the last few sneek peeks are up this week over on the jillibean soup blog. the last peek goes up tomorrow. and then CHA starts in a few days, and then we can see so much more about all these great new products. and hopefully, we can also share our projects too 😉 one would think…

saturday, we headed out to the county fair. and yes, that is totally a tim mcgraw song.    the last time we went to the fair was 10 years ago. i can tell you this for sure. because when we went, sarah was about 2 weeks old. and it was one of the hottest days that…

we sure have missed these kiddos. well, if i'm being totally honest, we also did enjoy our week without them. lol! it was nice to get some of their "stuff" out of the house for the week. and not pick up toys all day. and not fill sippy cups and change diapers and worry about…

this past week has just flown by. i can't believe i only have one more day of my vacation left. i'm trying to play catch up on some things, and then i'll be back to my regular blogging. for now, just a few pictures of the family chillin out from earlier in the week.  …

some jillibean soup stuff to share this week. this layout of mine went up on the blog today, along with some other really fun ones from the other designers. make sure to check them out HERE.    i thought it was important to do a layout about joe and his umpiring. i had done a blog…

joe and i are both on vacation this week. i had a few of the daycare kids that were going to miss days this week anyways, so decided it was a good week to officially take some days off. not sure i've taken any this year yet. once again, no big plans this year. we…

want to see some peeks at the new stamps from jillibean soup? there are lots of cards up today on the jillibean soup blog by the designers, and here is one of mine.    i loved this flower stamp, one of the first ones that caught my eye when i got them. i simply stamped them in brown…

i have been very fortunate to have worked on a few projects for hero arts in the past, and they have always been so generous and so nice to work with. they're just a great company, that puts out fabulous products. and they're a green company, with products made in the USA. and we all know that is…

just noticed that one of my layouts went up on the jillibean soup blog today. figured i'd just add it to this post, since it's all related goodness! and check out the link, since there are some great layouts that were also shared today.   i knew this photo needed to be scrapped. important to…

i'm kind of digging this whole "getting back to basics" with the blogging. i don't have to wait until i have projects that i can share, or a huge amount of new photos. i can post some random thing, just for fun. i used to do this a lot. glad i'm getting back to it. so today?…