making this a quick post. been a busy weekend, and i'm playing catch up on assignments and life.   i love this show. i love music, and i love random singing and performing. and it never fails, that after each episode i have a new favorite song or two that i go download from itunes.…

speaking of sketches, i have another one to share today. as part of my guest artista gig over on the bella blvd blog this month, one of our challenges was to scrap a layout using the following sketch.   and here is what i did with it, using the one fall day collection.   i definately…

i know. two posts in one day. amazing. this morning, i went out into the world. i don't get to do this often. but i didn't have any daycare kids today, so i took advantage of it. after an hour of running a few errands, i just had to come home and talk about my…

sadly, it's been over a month since my last random tidbits post. i'm certainly not going to bore you to death, with an entire month's worth of facebook status updates. lol! but i do think they're a fast and easy way to give you a taste of my everyday doing's and going-on's. so here's a taste of…

i think i'm a week late on doing my random facebook status update post. i was trying to do it every other week. but i had a TON to copy and paste. so i selected the best of the bunch. and yes, these really are the best. lol! sit down and hold on to your…

i'm in a funk. a rut. whatever you want to call it, i'm in it. and this isn't good. because it has put a halt on my creative juices. not great timing, since i have a ton of projects that i should be working on right now. it's also kept me from blogging. as in, i've…

creating keepsakes has a new special issue out. have you seen it? 101+ creative ways to use your scrapbook supplies.   101 creative ways to use your scrapbook supplies, by jennifer mcquire, is an all time favorite idea book of mine. it's actually one that still sits in my pile of magazines, on the end table…

wanted to share a few things today, while i'm thinking about them 🙂   do you remember when i mentioned that creating keepsakes magazine was holding a teen talent search contest? well, they have chosen the top 10 entries. and now these very talented teens need your vote. voting goes until october 8th, and you…

my tuesday night was amazing and fabulous. it involved a little bit of this group.   and a lot more of this guy.    and a huge amount of this girl.   haley's mom and dad had gotten joe and i tickets to this concert, as a "thank you" gift for my years of watching haley. we went to…

today is alyssa's 14th birthday!!! i say this every single year, and i will continue to say it every year, over and over. i seriously have no idea how these years have gone by so fast.   i keep telling her "i'm pretty sure that just yesterday, you were like 4 years old". lol! she's…