November 10, 2008

Time off !

So . . . during my time off I actually got the chance to squeeze in some scrapbooking! It was so nice to get some personal scrapbooking done. Even though I scrapbook almost everyday, I'm almost always working on work, or projects for charity, friends, and family :)   I was so excited about getting started on my wedding album I started ASAP! Everyone thought I was nuts! I couldn't help it . . . I was so ready to play with those beautiful pictures. I had been gathering blue and orange products for months, and found some really great stuff. If you go into my fun stuff album you'll be able to check out some pages I did :)

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I'm Back!

OK . . . Marrying and moving into a house now filled with 6 kids kinda derailed me temporarily! Thus why there has been no posts on my blog for a few months! I'm back and kinda on task  :)  I am happier than I have ever been, and love my life! I have a wonderful supportive husband, and lots of good friends that helped me get through this adjustment period. Thanks to all :)

August 25, 2008

I'M MARRIED!!!

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I can’t believe it . . .  I’M MARRIED!!!  I have had the craziest and greatest month of my life! You see my fiancé and I decided we would get married next May. In order to do this it required me and my boys to move to his city. I searched for a place to live for over 2 months, and found nothing! It was coming close to the end of summer, and the school districts wanted us in the district before September. Since we were having no luck with a place for me, we prayed about it and felt led to be married now instead of waiting!  J  Here’s where the crazy part comes in . . . this gave us a month to plan the wedding. So when we announced this to friends and family, my really wonderful friend Becky offered to have it at her house and she would do all the flowers!!! BUT she could only do it in 2 weeks, so now we had roughly 16 days to plan a wedding, 3 days for a honeymoon (just locally), and move my entire house in 11 days! Sound crazy to you? OH YEAH!

I have to say although we had like 2 weeks to plan a wedding , I received the wedding of my dreams. I think it turned out better than if I would have had a year. My favorite color is orange and his is blue, so our colors were sky blue and combinations of salmon, orange, and tangerine. The theme was Shabby Chic. It was a beautiful combination of new and old, fresh and worn, crystal and wooden country elements. It was absolutely amazing, and the setting was in my friends country garden.  We were so blessed by so many wonderful people who donated their time, food, the cake, the flowers, clothes for the groom, music and so much more! Our church family really came through for us, and our gratefulness, and happiness on that special day was really reflected in the joy on our faces!!

**CHECK OUT THE WEDDING IN MY ALBUM SECTION**

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July 06, 2008

ATC CRAZY!!!

Have you tried ATC's! If you've never heard . . . It's called ARTIST TRADING CARDS! You sign up for swaps create multiple copies of the same card, mail and trade away. If you trade 25 of the same card, you'll get 25 different cards back, Fun stuff! Even if you don't trade cards, this fun little acordian box could be used for all sorts of things. Check out the instructions Inspire. Here's my version . . .

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July 01, 2008

I'm ENGAGED!

It's official I'm engaged! I am marrying the most wonderful man in the whole world!!! He and I will finally have our happily ever after. Together we will have ...(with son in laws) 11 wonderful kids! The blending of families will be a great challenge, but one that I'm excited about :)

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Now . . .It's time to plan a wedding!!!  We are going with a shabby chic theme with colors that are robin's egg blue and tangerine. Yesterday I was able to try on a few dresses, and as soon as I walked into the shop I went into a trance from all the sparkle! Why is that? I see sparkle and suddenly I'm incapable of talking . . .it's like I'm hypnotized!!!

Here is a picture of a very beautiful dress I tried on. It's a picture of the bodice and all it's sparklies!!!

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ROCKIN' ATC

I can't wait to finish my ATC's for a {{ROCK}} swap I joined. The theme is a rock songs. You pick a song and base your artist trading card design based on that song. My song is "Bring Me Back to life" by Evenesence. I went with a dark eye, that I added red glitter to, lot's of sparkle. I added a transperancy, and finished with some eyelets. Rock art has to have metal, right! I love Scrap in Style or SIS. Great site with lot's of fun swap's.

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