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Birthday Boy

June 22, 2010 By JulieK

What's that?? 2 posts in 2 days?? Ahhhh… Summer Vacation!!! I figured with Sean's 9th birthday coming up next week, I had better get something done from his 8th birthday!! So, here's a little mini book I made using a tab book (it was supposed to use rings, but of course, I had to use my Zutter instead)… The patterned papers are Little Yellow Bicycle… Hmm… off the top of my head, I believe that the QuicKutz are "Sean" is Relax, "@" is Vixen, "8" is MaryJane, "Cake, Gifts, Fun, and Day" (on the tabs) are Rollerskate…

Here's the cover:

and just a few of the inside pages…

Summer Fun!

June 21, 2010 By JulieK

This little book is going to get filled in throughout the summer… There's pull out tags, paper bags, and pocket pages for memorabilia, plus photo mats and plenty of space for journaling :) The patterned papers are AC, Dear Lizzy, Zutter 8×8 white chipbard covers, and 1.25" owires. The "summer" title is QuicKutz Vixen, and the "fun" is QuicKutz Katie mini… Had so much fun putting this together, and now I'm on vacation, so will be filling it in pretty quick!!

It's hard to see in the photo below, but the right side page is a pocket… I scored a piece of 12×12 white cardstock at 7.5 and then folded it up… then scored again in half, and decorated the bottom half… makes a great little pocket for anything I want to add!

First Communion

May 11, 2010 By JulieK

Sean's FIrst Communion on Saturday was just beautiful, despite the pouring rain and thunder :) Here's a few pics from the day…

Sean and Kathryn before we left for the church

The big man himself :) in his little suit :)

Of course, Kathryn in her pretty little dress :)

Me with Sean downstairs where we dropped them off :)

Sean with his teacher, Mrs. O'Hagan, who we just love dearly!!!

There's my little guy, peeking out from behind his friend Ted

Sean with Father Peter

A decent family pic for a change :)

The kiddos with Nana and Pa

The kiddos with Meema and Auntie

Happy Early Mother’s Day to me :)

May 7, 2010 By JulieK

We had a super crazy day on Wednesday, you know the kind… We had to be in 3 different places at once and that lasted all afternoon… After we finally got everything done, we finished with both baseball and t-ball, and finally on our way home at about 8pm (the kids were in the wrong baseball pants, but that's a whole other story :) )… We're driving along, and we have this conversation…

Kathryn: Mom, my friend Ashley told me a lie… it's not nice to lie, right?

Me: That's right, it's not nice to lie, what did she say?

Kathryn: She told me that her Mom was the best Mom in the whole world… and I know that's a lie 'cause YOU'RE the best Mom in the world!

Me: (practically in tears, how cute is she????) Well, Kathryn, that's not really like a lie, it's more like an opinion… I'm glad Ashley thinks her mom is great, and I'm glad that you think I am too :)

Kathryn: nope, it's not an opinion, it's a lie

:) Isn't she cute??

Speaking of cute :) She also lost her first tooth this week :) I'll post the pics when I get home…

Babies and Birthdays!

May 2, 2010 By JulieK

I know I have mentioned it before… but I just LOVE to make things for babies :) I firmly believe that ALL babies should have something homemade for them… and I do my best! This is the blankie, gift bag, and matching card/envelope that I made for our cousin Beth, who's wonderful shower was this past weekend… I know I always say this too :) BUT I just LOVED how this blankie turned out, the yarn was so soft and cozy… Congrats to Mom and Dad, and Welcome (in about a month or so) to the new baby!

The blankie…

This is the plain white gift bag that I decorated… That beautiful flower was made by me at the Design Team meeting we had 2 weeks ago at The Crop Shop in Rockland… It was my first meeting of all the wonderful ladies there, and several had little projects for us to all do… this FAB flower design was taught to us by Nancy!