Apology

I know I said I'd try to post pics today, but I was really busy w/Jonas who hasn't been himself since his shots. :( Mommy didn't do so well either!!! I did take pics of everything, and hope to catch up tomorrow!! We had Brad and Addie our friends over tonight for a belated birthday celebration. Their birthdays are the same week. I cut out "Happy Birthday Braddie" and put it on cupcakes...I need to post that pic too. :) Hope to catch up tomorrow...Sweet dreams everyone! Hoping that J-bug repeats last night. He slept from 10:30 until 6:20! Go Jonas!!!

Blog Award! :)

Thank you Carolyn (Scrappin is my thing) for giving me this award. Thank you for checking out my creations and commenting on them! :) I love reading comments from others...and blog hopping. Everyone should check out Carolyn's blog (http://scrappinismything.blogspot.com/). She has some great inspiration...cards, cut files, etc. I have to do a few thing to get this reward
1: Thank the person who gave me the award and link to their blog (Completed)
2: List 10 honest things about myself:

1. I am doing my dream job...staying home with my baby! :)
2. I am thankful most of all for my salvation. Without God, I know I'd be nothing!
3. I am truly blessed to be married to a Godly man. I <3 Jonathan...
4. Being a mommy is more rewarding than I ever dreamed!
5. I have aspirations to keep teaching...but I'd like to teach crafting techniques to teens/adults instead of teaching in the classroom right now. :) Loving staying home w/Jonasbug!
6. I want to be more organized (most people who see my pantry will laugh at this, but that is the only area I am completely satisfied with...)
7. I am admittedly OCD.
8. I want to have lots more children, and I hope I can prove everyone wrong by scrapping their every breath...even though they wont be the firstborn.
9. I feel bad about charging people for things I make them. I never feel like it is good enough to get paid for...so I guess I'm not a good business person.
10. I need to quit clipping coupons for craft stores...just because I saved 40% doesn't mean I need to buy something...lol.

3:Put the award on my blog
4:Pick 7 people to give the award to:

http://all4sydney.blogspot.com/
http://deniseproject365.blogspot.com/
http://bugginattheseams.blogspot.com/
http://www.creationswithchristina.com/
http://itsallmymoney.blogspot.com/
http://scrapwfaith.blogspot.com/
http://myscrappinworld2.blogspot.com/
Thanks for making blog hopping fun.

First Vinyl Project

My first vinyl project, via camera phone! :)

Oohhh...I forgot! :)

I forgot that I have a cute pic from my camera phone of my sweet Jonas bug at his first "playdate" with baby Abigail Pittman. :) The Pittmans were moving into their house and the air wasn't keeping up with the open door, so the babies were stripped down. :)

***Oh, some friend Cherrelle and Kristin put their sunglasses on them! :)

****In case you don't know, Abigail is the petite one on the left, Jonas is the chunky plumpy one on the right, they are almost 2 months apart, since J-bug came early and Abigail came late, just like a diva.

First post of the month...

Well, I don't have a picture to post today, but WHEW what a day! Yesterday, I actually switched my operating system over to Windows and played with CDS (Cricut Design Studio). Truth is, I got it for my birthday (in August!) from my sweet hubby, but that was the first time I touched it. (10 months isn't that bad is is???) Anyways, I welded Jonas' name and today I cut it on vinyl (another first for me!!) So now his awesome name is in brown vinyl on his wipe containers (for his diaper bag). I'm pretty proud of myself!! Two firsts in one day!

Today was also sad...I took Jonas for his 2 month check-up, sadly he is 3 months, one week already but I just got some insurance for him...so....anywho, He got 3 shots and it was pitiful. I was going to take a picture, but my heart was so broken for him [my first baby...hope this gets easier]. So alas, no scrapbook page of Jonas' first shot day....well maybe I'll take a pic of his boo boo [doggie band-aids] tomorrow and use my new cds skills to make a needle....who knows! It was hard for me as his mommy, wish I could just take the shots for him. :(

So...I then spent the afternoon making yard sale signs for the youth yard sale on Saturday, that I am hoping doesn't get rained out. Ahh! They turned out nice. My Auntie gave me some thick boards that are used at her work to put pics on. She works for a photo developing company, and when you order big pics, they mount them on thick board or canvas. These were damaged (barely) and were going in the trash at her work, so I used them to make the signs (FREE!) and they are durable. The best part, I welded the words, then peeled off the sticky (the boards have a paper covering a whole page of sticky). I carefully put the words and arrows, then covered the rest of the board with contact paper, so they are "laminated" and it covered the rest of the sticky.

I hope tomorrow to post pics of the signs, Addie's awesome card/2 liter bottle gift, maybe my love bug, and quite possibly my first vinyl project and Jonas' great new logo....(with a whale! that I made and welded in CDS!). Too busy today, and my camera battery is DEAD (and I still haven't gotten the charger out btw).

Well, I'm tired and rambling. Hoping to play with my new toys from Jo-Ma's surprise "RAK" to me, and hope to actually post them! :) Thanks for being patient!!!

I won! :)

So I won a custom button for my blog...and a blog award! I just can't figure out how to post the award... ??? [*Meredith sings to herself "If I only had a (html) brain"]

New Cards I made:

Tag made on a coaster from Target


House Mouse Birthday Card




Birthday Card


For anything






Thank you card


CARDS FOR ADDIE:
*Made w/ Coke Zero can! :)


Joy Fold Card


Inside










Inside






Okay, that's all for yesterday! :) I'll post a pic of her finished package later... :) God Bless you!

3 Months...

My baby boy will be 3 months old tomorrow! :) We take a pic of him each month with George the monkey to show how he's grown....so far here's what I've got.

ONE MONTH


TWO MONTHS


THREE MONTHS

Scrapping Class

Yippe! :) I may get the opportunity to teach a scrapbooking class this summer as part of a summer camp. It sounds like a great opportunity and may possibly be the thing I need to jumpstart my papercrafting resume! :) I am really excited about it...hopefully it will pay too! I need to get ideas going for what techniques to cover each day! Some sketches maybe and some pre-done cuts. How exciting!!!

Gift From God

Our gift from God...Jon and I took this pic of Jonas (we kept taking turns so who knows who really did take it...) when he was a week and a half old. :)

Click here to view these pictures larger

Cards! :)

So I had the sketches in front of me..and this is what came out...lots of card. I am a "bulk card maker" per say, so when I use a piece of 12x12 patterned paper, if I have time, I use it as far as it will go. In this case, for 6 cards. These cards are the prepackaged white ones w/envies, but I decorated them. They are 5x6.5.

I made two frog ones that are just alike, and plan on putting something like "Have a 'Toad-ally' Awesome Birthday" or "Have an 'Un-FROG-ettable' Day" inside them, the the shape is pop-dotted so it is 3-d. I got the stamp last year when the company (*Mer can't remember the name now..) went out of business and sold grab bags of stamps cheap....same with the ladybug stamp.

I love the CRIMPER I just bought. I used it on some of the flowers and on the leaves. It gives a nice 3-D effect. I esp. love the leaves, how the background is patterned and crimped and the outline is not. So cool. Glad I bought it, and it is much faster than dragging out the cuttlebug/folders when you just want some fast dimension.


I used AUTO FILL on my E when I cut the scallops, flowers and other shapes, used what I wanted and then put the extras in ziploc baggies to save for later. I will be getting a plastic type shoe box for this purpose soon, and will cut file folder dividers from GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING (Cricut Cartridge).

I love black/white/red or pink combos, yesterday was a red combo. I esp. love the circle stamps that are pretty new to me. Needed grad cards and these worked nicely. THanks for looking! :) Love reading your comments!

New Layouts! :)

**Sorry these are huge, but I am too tired to figure out why or how to fix it...so just click the picture if you want to see the whole thing. SOrry!


























Okay, these are the layouts I did since Saturday. In case you haven't noticed, I have issue with weeding out pictures (even though I DID weed through them). I just think they are all so cute, and Jonas has so many sweet expressions, so needless to say, I am a "heavy picture scrapper" meaning I use lots of pics on layouts. Here are some of my favs from the past few days (YES THERE ARE MORE I DIDN'T PHOTOGRAPH!!) :) Thanks for looking...Don't you think JonasBug is sooooo cute?!?!?! :)


Thanks for looking! :)

WOWZERS!

So my blog counter passed 1,000 today! :) How exciting to think that my blog has been looked at 1,000 times! :) People probably only stayed for a second, but none the less it makes me want to blog more! :) I finished doing "Jonas" layouts for the pics that I've already printed, so I guess my house will stay somewhat cleaner w/out scrapping stuff on the dining room table until I get back over to Wolf Camera (on a Tues/Wed of course, I'm a bargain hunting kind of girl--get a thrill out of a great deal!) Six cents per picture is the only way I can afford my luxury of scrapping! :) I finished Mother's Day and Baby Dedication pages, think I'll go take pics now so that you can enjoy! Goodnight for now, hopefully be back soon with more pics to post...if not, until tomorrow!

xoxox!
Merdybug

Hmmmm...

So I am wondering how people figure out how to use HTML and design things like blog backgrounds, headers, and things. I am pretty computer savvy when it comes to word processing and I have had some really good copy and paste luck, but how in the world do you learn...where do they teach this? I wish I could get web design 101 class or something. Any suggestions on how to learn or where to look?

New Layouts. :)

:) Scrapbook Day

Well I was able to scrapbook some yesterday since Jo-Ma is here to help with my little man. Had to keep stopping since Jonas had a tummy ache, but got about 11 pages done before the day was done. Can't wait to get back to it this morning!! I am already 2 months behind, but at least I have finished Jonas' hospital pages. I'll try to post later today.

JONAS

Well, Jonas is here, and I thought I'd show some art I made for him. It is a treasure map for above his crib. It turned out darker than I wanted, but I am overall pleased with it, as his bedroom is kind of a pirate theme. Maybe it will fade a bit. ?