Where have I been?

May is here already, and I have no clue what I was doing the past couple weeks. Ok, I do know what I was doing. I got a new phone!

I would say my hubby and I are techy people, and I got a new phone, so I have spent my time playing on my phone and figuring it out. We have also had some BEAUTIFUL weather out here, and on some days, I can’t help it, I have to go outside! My craft life was briefly put on hold, but I was working on a project that took me longer than I thought it would…

I am a scrapbooker. I will say that over and over. I do try to make cards every now and then, and then there is nothing like a fun altered project (which I have some of those coming up in a month or so). I decided to volunteer my time to make invitations (36 of them to be exact) for a party that I am having at my house. I had some odd shaped envelopes, so I had to fit the invite to them, and got my cuts all out messed up. They are super simple, but the cut I used took forever for some reason to assemble. So here is what they ended up looking like.

I blurred out any information so that I didn’t have a bunch of people showing up at my house! Even though I am sure a bunch of scrapbookers would be a fun get together!

Here is a close up of the cow.

The cow is from Create-A-Critter, and I think she is adorable. I do have to say, I am not sure what type of cuts I like the best. But I do have a little bit of everything.

I hope you guys all have a wonderful week. I promise I will be back in the swing of things this week. I also wanted to thank some amazing people. I have been super lucky lately. I have won a couple gift cards to Michael’s and I am super excited to go shopping to buy some new things! So thank you so much to Sarah and Sonia! Please visit their blogs and send them some love. I am sure I will be picking up some goodies for my readers too!! Keep on the lookout. There is going to be some fun things for me this month! (and probably a bunch of COW decorations too…)

Peace.Love.Dove.

I couldn't help it, I just had to share

So, I was wandering around facebook. My other life line, that I have been addicted to since, well, since I was in college, back when facebook was only for college students. I came across a link that someone had posted about the worst paying collge degrees.

I went through the list, saying, "really?!? yeah, yeah, ok I can see. Yada, yada. yada." Then I realized they were counting down. I was very eager to see what number one would be --- and then, as I clicked on number one, of course... it had to be....


MY MAJOR....


Child & Family Studies. wonderful.

I think it cost me more to drive to work, than what I made at half the jobs I worked at. haha. Well, maybe it is cheaper now that I am a stay at home wife :)

If you want to check out the full list, click HERE. It was posted on a local news channel website in Iowa (which is where I went to college).

I found it entertaining so I just had to share it. I wish I knew what I wanted to be when I grow up, but I still don't know. With the lifestyle we lead I find it hard for me to have a career.

Any other military spouses out there with degrees that just don't know what to do with it? I mean we have been married for almost 3 years, and have lived in 2 different states... and in another year, we will move again.

Well, I should get to bed. I have a bunch to do tomorrow, including a couple layouts, and a much needed mani-pedi! Have a wonderful day (or should I say night)!

 Oh, I had to share with you my favorite picture of me. Gotta love the eye patch, I keep it in my car now, you never know when you need to act like a pirate! :)

Peace.Love.Dove.

Tulips Festival

It is Tulip time where we live right now. 

So I have been on a photo taking spree. Yesterday, the weather was GORGEOUS! So my friends and I took full advantage of the weather. And today, I spent it in photoshop playing with my new pictures. So you wanna see what I came up with without using photoshop? Here we go!

I am sure I will be scrapbooking these... I took over 1400 photos yesterday. So I have been busy! Have a great week. I am hoping to be able to post some more projects later this week!

Peace.Love.Dove.

Storage and Leftover Scrap Usage

In my post yesterday I mentioned that I was going to be showing you something I made with my leftover scraps from the layout.

I used the buttons on the page, and then I needed something to put them in since I totally demolished the packaging they came in. So I looked around and realized I just finished a can of almonds the other day, and I could reuse the container. It was perfect. Plus I could store a few more things in it.

I used my i-rock to adhere the jewels and all the paper is from the SEI Bridgeport collection. Here is what I put inside.

I thought about putting a “b” in the middle of the lid for Buttons & Brads, but then I changed my mind. But I did get a good little giggle out of it! This is the first thing I have repurposed, so that is pretty cool to me.

Hope you have a fabulous weekend! Big event tonight! I will update you Monday with all the fun things that went on!

Peace.Love.Dove.

Love my Puppy

I love my puppy. She is a lab border collie mix, and she is 2 and half. My husband and I adopted her 2 years ago when we moved out here. And I LOVE her. yep LOVE. Here is a layout I made using SEI Bridgeport Collection.

I had so much fun playing with this paper and picking out my embellishments. I love the little chiplets that comes with the line. There is something awesome to me about holding a nice, thick, sturdy piece of chip board.

I love this little bow that I created too! I don’t play much with ribbon, but I am broadening my horizons. At first I think I thought it wasn’t cost effective, that I would WANT more. But now that I have ribbon, I feel more comfortable using it!

Hope you love the page. It’s finally FRIDAY!! Which means, I am going to be making Jello Shots this afternoon. I know, such a grown up thing to do… not. But big party tomorrow. *cough cough* excuse me, I mean, scholarship/charity event. Enjoy your weekend. Tomorrow, I will show you what I made with the leftover scraps from this project!

Peace.Love.Dove.

Hearts

I have an obsession with hearts. I LOVE them. I mean they are even my sororities symbol (maybe that’s why I love them). But it got me thinking. So here, it was I thought up.

I cut out all the hearts from Create A Critter. I used the Cricut Design Studio to layout all the hearts on the teal paper. Then cut it out. I then sanded the paper (Core’dinations Tim Holtz & Ranger Ink Distress Collection), and laid it over another color in the same collection sanded piece.

Here is a close up the the effects.

I thought the effect turned out pretty sweet. I also tore the paper, and used Stickles Pearls to write the word LOVE.

Again, I have to credit my AMAZING wedding photographer for the Engagement Picture. Olena Graphics is wonderful!!

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Peace.Love.Dove.

Wonderful Wednesday

Oh Wednesday. You fall in the middle of the week. I am ready for this week to be over, even though it just started. 

Anyways, I wanted to let you all know that I got the Stylish Blogger Award again! Thank you so much Victoria over at Victoria’s Creations! Be sure to stop by her blog and visit her. Her work is awesome!

Also, sorry for all the blog post on Monday. I wanted to make sure that I got all my challenges in before they ended. So, if you missed any be sure to go through and check out all four post. Here they are if you don’t want to scroll through.

CR84FN23 Color Challenge

Frosted Designs Brad Challenge

Flair & Frills Let’s Celebrate Challenge

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

I am currently working on another scrapbook layout that I will share with you tomorrow!

Have you ever dreamt about a layout or technique and then HAD to try it out the next day? Well that’s what happened last night as I drifted to bed. I used my new Tim Holtz Core’dinations paper… I can’t wait to share it with you tomorrow!

AND… I HAVE 100 FOLLOWERS!! I am so excited. Two months ago I had like 20! Thank you all for being so wonderful to me! I will have to have a giveaway in a few weeks to celebrate! (Life has been busy lately)

Hope you have a Wonderful Wednesday too!

Peace.Love.Dove.

One of those GREAT days

Have you ever had one of those AMAZING days, but you didn’t know it was going to be that good until the day starts?

Sunday was one of those days. My husband didn’t have to work, and we had no plans. When we woke up Sunday morning I asked my hubby what we should do that day. Well, let’s see if the Mariners are in town. And sure enough, they were! So, we went to a baseball game. He is a Cardinals fan, and I am Twins fan, but we thought, hey, its baseball, who cares!

So we jumped in the car, went to the mall, bought some Mariner’s t-shirts, and headed down to Safeco field to watch them play the Indians.

We had amazing seats!

3rd row! They were amazing. I think even better than the ones we had behind home plate the one other time we went to a game together there.

I love my cameral. I even got great shots like this one above… FROM MY SEAT!

The Mariners lost, but that didn’t ruin the day for us. We then headed over to Pike’s Place Market to get some King Crab Legs to take home for dinner. While we were there my husband let me pick out a bouquet of flowers to take home too! Aren’t they beautiful!

We got home, and had a delicious dinner and got to sleep in Monday morning. These are the days where we are happy we don’t have children. We can do things on a whim. Take spontaneous trips, and enjoy the day!

I know, I am going to go backwards here, but I didn’t know I had this picture. On Saturday, my friend and I went to the Anacortes Wine Festival. Thirty wineries, one wine glass, and FOUR hours. Here is us at hour TWO!!

We had visited all 30 wineries… We had a blast, and a super fun girls afternoon!

Hope you had an amazing weekend. And enjoy the rest of the week! I am excited to see what pans out for the rest of the week, hopefully more crafting!

Peace.Love.Dove.