Thoughtful Friend

Card two (of six) that we made at Holly's card class. Such a striking color combo. Love the silver shimmer paper!

Hummingbird

I attended Holly's card class on Saturday. This is one of the six cards we made. I'll be showing them to you on here this week. I debated between six different posts or one long post. I chose six different ones, so you have something to look forward to each day. At her card class, we used a lot of the new products from Stampin' Up!'s new Summer Mini Catalog.

Riley is so NOT a morning dog. On Saturday morning after we got up, I found him in this "warm, sunny spot" in the living room. Too cute! He lays right next to me in bed and since his "warm momma" wasn't available, he chose the next best spot. :)

Dollar Spot Flowers

Here's version #2 of the Top Note mini card using more of the flowers from Target.

I am looking forward to the weekend ahead. On Saturday, mom and I are going to Holly's card class. I am also working on the final details of a fun project for my niece. She is in charge of everything regarding a friend's bachelorette party in Florida. How cool is that...all the girls are flying to Florida to have a fun weekend with the bride-to-be. I am designing a unique beach-themed invitation for the girls. Once I have it all finished and take pictures, I'll post them here.

Weight Watchers update: Down 33.8 as of Monday. As I creep closer to my 50-pound goal, it seems like I have some weeks where I am just tired of eating healthy and I eat junk. It comes back to bite me in the behind (pun intended), but then I'll get motivated again and get back on track. Food has been the wonder drug for so many years, so like a drug addict has to avoid crack, I must choose to not use food to medicate my happy, sad or frustrated moments. It's hard. It's really hard. I have learned a lot about myself in the process...good and bad. I am going to keep plugging away. I am still motivated, but I have my moments. One day I'll be thrilled to post on here that I am down 40, then wait until I can say 50. One pound at a time...one pound at a time. God is good!

Happy Birthday, Caroline!

I sent this to my best friend's oldest daughter, Caroline. I remember when she was born. Today she turns a whopping 14! Time sure flies...Happy Birthday, Caroline!

I used the Top Note Die from Stampin' Up! The card is folded, then placed on the die so that the fold doesn't get cut. Run it through the die-cutting machine (I have a Cuttlebug.) and you get a cute, smaller-sized card with that neat edge. I found a pack of 32 felt flowers at Target's Dollar Spot a few months ago. I made several of these in the same design and still have flowers left over. Can't beat a $1.00 deal!!

Mother's Day 2010

The card I made my mom. Her fav color is purple.

The card I made my Grandma. She loves blue.

The card I made my sister. She's fun so I tried to reflect that in her card design.

I made identical cards for my nieces as they are no yet moms, but are FURmoms like I am. They each brought their dog, but I left my two at home this time.
Here's the cake I ordered for Sunday's dessert. Hawkins' cakes are simply the best!
Oh my gosh...so incredibly delicious!

Four generations: Julie, Rhonda, Bernice, Stephanie, Brooke

or, as they are related to me: niece, sister, grandma, mom, niece

Three generations: Bernice, Stephanie, Natalie

God has blessed our family with wonderful women and moms. Some of those wonderful women have already passed away, but Mother's Day is a great time to honor all the moms.

I love you, MOM!

OSU Fan

My co-worker's b-day was this past week. I made this for everyone to sign. I will be making more to add to an OSU raffle basket that will help benefit a hospital employee who is battling cancer. Our office will be doing an OSU-themed basket. I can't wait to see how it turns out. And, thanks again to Connie for letting me borrow the football stamp. :)

Just a funny....If I sit down to read the newspaper or a magazine I usually have two pooches who jump on my lap. Jack is the worst about REALLY wanting petted when I read the newspaper. I was cracking up when he did this and luckily Kevin got a picture before he moved. What a rascal! He's a sweetie though.

This is my niece's new dog, Brodie. He was doing his Star Wars Yoda impression here. Actually, he was just really scared of me and the camera. He's a Chihuahua mix. What a cutie!

This week was more low-key...just as I wanted. I had to get my car repaired, skipped both of my Zumba classes and just did some things around the house. Today, I have enjoyed sleeping in, cleaning, vacuuming and doing some laundry. It's 2pm and I'm still in my jammies! I have to run a few errands and then tomorrow our family will get together to honor the mothers. I am so very blessed to be surrounded my women in my family who truly cherish their children. I might not be a mom, but I try to be a good fur-mom to my doggies. Happy Mother's Day to all of you blessed to be a mom. Children are a gift from God and you, too, are your children's gift from God! :)

Jenny's Page

These pages belong to a fellow scrapbooker I met recently. She got permission from her sister for me to post these pictures. She had adorable supplies she found at the Target Dollar Spot and had asked for me to help with a few details when we sat near each other at a crop. This is how things turned out. The lighting isn't all that great and the pic looks crooked as I had to stand on a chair to get the full layout in one shot. :) I handcut the large heart and she made the cute faux candy. You can see a close-up of that below. Her niece's shirt says "sweet as candy" so it matched the page theme perfectly! Isn't her niece adorable?!!

A few punches, a cute brad and recycling some plastic packaging makes one cute piece of candy! To keep the ends secure, we used dental floss to "tie" it. Funny, huh?! It worked!

The last two weeks of April flew by and I haven't been on this blog in ages. I've been to two more scrapbooking crops since I last posted and have lost another two pounds. I have recently started training for two 5K races that will take place this summer. It is a challenge, but I am adding some running to my exercise program. I can't wait to hit the finish line of both races with huge tears of accomplishment in my eyes! I can do this, I can do this, I can do this!!! Some days I feel like the girl I was 34 pounds ago, but other days I feel like a lighter, more improved version of me. It isn't easy, but there's no stopping me now. I will win this battle one pound at a time (with God's help!). This next week I hope to spend more time training and just taking it easy here at home. I feel a huge need to exhale after being so busy the last month or so. I have a gazillion weeds that need pulled, and a to-do list that overwhelms me. I think I need to do little projects here and there to keep the "gotta keep busy" part of me satisfied, yet back off on other things so I can rest. We'll see how I do...I have a hard time some days just giving myself permission to do nothing. I'll try to get around to posting more fun stuff on here soon. Just not feeling my mojo lately. Sorry.