tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11743332180273277142024-03-13T09:12:52.744-06:00Life ScrappedKristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-36771613923060981742014-04-04T08:00:00.000-06:002014-04-04T08:01:50.993-06:00April 4th — Kiwi Lane Blog Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Happy Friday everyone! Happy April 4th! Happy Blog Hop and blog resurrection day for me!</div>
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If you are playing along with the Kiwi Lane blog hop you should have arrived from the amazingness over at<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <b><a href="http://wonkywares.blogspot.com/">Jen McDermott's blog</a></b>.</span> </div>
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Yes, my blog has been severely neglected and I thought maybe once I quit "having" to blog that I'd get a little more active around these parts. Truth is, I haven't so much as even sat at my creative space since this week. Thats about 6 weeks of doing absolutely nothing crafty-wise, and it's been kind of a nice break.</div>
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However, I'm grateful that I was able to create a project for this months blog hop at<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <b><a href="http://www.kiwilane.com/">Kiwi Lane Designs</a></b></span>, as today is a very special day as it marks the 17th birthday of one of the greatest gifts in my life, and the 1 year passing of my dad. </div>
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I don't know whether or not it's a curse or a blessing to have this day shared with mixed emotions, but all in all I think it's a blessing as a day that is etched around the edges with heartache is also filled with light and remembrance of why we are here on this earth - to continue a legacy for good and to be happy, and what better way to preserve those memories than with a scrapbook page. </div>
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I always greatly struggle with 2 page layouts, but I needed the space to express my feelings and one page wasn't going to cut it. </div>
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I was thinking of using the<b><a href="http://kiwilane.com/shop/accessory-sets/celebrate/#.Uz2II15Y5xU"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kiwi Lane Celebrate Designer Template</span></a></b> set in a traditional fashion of a birthday banner, but it seemed a little off to me, so after much relocating, my "sunshine" was born. I'm happy with that as this time of year is truly a representation of re-birth and without the sun or Son, none of this would be possible. </div>
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The banner from the <b><a href="http://kiwilane.com/shop/accessory-sets/celebrate/#.Uz2II15Y5xU"><span style="font-size: large;">Celebrate</span></a></b> set worked well for my title block. </div>
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And I had to add a little embellishment by cutting out the butterflies from the<a href="http://kiwilane.com/shop/accessory-sets/nature/"> </a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://kiwilane.com/shop/accessory-sets/nature/">Nature</a> and <a href="http://kiwilane.com/shop/tiny-accessory-sets/tiny-nature/">Tiny Nature</a></b> </span>template sets in an adhesive backed metal paper, and then I ran it through my embossing machine. I love the shine and texture that it adds to my page. </div>
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So there you have it! And guess what, it DID feel great to create again.</div>
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Have a great day and a great weekend and be sure to swing on over to the blog of my dear friend <b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://goldiecar.blogspot.com/">Heather Conklin</a></span></b> and see what she's got to show! I know it will be fab!</div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-85509743018985179602013-08-27T14:28:00.000-06:002013-08-27T14:28:38.539-06:00Oh snap! Where Does the Time Go?Holy schmoley! Where DOES the time go? Well, I guess that August has been a wee bit of a busy one with a few days in Vegas with my hunny, back to school shopping and also getting into the back to school groove!<br />
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Let me tell you—once I got over the tears of sending my baby off to first grade, I've totally been LOVING the free time. I mean it's not like I'm just lazing around doing nothing. I've been back on the exercise horse, the dishes and laundry are always done and my work is even a bit ahead! (At the moment). Here's hoping it lasts because I like this feeling.<br />
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I was able to have a "sisters" day this past Saturday and spend the day on Saturday with Tracey's sisters scrapping. Of course I decided to tackle a few sketch challenges from my favorite sites all while finishing some more pages in the album about dad.<br />
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However what is sad is the fact that it took me nearly all day to do FIVE layouts. Yeah. I never claimed to be fast.<br />
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The first layout that I created was of the morning after dad passed. It was so fitting, yet a total punch to the gut to leave mom and dad's house on the morning following his passing to see the flag at half mast. Such a wonderful tribute to an amazing man, but somehow this made it official, to see the flag flying at that elevation.<br />
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Next I made a layout about a photo that I had taken of the downpour that was occurring the night of dads viewing. </div>
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It wasn't a sad thing and in fact really hit the spot for the mood. I couldn't help but think that it was Heavenly Fathers way of sharing with us that he was joining us in our sorrow at missing the great man—even though on His timeline the time is short until we will be together again. </div>
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The outpouring of sympathy from neighbors and friends was unbelievable. Even though dad requested that donations be made to the Latter Day Saint Temple Fund, we were still blessed with a bounty of color from those we love and those that love us. I was especially touched by the beautiful spray of flowers that my very dear crafty friends arranged and sent. Such a thoughtful gesture from some of my very best friends—many of whom I've yet to meet in this life. </div>
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Lastly in the pages that I created for the memory book was this layout about the viewing. We were honored to have a Murray City Police officer stand as an Honor Guard at the head of dads casket. It was touching that an officer that had no work experience with Dad would take the hours out of his night to stand guard. A wonderful tribute to the many years that Dad spent as an officer. </div>
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I managed to create one more layout during the day, which I positively LOVE! This layout was inspired by the <b><a href="http://lilybee.typepad.com/blog/2013/08/unique-paper-techniqes-revisiting-the-august-sketch.html">August sketch challenge on the LilyBee Designs blog</a></b>. Oh goodness how I love LilyBee! Such fun prints and great colors and a perfect companion for the silly photos that I took with my boys one night to send to Tracey while he was away on a business trip. </div>
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Well. There you have it! I keep hoping to sneak away to my crafty cave and scrap the day away while the kids are in school, and mayyyyyyyybe, just mayyyyyyybe one day I will. If I could get these dishes and laundry and everything else to take care of itself then it might be a wee bit easier. ;)</div>
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-48538996107889611952013-08-05T16:00:00.002-06:002013-08-05T16:00:52.579-06:00You're Not Sick of Dad are You?Nahhh. No one in my little cobweb of the interwebs is tired of seeing my layouts about dad, are they? Well if you are, you can just wait in that corner over there, because I'm on a mission to get this entire journey scrapped and put into a book, because quite frankly it just makes me feel better.<br />
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I boggle my mind sometimes. And not necessarily in a good way. I just don't get being a girl. It's a wonder that any man is willing to stick with the female species as we are just so darn unpredictable. Why do you ask? Well let me tell you.<br />
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I've been holding off on scrapping these particular three photos for quite awhile because the pain was just too much and I didn't want to cry splatters all over my project. Because what good would that be—a layout with streaks all over. (Then again, it might just be the next big thing!)<br />
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Amazingly enough I made it through this layout with nothing but smiles and memories of good times.<br />
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Yup. Unpredictable.<br />
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I'm so happy that our dear family friend Mary Hughes, thought to snap this photo of my brother holding on to dad's hand. It was heart wrenching to see dad walking the line between this life and the next life and all we could do was console him, help him be comfortable and encourage him to let go and join his party in heaven. </div>
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The other layout that I completed over the weekend was a fun one to make. Or maybe I should say a cheery one. I honestly had no clue that dad's favorite flowers were the Daffodil. Dad was lucky enough to have been able to see a few open their faces before he passed, but on the Sunday morning following his passing, they all exploded into bloom. It was as if dad was smiling on us from above and this was his way of saying everything would be alright. </div>
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-80132584473001487842013-08-02T08:00:00.000-06:002013-08-02T08:00:07.342-06:00Blog Hopping with Kiwi Lane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Kiwi Lane Blog Hoppers! Welcome to my work in progress of a blog. It's not the cutest thing on the block, but hey—it's a place to host my thoughts, and that works for me!<br />
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Speaking of thoughts, I'm THRILLED to finally have had the guts to participate in one of the Kiwi Lane Blog Hops. </div>
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Truth is when it worked out with the line up that we have for this month, I couldn't resist participating in the fun. Why do you ask? Well some of these girls are some of my long time favorites and highly inspiring and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to "work" with them. </div>
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Well first things first, if you haven't stopped by the other blogs along the way to leave a comment, be sure to do so! I mean, you don't want to miss out on every opportunity possible to win a $25.00 gift code to the <b><i><u><a href="http://www.kiwilane.com/shop/">Kiwi Lane shop</a></u></i></b>, right?</div>
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You should have arrived from the home of the ever so gorgeous and spunky <b><i><u><a href="http://scrapsofmine.blogspot.com/">Leslie Prinkki</a></u></i></b>. </div>
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And if you're lost or just happened to have stumbled across my blog, which I realize is nearly impossible since it's such a cobweb on the internet, then here's the line up:</div>
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The templates that we are working with this month for the blog hop are some of my favorites. I use the Tiny Brackets on almost everything that I create. They are just so darn cute and tiny, and—well—everything that is tiny is cute! It's a law, isn't it?<br />
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When I was thinking about what to make I saw an empty Crystal Light canister sitting on my counter, and thought it would be fun to alter, as a pencil case to give to my kids' new teacher, as a condolence gift for starting out another year in the books. ;) (Hooray for kids never throwing out empty containers, because this really worked out perfectly!)<br />
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I rifled through my stash and found some of the <b><i><u><a href="http://weronthenet.com/2c0f9f58b36a4566818b282482f5e9db">We R Memory Keepers, Hall Pass collection</a></u></i></b>, which for obvious reasons works well to create a school themed project.</div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-66064913140370821402013-07-29T17:39:00.003-06:002013-07-29T18:05:46.583-06:00Dad's Album—6 More PagesGeesh I need to be better about blogging my pages as I create them. Then again I was kind of on a crafty binge over the weekend and I think I did most of these in the past few days.<br />
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This round of pages has been kind of difficult for me. Typically I love basking in the memories of dad, but this time has been hard. Not sure if it's because a very dear friend of mine recently lost her father or if I'm just missing his wise counsel and his incessant teasing. I loved that.<br />
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The first page in this crafting binge I created was about the Valentines that I created for the boys. Lets face it. I kind of felt like rockstar mom actually pulling off these beauties and it was only because of having time to kill while at the hospital that I made it happen.<br />
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Next was another layout that was hard to do. It was one of those photos that I kept grabbing to scrap and kept putting back—because it was such a powerful and special moment. One I genuinely wish I could be a part of again. I miss dad's wisdom. </div>
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After dad's surgery he was on I believe the 4th floor of the hospital for the maximum amount of days he could be before his insurance co-pay would re-set. Thankfully he was able to have a great room with a view and plenty of space for visitors. Often dad would become discouraged and wish to be home, and his strength just wasn't returning as quickly as he had hoped, however, he did do his best to find enjoyment in simple things, such as what was on the menu for the day and entertainment coming from Sean reading his journal entries from his youth to us. (Good times for sure!)</div>
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Once dad was moved into the orthopedic recovery ward on the bottom floor, I decided I'd be brave and share journal entries from my youth. WOW. I. WAS. ONE. HORMONAL. BOY. CRAZY. INDIVIDUAL. That particular day Sean and his daughter Alyssa were there, mom, Maddi and Sarah and Mary. I was genuinely blushing due to the fact that I changed my crush every 3 days and liked some guys considerably older than me. My girls thought it was a riot. Alyssa didn't pick up her cell phone once, she was so engrossed, and me? Well I was bright red from blushing. Dad was quietly rolling his eyes in bed wondering what on earth he did wrong when raising me, I'm sure. :D</div>
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Our boys were SO excited to share their Thing 1 and Thing 2 costumes that I had made from them the Friday before. Don't judge that 3 days went by before I washed Aarons blue hair out. :D</div>
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Lastly I created another dear to my heart layout of another powerful moment. I will never forget this day—less than 48 hours before dads passing when he was talking on Skype with Rich. It may even have been their last conversation. The tears were truly pouring when dad was talking with him, filling him in on the details of his doctors visit and the anticipation that his life would not extend through the week. </div>
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Dad in his infinite wisdom told Rich that he was not afraid and in fact was very much looking forward to meeting his Savior and his parents and his dear grandma. When he was talking with Rich he said how there will be times throughout life when the memories will hit and the heart will hurt (and boy was he right about that), but that we should remember the happy times we had and just have peace in knowing that we will be together again. <br />
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For those of you hopping along in the Scrapbook Steals Blog hop you should have just landed here from the blog of the ever so talented and wonderful<b><i><u><a href="http://stampingstarlette.blogspot.com/"> Erica Bass</a></u></i></b>. </div>
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Wow! #1 I can't believe that my beloved <b><i><u><a href="http://scrapbooksteals.com/">ScrapbookSteals.com</a></u></i></b> is FOUR YEARS OLD! #2, I can't believe that I get to help celebrate this milestone with participating in my very first blog hop ever! I'm so truly honored that I get to wrap up the fun in the lineup!<br />
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<b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jana, Rett, Melodee, Brittany and the rest of the crew!</span></i></b></div>
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For those of you that don't know, 4 years ago, when ScrapbookSteals was still in it's itty bitty infancy my dear friend Melodee dragged me out of my "scrapbooking retirement" and asked if I would work very party time with her doing customer service.<br />
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While I genuinely enjoyed connecting with the customers via customer service, my true passion was in bringing inspiration to the fans.<br />
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With a little head strong attitude by myself, Melodee and I began to morph the ScrapbookSteals.com community into what it is today.<br />
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I'll never forget my first Mid Week Mojo and the gajillions I did over the following 4 years in my employment there. (Okay, maybe it was only 100's but still....) ;)<br />
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So when Melodee challenged me to create a layout about something from 2009, without a doubt, it had to be the beginning of my journey with such a wonderful company, which resulted in a crop of friends that are truly lifelong.<br />
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Fittingly almost all of the product on this page is even from steals over the years. ScrapbookSteals.com is really *that* good. </div>
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I will always and forever be so grateful for my time spent with such an amazing company, but alas all good things sometimes come to an end and my end came about by being recruited to another amazing company which has been featured on ScrapbookSteals.com several times—<b><i><a href="http://www.kiwilane.com/">Kiwi Lane Designs</a></i></b>. </div>
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While I genuinely miss my crown as the Mojo Mama, I know I'm where I need to be for my family at this time and have been blessed with an amazing opportunity to work as the Kiwi Lane Marketing Director. </div>
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If you haven't had a chance to use any <b><i><a href="http://www.kiwilane.com/">Kiwi Lane Designer Templates</a></i></b>, <b><u>I'm giving away my very favorite set of border templates, the Cascade Trails set to one lucky person that becomes a follower of my pathetic little blog AND leaves me a comment. Yeah. I'm pimping myself out for some warm fuzzies. :D</u></b></div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-83652063538217230352013-07-11T21:04:00.001-06:002013-07-11T21:04:40.388-06:00More Memories of DadThis week has been pretty favorable with working on the memory book about dad. Lots of late nights though, which then result in afternoon naps which then result in more late night scrapping because I can't sleep.<br />
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So I finally took the plunge and had the guts to scrap my very favorite photo of dad and myself. The photo that I'd keep going to scrap and would put away because it just made me cry.<br />
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This moment was filled with such powerful emotion that I will never ever EVER forget it.<br />
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I even broke down and used some of my favorite papers from <b><i><a href="http://robandbobstudio.com/">Rob and Bob Studio</a></i></b> that I've been hoarding for just the right project for, oh gosh, maybe 7 or 8 years. Yeah. I'm a hoarder. (Psssh...those boys blog about as much as I did before resurrecting the blog). ;)<br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-52930462329908978182013-07-09T15:27:00.001-06:002013-07-09T15:27:26.266-06:00The Family ManI'm trying to keep my fire lit to get this memory book done about dad, so I keep searching for sketch challenges around the inter webs to help me get the pages done. It's sooo nice to not have to think too hard about the design, but simply create. The sketch that I based this layout off of is the <b><i><a href="http://lilybee.typepad.com/blog/2013/07/challenge-on-tuesday-layout-sketch.html">7/2 Sketch found at Lily Bee Designs</a></i></b>. One of my faves.<br />
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So when dad had escaped the ICU for a second time after his surgery, he landed himself in the best room on the 4th floor. It was a room where he could actually easily have multiple visitors at the same time as well as a lovely view to the south of the hospital. Given that he was in the hospital for over 20 days—post surgery—it was nice that he could actually have a view, rather than a brick wall to stare at, which is what his neighbor across the hall was blessed with.<br />
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I'm sure that most post-op-patients aren't in the hospital for quite as long as dad was, and maybe that's partially why he was dubbed with the nickname "The Family Man". There wasn't a single day that went by where dad wasn't surrounded at very least by his lovely bride, if not friends, neighbors and family.<br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-70034926186414901412013-07-08T12:38:00.001-06:002013-07-08T12:38:37.088-06:00The Mo-Hair SweaterI have to admit that I've always been in awe of yarn crafters, not only now but even when I was little. I used to love watching my mom clack away with her knitting needles, making scarves or crocheting afghans.<br />
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At some point before I was even considered for conception, my mom mad my dad a "mo-hair" sweater. I can only imagine how hip he was at the time, sporting around the furry beast.<br />
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I grew to love that sweater when I was little, often pulling it out of mom's closet and petting it. I remember even writing a story about the sweater titled "How the Mo Got It's Fur". Unfortunately I don't <i>remember</i> how the Mo got fur, but that's beside the point.<br />
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In the recent years, my brother Sean adopted the Mo-Hair. And while I genuinely appreciate the talents that went into creating such a thing, I have come to terms that the thing is just ugly. Looks like an extension of the hair on Sean's face. Icky!<br />
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Sean would often wear it to the hospital during the weeks of Dad's hospital stay and I was always stunned at how many people would want to pet his arm and were genuinely in awe of the beast.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-63089219399507832222013-07-07T11:48:00.002-06:002013-07-07T11:48:44.154-06:00The ScrapbookSteals PeridotsOh goodness. I'll be honest. Summer is kicking my butt. Between the summer reading school that Aaron finally finished, getting Sarah to the point of getting her drivers license and lessons, and NAET, and trying to keep bored kids entertained and striving to keep at least an ounce of peace in the home—well—I've kind of been slacking here on the blog.<br />
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In fact I've even been slacking on scrapping.<br />
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But the good news I guess is that I was determined to finish out the Peridot series of Mid Week Mojos at ScrapbookSteals.com, and here they are!<br />
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Okay, so while this may not be the worlds most entirely politically correct layout title, I think those that know me know I'm about as far from being racial as one can really get. I think the term that our lovely Maddi adopted as being the Cookie Nazi spurred from the old Seinfeld episode of the Soup Nazi.<br />
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I seriously thank my Father in Heaven above for these fleeting moments which are few and far between, when my boys actually get along. I have NO clue how to make them love each other more, so when I see a moment like this, where they are happy I try to catch a photo to refer to when they are punching each other in the guts, or screaming their heads off because one of them looked at the other in the wrong way. Yeah. They're currently upstairs having it out. I think I'll hide down here for just a little longer. ;)<br />
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I admit it. I hate a 2 page sketch. But alas, I wasn't about to let the fear of the 2 pager slow me down. I was going to do some photos of dad, but realized that this handful of photos that I had printed from a relay run that I did with my favorite running peeps would work great for the sketch. Of course I couldn't follow it too directly since that kind of challenges me, but I did incorporate the jist of it, and am okay with how it turned out.<br />
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When I saw that Melodee had given us another 2 pager, I immediately messaged her and told her that she was single handedly trying to kill my scrappy desires. ;)<br />
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I'll admit, I'm not really in love with this layout about a ghost tour that we took on our Easter Staycation, which took us around to a dozen or so sites in the Salt Lake area, which are notorious for being haunted. But hey—I finished a Mid Week Mojo series, which I've never done before, and that I do love!<br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-36176484300236631122013-06-16T11:43:00.000-06:002013-06-16T11:49:19.479-06:00And the Winner Is...First off a HUGE thank you to each and every one of you that helped to support my sweet Sarah in any way with her Marching Band fees. It's such a true joy and passion for her and I simply love that she has chosen to nurture such an uplifting talent.<br />
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<br /><!--3--><!--3--><!--3-->Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-57461970988937151452013-06-09T10:40:00.000-06:002013-06-09T12:32:56.441-06:00It's Fundraising TimeDid you know that keeping a band geek is rather expensive? That being said, it is worth every penny that the Marching Band and band programs cost, as over the years it has helped keep my great girls on a great path, has given them wonderful friends and has given them confidence in ways that nothing else could.<br />
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Unfortunately (but fortunately because it will be great on her college application), we agreed to let Sarah attend a week long band camp at Brigham Young University which she received a scholarship toward. We did this anticipating that the balance of her Marching Band fees weren't due until the beginning of July, which would give us one more massive Lasagna fund raising push.<br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-33813107851576209042013-06-06T21:04:00.000-06:002013-06-06T21:12:22.274-06:00My GraduateKind of seems crazy that it's already been one week since my lady graduated from High School. What a trippy feeling for sure, knowing that she's on her way to the rest of her life. At this point I can only hope that I've done the best job that I can do in helping her to find her way and teach her the things that are right, because now she truly is on her way to spreading her wings and exploring life on her own.<br />
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It is kind of funny because a few months ago it hit me how I was kind of feeling jipped that Maddi finished school the same year that Matthew finished Kindergarten. It's kind of like my award for surviving the young years with Matthew and having him finally off to school all day were suddenly robbed from me in knowing that now Maddi will be kicking around the home.<br />
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But guess what. I really am kind of excited and will definitely cherish any moments that we have before she ventures off somewhere in the world for her mission. Plus who am I kidding, playing in the marching band at the University of Utah come fall? She will be a busy girl.<br />
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This layout was really a struggle for me but I do love how it turned out. It happens to be for the <b><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/2013/06/05/my-minds-eye-find-your-wings-fly-mid-week-mojo-peridot-6/">ScrapbookSteals.com Peridot 6 Mid Week Mojo</a></b>. I know it really looks nothing like the sketch, but it definitely was my starting springboard.<br />
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Well hopefully the scrappy binge hasn't ended. I was definitely struggling with creating this last night. Perhaps it's time to actually go to bed on time for a night.<br />
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Very much looking forward to tomorrow and my "baby's" birthday, as well as my biggie girls coming home from Youth Conference. I sure love them. <br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-22622043370889921392013-06-05T11:30:00.001-06:002013-06-05T11:30:42.694-06:00Two BeautiesI have to admit. Tracey and I did a pretty darn good job at mixing our DNA on our oldest offspring—Maddi. Not to be confused with Maddison. Because—well—apparently that name is lame.<br />
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She looks nothing like our family. However, I know she is ours and wasn't a hospital baby mix up, because she looks JUST like her Grandma Dahl did at the same age. Gorgeous.<br />
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Maddi has been our experiment. I suppose most oldest children are. You get your parenting feet wet on a little bundle of blubber that you have NO clue in the world what you are doing with.<br />
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Yeah we messed up.<br />
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Yeah we did the best we could.<br />
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We never, ever stopped loving her, even when she dropped the "son".<br />
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But try as we might, a parent can't always be the person that their child needs.<br />
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In walk Kyrie. A fellow band geek, of almost the same age exactly. Another beautiful young lady that shares a fair share of the amount of quirks that dear Maddi has.<br />
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Kyrie is also an oldest child. A parental experiment as well I suppose.<br />
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Thanks to the heavens above these two found each other. Through their love of music and marching band these two found that their souls are shared and they truly get each other. The anxiety. The insecurities. The crushes.<br />
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I owe a ton to miss Kyrie. There are times where I just get fed up with trying to soothe and console as my mind doesn't "get" the anxiety that Maddi has been dealt with in this life. That's where Kyrie is the comforter that I try so hard to be but just cant be sometimes.<br />
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I love her for that. Kind of like an extension of my own children.<br />
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To create this layout I used the<b><u><a href="http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/"> June 1st sketch at Sketch N Scrap</a></u></b>, (where I happen to be the current featured designer ::blush:: ).<br />
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And now I should give Mr. Lee a huge thank you for a donation to the DNA mix—in a satisfactory manner.<br />
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Not only is it the 4th official day of summer vacation—no one has found themselves put up for sale yet.<br />
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We are doin' good.<br />
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Keeping up with the <b><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/mid-week-mojo/">ScrapbookSteals.Com Mid Week Mojo's</a></b>. It's pretty impressive as I never did 5 consecutive weeks when <i>I</i> was the Mojo Mama.<br />
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Like I said. Star on the forehead please.<br />
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I had such a great time with Melodee's <b><i><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/2013/05/29/authentique-paper-renew-mid-week-mojo-peridot-5/">Peridot #5 sketch</a></i></b> this week. Of course I had to twist it and tweak it to make it my own, but I adore what came out of it.<br />
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This layout just so happens to be about two pretty special ladies in my life. Actually I think they're kinda strange if you want to know the truth. I mean they're clarinet players. Nuff' said. You should see when Sarah busts out the 90 year old smoker woman voice. You pretty much would never see her in the same light again.<br />
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Her friend Sydney? Well she's equally as awesome. She's always been there for my girl. She's never hurt her feelings or done stupid girl drama crap. She and Sarah are Simply Stupendous. The Super S's. Yeah. That's what they are.<br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-6153545636017518822013-06-03T08:47:00.003-06:002013-06-03T08:56:10.022-06:00My Turn at Kiwi Lane DesignsDid I ever mention how much I love my job at <b><u><a href="http://www.kiwilane.com/">Kiwi Lane Designs</a></u></b>? Not only do I get to work with wonderful women who are just good, good people, but I get to manage a team of incredibly talented ladies that are also just good, good people.<br />
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Add the fact that I get to work from home in my jammies aaaaand get paid to create a couple of times a month, well, I'm guessing you're just pretty jealous of me. ;)<br />
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Today is my turn on the Kiwi Lane blog, to create this weeks<b><u><a href="http://kiwilane.com/here/2013/06/dt-doodles-2013-week-22-and-a-huge-welcome-to-my-minds-eye/#.UaypT79wzHM"> DT Doodles sketch</a></u></b>. (Play along! Each week there is a chance to win a $25.00 gift code to the Kiwi Lane shop!<br />
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Of course the fact that we are highlighting <b><a href="http://mymindseye.com/">My Mind's Eye</a></b> this month just makes me giddy beyond belief. I love how well their papers work with the layering process of Kiwi Lane Designs. And. Well. They're kind of one of my faves. </div>
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I think I was equally as thrilled that she was asked to Prom by her buddy Jared, aka Moses, as she was. For literally years she's been begging me for a "Princess Dress". I'd get random texts from her at school or even during church (tsk, tsk), stating nothing more than "I want to be a princess". Or, "Can I get a princess dress". </div>
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When she was asked to Prom, her dad and I decided to make it happen.</div>
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We shopped and shopped and looked and looked for a dress that would fit into our budget. Here's the clencher. My amazing daughter, who is modest through and through required that it have sleeves.</div>
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How great is that? Great except they are NOT EASY TO FIND!</div>
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Usually it's the momma telling their child "ummmm....perhaps you should cover up a little more?" "You don't want to torture those poor young men do you?" "GIRL! Get those 'girls' covered!" (Oh wait. Our DNA pool barely produces "girls", but still....)</div>
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I couldn't have been more proud of her.</div>
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We decided to go all out and hired a good friend that Tracey uses as the makeup artist for all of their work shoots, MaryAnn aka "<b><a href="http://www.muchachamary.blogspot.com/">Muchacha Mary</a></b>". This. Woman. Is. Amazing. </div>
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Not only is she so incredibly talented with what she does, she is yet another good, good person. </div>
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Grab some tissues and read her <b><u><a href="http://www.muchachamary.blogspot.com/2013/06/inner-light-outer-glow.html">most recent blog posting</a></u></b> about her IVF - 6 vs Mary 0. And while you're at it say a prayer for her as even though she's an incredibly beautiful and STRONG person, her heart has got to be aching that once again, her time to hold her own baby has been delayed. </div>
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So glad I have this girl and so glad we could make her dream come true. Worth. Every. Penny.</div>
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Stop by a little later today for my creations that I made yesterday. I kinda love em. </div>
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As a result of surfing around the interwebs I came across the sketch site<a href="http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/"><u><b> Sketch ~ N ~ Scrap</b></u></a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">**ETA: No I'm not applying. I missed the deadline even though I had the page done a few days ago. LOL!!! That's okay. CHA+July=Busy anyway. Maybe next month.** </span></b><br />
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I haven't actually been a part of a design team for many, many, many years. Yeah, for the newbies in the scrappy world we're talking in major retro times that I was on a team. Does Rob & Bob Studio ring a bell? <br />
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However, I've managed a fair share of them since and have coordinated and hosted countless blog hops. I love it. I love meeting new crafty peeps, and sharing with everyone my passion to create and my passion to journal.<br />
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I realize that journaling is a major "no-no" for the trendy white space look right now, but—well—ya know me. That just doesn't fly for my personal motto.<br />
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Here's the sketch. (Notice no journaling, which is totally cool. Just makes it that much more fun to tweak!)<br />
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Thankfully for my entry, and I'm sure all of you that really don't want to read about my life, the journaling on this page is limited. :) Did I make a good balance? LOL!<br />
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Truth is if I would have had more room, I'd have gone on and on about Mr. Macho Lee who "entertained" himself for the last two miles of the 1/2 marathon by sprinting ahead of me and doing pushups until I would catch up to him. Seriously? Who does crap like that.<br />
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My sexy husband.<br />
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Well, even if the stars don't shine on me to be a guest designer for a month (which I wouldn't blame them for not picking me one bit—with my whole 18 followers or whatever it is—after all I <i>am</i> in marketing and I get how it works ;) ), it sure was fun creating another fun page! Now to just get back into the shape that I was in last summer. **sigh**<br />
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I mean, I <i>need</i> to get these things blogged for sketch challenges before their deadlines are passed. Right?<br />
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Plus, she got to weasel out of her dishes duties as a result of being my boy fetcher.<br />
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So over the weekend I got all sorts of crafty. It felt really good to do some more pages in my memory book about dad, and even a few pages just because I could. If I keep up this drive for crafting, it's going to be a busy summer! :D<br />
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So the first layout that I came up with was for the <b><i><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/2013/05/22/we-r-memory-keepers-red-white-blue-mid-week-mojo-peridot-4/">ScrapbookSteals.com Peridot 4, Mid Week Mojo sketch</a></i></b>.<br />
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I modified the sketch a little bit to work with some of the photos that I took from Maddi's seminary graduation on the 19th.<br />
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I can't believe how proud I am of our oldest. Her love and desire to always be at Seminary really make a momma proud. I don't remember having such a strong desire to attend Seminary and do all of the required assignments. (Maybe there were just no cute boys). In fact over the 4 years that Maddi was in the Seminary program, she received all A's, except for one semester in 9th grade when she didn't read her scriptures every day. EVERY DAY. did you read that? She truly is my inspiration.<br />
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The next sketch I happened across came from the <a href="http://sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/">Sketch Savvy blog</a>. I loved this <a href="http://sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/2013/03/sketch-102-12x12.html">Sketch #102</a><span id="goog_469471262"></span><span id="goog_469471263"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a> sketch and thought it would work perfectly for this page I did about my current addiction of gardening. </div>
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The final sketch I completed was the <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.com/2013/05/mayweek-3-sketch-challenge.html">May : Week 3 Sketch challenge</a> on the <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.com/">Let's Get Sketchy blog</a>. Another page down in the book about dad. The only thing that truly breaks my heart about this day, is it was the last time we were all together—mom and dad with their 4 kids. I genuinely wish I'd have thought to get a photo of all of us. :( </div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-82047174543247614642013-05-22T10:58:00.003-06:002013-05-22T10:58:36.486-06:00Memories up on Kiwi LaneSo if you don't know me (which why any random crafty blog surfer would actually look at my kind of pathetic looking blog is beyond me), I'm a very blessed woman.<br />
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I've had the luxury of working from home for the past several years designing blog content and managing design teams. For nearly 4 years I was the blog hostess for<span style="color: #073763;"> <b><i><a href="http://scrapbooksteals.com/"><span style="color: #073763;">ScrapbookSteals.Com</span></a></i></b>,</span> which I dearly loved. It was through my time with them that I was introduced to a very innovative company called <span style="color: #073763;"><b><i><a href="http://kiwilane.com/"><span style="color: #073763;">Kiwi Lane Designs</span></a></i></b>.</span> <br />
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Fast forward a couple of years and I'm now the Kiwi Lane—work at home—Social Media director / blog hostess / Design Team coordinator. I love it. I love the ladies I work for. I love that they are all outstanding and righteous women that get that family comes first. I have been so truly blessed.<br />
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Anyhow, being that I'm the <b><u><a href="http://kiwilane.com/here/blog/"><span style="color: #073763;"><i> Bloggy person for Kiwi Lane</i></span></a></u></b>, I kind of get to make up my own assignments. At the beginning of the year I was pretty adamant that we have a feature called Write From the Heart, as journaling has always been my passion when scrapbooking. It's all about the who's, what's, when's and wheres because you better believe those darling little great-great-great grandchildren with the little turned up—freckly noses are going to wonder about the people in the photos in your scrapbooks. Don't make them guess! Hand it to them with a silver spoon! (Cause heaven only knows you don't really want to be mistaken for your brothers—sister in laws—mothers—cousin). ;)<br />
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My turn rolled around today on the blog, so I thought I would do Susan Budge (my awesome boss lady) proud, and make a two pager. I hate two pagers. She thinks I do a good job with them. They make my brain hurt, but alas, I <i>did</i> need to have a little more working space, so this is what I made.<br />
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Of course I needed to allow enough space for journaling, so two of the journaling cards in the Teresa Collins Everyday Moments collection.</div>
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I used some of the Kiwi Lane Designer Templates that we are featuring this month to create these cute lil' embellishments. </div>
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It's strange how some days are quite easy when it comes to thinking about dad being gone, but other days are kind of rough. I'm just so glad we have lots of happy memories. </div>
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-15557411118876431542013-05-18T10:54:00.000-06:002013-05-18T10:54:32.101-06:00The Erin Colby ChallengeSo I have to admit something that really isn't so much of a secret—that my life has been absolutely richly blessed with the friends that I have made through the scrapbooking world.<br />
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Luckily for me, sometimes those friends get to challenge me to create a scrapbook page.<br />
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The crazy talented <b><i><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://oursliceofcheese.blogspot.com/"><b><i><span style="color: #bf9000;">Erin Colby </span></i></b></a></span></i></b>dished out a challenge to a group of ladies called The Little Somethings challenge.<br />
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Something Old<br />
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Here's what I came up with:<br />
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Here's how the "Somethings" dish out.<br />
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Something old: The photo of dad<br />
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Something new: The glorious <b><i><u><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://authentiquepaper.com/"><b><i><u><span style="color: #45818e;">Authentique Paper </span></u></i></b></a></span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://authentiquepaper.com/products/Seasons:Summer"></a></span></u></i></b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><u>Seasons:Summer collection</u></span>. (Thanks Sam!)<br />
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Something borrowed: I am currently borrowing a <b><i><u><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://weronthenet.com/Albums_Made_Easy"><b><i><u><span style="color: #45818e;">We R Memory Keepers Albums Made Easy 3x4 punch</span></u></i></b></a></span></u></i></b>, which I used to punch out the cards framing dads photo.<br />
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Something blue: Well the paper easily fits into this as does this gorgeous crouched flower that another dear scrappy friend, <b><i><u><span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://www.catscrapcreations.blogspot.ca/"><b><i><u><span style="color: #bf9000;">Cathryn Hanson</span></u></i></b></a></span></u></i></b> created and mailed to me. </div>
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Thank you Erin for such an great challenge! Oh and for those of you that are in the <b><i><u><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/562049817150100/"><b><i><u><span style="color: #45818e;">Mojo Mama's Creative Corner challenge group</span></u></i></b></a></span></u></i></b>, this layout will be the sketch for next week!</div>
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-22668417893934286642013-05-16T11:22:00.000-06:002013-05-16T11:22:23.118-06:00More Challenges! I just can't get enough!So you'd think that all I do is sit around and scrapbook these days. I promise that's not entirely true. My front yard is looking fab with all of the flowers that I've planted, and I even spent 2 hours last night chatting with my Tessie-Poo while pulling out dumb Fescue grass from my lawn. I WILL BEAT YOU YET FESCUE! And while I'm at it I'd like to beat Adam and Eve a little for ever taking the plunge to leave the garden resulting in God cursing them (us) with weeds.<br />
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Then again, if they didn't have weeds, neither would I.<br />
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And then I wouldn't have had a lovely 2 hour chat with my daughter who talks SO MUCH that I have a hard time actually listening to her. Somehow multi-tasking with weeding is a good fit. Guess it's a good thing I've got those obnixious buggers polluting my pretty green lawn.<br />
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I've become quite fond of the challenges over on the<span style="color: #76a5af;"> <b><i><u><a href="http://www.lilybee.typepad.com/"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Lilybee Designs blog</span></a></u></i></b></span>. I really love their product. I really need to get more of it, since if I keep up with their challenges either A - my pages will all have the same paper collection(s) on them and my posterity will think I had a crazy addiction to the glorious patterns and colors (which I guess I do), or B - I'll simply run out and wont be able to play along anymore! Hurry <b><i><span style="color: #76a5af;"><u><a href="http://www.scrapbooksteals.com/"><b><i><span style="color: #76a5af;"><u>ScrapbookSteals</u></span></i></b></a></u></span></i></b>! Have another Lilybee feature!<br />
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-86450912093576270512013-05-15T12:04:00.000-06:002013-05-15T12:16:35.082-06:00ScrapbookSteals Peridot 3You know I kind of feel like my scrappy sister, Sheryl Kloke, having already scrapped a Mid Week Mojo within hours of it being posted on <b><i><a href="http://scrapbooksteals.com/"><span style="color: #76a5af;">ScrapbookSteals.com</span></a></i></b>.<br />
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Today the guest sketcher, <b><i><span style="color: #76a5af;"><u><a href="http://mojoandmore.blogspot.com/"><b><i><span style="color: #76a5af;">Marisa Torp,</span></i></b></a></u></span></i></b> (another crafty friend) created a fun and simple sketch for the <b><i><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/2013/05/15/graphic-45-olde-curiosity-shoppe-mid-week-mojo-peridot-3/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Peridot 3 Mid Week Mojo</span></a></i></b>, which I was able to easily interpret to work with the next batch of photos to be scrapped in my memory album of dad.<br />
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Again I have to thank that sweet Sam at <i><span style="color: #ea9999;"><a href="http://www.authentiquepaper.com/"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><b>Authentique Paper</b></span></a></span> </i>who sent me the most incredible care package after dad passed. She couldn't have known how in love I would be with everything that she sent and how perfectly the gorgeous collection of fall papers that she sent me—which I don't see listed on their website—and is currently downstairs so I can't even address it's proper name—would be for using on this page. (Eeesh, how's that for some awful grammar!! LOL!) I even dug up some ancient embellies and worked the Tim Holtz Grungeboard into the layout. That stuff smells weird!<br />
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Those who know me know my inability to leave out the journaling, and given that I really want to journal about this journey I opted to swap out an embellishment blog to house my hideous handwriting. Thinking about re-doing it on the computer, but it's not likely. ;)<br />
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So while my layout may not be an exact interpretation of the Peridot 3 sketch, it's one more layout done in my album about dad, along with another bucket of tears shed.</div>
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<br />Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804017090549030576noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174333218027327714.post-87369380954784769472013-05-13T19:40:00.003-06:002013-05-13T19:50:21.510-06:00ScrapbookSteals.com Peridot 2Well the facelift of the blog is coming along. I really should just convert to WordPress as that is what I use for work, and I'm wayyyy more familiar with it, but alas, now it's become kind of a personal inner quest to make this one look purdy.<br />
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I think for the moment I'm content with the exception of the little green flower doo-hickeys. I want em gone. I'll have to hit up the hunny when he's not quite so frazzled from the boys' incessant whining tonight. I'm already toast. Burnt.<br />
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I really love the Peridot 2 sketch at <b><i><a href="http://scrapbooksteals.com/"><span style="color: #45818e;">ScrapbookSteals.com</span></a></i></b>. Then again maybe it has something to do with the fact that my dear friend Melodee is the one creating them now. Either way, I've decided to start on the memory album of the last few months of my dads life and think that I'll interpret each sketch each week for the project.<br />
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This wasn't an easy layout to do, but I do love words, and I love journaling. I'm hoping that by the time I'm done with this album that it will be a greatly cherished keepsake that will bring me lots of comfort and joy.<br />
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I have to thank my dear friend Sam at <b><i><a href="http://www.authentiquepaper.com/"><span style="color: #45818e;">Authentique Paper</span></a></i></b> for the lovely<span style="color: #45818e;"> <b><i><a href="http://authentiquepaper.com/products/Seasons:Summer"><span style="color: #45818e;">Seasons:Summer</span></a></i></b> </span>collection, which from the moment I saw it I knew I wanted it to be a priority in the album that I'm making about dad. </div>
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Anyhow, I started this interpretation of the Peridot 1 <b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/2013/05/01/teresa-collins-tell-your-story-mid-week-mojo-peridot-1/">Mid Week Mojo sketch at ScrapbookSteals.com</a></span></b>. My goal is to get all 10 of this series done! I was the Mojo Mama at ScrapbookSteals for nearly 4 years and never completed an entire series. Could Melodee finally be my inspiration to do so?<br />
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You can find the sketch and <b><u><a href="http://scrapbook.steals.com/wp/2013/05/01/teresa-collins-tell-your-story-mid-week-mojo-peridot-1/">Melodee's lovely layout here</a></u></b>.<br />
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I really loved <b><u><a href="http://lilybee.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/moms-mommihood-sketch-challenge.html"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Monday's sketch challenge design by Wendy Sue Anderson</span></a></u></b> on the Lilybee Designs Blog. In fact when I saw it I immediately thought of the 4 photos that were sitting on my desk (not joking!) waiting to be scrapped.<br />
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Here's how my interpretation came out. (Geesh I kind of love the guilt free scrapping nights when hubby is out of town!)</div>
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I kind of felt like the 4th photo was overdoing it since they were printed as 4x4's so opted to replace one photo with one of the cute little journaling index cards by Lilybee.</div>
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The experience we had last summer helping our community in a time of need was seriously amazing. It was incredible to see so many come together to help others in their severe time of need. Most impressive to me was my daughter Maddi—who is typically a lazy teen when it comes to doing jobs. In fact we wanted her to stay home with the little kids and watch them as her "service". She proved us wrong as she spent many hours, armpit deep in freezing cold mud, showing us that she really does have what it takes!</div>
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PS - Forgive me in the fact that my blog is still so ugly! One of these days...right. :D</div>
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