Sad Face

I am struggling with emotions right now. A very dear friend of mine is going on vacation for six months and is not sure if she will be moving back to the area upon return to the states. I will miss her like CRAZY and don't want her to go. She is my pole dancing, scrapping, and going out pal. If I need to chat about something bothering me, she is always there....but at the same time...she will have SUCH A BLAST! I'm very excited for her but sad for myself. :(

Here is the card that I made for her:

Inside the card in big letters it says, "Already." I found inspiration on twopeasinabucket.com. They post a sort of "how to" video tutorial every Friday. All the projects are all super cute. Anywho, i'm going to focus and the excitement I feel for Brenna instead of how much i'll miss her. Happy Hump Day!

Projects

Soooo, I made a card for a friend that I am pretty stoked on. I took a great picture of it and was all excited to post it when BAM! A thought comes into my head...If I post the picture on my blog then my friend will see the card BEFORE I actually give it to her. haha Not good. So, no picture of that card today. But, I have other pics to post:

This is the first artichoke off our plants! I was waiting for those puppy's to grow like a kid waiting for Santa on Christmas! I love love love artichokes and am very pleased that we have some growing now.

The start of our new picnic bench! Isn't it cool? Ralph has been working hard on this project in the cold and rainy weather. He is so darn handy. In conclusion, I cannot take any credit for the artichokes or picnic table. Those were all Ralph. Thought i'd share anyway!

Spring!

Spring is here! Yeah it's raining, cold, and windy...but still spring! Time for my fall/winter centerpiece to say goodbye. I was looking at inspiration for a spring themed centerpiece and found this beauty:

Isn't it cute?! Mine probably won't end up being quite like this, but I like the moss, nest, and glass cover thingy. I also saw some cute candles made with wax poured into some dyed eggshells. So, this is my next mission. 

Done!

I am officially DONE with the tags for the tag swap I signed up for! I am very pleased with how they turned out (thanks for the help Andi!). 

The swap rules said that each tag had to be the same, but I did make some changes from one to the next. I used the same techniques, colors, and layout on each one, but I changed the color. I hope the swap host doesn't get mad at me! So, that is one project down with a million to go. Also, over the weekend, I realized that I have a problem:

What the heck am I going to do with all these things?! I need to get back into making layouts for my scrapbooks. I have been held back by a lack of printed photos. I'll have to search for some change so I can print some at CVS. Happy Sunday!

Funky Dream

So I have been following my cousin's blog for awhile now (kiwifreckles.com) and she has the CUTEST stuff on there from headbands to furniture...and it is has been making me so jealous! It is such a great and inspirational blog.  I saw the post of her house and had immediate inspiration for mine, but i'm broke, so it will have to wait. Anyway, after thinking about all those cute items in her posts I had a dream about a cabinet. I know, it is just plain ridiculous, but it happened. I dreamt about this beautiful cabinet that Ralph and I had in our living room.

It looked very similar to this one, but it was a little more distressed. I want one like it sooo bad now! Oh well, someday i'll properly decorate. So, any one else dream of weird things?

Homemade Embellishments

Today was a day for Adele Sophomore's "Rolling in the Deep." I had it on replay while I was cleaning. I just needed to hear her belt it out for awhile. On another note, in an effort to save money I made some handmade embellishments for my shadow box project. 

Here is the side of the shadow box with the embellishments. I made the flowers, heart with lock, keys, and little hearts. I stole sampled some paint cards from Home Depot and used them here. The cut the heart out of that material and the lock. I used metal brads to secure the lock on the heart. They keys are also made out of that material. The blue key hiding behind the blue and white flower is just a blue paint card. The white key with black riding at the top with ribbon on it is a white paint card that I covered with tissue tape. Then I ran it through the die cutting machine. The little hearts are the scraps from the key. 

Here is the key on the top left. I am going to print a picture of Ralph and I tomorrow after I get some cash. : ) The picture will go on the bottom right of the shadow box. I will post the finish product once complete. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Too productive

Yesterday I was too productive so now i'm sore and tired. Therefore, today I will probably not be as productive. I had fun though and did things that I haven't in a long time! I went horseback riding! Isn't that awesome? I haven't done it in years and I realized how much I miss it. I have a love/hate relationship with horses. I love to ride and think they are beautiful, at the same time, they can be little brats. When I would ride in a group all the horses just wanted to nip each other's butts all the time. Not so nice, right?! Anyway, my experience riding this girl was awesome:

After riding I was totally pooped and had worked up quite an appetite. But, I am also trying to eat healthy. Kind of a pickle, no? So, I bought some delicious raw milk, coconut milk, and organic strawberries and made a smoothie/milkshake! It was pretty yummy, but I was lacking vanilla ice cream. That would have been much better, but less healthy. So, raw milk is highly controversial. What are your thoughts?

I MUST study today, there is no getting around it. I might start off with studying so that I can't weasel out of it later. But after that, i'm gonna get scrappy! Maybe i'll display whatever I create here tomorrow.