Just random randomness

I need a rich husband. Or a job. Ughhhh. I am kidding, really, but it is getting frustrating. I got just got a rejection letter from the last job application I sent out and that one is bugging me big time. I was so hopeful something would come out of that one.

It's been raining all morning. It's yucky outside.

I had to drive halfway across town because on Thursday Trouble #2 had left her bag on the bus when her camp group went for a day trip. Of course the leaving of the bag was a major drama, because Trouble #1 had a birthday party to go to right after their trip and the birthday present was in the bag, too. Ughhh. It took two days to find out where the bag was and then they told us that the present was no longer in the bag. Only the lunch box. Great.... I have to go pick up a bag with an icky lunch box. But, alas, the lunchbox wasn't as icky as I had anticipated and halleluja, the present was still in the bag. I had to pay a 2 Euro fee to get the bag back, but heck... the present was still there.

In happy news, remember my post about red sandals? Yeah, they finally got here. Actually two pairs. So cute.
I don't have a picture of the other pair, but they are strappy sandals in bright red. Super cute. Thank you Maggie.

Anyway, I am going to console myself now with my pretty new shoes and my Harry Potter book which came yesterday and enjoy the last bit of my summer break.

Have a good one.

Rain rain go away

Ughhh, as I went to bed last night, the weather was perfectly nice. Warm, nice breeze, nice. But this morning Trouble #2 climbs into my bed way too early and tells me: "Mama, you don't have to check the weather report, I already know it is raining!" Ughhh, and raining it is. Pouring rain.

I plan on making some more cards today. I made a couple yesterday, just because, playing around with odds and ends. Maybe making some more will make me feel less gloomy. I feel like Eeyore.





Have a good one.

My scrapspace

Jana asked us to show our scrapspace. Is it messy? Is it presentable? Organized? Organized chaos?

Well... I have to say, it is usually pretty presentable. Not "company is coming" presentable, but also not complete, drive myself nuts, chaos. It is in a corner of my bedroom and I have everything within reach and *usually* put everything away after I use it. Or at least once the LO is done. I CANNOT start another LO if my desk is messy. Drives me nuts. Now, I realize I have open drawers and such, but those are for my scraps.... and they are overflowing. So, until I find a better (meaning *bigger*) storage solution for my scraps, I have to deal with open drawers.



Have a good one.

It's not easy being green... Stylin' Idol Round 4

Yes, it's time to vote again. This weeks's challenge was to use nothing but green. Well...to be more precise, the rules were as follows:

1. You must use all green on your layout.
2. The cardstock MUST be green.
3. Any patterned paper used does NOT have to be green.
4. ALL embellishments MUST be green.

Oye... my first thoughts? I don't DO green. I don't OWN green. I have to go begging to Nat to see if she has anything green.

But, once I got started and did a LO almost accidentally in almost all green, I was determined to get it done. And I am very pleased with what I came up with. It is totally different than what I would normally do. This LO actually took me 3 days! You read that? 3 DAYS!!! I never spend that much time on a LO.





Supplies used: Karen Marie Klip pattern paper, the background paper was green, but I ended up painting it "even greener" with acrylic paint. Prima flowers, Bazzill Bitty Blossoms, DCWV Paper Posies, which I inked with green ColorBox chalk ink. Misc. buttons and eyelets. Heidi Grace metallic stickers, Heidi Swapp chipboard alphas. Ranger Stickles, Marabou fun liner glitter green, Creative Imaginations ribbon, misc. other ribbon, ricrac and trim and last but not least, green felt cutout birds. Aren't those birds cute? I picked them up last Saturday when I went into the city. Trouble #1 and Trouble #2 went to the Art Museum for Children's art school, and I went shopping. Since I quit university I haven't really been in the city.

So, hop on over to Scrapbooklifestyle and vote here. All the other LOs can be seen here

Have a good one.

Good Mail day

Oh, I love days like this....

First I got a package with my latest 2Peas order. I was in serious need of a good new journaling pen and I am still on the look out for a substitute for my Signo white pen, so I bought a few pens but what good are pens without a bit of new paper and a couple of alphabets, right? And, as usual, my 2Peas order arrived in record time. Yeah, love it.

Next the mailman dropped two padded envelopes in my mailbox. One had that edge distresser tool that I had been trying to find
and the other a fabulous new cake decorating book. Somehow all my cake decorating books have come up missing since my move and I was in serious need of inspiration. So, the other day, while checking out a few new blogs, I came across THIS lady. OMG, to die for. So, like a mad woman, I went to look to buy one of her books. And yeah, it arrived today.


I have already read it cover to cover. And I have to say, she makes me want to get out my tools again and start practicing. I'll leave you with a picture of my favorite cake in the book... I have no idea how you would actually cut it but isn't it pretty?


So, thank you Mr. Mailman for making my day. Just the cheering up I needed.

Have a good one.

I take it back

Remember my post from a few days ago about how nothing at CHA was really all that exciting? Okay, I take it back. I soooo take it back.

While the June release of Basic Grey INFUSE didn't really do much for me, I mean, it is pretty, it is nice to see that they are FINALLY doing other fonts, but basically, it was same pattern, different color, or same color, different pattern. So I was all set to just ignore BG's releases at CHA. That would have been a huge mistake, I tell you. After seeing the complete lines here... yikes, my bank account is going to suffere. Severely. Totally different, totally cool, totally must have.

So much for hoping not to shop too much in the near future.

Anyway, Trouble #2 and I have a dentist appointment today. I have strange children, I tell you.... or a great dentist. LOL When I told Trouble #2 that the appointment was today she said "Juhu! I love my dentist". And Trouble #1 had two teeth pulled at her last appointment and she STILL loves our dentist.

Have a good one.

Pattern Paper Project.... last LO installment

Yeah, Mirija finally had computer access again (and took a break from studying) and sent me the LOs she created with "my" pattern paper. I must say, they ROCK. I am blown away by what my 4 "guinea pigs" created with the paper. So, without further ado, here are Mirija's LOs. Enjoy.




I am dealing with a killer migraine, so off to bed I go.

Have a good one.