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"Now would I say something that wasn't true...I'm asking you sugar would I lie to you..."

Well apparently I lied.  I thought I was only going to do a couple pages from December (Christmas Day & Christmas Eve), but I found this page I had finished last week and hadn't yet posted.  The photos are pretty busy, so I wanted to keep the rest of the page pretty simple & streamlined... 

More My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas, some Doodlebug Designs North Pole + more SRM Christmas sentiment stickers...

In addition to that I found some photos Bryn had taken at a local parade she attended with her neighbor friend, so I guess I'll have a handful of pages from December.  

Or well... I guess that assumes I actually do something with the photos.  One never knows!   

Happy Friday & have a great weekend, everyone!

Friends are like Louis Vuitton bags. No one wants the fake ones...

Happy 2013!  It's been an interesting year so far... and by interesting I mean it's kinda stunk.  Bryn came down with a bad case of the stomach flu on New Year's Eve, which totally changed our plans right after we went out that night.  She ended up spending that night sleeping (kinda sleeping anyway) on the floor next to the bathroom.  It was an AWFUL, AWFUL night for her & she's still not feeling well.  Doubting that she'll be going back to school when that resumes tomorrow, as she still hasn't been able to eat a normal meal.  A couple popsicles, a couple crackers, electrolyte water & Sprite is all that she's been doing lately.  And she's wanted a LOT of mama time, which I actually kinda love.  Just wish she'd feel better soon.  She rarely gets sick, so she's not liking this. 

In the meantime... some crafty stuff.  I attempted to clear off my craft table so I could actually use it to create on, but ended up with a total MESS on the floor.  So... with all this random stuff staring me in the face, I started using some of it.  Funny how that happens.

I finished these 2 pages a couple weeks ago (before the mess on the floor happened)...

... and this next page WAS finished over a month ago, but I hated it & never posted it... so I totally re-did it with less color & pattern  recently.  Still not much to write home about, but better than it was...

The SRM Girl Scout sticker is sold at Girl Scout Council Stores.  And I thought it was quite perfect considering I had just taught Zumba to 2 groups of Girl Scouts so they could get a badge for learning a new dance!

I used a photo collage on the next page which was made via Picmonkey... a somewhat free photo editing site.  They have recently added the option of upgrading ($4.99/month) to use of a lot of their editing features though.  Poop.

And more SRM Stickers.... the We've Got Your Border Halloween stickers were used on the top & bottom of the page... love them...

I finished one more yesterday, but I'll save something for tomorrow.  Still need to finish up my December Daily too.  Maybe I'll work on that later. 

We'll see what happens.

If you have any questions on the products I used on those pages, just leave a comment & I'll email you links.  Too lazy to link everything up right now.  LOL  

"They can't... they won't... they never will... stop the party..."

Well... as of Saturday I'm officially certified to teach Zumba Toning.  YAY!  It was a long but FUN day with a really fun instructor leading the way and lots of other fun instructors in the class.  And then Bob took me out for a fabulous "date night" afterward.  Fun day from beginning to end!  Back to teaching Zumba again today though!  I'm also teaching tomorrow morning at 5:30am, helping with the Thanksgiving morning class on Thursday & then teaching again on Friday. 

Whew!  Think I'm gonna have 2 pieces of pumpkin pie after all that!! 

Here's a pretty quick page I made using the photo editing site picmonkey to create my photo collage.  My buildings came from the old Basic Grey Wander collection that's been sitting with my Austria photos for ummmm like 2 years now.  Sheesh.     

The black chevron paper is from the halloween themed Doodlebug Designs Haunted Manor collection.  And I even used a SRM border sticker on there... that cute blue loopy line.  Love the versatility of those clear stickers!

And you're welcome for the close-up of the model's butts.

Happy Monday, everyone, and have a FABULOUS week!

Just a quickie...

Bob's been in Florida all weekend for the Mizzou vs. Florida football game, which sadly they lost yesterday, and Bryn and I have been hanging out together while he's been away.  It's been a busy weekend while he's been gone!  I had a party here with the girls on Friday night, got up on Saturday morning & did my friend's rockin' 75-minute Zumba class, had lunch with her & her daughter afterward, showered & changed so I could attend a Zumbathon for the American Heart Association that afternoon and then showered AGAIN & went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner.  YUMMO.  It was a long but FUN day yesterday! 

Today was spent running, practicing Zumba for my class tomorrow, applying for another design team (cross fingers!)... and Bryn had fun playing with her neighbor friend outside in the fabulous Fall weather we have right now.   LOVE it!

In the meantime... here's another Halloween card I recently made using lots of the Doodlebug Designs' Spooky Town collection + some SRM Halloween sentiment stickers and some googly eyes, of course, because I LOVE them... 

Love using pop dots to add dimension when creating a "scene" on my projects...

Our clocks have been set back today for Daylight Savings and I'm ready to teach ZUMBA tomorrow morning! 

Bring on the new week! 

The boys of summer...

It's October already.  Fall is in the air & summer is fading.  Love that!  And since Halloween is right around the corner, I thought maybe I should finally do something with my photos from last year's Halloween party.  And some brand new stickers that made a surprise appearance in my mailbox were just the inspiration I needed to get started... 

 

 

 

I really love all the SRM "We've Got Your Border" stickers & the new set of Halloween border stickers is just too cute! 

I used a few of those clear stickers on my page + a 2011 sticker on my journaling spot.  The rest of the page is a mix of Doodlebug Designs... paper, stickers & letter stickers.  I had received the Spooky Town set last year from Northridge Publishing after they published one of my pages in Scrapbook Trends magazine.  Gotta love free stuff... especially when it's CUTE free stuff! 

And speaking of October... that means it's baseball Playoffs time & guess who's in it?  Can you say CARDINALS?! 

What a game that was last night!  Woot wooooot! 

PS...

I'm guest blogging tomorrow for a friend, who's a breast cancer survivor.  It's on the topic of mammograms & my own scary experience I had a couple years ago.  Come back then & I'll link you up to her blog!   

"He's a cold-hearted snake... look into his eyes..."

Well, Labor Day weekend has come & gone.  Ours was just a typical weekend, but we did manage to take a trip to the zoo on Monday.  And while the weather that day was phenomenal... one word sums up the day.  CROWDED.  We kinda knew it wouldn't be a great idea to go on a holiday, but seriously.  I think everyone in St Louis was there.  It took us almost an hour just to park. 

And I may have had a minor panic attack when I saw a lady carrying around a snake in the children's zoo.  So, I yelled to Bob that I was leaving the building & would meet them outside.  He & Bryn came out a few minutes later & asked why I left so fast. 

He said, "Was it because it stunk in there?" 

LOL... yeah, wasn't so fond of that either, but ummm, no. 

Told them about the snake, so they ran back in because Bryn wanted to pet it. 

She's not my daughter.

I believe Bob took a photo of it with his iPhone, but I have no desire to see it thank-you-very-much.

Moving on to happier thoughts...

I created a new page about my niece's recent birthday.  Just a mix here of Amy Tangerine paper + some Doodlebug Designs embellishments I received in a package of goodies from Scrapbook Trends Magazine when they published one of my pages, plus a few other random things....

 

I was out of yellow S stickers, so I pieced mine together & added a flower on top to disguise the handiwork...

 

And a special thank you to my friend, Erin, who emailed me about today's Scrapbook Steal because she thought it was something I might like.  And I guess I did, because I bought it.  Because I really do need more scrapbooking stuff...   

 

I do loving having friends that are enablers...  LOL!  I hope you bought it, too, Erin!  You KNOW you need more stuff, too! 

Have a great day, everyone!