Good Night!

Okay, so not as productive as I had hoped! Got the girly stuff done this morning, ran to ACMoore for a few things, had lunch and here's where everything went wrong.
After lunch, I realized that my husband had ran the dishwasher, so I proceeded to empty it. Everything was going along as it should when I reached in to get the tray of utensils out of the door of the dishwasher and I miscalculated and wound up with a fork tine jammed up between my thumb and thumb nail. There are no words that can adequately describe the pain. I saw a white light, followed by what I can only call a primal internal scream that made me literally fall to my knees. Forget the blood, that I can deal with but the pain, not so much! I napped and considered drinking for the rest of the day, but my kids are only 12 and 8 and a drunk mom is not a good mom!
Mind you, 4 years ago I had a staff infection in my right thumb from an ingrown nail (didn't even know it was ingrown, looked normal) and spent 5 glorious days as a patient in the hospitals geriatric ward (no other bed available for the 30 something ol' gal). Let's see what happens next!
Good times!

Good Morning!

It's Tuesday morning and I have slept for 4 hours! I'm pretty excited! I know that doesn't seem like alot, but after 3+ weeks of an hour here or there I'm thrilled! I plan on being productive today and posting good stuff! I first have to make it, but I promise it'll be good! Wanna see some pages I've done? Yes, good. I'll post those! First, I am off for the fun, yearly mammo! Nothing like having that done bright and early! Sets the tone for the day huh? Last time it took 2 hours! I'm hoping for only and hour this time! Keep your fingers crossed!

Late nights, rambling, and a couple of cards!

It's really late here in NJ, and I have insomnia! It happens to me every single summer. It sucks! No mincing words here, I am dog tired all day then night time comes and HELLO, I can't go to sleep. I've tried teas, the TV, deep breathing, no napping during the day, I know you're thinking, take a sleeping pill and go to bed! I've tried that in the past and I swear I feel like I'm absolutely USELESS for days after! Even an allergy pill or a "PM" pain relieving pill kicks my butt! I can't seem to catch up for at least 2 days after. Swimming in mud or sweeping back the ocean is the best way to describe it. I move real slow and everything comes at me so fast I start to worry! So here I type. Rambling on as my husband would say. It's the blog or I wake him up! I think he'll be happy I chose the blog!

Since I'm up, I thought I'd share a couple of cards I made! The cactus card was made with Stampin' Up! stamps. Believe it or not those are actually pumpkins! The seasonal stamp got another use! Prima flowers top each cactus! The doodle card was stamped (SU again!) and hand doodled by yours truly!

Hope you like 'em! Now if I could only create sleep...................

Wedding Bells.....

My little sister is getting married! He's a great guy and we are happy to have him join our crazy bunch! My sister is non-traditional and decided that she does not want to carry flowers. Well as you can imagine, that caused quite a stir with our mom. So the crafty gal that I am, I came up with what I think is a "peaceful resolution" to the problem! I'm making the bouquets out of crystals! AHHHH! I went online and researched these little things and people are charging upwards of $800 per bouquet! I ordered all the stuff, the wire has arrived, still waiting on the crystals, so stayed tuned! I did make a "prototype" for my sister to see what I was talking about, but it's made out of acrylic beads. I'll post pictures once I'm all done! Wish me luck!

What's in a name?

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE to scrapbook, but sometimes I feel the need to break out of my 12 x 12 box and do something different! Each of my girls wanted something for their rooms. Hannah's signature color is PINK, PINK & PINK! Jordan love purples and blues and anything not PINK! I made them each one of these and they loved them!

Check out this video!

Got this from a friend! TOO FUNNY! Totally child friendly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

Diaper Cake!

This was so fun to make! Just a little something for the gift table! The diapers were rolled up, tied together with a clear ponytail rubber band and then tied with string to hold them in place. I used pretty ribbon to cover the string. The New Arrival Cricut Cartridge was so useful for this! The "critters" are on dowels and stuck in between the diapers! When the shower was over, mom and dad had emergency diapers just in case!