If I was just another dusty record on the shelf

My mom's birthday went well.


Made her cookie dough cupcakes & pumpkin spice fudge. My husband told me they were his very favorite cupcake so far. If you love cookie dough that cupcake is totally for you.

& the Hubs made Sopes.The sopes turned out soooo good.

I managed to make her a simple card.
I channeled my inner Ashley Newell. Not as sweet as her cards but I made it in 5 mins so I don't think it turned out bad. All in all it was a lovely day.

I managed to complete 5 pages that I have started and never completed. This is one of them.
Hambly and Crate for this one.

My husband and I have been together now for almost 19 years. I say that constitutes me calling us soul mates, wouldn't you?

Speaking of Crate...What is with AC buying up all these SB companies? NUTS! I love Crate paper. I am also sad to see Sass is out of the game. I mean I guess things have gotten really tough for EVERYONE. I hope this economy turns around soon.

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Watching telly, drinking wine

I have so much to share with you. Of course you may not want me to share it but I shall anyway lol!

We had our 2nd Friday fright night of the season. We did a Nightmare On Elm Street marathon. Of course we skipped the 2nd movie. Worst nightmare ever!

For dinner I made the Chicken Broccoli Bake. We LOVE this casserole.

It is freakin delicious! I use Normandy veggies in it instead of just broccoli and the kids really like it. YUM!

For our treat we ate (& I made) white chocolate pretzel rods.


OMG sooo delicious. I used white chocolate chips and melted them over a double boiler. When you do that, make sure to turn it low and keep stirring. Dip the rods in and sprinkle while still wet with Halloween sprinkles.

Simple!


Another page to share. This picture is of me. Of course. My husband took it.
Are you surprised it is made with Crate Papers Random? Yeah I didn't think so. :)
When I do pages of myself, I like to be all deep and profound. HAHA! No but I do like to tell something heartfelt about how far I have come or how I feel about life. You know the same old blah blah.


I was inspired by Debee Campos and one of her older scrapbook pages. I adore that lil lady.

My mom's birthday was sweet and small. All turned out well. More to come!

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There's just the right amount of awkward

My mom's birthday is today! Happy Birthday MAMA! I adore you to bits! Isn't she lovely?

I am making cookie dough cupcakes and maybe sopes. Never have made them so it should get interesting.


Found this page that I forgot to upload. I think I was going to journal on it.

I still might, but the picture speaks for itself.

They truly are best friends. Sadly she had to move and it really is hard on my daughter and our family. She became part of our family too.

Lots more to blog about soon. I have a guest spot coming up for someone really cool in November, pumpkin patch trip, Halloween, and more pages that I did just because! hehe!

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No woman no cry

As I stated before I have been on a roll when it comes to scrapbooking. When I can scrap for no reason, with no deadlines looming or boxes put around me, that is when the creativity flows. I have many many pages to share with you so make sure to keep coming back to see what I have in store...If you like, of course.



I love Crate Paper, and their new-ish collection Random is no exception. I adore it.I also used Divine Twine from whisker graphics. This twine truly is divine!

So many pretty colors and elements. It went so well with my Santa Cruz pics. These are of our trip there when we went to see Lost boys on the beach. I try to make it out there every year, so you will see a lot of pics from this most awesome place.



I love scrapping just because.

Menu
Tuesday
(no pic)
Chili dogs
chips


Wednesday
Beef stew(my own recipe)

Thursday
Dorito Casserole

I already have my menu set up for next month. Now to get my grocery list done. This has made my life so much easier! Thank you Pinterest!!! *wink*

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I only love you when I'm down

I have been creating pages left and right these past few days. I think it is the Random collection by Crate Paper that has inspired me so. It took a day or two but I got out of the funk I was in and got busy.
The colors are so springy it kinda takes me out of the whole Halloween mode. I need to get some really good Halloween papers to inspire me! Although I did find that cute printable on Pinterest. The AC Halloween line is super cute too. Used that on my scrapjacked project.


I am so inspired by quilts and this is a quilt pattern I found on the Internet. Very simple and fun. The picture if of my husband and my feet on the beach watching lost boys in Santa Cruz. I NEVER get tired of scrapping these pictures. Never.


Rowans Bday part was Sunday. He had a lovely time. We bought him a MP3 player, sketch book and pens, and gave him a little spending money. Here is the happy bday boy opening pressies.

I made juicy Lucy's, chili cheese fries and a ice cream cake. the ice cream cake was a disaster. I really should've made it the night b4. Oh well. Still tasted good lol!


We also had our first Friday fright night last Friday. Kids love when we do that. We had grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches with soup, snacked on marshmallows and watched Children of the Corn and The others.

My hubby had a glow stick and he TRIED to scare the kids. We creeped outside and was staring in the window but my youngest son saw him right away and wasn't scared. Booo! LOL! We ended up breakin the glow stick open and painting our faces with it. They thought that was great.

As I stated I did a whole months worth of menu planning. Monday nights dinner was...

Roasted Garlic Mushrooms(sooooooo Delicious!)Pesto chicken,and white cheddar pasta shells.(From the box)

Loved it!

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Old friend why are you so shy

Hey bloggity peeps just a quick blog post to let ya all know the Creative Type is up. Of course I wanted to share my take on this very fun prompt.
I played with the new Crate Paper Random. Love it! I also found this fun chevron patter on pinterest. I know the end all be all of inspiration.

When I went to BBF Ashley's house Kristi and I took these pics with the tiny rub on mustaches from GCD. I need something pop culture and these to me scream it.

We had a really fun time taking pictures with her instax (smaller version of a polaroid) even more pop culture. This whole layout screams pop culture. I really want to do a zombie layout. I think that will be my next project.

So come play along with the pop culture challenge. I think you will have a wonderful go at it!

Rowan's birthday was yesterday. More on that soon!

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Mysterious and spooky

First day of October! I ♥ it! I need to get into the spirit of Halloween and start creating more. I have managed to make this one Halloween decoration for my mantel, Scrapjacked and the Halloween hop. I killed 3 birds with one stone. If you are here for the hop, thanks for dropping by. I have a little bit to share with you.



Are you on Pinterest? Well if you aren't I highly recommend you give it a look-see. I found these awesome free Halloween printables. I used them to create this little master piece.

A little bit of Martha Halloween paper from last year.

Some AC and stickles.

I made a tiny witch hat from a scallop circle and a regular circle. Wrapped it in twine from Divine Twine. The butterfly is also from the free printable. I covered the top one in crackle stickles.

A dollar tree creepy toy and a old Jolee sticker.

More free printable.

Making Memories felt ghost and more Halloween Divine twine wrapped around mini spools from Maya Road.

Mini Rosette covered in petal soft and an AC button for the center. The shadow box was from the dollar tree and I just painted it black. I had almost all of this from past years. I collect things here and there.

Viola all done! We would love it if you played along over at scrapjacked. We drew inspiration from Kerry Lynn. Come check us out.

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