Scrapbook Weekend

Over the weekend I finally had some "me" time, which means that I was able to craft happy without people thing I am crazy.  Also, it was the first weekend Bryan and I had been apart since the first weekend of December.  I really did not know what to do with myself because I did not have him to entertain me.  So, I went a little scrapbook happy, knowing no one was going to be stoping by my house all weekend.  I am pretty sure that if anyone came into my house Saturday and Sunday they would think i was a hoarder of scrapbook material, or that a tornado turned my house upside down with everything spread out around my living room.  I was able to get a total of 32 pages finished over the weekend.  I started my book at July 2011, when I had my girl-friends and their others, over at the lake for a long weekend to New Year's Eve Party 2011 at Ellen's house for her annual party.

To finish all 32 pages I am not going to lie, but I did not have to buy one sheet of paper or embellishment to complete all the pages.  If any of you scrapbook I am sure that you are thinking, wow she did not have to buy anything for 32 pages, she really is a hoarder of scrapbook material/supplies.   Bryan and my mom think the amount of stuff I have is ridiculous for someone who does not scrapbook for a living.  I could only imagine what my dad would say if he knew all what went into the books. 

It was great to be able to get everything done (by myself) that I wanted to get done with my book.  I did not think I was going to be able to finish all 32 pages.  I was hoping to make it to at lease halloween.  I can not wait to show it off and finish up the rest of the few pages I still have to complete, especially Valentines Day 2012 ;) and then the few other vacations we are going on in the next few months.   

 The photos attached are some of my favorite pages that I was able to work on this weekend.  

Happy Tuesday!

LA!

      

Family Time

This past week I have spent the past three days with my Mom and Dad.  I have not seen them since early-January, which is a long time.  They came down from the big city of Atlanta to visit their country-fied daughter, in Milledgeville Georgia.  Besides having to go to work during the week day I had two lunch dates with my mother.   I love having mother daughter time with her.  And that is exactly what both of us needed especially with the week we were both having.  While my mom and I were on our lunch date's and having mother daughter time my dad worked on my daddy-do list of some of the things I needed to be done at my house.  He is such a handy man and loves being able to help me out around my house.  I heard all about their trip to Hawaii that they took to see my cousin Alison get married with some of my aunt's and uncles on my mom's side.  They brought gifts back for me, a great magnet (one of my goals in life is trying to get state magnet from all 50 states), t-shirts (not matching) for Bryan and I, and a matching visor, (blue and black camo) for my jet-ski when the summer comes back around.

During some of my free time this week I made my first attempt of a yarn wreath.  I used a 14" wreath and wrapped the wreath 4 times around with the yarn.  Some of the blogs that I had read they said to use the whole yarn spool (if that is what they call it).  I also just got really bored with the Daytona 500 on Monday night and started to get tired with the red flag crazy accident with Juan with 40 laps left, I had to go to sleep.  But if you are going to start a yarn wreath make sure you have a few good hours or TV to watch or catch up on or a good movie on the DVR.  I bought the embellishment at Hobby Lobby.  The blue and pink flowers were a mobile from their spring collection that I cut apart for 6 different pieces each.   The two butterflies were also cut apart from a yard steak that was also part of their spring collection.  I think that the bright colors look great for the spring time and totally pop on my black door.  For the hook to hold the wreath I quad up with some of the extra yarn I had and hot glued the hell out of it to keep it in place.  I also sprayed the yarn with scotch-gaurd to keep it from wilting due to weather and such.

I also made a new wreath holder, which is shown in the picture.  I found a black holder and a big block letter "M" for my last name at Micheal's.  I painted the "M" with a metallic sliver weather proof paint so that it would not run in the weather.  This weekend I will be the test of the weather proof paint with the rain storms we are going to be having in Milledgeville Georgia and the Southeast part of the country.

Happy Friday and stay safe with the crazy weather out there this weekend!
LA!