment to wish my BFF a very happy birthday!!! You go Girl! Love ya!!

Till next time!

Over & Out!

Dad Wins Molson Masters Bowling Tournament in Windsor:)

Dad's Article in the Windsor Star

Dad is the one in the picture, but skip down to about halfway to get to Dad's part!

I'm so proud of Him. He's very passionate about his bowling, and he's worked so hard for this. We heard all last week how excited his was to qualify for the tournament, and how nervous he was to be on TV. He was so worried his was going to "choke", and in the end he exceeded his expectations. You Go Daddio! This is so my Dad:

In the senior men's final, Essex's Richard McCloskey fired a sizzling 237 to comfortably win his first Molson's title.

The 63-year-old McCloskey beat his old friend Sid Scott, who tossed a solid 215.
"I told him before we even started the day that I wanted to face him in the final," McCloskey said.
"I wanted to win, but if I wasn't going to win, I'd be happy losing to a good friend.
"He taught me a lot about how to bowl."
The turning point in the match came midway through the contest when Scott got stung with a dreaded seven-10 split.
With McCloskey heating up with a string of strikes, he was able to exploit the open frame to seize control of the match.
"I just had to control my nerves," McCloskey said.
"I was nervous all week. I've never been on TV before."
McCloskey said if he could control his nerves, he was in fine form the past week.
On Wednesday at Ruthven's Empire Lanes, he'd rolled a 300 game. McCloskey had also tossed two 700-plus series this week.
"I'm really proud to win this," McCloskey said.
"Every bowler here is very good. Every bowler here I felt was actually better than I was.
"I was fortunate to come out on top and I'm feeling pretty good having never been in this position before."

So Dad is going to donate part of his winning to the Junior Bowlers that are going to BC from Ruthven. What a guy! That's a total Dad thing to do:) xoxo

What a Smile!

 

Holy Trophy!

I wonder what he's thinking right now:)

Close Up:)

Day after Superbowl!

Chrysler Eminem Super Bowl Commercial - Imported From Detroit

This commercial had everyone talking. I loved it. At first I had no idea what it was....except I actually recognized the landmarks:) See for yourself if you missed it:)







Here is another one I liked:)

Volkswagen Commercial: The Force





Or how about the

Bud Light Dog Sitter Ad:

My Co-Worker kept talking about this one:

Chevrolet - "Tommy" Ad

Which one was your favorite????

Oh Blog,

You have been neglected this last little bit. I've done a lot since May. I'm still not getting along with all of my family. I tried really hard up until August. I had a wonderful bridal shower. Hosted by my mother, my beautiful, oldest, dearest friend in the whole wide world, and a sister that I used to get along with. I'm not really sure why she helped, I'm thinking my Mom had something to do with it. I'm now married. Been to Disney World. Changed my last name. Went down to Part Time Staus at Work. Adjusted to a new normal, with the husband doing shift work (first time for Us), and myself getting used to afternoons. Then came October. A girl quit at work, and another went off sick. Craziness begins. Crazy hours. Literally work, home, sleep. Dogs were mad at me. Then US Thanksgiving. Had a great time. Hosted 10 people, and my house finally looked good. (For a day) Then the busy season hit. Got real busy at work. Became Full time offically again. Christmas. Upset my Mom (but she won't tell), refused to drive 4 hours on Christmas day to see everybody. Took it easy on myself, went to his side on Christmas Day. Went to My side on Boxing day as soon as Mike got home from work. (He left two hours early). Less stress, less people to get upset over. Wish I could see every one on one day.....but in the end this was better. For Us. Less Driving. I actually enjoyed Christmas. I was sad that I could not see everyone, and a tiny bit sad that this is the route I had to go, but in the end, I did it. and I believe I'll do it again next year. I think the time has come that I can't be at my parents bright and early Christmas Morning, in my PJ's, raiding my stocking while helping preparing Christmas brunch. I REALLY missed Christmas brunch! lol and its soooo much fun to hand out the presents and watch everyone open them. Its my favorite part. But....to keep my sanity I choose to go to my hubby's side. It was a lot of fun too. New traditions for a new life. Sometimes its hard to grow up. Sometimes I wish my sister would. Then we might get along again. Then again, maybe we wouldn't.

So here it is January. In the Year 2011. I've got a new last name, I still feel the same. I'm (finally) combining our household after 5 years, learning to live as an "US", instead of a ME. I'm really looking forward to 2011. Lots of Love, Learning and Laughter in my future. I can feel it:)

I'm proud of the fact that I figured out how to get my wordpress blog here in blogger world. So its all under one roof now. I'm still a forum moderator at Art Freckles. I love it. I promise to update this blog more frequently. I promise to watch my sugar levels. I promise to treat myself right this year, both mentally & physically. I promise to get those Thank you notes worked on! This Month! I also promise to take down that damm Christmas Tree! and lastly I promise to FINALLY get my craft room in order. I'm itching.....may I repeat that... ITCHING to scrap!!

Till next time!