And yet another Taylor Swift post...

Well, what can I say? It's another Taylor Swift post. This one is scrappy, tho, so you'll forgive me, huh?

My miss priss and I went to see Miss Swift in concert in September... just days before the famed incident with Kanye - yeah - you know the one. The one where we were watching her win an award. Where I told miss priss , Look..let's see if Taylor wins this award..... Oh GOODIE - she won. Let's watch her acceptance'.... then "Uh....oh, no... why did he take her mic? Oh! That wasn't nice...." and I guess me and alot of others were speechless after that. Including Taylor. Well, anyway - back to the CONCERT. I scrapped a couple of photos using Dream Street's "Merry & Bright" collection. Yes, a Christmas Collection, but hey - I think it worked. The chipboard alpha is from Dream Street, and the bird and branch is from Stampin Up! I covered all the chipboard with Doodlebug Bumblebee glitter.





So, now that I've done three blog updates in the past 7 days, I'm forgiven for not keeping it up for the past 2 months? Okay, Okay, I'll try. I'm sure I can dig up some NEW concert photos until I have more scrappy stuff. Have a wonderful and SAFE Halloween weekend. Don't eat too much candy, because, well - you know IT'S FOR THE KIDS!!!
(((insert evil scary dude laugh here..))))

Quick and Easy Halloween Gifts

It's not to late to make some Trick or Treat papercrafts gifts for your child's classmates or teachers. I found a pack of 10 pencils in the dollar section of target. The hardest task was sharpening the pencils! (Yes, I sharpened the pencils b/c the cheaper pencils are soooo hard to sharpen. I wanted the recipients to use them right away!) I used Dream Street papers "Superstition" papers and chipboard, some ribbon, jute and buttons along with a die cut scalloped (via the Cricut) and in no time I had two sweet gifts.





Have a wonderful Monday and check back soon!

Catch Up Time!!

I am here!
I am here!
I am here!

I've been sooo busy at my new job - and on top of that, it seems that EVERY single weekend we've had things scheduled. I am frantically trying to "clear" my weekends from now until next year, but so far I haven't been successful. I'm in between fall fest and family night at the racetrack and instead of (gasp) napping, I'm playing with paper and scissors. I'll update my newest page as soon as I scan it.

Meanwhile... here is what I did a few weeks ago using Dream Street papers.

The first one uses Dream Street's "Nature's Poetry" papers and coordinating chipboard.. a little bing and, of course, buttons!






And, I TOLD you that you'd be seeing alot of my reunion photos in scrapbook pages. I have soooo many. I can't NOT scrap them. This uses Dream Street's "Urban Ink" papers.





I'll have something new up again SOON! I promise. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Pie and Taylor Swift

I'm on a quest to find the perfect chocolate cream pie recipe. One like my grandma made (I know, that's what everyone says, huh). So - that means I'll be baking several pies in the next few weeks.

Here is Pie Number One
Problem: took too long to cook in double boiler and therefore the chef (me) abandoned the boiling before it got thick.
Result - tastes great but runny. Hubby ate it all anyway. (gotta love a man that will cook whatever you consider less than par).


Here is Pipe Number Two
Problem: After researching and comparing recipes - I settled for one in Taste of the South magazine (plus it had a nice photo). Half way in the cooking process, I noticed it didn't call for eggs in the recipe. ALL the other similar ones did. What to do? Hmmm.... eggs or no eggs.... So, I added eggs as in the other recipes.
Result - success.


And then there's Taylor Swift. I took the little miss to her concert this week. Making a note to NOT ever get floor seats unless they are VIP seats right next to the stage. LOL. Why do people STAND during a concert when they are on the floor. NO one can see over your head unless you are 6 feet and 50 inches tall.

But..........wait. What is the commotion BEHIND us in the middle of the concert???
(don't read this if you are planning on going to a Fearless tour and you don't like spoilers)

It's TAYLOR!!


She came and got on a rotating stage about ten feet from us. I told my daughter not to move because we couldn't be in a better place. I was in photography la-la-land as well as being so happy I could actually SEE the show.











Great concert! Thanks for stopping by. I'm off to excercise after eating that piece of chocolate pie!!!

Faces I love - with Dream Street Urban Ink!

At 8am this morning, it was 58 degrees in Northeast Louisiana. That's almost a record for this time of year and WE LOVE IT!!! Wish we could have this type weather for a whole season!!! What a welcome change from the 100 degree heat we had just 2 weeks ago.

I have another page to share. I created this right after my high school reunion using Dream Street's new line "Urban Ink". It works perfectly with my reunion photos because our school colors are black and orange. The chipboard elements are also from Dream Street. I used a Becky Fleck sketch for this page.

Catching up in the scraproom

It's been an amazingly busy summer! I started looking for a job the week before school started. Well, woops - I got a call to work before the week was up! Better watch what you wish for. Luckily, I get a couple of days off during the week, so this week I played catch up on some paper crafting.

This is a page I made this week using My Mind's Eye's Laundry Line "Sundress". I just love the soft vintage design and the touch of glitter in some of the pages. I used the "Ashlyn's Alphabet" Cricut Cartridge for the title, butterfly and the scalloped shape behind the photo.

I cut the butterfly and title in cream cardstock, then used Tattered Angels' Glimmer Mist in Candy Apple Red on the shapes. It mimics the glitter n the papers.








Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by.

New Memories with Old Friends

I'm still enjoying the 'afterglow' of my high school reunion. I had some free time yesterday to pull out the NEW Dream Street Papers summer collection and created this page using the Sam paper line.

Believe it or not, my camera was off duty most of the reunion night. GASP! I know!!! I'm always running around events with the camera, but this night was was soaking it all in - without the camera. But there were cameras there. This is one of my favorite photos of the night - the old gang together again - minus a few people who had to leave early or were just not in sight when we did this. All the elements on this page are from the Sam collection.









Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You Card

I spent a few hours making thank you cards for door prize sponsors for my recent reunion. This is one I made for a special friend using Stampin Up! products.





Stampin Up Supplies: Bella Birds Designer Papers, Crushed Curry textured cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock, Kind and Caring Thoughts Stamp Set. Stampin' Write Markers (Earth Elements: Summer Sun, Not Quite Navy), Twill Ribbon, Scallop Edge Border Punch.

I've been asked by another graduating class to plan and coordinate their reunion. Oh boy, Do any of you out there have any idea on pricing for this? Holler at me because I need some guidance with this.

Thanks for stoppig by and have a wonderful day!

I'm BAACK and I'm MOXIE FAB!!

I'm baaaackkk from the past... back from my high school reunion and just found out that while I was away - I was MOXIE FAB!!!! How cool is that??

Here's the link to the Moxie Fab blog with my Treasure Card. Thanks, Cath!

The reunion was wonderful!!!!! We had 66 classmates...for a 66% attendance! That's a record for our town. Here's a group pic. Yeah - I know - there are so many people that everyone's face is so tiny - but that's a good thing, right?

Dream Street Blog Hop!

Hey - if you are here for the blog hop - hop on over to Katrina's blog!

I just got back from my reunion and don't have anything new up yet. Have fun!!!

Explanation for my absense!

I promise - I have a GOOOOOODDD explanation for my long absence. My high school reunion is in 3 days and I've been coordinating it for the past three months. Seriously. I've learned lots of new technical skills, created a 17 minute slide-show DVD, made a few digital scrapbook pages (for the reunion, of course) - and made AND BOUND a spiral bound program/directory with old high school photos in it. Seriously, I feel like I have moved mountains!!

I can share a new creation with you. It's actually something I made last month for Dream Street papers. On one of our mall excursions, we stopped in a photo booth for some silly photos. I couldn't wait to scrap them.









I used the "Heart Song" collection on this. The chipboard birds are new from Stampin Up!

Speaking of Dream Street - have you seen the new collections yet?? Merry & Bright, Nature's Poetry, Sam, Superstition and Urban Ink! Click here to see new papers; click here for awesome new rub ons; and click here for alphabet and die cut shapes. You will love these new lines.

I'll check in AFTER my high school reunion and start cranking out some new creations with these awesome lines!