Check out what my super talented friend, Lynn Ghahary, has been working on for the last few months! It's her NEW workshop at Two Peas In A Bucket, called Step Up Your Scrapbooking, and it just went up today! Have you ever finished a scrapbook page only to feel that you were missing that “something…

This weekend, we had to do a little shopping. We are headed to a wedding this coming weekend for one of Joe's cousins. Nothing like a wedding to make us realize that none of us own any nice, dressy clothes. Lol. We all live in jeans, shorts, and tshirts. Apparently we don't go places which…

Once again, it's time for the first day of school for these two girls of mine. They've been on summer break for almost 2.5 months, and I'm pretty sure we are all ready to get back to the craziness that is the school year. Alyssa is now a Junior in high school. Still not sure…

When I'm done creating layouts, I usually add them to a stack on the scrap island. They sit there until I have a good sized stack, and then I take them upstairs to where all of my albums are. We have two of the large Expedit shelves, from Ikea, up in the loft, and all…

It bugs me a bit when I get skimpy on the blog. I wish I had projects to share, but I don't. I take that back. I do have ONE layout to share, that will be up on Monday. And it's one that I really, really love. {Photo unrelated to this blog post. But I happen…

I had a few other things I was going to post this week, but we're dealing with an unexpected loss in the family right now. It knocked "update blog" down to the very bottom of my priority list for the time being. I will definately be back next week though, since I have some good stuff scheduled already. In the…

I was beyond thrilled when Amy Tan asked me to contribute to her new workshop at Two Peas In A Bucket, called Collect & Create with Amy Tan. Here's a bit more about the workshop, straight from Amy and Two Peas: As crafters and storytellers, we are natural collectors. We save everything from treasured products and…

how's that for a random title 😉 let's start with my girls. because they're cute, and because i like to start my posts with a photo. i took this photo of the girls tuesday night, after their band concert. i'm terrible at taking pics in the gym, but this one wasn't half bad. then i…

backtrack to february of 2011. the girls had a day off from school, and i took them and 2 of their friends bowling. and i took some photos while we where there. and then i blogged about it HERE. and at the end of that post, i typed this: "and amazingly enough, these photos are…

i had such good intentions of finding something to blog about last night. and tonight. things just feel off, if i don't blog a certain amount of days a week. i know, it's silly. some weeks are just busier and crazier than others. that's how it's been around here. ************************************************************************** last weekend, we had our…