There's some yummy goodness going on here and at many of my "If It's Groovy" teammates blogs. Check out my post HERE for a chance to win a cool RAK of scrappy goodies. I know you guys have at least 10 brads, eyelets, dotlets or nailhead lying around you could use on this challenge!
Check out the team blog HERE for the Green Goddess Contest as well as the monthly theme challenge all about "Salad". Think outside the box ya'll! I didn't have much in the way of salad to scrap, so I scrapped using salad colors!
You've got until Sunday night to post your links to me!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Well, now - how's about some new blog candy?
Don't May Babies offer amazing yummy goodies? Here's an uber talented blogger, offering up some yummy goodies on her blog...
While you're there, checking out the blog yummies, you gotta check out her projects. She's awesome, amazing, inspiring. You can't help but ooohhhh and aaahhh over her "coolness". I'll be there often I'm sure watching out for her latest and greatest.
Thanks Angi for all your bloggin' goodness!
While you're there, checking out the blog yummies, you gotta check out her projects. She's awesome, amazing, inspiring. You can't help but ooohhhh and aaahhh over her "coolness". I'll be there often I'm sure watching out for her latest and greatest.
Thanks Angi for all your bloggin' goodness!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Feelin' Froggy?
Okay I think the phrase is a cute one and it fits...
I have a dear friend who teaches preschool. Her kidlets in her class are called the "Frogs". Her room mom is just as sweet as she can be and reminds me so much of Lisa it's crazy. She has asked me to make an altered journal for the room mom and I was all too happy to oblige. She had already picked out the papers and journal. All I had to do was play! Thanks to my Cricut, and some really fun stamps, I had a blast!
Hope you like it too!
Isn't he the grooviest little frog! I love him!!
I made that paper piecing but cutting him out on my cricut in pieces. TOO too much fun!
And by the way - have you guys seen the cool and groovy challenges going on over at "If It's Groovy"? You've got to check them out! And don't forget - you've got another 11 days or so do get your layouts in for the blog challenge here on my blog. Check it out HERE!
Thanks for stopping by!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
I have a dear friend who teaches preschool. Her kidlets in her class are called the "Frogs". Her room mom is just as sweet as she can be and reminds me so much of Lisa it's crazy. She has asked me to make an altered journal for the room mom and I was all too happy to oblige. She had already picked out the papers and journal. All I had to do was play! Thanks to my Cricut, and some really fun stamps, I had a blast!
Hope you like it too!
Isn't he the grooviest little frog! I love him!!
I made that paper piecing but cutting him out on my cricut in pieces. TOO too much fun!
And by the way - have you guys seen the cool and groovy challenges going on over at "If It's Groovy"? You've got to check them out! And don't forget - you've got another 11 days or so do get your layouts in for the blog challenge here on my blog. Check it out HERE!
Thanks for stopping by!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
Monday, May 18, 2009
A Normal Rockwell Moment
This weekend was a great whirlwind of rain and activity. We started out at Susan's parents house Saturday afternoon where we enjoyed beautiful views, great conversation and fun fun times. The kids fished off the little dock as well as went seining with nets. They caught tiny minnows, shrimp and tried oh so hard to get a couple crabs, with no luck on the latter.
They made water balloons but none of them could get them tied closed (thank goodness because none of the boys had a change of shorts!).
They played with the Gnome Village that was positively adorable and I must must make one in my front garden. I'm tellin' ya, it really was about the cutest thing I've seen...
They got their fill of watering down the Gnome Village and went back to playing around the dock. Just about the time we were going to have lunch (Yummy KFC - oh yeah baby!) we looked over and saw this...
What a good laugh we all got! Doesn't it look like a total Norman Rockwell moment?
Right after this photo, the skies opened up and we ran to take dinner inside to eat. It was a wonderful leisurely afternoon!
I'll tell you more about the weekend later. Dinner is calling and little boy (who's now sick by the way) is hungry. That's a good sign!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
They made water balloons but none of them could get them tied closed (thank goodness because none of the boys had a change of shorts!).
They played with the Gnome Village that was positively adorable and I must must make one in my front garden. I'm tellin' ya, it really was about the cutest thing I've seen...They got their fill of watering down the Gnome Village and went back to playing around the dock. Just about the time we were going to have lunch (Yummy KFC - oh yeah baby!) we looked over and saw this...
What a good laugh we all got! Doesn't it look like a total Norman Rockwell moment?
Right after this photo, the skies opened up and we ran to take dinner inside to eat. It was a wonderful leisurely afternoon!
I'll tell you more about the weekend later. Dinner is calling and little boy (who's now sick by the way) is hungry. That's a good sign!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
Monday, May 11, 2009
Hey!
Check out this blog candy! (I should probably totally do this too since I have so much... what a great idea it's giving me for a RAK for June providing my May RAK goes well!)
You have to check out the blog "Scrapping Out Loud". She's got loads of great stuff on her blog and this month, in honor of her birthday, (Happy Belated Birthday) she's RAKing someone a wonderful box of goodies!
Run on over and check out how to get your chance at winning this RAK!
Peace, blessings and belated birthday greetings!
Lissa
You have to check out the blog "Scrapping Out Loud". She's got loads of great stuff on her blog and this month, in honor of her birthday, (Happy Belated Birthday) she's RAKing someone a wonderful box of goodies!
Run on over and check out how to get your chance at winning this RAK!
Peace, blessings and belated birthday greetings!
Lissa
Happy Late Mother's Day!
What a beautiful weekend!
This past Saturday, May 9th, would have been my parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Never befor have there been two more perfectly suited individuals to marry. Mom and Daddy were an amazing couple. They parented so perfectly together. They loved so perfectly together. They had a perfect friendship and bond so rare. These days, marriage seems to be an expendable commodity. So often, it begins as a matter of convenience rather than a matter of deep committment. In our parents time, it began with friendship, love and a deep sense of lifelong committment that was not taken lightly. When you married, you knew it was forever - period.
So, in my opinion, May 9th is a very sacred day. Matt and Laura got married on that very sacred day in a Methodist ceremony (so did my parents) on the shores of the James River. It was a blustery day filled with beauty and promise as the Lord blew the winds all around letting us all know that He was indeed in charge of this wedding, blessing it in His unique way. The preacher conducted a lovely ceremony. He had asked Laura and Matt to give him a list of things they felt exemplified their love for their intendeds. It was perfect for both of them. They each were able to sum up their life partner in a series of heartfelt, sometimes humorous, deeply personal but oh so appropriate words. It really was just a beautiful ceremony.
The reception was awesome. Lisa's friends from the restaurant where she works stepped up and offered their help. They came through with serving tables, linens, serving trays and serving ware, and all manner of professional catering gear. It was such an amazing day! Absolutely awesome! It was such a testament too, to the kind of person Lisa is and how much she is loved. (And why she's my best friend!) (By the way, that's exactly the topper they had on their cake. A fun joke because Laura is taller than Matt and definitely strong willed!)
My other best friend, Michelle, who is an amazing photographer was asked to take the photos. I'm so excited to see them. She was spot on during the cermony and reception. She captured so many awesome moments. I know they're all going to be fabulous because she can see through her camera lense like no one else I know.
Yesterday, I got up early to go help clean at Lisa's. What a wonderful surprise to discover her husband, three step sons and three other friends had joined forces to clean the yard, house and wash all the dishes! I was shocked! They really stepped up to the plate. What an exceptional Mother's Day gift!
I went over about 10 and helped finnish up inside and went on "Cigarette Butt" duty cleaning all the butts from the yard. I took down all the extra decorations and cleaned up the "dressing room" where the bride and groom had changed. (Talk about trashed!)
Lisa (who had stayed up until 3 singing Karaoke and having fun alongside the bride and groom and a few other party guests) woke up about 1. Dalton swam in the pool and we chatted leisurely. My older boys called me at about 3 and they came over around 4. Lorie and her boys came by too and we all sat around having great conversation, deli sandwiches and spending good time with each other. What better way to spend Mother's Day! It was really a great day!
Dalton and the boys and I got home around 8pm last night. Dalton had a little snack, took a bath and we were honestly ready to fall into bed by 9. Kevin got home from work abou 8:20 toting a beautiful bunch of flowers for me. How lovely they were. (I love simple arrangements not filled with frou frou blooms. Give me daisies and carnations any day!) So when I have a chance to get my photos off my camera (and my monitor cord from my children) I'll share.
In the meantime, have a wonderful week. Happy Belated Mother's Day. I pray all of you were able to get good love and hugs from your children. I also hope all of us who have lost mother's and children were able to feel God's strength, courage and love throughout the day!
Love, Peace and blessings,
Lissa
This past Saturday, May 9th, would have been my parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Never befor have there been two more perfectly suited individuals to marry. Mom and Daddy were an amazing couple. They parented so perfectly together. They loved so perfectly together. They had a perfect friendship and bond so rare. These days, marriage seems to be an expendable commodity. So often, it begins as a matter of convenience rather than a matter of deep committment. In our parents time, it began with friendship, love and a deep sense of lifelong committment that was not taken lightly. When you married, you knew it was forever - period. So, in my opinion, May 9th is a very sacred day. Matt and Laura got married on that very sacred day in a Methodist ceremony (so did my parents) on the shores of the James River. It was a blustery day filled with beauty and promise as the Lord blew the winds all around letting us all know that He was indeed in charge of this wedding, blessing it in His unique way. The preacher conducted a lovely ceremony. He had asked Laura and Matt to give him a list of things they felt exemplified their love for their intendeds. It was perfect for both of them. They each were able to sum up their life partner in a series of heartfelt, sometimes humorous, deeply personal but oh so appropriate words. It really was just a beautiful ceremony.
The reception was awesome. Lisa's friends from the restaurant where she works stepped up and offered their help. They came through with serving tables, linens, serving trays and serving ware, and all manner of professional catering gear. It was such an amazing day! Absolutely awesome! It was such a testament too, to the kind of person Lisa is and how much she is loved. (And why she's my best friend!) (By the way, that's exactly the topper they had on their cake. A fun joke because Laura is taller than Matt and definitely strong willed!)My other best friend, Michelle, who is an amazing photographer was asked to take the photos. I'm so excited to see them. She was spot on during the cermony and reception. She captured so many awesome moments. I know they're all going to be fabulous because she can see through her camera lense like no one else I know.
Yesterday, I got up early to go help clean at Lisa's. What a wonderful surprise to discover her husband, three step sons and three other friends had joined forces to clean the yard, house and wash all the dishes! I was shocked! They really stepped up to the plate. What an exceptional Mother's Day gift!
I went over about 10 and helped finnish up inside and went on "Cigarette Butt" duty cleaning all the butts from the yard. I took down all the extra decorations and cleaned up the "dressing room" where the bride and groom had changed. (Talk about trashed!)
Lisa (who had stayed up until 3 singing Karaoke and having fun alongside the bride and groom and a few other party guests) woke up about 1. Dalton swam in the pool and we chatted leisurely. My older boys called me at about 3 and they came over around 4. Lorie and her boys came by too and we all sat around having great conversation, deli sandwiches and spending good time with each other. What better way to spend Mother's Day! It was really a great day!
Dalton and the boys and I got home around 8pm last night. Dalton had a little snack, took a bath and we were honestly ready to fall into bed by 9. Kevin got home from work abou 8:20 toting a beautiful bunch of flowers for me. How lovely they were. (I love simple arrangements not filled with frou frou blooms. Give me daisies and carnations any day!) So when I have a chance to get my photos off my camera (and my monitor cord from my children) I'll share.
In the meantime, have a wonderful week. Happy Belated Mother's Day. I pray all of you were able to get good love and hugs from your children. I also hope all of us who have lost mother's and children were able to feel God's strength, courage and love throughout the day!
Love, Peace and blessings,
Lissa
Monday, May 4, 2009
New yummies...
Nope, not food kind but it's eye candy I hope!
Our Sponsor of the month for If It's Groovy for April was Eyelet Outlet. In their honor, the Sketch Team agreed to use eyelets, brads, nailheads or dotlets on their sketches. Here's my sketch layout and the sketch we used.
In Eyelet Outlet's honor, I've got a RAK to give away! Show me your layouts using this sketch and a minimum of 10 eyelets (or dotlets, brads or nailheads) and I'll put your name in a drawing for a RAK to include eyelets (shaped and regular) and lots of other fun goodies! Your layouts can be uploaded to where ever you'd like but you'll need to link here in the comments! If you want two entries into the RAK, post this RAK opportunity to your blog and link me in the comments to your blog too! All layouts have to be uploaded by May 31st. All blog links should be shared no later than May 20th.
Each post will be assigned a number (1 through whatever) and I'll use a random number generator to select the winner. I'll choose the winner on Monday, June 1st and announce by 3 pm EST.
So get scrappin! I'm anxious to see how you use eyelets, dotlets, brads and nailheads!
Don't forget the monthly challenge at If It's Groovy blog. What a cool idea for a challenge!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
Our Sponsor of the month for If It's Groovy for April was Eyelet Outlet. In their honor, the Sketch Team agreed to use eyelets, brads, nailheads or dotlets on their sketches. Here's my sketch layout and the sketch we used.
In Eyelet Outlet's honor, I've got a RAK to give away! Show me your layouts using this sketch and a minimum of 10 eyelets (or dotlets, brads or nailheads) and I'll put your name in a drawing for a RAK to include eyelets (shaped and regular) and lots of other fun goodies! Your layouts can be uploaded to where ever you'd like but you'll need to link here in the comments! If you want two entries into the RAK, post this RAK opportunity to your blog and link me in the comments to your blog too! All layouts have to be uploaded by May 31st. All blog links should be shared no later than May 20th.
Each post will be assigned a number (1 through whatever) and I'll use a random number generator to select the winner. I'll choose the winner on Monday, June 1st and announce by 3 pm EST.
So get scrappin! I'm anxious to see how you use eyelets, dotlets, brads and nailheads!
Don't forget the monthly challenge at If It's Groovy blog. What a cool idea for a challenge!
Peace and blessings,
Lissa
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