Now go quick to DigitalArts-Cafe to find out what you get when you collect them all!

In this day and age, we are so busy. Too busy to do all the research we should before we vaccinate. Are vaccines the cause of Autism? Are we poisoning our children?? We trust that the government knows what is best for our children, we follow like good little sheeple… I am just as guilty. When it was time to vaccinate my first daughter, I questioned as many probably do. I looked for information about it. I asked our family doctor. Everything told me that it was safe, even my family doctor who truly believes it is safe. Although my heart tells me this is not so. Well we vaccinated our first daughter, but we did so very slowly. We took her in many times and broke up the shots as much as possible. She is okay, thankfully, but the guilt I feel for doing it blindly is huge.

We have not vaccinated our second daughter. It is time to consider her for vaccinations. I don’t know what to do, like many of you. In searching for some sort of information I did find this website and video which are SUPER informative. If you are considering vaccinating, I hope you will take the time to watch this video!  http://stay-healthy-enjoy-life.blogspot.com/2008/10/vaccine-overload.html This video is so full of information, it has more info in it than I could find anywhere else.

Well I am totally stoked. It’s not really new, but it’s new for me… As many of you know, I am pregnant. My little Santa Fe, Hyundai SUV has been a great truck to have. It seats 5 total, 3 in the back and then 2 in the front. But the third spot in the back is only big enough for a smurf. So, naturally we must have a larger vehicle to fit the 3rd car seat. So we have room for the whole family. I am totally excited because I think we have gotten a sweet deal. We filed our taxes and with the money we were able to buy this van… So what did we get?? A 2001 Pontiac gmc Montana with 69,000 miles on it, mechanical sliding door, rear air etc. It feels extended in the far back seats because there is actually some leg room. The price?? $3900 dollars. Isn’t that great.

This van, when it was new, must have been well over 20 thousand dollars, I’m sure! We do have to put some new tires on it soon, breaks and it is due now for an oil change. The carpet in the trunk area is beyond repair (battery acid maybe?) so we are putting a bed liner back there rather than recarpeting it. The only other thing that it needs is a window button for the passenger door and a detailed cleaning. Other than that everything seams really great. It didn’t come with keyless entry but we are able to get that online for about 30 bucks along with an extra key. 

So that was my day today, bought the truck, got the 10 day permit, got it smogged, went to the Pontiac store to see about the things it needed, back to dmv to get it registered, stopped by to see Jason for lunch, my dad put on the plates for me, filled her up, and we went home. It felt like quite a long day, so it feels really great to be home and relaxing. Well, there’s my little update, oh, by the way, my 4 year old was soooo excited to be in a van, it was sooo cute, she just raved about it. “Isn’t this nice Mommy”  “This van is great, do you like it too Mommy” “Can we take our van tomorrow too Mommy” She’s so cute! 🙂

P.S. Those of you following my digital designs… I know you’ve been waiting for something new!! I have some brushes I will be releasing soon… Will get to it this week! Also, you have to check out DAC’s Easter Fun kit, I’ll blog more about that soon! I have posted a challenge on my blog for you, I hope you will participate…and finally I will be starting a wordart challenge for DAC very soon! Hopefully this week 🙂 More to come…

Well, I’m just sitting here drinking cocoa with my 4 year old. It’s a nice sunny but windy here in Vegas, about 62 degrees outside. We just got out of the spa, took a little dip while the little one napped (don’t worry, took a monitor out with us) What a nice time. She got some one on one attention with me. We painted each other with a squirty toy and she practiced floating around a bit. I had to practice not floating – my pregnant tummy wanted to float up without the rest of me 🙂 lol. Ohhhh, there goes the little one, she’s beckoning.

Okay so she is awake. Just brought her downl She does the silliest things, crinkles her little nose at me and shoots me a funny look. Right now she is sitting across from me, trying desperately to pop a blue balloon. She keeps saying “POP, POP, POP” and sitting on it, bouncing on it, falling off, anything to get the darn thing to pop. lol. I’m feeling pretty lucky to spend these days at home with my kids. Not everyone gets to do that.  Here’s a funny thing that just happened with my oldest. She was so excited to get her strawberry shortcake book down and color it. She got it down then decided she wasn’t sure she still would color. When I asked her about it, she said, “oh, I guess I could just color with black” hahahhaaaa so funny. I was confused for a second then realized that it’s just about the only color left for her to color with, poor thing. The little one has broken all the rest. I guess it’s a good thing I have a spare set in the cupboard.

Now my 4 year old is singing to the balloon to come down from the ceiling, lol, and my youngest is yelling at it “come on, come on” telling it to come on down. I’m just glad they aren’t climbing all over my desk mauling me like usual!  This is my favorite time of year, Spring! The weather is perfect here. I’m glad to be rid of Winter. We can go outside and enjoy the parks, go for walks, and enjoy the spa. We get to look forward to Summer’s in the pool. The little one just pulled down Mr. Fuzzy (looks like a fuzzy worm on an invisible string) and was holding the string, when she walked, he walked with her and it scared the crap out of her!!! My 4 year old tried to show her it’s okay but she wasn’t having it. She screamed no no no! Well anyway, there’s just a small snippet of what it’s like around here, these days!

I’m not sure if I showed everyone this old book, but it sure is cute and commercial use and scrap for hire is permitted. So you can do tons with it! Use it for journling, use it as a frame, wrap it with ribbon, clip it, rubberband it, stick a bookmarker in it, use your imagination!

Terms of use require: If used for commercial purposes, thank or credit VIVAYNE in your Terms of Use, included with the file.

Today was a great day. I was able to update my Scrap Outside The Box store and put more product for sale in there. I only have two items left and then my store is fully updated. Phew!! Finally I will be less worried about that and maybe I can concentrate on actually doing some designing. I feel like I’ve been so busy just trying to keep up – with setting up all my product at 2 more stores, picking up CT, having CT move on, keeping up on blog freebies so my traffic doesn’t die off, making my portion of exclusive collab kits for the sites I design at, setting up my first forum challenge (fontalicious at SOTB), and trying to get a new items into the stores… yikes, what did I get myself into?? lol.

Now I am looking to add 2 more people to my creative team, the gals I have now are fantastic and we just lost Pebbles (she was a fab team member to have). I know it will be hard to fill her shoes but with the team I have now, I’m confident we can make it work!

So, on to why it was a great day… this afternoon my 4 year old was outside with my husband and said “Daddy can we go fly my kite today, it is a windy day” so he said “sure.” Now, you could not ask for better kite flying weather… It was blissfully breezy, just a nice cool breeze blowing on a warm day. The breeze felt so good out in that grassy field. It didn’t even give us a chance to get hot.

Flying the kite was effortless practically 🙂 All we had to do was hold the kite off the ground for a second, and it lifted right up into the sky. My 4 year old was so excited to hold it, but I think it surprised her how strong the kite was pulling! My one and a half year old was reaching up to the sky, jumping and saying, “kite, kite, kite.” She was so excited to run in the grass and play. She even saw some other little ones her age. She was trying to hold their hands and looked like she wanted to just hug hug hug them! It was so sweet. After Daddy took the kite handle again, both girls just ran around together under it, jumping and playing and watching it dance up in the sky. It was really cool.

After a bit, the excitement wore off so we walked over to the playground and let them play. Wow, what a good idea! After getting the little one used to the little slide, Jason and I actually got to visit without kids constantly interrupting. Well, other than the occasional fright (worried the little one would fall from way too high), lol, we were able to hold down a conversation – in daylight! Ha ha ha.  We stayed for a couple of hours at least. When we got home, we turned on the spa. It was just so very enjoyable. Jason threw some steaks on the grill and we all hung out in the warm water (with the brrrrrr cold breeze blowing) while the steaks cooked. Life it good. I feel so blessed.

And to top it off… It was soooo easy to get the girls to sleep, full tummy’s, wore out, and passed out! 🙂 We didn’t get any pictures today, it was all just spur of the moment. But what a nice day it was!

Hey everyone, you have to forgive me for all the photos that you can’t see on the blog – I have exceeded my photobucket bandwidth usage. I have upgraded to a pro account but there was some sort of glitch so they are fixing it, they said it will take 2 days to fix, ugh!

I do hope you will be patient with me and stop back in soon when it is fixed!
Thanks!
Vivayne

Hi all, I am having a CT Call. I am looking for your creativity!! I already have 3 people, I’m looking for 2 more to complete my team. If you are interested, please email me something about yourself, a link to your gallery, and a link to your blog: vivayne@hotmail.com

Also, I have made this free quick page for you, from ScrapOutsideTheBox’s free March Daily Download. You can get the rest of the kit here at SOTB’s Blog!! Just check the daily blogs to get a new download everyday 🙂

When you TAKE a freebie Could you please LEAVE a comment on my blog!   Thanks a bunch for your support!

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Well, I should be in bed! I signed out and everything but decided, I better get this done while I have peace and quiet, because tomorrow once the girls wake up, it will be run riot again 🙂 So, I will do it now…

Here is my challenge:

This picture cracks me up… This is my little one, 1.5 years old. She was standing on her head like this and every time her sister or my neice Alexis would run up and tap her on the bottom, she would just start cracking up, laughing so hard that is sounded like her tummy must hurt from laughing so hard! So I ran over and snapped a picture of it.

She is just so adorable. I’m sure you are wondering… where are her pants? Well this is somthing we go round and around about, I put ’em on, she takes ’em off, I put ’em on, she takes ’em off… and yes we do this all day until I give up sometime after noon, when it just isn’t worth it anymore. So we have lots of pictures of her running around in a top and diaper. This little babe, she likes to put stuff in her mouth, anything that doesn’t belong there, she likes to try. I really have watch her! She is super lovable, gives BIG hugs. She kisses my eyes so soft and gently, her older sister taught her that. So cute! She is SUPER gentle with animals, but not so gentle with her sister. She is ALWAYS eating. She calls candy Nonny and sissy sometimes sounds like tseetsee, she says nyet instead of thank you (and signs it too), and she likes to play with babies and dance to mozart. She LOVES to go to bed when she’s tired, YAY! So, now that you know a little more about my daughter’s personality, I challenge you to do this little challenge too. What a great idea, to pick a random picture and talk about it… Maybe I will try this in a layout too, rather than always going for the perfect ones!

One more thing, I just finished up my portion of the HOPE FOR MCKENNA charity kit (yes that is why I’m up sooooo late) we are doing it for www.scrapoutsidethebox.com owner Dani, her neice is McKenna. The kit is a fun and flowery-ish and I’m sure many of you will love it, but if you have time, please just stop by and meet McKenna, at the blog Dani made for her: http://hopeformckenna.blogspot.com/. I will post more as soon as the kit becomes available, I was just hoping you could stop by and read about this sweet little baby and her family!

Okay, have a great day/night!! Time for me to go fall down into bed! … If I make it that far!  🙂

Hi all, here is a preview of my newest release:  The Moonlit Rose Page Kit.. Posting a little late, but you’ll love this super fun grungy and edgy digital scrapbooking kit… and I know you’ll love it for any time of year! 

Regular $3.50  on sale till the end of Feb:

$2.63             
Save: 25% off

CLICK HERE

Well I haven’t written anything personal in quite a while so I thought I’d give you a little update. We had been sick there for a couple of weeks between me and the kids with our sore throats… Somehow they got Croup, yikes, and they were miserable, then I was miserable, ugh. As you can see in the superbowl pics, we have half of our tree still up. No, we aren’t still celebrating, we have just been busy and sick and been feeling lazy about it. But I do have to get the stuff up before we have no more bulbs left. We’ve got our tabby cat (Chevy) crawling all thru it and my little one trying breaking them left and right!

So, now that we are feeling better, and I can actually (maybe) think, things are a little nicer around here 🙂 Being able to think is nice! Ha! Let’s see, we’ve  been to the doctor (3 days total) The first day I went to see our family physician, that took 2 hours, just to be seen so she could order an ultrasound. The next day I went to take the kids to the Pediatrician and get their perscriptions, give them treatments. Thank goodness my Dad volunteered to go with me, made it so much easier with the kids to have another adult around. The next day, went for my ultrasound, that was like an all day event. Had to drive 40 minutes across town for them to tell me they didn’t have time for me, then they decided to take me an hour later and rush the whole thing. They guy who did the ultrasound was  a total ass, wouldnt’ answer any questions about it, didn’t let me see what he was doing on the screen, so I barely got to see the baby, wouldn’t let my husband in the room because he might ask too many questions and slow him down, couldnt’ figure out the sex of the baby, felt like I was on the table for WAY too long, took only 3 pictures of the baby (pretty much ones that were no good) and finally couldn’t even tell us the sex of the baby… So, Jason scheduled me to go to another ultrasound later that night, we drove accross town to do that, found out IT’S ANOTHER GIRL! and got pictures. We got  3-D pictures, which look totally freaky to me, but he likes it so whatever. I felt bad, this ultrasound came with a dvd and we never got on for my littlest baby, so she is the only of the 3 that doesn’t have ultrasound video. Oh well, hopefully she will understand when she gets older.

What else?… We went to the Springs Preserve here in Las Vegas, NV. That was really cool, we have a pass and this time of year is THE BEST time of year to do these things. It has lots of exhibits that are fun, like archaealogical digs with fossils thru the whole place, information on Las Vegas Fault Lines and geological information, aquafers, nomads and settlers, Paiutes, Mohave Indian pueblo… It shows about the springs in Las Vegas, on a huge big screen and all the exhibits are interactive and make the boring stuff interesting, somehow… The whole  Springs Preserve is ALL about living GREEN. They have tons of classes about living green and exhibits that tell how to live green in easy ways. They show how trash is turned to treasure… plastic bottles reused to make carpet, an art show made of only junk, glass turned into decorative rock for around your house or made into gorgeous countertops. They have tons of stuff re-made into building materials for homes, they show how to make air passages into homes that actually promote cooler air in winter and warmer air in summer. They have walking trails down to the spring. They conduct all their own electricity with solar panels that also act as parking shades for cars. There is a huge amphitheater section for concerts and performances, a desert botanical garden. I think you can bring your own food and drinks in and make sort of a picnic day out of it. There is an old fashioned train displaying early life in Las Vegas and video games that you win by being water smart, a small park for kids to play at and the building structures, fences and the architecture is beautiful. And, it’s practically in the center of town. There’s so much to see that you just can’t see it all in one day, but you can make such a relaxing day out of it and not rush around. They even have the Wolfgang Puck cafe, it has a wonderful outdoor patio that looks over the whole preserve.

Anway, not sure what else we’ve been doing… but right now it’s lunch time, so I’ll talk at ya’all later! 🙂

Superbowl Sunday: Here are my little ones rockin’ out with the Boss. Singing Glowy Days 🙂 lololol.

ScrapOutsideTheBox.com is playing a fun and easy game on their blog to keep people entertained while their gallery is down (moving servers). It’s such an easy game, and the FREEBIE is AWESOME! But best of all, EVERYONE WINS! So head on over and read the comments, to find out the next tune hint! And they just released a FREEBIE so go get it!! Hurry, run! Click here: ScrapOutsideTheBox.com

See this Massive Colab kit (BEE MINE) and all 14 previews right here: DigitalArts-Cafe.com. This kit was made by 8 different designers and has about 100 elements and 40 papers including your essential scrapbook elements and… quite a few bees! It’s so vivid and fun you can just let your imagination go wild!!

Also, when you buy this massive kit (BEE MINE) , you can get the Bee Mine Quick Album by Vivayne for 40% off  the regular price and it’s available now!

I would like to share a preview of my portion of the kit… Hope you love it!

So you all may be wondering what I’ve been up to.

I made a kit for DigitalArts-Cafe’s colaboration, for the month of Feb… and I just couldn’t help myself, I had to make some quick pages. Got a little carried away and wound up with a whole album! I just loved working with the colors they came up with, a little out of my comfort zone but that always works out good for me 🙂

Here is a little sneak peak:

Did you notice the little doodle tree… That is the very first item I will have sent out, using my new VisTablet (birthday gift). I’m trying to get use to using it!

Wondering what I’m gonna do with this quick album or how you’re gonna get it?? Well, you’ll just have to wait, it’ll be a surprise (to me too)  🙂

I’ll post the kit for all to see in Feb! Have a great day!

My best friend sent this to me and I thought it was funny. You will want your volume on for this one.

Hi everyone. So, I am going to just spit it out. Today I feel just plain bitchy, grumpy, crabby and ungrateful. I’m not really sure why, maybe it’s because I know I should not feel this way but do anyway. I feel like complaining, about what? Every little thing, really doesn’t even matter what, anything really. I definitely am not feeling like my cheery, optimistic, usual self.

Why I should be happy, January’s kit and add-on (and the dreadful previews) are zipped and uploaded, all I need is to make the description and I can put them up. The quick album and collection are closely following. My kids are beautiful and I am with them. I have a wonderful, handsome husband, we have a roof over our head. Oh yes, and I got to use my birthday money to get a new tablet for doodling on the computer (still haven’t gotten to play with it much yet)  Life is beautiful, so why don’t I feel that way right now?

Whatever, I’m just going to blame it on pregnancy hormones and leave it at that. I will have a couple of free quick pages for everyone this coming week, thank you for waiting so patiently!

Goodmorning world…

Today I woke up with a fog in my head that just wont seam to lift. I tried a little cup of coffee, but that didn’t work. My eyes are droopy and I’m only awake because sleeping past 5:45 am is out of the question with my kids. My littlest one, a year and a half, is cutting 2 eye teeth on the top and one on the bottom. I wish those teeth would just come out already, they are really putting  a damper on my sleep.

So I wanted to tell you that the other day my husband and my 3  1/2 year old, made a beautiful red velvet cake, completely handmade. It looked just like this picture of Paula Deen’s Red Velvet cake (picture is linked if you want the recipe)! I wouldn’ve taken a picture of his, but it’s all gone! hahaha.

They did such a wonderful job! needless to say, the cake did not last in our house for very long 🙂 You’ve got to see the cute pictures of them making this cake. Here you go, enjoy:

DigitalArts-Cafe.com is having a massive winter sale. We are getting ready for the new year, so come on over and get your winter kits for what will probably be the lowest prices you’ll see.  

I just wanted to make a warm welcome to DigitialArts-Cafe’s new designers. 
Welcome Karyn [Designs by Karyn] and Mozz [FMC Designs]. 

I would like to say that since I met Mozz, the experience has been a wonderful one. She’s been a great friend since we first met a few short months ago. She has been warm, encouraging and more than helpful whenever needed, without hesitation, without asking! She is a very giving person really and I wish all the best to her.

That’s why I’ve made this Free Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page from her new kit available at DigitalArts-Cafe, Pitter Patter. I hope you will download this free Quick Page and then stop by to see her.

When you TAKE a freebie Could you please LEAVE a comment on my blog!   Thanks a bunch for your support!

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Hi there all,
A friend of mine shared this video with me. It was very touching so I am hoping you too, will see it and be touched!

http://www.4marks.com/videos/details.html?video_id=723

Here is my newest digital scrapbooking kit. It is a Hanukkah (Chanukah) kit, however I’ve included a replacement paper for the one paper that has stars of David on it. The rest of the items can be used easily for other jewish/non-jewish photos, New Years Celebrations (because of the lightworks in the papers) and the gelt (chocolate coins) being good for luck 🙂 I know that once you see the papers up close (they are truly magical) you will absolutely love them!

Scrapbooking Kit Includes:
7 papers (1 glitter paper)
1 replacement paper
1 page border (purple ruffle, journal tag, paper clip, sequin)
2 bows (yellow, blue)
1 button (blue)
1 chocolate coins (gelt)
1 frame (grey with yellow ribbon)
1 silver glitter stitch
2 jewels (blue, white)
1 jewelry/chain
1 torn ledger for journaling
2 knots (yellow, purple)
1 paper clip (white)
2 ribbons (blue, purple)
1 curled ribbon knot
1 staple (gold)
1 tab cluster
1 metal vine

28 items total

If you love this kit, don’t forget to pick up the Original kit that totally coordinates with it HERE, along with the freebie. You can also read more about what this kit means to me and what the colors represent in that post. Hope you all have a great one!

Hi everyone. I just wanted to say that I hope you had a nice Christmas, or holiday, however you celebrate. Some of you may not know, but my family, on my Dad’s side, has always stayed up on Christmas Eve and celebrated all night until midnight when we open gifts (a German or European tradition.)  Then we get together to eat dinner on Christmas. The last few years of doing this, especially since my Grandmother’s passing, has been difficult. My Grandmother is the one who MADE Christmas special every year, cooking and having the Holiday cheer. It is hard to even keep up with Christmas’ of the past when we think of all the wonderful memories that she gave us by hosting such wonderful and loving Christmas Eve Parties and Dinners. I mean the spread on the table was like something from the food channel, with German potato salad, and snacks of every sort on the table to eat all day long, 9 different kinds of cookies sometimes and chocolate treats. She really loved to make the table inviting and everyone was fed and happy and cheerful. Now, all the excitement is gone for some of us adults and the magic is a little dim. Someday, Christmas will have that excitement again, but for my husband and I… we are just a little too tired to stay up till 1 am in the morning, opening gifts. Then waking up EARLY with the little ones, because they wake up early no matter what. So, next year we will do it like many other American families. Go to sleep on Christmas Eve and wake up in the morning to celebrate. At least, us parents will feel rested and not so short tempered with them on the very holiday that we wish to be magical for them. It is kind of depressing that we will be forgoing our traditions and way of celebrating Christmas… but on the other hand, it just doesn’t seam worth it anymore.

As for the girls, they got dolls and bears to stuff, a kiddie camera, pony’s to color, aprons (they’re little chefs), a doctor’s kit, ornaments, Barbie’s, shoes, gloves, slippers and jammies. Sounds like enough doesn’t it! We did have a lovely Christmas though.

So, eventually I will get around to posting a few pics of us sledding and also of Christmas.  🙂

Hi all. I know you all must be wondering what I’ve been up to. So, I thought I would show you a little sneak peak of the NEW digital scrapbooking kit that I am working on. It is a Hanukkah Page Kit that I’m sure everyone will adore. The colors are vibrant and fun and beautiful.

Now many of you may be wondering, why am I making this kit and not a Christmas kit when I celebrate Christmas myself (and Hanukkah is not the largest Jewish holiday) So, here is why…

-First, there are hardly any Hanukkah kits for those who do celebrate and would like to scrapbook those memories (maybe next time I will make a kit for an even more important Jewish Holiday, like Rosh Hashanah or Festival of Sukkot.)
-Hanukkah is a celebration of miracles- I love to celebrate miracles
-Knowing Jewish holidays can only help us to reconnect with our own heritage
-Religion is beautiful 

-Lastly, it is a celebration of LIGHT and to me that is so special – the light of the sun that we take for granted daily, the light of fire that keeps us warm, the light of the soul that shines through our eyes, the light that drowns out the dark, the light that heals us in meditation… but what I really relate to is the powerful light of God, the energy of light that flows through each and every one of us, connecting us to the creator and each other,  the glimmer of light that is in us in our darkest hour just waiting to burst and fill us up… some call it the holy spirit, some call it divine energy, some call it divine light…. anyway almost every religion can relate to what I’m saying here.

COLORS:
Blue, White, and Silver: the traditional colors  
Yellow and Gold: Represents the Festival of lights
Purple: Represents the spiritual aspects and the miracles

All of the papers can be used for both Hanukkah and non-Hanukkah pictures because I am including substitutes for any papers that would be considered “jewish only” papers – for people who are not Jewish!)

… Anyway, without further ado – here’s your sneak peak of my upcoming kit:

Festival of Ages

Here’s a little sneak peak…

These are some quick pages I made from the Glisten Page Kit.

Hi there,
I just wanted to give you all, who may not know these things about me, a little insight to my youth. I just turned thirty two, this last week, on the 7th. Well, I got this e-mail from my Grandma Fae about when I was a baby. She really made my day telling me this story (turned a smile), even though I remember hearing it before. So here is what it said:

Happy, happy birthday!!! I remember when you were born, I gave you your 1st bath when you got home from the hospital, It was very exciting, my 1st grand daughter. I loved buying and making you fancy little girl things, gathered skirts, ruffles, lace, etc. You hated them, we couldn’t even get them on you, even at 1 year old. Carol had to take them back and get pants and t-shirts. Hope you have a wonderful birthday. Love, Grandma Fae

Hi everyone! I am so excited to announce the Christmas Around the World blog train for 2008.

Several designers recieved the same color swatch, made FREEBIES FOR YOU, and posted links at the Christmas Around the World blog train. I hope you like  my little contribution. 

When you TAKE a freebie Could you please LEAVE a comment on my blog!   Thanks a bunch for your support!

Download link expired…

THIS KIT IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND FOR ONLY $1.00 AT DIGITALARTS-CAFE.COM

I saw this very interesting video over at a blog today and I thought that well, everyone should see this. SO… Press Play to see it… I certainly was moved! It made my day 🙂 to see… from the outside, looking in, what God sees, what we see, the perspective. A wonderful demonstration, very clear.

Hope you get the message! 🙂 Have a great day!

I just wanted to share with everyone,  this digital scrapbooking kit. It was made as a charity kit by all the designers at After Five Designs.com. I am not a designer there but it touched my heart, so here it is…  All of the proceeds will go to their designer friend. An accident injured one of her two little boys and may have permanently left her husband partially paralyzed.

I’ve seen the beautiful layouts all over the boards and wondered where they got them… well here it is… YOUR CHANCE TO BE CHARITABLE… and get a beautiful and whimsical kit.  Also, they are including a whole quick page album.

All proceeds from this kit (after fees) will be donated to Danielle’s family.

This kit contains
– more than 50 incredible papers
– more than 200 elements including many wordarts, some brushes, some doodles, some shadowed versions
– 3 alpha (in separate png files).
– as a free gift a 12 (12 x 12) Quick Pages album( saved as a PNG Format).

This is a very generous kit. I hope that you all will find it in your heart to purchase it, it’s well worth it plus it comes with that ready to go, quick page album, all you have to do is add the pictures and you have an album ready to print!

CLICK HERE BUY THIS KIT!

Here is the album you get:


Here is a page made with the kit (not by me):


When you go to the site you can see a bunch more pages made and posted for you to see. I hope you are feeling charitable today and like the kit as much as I do.

I recieved my first award today for being an amazing person… the person who sent it, MOZZ  🙂  – OBVIOUSLY doesn’t know me very well! J/K. LMAO.

Anyway, I guess I am suppose to forward it to 5 people… I really don’t know that many people online (with blogs) so I am emailing to some who don’t have a blog, but I don’t take it lightly to call someone amazing, so I am sending this to people who I believe truly are amazing (way more amazing than me) lololol… I sent this award to…

Melo
Jessicca
Carol
Pamela
Lydi

I’m very tired, I think it’s all catching up to me… Talk to you soon!

Goodmorning world. Been up since about 5 am or so – thanks to my 1 and a half year old… ugh. Sat in the big comfy chair dozing off, while she sat on my lap looking at a book. Just couldn’t keep my eyes open. Now I’m just sitting here with a cup of jasmine tea, trying to clear the haze from my mind. Hoping the tea will do the trick. My 3 year old, who is so tall she looks more like a 5 year old, just woke up. She’s walking around with the cutist little long shirt on, no pants, but socks pulled up to her knees. So cute.

So, since I’m drinking this wonderful tea… maybe I should tell you about it. I got it from www.Teavana.com and it’s unlike any tea I’ve had. It is loose tea, so you need a tea ball or… they have this awesome little cup called The Perfect Cup. You put the tea and water in the cup, let it steep, then just put the Perfect Cup on top of your mug and it drains out the bottom. When you lift it off your mug, the tea stops coming out, put it on and it comes out again… sooo cool and handy, easier to clean than a tea pot and better for just one or two people. Jeeze, I sound like an advertisement for the stuf, no affiliation, I promise! lol. The tea tastes much better with a natural, organic sugar that is brown (not brown sugar) just unbleached and melts best if you put it in with the tea to steep. I picked up a really delicious tea called Vermont Maple. It’s great for the cold weather and reminds me of the apple cinnamon tea I use to drink when I was young and we’d come in from horseback riding, trying to get warm. Those were great days. Anyway, I don’t see Vermont Maple available anymore, but if you get a chance, you should definitely order some of their tea.

Gotta get that freebie made! Everyone have a great day! and if you make a layout or anything with my stuff, and put it in gallery I’d love to see it, so feel free to drop a comment with a link to your gallery!!

Off I go!

Check it out!! I am now officially a disigner for DigitalArts-Cafe, my day couldn’t get any better!!! YAY!!

I can’t wait to show you what else I have in store for you. Gotta go, got lots of work to do! Come back for updates!!

Click on the white blinkie (top right) to see whats available at my store!

WaaaHooo! Yes I am totally excited because today I got my first blinkie as a designer and it’s made with the brightest digitals I’ve ever made.
Soooo excited.. Laura (Tiamama) over at DigitalArts-cafe was kind enough to make it for me for FREE!

Yay, there are still kind and giving, decent people out there. That’s hopeful!

So what do you think? I hope you like it and will consider using it on your blog or in your signatures… I will keep my eye out for those of you who do!

I can’t wait to see where it turns up… Oh and if you do see someone sporting it somewhere… drop me a line, I may want to thank them! Hehe 🙂

Have a great night/day whatever time it is there… Oh yes and I’m looking to get another freebie posted for a blog train I am joining… TONS OF FREEBIES from tons of designers! So keep an eye out for that!!

Okay, if you have kids or have friends or family with kids, you have to see this video. Talk about amazing! As a mother I was astonished and relieved.

Watch this AMAZING VIDEO showing ISR trained babies, about baby drowning prevention!

I don’t know if it’s just me and I’m a sap, or if it because my hormones are running wild from this pregnancy, or if it chokes anyone else up… so I guess you’ll have to leave me a comment and let me know if I’m not alone out here, lolol.

You may want to come back soon, very soon, because I have a freebie ready for you. It will be a double layout again, and it’s my favorite digital scrapbooking spread out of all of them. Saved the best for last 🙂

After that, I think I will be posting an awesome wordart for the Holiday, that was made for a gal by the name of Carol, who wanted to make tags for a cancer free celebration for her nephew. Prayers out for you Carol, for your nephew to remain cancer free.

Blessings to everyone – have a great day!

So you want a good laugh:

I’m working away on my computer getting ready to add another freebie, and I look over to check on my daughter (1 and a half yrs old) and what is she doing?

She’s covered in cornstarch, aawwwkk!! Oh but not a little cornstarch, the whole box of cornstarch. What in the world would she be doing with that, you say? Well we keep it in a basket next to her area, along with diapers and wipes and use it on her when she starts to get a rash (it’s better than baby powder for sure, yes)

By now she’s covered her little dark baby in it, so much that the baby looks white now. It’s in a pile next to her, on top of her and all around her, and I figure, whatever, she’s already playing in it… and it’s keeping her entertained so I’ll just clean it up in a little bit, I mean it can’t get any worse than this right.

WRONG! Boy was I wrong, LMAO. Of course, it’s funny just looking at it, like, well that’s what I get for turning my head, and other thoughts like ‘what was I thinking not cleaning it up right away?.’ Yes the little pile that she sat in went from a 2 foot radius to about a 4 or 5 foot radius. So you know, in my house, the shark (vacuum cleaner) does all the mess pick ups. I’ll just go get the Shark, it’ll magically fix this. Oh that was fun too, now I have a 6 foot radius and a treasure trail of cornstarch to the trash can. Oh yes, I have handled this well. LOL.  

You didn’t know I was wearing dark clothes today either… Yep, black pants, now with little white handprints all over them. Lap covered in cornstarch from her pants. Dark shirt covered in cornstarch because of course we can’t go 20 minutes without her climbing all over me. Yikes… but at this point, it’s just like whatever, what a mess, why get upset, you know? So, I have cleaned up the mess, well sort of: the white is still all over their play mats, and I wiped those up with wet paper towels, but I’ve wasted enough tree/paper for the day, so I give up, lol. Kids, they just steamroll you, huh!! lololol!

The one suprising benefit to all this, my mouse feels extremely luxurious in my right hand now 🙂

Here are photos of when I first discovered her, this is clean compared to after I let her play!