Christmas Cards

I know its early, but if I don't start now, it will never get done. I have almost all of my Christmas cards done. I used my favorite Papertrey Ink stamps and made four different designs.

5 Weeks

I can't believe Sidney is already 5 weeks old! She is sleeping at night and is starting to stay awake for good chunks of time during the day. We've been having lots of fun going for walks, playing dress up and taking lots of pictures. Here are a few from this past weekend:







And I have finally found some time to do a little crafting.







Next week I will be going back to work part time. I wasn't planning on going back at all until the middle of April, but apparently, the temp wasn't doing a good job and I was offered a nice big bonus to come back a little early. I'm only working a few hours three days a week, so I couldn't pass it up. I'm already sad to have to leave Sidney at daycare, but excited to get dressed up again and be around adults.

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #7

I've been doing a lot of crafting already this weekend. I have another challenge entry and a couple of scrapbook pages. I'm only ONE page away from finishing Madison's first year scrapbook! I am so happy, it's been a huge project and I can finally put it behind me. Almost.

Here is my challenge entry for this week:



And my scrapbook pages:

Weekend Crafting

I didn't do much of anything this week as far as crafting goes. Actually, I didn't do much of anything this week but watch TV and play Brick Breaker (I am totally addicted to this game). I realized my deadline was coming up soon to finish Madison's first year scrapbook so I got a few pages done this weekend.







I also made a set of cards for Lisa with one of my new stamps she got for me.

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend and did a bunch of stuff. Mike had to work Sat. and Sun. morning so Madison had a lot of Mommy time.

Last week Grandma sent Madison an Easter basket and a new bunny.


She had more fun playing with the tissue paper.


And wearing eggs on her ears.


Saturday morning we got dressed up and had breakfast outside.


After Mike got home from work on Sunday, we had a picnic at the park (which Madison did not care for).


Looked for eggs at Fairytale Town (which she did not care for).


Then came home and ate ice cream.


I got a little bit of crafting done. I made two cards and finished a scarf. Hopefully I'll be able to take pictures of the scarf tonight.

Scrapbooking

Ever since I found this site, I have spent all my free time scrapbooking and buying stamps. They are currently having a contest everyday until the 14th. This is the card I entered for today's prize:



Last night we went to my cousin's birthday party. It has been so long since we've gotten dressed up and gone somewhere. It was a lot of fun. This was one of the things I added to her gift:



And here are a couple of scrapbook pages I made this week:




I am also finishing my second sweater for the year, so hopefully I'll have completed pictures next week.

Card Contest

Wow! Three posts in one week. I am on a roll. I found a card contest on this site with an amazing prize. Here is the card that I am entering:



If you want to send hand made cards for this cause, send them to:

Dallas Baptist University
Attn: Julie Carlisle
3000 Mountain Creek Pkwy
Dallas, TX 75211

Cards and Organizers

I've been doing a lot of crafting latey, but not much is actually finished. I am soaking my first finished sweater of 2009, so you will get to see pictures soon!

I saw the cutest little birthday organizer here and since I have such a hard time remembering to send birthday cards, I knew I had to make one. I don't know if this will actually help me, but it sure is cute.




I also made my first card to put in my organizer:

Birthday Invitations

It has come to my attention that I am not updating my blog often enough. So I am going to try very hard to at least update it once a week.

This week I have been working on Madison's birthday invitations. I found this cute little book filled with different types of invitations and I decided I would make a different one for every birthday. So, for her first birthday we have the ladybug invitations.



And when you open the wings:



And for fun, here are a few things you may not know about me (and some that are pretty obvious):

1. I love being a mom.
2. Someday I want to have a room filled with yarn and books. And yarn.
3. When I knit and/or crochet, sometimes I forget to eat.
4. I met my husband in a bar.
5. I like paying bills.
6. I am addicted to free samples (www.freegrabber.com)
7. Every time I drive somewhere, I measure the distance.
8. I've never lost a game of boggle.
9. I love Christmas music.