A gift from my Dork Sister Lois

Lois did such a beautiful job sprucing up a clipboard for us!

I cut up what I had created for the guest book so it would fit

With the Guest Book open

Wedding Check List

Now as for the wedding questions...
(x) License - Picking it up even on Monday! YAY
(x) Judge
(x) Location - changed and re organized
(x) Cupcakes - figure I will bake them the day before so they are still fresh?????
(-) My attire, not a clue yet! Very unlikely I will wear a dress though
(x) Flowers - I planted 7 daisy plants plus God had a bunch behind my house I am hoping will be blooming the day of!
(-) Shoes - I HAVE to wear shoes? OMG No please don't make me! LOL
(x) Something Old - I have Clint's grandmothers wedding band, does that count?
(x) Something New - My older sister Teresa is beading me a hair piece, it will be blue with a white daisy
(-) Something Borrowed.....
(-) Something Blue.......
(x) Attendants... Clint's Maternal grand Parents are our witnesses
(x) Rings, we are having tatoos done the week before the wedding, I have them all designed out
(x) Tables for gifts, cards and guest book. Hadn't thought about gifts, but the other is covered! LOL
(x) Unity Sand Jars
(-) Food... somewhat, but not completely
(x) Photographer, Clint's sister Laura and my sister Raye I believe will have this job

Now another change.. Clint decide to toss out the Cupcakes and have 3 differnt cakes
1. Pineapple Upside Down
2. Chocolate (or Marble)
3. A Fruity one (Lemon, Strawberry)

Not sure what I did with the pics I took of the baskets. But I have a wicker basket for cards, favors, programs and silverware
Each one is decorated with Gingham ribbon and Daisies

Christmas In June

My older sister Teresa wanted to have a family gathering at her place,,,, she called it Christmas in June
It is the first time all 5 of my mom's kids were together since my Grama's funeral in 2002
I got to meet a few Great Nieces and Nephews for the first time.
I will upload a slide show as soon as I get a chance

I know where all the Robin's are now!

They have all left the nest now, and there were 5 flying around my garden. So the missing little one must have left the day before the others were ready!
I sure will miss them, they had become  part of my routine, when I got home I'd check on the rabbits, then over to the Robins, and my geese.

Robin Family

The eggs May 25th














Woo who! Robin babies! Man are they UGLY! May 28th














I've lost 2 babies now... the one I know what happened, but I came home last night to another just missing. I looked all over on the ground.
When I peeked in the nest they jumped out! Scared the stuffing right out of me, I thought mom and dad were gonna beat me!.

I quickly picked them up and put them back int he nest. Dad swoops at me all the time, I can feel him move my hair he gets so close.

It's their fault for putting their nest in my garden in one of my flower pots. LOL

Santa told me, "Teach the Children"

I have loved this story every since I received it a forward joke in my email.

I used the Cricut Cartridge Joys of the Season (except for the bell) and Stretch your Imagination

I made it as a card a few years back using SU set with a Santa and 2 children.. if I use the story again, maybe nobody will mind it with the new design! LOL

Take time to read the story!It's all typed out at the bottom of my blog. Thanks for looking!

















If you want a copy of the story. in this layout as a PDF... just ask!

We've settled on a date...

Well the date is set, the place is picked and the plans are moving right along.
 August 21st

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Judy and Leon are hosting the whole thing at their place. They have such a nice yard surrounded by pine trees.

I have his Grama  Grace's ring, but we are getting tattoos once I get them designed, mine will have to work around grama's ring.

It will be very csual, country setting, almost picnic like. The colors are Blue and White, we will have Red and White checkered table clothes, old Blue Mason jars for vases, White Daisies with Yellow centers.

He wants his Maternal Grandparents as our wittness'.. he talks to them Thursday.

I found a wicker picnic basket and decorated it to match the invites.


I am not too fond of this picture, but the other I have with our eyes open, we are standing next to each other. I am 5' 5" and he is 6' 5" so.. yeah I come up to his belly button! LOL

I have babies!

Tony, Orlando and Dawn have finally hatched out babies!

Alothough Long Neck Duck thinks he's a goose too, he is not the daddy of any!

Happy B'day Joe!

The first card I've made since I hurt my hand.. no stamping!

I used Wild Card and George with the Cricut
Stickled the letters

I can't hold a stamp yet and I bought that stamp from DRS just for his card too!
So I typed it out and made it bigger... the stamp is cuter!

Brandy's picks... and the winner is..

A while back I created cards and asked for votes, that got me down to 2, and Brandy chose this one. I was thrilled since it was my fave!

.. until it came time to put that tooth pick on! grrrrrrrrrrr

40 cards all done and outta here! 

Keywords: Graduation

Stamps: yukon

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Circle and Word SLot Punch, CB Folders, Cricut George Cartridge, Ribbon, Embossing Powder

Gotta CASE this one.. Well I did!

Karen Lynn inspired me on this one! She sent me a similar card for a man.
Looking at hers I imagined what could be on all the spots.. signatures!

So I cut it all out (thankfully a week before I got hurt) and mailed each piece to every (siblings, their kids and then even their kids) to sign.

Not everyone got the pieces back to me in time to present this to my om.. but I can always add them later! I just got 4 more in the mail today! YEA

I have spinners on the top, and the words coming down off the sides. "MOM" is on the bottome, "Grama and Great Grama" come down the sides.

One of my nieces lives in Germany, and I couldn't get her to sign the pieces so I put her and he children's pics on it.

Stamps: none

Paper: Bazill Bling

Ink: none

Accessories: Cricut TinkerBell and Friends

Techniques: squash

Well, Karen, what do you think?

20 April 2010 May Garden

I finally am seeing some green out there!

They have not produced a single berry yet though!









Big Arrowhead rock from Andy! It's staying right there whre he dropped it with the bobcat!!

This rose came from Clint in 2007. It wasn't even 6" tall.

Those frogs are Hudson and Goliath, I have had them since 1993, think they need a coat of paint!

Now to find a place for the Strawberry Bed! I bought that pyramid one from Gurney's, it is 6' across BIG CIRCLE!!!

Gotta CASE this one

Karen (the Queen Dork) sent this card to me some time ago...

I am trying to make a card for everyone to sign for Mother's Day. (Living in every state possible!)
Well I am Cing this one and mailing the pieces to each person to sign!

Once i have it all back to me I will assemble and share a pic of the finished card.

Thank you Karen for the inspiration!

DSS

Look at the pretty card I got from Rosie ... yeah I figured out who she is!

She sent a set of 4 stamps (I didn't even Clean them before I took the pic, too excited!)
and a 2 piece border set, one has birds the other is butterflies

Rosie is so awesome, and she is sooo spoiling me!!Check out her blog.. she has some awesome projects on there!

Stampin Rose

Peaceful Farm Life

This is for a swap I joined.. requirements were...
"This swap is for things that women “Want, Need, Do, Love, etc. " This could be a card about exercise, hormones, shoes, stamps, friendships, shopping, chocolate, housework, hobbies, coffee, etc. You get the idea! It can be funny or serious---your choice! "

Farming is my hobby, my sanctuary and part of my every day life.

I also did this layout for a sketch challenge, but for the life of me I can't remember which one! LOL

Stamps: Farm life

Paper: Misc scraps, World Win Dual Color

Ink: Basic Black and SU water color crayons

Accessories: Cricut Old West

Uff da!

My friend Laurie is keeping a tally of how many cards she has made so far this year.

I decided I'd count how many I have posted on my blog, and the ones I can remember.

168... that doesn't count the card I make for RAC/SAC, I have no clue how many I have done for that and the cards I have made for my Secret Sister.. I don't post them anywhere just in case she is snooping for them! LOL
That's another 6 for sure. RAC/SAC is about 1 or 2 each day I am home., but I am not about to guess on that one!

No wonder I keep running out of adhesive!

Tortoise on Taken and Tempting

He's not really that orange in real life.

A week late on my challenges, but this is for SC274

Stamps: Nature's Nest

Paper: Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black and Very Vanilla

Ink: Tempting Turquoise and Koh-i-nor Pencils

Accessories: Dew Drops and Cuttle Bug Folders

I tried to find the Ojibwa meaning for the Tortoise, but no luck. I found too much conflicting info so I decided to skip that thought for now! It was interesting reading for the night!

Aiden vs the Ice Cream Cone

We went for Brunch with Joe, Aimee and Aiden today at the Casino.
Aiden had an ice cream cone and he licked every bit of ice cream he could off it and out. When I told him he could 'eat' the cone too, he said "no way!"
Joe even tried to convince him that part was okay to eat.

It was so funny watching him try to get all of the ice cream out of the cone.
It was fun to listen to him decide what he wanted to eat, and his expressions when he didn't like something.
Raye Lynn sent a bunch of toys up for him.... including a sand box. I am s'posed to hurry up and fill it.
Thanks Raye! LOL
He went nuts for the Jack in the box and some toy with shapes, and balls with numbers and colors, and rods you slide them on to get them to the other side. It's a bizarre toy, but he thought that was the best! It's a type of Hand Eye Coordination thing called a Roller Coaster. ODD but colorful!

Story Book Layers

I did this as the Color Challenge CC264 for today and a challenge to CASE someone's blog. Carla's Scraps,

I chose to use the Cricut, and now I hate it! Well, not really, it's just so far from looking anything like Carla's. Her card is so pretty!

Stamps: SU "Thinking of You"

Paper: Taken with Teal and So Saffron and Grey

Ink: Taken with Teal

Accessories: Cricut; Story Book

Chet's 69th B'day

My neighbor has this serious thing for for pink! I think it comes from being a single father of 3 girls!

He's really into the the classics; cars and music

I did this for the Mojo Monday Challenge
http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/
and then as I was doing it I realized it fit for Technique challenge TLC266 Inside Out!

Stamps: Classic Convertibles

Paper: Pixie Pink, Pink Passion, Basic Black and White. The DP is SU Cottage Wall

Ink: Pink Passion and Koh-i-nor Pencils

Accessories: SU Black Ribbon, and Tag Curler

Techniques: Inside Out