July 5, 2008
I caught this video on Yahoo today and I couldn’t help myself from smiling. A new universal language perhaps?
Reminds me on an old song lyric (and I can’t remember the exact song at the moment) but the lyric is…
some dance to remember; some dance to forget.
Enjoy!
June 30, 2008
Just a quick Pink Paislee project to share with everyone today! I found this wooden file holder at a thrift store for $1 and I knew it would make a great addition to my scrap space. I have a tendency to create a lot of cards and then throw them in a basket in a closet and end up forgetting about them. I thought if I created something to keep them visible I would send them out more often :-) (lets see if it works…)
I used the Pink Paislee Office Lingo - Roundtable scallop paper for the entire base of the project. I currently have a green and pink scrap space so I wanted to keep with that color theme. I also used lots of pink florals and green felt! On the back I cut out the circle from the Pink Paislee Office Lingo overlay and made the back just as pretty as the front!
The great thing is that it is about 8″ wide so it shouldn’t take up a lot of table space. Can I just tell you how happy these colors make me?
Thanks for stopping by!
June 19, 2008
I got a new toy today and let me tell you I have struggled over which new phone to purchase. When I heard about the new iphone that is being released July 11th for $199.00 I thought for sure I would end up purchasing that version to coordinate and sync with my macbook.
However…..this phone came out today and it is a very close competitor to the iphone. It allows me to stick with Sprint service (which I have had for 10+ years with no problems.) It was offered at $129.00 after rebates and I had received a $70 sprint certificate in the mail so I just couldn’t pass this up! I am still playing with it and I seriously need to read the manual but so far I think I am going to LOVE IT!
The coolest feature I have found so far is probably the voice activated GPS. It locates where I am based on cell phone towers and then I can just push a button and say “Pizza Hut” and within seconds it lists all the Pizza Huts nearby. Then using the touch screen I just click which Pizza Hut I want and the directions, phone number etc. pops up. Very cool! I think Barry will use that more than I will…LOL! 
I can also use it to track my to do list, calendar dates, contact info, web browsing, watching TV and taking pics and video. Now I just have to get it to work with my email. Wish me luck!
To learn more visit this WEBSITE.
June 13, 2008
Ok….as promised here are some photos highlighting our latest travels. Our entire trip was centered around my best friends wedding in the Outer Banks; however we still managed to stop along the way to visit Williamsburg, VA for 3 nights among other things. My friend Lori and her fiance Joe rented a beach house so they could get married “beach-side” with their closest friends and family members in attendance. Obviously we were more than happy to oblige
Here are a few photos from Day 1 when we drove to Richmond, Virginia to visit the King’s Dominion Theme Park. We had a total blast here. There were absolutely NO LINES and there was a ton of stuff to keep my 5 year old entertained. He loved seeing Dora, SpongeBob and riding all the “car” rides.
Next up…Colonial Williamsburg…..this was such a pretty, quiet and serene place. Sure it was old fashioned but it was a welcome change to the hustle and bustle of the world we live in today. I loved walking around trying to imagine what life must have been like in this settlement city. Very interesting.
Shopping and dining in Colonial Williamsburg was also a blast. Turns out my husband and I also had the chance to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary while we were on this trip….we ended up eating at a place called The Trellis and I tell you…one of the best meals of my life…these pics are from dinner and some “posed” shots around town.
Now…the beach! I am not kidding when I say we were so far North on Highway 12 on the Outer Banks that the road ended. It was so cool! Not to mention the house where we stayed was literally 50 feet from the ocean. It almost felt like a private beach. This was the first time my son got to play on the beach and in the ocean and I think he will treasure it always. We even brought back some sand and shells so he could keep them on display in his room.
You won’t see me in my bathing suit..so here are my cute toes..tee hee
These little sand crabs were everywhere…so so cute.
My son ran back and forth to the water all day…he loved it!
Here is my husband trying to surf on a “skim” board. (I have no idea what the difference is…)
Now here is a shot of the happy couple. This is “The Kiss.” Congrats to my friend Lori and of course to our new friend Joe. We are so happy for you and your “new family.”
Look at this…….what can I say..romantic, fun, and all that good stuff!
Some of the yummy food and desserts!!
And finally….a short drive to Manteo to embark on the Pirate Adventure…(that never happened…and that is another story)
I hope you have enjoyed the highlights. This is just a small sampling of the 300+ photos I took…LOL! I think I will have a lot to scrap about in the coming months.
June 12, 2008
We made it back from our “road-trip” to the Outer Banks last Monday and I have a lot of photos to edit and share; I think I took over 300 photos in about 8 days so there is a LOT to share…. I promise to post more later this evening but here is a little eye candy to get you started. This was the view from the deck where we stayed. Just a short walk over the dunes down to the beach. Pure Heaven!
May 24, 2008
I posted a fun little project over at the Pink Paislee blog today and thought I would go ahead and share it here too!
I used the Pink Paislee Office Lingo papers and a few extra embellishments to cover this Maya Road chipboard house. I think I am going to save this and create a layout someday about our home. I think I will add this to the page as a large focal point or embellishment. Should be fun!
I have never created a layout about our house so I am hoping this will jump start me to do so!
May 24, 2008
Doesn’t my son look thrilled to be graduating from preschool? NOT SO MUCH! This is an awful photo but I guess they can’t all be fabulous right? I just thought I would share since he looks so darn sad.
I don’t really take this event too seriously but it was fun to watch the kids perform some songs and accept their pre-k certificates. My son will officially become a full time student in the fall when he starts all day long Kindergarten.
This summer I plan on working with him extra hard on his number writing and letter writing skills. He can write his name pretty well and he can recognize all numbers and letters but his handwriting isn’t the greatest.. I do believe language and spelling are key so I want him to be comfortable in this area when he starts school.
May 17, 2008
What do you get when you combine a gigantic bubble blower with an enthusiastic 5 year old? PURE FUN!
This is us hanging out in the front yard last night blowing bubbles and enjoying the GORGEOUS weather. Finally it is a perfect 70+ degree day and we love being outside just doing whatever. Most nights we go for a walk or ride our bikes but last night we were just hangin’
I have quite the busy weekend planned and will have lots of pics to share next week! Tonight I am off to the Plaza to have dinner and drinks with my “slumba” girlfriends. We are actually renting a hotel room so we can stay up all night and chat. We used to have our slumber parties at eachothers houses but with 4 of us now mothers it is just easier to leave the kids at home…LOL!
Then Monday I am off to THE CURE concert with my other friend Lori and I know we will have a blast. I am going to try and take my camera but I am not sure they are allowed. We will see! I would love to get some pics of the band and even the crowd there. I love people watching at these events.
Chat soon! I need to get ready for my night out on the town.
May 8, 2008
Hi ya! I made a few quick cards today. I usually end up doing this when I need to send something out ASAP or I make a few quick cards when I just want to play with my supplies and I don’t have any photos printed. I desperately need to go through and edit some photos and print some off! I am dying to work on some new layouts and I think I have fall pics I still need to scrap DOH!!
This week has gone by way too fast and I feel like I haven’t gotten anything accomplished! I have been finalizing all of our “purchase orders” and booth plans for the Pink Paislee summer show and that that has kept me busy most of the week! I am really looking forward to our next big product release and the next show since we have so many new retailers and consumers who are waiting to see what we have up our sleeves! It should be a ton of fun! And of course we love our 2 new collections!
I did get a nice “thinking of you” email from Layle over at Scenic Route today and seriously she is just so sweet. I loved dealing with her when I was a scrapbook store owner and now having her as a friend on the manufacturing side of this business is even better!
Don’t forget Mother’s Day is this weekend! Hope you celebrate you too!
April 26, 2008
My best friend of over 20+ years came over last night so we could work on her destination wedding invitations. We had a lot of fun drinking wine, playing with loose sand,gettling glue EVERYWHERE and chatting while putting these together! Lori (my friend) is getting married and they have decided to have a very small and intimate beachside wedding this June. I am extremely happy for her and her new fiance Joe and am honored to be a part of their upcoming event!
We started this project thinking we were going to do some type of message in a bottle type of invitation with the sand and shells, but after a local trip to the craft store we quickly realized that it might be hard to find all the pieces we needed to assemble those. While we were searching for the perfect bottles we ended up coming across these Martha Stewart memory boxes in the clearance isle for only $3. So………..we modified our message in a bottle theme to fit within this see through memory box. It really turned out better than we both expected. We actually glued the box shut so none of the sand escapes. Next week I am getting them individually shrink wrapped and off they go in the mail. I already checked with the Post Office and they said it would not be a problem to mail these just as you are looking at them. FUN HUH? Imagine getting this box in the mail full of sand and shells….it definitely sets the tone of the wedding theme!
I have to thank Lori for letting me help her create these! It was a lot of fun.
April 23, 2008
Yep…warmer weather always turns into fun antics in the backyard! This is my 6′2″ husband slam dunking a basketball on my 5 year olds Fisher Price basketball goal that is all of 4 foot high.
Our yard is actually kind of strange because it has an upper level and a lower level so I was standing on higher ground when I captured this shot. Cracks me up! It looks like he is so high off the ground at this angle.
Anyhoo….it has been nice to be able to relax a bit this week. Lots still to do but nothing that I feel extremely pressured about (unless you count that Pink Paislee newsletter I have YET to finish) *sigh* I promise I will get to it someday soon.
Hope you are enjoying nicer weather where you are!
April 19, 2008
As the day comes to an end I am sitting here on my couch watching a pretty bad Hugh Grant movie called About A Boy and playing with the shapes tool in Photoshop. Every now and then I have a few minutes to spare and it is during those times that I try to sit down and just ”PLAY” with Photoshop. Tonight I think I finally discovered how to insert a custom shape into a document. This is probably so easy for everyone else but I struggle with the easy tasks sometimes! There are some fun standard shapes that come with this software like the ever popular man and woman icon that seems to be everywhere lately in the scrapbooking world.
We spent the entire day shipping orders for Pink Paislee. We are almost all caught up and have somewhere around 35 orders left to ship. The good news is that most of the remaining orders should be out of here by Wednesday so maybe then I will be able to work on my other to do list (like finishing up the production details for the summer release) :-) Holly is almost finished designing all the products for our CHA Summer release and we are already gearing up to get these items in production. All in all we are ahead of the game for this release. It is a big relief compared to how quickly we threw together our initial release.
So…………that is all from me tonight. Sorry this entry is so boring…just a bunch of rambling from me tonight! I hope to scrap tomorrow so maybe I will have something new to share soon.
