Birds of a Feather

I made this a while ago and then realized I didn't add any journaling, but I think I like it better that way! It is Sid (shocking I know!!) and her buddy Maddie from around Christmas time. Ok, I just have to point out how excited I was when I realized I had blue bird paper and stickers to match the photos. Really, how sad am I?

Tagged

I was tagged be Karen from Butterfly Crafts for a neat little game. Here's the details:


1. navigate to where you keep your pictures, select the 6th folder, and the 6th picture in that folder.

2. Then post it on your blog with an explanation of the story behind the picture

3. tag 6 other people to do the same, and make sure you let them know about it.

Here's my picture. It's from February 2007. Sid was three and drawing pictures on the frost on our balcony door. I love this picture. Back then Sid pretty much refused to draw and this was a rarity. She looks so little in her last set of jammies with feet. She still has these and refuses to get rid of them. I'm happy to oblige.


So I'm tagging these lovely ladies:
1. Kate
2. Tracey
3. Dee
4. Stephanie
5. Regan
6. Jillian

You've got to check this out...

I found this cool site on Kristina Contes' blog that you can download a very fun application to turn your ordinary photos into cool vintagey polaroids. It actually "develops" your photos and you can stop it at anytime. Check it out here: http://poladroid.net/

Ah the life....

Seriously this working Mom thing has got me down! How do you all do it? And blog? and scrap? Argh. The frigid temperatures have not helped either. I WANT SPRING NOW! Ok...enough belly aching. Here's a few new pages:
The first was a 5X5 challenge from the Scrapping Turtle. Love that tree!!
The second I did for a magazine call about Dads but it looks they never received it...grumpf. Oh well, I like it!
Thanks for looking!!

A few recent pages...it won't let me add text...sorry!

New Challenge is up!

Challenge number 3 is up at Butterfly Crafts!
The theme is to scrap your favourite memory or memories from 2008. I can't ever pick just one so I did one per month.
The prize is pretty cool a RAK from Red Oak Lines' etsy shop. Red Oak Lines is owned by one of the fabulous DT girls.
So come play along!!

Reflection, introspection and three little words

Happy New Year!! I love spending a little time alone on New years day just to think. When I was a teenager my best friend Emilie and I would often have a New Years sleep over and talk in the morning about the year to come and the year that was.
2008 was an interesting year. A pretty good one for me, in fact. I had set a few scrapping goals and managed to accomplish them:
-get published in an American Magazine (Artful Blogger)
-Be accepted on a design team (The Scrapping Turtle-which I really miss but I couldn't keep up with since starting work. And later the Butterfly Crafts DT)
-be published in Scrapbook and Cards today (Sept & Dec)
This year my scrapping goals are simple. Keep challenging my self artistically and start submitting to the Big Magazines.
I feel fortunate this year to have found The Scrapping Turtle and have met so many wonderful ladies there. It's nice have a comfy scrapping "home". I want to continue having fun there this year!
Also, I finally found a job in my field and conquered most of my anxiety (more on that below).
Many scrappers are familiar with the concept of One Little Word. It was started by celeb scrapper extraordinaire Ali Edwards. It's a way to give your year a theme or purpose. I've never done it before since I can't narrow it down to one word. So this year I started mulling it over a few weeks ago and came up with three words.

Calm, Present and Organized

Calm- I want to be less hurried, to move with more purpose and grace. To be more relaxed and less anxious. I've had a lot of issues with anxiety since Sid was born and I'm finally at the point of being medication free. I want this to continue and I want to keep feeling good. These past few weeks have been very trying and I sometimes feel like giving in but I haven't yet.
Present- Trying to live more in the moment. Distraction is so easy to succumb to. This is really important for me to work on because of Sid. She's been having a lot of behavioural issues and I need to focus on her and helping her overcome them.
Organized- This one's a no-brainer but also the hardest one for me to follow through with. I'm a slob...pure and simple. I used to just not care. But lately it's driving me crazy. I've made little changes in my routine that have helped and I'm going to keep doing this until my house looks decent again!
I wish you all a fabulous New Year and I hope you share your One Little Word(s) with me.