Time Out

Okay, tomorrow I go in for sinus surgery. I am told to expect a four to ten day recovery. I am told to expect a lot of discomfort for several days/weeks afterward with the discomfort easing a little each day. I am to avoid strenuous activity while recuperating...so of course, what am I worried about not being able to do...crafting!

So I will have to see how I feel afterward to gauge if I can create my bits of happiness, after all - paper and embellishments aren't that heavy...its just a matter of the movement and such...so I will be on a time out from the craft room (as well as everything else) I am hoping the recovery won't be too long, but I don't want to get my hopes up either.

I finished up some projects last night to give me a little craft boost to get me through until I feel up to creating again. I completed some ATCs for an online swap, and I have a set started for when I am ready to get back at it!



These are two of the sets that I did, I really like the pink one!!

Okay, as soon as I am able to lift my head up and function well enough I will post again. Until then I can use all the positive thoughts that can be sent my way!!
:) Have a wonderful day!!

Fun!

Here is Jaime's book with all the papers, photos, and embellishments picked out and ready to be completed.

All the items needed for each page are in the sleeves with the exception of things for fine tuning like ink and small embellishments to fill in spots that I feel like filling in. I've even made journaling notes and have those in the sleeves as well, so I'll be able to do the journaling right away when I make the page instead of putting off doing the journaling later.

I took my mini Paris book with me yesterday to a friend's house to scrapbook, and it was so wonderful to have everything already selected, it may have taken a bit of time at home - but it made the process of completing the pages so much easier. And I only had to take three things with me. My tool kit, my embellishment tower (it holds my journaling pens, bling, and journal spots), and everything I needed fit into my rolly kit. It was soooo refreshing to not have to make more than one trip to my car!!


Last night was also filled with some incredible fun! I went to see a stage performance of my most favorite story ever written.

I laughed, I sighed, I was so delighted. I was teary at the end of it, which made my friends laugh at me because, well - the story never changes, it always ends the same way. But I'm such a sentimental fool that it always seems to move me to tears.

About an hour ago I worked on this project

I had seen this tape dispenser at a store and right away thought of my friend Nic, she loves shoes, she is dedicated to raising money to benefit breast cancer research, and she would love a pink shoe tape dispenser! I added some bling and some other little details. I know she's going to love it!

Tomorrow I am setting aside time to work on some more ATCs while I work on taking care of some chores and such. It will be exciting to see what I create.

As for tonight, I have plans to paint some pottery, of course we might get distracted and have fun just hanging out instead, either way its going to be a great night!

This Weekend

This past weekend was full of birthday excess. So this weekend is going to be full of nothing but kicking back and relaxing with a little bit of chores sprinkled in here and there and with expectations of crafting the rest of the time.

I have started working on a mini Paris album, mostly because 7 full 12x12 albums is hard to go through for anyone, so I figured a 8x8 "best of" album would be good to have for anyone who is interested to see our trip. Yes, I know its been three years now since that awesome vacation took place (which I find so hard to believe its been that long...) and I keep seeming to milk it out, but why not? I enjoyed it too much to just let it fade away. And it keeps me motivated to look forward to when we can go again, which may be a little longer than I'd like - but we'll get there!
So for the mini Paris album I have some pages already done, and for the rest I have the papers and embellishments all picked out and organized. I just need to print some pictures - then all I have to do is assemble the pages.

I am also working on updating Jaime's first year album. I got the first couple months of her life with us captured, but now I need to catch up. I've picked out all the papers and embellies needed up to now, but I need to get photos printed for this book also.

So the first project to take care of: get some pictures printed.

It will be nice to have the books organized so completely - all I'll have to do when its time to go to crops is to grab the books, my tool kit, and hopefully one bag of extra essentials like ink and such. It will make hauling items to the crop so much easier! And I won't spend an hour there picking out the paper for the page I'm working on. Why didn't I do this before???

If I can keep up with this plan/strategy I am hoping I can incorporate it into all of my scrapping organization for the other projects/events I'm scrapping. We'll see how it goes...

Other than scrapbooking, I am also going to work on some more ATCs. I am doing another swap on the scrapbooking site and I'm excited because I'll be doing some seasonal ones this time along with a few "generic" ones.


And now to share the highlight of last birthday weekend.
Friday Edana and I went to visit the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. It was a nice crisp cool day and we got to see a lot of very interesting antiquities. We didn't know how much there was to see there - it was an immense collection. We had a nice relaxing day wandering through the exhibits and marveling at all the items, we hadn't realized how much time had run away from us while we were there, its just marvelous the way the whole "time flies" scenario works.
The gardens there were very pretty too. And there were some amazing sculptures throughout the museum. Overall it was a wonderful day spent with an absolutely wonderful person!

It's My Birthday!

Well, its a little after 1am on my birthday.
So far, its a great day!!

I have had a wonderful birthday weekend so far!
I spent Friday with Edana at the Getty Villa. It was such a pretty place and the weather was cool and clean. I took lots of pictures and hope to have some up soon.

Friday night, friends Rebecca and Jason came over and we all hung out and watched some fun TV, played cards, ate yummy snacks, and spent a lot of time laughing and just kicking back.

Saturday we slept in, then went out for bagels for breakfast. Then we took the pups to the dog park. Afterward we came home and just relaxed for a little bit. I went out in the evening to have dinner with some more friends. It was a lot of fun and so relaxing!

Still two more days of the weekend to go and we have plans to spend more time with family and friends, so it looks like its going to be a lot of fun!

Happy Birthday to Me!!