Shiver me timbers!

What a gorgeous weekend it was in the Seattle area!  Quite hot actually, but lovely.  This summer has been very short (wtih a late start this year), so I am taking all I can get as far as sunny days go. 

We enjoyed ourselves with a lot of fun outdoor activities this weekend.  On Friday, Sophie my friend Emily and I went to the Taste of Edmonds.  Quite fun.  Sophie got herself a new pair of butterfly wings and looked so cute walking around in them.  She is normally shy, but she was really enjoying Emily's company and prefered holding her hand to mine on the walk back to the car- humph! :)  Sunday was all about playing in the Seattle Center Fountain, always a winner.  Saturday, however, was the favorite for Sophie because she got to go to her little friend Ayden's birthday party.

The party was Pirate Themed- Arrrrrrr!  Shiver me timbers there was a lot of food and fun.  The kiddos spent most of the time playing in the small inflatable pool or running through the sprinklers.  Ayden got a lot of booty at that party! I am pretty sure he didn't know what to do with all his treasures. It is so funny when they are that young (he was turing 2) because you help them open presents and they want to sit there and play with it, meanwhile you seem to be rushing them onto the next, they must be thinking, "but I want to play with that toy." :)  Here is the card I made for Ayden.  I know, not pirate themed, but I don't have any pirate stamps...a real shame, I should get some....wink!  The helicoptor is pretty darn fun though if you ask me.

So it was a fun filled weekend, with lot friends, sun and tasty treats.  Hope you all enjoyed your weekend as well!  Toodles!

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This is some fabo looking blog candy- hope I win!

Sunrise

Just wanted to quickly share with you another of my almost, almost Artisan projects, this one is a 12X12 scrap page featuring my daughter entitled Sunrise.  The journaling says, "Every day when you look up at me, it feels like the sun rising.  My future feels warm and bright.  I love you Sophie girl!"  I really enjoyed making this fun page and love the bright colors.  Thanks for stopping today!

I'm Stylin'!

Well, if you know me at all, you know that probably isn't true.  Not so stylin', really more frumpy mom, but I embrace it! :D  But....at least my blog is now STYLIN' thanks to Nancy!!!  She gave me this fun little blog award.  If you want to have a good time, you should go read her post about being a stylin' mom, so funny!  She's at Crafting My World.  Thanks Nancy!

So now I am supposed to tell you 5 stylin' things about myself....why so many????  Heh!  OK, um....

1.  I'll quote Nancy here, "my style philosphy says that you can be stylish and practical at the same time (machine washability, hair styles that hide a bit of banana or cereal where the baby has grabbed my hair as we run out the door, cute low or no heel shoes, etc.)"

2.  I love a pedicure, nice sparkly toes make me happy!

3.  Accessorize!  Use super cute earrings or other accessories (these draw the eyes away from the banana in the hair).

4.  Eye cream & concealer, wonderful at hiding the dark circles under my eyes.

5.  Finally, if I can't look cute, you can be darn sure my kid will look adorable!  At least one of us will look cute and then you'll know where all my effort went. :)

Now to pass this privledge on to a few other bloggers I know:

Sam at A Latte Stampin-  Sam has a lot of fun flair in her blog and she's cute ta' boot!

Jackie Stamps for Fun- probably every reward I have ever gotten I have passed onto Jackie, she and her blog are both so great!

Stacey's Stampin Stage-  Just go and look and you'll know why I picked her. :)

Tiffany @ It's the stuff I love-   This gal makes some amazing creations, truly inspiring!

Kay over at Robin Egg Ribon- A great blog name and great stuff.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you picked up a few stylish tips that will help you out there! HA! :)

 

Mojo Curtain Call

Pretty pooped tonight, but I wanted to get this card up this week.  As you know I did the Mojo Monday challenge last week but didn't get the post up in time.  So I am going for it this week.  My card is using this layout from Mojo Monday #150 and this color combo from Stacey's Stamping Stage's Curtain Call, Act 41.

Sorry so brief tonight but hope you enjoyed!  I will say that this stamp from the set Friends Never Fade and this new embossing folder are among my faves, so you can plan on seeing them again.  Nighty, night!

Traditions

When I was a child, we often made summer trips to the Oregon Coast.  One of my favorite memories is visiting the Cannon Beach Sandcastle Festival.  I recall seeing a sand sculpture of a pig, arms in the air, riding a rollercoaster called Hog Wild!  Another of a frog and a toad playing a violin and cello.  So many amazing sand sculptures and so many lovely memories flitting about in the back of my mind. :)  Other years we simply went to another beach and flew kites, searched for shells or had fires on the beach.  All of those trips are pleasant memories for me, experiences I want to share with my daughter.

Now, as an adult, each year for the last 10 years, I have been meeting my mother on the Oregon Coast for her birthday.  It isn't always Cannon Beach, often it is Lincoln City, which is a little less charming as far as the town goes, but they have some perks of their own. Since the millenium (good old Y2K), they have been leaving glass floats on the beach for people to find, much like and easter egg hunt.  They are so beautiful and my mother is obsessed with them (and all things beach related)!  So for her birthday, since that year, we have gone to hunt for these floats. 

I have to tell you that my mother, now 62, is tireless in her combing of the beach.  She has been known to drive us to walk 14 miles down the beach searching for these floats, sometimes as early as 5 am (this is when she believes the "float fairies" are out hiding floats) in rain and sometimes sleet and hail.  We often "march", picking up trash (to appease the float fairies- wink!) all the while grumbling, but really it is fun and the reward is so sweet, just look at these beautiful creations!  It is always a fun trip!

I just wanted to share with you another of my Artisan Projects (yes, the ones I didn't turn in...). This is a scrap page of my daughter, entitled Traditions. The inspiration for the layout of this page page came from one of her shirts, it is just like this, bright yellow with flowers that are these colors. So fun and cute, for a little one at least...we all know there is no way I could get away with wearing something like that! It was a lot of punching and cutting ot make all these flowers and grass, but totally worth it!

The picture of my daughter is one my mom took last March during our annual trip, at Cannon Beach. (I should stop to say that if you haven't been to Cannon Beach, OR you should consider it, a lovely little paradise!)  Sophie, soon to be three, is now sharing in the tradition and creating her own happy memories.  I feel so lucky to be able to share this with her.  This scrapbook page represents those fun times and memories and our family tradition.

Thanks for stopping in, have a great day!

Almost, Almost Artisan

If you are a blurfer, you know that everyone is out there who's an SU! demo is showing you their projects submitted for the Artisan Award.  Whether they actually won the Artisan or are Almost Artisans there are some amazing projects out there! Well, I didn't officially enter (as you may remember I was having a terrible time with my last 3D project) but why not share with you my Almost, Almost Artisan projects.  :)  Actually, you have already seen a few of these although you may not have known it, there were a couple of cards I displayed here and here. 

This one was one of my scrapbook page submissions.  My friend Jason generously allowed me to use pictures of them from their second honeymoon in Paris.  The pictures were a little dark, but I think this page turned out pretty great.  I love the layout and color combo!  I was going to make a duplicate of this page to give to them, but since I never submitted I gave them the original.  Actually I gave it to my friends wife, knowing full well that a male wouldn't fully appreciate it, and she adored it!  Glad to have done it and it was fun to see the joy on her face.

While I am here I should show you my card for last Monday's Mojo Sketch 149.  I failed to get it up (posted) in time to actually be part of the fun, but it was fun just to make it!  I have to apologize that the color is a bit off, the greens aren't qutie right, is Pear Pizazz, but looks a little more Always Artichoke herre.  Ah well.  Oh how I love this Greenhouse Gala DSP, so bright and lovely!

Thanks for stopping by today and leaving your encouraging comments!