A fun weekend!

So we went to Starved Rock for our Annual Family gathering. We always have a blast!! This year was great because it was in the 70's and 80's all weekend!! It was so BEAUTIFUL!! I have a couple of pictures posted of the fun adventures :)

Laying on the ground looking up the wall.
Got myself a little dizzy from being upside down :)
But I think it's a cool pick!

Having fun in the town playing at one of their parks!

Down by the Kankakee River. It was low this year.
Which was cool to go so close to it.

Hiking on one of the trails

If you look closely you can see the frog hiding!!
If you don't know already, I LOVE frogs!!
This was just in a little river running by the trail.
So of course I had to stop to check it out :)

just a quick update...

So after Christmas was finally over we got a new little welcome to our family. My brother had his first baby, Julian! He is just the cutest thing ever!!

This is him not even 4 hours old

Another of the him with his whole body

Me and him! Happy Aunt :)

Destiny and him. Happy cousin! :)

Then February was a very SNOWY month!! I have to tell you I am not a fan of snow and ask myself every winter why I live in the midwest. I love the seasons changing and think I would miss it but I hate the snow! So with that said we got a little over 2 feet of snow :( I do have to admit that it was fun to play in for about 20 minutes. It was not fun to shovel. So here are some pictures to prove I went out there for a little while!!

Destiny, me and our dog Porter.
He loves the snow!!

Me again with the dogs. I feel in a hole we have dug for a future
addition to our pond. Big surprise for me.
Dogs wouldn't stay off of me long enough to get up.
I had fun though!!

Porter checking things out!

The dogs running and playing in it. They just loved it!

The first time we opened the door that morning.
Our other dogs wouldn't even go out there at first :)

So here was my January and February all wrapped up in one.
Fun and crazy at the same time!!
Now it's March and I am ready for some WARM weather.
Thanks for reading!!

One month later...

So we have been open for month and are doing great!! I wanna thank everyone for their support! We have been working on our web-site so we can get the online shopping for everyone's convenience :) So I thought I would share a couple of pictures of our grand opening and and just a couple of the store the night before we open. Of course we have changed the store a little since then :) Enjoy!!

Hopefully I can post some more pictures soon!

Kim Conlin, our AWESOME rep!
She did a great job!

Fight like a girl...

Dear All:

Below is a link to Pepsi’s page wherein they are going to award a grant of $250 Thousand to a “great idea.” Kym Rock is presently in the running with her new program entitled “Fight Like a Girl.” The program is meant to educate and teach women how to defend themselves… which I believe is indeed a “great idea.”

All Kim NEEDS is your vote on Pepsi’s page: There is a video about her project and goals; if you think the idea is worthwhile, please click on the vote and register with Pepsi to vote for Kym’s idea. FYI: I don’t recommend giving them all your personal information as requested on their registration… I NEVER GIVE OUT MY REAL BIRTHDATE!! (AND FRANKLY, it should not be in their request!!—I have no knowledge of what they do with their collected information.)

At any rate, any one who could vote for Kym’s project would assist her in receiving this grant. She needs to move up 6 places a day to win…. So if you can vote and forward on to another “girl” who could vote, that would really help!!

http://www.refresheverything.com/kymrocksfightlikeagirl

Lookie, lookie what I got

So I got the biggest surprise on my front door. I came home last weekend and opened my front to find this, what I thought was a suit case at first but with further inspection it turned out to be a Fiskars scrapbook case with a note. One of my friends got it from someone who picked it up at a garage sale and she didn't want it so she brought it over to me. I am sooooooo HAPPY about getting it b/c I have always wanted one and couldn't buy one. So a HUGE THANK YOU to Lucy!! You ROCK!!

It even came packed with some goodies. And it has the two inserts for scrapbook paper and a file folder.

New logo...and one winner

Hey everyone, I have need a favor from you.

I need some input on our new business logo for our craft store.

Please leave a comment and tell me which one you like better.

You would really be helping me out.

Thanks!!

There will be a prize for one lucky winner. I will draw names April 1st. To be entered please leave a comment, follow my blog and post my blog link in a post on your blog...if you have one. You won't be disappointed. :)

Logo 1

Or
Logo 2

What I did with the SU! CD tins

I seen this awesome idea on someones blog...I wish I knew who so I could give them props...So I made it my own. I made a calender in Microsoft word to fit inside the tin added a post it note and a mini pen. I love them. They are so fun to make and I have 30 of tins just sitting here waiting to be decorated. A fun little gift to give someone.

Uncluttered craft room

I got a chance this weekend to unclutter my craft room this weekend! Boy does it feel good to have that done. :) It was jammed pack full of stuff still from Christmas. Plus I got our old TV from the basement (since we got a new one for down there) so my hubby hung it for me while I cleaned out the clutter! Now I got a special place for my laptop too. Now my room looks so much bigger and feels way more open. Now to start creating!

Teddy bears

My husbands grandma passed away last year and I got an idea from someone to make doll clothes from her clothes for a way for everyone to have a little piece of her. So this is what I came up with. We got the bears from a wholesaler. And the pattern is for cabbage patch kids clothes. They work great! I am passing them out this Christmas to all the kids. Now keep in mind I do not sew...this is the first time I have ever followed a pattern. So I think I did a great job :)

Halloween decorations 2009

So this is what we came up for our decoration this year. We had a lot of fun doing it. Although we wish we could of added some headstones but we always have next year :) We live on a main street so a lot of cars slow done to read them. It's funny to see peoples faces. Just thought I would share.

Hi There...

So I haven't been able to be creative lately sooooo I thought I would just pop in and say hi :) Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Destiny started school 2 days ago and things are crazy around here. But that's life right. Maybe my creative juices will start flowing soon and I can post some pictures soon :)

Michael Jackson Tribute

He was a great artist and will be missed dearly.
I grew up listening to his music and have passed that down to my daughter.
Came as quit a shock!! You rock Michael!!

New house...

So this is the new house I have been spending all my time at lately. I have been slaving away trying to get it to mive in codition. Me and my mom painted almost every room. I'm in the middle of painted what will be my new craft room. It's paneling now and it makes it look so much smaller then it is. I also have to figure out what I want to do to the kitchen. It needs new countertops and floor but that will be in time. Right now we are working on the bathroom. We got the tub out today and my brother is going to frame it in tomorrow. Then all the fun tiling work :) I posted some pictures of the house below. Thanks for looking! :)

This is the house. I'm standing at the street.

This is the kitchen

I was laying on the floor taking pictures while my mom was
painting.We painted it once and didn't
like the color so we painted it a darker color :)
We still have to change the carpet

Fireplace :)

My new craft room.
I am painting it and changing the carpet.

My daughter playing basketball.
She loves having a basketball hoop.

I don't know how my finger got in the way ;)

Husbands are like children :)

So I left my hubby in the car whole I went into our dollar general to buy a bottle for my naked mail swap and my hubby got his hands on the camera ...guess what he was doing?? Taking pictures of nothing. His boredom was driving him crazy so he had to play with the camera. So I decided to post the pictures of what he took while sitting in the truck...

To funny...

I got this award from an Aunt of mine. I just LOVE it and thought I had to share it with all of you!!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.
Keep doing the wonderful jobs you do!!!

Check it out HERE

Song of the month

So I have decided that i am gonna try and post my pick of a song for the month. Something that may go with my mood or something I find very interesting...this month(April) even though it's early...is one of my favorite songs b/c what he says is true. So if you have 5 minutes click on the link and listen to the whole song. Then if you can let me know what you think. Thanks and enjoy!! Stay tuned for next months song :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn52Px_h7_8

I don't support all of it, but it's something to think about...


Song:Underwear goes inside the pants
Sung by: Lazy Boy

Check out some blog candy and help out a GREAT cause...

A fellow SCSer and SU demo is have a Card-a-thon and could really use some help getting some supplies donated. So if you, like me have extra items just collecting dust on them please stop by and help out. You can also win some blog candy. So it's a win win situation :) Thanks so much!!
http://mypaperbliss.blogspot.com/ --her blog

Check out her SCS thread too
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=427076

I've been tagged...

I have been tagged by my SCS friend Bekah

The challenge was to post the 6th picture in the 6th folder in my picture files.
•Open your photo folder on your computer
•Open the 6th folder of photos
•Select the 6th picture
•Post the picture on your blog with a description

The above picture is a picture from my daughter 5th grade school project about the Cherokee Indians and what they lived in. We had a lot of fun making this. It is made out of sticks from our yard and peat moss for the trees and grass and the roof is made out of hay. The fire pit was one of my favorite touches. Everything was hand made except the horses :)



Alright, on with the tagging. Here are the rules for the tag:

•Invite six friends to join the challenge
•Link your six friends to your blog post
I will tag:
Trinity
Jen
Doris
Easperee
Nat
Michelle


So there you go! The challenge is on....

Roses and food coloring

The other night I was bored and JP(my husband) gave me some beautiful white roses for my birthday and aftr they had sat on my table for a couple of days I was thinking how do they get those roses died crazy colors soooo....I pulled out the food coloring and tried it out. Ok it was messy but fun to try.