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A Birthday Card

Posted on January 7, 2011 | 7 comments

I’ve got a post-n-run (or not run) today. Here’s a birthday card I put together in a jiffy for Stacey Caron’s birthday on the Spellbinders Blog today.

The base is from Grand Squares, the distressed flower is newsprint patterned paper spritzed with Glimmer Mists, and the polka dot paper is from Fancy Pants Designs, Delicate Dots cut/embossed with Grand Scalloped Squares. The Fancy Tag is the opposite side of the same paper. The leaves were from leftover paper from my Altered Purse project on SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™’s Blog, and cut/embossed with On The Vine in my Grand Calibur™.

So when your 9-year-old nephew hassles you to post on the blog, (Sup, dawg?) you know you’ve been a little behind. So I do apologize, Here are my top 10 excuses.

1. Holidays.

2. Crazy-busy CHA Prep with Spellbinders – don’t miss the Sneak Peeks next week!! This is the BEST collection we’ve ever had. Seriously!

3. Crazy-insane-busy big project with Spellbinders.

4. Hour long visits for Chiro/PT so I can get back on the treadmill and faster than 3.6. Who knew I was so messed up? And could someone find my metabolism?

5. Did I mention crazy-busy? Can I get some volunteers to un-deck the halls? Or should I leave the Christmas trees up until February, like last year?

6. Mountains of laundry, organized unions of dust bunnies, and other random distracting items. No photos, too scary!

7. A new website for my blog. Yeah, DH got me all set up and I started fussing and now I’m kinda stuck in decision-making paralysis on a few things. I know, just do it and keep fixing as I go along. When I get a spare moment of sanity, I will. Be gentle on me!

8. I just can’t decide on my OLW. Not that I have made it past a few days, but it seems like a good idea. So far “DUH” is the front-runner.

9. Couponing. Is it worth the 2 hours of time setting up my store card, printing and clipping coupons, to spend another 2 hours in the store making sure I’ve got the right products and sizes, to save $15? I love the thrill of saving $$, just not convinced its worth the effort or time involved.

10. Girlfriend. She’s like 55 in dog years, according to the chart at the vet, but she is still acting like a silly puppy! Such an attention hog! But she’s not as fat as I expected (a round 58 lbs) while remaining significantly happy.

TGIF!

Beth

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Christmastime with Cindy

Posted on December 12, 2010 | 10 comments

Christmas is a special time for children and Bull Terriers. Remember last Christmas, stealing the stockings?

This year she hasn’t paid any attention to them.

But she loves the tree. She was so excited to get the tree out and had to sniff every last branch as we put it up. Everyone should have such an enthusiastic helper!

Here she’s doing the slow walk under the tree, she is meserized. Her ears go back, she walks very slowly, placing one foot at a time.

I wonder what happened to the “old” baskitball(s)?

I have been crazy busy with a huge project, and I’m working on a self hosted site as well. And someone needs to do some shopping, as you can see, there’s not much under the tree!

Thanks for stopping by!

Beth

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Tagged Christmas, Christmas Tree, Cindy

Deck the Halls!

Posted on November 27, 2010 | 3 comments

Last year we inherited Christmas Ornaments from my FIL, as he was getting the house ready for sale. I love ornaments, and I knew the box was full of treasures. Add those to the ornaments I already had from my grandparents, and I had enough to fill another tree! That justified, I ran off to Target to get one.

This tree is in the front hall, and as long as Cindy doesn’t brush by it too fast or hard, and I attach the ornaments instead of just hanging them, everything will be safe. I wanted a skinny and tall one, because there just isn’t a lot of space, but unlimited height. But I didn’t want to spend a fortune, so I ended up with a skinny 8 footer. I will post a finished photo, somehow I never got around to taking one last year…despite the fact that the tree was up until almost March!

So here is the page, all the deets are on Spellbinders Blog:

I used these supplies: Spellbinders Grand Calibur, S4-284 2010 Holiday Trees; LF-161 Grand Labels One; S7-018 Big Scalloped Border Grand; S4-168 Large Labels; S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™, MyStik permanent adhesive; Graphic 45, Playtimes Past – Jack and Jill, Transatlantique – Around the World, Christmas Past – The Holly and the Ivy and Deck the Halls papers; WorldWin Papers, Treasures Kraft cardstock; Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker, Warm Cord Brads; Cosmo Cricket, Tiny Type stickers; Creative Impressions, Satin Ribbon; Clearsnap Colorbox, Black Pigment and Dark Moss Fluid Chalk Inks; Making Memories, glittered alpha stickers, tag, Ranger Distress Antique Linen ink.