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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Hip Hop!

It's Thursday and that means it's time for some Unity Stamp co. Hip Hopping!

AND today we are playing with some gorgeous NEW RELEASES!!!

So much fun!
oops...I just heard that I'm not allowed to show you my new release card yet...
Instead you get just a hint.

Supplies used:

*Unity stamp Co.

*Websters Pages trim

*watercolor pencils

*button

*Martha Stewart border punch

*corner rounder

*flat back gems

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I have been slacking with my Stamp of the Week projects.

Here is this week's.

My niece has a birthday in a couple of weeks and her favorite color is turquoise, so this is what I came up with. I used a sketch....I need to go find it to give it proper credit.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Stamp of Week #14

*watercolor pencils

*October Afternoon papers

*Bazzill textured paper

*shipping tag

*Nestabilities labels die

*ribbon

*Martha Stewart border punch

*fiskars border punch

Now you need to hop on over to Jen Buck's beautiful blog....

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Writing on Wednesdays...judging my writing mood by coffee cup.

I am going to tell you something shocking.

I am a writer obsessed with my coffee.

I know.

I can hear the virtual gasps right now.

In this house, we make 2 pots of 12 cup coffee per day (one in the morning and another around 2:00 in the afternoon). We brew a German coffee called Jacobs and it is cause for panic when we are down to only one unopened bag in the coffee cabinet. (We usually have 4-6 bags in there at a time....)

I have two favorite coffee cups....

My pink one, which holds 2 cups of coffeepot coffee.

Then my big honking pottery coffee cup which holds 4 cups of coffeepot coffee.

(by the way...is there ANYONE in this world satisfied by what a coffeepot determines is a single cup?? I don't think so! Where did that measurement come from?)

So back to my coffee cups. When my muse is working hard for me, I use the big honking one. Lately, that's the cup I've been drinking from (i.e. the writing on Operation: Endeavor is going VERY well right now.) I love that.

Now I am debating buying a Keurig. My writing space is at a bar style table in the corner of our living room (we use it as a game table when it's not my office space.) It's right beside a classic 70's wet bar (cue the disco music...hehe.) I've debated getting a little single cup Keurig pot and putting it on the wet bar for when I need an additional pick-me-up cup in between pots, but $100 seems a lot for a few single cups a week. Does anyone have any feedback??

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Playing with my Susan Weckesser stamps

Hip Hop Unity Peeps!!!

Today I have a couple of cards that I made using my Unity Stamp Co. Susan Weckesser stamps. I just love the style of her designs!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Grandma's Needlepoint

*October afternoon paper

*Nestabilities labels die

*Fiskars border punch

*button

*journaling circle

*watercolor pencils

*Palette burnt umber ink pad

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Motherhood is a Verb

*october afternoon paper

*Nestabilities frame die

*corner rounder

*Webster's pages alpha stickers

*buttons

*twine

And did you see the sale for today?? OMG!

Now you need to hop on over to Jen Buck's blog....

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Stamp of the Week #12

Ah, it has simply been a perfect Sunday.

I love Springtime.

Kat and I sat out on the porch all afternoon.

She sat at my feet and drew and played Strawberry Shortcake,

while I typed away writing on my laptop.

Talk about dreams coming true.

Today was just one of those days. ;o)

Now I am settling into the evening with a book and a glass of wine. Perfection!

So, it's Sunday and that means it's time for a new Stamp of the Week.

I love this one!!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp of the Week #12

*October Afternoon paper collection

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*Nestabilities labels die

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils

*ribbon

*flat-back gems

*Distress inks inkpad

*Making Memories ledger paper

I hope that you all had a good Sunday too!!!

Friday, March 23, 2012

Photography Friday- Spring Break!

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For Spring Break, we headed down to Hill Country, to a little historic cabin in Wimberly.

We had a fabulous few days, so I thought I would share a few of our favorite photos.

I took over 350, so you are getting off easy with just these few...hehe!

Out in the back of the cabin is what I am guessing to be an original barn, although only three sides of it are still standing. They've turned it into a party area, with hot tub, grill, sitting and eating area complete with a chandelier-lit bar. So cool! The photo above was taken through one of the old windows of that structure of sunset while the kids played in the hot-tub, below.

Jake has turned out to be quite a photographer. This photo was taken in the town of Wimberly of him photographing, Kat playing and hanging out with her big brother. She loves him so much.

These photos are all taken from a park in Wimberly. There is a river running through the town which makes the whole town have a mountain feel to it. We really loved it and the scenery was gorgeous.

We spent several days exploring some of the area around Wimberly. One of the schools that Jacob is interested in attending is Texas State down in San Marcus. They have a natural spring lake there that is just amazing. HUGE amounts of water coming into this natural lake everyday and they offer glass-boat rides so that you can see the springs. The photo below is from that boat ride. The cracks in the rocks are where the water comes up. You can see it in the photo, but you can see the water coming in when you are there watching it. It was incredibly fascinating. Everyone LOVED that 30 minutes of our trip. We got to see tons of underwater sealife...fish, turtles and springs.

We also visited LBJ's ranch. Part of the site is a working 1800's farm and the bottom few photos are from there. We have visited TONS of historic sites over the years, but this little farm was really fun.