Have you...

checked out The Daily Digi yet???? If not, you NEED to hop over there! Janet Phillips has started a new site dealing with digi-scrapping, scrapping, hybrid, and everything else in our lives that connects! Honestly, I don't always remember to stop back every day, but when I do I always find something to put a smile on my face!!!
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In other items, WenchdGrafix is back up and running! Be sure to stop over there to check out all the goodies! All PU templates in my store are 34% off through Jan 31st!

I also have Snowy for 50% off at my store at Digital Scrap Garden, and for one day only - Jan 21st - the rest of my store there will be 34% off!! Mark your calendars!
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I have a couple of LOs to share...

Title: Brenda's Graduation

Credits:
Paper and elements from the Tenderly Kit by Ladybug Graphix.
Photo by ?.
Fonts: FG Cheryl; CK Rennaissance
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Title: Look

Credits:
Background from the Cherries Jubilee Paper Pack by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Plain Digital Wrapper.
Other 2 papers from the Flutterby Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Scrapbook Elements. (One cut into frame.)
Swirl from the Glitter Flourishes 2 Blog Freebie by Kiki Halbert Designs. (hue altered)
Bow and button from the Snowberry Punch Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Plain Digital Wrapper. (hue altered on button)
Photo by me.
Fonts: Note This; Patient Paige (Black accents added by me.)

Someone decided my not-quite-6-yr-old needed a play makeup kit for xmas... Personally I don't think makeup -real or play - is necessary that young so I am very unhappy about it, but that's the way my in-laws are... Don't ask just do what you want...
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I finally downloaded and installed Firefox this morning so now I can go claim some templates I got as a RAK from Laura Bozeman. Every time I tried to checkout the site would just keep blipping at me, and I finally noticed the disclaimer stating IE doesn't work well with the shopping program the site uses... It's been almost 2 yrs since I used Firefox so now I have something to get used to again. I also need to figure out how to point Firefox to saving certain files in specific places...

And, I just remembered this morning that Tuesday is my FIL's birthday. I still haven't gotten Xmas out to him yet - let alone his birthday. I need to get off here, and get some photos uploaded and ordered...

On Thursday, Dad reserved the zoo for me for Micaila's birthday party on the 31st, and I got the invitations made out yesterday so she can take them to school on Tuesday.

Brenden's rash is almost completely gone - finally. Don't know why it didn't occur to me, but it took my co-worker asking if I'd given him any Benadryl to go DUH!!! After one dose he seemed to not be itching anywhere near as much.

Bad P365er that I am I managed to miss 3 days this week... Not because I didn't think about it - just because I didn't actually pull my camera out of my purse! LOL So, if I take the photos I thought about do they count in retrospect?!?! :D

Watertown got hit so bad with snow yesterday morning I got a snow day from work. The boss called as I was getting ready to pull out of the drive to tell me not to bother 'cause everything in town was shutting down anyway, and he was getting ready to ski to work (He lives about 10 blocks away I believe, and skis, runs, bikes, etc. all the time...) to clear off the walks as he couldn't drive it - the roads were still not plowed... I guess they got somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 inches in under 4 hours. We must have just skimmed the edge of the storm 'cause it had just started that fairy dusting kind of snow when I walked out the door, and we didn't get more than about 5 inches all day.

Anywho - I need to run to get some other things done! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Whoo-Hoo!

My store at WenchdGrafix is back up and running! Swing by to grab all PU templates at 34% off!!

Kristine's working hard to get the rest of the store up and running asap! :)

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Sub-zero, store updates, and a new LO...

So, in the wonderful land of the frozen not-quite-arctic we've got sub-zero temperatures going on for at least a week. Yesterday morning it went from 6 to -22 in under an hour at the Watertown airport. Today they're predicting a HIGH of -1 with wind chill factors making it possible to have -21 throughout the day... YUCK!!! Supposedly, next Monday or Wednesday we'll get a break with temps in the 20s... [insert rolling eyes smilie]

Don't forget that Snowy is on sale for 50% off at Digital Scrap Garden through Jan 31st. Kristine had to switch host servers so WenchdGrafix is temporarily down, but keep checking back 'cause all PU templates are 34% off through Jan 31st there. I may even throw in a special bonus for those who are patient!

I feel a little bad because when my aunt lost her husband suddenly to cancer I offered to make a digital book for her if/when she got some photos together for me to scan for the project. She brought me several photos about a year ago, and I've only now created the 2nd page...

Title: A New Beginning

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Gentle Whisper Kit by Michelle Pieters.
Photo by ?.
Fonts: FG Cheryl; Fidelio MN
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Brenden's still got his rash. It doesn't seem any smaller, but is less angry-looking (as in not so red). Seems like it should have cleared up, or at least gotten smaller by now...

I've got to run to eat and shower before work. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Some amazing rash...

Brenden woke up yesterday with what looks like an allergic reaction to SOMETHING. He was completely fine the night before...






Poor bugger was just finishing his second round of antibiotics for the ear infections, and now he has this... The only thing I can think of is the fresh orange juice he had the day before, but he didn't have much of it...

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1 LO quick...

Title: Wonder Girl

Credits:
Papers and elements by Heather Manning Designs from the NDISB Diversity Collab.
Photo by me.
Fonts: FG Cheryl; Gawain

Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

A few LOs and some odds'n'ends...

So I finally asked Dad for some help with the title on that LO 'cause it just wasn't speaking to me... He came up with Fall Fool, but said I should send Kristine a version titled Autumn Ass!! LOL

Title: Fall Fool

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Allie's Moose Kit by Tracy King of Urban Dragon Designs.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: Angelina
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I also created my first 2 LOs for P365 yesterday...

Title: Project365 - Week 1

Credits:
Background, corner doodle, and lined paper from the Memories in Black & White Kit by Vera Lim.
Ribbon from the December Sampler by Vera Lim.
Arrow, date line, and circles cutout from the Project 365 Embellishment Pack by Sugarplum Paperie.
Photo by me.
Fonts: assign; Avant que
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Title: Project365 - Week 2

Credits:
Background, frames, flowers, and tape from the Isabel Kit by lauraskathi.
Memories rub-on and Painted transparency from the Gabs Kit by lauraskathi.
Dateline and selector from the Project 365 Embellishment Pack by Sugarplum Paperie.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Bambi Bold; FG Cheryl
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Dad found out while dropping Micaila off this morning that another of her classmates is leaving sometime within the next week. His dad's being deployed for a year, and since he just got a baby sister for Xmas mom is going home during the deployment to be near family. It makes me a little sad this time 'cause it's one of the boys who'd played with Brenden a few times when we were together for events. (Not that he isn't friendly with Micaila too...) Half-way through the year, and I believe she's lost 3-5 classmates and added 6-8... It's kind of like a turnstile. I need to get a list for her birthday invitations.

Brenden's feeling well enough that he's fighting about having to finish his antibiotics. Which reminds me - I really need to try to remember to check his ears. IF I can pry him away from Lego Batman on the PS2...

Yesterday we watched The Golden Compass. It was good... odd, but good. The kids weren't really into it though. I think they were a little young to follow the storyline. Kind of like Wall-E. We watched that a week or so ago, and while I think the moral is a good one I have to wonder about a movie where more than half of the dialogue is nothing more than "waaaaaaal-eeeeee".

If you didn't stop by yesterday I have my P365 blog up and running. The link is posted to the right...

I also have 50% off my Snowy PaperPack at DSG and 34% off all PU templates at WenchdGrafix through Jan 31st. Don't forget to grab'em while they're on sale! :)

I think that's it, and I need to go eat lunch! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Project365 - well almost!

Not that I won't be sharing the layouts here as well, but I've started a P365 (almost) blog to keep my photos and LOs for that project in. You can visit it by clicking the link to the right, or here. I made the header using some of my favorite pics from last year. I meant to try P365 in 2008, but life got in the way so I figure having a blog just for that makes me a little more accountable this year! LOL

I also have one LO to share. I'd have 2, but the second doesn't seem to want a title and that's annoying the devil out of me! :)

Title: The wonder of Fall...

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Allie's Moose Kit by Tracy King of Urban Dragon Designs.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: akaFrivolity

Don't forget to check out the sales I have going on at my two stores through Jan 31st! More details are posted here and here.

Gotta run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Digi Dare #114 and little bits...

Title: 2008?!

Credits:
Papers, frame, paper strips, cardboard, and flowers from the In Circles Kit by Amy Teets.
Bracket and love tape from the He Said, She Said Kit by Amy Teets.
Change word art from the NSD Freebie by Amy Teets.
Numbers and punctuation from the Little Star Kit by Amy Teets.
Photos by Mike & Brenden.
Fonts: 2Peas Goofball

LO completes Digi Dare #114.
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So Brenden went to his appt on Monday... Yes, his left eye is re-infected so we have to do the drops 3 times a day for ANOTHER 5 days - both eyes so he doesn't accidently re-infect the right eye as well. But, he also still has the infection in both ears as well!

He's been acting completely normal so we didn't think his ears would be an issue, but the dr had me look through his scope at Brenden's eardrum, and it was still bright red instead of the normal gray. So he's also on a stronger dose of a stronger antibiotic twice a day for 10 more days.

Now Micaila's got no school today because of the snow we've gotten and freezing rain that is supposedly on it's way. I've spent 50 minutes shoveling out the drive so Dad can pull in and I can pull out so I am now not just dripping in sweat, but also soaked in it... gotta' go grab a shower and get to work!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

A quick LO...

I woke up to an IM from Nicole Seitler thanking me for making her day by naming her as one of my favorite designers in a thread at DST. Soooo,... she made my day by giving me a RAK! LOL

I got her December Grab Bag which was still up this morning and Party Hat as I hadn't managed to snag all the pieces during her blog party last year. Then I came up with this...

Title: Sweet

Credits:
Papers, acrylic swish, & frame from the Party Hat Kit by Sugarplum Paperie.
Flower and flowers with jewel swish from Holiday Glitz by Sugarplum Paperie.
Glittered swish & floral stem from The Sweetest Thing Kit by Sugarplum Paperie.
Word stamp from the Tough Stuff Kit by Sugarplum Paperie.
Alpha from Cardboard Sticker Alpha by Sugarplum Paperie.
Photo by me.

I managed to use all the products except the Holiday Wrappers Paper Pack. I'll get to that soon! THANKS SO MUCH, NICOLE!!

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Boys Club has arrived!

And, right now it is 30% off!! Stop by to grab Boys Club and have some fun!





The first ever collab by the designers at WenchdGrafix Shoppe is now available! Filled to the bursting point this boy-themed kit has everything you could want...
30 papers
2 bordered overlays
8 frames
4 strings
14 wordarts
1 template (both in PSD and PSP format)
1 date circle
assorted date markers
1 button
8 ribbons
2 pins
5 ric racs
5 ric rac wraps
5 bows
5 wraps
3 tags
5 toys
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I also have another LO. I don't start my guest gig with JanaM 'til February, but I'd won this kit as a RAK a while ago and not gotten a chance to play with it yet...

Title: Diva? Who... Me?

Credit:
Papers and elements from the Funky Music Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photo by me.
Fonts: 1942 report; 2Peas GG Mix

Gotta' run. Micaila's got a 2 hr delay for her first day back, and Brenden has to be at the dr at the same time in Watertown. Good thing I have today off 'cause Grampy will have to stay here to drop off Micaila...

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

The kids are home!

Yeah! Mike and the kids got home about 7:15pm last night. Just in time to unload the van, get everyone settled, and turn on Wall-E to get the kids to stay in bed. They were obviously wound-up from the trip and ride. But, then so was Mike - the man didn't want to stop talking. Can't get him to say two words to me on the phone all week, and then he comes home and rambles for over an hour while we're trying to get to sleep! Go figure...

We followed the directions for Brenden's meds which means Mike stopped giving him the eye drops after his Sunday night dose. He was doing great - and then woke up yesterday morning with his left eye crusted over again... So we gave him two doses of the drops yesterday. I plan to give him the 3 today and 1 tomorrow morning before we leave for his follow-up appt with the dr. I'm thinking maybe he should have had the drops for 10 days straight instead of only 5...

I wanted to share a couple of photos from Christmas day...

Ever seen a kid so happy about pjs?? Of course, Grandma did get him Iron Man and Batman...



LPS VIPs from Santa... But, I got the lap full of super-happy Brenden! LOL


The kids got a dress-up tote from Mommy & Daddy including this costume which Micaila had been begging for. I got them 75% off after Halloween. :)


It also happens to be my niece's birthday, and Micaila made her a special card...


Mike had messed with my camera settings while I was in the bathroom so all the candle pics are in sepia...


So she posed for a fake candle shot with Micaila after my camera got corrected. :)
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And, I have two more LOs...

Title: Jaylin - What'd you say???

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Freak Out Kit by April Staker of DigiApe Designs.
Photo by her maternal aunt, Jamie.
Fonts: Year2000Boogie
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Title: Krysti - Yup, she's a Christmas baby

Credits:
Brown background paper from the Back-To-Basics Rainbow Solids Paper Pack by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Blue paper from the Back-To-Basics Rainbow Dots Paper Pack by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Frame from Doodle Frame {Rara} by Princess Lala of Divine Digital. (color added)
Stamp from Birthday Stamps Pack by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Swirly doodle from the Fancy Frills 3 Pack by Princess Lala of Divine Digital. (color added)
Photo by me.
Fonts: Tuna & Hot Dogs on Rye

Don't forget my sales! See the post below for details. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Happy Birthday to...

well, you, I guess! LOL My birthday is later this month so to celebrate I have 2 sales going on...

At WenchdGrafix you can get 34% - yup I'll be 34 - off all personal use templates for the rest of January!! That makes each template only $0.83!!!

Here are a few of the 30 templates available at the moment... (I may be adding more before the end of the month!)






We also have a WenchdGrafix Site Collab (boy-themed) that should be going up in the store shortly so watch for that announcement!
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At Digital Scrap Garden you can get 50% off my Snowy PaperPack - which just happens to coordinate with the January DSG Collab kit, Frosty Morning! That makes Snowy only $1.25!! And, you can get the collab for just $8.50 or FREE with any $10 purchase in the store!

Snowy


Frosty Morning Elements


Frosty Morning Papers


Frosty Morning Collab Mega


So why are you still here reading?!?! Get to the sales! :)

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Starting the new year with a bang!

Or, ummm... something like that! LOL Actually Dad grabbed 3 movies for us to watch, and I ended up falling asleep during the second one at about ummm... 8:30pm! LOL To be honest I've never been one for needing to see the ball drop anyway.

But, I did manage to get 2 LOs completed yesterday, and finished a 3rd this morning before work! The first two are for my guest gig this month with... Kiki Halbert Designs!! :)

Title: my ray of sunshine

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Flutterby Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Scrapbook Elements as of Jan 4th.
Photo by my dad. (I did do a b&w overlay on this photo, and then erase out her eyes at 100% and her face at 20% opacity to allow some color back in.)
Fonts: Wishsong
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Title: Golden Moments

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Flutterby Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Scrapbook Elements as of Jan 4th.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Wishsong
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Title: Jaylin - What'd you say???

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Freak Out Kit by April Staker of DigiApe Designs.
Photo by her maternal aunt, Jamie.
Fonts: Year2000Boogie
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If you didn't swing by yesterday don't forget to check out yesterday's post! I have a sale going on at DSG for the month of January - 50% off Snowy PaperPack. I am setting up a sale at WenchdGrafix with 34% off all Personal Use Templates so watch for that!

I did just get some sad news... Robyn Gough has switched stores because she got an awesome offer - which makes me VERY happy for her... Unfortunately, it also means she has to disband her CT as the new store doesn't have personal CTs - only a storewide CT. You can now find her at Digital Scrapbook Place, and I wish her all the best!

Gotta' run!

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Happy New Year!

To celebrate the new year (and the month of my birthday) Snowy will be on sale for 50% off for the entire month of January at DSG! Snowy also happens to coordinate with the January DSG Collab - Frosty Mornings (available very soon) which you can buy for $8.99 OR get FREE with any $10 store purchase!



I'll also have some new items up at both stores shortly so keep watching for that!

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