Archives for March 2011

Made for Monday

March 28, 2011 By JulieK

This week’s installment of “Made for Monday” is a sneak peek of April’s Zutter Class at Ink About It in Westford!! The class is on Thursday, April 14th, and we’ll be making this fun 6×6 album using Basic Grey’s “Life of the Party” line… LOVE the fun patterned papers!! The pages have pockets and pull-out tags (from the top)… Call the store if you are interested in signing up for the class! The whole book will be completed in class, and you’ll just have to add photos when you’re done!!! Here’s the cover… (ummm… yeah, that’s my newest QuicKutz… The Heidi Swapp

A Few More Creative Memories Projects!

March 24, 2011 By JulieK

It is so much fun to see your projects on the Creative Memories Projects pages!!! Here’s a couple more projects I made… They use the Farm stickers and the Rugged papers… Click on the pictures to go to the Creative Memories Project Center and see the supply list and instructions…

12×12 Layout

This Farm Border

And this fun card

Thankful Thursday

March 24, 2011 By JulieK

There’s LOTS to be thankful for this week…

First and foremost!!!! Last night was the last official meeting of my husband’s tenure on the School Committee!!! YEAH! It has been a very long 3 years, and I was very thankful when he decided not to run for another term. The job (which he did unpaid, ’cause he ran on “giving back” to the schools) was far more difficult and infinitely more time consuming than it looks… We are glad to have him back to ourselves, and I’m especially thankful because Wednesday nights are not only school committee meeting nights, but also cub scout night… Thankfully, now he can start taking Sean, and I don’t have to go and try to entertain Kathryn while the boys are having their meeting!!!

Here’s one of my favorite photos from the election… 2008, April on election day… Rainy drizzly wet morning… Kathryn in the background wearing her boots so she could “have fun” dancing around behind “Mr. Serious” who’s idea of having fun was holding signs for Daddy… It really captures their personalities… They were 6 and 4… Look at those missing teeth! and I just love her dancing in the background… Super cute!

Anyone want a sign as a souvenir? We still have like 600 of them in the basement :) and I have to keep reminding him that he’s NOT running for ANYTHING for a long time…

On another note… I stood up for myself this week… I’m inherently wimpy, and although I cheer on people who are brave and speak up… I’m not usually one to make waves or put my foot down… but I was unhappy about a decision and stood my ground (eh, in a wimpy way, but still, I pestered people) until something changed… Not everything went my way, but I got a couple changes made that made me happier with the final decision.

We got snow this week (not something to be thankful for…) BUT it went away as quickly as it came… we’re turning the corner, and it’s not just the calendar that’s saying spring…

Here’s a couple of pictures of the super Pinewood Derby cars!!! I need to take a pic of the trophy that Sean got too… Here’s Sean’s car named “Red Hot” which got the trophy for fastest Bear Den car! They cut and sanded the car themselves (with a bit of help from Daddy!) and then painted and stickered them… I guess there’s an art to putting the wheels on “just right” (which we clearly didn’t get right last year!!) So much fun!

And Kathryn’s car “Blue Lagoon” which was actually FASTER than Sean’s :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful week… and remember to count your blessings!!

Thankful Thursday

March 17, 2011 By JulieK

Oh My Goodness!!! How can you not feel thankful when the weather outside is GLORIOUS!!!! Sunny and nearly 60 degrees… It’s BEAUTIFUL outside!!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! I’m Thankful that although I am a generally not-super-good cook, I make a mean corned beef and cabbage, which I actually made yesterday… YUMMY and even better the second day!!

Sean won his Den’s “fastest car” trophy in the Pinewood Derby!!! He was so proud of himself!!! His car did great, but I didn’t expect him to be the fastest in his den!!! I’ll have photos to post soon… Kathryn’s car also did great, and she actually came in 4th overall… but although the siblings can race, they don’t get any of the trophys…

I’m very excited that my class tonight at Ink About It is SOLD OUT! I’m so looking forward to teaching this one!! I think it’s going to be really fun, and I hope everyone likes the book as much as I do!!

This is the first week of lent… and I have a funny little story… Last Wednesday, we’re driving home and Sean tells me that he’s giving up video games for lent… He loves to read, and figures that he’ll just read more… I reiterated that it’s 40 days… not just til Sunday, but he was sure… and he’s doing great so far… Kathryn, on the other hand, decided that she was going to give up ice pops… hmmm… oh, and after some discussion, she’s also going to give up doing chores for “money,” now she’ll just do it for quarters… :)

As for me… I’ve given up 2 things… Dunkin Donuts… (ACK! Might as well just shoot me now!) and bad language… The DD is going fine… although, I fear that not stopping this afternoon will be pretty difficult, I’ve had a bad day at school… the “no bad language” is a bit harder than I thought it would be… When I told Sean his response was “Mama, there’s no way you can not say “crap”….” well… ummm…. I wasn’t counting that as bad language… I may have to re-think ’cause I don’t think I can not say “crap” either :) I sometimes surprise myself… for example… I had no idea how much I said a$$… the other bad words have been pretty easy to get rid of, but I catch myself with that one more often than I thought… It’s all a work in progress, right? I have been trying…

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week… Go out and enjoy the weather today… even if it’s only for a little while… and count your blessings :)

Made for Monday!

March 14, 2011 By JulieK

I do *most* of my crafting crafting on the weekend… So, I figured that Monday would be a good day to share those creations! I’m very excited about this new project!! It’s the monthly Zutter Club project at Ink About It in Westford, and I’m teaching it this Thursday… Give the store a call to see if there’s still space in the class!!

The book is 6×12, and opens in the middle… I used the BEAUTIFUL new Twig line from Little Yellow Bicycle… LOVE the blues and greens… the leaf pin, inside embellishments are all LYB, the owires are Zutter (my favorite antique silver color). I also used some book pages (if I haven’t yet mentioned my love for all things “Used Book Superstore” now is a good time….)

Anyway… Here’s the cover… pictures don’t do it justice!!! It opens to the right of center, and all the inside pages open the same way, but they alternate left and right!