That's my boy!!

My oldest son Cody graduated high school last Saturday! I knew the day would come, I just didn't realize how fast it would get here! I have a ton of pictures but they are still hibernating in my camera. I've got to get them uploaded and I'll post them, but for now I found this one to share. I used a digi brush, I can't remember where I got it, but have quite a few and was playing around.

 

Just watched the Hallmark movie of Alice in Wonderland. It was really good! I have only a few more days until I get the NEW ONE!! I can't wait to get it! I have to go to our local antique store and find some tea cups and saucers for the Mad Tea Party! Come have some tea with me, won't you??

Have a great MAD day!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Hello!!!

This is what I got today!

I can't wait to look at it!! But work first, the towels are dry and I gotta go fold them and THEN ...THE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!! I love this magazine! You can go to the blog of JO PACKHAM and see WHERE WOMEN CREATE
Have a great night!!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Mad Hatter Tea Party - Alice in Wonderland Obsession

Wanna come have fun???

Check this out.....

If you click the pict. to the left in the sidebar it will take you to Vanessa Valencia's blog with all the details. Check out all the other MAD BLOGGERS on her list there!!
I think this will be so much fun! I've never done it before... if fact, I had never even watched Alice in Wonderland until I bought the DVD the other day! I hadn't read the book, didn't even know what it was about! But now, I know that I want to be Alice! I'm obsessed with trying to find all I can that is Alice related!! June 1st is the release for the new Johnny Depp Alice in Wonderland movie and I can't wait to get my grubby paws on it!

Well, gotta go I'M LATE!! I'M LATE!! ....course I'm always LATE!

Have a great night!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Where Bloggers Create 2

Karen Valentine over at her blog My Desert Cottage is having a party! A blog party to show off your scraproom/area/studio.  Here is the artwork with all the details....

Just click on the link for details and more info. She is so sweet! I think this blog party will be so much fun! I can't wait to show more pictures of my studio!! I've made a few changes and I'm starting to settle in now.

Have to go find food.... hungry and I've heard the rumbly in my tumbly.

Back with more details of a MAD TEA PARTY very soon!!

Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

New things added....

If you look at my side bars you'll find some new buttons(click them and they will take you to some great places!).... I will tell you all about these tomorrow and a sweet lady that can help your blog....Karen.  I'll fill you in tomorrow. It is really late and I'm sooo sleepy!

Good night all out in blog land!!
God Bless and Happy Scrappin'

Lisa

Good Morning!!!!!!!

The rain has ended and it is WARM again!! Didn't need my jacket to walk Gracie this morning!
Birds are singing and the grass is so green! Going to be a BEAUTIFUL day!!
Thank you Lord for giving me the gift of today!

Have a wonderful day!
God Bless and Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Drying out

Rainy day today and storms may be on the way for tonight.  Oklahoma was hit hard this evening-remember those unfortunate ones that lost so much, we need to keep them in our prayers.  Seeing those pictures of all the destruction sure makes me that much more thankful for all that I have been given from the Good Lord above. 

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday.  Mine was good.  I got to see my mom for a bit.  Missed my sister, but she lives too far away to come home for anything much but Christmas.  

I can't believe I'm posting again- SO SOON!! I really want to do better at blogging and actually put some creative stuff here... not much been going on in that department lately! I've just not had my creative juices flowing.  I have not got much interest in doing anything lately.  I hope this doesn't last long as I have my building finished and really need to start using it! I hope to show some pictures of it soon... I've rearranged again and put up a huge shelf on the wall, actually for now it is just a board till I paint it. 

Hope you all have a good night! 
Happy Scrappin'
God Bless,

Lisa

Happy Mother's Day!

Here are some pretty flowers just for all of you... moms to the kid kind and the furry kind too! I have both and they are all pretty sweet!

 

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Scrappin'

Lisa

Senior Prom 2010

Me and Cody before his Prom

Below is Gracie... looks like she's smokin' a cigar! Nope, just her bone... so gross, but she loves them!!  Next is Monique pinning the flower on his jacket.  Look at the look in his eyes! He really loves this little girl!!  After that is Cody with his MawMaw giving her sugar before he left for Prom.

I love this picture of them!! Can't believe this is my baby!!

This new thing on blogger is really confusing! Hard to get the picts and words together like I like to do it!!
Have a great night out in blog land!!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Studio Is Finished!!

It is finally done, well... almost. We still like trimming the doors and windows and putting up curtains (right now I'm using pieces of a plastic tablecloth for curtains. Serves the purpose :) ) If you enlarge these pictures don't look too close. I've got things laying around just trying to fit it all in there. I've still got to get my pictures up and my word art done and up. I'm going to try to cut it all with my Cricut.  I'll have to post some more pictures later as I've cleaned and moved things around even more since these pictures were taken.

This is another project for me...

Gracie. Adorable.
I got her Friday and fell in love right then and there! She is a bit to get used to, but so worth it!!
She like to wake up at 4 a.m. and play though, that is really rough since I'm a night owl! She likes to stay right by my side! Everything I do she is there watching! Doing laundry, washing dishes, vacuuming the floor- she is right there with that little head just twisting back and forth watching my every move! She is the fuzziest little thing I've ever seen! We think she looks like a giant gerbil! That is what the boys call her! To me she looks like a very hairy fox. She is fast becoming part of our family- we all love her!

Off to work on a project now that I have room to actually WORK!!
Have a great day out there in blog land!!!!!!!

Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Updates on my Scrappy Retreat!

It has been a month since I've posted! You know, I think ALWAYS start my posts out like that. Someone - just HAND ME MY SIGN!!
Been busy. Teaching, planning, designing, playing, living, cleaning, cooking, breathing, spending, waiting, hoping, dreaming.... and the list could go on and on.

This is what I'm hoping, waiting, and dreaming about...
My little building is coming right along! I now have a big picture window thanks to a sweet little man that lives up the road! He is also the owner of two of the cutest little Pomeranian dogs! I want one.. he said he'd try and find us one- sure hope he does! They are just the cutest little fur balls ever! We almost got a Yorkie, but couldn't see spending that much money!
but anyway back to the building...
Here it was last Friday!

Empty and waiting for the drywall man... well he came and went this morning in about 3 hours. It is all up and just needs to be finished out. He said he'll have it all done by Friday! Then it is time to paint- PINK!! Yes that is right- going to paint it pink on the inside! A pale/ vintage pink- not PEPTO BISMOL PINK!! I know what you were thinking!! I have so much stuff I hope it will all fit. I'm going for cube storage and shelves that are pretty tall and PEGBOARD. I think I can cram it all in and still see the floor- maybe not the wall so much!

Will have more pictures later. Right now I'm about to fall asleep in my chair....which I have been known to do on more than one occasion!!

Hope all ya'll out there in blogland have a good night and sweet dreams!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Hope your day was filled with lots of LOVE!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Crazy Daisy Contest and Inspiration links

WANT TO WIN THIS???

If you do then get on over to Crazy Daisy and leave a comment there.

You really should think about joining their kit club. It is JAM PACKED each month with some of the best scrappin stuff!! You really will be blown away when you see how much you get for a very affordable price!

I have been MIA lately, yes... bad bad blogger! But as usual I've been busy. Prepping for a class - that got snowed out, now I'm prepping for another class I'm teaching at the end of Feb. and I so hope the snow will stop for this one! We got 10 inches last week and another 5 or 6 yesterday! We are NOT used to this kind of thing here in Arkansas!

Will try to do better. I have tons of projects going on now and will post about those later. Got myself the YUDU machine and can't wait to try it out! ALSO... I now have the Silhouette. If you haven't been to Rhonna Ferrer, Heidi Swapp, or Janet Hopkins blogs lately you should really check them out. I started with Heidi's blog and now I'm hooked on all 3! They have great ideas and videos with House Of 3 things as well as the Silhouette. If you should buy yourself one of these great little items you will need to go to the Silhouette blog. It is LOADED with inspiration as well as cut files FREE once a week and a store that is to die for with ANYTHING you can imagine to cut!

Hope you are INSPIRED to create something today! I know I am!! Coffee filter flowers and paper roses are on my agenda for today. And to stay INSIDE and dream of SPRING TIME!!
Have a great day and Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!! ENLARGE IT, SIT BACK, AND ENJOY!

This gave me chills! Look at the people in the background. I think Ronald Regan is there and I know JFK is there also.  This is such wonderful work, he’s done a great thing. Now if everyone would just do something about it…. PRAY.  you might say what can I do? I’m nothing, I can’t make a difference… well YES YOU CAN!! There is power in PRAYER and our prayers WILL be heard! PRAY for our COUNTRY and our LEADERS (even if you don’t care for who it is they are still our leaders).

OK… stepping off the ole soapbox now….

Have a wonderful day everybody and GOD BLESS YOU!!

Happy Scrappin’

Lisa

Still won’t work….

Well, I uploaded my picts to blogger then copied and pasted into my blog WRITER and it worked.  But I still have to upload the picts in to blogger. ughhhh!!!

Writer works ….

Well, it works good for posting without pictures, but I can’t get it to take a post with pictures! That is frustration because it is the reason I wanted to try it! Anyone out there know how to fix an error like that? it gives me this message

The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

Anyone know what that means?

Found something new, playing with it now!

I found Windows Live Writer and installed it. (just go to the Microsoft website and search for Windows Writer and download it… pretty simple)

You can blog right from your Windows Live email .

We’ll see what it looks like when I publish….

Have a great day everybody!!!!!!!!!

Happy Scrappin’

Lisa

FAITH: My one word for 2010

I've been busy today!!
This is a 10X10 Canvas using lots from my stash as well as Tattered Angels mist. I found the swirly flowers (bottom left hand side) made on a blog (I'd give credit, but can't remember where I found it... maybe from the Spark blog) and had to try to lift the idea. They are really easy to make.

Closeup of my fabric flower....just rolled up and adhered as you go round and round to form the flower.


Made this layout yesterday using plain cardstock and Tattered Angels mist and stamps along with Pink Paislee rubons and punchouts.

Close up of my hand made embellishment... made from vintage sheet music.


Have a good night!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Good news from Margie!

Margie has a BIG announcement over at her BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to see ALL of it!!! The sneak peek is simply AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
Happy Scrappin'
LISA

SNOW....FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!

What a surprise! This is what we woke up to today! The boys are just lovin' it! It doesn't snow much here in Arkansas, so when it does we really enjoy it!

Snowball fight!!


Today is my first day with Alli. So far I've done OK. I am hungry, but not just starving. I've been able to eat today...more than I thought I could. I think it is not going to be nearly as bad as I thought it would!

This is what I've been working on...
Material gathered to make a flower and then a small flower.. made from a strip of fabric and twisted. Not the best, but I'm still working on them.



Laundry calls.... Have a great day!!
Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

HAPPY 2010!!!

My plans.....

Freebie from Scrapgirls digi site.


Good Morning! Well, it is that time of year again... the last day of this year and looking forward to day number one of a brand new year. New Year full of New Beginnings! Well, I'm on the band wagon this year!

As of Saturday morning this will be my new best friend!!


I have a BIG goal set for myself. I know, shouldn't do such big ones but I'm going to.
Goal: Lose 40 Pounds- BUT I'm not putting a time limit on myself to do so. If it takes me a year then it just does.

Other things I am GOING TO DO this year:
Start going back to church.
Pray more.
LOVE MORE.
Use the WII more often to get in better shape.
Play with my kids more.
Scrapbook more.
Blog more.
Clean more. - notice this comes AFTER scrapbooking, hmmmm???? :)
Shop LESS!
Eat LESS!
Talk LESS - Listen MORE!
Eat LESS chocolate - Eat MORE fruit :(
Complain LESS!

Can she do it? I think she can!

Also, I failed to mention that I am, once again, a Close To My Heart Consultant. So happy to be back with them!!!
If you sign up to be a consultant LOOK at what all you get....

for a fraction of the cost if you bought it all.....

The SPRING catalog is full of beautiful papers and new things you really should go see it here...

Some pictures from Christmas this year..
My middle and youngest boys before opening presents on Christmas Eve night.


This is my oldest son opening his Christmas presents...


Our purdy Chritmas tree


I've never posted one of these... this is me and my hubby. I got a tripod for Christmas and was trying it out for this picture.

This is a better picture of the two of us...



This is mom with our MIRACLE BABY.. Keeli Jo. She weighed one pound and 6 ounces when she was born. Look at her now! She is beautiful and truly a gift and blessing from GOD!!


My Dakota Bob making Rice Crispy Candy with me on Christmas Eve



Saw this in an email I got this morning AND I LIKED IT.... PASSING IT ALONG---
Accept myself, forgive myself, and get back up whenever I fall down.

If you are still with me- Thank you, thank you for reading my blog through this year. I really do want to be a better blogger next year, but we all know sometimes LIFE just happens first.

Whatever your plans are for tonight... be safe and be happy.
Have a Happy New Year and may God bless each and every day in the coming New Year!

Happy Scrappin'
Lisa

Merry Christmas

December 37 years ago... that is me with my daddy. I miss him so much this year! It seems worse now than before. I know he's still with me, but I just miss him dearly. I dream about him so much lately and I think that is why I miss him, I'm with him in my dreams and wake up and I'm not... makes me miss him that much more. But, no sappy tear jerky stuff today... Just sweet memories to share!


My MawMaw at Christmas supper. Not sure what year it was but look at those glasses! I'd love to have the recipes of all the good food she prepared over the years.

Daddy stealing a kiss from Momma at Christmas...probably around '74, I'm guessing.


Remembering the ones that have long gone home....My uncle Ricky holding me when I was just a few days old.

I'll leave you with a "SWEET" picture... literally... not sure what this was daddy was feeding me, but I've been told it was Pepsi in a bowl and he was using the spoon to feed me!!


Enjoy Christmas with your families and love them with all you have. Never take a minute for granted and always tell them you love them.

Hope Santa is good to all of you out there in blog land tonight! (I think I'm getting a GYPSY for Christmas... I'll let you know for sure!!)

Merry Christmas and God Bless!.........and to All A Good Night!!!
Lisa

Only 4 days till Christmas Eve!

I have not blogged since right after Thanksgiving! Shame on Me!!! So much has happened since then... I FINALLY quit my job :) TONS of Christmas shopping then wrapping it all up, working on a scrapbook for a lady and have to have it finished by TOMORROW! I work better under pressure, um, I think!

We had Christmas at mom's yesterday because that is when my brother and his family could be there... and it was good. I took a TON of picts that I will show later. My poor memory card is so full, it'll take all day to upload them to my computer!!

We have developed a new but strange family tradition -- nearly EVERY holiday someone in my family gets hurt, pretty badly too. So, now I cringe at the thought of the holidays because I never know who is going to be next... Let me start off from last year, my step-son's grandma was in the hospital on Thanksgiving. Next, my mom fell the day before Christmas Eve and hit her head. She had 11 stitches, a concussion, a stay in the hospital and didn't get home until about 6:00 pm on Christmas Eve. The very next Easter my oldest son was stepped on by a bull he was riding in the rodeo. He was VERY lucky! He wasn't wearing his head gear and had 7 stitches at the top of his forehead. We were pretty calm until Thanksgiving... My oldest son's grandpa fell out of a tree stand and shattered his ankle! Had to have surgery and pins and it was pretty bad. Well, I knew Christmas was coming and had joked "Wonder who is going to be next"? Well, it was my middle boy, Hunter. He was riding in an ATV mule thingy and his friend was driving. The other boy says he was driving along and then had no control of the steering. Well, they slid a bit and then turned over. It was on Hunter's side. He hurt his ankle pretty bad, but it wasn't fractured- THANK GOODNESS THAT IT WASN'T WORSE THAN IT WAS!!!! He is on crutches and does not like it! He's got to stay off his ankle for about a week then he can start using it again. I think he's going to go crazy before then!! He hates those things!

So you see, when I don't post regularly I come back with a bang hu??

Can't wait till Christmas! We usually have a visit from Santa around 6pm on Christmas Eve. The kids will have a good one this year and I'm so thankful for that. I do think often of the families that are less fortunate... Please pray for the ones that are away from their families this Holiday season, the military men and women who are out there night and day so that we can sleep peacefully at night. Remember the ones who have little or nothing this year. So many families are struggling to find work, food, and even a home to live in. And as bad as it hurts me to think about it, the little ones who will wake up with nothing on Christmas morning. But the ones we really need to keep in our prayers are the ones who don't know what Christmas is all about. The ones without the Gift of Life. When you open your gifts and look around at all the smiling faces and eat all that wonderfully prepared food, just say a prayer for someone... we all know someone who can use those... and I know 100 percent that prayer works!!!!!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Scrappy goodnight!!, er, well it's morning now- got a bit carried away!

Lisa