Overhaulin' the blog

So, rather than work on the projects I have piling up in my scrapbook room and overflowing into the living room, I decided to redo my blog! I made my new title- even though I don't like it as much as my Dialing life one, I am pretty happy with it. (I am loving PSE 7!) Hopefully I can keep it around for a while before I get an itch to update it. Enjoy!

Mini Book Fiesta!

I have been on a mini book binge. I offered to make some mini books for a friend for a fundraiser. I ended up making over 20 of them! I can't seem to stop... As a result, I've decided to start trying to sell some. So, if you're interested or know someone who is, send them my way. I can make them for just about any reason in the whole wide world: family, baby, birthday, beach, vacation, family, etc. They make great gifts, coffee table books, bookshelf books, and more!

Tag Swaps

After scanning in my tags, I realized that apparently they are too dimensional-ly and don't scan well. Just pretend they aren't so blurry- I promise they are adorable in person!

July- I got the rhinestone tattoos in the $1 section at Target along with the button too. I got that star ribbon a long time ago and it worked perfectly for this project!

August- I can't explain it but August makes me think of pink and green, like watermelons. I don't even like watermelons! But I went with it and used the colors on the tag. I was so excited to use the pink and white flowers that I got a few months ago at Hobby Lobby. The phrase on the side is "Sweet Summer- Aug 09."September- I know that as a Chandler employee school actually starts in July. And I know that in all of Arizona, and most of the US all students are back in school by August. But, I don't like it! I don't like it one bit! So I rebelled and did my back to school tag in September, the way it should be! I had to freehand my apple because there wasn't a die cut with it small enough. Not too happy with how it turned out- but, oh well.
And, those will be my last tags because of similar reasons to me taking a break from swaps. It was fun while it lasted!

Been Busy Swappin'!

So based on this blog it looks like I've done nothing all summer. But, trust me, I have! Here are some photos of the swaps I've been working on. And there are even more I didn't snap photos of.
This was for a summer swap. The only thing I made was that little mini book in the corner. The theme was "Bright Sun-Shiny Day." Throughout the book were the lyrics.
So this was for a Scrapbook Page Around the World swap. You were supposed to take photos around your city and scrapbook them. Uh, what exactly would I take pictures of in Queen Creek? So I just did a page of the Grand Canyon. Since that is one thing in AZ you can't miss!

This was a 4th of July paper bag album. Inside was the lyrics to "You're a Grand Old Flag." Obviously, my pictures are horrible, but it was so cute in person! This was actually my favorite swap to receive. I have really received a lot of duds; to the point where I'm going to take a break from swaps. I'm tired of putting all this time and energy into them and getting back something Toby could have made better.

This was for another summer swap. You were supposed to send a "summer treat" with a summer mix. My CD mix rocked (let me know if you want a copy!) and my album rocked (notice the theme from the earlier one, I made two of it just different colors). In return, I got a CD with Lithuanian music and a plastic bug, really, no joke, I don't make this stuff up.

This was my 4th of July card. Pretty dang cute, huh? I made about 10 of them once all was said and done. These flowers are my favorites in the whole world to put on a page or a card. They are so dimensional! I actually saw one in real life, (no, not in Arizona, silly!), at Temple Square. They are just as pretty in real life too!

I also did a color swap that I didn't take any pictures of and a few CD swaps. But as I said before, so long swaps! I'm sick of getting jilted. So, if you get a nice surprise in the mail it's because I had to get out some creative energy and had no swap to send it to!

Easter Project Completed

A few days after Easter I was roaming Hobby Lobby and saw the most adorable Easter fabric, on clearance. So I decided I would make myself an Easter wreath. I cut all of the stuff and then just got around to it while camping this last weekend. Great project to take camping because you can talk and tie!I took this up close shot so you could see the two inspiration fabrics. I love the little chickies! I bought some more fabric to maybe use it in a baby quilt for someone.

Originally the plan was to finish it right after Easter and still hang it on the door in May (still spring, you know), but now it is definitely June and totally summer, so I'll just have to hang onto it until next year. Oh well!

Happy Birthday, Susan!

So my friend Susan had a birthday over a month ago. And I'm just now getting to posting the pictures, sorry- blame school! I should be the most dutiful blogger now, I promise (until I go back to school). Her family had pictures taken last fall, so I made her a little album to post all of the pictures in easily and quickly. Here's how it turned out.

And who am I kidding, I don't have time or the patience to upload all of the pages, so I'll pick a few of my favorites to share. Basically the entire book was red, blue and tan. There was a page with the first letter for each of your children's photos and one for her and her honey.


Materials of choice for this project were the Cricut (I tried out the deep cut housing and blade, not too impressed), ribbon and paper already on hand (yippee!), cropadile, and chipboard.

Updated holiday signs

So these are the two hanging in my house right now.

I try to be a bit pre-emptive on hanging them up, since I'm so slow in taking them down...