Doll Face


Doll
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Have you ever seen a sweeter face. I fall in love with it again & again. Part of the reason why I love nursing, these would be missed moments, I think, lost in the hustle & bustle of life. My little baby is not so little anymore. She will be 2 in June!

Time flies so fast.. My oldest just turned 6! We had a great birthday bash.

I started playing softball again, after 5 years or so, not playing. Caught myself being afraid of the ball. The number one no no. I have no more shoulder muscles, they’ve dwindled away over the years. Despite all of that, I still found myself enjoying it.

The best part of practice so far was batting practice with my sweet little 3 year old yelling from the dugout, “hit the ball Mom” & cheering me on. I didn’t acknowledge her cheers (not wanting to miss a pitch) but my heart did fly.

Softies

I just wanted to share with everyone some of the things I’ve made as gifts. I haven’t kept up on posting them all,  so here goes…

This little pink one kind of slipped while I was making it (from the super soft material), so I had to make adjustments. It’s suppose to resemble Boo Bear. I made this one recently for my husband’s friend, Dave, had a newborn baby girl.
 

These two are also Boo Bears. They were made for my husband’s friend, Jason, who had twin babies! Yay for twins!!
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Here are the cutest little Whimsy Dolls, called Wittle Whimsies…
These were my first attemps. I made them with care bear material. I didn’t really take my time sewing and it shows in the crooked little doggie head. But they are still cuties. These are headed for an orphanage in Mexico, along with the next one below.


I do like the colors of this one a wittle better 😉 lol.

Here is a bunny I made.  My daughter wanted a Velveteen Rabbit so I made this with super soft minky and a Christmas fabric, added a puffy tail too.


I am working on some Mae Dolls. I will try to remember to post when they are done 😉 My daughters both put in their request and I have some special girls (family) to make gifts for. All these adorable patterns are from Bit of Whimsy Dolls. You can buy the patterns or dollies for yourself  **here**.

On another note, I am finishing up on a digital scrapbooking kit… Vintage kit, loves floral, tattered edges etc. Can’t wait to release it 😉

Valentines Stuff

What have we been up to lately….
We had Valentines Day. Got flowers from Daddy (got them a few days early), and chocolates, not pictured (yummmm). We do things kind sporadically here. There are no rules. Sometimes he will get me a necklace, sometimes just a card, but in our house, we like it that way. No rules, no expectations or hurt feelings. We are simply happy either way…

This year we made cookies for Daddy…
*idea came from here*



Can you tell he likes Spiderman. Once I saw this idea (link above) I just had to make these! Didn’t they turn out awesome. We made them lemony 😉
My little baby H puts her own touch…

From my little A, my 3 year old…

My oldest K decorated these…

I put the eyes on that one for her.

And then they wanted to package them all up for him, so we did…

packages tied up with strings…my favorite things 😉

Steak dinner to top off the day. The End.

Here’s what the roses look like now. They started to wilt, so I cut them down to nothing (so they can drink) and put them in a bubble vase. They perked right up.

Stinker


Stinker

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Okay so, this is a typical scene at my house. One child really upset and the other is really happy…usually at the expence of one another…. little stinkers! The little one, just along for the ride! lol.

Olivia Owl shirt




Olivia owl

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Hey all. So, I found this shirt in K’s closet (my 5 yr old). It was all plain & boring & needed some sass. It never got worn. By the picture, I think she likes it. It was totally inspired by Bit of Whimsy Doll’s Olivia Owl pattern, which I would have used if I didn’t have to print it out. Had to eyeball it. But, not bad, right!?!

Trainer panties




H trner panties

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So H woke up yesterday and showed interest in her little Potty chair again. I put her on here and she went tinkle and uckies! Yayay! That was awesome. So his morning when she woke up I took he again and she went again. What a big girl! Oh no, I just realized my baby is growing up…waaaaahaaaaa. Here she is getting to lounge around in her training panties…a treat away from those thick ol’ diapers!

Suckers




Suckers

Originally uploaded by vivayne

This is my little H trying to stay awake while eating a sucker. So funny how tied she was. Notice K in the background lookin’ all cool. Hehehe.

Cutie Ann Doll

I don’t know what it is about Ragedy Ann, but I love just about every one of them that I see. Here is the cutest one ever:

Oh my, Christmas is around the corner!! yikes!

Free Note Pad Download

These notes are so cute, I just had to share them with you! Check it out, it is so nice of Happy Zombie to share with us!

beautiful free notes for homemade note pad, gnome santa type of christmas free preview free download freebie merrry christmas

THANK YOU!! 🙂

Hope you all like them! I can’t wait to print some up myself. Have a good one! Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful!

Stuffed

So my oldest, K, wanted a dolly that would look like her favorite baby “just dolly”. Yes, Just Dolly, is the baby’s name. So, with Christmas coming, I thought I would try to make a prototype….

This is the scene yesterday. But ughhhhh, all that work and the doll is probably the ugliest doll you’ve ever seen. Maybe I’ll post a picture of her later. I don’t see her around here right now.

Okay, here she is…without and with a dress.

It looks like she needs fatter more baby like legs that point in rather than out, shorter arms and a fatter head. Maybe some felt hair too like Bit of Whimsy dolls have. The one good thing that came from it is her body. I wanted a dolly that had a hiney or spot to sit on rather than flopping over. I think that portion turned out pretty good at least. … but boy is she ugly! haha

P.S. Get a load of those eyes!! Are they hilarious!! They are sew on buttons. They aren’t washable but that’s okay. K picked them out for her other dolly but decided to use them on this one, hilarious right!

How to Plan a Wedding in only 24 hours!

Oh, you thought I was joking, no seriously, it can be done. I know this for sure, because well, I just did it! My hubby says I’m crazy…and well I think he was right. My feet are sore, my back is sore, but it was all worth it to see their happy faces surprised and happy as can be.

The scoop, well it all started with a joke…well we thought it was a joke and paid no attention to her but then when I asked “So what is your plan then…not eloping..wish we could be there…want a Vegas wedding? Take the plunge right off our grotto! Take time & invite everyone up here! Lol. I could dream though right!” she says to see my husbands text…what! I thought that was a joke, nope. Now there is even less time, yikes!!

So, I began with the ring pillow. It was half ready. I had to add flowers, add ribbon, add stuffing into it and hand sew it shut. Then grab a basket I had laying around and a little vintage white lace (I bought at a yard sale, I’m kind of obsessed with vintage laces etc) to line the flower basket, that’ll do. Here is a picture of my two girls with them:

Then I started brainstorming weddings, what next. Write a list, gather all the milk glass I have collected over the years, gather crafts like floral tapes and ribbons that I already had etc. Freak out because it is going to be a night wedding and there just isn’t enough light. Write on FB that I desperately need help!

Gather every candle and candle holder I can find!

Go shopping at Costco, oh I love costco. Buy dinner (lasagna & rolls) and the cake…. 

buy tons of beautiful gourmet swiss chocolates…

get gourmet chocolate covered cookies (in for the holidays, thank goodness) and cream puffs!

and flowers, oh yes the flowers, they were beautiful, fabulous quality and choices…
 

This is the bouquet and bouteneir, at about 1 a.m. in the morning when I made it the night before! Trying to keep the mess contained in the sink, but it is much more efficient to just make a mess and clean it up after.

Okay, sleep for a few hours, then to make all the magic happen. Oh crud, what kind of seating will we have. Contact Discovery Church, they come to my rescue and DELIVER!! chairs and an extra table. Yay, thank goodness friends!! Jason and Genevieve arrive to help with my 3 kids, thank goodness. I start cleaning the backyard that is tore up from the puppies and full of puppy toys and dog bones and rib bones and trash that has blown in. We move the gigantuous teeter taughter out of the way… sweep etc.

This is, of course, after the ceremony during the reception later that night. You see that rock waterfall in the background, lit by candles, that is where the ceremony took place, here is a close up:

Try to figure out the best location to put everything with only two tables. Finally settle on this:

Not all the candles are lit, for fear they would burn out before everyone got there. Worry about lighting, but again my friends save the day with 2 tiki torches.

And this is another area by the back door, where we set up dinner and sweets, by the spa.

Hubby gets home with extra table clothes, yayaay. He feeds the kids, cleans the pool and starts the lasagna for me! What a guy!! I whip up some lemonade for the milk glass pitcher. My friends make more lemonade for backup, pop that in the fridge. Call my cousin, beg for her to bring my neice to get my 3 kids ready and help pick up toys, the begging works, thank you thank you thank you. Everything is ready for setup. String ribbons thru the milk glass, put goodies out and on the tables that finally have all the linens (at 4 pm mind you, wedding starts at 630) Throw together arrangements as fast as possible, send them out with friends for the tables. Quickly make the bouteneir for Roger, our minister. Make and attach florals to the cake knife, the 2 wine glasses, the flower basket and dress the plain white cake with flowers. Pull petals and fill up the flower basket, snap flower off and float them in the pool, pull petals off and spread around the tables and the lawn.  Yell about the baby being watched, just to be sure no one gets too relaxed about it… pray for God to keep my kids from getting near the pool and drowning! Bride arrives. Switch shirts, damn, no time for a shower) Stress about the bride getting up the grotto… she decided to go without the 6 inch heels, good call! Send someone out with baby’s breath for the candle holders. Pick up a few messy ends and voila, it is done.

The bride and groom get married…..

Take the plunge!! It all happened so fast, this is the only photo we have!

They are as happy and handsome as can be!

As you can see, just beautiful, especially for having just jumped a 5 foot drop off into a 73 degree pool! (though the children didn’t jump)


And… we all sit around enjoying each other’s company… laughing and smiling, eating dinner, and munching on chocolates and cream puffs and cookies…

She opens my daughter’s drawing of her and her new hubby, so cute!

 and we watch the lights twinkle..

…till we ALMOST forgot the cake!!

It was a great time. Cake was flying!

I did learn a few things… most everyone always plans weddings during the day, but I gotta tell ya, being outside near nature and by candle light with the gentle breezes and the fresh air was so romantic and refreshing… People should plan evening weddings more often! Another thing is this… you can plan for months but things will still happen (i.e. children getting stagefright, as in my wedding) (someone tripping, pictures not coming out, mishaps, miswordings, supplies don’t come in on time etc) It’s better to go in it not expecting perfection and being more loose and carefree like these guys were than it is to expect the world and then likely be let down or too uptight & uppity to really enjoy it. This was really keeping it real, attitudes were great, the bride had no expectations, and the groom was very appreciative. Finally, I learned that a small wedding really can be just as wonderful, if not better than a large one. The difference being, it is a more intimate setting, where you can really visit with your guests and enjoy the time you have. You can focus more on your new spouse, rather than being caught up in the workings of a huge wedding and being pulled in every direction with ever person. While not everyone feels this way, it is just something to keep in mind, if you’re planning a wedding…. p.s. never ever attemp this at home!!! Hahahaa!

The End

The Plan

So I have been accepted into a wonderful shop… It’s more along the lines of digital graphic resources rather than just digital scrapbooking. I have uploaded all or almost all of my items into the shop but I haven’t published yet. I still have to add the descriptions to them. I have known this for about a month but just haven’t finished. Anyway, it is very exciting news and I can’t wait to reveal it to you all.

Free Halloween QP

Hey there everyone. I made this free quickpage with my portion of the ScrapbooksGoneDigital’s Free Collab Kit that is releasing this month, OCTOBER!

Here is a preview of my contribution (free for the month of OCT):

 You can head on over and pick a peice up, everyday, for free, for the rest of the month until you have all 30 peices!

Here is what I made for you to take home today! Keep in mind that the calendar is an October 2010 one.

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I hope you all have a wonderful week enjoying the changes new seasons bring! I know here in Las Vegas, we welcome this cooler weather. Spring and Fall are the best times of the year to be here and it’s amazing what good weather can do to your mood! Have a blessed one!

Is this the America you envisioned?

I just read this article and all of it’s support information and I was just wondering, is this the America you envisioned? Are we so quieted that we just don’t care anymore about our freedoms? I mean seriously, how can people be aware of this and not care? Not to sound crazy, but maybe the flouridated water is having an effect on people!

Our country was founded by men who left the comfort of their home land to establish a “free” place to live. They set a foundation down to prevent our country from doing what they had seen in the past, yet we have strayed.

Here are some things to consider.

I ‘heart’ quilts

Wow,  you gotta see this amazing quilt made by Cabbage Quilts! I just love it and it is so vibrant and lovely, colors I probably would not have chosen. However, I would choose the finished quilt! haha.

There is just something really wonderful about using quilts for picnics and loungin around in the grass, reading or eating or whatever. I’m not sure what happened to the one we had in the truck, but it seems that it is high time I replace it. Gotta look through my linens for another one that I’m not too scared to get dirty!

Have I shown you the amazing quilt my husbands Mom made us for our 15 year anniversary! It is just gorgeous, see!

….and I don’t think you can tell but this baby is a KING size (it’s on our bed) and just awesome. Here is the writing that is stitched along the borders:

Love begins in a moment grows over time and lasts for eternity. Your Anniversary is a time to look back at the good times, to look ahead, to live your dreams together. There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you’re right next to the one you love. Marriage is choosing someone again and agina to love and to cherish with each new dawn.

My Mother in Law is one amazing person and that explains why my husband is such a great guy too.
P.S. the heart border is definitely my favorite!

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday 😉

I am me

Well, I am me, there is no sense apologizing for it. Today I didn’t want to hear some gossip. Rather than say just that, I decided to say positive things. That irritated the person, I think, so I was just short with them.  The person talking to me didn’t like it and got pretty P.O. ‘d at me, oh well, I guess. It use to be so good with us. I use to sit and listen and offer up an opinion. I don’t know, maybe sitting and listening is better but today I just didn’t feel like doing it. I don’t want to speculate, I don’t want to judge… I sit here and wonder how much of my own life is judged by this person. Either way, I guess I am me and that is that.

On another note, my kids are awesome.  A (3 yr old)  is just as sweet as can be. K (5 yr old) is growing up too fast and starting to grow out of those 4 year old habits and into a little lady, and H (1 yr old) is so fun and playful and smiley. It makes my day that I can be home with them all day long, but boy do they keep me busy. I am also so very greatful that my husband works so hard everyday so that we can have a nice life together. Life does just feel like it is passing by me and I’m not sure that I like that. You know we often measure our days by how much we accomplish. This is so hard for a Mom. All the things we accomplish seem to fade away with the day and by day’s end, it really feels like nothing. I did accomplish something today, the preview below for SgD’s Free October Daily Download. But in the grand scheme of things, making digitals and making fun fabric patterns… they don’t really mean squat when compared to the importance of having, being with and raising children.


This kit will be available in October, hope you enjoyed the little sneak peak!

I saw this really sweet quote on photobucket that I think could be used for scrapbooking:

Oh why’d you have to be so cute? It’s impossible to ignore you. 

Designer Fabric

Hi ya’all,

I just wanted to share with you the fabrics that I designed this week for fun.  If you haven’t seen www.Spoonflower.com, you just have to check it out! I think this one is my favorite because it is neutral and goes easily with everything:

And I created this one for the competition:

If you like this one, you can click here to vote for me and your favorites, CLICK HERE.

So you can go here to check out all the fabrics I have designed as of yet. I have only just toyed around, nothing major, but if you are crafty and love different art/artists, you will thoroughly enjoy browsing everyone’s designs and maybe even make some of your own: My Spoonflower Gallery

Accuquilt Giveaway

Most of you are crafty like me and probably would enjoy quilting a ton more if you just didn’t have to do all that cutting. Well, now’s your chance, check it out, you could win the accuquilt go…right here: I’m Just a Guy Who Quilts

Good luck and wish me luck 😉

Another Bloomin Free QP

Hey there ya’all. I have another free quick page for you, which if you bought the Bloomin Cute Quick Album, and picked up the Bloomin Cute Free Quick Page 1, this completes the collection at 11 pages that can easily be made into an album. 

Take a look at the album HERE

Pick up your freebie HERE, enjoy!  

I Spy Swap for Spoonflower

I am so excited. I signed up for a fabric swap. We have 56 people in the swap. Wow, right? Anyway, each person buys 2 yards of fabric, cuts each yard into 56 squares and sends them (112 total) to one person who then distributes them to everyone. All fabrics are from www.spoonflower.com and made by individual artists. Here are the 2 fabrics I chose:


This one is “Forest Frolic” by Decobot and I just love it!! It is just as adorable as can be!


This is one is “Somewhere”. I designed it with my Out To Play Kit. It is very cheerful!

So they are all cut and ready to mail and seperated. I have to say, it was very close. I almost didn’t have enough fabric to make 56 out of each. Matter of fact I did have a little trouble with the “Somewhere” print above but luckily I bought some extra (on a larger scale, below) and I was able to make the extra 5 squares with that. It took away from my own personal stash (good thing I ordered the extra) but hey – thank goodness I was able to stay within the rules and give everyone Spoonflower fabric (special individual designs). Here is a look at the special blocks I had to cut from my own:


So, now I just have to print the directions and take the squares down to the post office. Crafterhours is putting on this swap. Special thanks to her for all the work it takes to organize! I better go check deadline! lol.

Hope you all are doing well out there in the digi world! Have a great night!
Vivayne

Happy Baby Free Word Art

I have some free word art for you today but first I’d like to show you what I made it with. Here is the Moment In Bloom Alpha (personal use)

The Alpha above was created using my Moment In Bloom Commercial Alpha. You can make the above alpha yourself into any color to match any kit, and the best thing is that there are 3 different styles and a brush set. So you may want to check it out at my shop as well 😉

AND finally I have some BABY word art for you.
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SgD Birthday Giveaway and Freebie!

 

 Scrapbooks gone Digital!  4 Year Celebration GIVEAWAY – WIN an item of YOUR CHOICE! — Featuring Vivayne!
 

Guess what? Scrapbooks gone Digital is turning 4 this July.
To celebrate this wonderful milestone, each week one SgD Designer (ME this week!) is giving one luckly winner a product of their choice! The same designer will also be hosting a 30% OFF sale on all or most of their products! To enter this week’s giveaway, find your way to the SgD FORUMS!! and follow the directions.
Also, I am having a sale!!
 

 
 

But you don’t have to wait…I have a freebie for you right now.
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Have a wonderful day, hope you are stayin’ cool!
 

  

 
 
 

 

 

Frame Project

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share with you a before and after project I did. Only took about 10 minutes. My daughter got this frame for her first birthday but the colors were really obnoxious. I wasn’t sure we’d ever use it but I set it on the counter and for 2 days the kids pressed the button and we heard the birthday song. It was so fun and uplifting so I couldn’t see getting rid of it. Instead we just decided to recover it and now I love it. So here it is 🙂 p.s. the picture is not ours, it came in the frame.

Photo frame BEFORE

Photo frame AFTER 

Made with scrapbooking papers and embelishments

Hope you like it 🙂

Now I just have to develope a picture to put in there 🙂

My baby can swim!!

Had a nice day and a fabulous dinner. We met my Mom’s friends Linda and Selvyn. Very nice people. Jason bbq’d some awesome steaks, we had loaded baked potatoes and salad. Then we went swimming, which felt awesome. The weather was perfect for swimming.

MY 2 YEAR OLD swam today!!!! yeahhhh baby, so proud!! She kicked to her Daddy and to her Grumpa and to me, awesome, she is so brave!! She even jumps off the top of the grotto, about a 4 or 5 foot drop to the water 🙂 So, today she says to me, I don’t want to jump in front of Linda, I am not her friend (because she doesn’t know her) I want to be with my best friend. I asked her who is her best friend and she said “mine Daddy” awwwww how sweet is that!  The whole reason we have kids. I told her that she had to go tell her Daddy that. He loved it, of course.

Then he tells me that while they were in the car today, she told him that “stupid ass” is a bad word, he said, “yes it is” and that he didn’t want her to say that anymore, so she asked “if I do, are you going to beat my ass?”  😮 Doh!!!  I guess I have to take blame for that, sometimes when they push my buttons and I just can’t take anymore, I say that (hoping that if I say it mean enough I won’t actually have to)… but I have no idea where she came up with stupid ass!! wow!! Maybe hubby said that about the dogs… But this little one, she says things just to crack jokes, our little joker, I know she was totally trying to get her Daddy’s goat! She comes up with crazy knock knock jokes and does things backwards just to tease us. She even says, “no, I’m just teasing” What a character.

On another note, my oldest helped me ice a heart shaped cake today, I should have got pictures, it came out so good. She was very excited to cut it and serve it to our guests today. She got the forks and the plates and took the peices over to each person. She just loves to do those crafty type of things!

Okay, so it’s late, gotta sign off!

Happy Birthday Baby!! and a digi freebie :)

Well the day has come that my littlest baby is now a ONE year old 😦 waaaahaaa haaaa…. I know I am happy that she has reached that milestone, but then I am slightly sad that my littlest one is already a year old. I suppose it is because I just really love this age and I know how fast time is flying!  My little show off did walk in front of everyone, she has only been doing a few steps here and a few steps there, but boy she is getting it quick. For the longest time she did the Army Crawl and we all called her GI Jane 🙂 a nick name her Grumpa came up with! I think her first steps were to her oldest sister, then to her Daddy. Hmmm… does that make me last. Her birthday was lots of fun. I really enjoyed having everyone over. We had pizza, then had cake, which she practically inhaled, presents and then swimming. Here are a few pics 🙂

This is my ONE year old, reaching for the flame!

Eating the cake 🙂

My Birthday girl opening presents and her (almost) 3 year old sister.

My oldest daughter in the middle (5) and her two friends 🙂

FREEBIE!!!! Okay, freebie time. I am sorry that I didn’t get this out sooner, but as you can see from the pictures above, we’ve been a little bit busy! You should at least have some Father’s Day pictures to scrap with now 🙂
 
So, I made this free quick page from the June Collab Daily Download product available at www.scrapbooksgonedigital.com, as a daily download for the entire month of June.

You can check out the rest of my product avalaible for sale in my SgD shop.

Click here to DOWNLOAD FREEBIE

This is the JUNE collab kit, my bad for the improper labeling, but hope you like it just the same!! Have a great day! Till next time…

Birthday Girl

Hi everyone. My little one is  a year old already, so hard to believe. We got back from Northern NV and enjoyed ourselves very much. Now we are home though and it feels so good. We went to the movies. We saw Marmaduke and Karate Kid. They were both pretty good movies and the kids were great. I picked up the house and it’s all nice. So glad to be home in my king size bed since we have all these kids climbing in with us. 

So we are celebrating her one year birthday on Saturday but I couldn’t help myself I had to play with her today. We played peak a boo behind the toys and behind the couch and I chased her around the play area in the house.  She laughed a ton and we had so much fun. This birthday is bittersweet for me. I am so proud of how super smart she is even though she is so small… but I just don’t want my baby to grow up 😦 I love this baby, I tell you, I just love her. I love all my kids. Jason reminded me of how my middle babe use to say she wanted to eat a hot woof instead of a hot dog, so funny. And how we would tell her to say Waaaa Ter and she would say Waaaa and we would tell her now say Ter and she would say Ter and we would tell her, now say Waaa Ter and she would say Waaaaa Waaaa. So funny. My oldest, so cute I can still hear her sweet little voice saying Tah Tue Mommy, Tah Tue… that meant Thank You.

So, I have to say that I just loved that I had http://www.llli.org/ there for me when I had my children. I hope that any of you who are pregnant will attend meatings and see what a WONDERFUL support system it is. They really helped me to follow my instincts and to not blindly listen to interfering friends or family, but just to do what I felt is right (follow my instincts). Sometimes it is good to know that other people have been where you are and that it all worked out and that their kids are bright and smart and wonderful.  They taught me about attachment parenting, about baby wearing, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, teething… all sorts of stuff and I was blessed to have them there for me when I needed!! I hope this crosses someone’s mind and will actually motivate them to the beautiful experience that awaits.

I’m tired, so goodnight all and God bless! Tonight I get to think about what a fabulous baby I have who is entering her toddlerhood! I am so very thankful for my blessed family!! I cannot even express my feelings of gratitude tonight for my great fortune and blessings!

Free Father’s Day Digitals

Hi all,

I just wanted to share with you the free June collab kit available at www.ScrapbooksGoneDigital.com. Here is the portion I made:

Here is what the entire kit looks like:

This is offered as a free daily download, come back everyday to pick up a new peice of the kit! Hope you all like what we’ve prepared for you this month! Have a great day.

My Heavy Heart

Hi all. I know I usually post good and cheery stuff here, but not today. 

I did have a nice day today with my kids, arranging and playing with their toys, made a cake, took a walk (great weather here in Las Vegas). Tried to go to bed at 9:30 but I remembered I had cream cheese icing down stairs that needed finishing or it would have gone bad. After that, I got online to play catch up on facebook and I saw the most horrifying video of animal treatment. It was obominable and disgusting and this abuse comes comes from farms all around America. We, American consumers, are supporting this kind of treatment, unless you are vegan.

DO NOT WATCH THIS WITH KIDS AROUND!! DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE AT WORK!! DISTURBING VIDEO I struggled with wether or not I should post this video, i could hardly watch through the whole thing. I guess I am compelled to, not to torture you, but to spread awareness so that things like this are no longer overlooked. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chooseveg.com%2Fanimal-cruelty.asp&h=69e60, even the way they treat kosher animals http://www.chooseveg.com/kosher-slaughter.asp.

I have always had a feeling of not wanting to eat meat, so I could easily become a vegetarian, and the only reason I haven’t already changed I guess is that it’s inconvenient, don’t really like to cook or know how to cook that way. So, I am guilty of being lazy by not figuring it out.

So why am I writing today. Well, I guess I am just feeling a bit frustrated. Super frustrated with this BP oil leak, spewing into our ocean, killing our animals, possibly throwing our whole ecosystem out of balance. It has been spewing thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean for at least 35 days now!! Has our govt. stepped up and done anything, no. Have the people done anything, rally, march, picket, well, not really. Is anyone paying attention, my God I hope so. Can I change myself and NOT be a hypocrite… I pray so. I have written to all of my govt officials. I am discouraged at our govt for letting this oil company continue to try to salvage this catastrophe and for allowing commercial companies to be above…everything… Let the oil spew into our oceans, let it be poluted more, let farmers abuse, no I mean really abuse animals that will be our food, our energy. Let’s consume the animals pain and suffering, mmmm does that taste good to you. I don’t know, I am so frustrated. People are just idle, feeling helpless, or listless, or whatever. Day by day, our govt takes away more rights, wait wait, I mean we give our govt more of our freedoms so that it will take care of us, we hand our freedoms away, we eat meats and products from utterly abused animals. People have been irresponsible and abusive to this planet (me included) that we call God’s creation, it’s time we start treating it like it’s God’s creation and love it properly. To do so is not to put down creation but to appreciate it.

Well, anyway, maybe you see where I’m coming from… Maybe it’s just a bunch of drama to you. Tonight I will be going to bed with a heavy heart and many prayers for a better tomorrow for our world. I hope that you will say a prayer too.

If you want to contact your govt and request them to ACT NOW regarding these OIL SPILLS!! Big Corps have these politicians in their pockets, they need to know how we feel!! Find your leaders with this link! It’s easy, then cut and paste your letter to each one. It takes 5 minutes to do the right thing, DONT BE selfish about your time, just do it!

Congress & Senate: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.contactingthecongress.org%2F&h=e26c8

Whitehouse: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fcontact&h=e26c8

If you need the last 4 to your zip code go here: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fzip4.usps.com%2Fzip4%2Fwelcome.jsp&h=e26c8

YOU MAY CUT AND PASTE OR ALTER AS MUCH OR LITTLE OF THIS AS YOU LIKE.

I write to you today, concerning the lack of progress on the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. News reports have been sketchy, to say the least, concerning the size of this man-made disaster. According to many news reports, it has … See Morecome across, that a foreign entity, on and just off our shores, has taken over control of our national … See Moresovereignty, concerning how this environmental offense will be handled. BP, the company in question, has spent the last month doing all they can to avoid capping this well, in order to keep it a viable, producing well. Remember, they were just days away from going from an exploratory well to a production well. They have possibly caused more harm in their spraying of dispersants that have already been banned by the United Kingdom, as being too toxic. This spraying, to many Americans, appears as nothing more than chemical cover-up by BP to cause the oil to sink into the deeper levels in the water column, so as to NOT be seen from above.
I’ve talked to many people about the indolence and political ineptitude by our leaders in D.C. Many feel that this is an issue of great importance. The magnitude of the destruction to our ocean from the neglect of our government to do “the right thing” could, not only cause already near extinct sea life into full extinction, but also throw the ecosystem out of balance, with catastrophic results.
If Washington does not get a handle on this, and soon, you may all find yourselves out of work come the next election cycle. Forget who you owe favors to, due to their largess to your re-election fund, forget the lovely time you had at their junkets. Do what is right by the American people. Do what is right by the planet. PUSH for investment in alternative energy. PUSH for publicly financed campaigns. Quit letting the corporations around the globe adulterate this great country. It is time to cut the strings off the puppets and take a stand to purify what has been polluted. But first, go into Congress and start raising hell over this travesty in the Gulf of Mexico.
I really hope you or your constituents realize how vehement the public is about this. We are tired and we are fed up. We voted you in to represent us, now do it.
Sincerely,

New Release, Bloomin Cute!

I have released the new BLOOMIN CUTE kit. It’s made with soft colors that are sweet and sort of nostalgic romantic, but don’t take my word for it, please take a look for yourself. It can be used for boys, girls, babies, adults, just about anyone. Also, these kits are full of glitter papers, scalloped papers, acrylic pieces and chipboards that you will just love! I have made this a MEGA kit but released it at regular kit price. This is my way of saying thanks to all of you who have stuck with me! Also, I have made a free mini kit for you! But first check it out…

Bloomin Cute Element Pack available at Scrapbooks Gone Digital 🙂

Bloomin Cute Megas Kit available at Scrapbooks Gone Digital 🙂

And finally the THE BLOOMIN FREE MINI KIT 🙂 available at Scrapbooks Gone Digital!

Sneak Peak

Hi everyone,

I know it has been a long time since my last release, boy was it hard to get motivated after having this baby and adjusting to 3 kids instead of 2. My kids have all needed extra attention to feel loved and cherished and I have tried to give them that. In the meantime, here and there, I have managed to create a neverending (well almost!) kit.

This kit was requested by a couple people. You may recognize some of the papers from my commercial use Bloomin Brushes… Well people liked the previews so much, they asked for a kit with them. I was happy to oblige and almost couldn’t stop from creating more and more! So, this kit is a gigantic kit with tons of stuff and a free mini kit, and it is all my way of saying thank you!

Here is a sneak peak. I still have to rename all my files and bundle them up nice and neat. I just love the colors, I hope you do too!

Cheers!!!

Here is the preview of the free min that will be released this week!

nature

Do you believe in a collective conciousness, be it holy spirit or what…. Even though I do, I am guilty (like many) of seeking material avancement, and in my efforts forgotten the collective soul of the world and trod over it like dirt. So much time has been wasted not behaving rightly. I am afflicted even though I try.