How long 'til Christmas vacation?

Today was the 1st day of school. We all survived it! Thank God! The first day is usually totally laid back, not much work to do. Loved it. Wish everyday was like that! We'll have to see what tomorrow has to offer. Adam had a great day too. It's hard to believe that he is in Grade 5 already. Seems like just yesterday we were dropping him off at Kindergarten. Man, he is going up so fast. I made this pencil cup for Adam's teacher last week. Thought it would help her welcome a new year with a smile on her face.On my last post I mentioned that I think he is really (secretly) all of a sudden in his teens. One day last week we went to get our back-to-school hair cuts and he was all about the Justin Beiber hair. You know, the sweeping bangs, hair covering your face. I, and my hairdresser Tara managed to talk him out of it , thankfully. We decided to go with a Fauxhawk. I have to say I really like it on him and really likes it as well. I'm not sure which he likes more. The hair cut, or the fact that he gets to put :stuff" in it to keep it spiky.

I haven't posted much about my weight loss lately, so I thought I would update my followers. I had hit my first goal of 50 pounds in the end of July and I was so excited. Since then, I have been on a bit of a yo-yo. I have been gaining a bit and losing a bit. As of this morning I am sitting at 49. Now that we will have a much more structured day, I think I will be able to get back on track and start on my next 50. Plus, volleyball will be starting soon so I will definitely be exercising more.

Thanks for lookin'

Adrienne

Feeling scrappy

I've been feeling a little scrappy lately. I figured I better clean up my craft room first. This is definitely the room the house that gets neglected the most, but also the room that I want to spend the most time in. It acts as the room that you put everything that you don't know what to do with. So, I needed to take charge in there and create a bit of order. If I don't tidy up first, I can't concentrate. I am a very messy crafter. I don't tend to clean up between projects, so I will go to do something and all the remnants and bits and pieces are scattered all over the place. I really mean all over the place. I wanted to use my cuttlebug yesterday, and I had such a mess everywhere that I was forced to use it on the floor. Sad, I know. But true.

Ok. So. Now that I have spent yesterday afternoon and into the evening cleaning, I was able to get in there this morning and work on a layout. I have had pics of Adam, my Mom and I now for 4 years. I have attempted scrapping them, but never quite 'felt' like it. I think it was the original paper I had picked out for it. So, I finally found some paper that I really liked. And here is what I came up with.

We had gone to Vancouver Island to visit my sister and her family. You can tell this is the ferry ride home because, back then, whenever we got together, Michele would cut Adam's hair. I loved him in a buzz cut when he was younger. Now, I would swear, he had turned into a 16 year old over night. That is a whole other story to be told at a later date.

It's challenge time

While checking out some of my favourite blogs, I have been feeling less than adequate. So many people are getting published, or picked to be on a design team, or have TONS of followers. No, I don't think those are really important things to measure myself to, but hey.. I want in too!!

So, Paper Poppy Kit Co. is having a sketch challenge, and I thought to myself, "Self, you should do the sketch and enter the challenge. You have what it takes!" (positive self talk is always important!)

So here it is! I think that was the fastest page I have done in a long time. I think I will try to start using sketches more often. They just seem to take some of the guess work out of it and also help you try different things. This sketch is actually totally my style so it wasn't too hard to follow. I used some of the paper I bought while on holidays in Calgary too, so that is a bonus!

Hope you like it, maybe I will win!

It's finally done!

OK. So those of you who know me, know that one thing I hate about myself is that I don't have any 'follow-through' when it comes to projects. I have a great imagination and ability to dream up ideas and see what I can make with things I find (my friends' words), but (my words) I either never get to said ideas, or never finish them. Well, I can truly - for now- say that is not true. I have had a project on the go or at least in my head for seriously almost 20 years. I am not kidding. When I was still living at home after college, my Mom bought me these beautiful coat hooks.

I HAD to have them, but they never got to see their potential... until now. I find it really funny that as unorganized as I am, I never lost them and never got rid of them. I attempted to use them years ago, but the piece of wood I used got left outside (dis-organized!!) and I never finished it. I found a cupboard door at the local rebuild center and knew what I would do with it. I have had it for probably 3 or more months and just during the break from school got it done. Hey, don't rush me. It takes my a while to get warmed up! I love how it turned out and I am thinking about adding some vinyl lettering to the recessed panel.

But, for now, I am happy that it is done, and actually hanging on the wall.

Hope you like it! Maybe in this last week of summer vacation I will get something else done.

Adrienne

How can it be?? Say it isn't so!

How can summer be over already? It feels like just yesterday I was so amped up with all the possibilities that summer might bring. All the projects I would get done, all the trips we would take, all the exercise I was going to get. Well, the trips did happen, but the rest fell by the wayside. I did manage to (almost) finish one project I have had in the works. I guess I just need to come to grips that summer vacation is not the time for me to have big wonderful plans. Just go with the flow and see what happens. The trips we took were so fun and relaxing. We started out in Calgary for 4 days where we went to the Zoo and the Calaway Park and did a lot of shopping. After Calgary, we headed to Edmonton for a day to hit the Waterpark and more shopping! Man I love that place!

Then home for about a week and then Adam and I headed off for BC to visit family and friends for 2 weeks. We had a great time.. Again, lots of fun and shopping. I will need to post in a day or so to show all the great stuff I got. Between the 2 parcels I received from shopping online, and all the scrapbooking stores I hit in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, and Williams Lake; I have gotten a ton of new stuff. Can't wait to get started in my room and play with all my new goodies.

I am totally bummed out that school for me starts in 7 days(BOO!!). One the other hand, I am totally excited that volleyball with be starting up again soon.

I will try to keep the posts up, I have more interesting stuff to show you all. Hopefully (fingers crossed) I will manage to get some of my projects done before the snow flies. Hey, this is Northern Alberta. Once September hits, it's fair game!!

Take care, Happy Fall

Adrienne