Giveaway & Crafting

Northridge Publishing is having a Doodlebug Giveaway. I love this collection, it is so cute! I have to admit I am drawn to bright and colourful collections. I find sometimes Fall/Thanksgiving collections have no colour in them but a dull brown, yellow or orange. When I think of fall I think of bright and vibrant colours. Check out the Giveaway!!

Tonight, the kids are sleeping and my husband is off helping his brother. So, I am home crafting on the living room floor watching Game of Thrones.

Goodnight and Happy Crafting!!!

International Teacher's Day

October 5th is International Teacher's Day, since this year its a Saturday, we as a family celebrated it on Friday, October 4th.  I decided to make this cute and simple little gift.  I found the idea on pinterest.  As usual I waited to the last minute to make it (9pm the night before), so trying to find the perfect ribbon was  a hard task.  I ended up finding something cute but not exactly what I wanted.

I arranged the M&M's in the same colour pattern as the poem.  This is what the poem said:

 

 

The Teachers loved it and my son was so happy to be able to give them a gift.  My husband says I was kissing up to the Teacher.  Really I think they deserve a gift, plus they have to deal with my son, who is a miniature version of my husband - God Bless Them!

 

Here is some pictures of our visit to the apple orchard earlier in the week.

 

 

BYE :)



Product Talk

Everyone has their favorite companies but one of mine (I do have many) is Bella BLVD.   I love their bright and playful patterns!  They are on my reading blog list and I had to share today their upcoming product line - it is sssooo cute!!  Its already on my shopping list and I recommend everyone to get it.  They also have a giveaway going on right now, stop by and check it out - Bella BLVD Giveaway


I came across this and I fell in love!  The 360 Crafter's Rolling Bag by We R Memory Keepers.  I always have issues with the wheels on my rolling bags.  Its on wish list for Christmas, check it out. 

Well I have three little ones asking for snacks so I must go.  I'll leave you with a pic of the day, it makes me laugh everytime I see it :)

Hello World!

I just wanted to say hi and let the world know I am still here and you are not forgotten!

I just recently read this post on one of my fav blogs.  It was well written and she really hit the nail on the head.  I also have had some similar experiences like this and really understand what she was saying.  I recommend everyone reading it!

http://www.stephaniehowell.com/my_weblog/2013/04/busy.html

I will  have more craft items to post soon.

To all Canadians - HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!

To end this post a cute pic of my babies :)

I'm still Here

Wow, were does time go. I've been here but as you can see I'm doing a really bad job of posting.

My little guys are getting very big. I now have a two year old, it seems like yesterday I was in the hospital looking down at his little face and thinking how much my world had just changed. He is such a little man now and he knows what he wants. For his birthday he requested an Elmo themed Birthday party. I made the banner, invites and grab bags. They were so much fun to make but trying to find that much red card stock was hard. My youngest will be turning one in the next couple of months. I now have to start really thinking what theme I am going to have for his party. I'm sure his big brother will help me with ideas.







We celebrated my Grandfather and Grandmother's 80th Birthdays (June & September Birthdays) with an open house. I helped with decorations. I made this banner, which I don't think turned out to bad since I did it a couple of hours before the party.



I just recently celebrated another birthday. Of course it wasn't that exciting, I spent the day watching my two kids plus my nephew at a ball diamond. While my husband & brother in-law played in their baseball tournament for two days. But the exciting part is that my husband gave me money as my birthday gift. I really want to go to the Scrappin Great Deals Garage Sale and now I can. So watch out fellow crafters who are going to the sale, I've got my reusable bags ready and I plan to be one of the first in line!!!

Speaking of SGD, they just put together their first Design Team. What a great bunch of ladies. Many of them I have met, taken their classes or just chit chatted with them at the store. Can't wait to see their work and upcoming classes!!

Well its cold and raining; a perfect day to snuggle with my boys and watch movies.

Have a great Day!!

Kraftin' Kimmie - Challenge #67 - Scoopy Scallops

This is just a quick post to show my Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Card. I will hopefully have another post for you in a couple of days. Lots more to come!!

Kraftin' Kimmie - Challenge #66 A Super Sketch and TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras

Well thank goodness for Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenges; if I didn't make the goal of trying to do one of her challenges each week for the next two months, I may never have blogged. I have to admit I do like blogging but I would rather be crafting then blogging. Today I finished three Birthday cards and I need to do one more Valentine's card. My parents live four hours away and we haven't seen them since Christmas, so we are going down to visit this weekend - Brewer will want to give them a Valentine's card.

I made this card for Kimmie's challenge, I'm going to give it to my little brother who turned 28. I did it late last night, without my glasses on. I looked at the card this morning and it turns out I really need to wear my glasses.



I have to admit I have been watching the most silliest show ever TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras. Yes, I know most people do not like this show but I can't help myself (just like Jersey Shore). I realize that my choice in TV might be wearing off on my son when I asked him to pose for the camera he did this.....






So I've decided that if I'm going to watch the show, I'll watch it when the little guy isn't around. My husband says it isn't normal for a little boy to go running around posing for the camera, especially like that. I thought it was cute but no I'm not going to put him into pageants :)

Well, I have to finish my Valentine's card for my parents and get packing for our trip, hope everyone has a great weekend!

Crazy, Superwoman or Normal - Plus Kraftin' Kimmie - Challenge #65 A Recipe

Well, I sometimes think I'm crazy. I have very high expectations for myself and those around me. I also have many goals - a little too many, possibly? Yesterday would be a good example: Laundry, Dishes, clean toy room, craft time with Brewer, make valentine's cards with Brewer (different then craft time), make some of my own cards, bath boys, call two friends to see how they are doing, do Valentine's Day Blog Hop, check e-mails, cook dinner, call Grandparents & Great Grandparents and wish Happy Valentine's Day, go grocery shopping, read bedtime story to Brewer, help Matt get out the door for baseball and sit down to watch TV with a cup of Tea. Did I mention I wanted to do all of this with two kids under the age of two?

I almost succeeded but not quite; at one point I was doing laundry, making lunch, talking to a friend on the phone, putting the baby to sleep and carrying Brewer around on my hip, playing stickers with him and I realized I'm really tired - lol. Most people would tell me you probably took on to much but today I planned just as much or more. So am I crazy, superwoman or just a normal wife and mother. Depends who you ask but I would just say a normal wife and mother and on occasion crazy.

Well, I changed my mind on what card to give to my husband. I made this one for him and I followed Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #65 Recipe. Very simple and I used a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp - Mistletoe Miles and Maisie but I took out the mistletoe. Everything else is miscellaneous items I had laying around.

THREE main colours: Check - Blue, Grey & Pink
TWO patterned papers: Check - Blue and Pink
ONE ribbon: Check - one that is blue/grey
ONE button: Check - cute little pink one




You may notice that the card is a little bent, my son got a little excited giving it to Daddy and bent it a little. Most people may have gotten annoyed by this but I was happy. I'm turning him into a craft Diva and he loves it (his father maybe not as much).

Well, hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

Alison

Kraftin' Kimmie - Challenge #64 Seeing Red

Ok, this is my first Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge and I'm really excited. I'm not the best photographer of my projects but its a start.

I decided to make something that I can give to my Husband for Valentine's Day.

Paper - K&Company, DCWV (The Doodlin' Around Stack)
Punches - Martha Stewart and STAMPIN UP
Stickles - Glitz, Ruby Slippers
Stamps - Kraftin' Kimmie (Squirrel in Love and Kimmie's Thankful Sentiments), STAMPIN UP (Framed with Love and Teeny Tiny Wishes)
Ink - Memento (Tuxedo Black), Uni-ball Signo (White), Copics (E99, E17, E18, R83, R27, 0)

Hopefully everyone likes my card, especially my husband!

2010

Well, I can definitely say I was a very bad blogger for 2010. I had all intentions of keeping up with my blogging but going back to work, getting pregnant again, going on bed rest and then having a baby all before the end of 2010 has kept me busy.

My husband and I had no doubts we wanted a second child about half way through my maternity leave for my first child. So we started trying right away and we got lucky. I started back to work in May (pregnant), by October my little one who was due in December thought it was time to come out. So we were able to stop the early arrival but this meant I was on bed rest until the due date. First week of December a healthy little boy named Corbin arrived. Big brother Brewer loves his little brother and can't stop kissing and hugging him. Of course with only 19 1/2 months between them trying to explain to Brewer he has to be gentle can be a challenge.

I have done lots of projects during 2010, I just haven't blogged about them. So my goal for February is to post pictures of these projects and to post at least one picture of my of my Valentines Cards. If I post this publicly I feel as though I will meet this challenge more.

It looks like 2011 is going to be busy and I'm looking forward to it. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of the boys from 2010 and our start of 2011.