God Bless America

I was going to wait until next week to make this live in the shoppe, but I decided to put it in today for the last day of the Sizzling Summer sale. So it's 35% until tomorrow! This is more like a mini-kit: God Bless America

Little Monkeys

I was up early this morning because I wanted to get some things done before my hair appointment at 10:00. Who would have thought I would be up at 5:30 am and working on a scrapbook page? I was too tired to focus on anything else. And then I was hitting the pavement running by 6:30 am. Whew! By the time 10:00 am rolled around I felt like it should have been later because I was up early. I didn't sleep so well last night, so a nap is sounding mighty good right about now. But before I nap or do anything else, I wanted to share another page I created using the Summertime Kit. I'm *really* enjoying this kit!

I also used Christine Newman's (List Girl Designs) Rays All Around template...which is also 35% off until Saturday!

Sweet Isaac

We just got back from seeing Toy Story 3! It was AWESOME!!! We laughed so hard we were practically crying! I'm just amazed at the animation in that film! I appreciate those kinds of things more now that I'm into digi. It's definitely a must-see!

Before I shut the computer down for the night, I thought I would post one more thing for today (that's 3 in one day!). This was the page I had in mind after I posted the previous post. I imagined the clothesline with letters spelling something. And what a perfect word/name to spell than my precious nephew, Isaac. He seriously melts my heart!



Supplies: Summertime Kit

Sunshine

Sunshine...wouldn't that be nice for today? I really am not complaining though because I love rain! (Really, I do!) We've had a really beautiful spring/summer season so far...even for rainy Ketchikan. Ok, enough about the weather!

I just created this page. I saw it in my mind and I LOVED using my own designs to create this page. For a long time I never understood why "flags" were so popular, but now I'm starting to get it. I have this other idea for the clothesline in my Summertime Kit. I just have to do it! Maybe after I blog this!

This page really made me miss my little sister Katie. Isn't she hilarious! We took a lot of pictures together when I was in Michigan. (*blowing kisses to Katie*) I journal on this page yet. I'll probably do that another time.

Summertime Kit

Hello! I just wanted to let you know about a new kit I put into my shoppe today. It's 35% off until Saturday for the Little Dreamer Designs Sizzling Summer Sale! My Travel Along kits are 35% off too! I have plans to create a "Summertime Add-on" kit to include extra elements.

Our summer isn't so sizzling today though...rain, rain, rain!

Ipod "sock"

Hello! Long time, no blog! How are you doing? I hope you are doing well! I thought I would share a picture of a cute little knitting project I completed last week...an ipod "sock". I just posted this project on Ravelry.com. The pattern came from here (it's a free Ravelry download, so you have to have an account through Ravelry first). It's free! (Both the pattern and account) I really like my new ipod nano! I mainly wanted it for when I run; it's so nice to have that motivation while running!



I haven't scrapped in probably a month now. I haven't been in the mood. I've been creative, but in other ways, like creating digital kits and knitting. I even made two cards today! I'm looking at one of them right now. Today I was thinking about stamping/card-making and I think what happened was that I got burned out on it. I LOVED being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, but after awhile it was mostly the amazing and wonderful women who came to my workshops that made it so completely awesome! They inspired me so much! I was just telling Quent how much I miss those ladies and how it was just so wonderful to spend time with them!! I can't wait to see some of them soon!! Anyway, so I was thinking about how now I'm finally getting back into card-making again, but this time it's without the pressure of trying to figure out what new techniques I can show my customers. It was always fun, but now this is like carefree fun! I'm getting really excited about seeing the new Stampin' Up! catalog, too!

Have a great rest of your day!

Baby Boy Hat

My friend Janae had her little boy (Owen Zander) on April 28th. He was 9 lb 14 oz! I couldn't get over how big he was! I wanted to knit something for him so I asked Janae what she would really like me to knit. She decided on a hat and I knew exactly what kind of yarn I wanted to use for the project. I had been eyeing this yarn at The Point for some time. There are all sorts of colors to choose from, but because Janae was really into a turquoise-blue at the time and since this was for a boy, I stuck with that shade of blue. It's a super simple pattern! I thought the hat turned out adorable and soft! I love soft!

I found the PDF pattern here.

The yarn color: Playful 143

For awhile I've been wanting to make my own tags for gifting so the giftee (is that a word?) can have the wash/care instructions, plus it just makes it all the more personalized.

Also wanted to let you know that I have a Ravelry.com account. I'm soaring2him there.

Published!

Have you checked out pages 39 and 45 of the July/August 2010 Creating Keepsakes magazine? I'm so excited about having my pages published in CK! Quent opened up to this page right away when he opened the magazine. It feels surreal to see them in there! Somebody pinch me! Ha! I'm so thankful!

Love Hearts

Hello! I just wanted to tell you about 3 new kits that I put in the shoppe today. It may be a little while before I put more kits in the shoppe since we are having company for a couple of weeks. Check them out here!

Today is our 8th wedding anniversary! I can't believe it's been 8 years! I'm so thankful for Quent! He's amazing!

Memorial Day

I'm so thankful for this beautiful country...for freedom! I'm thankful for those who have volunteered to fight for our freedom!

I thought I had shared this page before, but I guess I had not. I created this layout using some of my own designs: Post Me Strips Love, Travel Along kit, and Circle Your Date.



I've been enjoying the extended weekend! How about you? When I haven't been outside, I've been knitting. Actually, I even took my knitting outside on the deck yesterday. I've been having so much fun with this cable knitting project. I think I'm hooked on cable! I'm actually really glad I made the big mistake that I did with following the pattern wrong last week because now I understand how to cable knit. It's been fun!

Felted Slippers

It is a gorgeous day!! The sun is shining and it's somewhere in the 70's! That's pretty awesome! May and June are typically our best and driest months in Southeast Alaska. So even though it's not cold enough to wear felted slippers, I wanted to post a picture of these today before I head outside. I started knitting these slippers when I was in Michigan. Amanda and I saw some ballet-type slippers at the yarn shop and so I asked for the pattern for the slippers. As always, I made some mistakes, but this time I would like to blame it on a sentence that seemed to be missing from the directions. I had to fill in the blanks when I started the second slipper. Since it was my first pair I didn't care about pulling out the first slipper. The first slipper is the right one in the photo. This was my first time felting anything. I bought a zippered pillow case and turned my washer to the sanitize cycle so the water would get really hot (since it wasn't getting hot enough on a different cycle). I set the timer and checked on the slippers every 5 minutes. I actually had to go through the process twice on different days because the slippers were still a little too big for me after the firs time. It was a great experience and I have some yarn to make a second pair. And these are really awesome for sliding around on our floors. I better be careful!

Beautiful

I have talked so much on this blog about the importance of being who we are, who God has made us to be...without comparing ourselves to others, without worrying what others think of us, etc. So when I saw this video I knew I had to share it. Do you have 4-1/2 minutes to watch a video? This one brought tears of joy as I watched it...

Sweetheart

Well, it doesn't look like I'm going to make it in time for the Shutterfly sale. I decided that I don't want to rush myself because there are so many pictures left to scrap from that trip...and it's going to be a gorgeous day here today! So I plan on soaking up some sun, playing in the garden, reading outside, etc. But I am in a creative mood, so this morning I worked on this layout...


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I had been eyeing the template set from List Girl Designs for some time now. And I'm really liking that paper from Brenna Coleman! And of course these sweet pictures of my little sister just make my heart sing!

Late night scrapping

So I may have stayed up until 1:00 am scrapping. Just maybe. But I was having so much fun! I forgot how much fun it is to stay up late when the creative juices are really flowing like that! I am not sure if I will meet my goal of getting the photobook completed for the Shutterfly sale which ends tomorrow (26th). There are just so many more pictures left to scrap. I'm trying to be careful that I don't just rush through them just for the sake of rushing. I really want to enjoy the journey! And speaking of journeys...

Here's a page I started awhile back. I had this really fun dotted background, but it just wasn't working for me. I worked on this for a long time and then finally decided to just walk away from it for the time being and start some other pages. Last night I was looking at the Little Dreamer shoppe and saw this new set by Brenna Coleman, Michelle Coleman's (owner) 10 year old daughter. I fell in love with the paper set right away! And the butterfly was a plus for me too. Michelle Coleman owns Little Dreamer, but she also designs for Fancy Pants. I think these papers that Brenna designed could totally be something for Fancy Pants (but hopefully not because I want my digital!). Cheers to Brenna for an awesome set of digi paper! You should definitely check it out!

One of the challenging things for me with scrapbooking our vacation photos is there are a lot of photos for just one place that we visited and the photos are so amazing that I don't want to leave any of them out. And I don't want to add so much to the page that it takes away the beauty of the pictures. So if I can just add a little embellishment here and there, then I'm set! I found Christine Newman's Simple Pleasures set was the perfect kit for doing that on this layout.

NEW kits 5-25-10

Here are some new kits that are now in the Little Dreamer Designs shoppe!



By special request: Post Me Strips Months

Because I love adding a little colorful touch: Floss Stitches

Everything is 33% off for the Little Dreamer birthday sale through May 29th!

Hurry, hurry

Hello! I hope you had a great weekend! We test-drove some vehicles (time for a new one!), constructed a garden plot, went to church the first time in months, and just enjoyed relaxing! I put a lot of hours into the cable knitting project over the weekend only to realize last night that I was following the pattern all wrong! It was so wrong that it was hilarious to me and I just laughed and laughed. Oh dear! So I pulled out the entire thing and started over again. It's ok though because it was good practice with the cable stitches!

I've also been working on meeting a goal for this week. Shutterfly is having a pretty awesome sale on their 12x12 photobooks. It's an early Father's Day sale, which is 50% off! That's incredible! So...I have until Wednesday if I want to finish scrapping our Montana trip photos. Eeek! For some reason I thought the 26th was Thursday so now I'm really not sure about this. We'll see!

Here are a couple of pages I created using my Travel Along Kit plus another kit that will be coming out soon!

Oh the places you will go

My Travel Along Kit came about because I wanted to use a digital kit that would go along perfectly with the pictures I wanted to scrapbook of our Montana trip. I tend to be more "simple" when scrapping our vacation photos, so I wanted something that would reflect a more simple design. I also like bright colors!



Here is another page I created using the Travel Along Kit. This is also a page using a template!

This morning I was looking at the Little Dreamer gallery and I found some projects created by the Creative Team that I wanted to share with you. RuthsKris created this hybrid graduation card! I love it! Jude created this beautiful layout; I just love the green in the background like that! It really makes the pictures pop!

Greener Grass Designs are for sale at Little Dreamer Designs for 35% off through Friday! And then there's the birthday sale this weekend! Whoohoo!

The past couple of days I've been putting some finishing touches on some kits that I'm hoping to put into the shoppe next week. And sometime in the future I plan on making some more travel/vacation kits!

Reflecting

I've been doing a lot of reflecting in the past week or so. And then today I was looking through my blog trying to find the sweater pictures from 2008 and as I was scrolling through posts I realize just how much I have blogged over the years. There are so many pictures of cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects I have done over the years. It's amazing! When I found a post entitled "My New Obsession" about my newfound love for digital scrapbooking, I had to smile and chuckle to myself because little did I know... I look back at to where I started. I look back and see the journey that has brought me to the place I am today with scrapbooking and creating. I can look back through the posts and see spiritual growth and maturity in my life in general. It's been like a journal to me over the years. I've also journaled in a regular notebook-type journal for years. I've filled so many pages. This blog has been a great avenue of creative expression. It first started as a place to share what I've created with my family and friends who live across the country (because there's no way I'm going to bring a hefty 10+ pound scrapbook with me in my luggage).

Looking through the posts I was thinking about the main reason I have this blog: to inspire. And I really hope I'm doing just that.


This is one of the first scrapbook pages I created following a tutorial from twopeasinabucket.com. It's one of the first pages I created that I liked (and still like). And wow, look how young my little Panda-girl looks! (I love you, Amanda!) It's also the page that I posted to talk about my new obesssion (digital scrapbooking). Some of the older pages I created make me laugh out loud because they are just so...so...hilarious!

I have a lot more on my mind to share, but I will save that for another time.

Toddler Sweater

Back in 2008 I knitted this sweater. I talked about it here. The pattern came from Soft + Simple Knits For Little Ones by Heidi Boyd. Back then I didn't know much about [the price of] yarn or knitting for that matter, so I spent quite a bit of buckaroos on this little thing. Whew! I wanted to make a little sweater so I could understand so I could one day make an adult sweater. Turns out that the adult sweater I made was totally a different ball game. It was fun to get this sweater out of storage to take pictures of it. It's so cute! It's softer than I remembered, too.

Greener Grass Designs!! 35% off!!

The excitement has been building up inside of me for a long time now! I've known about this new adventure for awhile, but I didn't want to say anything until it was official. So here it is!! I am the new designer at Little Dreamer Designs!!! I feel so honored and blessed! I'm excited, but nervous--yes nervous! Today my designs are 35% off!! You can get them here!