Projects

I did this canvas with an awesome copy of The Wizard of Oz I found at the thrift store. I felt a little guilty about cutting up such a great book, but the pictures were perfect for this project.  There is always a learning curve with me.  I can never ever seem to get things just right from the get-go.  So there are a couple things I'd do differently if I could.  Mostly, though, I love it.  I've done other canvasses like this, one very large one.  But those were done with magazines and the pages are a lot thinner than in a book. 

I'm not positive this counts as a project.  I already had the photo canvas, but I moved it to a new location and added the vinyl lettering.

I came up with, and started this embroidery piece LAST February. Now, a year later, I dug it out, ripped out the old stitches with a "Why in the world did I use THAT stitch?" and finished the project.  I know it looks a little wonky, but I wanted it to have a down home feel.

General Conferencin'

I'm a craft during the sessions type of gal. Apparently so is Capri, which gives me a joy that can't quite be explained.

I'm also obviously a no make-up wearing during the sessions kind of girl. Perhaps I shouldn't be.

Elder Holland, you're my hero. I want to declare it to the world as well;

I KNOW the Book of Mormon to be true.
I KNOW Joseph Smith was a prophet.
I KNOW the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the one true Gospel.

June Crop

Saturday was the "June Crop" at Archivers. Jeff had signed me up for my Mother's Day present. I specifically asked him to, and I'm so glad I did!
It was a 12 hour crop but I couldn't get there till about 2:30 and then had to leave at 7:45 because Jeff had to sleep from working the night before, and then had to work again that night. I actually didn't think that most people would stay the full 12 hours but I was so wrong - in fact they were shocked I was leaving early. I was also the last to arrive. Now, after doing it, I can totally understand why people stay for the whole time - it's so much fun! I was VERY bummed to have to leave but at least I got an entire album made.
At the crop they provided lunch and dinner, plus snacks and drinks and CANDY (Mom, I ate some chocolate but only a little!). They also give you a little free project to do (you also bring all your scrapbooking stuff and work on whatever you want at your own workstation), they have prizes, product demos, a free gift (a really cute scrapper tool tote) and you just scrap to your hearts content! I definately want to go to the next one and will somehow work it out so I can stay the whole 12 hours. I already told Jeff so there won't be any surprises, or protests.
Oh and Mom, we HAVE to go to one together some time - you would LOVE it!!
Here's the album I did, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
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I chose these pictures to make an entire album out of because it will forever be one of my very favorite and most memorable times spent with the kids. We had headed outside after church because the weather was finally permitting, it was April and the air was cool and crisp. It smelled SO good outside and the colors were brighter than I can describe. It was before both Rome and Capri got their haircuts and lost their long locks (silent sob). We blew bubbles, and sat in the sun. I pushed them all in the swings and then watched Capri and Rome play games and have dialogues that only Capri and her vivid imagination can produce. Simply put, it was a splendid afternoon. I will never forget it.

Fried Brain and Diet Canada Dry

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and of course I am still not finished with the kid's gifts. In fact I haven't even started Rome's. What are these gifts? What has kept me up till 4:00am for the past two nights? What could possibly be so important that my brain is now fried and I've overdosed on Diet Canada Dry?
Their baby books! The most important books in their little lives! I'm being sarcastic of course, if I wasn't then you would all know that I had TRULY lost my mind.
But I do think baby books (meaning all the stuff plus pictures from their first year) are important and fun to have and I've been wanting to put them together for years. They were supposed to be done for Christmas, but I didn't even get the pictures picked out for them by December 25th. So now my goal has been Valentine's Day. But I being the procrastinator that I am have now left it off to these past couple of days and tonight which is guaranteed to be another 4:00am headache.
Why do I do this? I actually really like to scrapbook. I have enough scrapbooking materials to build a mountain high enough you'd need oxygen for the climb. But for some reason, and this has been my life story, I can't get creative or really productive till the last minute. If I were to ever actually write one of the half dozen books that have been sitting around twiddling their thumbs in my mind for the last decade, I'd be finishing it the second before the editor snatched it from my fingers.
My mom can testify to this. All through school it was "Don't procrastinate, start now, DO It!!" Of course I never did. I'd always get my work done, but sometimes (ok most times) it was done the night before. And I don't mean like the finishing touches were done the night before. I mean the WHOLE project, WHOLE paper, WHOLE great wall of China was done the night before.
So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it is 3:30pm the day before Valentine's day and I am just now about to finish writing this post so I can pick out the pictures for Rome's book, have them printed at Walgreen's and then at about 11:00pm tonight get cracking on the darn thing.
I better pick up some more Diet Canada Dry too.