Baby Brain

My sis called yesterday. She had an ultrasound to try to figure out how far along she is. They're estimating her due date around April 1st. I joked with her that it would be totally like her spawn to be born on April Fools Day! lol But honestly truly, I'm excited for her!! I'm hoping I'll be able to sneak away from here for a week or so to help out with the new little one when it comes. We'll see how the hubby cares for the idea of being left alone with the kids for so long. lol

Anyhow, yesterday I stepped into a store that I've been wanting to visit but never got around to it. They had Fiskar texture plates cheap! *woo-hoo* They also had some discontinued paper at a good price. I found this cute blue and white paper perfect for little baby boys. Take that and add my desire to play with my new little glittery stuff, I came up with Baby Shower Invitations. I started to make a bunch of them last night. Today I've continued working on them between laundry and dishes, and chasing the 'tupid puppy. (She's not really stupid, I just got upset that she dug under the back fence and got out. She'd only been out there a short while!) Anyhow, I need to pick up some envelopes and see if I can sell them on ebay. Not that I'd make much off of them, but I need the practice.



I still need to get better at taking pictures of them. I brought down two lamps and almost all of the pics look rather yellowish. Perhaps it's the bulbs? I dunno.

Anywho... the dishes are calling my name once again.

Nothing, absolutely nothing!

Nothing, I am getting absolutely nothing done when it comes to housework! Instead I'm playing in my scrap corner. (Sorry Jenni, I don't mean to make you drool!) Another drawback to that area is that the light stinks. It's on the ceiling behind me, so I'm constantly trying to work around my shadow. I'm going to have to figure out a way to get that area better lit.

Anyhow, last night I started, today I finished three more cards. I'm having a heck of a time getting decent pictures, it's time I google tips on taking pictures indoors. I probably just need better lighting. One card I just had to share, so I headed outside, but it's so windy, it's amazing I got this one pic.


On the inside it says "A Bunch!!!" and has a small bunch of bananas. I love the cute little stamp set I grabbed up at Hobby Lobby Yesterday. We'll see how far I can make them stretch!

It's time I stop goofing off and get to work! I have Bible Study tonight, and I have some stuff to prepare for church.

Now we're talking!

I am feeling rather satisfied this evening! Those who know me, know that I don't have the most organized house. Heck, my basement is half living area (my two oldest kids rooms are down there), half storage area. Half the basement is half way organized and put together, the other... well, lets just say it's a nightmare. I headed out to Hobby Lobby today, have I ever mentioned I L-O-V-E that store? They're a bit expensive for my taste, (well actually for the family funds), but the only other craft store in town is a Ben Franklin's that is a quarter the size, therefore has a fraction of the selection. But when Hobby Lobby has it's 50% off sale I am one happy camper!

I've been eying this 12x12 paper storage thing for a looooooooooooong while. But with a $50 price tag there was no way I was ever gonna get it. Till today! They were actually included in the 50% off sale of all scrapbooking organizers.

I swear, it's not actually crooked, my picture taking abilities are rather questionable! Anyhow, I love it. I'm very glad I didn't pay the full $50 for it, as I do not think it is worth that amount. One of my shelves came out of the package cracked, but it is so nice to have my paper somewhat organized! No more digging through a whole drawer of papers trying to find what I want!

With the paper finally organized, I was on a roll. I got a whole corner cleaned up!

Well, almost all the way cleaned up. I hadn't even thought about those shelves on the bottom till I saw this picture right now. I guess I have more work to do. But it's nice to have some resemblance of a work space available. Anyone want to make a wager on how soon it'll be a mess again? I'm guessing it'll be less than a month! The only thing I don't like is that there's no electrical outlet there. So my Cricket doesn't work over there. I have it at another table for now, we'll see if I decide to change that.

With all that space open, it was asking to be used. So my oldest daughter and I worked on her Birthday Invitation. Thankfully she only needed one done, other wise I would have never gotten quite so fancy. It's fun working with my girl, it's nice to have a little crafter in the house.


It turned out really well in my opinion. Too bad things don't always come to me quite so easily.

Good news is that stamps were half off at Hobby Lobby today too. :) (<-- That's an ear to ear grin right there.) I decided I want to give my hand a go at the old fashioned embossing, and I can't wait to play around with the sparklies!

Getting Crafty...

I've spent a lot of today downstairs trying to force my creative flow. I know I have one, I used to use it all the time. But lots of stress and little spare time has drained my creative pool. I have a scrappin' party to host tomorrow, and I am sadly not as prepared as I should be. I do have a project for the ladies to work on, but I'm not 100% happy with it. While I was working on my own project, to have an example, I got side tracked. My creativeness decided to start flowing, but NOT on the project I was supposed to be working on! Doesn't it figure?

Anyhow, I thought I'd post a pic of the best thing I squeezed out today. I love making cards. :)



The picture is ever so slightly blurry. I really need to learn how to take great pictures of these things. The trick is natural sunlight, but unfortunately I'm all out of that right now!

Tomorrow is going to be packed, along with Sunday. I'm so far behind on things, I'm just trying to not panic. I'm seriously thinking some responsibility in my life needs to go, but I just don't see how I can trim anything out. *sigh* Here's hoping I'll get some good sleep tonight!