Time on my hands 2 of 5

but wait, there's more! lol

Time on my hands 1 of 5

my youngest has had chicken pox this week, therefore I have had plenty of time on my hands to make cards! I'll post them in sets to break them down.

Birthday Gift Cards

Gosh it's been a long time since I posted, but I HAVE been busy! Here's some of my work, Enjoy!

sorry that one is so blurry, I'm in a rush to post this. All ideas are from CTMH's Wishes book & all paper is from CTMH, flowers aren't necessarily CTMH.

2010 Calendar Pics

I didn't put them in order, but the tops & bottoms are matched up. I started with January doing the tops and am working backwards on the bottoms. I'll post more later! Hope you like them!

OH! Don't forget you can click a picture to see it larger! Go ahead, give October a try & take a look at the spider web :-)

2010 Calendar Class

We had a great time & got a really good start on our calendars for 2010! I'm making 3 so it's taking me a little long to get finished than most and I still don't have my pictures printed off to add to them. Currently I have the top part of all three finished for each month, simply have to slap down the correct pics and that part is finished ~ wahoo!

Right now I'm working on the date part of the calendar... due to some bad info I received about the size to pre-make my squares, I'm having to cut them down even smaller and doing a upper right corner date or just re-stamping the date on each square (did this once due to a cutting error on my part, lol) I will most definately post some pictures as soon as I get some taken - maybe tonight?!

Next class: Twitterpated - tooooo stinkin' cute for words, we'll do the scrapbook & card portion of the class so we'll get the biggest bang for our buck! You're gonna love it ;-)

2010 Calendar Class - August 15

Saturday, August 15 from 8am-8pm
Potluck food theme is Mexican

Supplies Needed: trimmer, adhesive, papers & embelishments. You will be using your existing supplies on this one, but are welcome to order from the currrent Idea Book if you'd like some new paper or need other supplies.Pre-Class Homework (please have at least #1 done and bring with you):
1. You will need 365 1" squares. These will be your days of the week in the calendar.
2. Pre-dating the squares. You will have more class time to put the calendar together (black goes with everything) if you have this done. I will have my stamps available for your use if you prefer to do it in class.3. Pre-plan what papers/colors, stickers, embelishments to use for each month. Make a list or go ahead & sort it out, this will make putting your calendar together so much quicker.
4. Don't forget about the "Free Trade" boxes if you don't have supplies for a month on your 2010 Calendar, these are there for the taking but I have no idea what is in them.
5. Mystery Box items are for sale on a first come/first served basis. These supplies I got for about half price & have added tax+shipping on, they are retired items from Close to my Heart.

I will need orders by the end of the day on July 31 to place the order on August 1. Carrie is our hostess for this crop. If we have a qualifying order, she will get to select free products!

Please RSVP! Let me know if you're bringing a friend - a trip to the "Goodie Box" for anyone who brings someone with them!

As always, I do not charge for you to attend! Your potluck dish to share with everyone is your cover charge.

I'm finally back! and I've been busy

After taking a couple of weekends off to enjoy the outdoors, then having friends over... we're back to being a lazy selves once again.

I'm now working on my mother-in-law's black & white photos from her childhood/young adulthood, 1930's thru 1960's, I think. My in-laws are such great people that I truely enjoy making & upkeeping their scrapbooks for them... better than the dresser drawer getting over-full of photos from all of us "kids", the grandkids & great-grandkids. This album is all about Hazel, her friends & family.

Cover Page:

Classmates from 1939-1940's:

My mil it top left, hard to see her in my bad pic but it was late & I was tired so I didn't check them before thinking "ok, they're good"

My mil in the larger photo on the left, teenager & with elementary classes in two right photos.

All paper & embelishments (except flowers on cover page) are CTMH, all are retired.