FIVE YEARS

Happy 5 Year Anniversary Matty!
Last night he took me out for a nice dinner and I even wore my fancy shoes! xo

Say NO to Auto

This is something neat I stumbled across and wanted to share:





LINK: http://kristendukephotography.com/?p=2851

Say No! to Auto: 3 basic steps to understanding manual settings

heres the jist:
I have broken down the complicated method of using the manual settings on slr cameras and narrowed it down to 3 basic questions you must ask yourself before taking a shot. I want to make it affordable to everyone, so selling the e-book for just $10. It is 18-4×6 pages with picture examples and settings of those images to help you in any lighting situation you may find yourself. I intentially made it pocket sized so it was easily transportable. This is an e-book, so you can print it and spiral bind it or put a ring on it, or even slip the 4×6 prints inside of a mini photo album to bind the book. {E-book means that I am not mailing a hard copy to you, but e-mailing you a digital copy for you to print}

tiny photo

in the mail the other day we got a nice card from Matt's grandparents. enclosed was this tiny photo of Matt when he was little. isn't he cute?! i thought it was sweet they wanted to send this tiny memory

xo

OctoberAfternoon- Modern Homemaker

Wow, how do I love 'Modern Homemaker' by Ocober Afternoon?!

Love the colors, love the patterns, love love love it!

Here are a few layouts I did tonight. You could say it was inspiration after going to Archivers for the Make and Takes this afternoon that got my juices flowing...

I also choose of my newly printed photos that I am so excited to get into a book!

Make and Take

Today Bailey and I went to ARCHIVERS for the 'Make and Take'. We made a page layout, a cute card and this tag with 3D flower! Great projects! It was one of the best ones yet!

Baby Shower layout

paper used: sassafrass, specialty handmade yellow, hambly screenprint, the paper company, basic gray & Kcompany butterfly
button: vintage
letters: thickers, october afternoon
punch: marvy

Sadie Mini

today while digging through ready to go layouts/minis i came across this gem of the project that i had started the end of 2008. so today i finished this cute little KOLO book. i made to sure to get photos for YOU, my followers and for my memory of making this mini that i am going to give to Sadie's owners.

Sadie is a schnauzer pup who is friends with our schnauzer pup, or my husband's bff's parents dog. haha, get it?

Here is my finished project! So excited to finally have it completed!

BIG WINNER

tonight while checking a million blog posts...ok not really that many...i noticed my name on a post that said I WAS THE WINNER! Amazing!

the best part is that it is a surprise what i will be recieving. i love a good surprise!

cannot wait to get my package in the mail...

Day of Love

my sweetie made me an amazing fondue cheese dinner, got me flowers and then made me suffer through the KU vs Kstink basketball game. Which we lost. sucky end to a lovely day

Sunday

so yesturday i spent the day assisting my cousin by accompanying her to the KC Bridal Show then trying on several bridesmaids dresses for her upcoming wedding.

here are a few shots from my day

bagging and tagging

since finding out about the semi annual garage sale that happens at the 'Scrapbook Page' in KC, i have been digging out papers and misc that i can do without to sell at the sale.

if you live in the Kansas (KC) area then the big event will be held March 3

here is my loot so far

in progress

a layout that i have had on my desk for the past 3 days. not sure what else i want to add...

photo:
after a movie night with my good friend the dogs had cuddled up right next to her and then she had fallen asleep...under the blanket.

Album labels

I have all my matching American Craft albums standing upright and have trouble telling which is which without pulling them out to look at the cover.

I decided to make these cute tags but I am needing some suggestions with how to attach them.

Should I punch a hole and use string to loops from the inside ring...or use a clip of some type. I would like to leave the small cloths pins but they are only temporary bc I dont think they will stay on.

I would love to hear what YOU think I should do...

Neato Speedo

pictured:
Bailey and I with our matching cameras
Taken:
Tonight

A Whole Dollar

I am blogging about this bc I am surprised at how cool this stamp is. First off it stamps great! Second it was only a dollar. Thats right one dollar.

I embossed this stamp in gold for a page in my 'GaGa' mini book.

Amazing deal

A super duper find. I dont know how it happened but I was able to find a 'Martha Stewart' glitter pack for under $4 on clearance. This never happens. Amazing day at 'Michaels'!

paint a title

my layout turned out completely different than i had planned. i wanted to paint the letters black. after i had done so i liked the shadow of the paint on the craft paper better than the plain old letters. so here is what turned out...

GaGa Mini

so my photo from Snapfish didn't make it the other day. darn. so i decided to work on a mini book! i had already gathered all the papers that i wanted to use on this and it was just waiting to be created...

here are a few photos of my process