Fix It Friday #52

Original

My edit - using LR2 and PSE6

Credits:
Pioneer Woman's PSE Actions

THREE great sales you don't want to miss ;)

First Jac Bernardo has a great sale going on right now and through the weekend. She has 40% off her whole store. Jac's Store
Here are a few pages I did with her new releases.

Credits:

Mini Stackers by Jaclyn Bernardo
Indian Summer by Eva Kipler and ScrapKitchen Designs (retired)
Title Works: Girl by Shawna Clingerman

Credits:
Mini Stackers: Rounded by Jaclyn Bernardo
Spring It On by Eva Kipler and ScrapKitchen Designs (retired)
Bad Sewing Machine - Don't Be A Square by Traci Reed
DJB AngelBaby by Darcy Baldwin

Credits:
Seeds template by Jaclyn Bernardo
Here 4 the Party by Kristin Cronin-Barrow (2010 quarterly assortment, vol 1)
candle number - click-a-sign freebie by Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Bliss Alpha by Lauren Reid
Year in the round - blog freebie by Lauren Ried
Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky

Credits:
Seedlings by Jaclyn Bernardo
Battle for the galaxy by Penny Springmann and Lauren Grier (retired)
DJB Tweenybopper by Darcy Baldwin

Next, there's also a Farmer's Market sale going on at Scrap Orchard where NeeNee is guesting this month and everything is only $1 each! I have a feeling I'm going to have to pick up some great goodies for only $1. Farmer's Market sale and link to NeeNee's Farmer's Market goodies

Here's a few layouts using some of NeeNee's Farmer's Market goodies!

Credits:

Taking Chances by Wild Dandelion Designs
Leap of Faith by Wild Dandelion Designs
Blockz: vol 1 by NeeNee Designs
DJB Kristin Writes by Darcy Baldwin

Credits:

10 Things by Traci Reed and Meghan Mullens
Just Call Me Edgy Vol 1 by NeeNee Designs
DJB Kristin Writes by Darcy Baldwin
Title Work: Girls by Shawna Clingerman

Credits:

She's Country by Tracey Howard and Libby Weifenbach
Papercropz vol 6 by NeeNee Designs
DJB NeeNee by Darcy Baldwin (retired)

Credits:

Apple Blossom by Wild Dandelion Designs and Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Papercropz vol 7 by NeeNee Designs
Backgroundz by NeeNee Designs

and last, NeeNee is having a 50% off sale on her goodies at Scrapbookgraphics, check out her awesome stuff. Studio NeeNee at Scrapbookgraphics

Flowers Just Bloom

Today's Thursday's Three Rs is going to be a lesson for me that I want to share with you instead of a lesson for my kids.

One of my online girlfriends shared with me a blog post that really resonated with me. I've been really struggling with self-deprecating lately, especially when it comes to photography and my most recent assignments for church and reading this was like a lightbulb flashed. I'm so incredibly honored that people were moved by my photos for the assignment and I need to stop with the self-deprecation.

Anyways, if anyone else feels like they aren't worthy and needs a little lift me up and smack in the face... read this blog post. Flowers Just Bloom by Kelsey Toney.

Trim Down Tuesday

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I'm on my new computer... not everything is set up yet, but WOW, I'm lovin' how fast it is! Anyways, I finished up Week 1 of c25k (couch to 5k) and am thinking about repeating week 1 because I'm sooooo out of shape and still sore from Sunday's run. Although, I know that pushing myself a little bit is good too, but I'm thinking it might be too much and I don't want to injure my hip again. It's been a stressful start to the week and I'm completely stress eating, UGH! I really need to do better with distracting myself from eating when stressed... I also really need someone to just tell me what workshops to register for the ICHE (Illinois Christian Home Educators) convention. Even the "beginner" options are too many and I have to narrow down to about half the workshops... and of course because I procrastinated, I have to have it done by the end of the week for the early bird pricing. Oh, and I need to find a babysitter, lol... I totally should have been on top of this.

Anyways, I'm proud of myself for making it through week 1 of c25k and can already tell I'm getting stronger and can't wait for the day to come when I HAVE to go for a run every couple days because I enjoy it so much and not because I'm trying to get through a program, lol. I lost 3lbs last week although, I know it's all water weight since I've been eating less carbs again. Can't wait to see what next week brings.

Off to download iTunes so I can get Week 2's podcast on my shuffle... Have a great week!

Make It Monday

I'm really excited that NSD (National Scrapbooking Day) is this Saturday and can't wait for all the fun games, contests, freebies and sales. After spending the morning doing a service project with our Sunday School class, I'm pretty sure I'll be spending the rest of the day at the computer celebrating my hobby. I'm really excited about the freebie that Traci's Hawt Mamas has for you for Saturday, just in time for Mother's Day and totally GORGEOUS! I also know that NeeNee has some really awesome templates coming out this week for NSD too and at an incredible price, so I'll be sure to let you all know when it goes live in the store for you to snatch them up. Ok, here are my pages with linked credits.

This first one is a template by Jaclyn Bernardo. I'm so excited to be added to her creative team this week. I've always loved browsing her galleries and you'll notice if you go through my gallery that I've lifted a few of her pages before, so I'm really excited to be joining her team and playing with her templates.

Credits:
Cut Ups Templates by Jaclyn Bernardo
Chirp by Penny Springmann
Title Work: Boys by Shawna Clingerman
Metal Bits by Shawna Clingerman
DJB NeeNee by Darcy Baldwin (retired)

Credits:
Hey Mr. Weatherman by Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Sparkly Clean Alpha by Traci Reed
template freebie by Cindy Schneider
DJB NeeNee by Darcy Baldwin (retired)
Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky

Credits:

Night Owl by Lauren Reid (2009 Sweet Shoppe Designs quarterly assortment vol 4)
Quirky edge templates by Lauren Reid
Wonky Templates v.5 by Lauren Reid
DJB Kristin Writes by Darcy Baldwin

Credits:

Rambunctious and Rambunctious add-on by Julie Billingsley
Scrapper's Blocks vol 2 by Traci Reed
Sturdy Solids by Shawna Clingerman
Title Work by Shawna Clingerman

catchin' up

In the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus teaches that we are to go before God in humility. With open hands and open minds, we humbly approach God knowing we are sinners, seeking God’s mercy, instead of being boastful and comparing ourselves to others.

my last photo assignment for the current sermon series at my church was revealed yesterday. This was a really hard one for me... and I was giggling yesterday when Mark was asked for his autograph. Although, I am relieved that my assignments are done, I think I may do something like this once a month and do a photo along with scripture that has spoken to me. It's been really kind of cool to get these artistic visions through scripture with these assignments. The nice difference is that I won't be stressed out trying to get the perfect picture, lol... or write an artist's statement... I'm thankful for Jill and Brian in helping me with those... I'm a terrible writer, lol.

Scrappin' Saturday

We're about to head out of town for the day to visit with Mark's Grandma, so I'll just post my CT layouts w/ credits. You can tell that this is a week of must haves!

Credits:

*NEW* Enchanted: I DO Believe In Fairies by Traci Reed
*NEW* I DO believe in fairies: Blooms by Traci Reed ***BUNDLE***
Matted by Traci Reed
DJB: Kristin Writes by Darcy Baldwin

Credits:

Timeless by Melissa Bennett
DJB Tweenybopper by Darcy Baldwin
templatez vol 5 by Studio NeeNee

Credits:
Sweet As Sugar by Melissa Bennett and Stolen Moments
Paper Stackers: Cut Ups by Jaclyn Bernardo
template by Megan Turnidge

Credits:
Barefoot In The Park by Eva Kipler
DJB Kristin Writes by Darcy Baldwin
Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky
template by Traci Reed

Earth Day

How do you like my new post header? I decided to spice things up here a little bit and Zoe gave me permission to use her kit which I bought when I bought the blogware from her, Bloom & Grow which matches her Bloom & Grow Blog In A Box which is what I use for everything else. I love the font so much that I used that I'm going to probably change my header and my labels to match. Anyways, today is earth day and we don't normally do anything different than what we normally do but I had bought some herb seeds and decided it would be the perfect day to do some planting with Moriah. Since our yard is a mess and I'm not sure when we'll be able to do some landscaping I'm not going to be able to have my garden this year but my goal is to definitely have a garden next year. So, we'll spend one more year buying our produce from our farmer's market... although we're looking into coops. Moriah had such a blast and she already knows so much about planting seeds thanks to PBS. I really enjoyed her telling me how to do it. Gosh, I love my little smartie pants! Here's a couple pictures from our adventure.

Work In Progress Wednesday

We are LOVIN' taking a little time off of house renovations to play on the weekends. Moriah decided to give up ballet and other park district classes to get a zoo membership this year and I'm actually really happy that she chose the zoo over classes. I LOVE the zoo and we had a blast there last week and can't wait to go back. My little girl is growing up so fast, I can't believe how fast time flys really really can't. She's also going to be buying a new bike soon. She has to be able to write her name by herself with no help from us and she's become my spelling machine. She's been spelling her name out all week getting ready to write it down. She also has to pay for some of the bike and so we counted up her coins in her "Spend" slot in her piggy bank and she's only $.23 short of what we agreed she would pay for her bike so she has to do some extra chores to get enough. I wonder if she'll remember to put it in the "Spend" slot or if she'll put it in one of the other slots for "invest", "donate" or "save".

On Saturday Mark and Moriah went to the Kite Festival, it was a bit cold but they had fun and Moriah couldn't stop talking about the octopus kite they saw.

Trim Down Tuesday... I'm motivated by cheerleaders... so come cheer me on, pretty please!

It's BACK! I'm participating in a Skinny Jeans Experiment and trying to fit back into my jeans after a really rough winter. So I decided the accountability of posting my pics every week on the blog and my progress will help keep me going. My main goal is to start and complete the C25k program and at least go for a walk or do some form of exercise on my off days. I'm starting the running program today and doing it on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. This will give me one day of the week that I can go out by myself instead of pushing a jogging stroller with the kids. I can't wait because one of my goals this year was to run a 10K in 2010 and it's not looking so hopeful that I'll be doing it at the rate I've been going at it. Anyways, unlike last time where I got bored and skipped ahead in the program which ended up hurting my hips, I plan to stick to it even if it's boring for the first few weeks. I'm determined not to get injured this time. I also need to look for some 5K races to sign up and keep me motivated to complete this. I forgot how much I NEED to run and am hoping it will help to get me out of my funk. Ok, so I got a fresh new battery for my scale and did my first weigh-in... will you cheer me on?
excuse the butt wedgie and the pantylines, lol but I wanted to put on my skinny jeans to see myself eventually fit into them... and really... I'm hoping by the end of this experiment that they'll be saggy and I'll have to buy a new pair of skinny jeans :)

Make It Monday

I'm working through my unused kits and have been enjoying my evenings of scrapping once the kids go to bed. I bought 2 new kits this Saturday because I just LOVED them and wanted to scrap them right away... plus, one of them had an awesome deal this week that if you bought the kit you got the add-on for free. I couldn't pass up that deal. I pretty much wanted the whole shoppe though, so I wishlisted the rest of the store for when Sweet Rewards comes. Oh, and one of my friends gifted me some wonky templates which I got last night and totally can't wait to play with them. Tomorrow I think I'll be sharing some pics from this weekend. Moriah and Mark went to the kite festival on Saturday while Isaac took his morning nap. I'm sooooo behind on posting my pics from P365 but I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I have too much on my plate and am torn about my P365 blog and whether or not to keep it going. I've been taking my pics every day... I just haven't been editing the photos. Not sure what I'll do right now, although, I'm sure if I just spent one evening updating instead of working on scrapbook pages, I'd be caught up, lol. Anyways, here's my pages from this weekend.

Credits:
A Little Something by Zoe Pearn
Bad Sewing Machine - Don't Be A Square 2 by Traci Reed
Bad Sewing Machine - Messy Lil Bits by Traci Reed
Sparkly Clean Alpha by Traci Reed
All Worn Up In You v.1 by Lauren Grier and Penny Springmann
VanillaBees blog template by Crystal Livesay
CK Journaling

Credits:
Time Ticking Away by Lauren Grier
One Step Closer - Layered Alpha by Lauren Grier
Paper Stackers: Rounded by Jaclyn Bernardo
template by Megan Turnidge

Credits:
Lifted That Face by mrs_jb
Spring Fling by Zoe Pearn
Spring Fling Blooms by Zoe Pearn
Bliss Alpha by Lauren Reid
Frame Diddly 2 by Fee Jardine
DJB Fonts: Kristin Writes by Darcy Baldwin
Paper Stackers by Jaclyn Bernardo

Credits:
Peace On Earth by Misty Cato
Bad Sewing Machine - Messy Lil Bits by Traci Reed
Bloom Brushes by Libby Weifenbach (retired)
Meadow Tag Alpha by Krystal Hartley (freebie)
Little Wooden Alpha by Misty Cato (newsletter freebie)
Traci Reed CT Blog Freebie template

Scrappin' Saturday

Here are the FUN Sweet Shoppe Designs new releases this week.

Credits:
portfolio #15 - lift Jody Wenke... lifted Seriously Cute

When You're Smiling by Traci Reed
Paintity Doo Dah Alpha by Traci Reed
Gimme Space by Lauren Reid and Darcy Baldwin

and I couldn't resist using Traci's kit again...

Credits:

When You're Smiling by Traci Reed
When You're Smiling add-on - Log Your Memory blog freebie
Bad Sewing Machine - Don't Be A Square 2 by Traci Reed
Cindy's Layered Templates Set 37 by Cindy Schneider

Credits:
Color Me Crazy by Melissa Bennett
4/16 - Featured Babe template by Nikki Hawkins (inspired by Aggie Aviso) - SSD blog

and I was wanting to play with some paper stackers I had gotten on sale for $1 and whipped up this page real quick (not a SSD new release)

Credits:
Show No Fear by Eva Kipler and Zoe Pearn (retired)
Bad Sewing Machine - Don't Be A Square by Traci Reed
Paper Stackers by Jaclyn Bernardo
Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky

some more layouts from this week

Can I just say that NeeNee RAWKS MY SOCKS!?!?! Check out these awesome templatez this week! (image clickable)
and here are my pages... I'm only required to do 1 page, but I just couldn't resist playing with them all, lol.

Credits:
Templatez Vol 6 by NeeNee
Lift Me Up by Lauren Grier and Lauren Reid
Title Work by Shawna Clingerman
DJB Pato by Darcy Baldwin (retired)

Credits:

templatez vol 6 by NeeNee
Happy Days by Fee Jardine
Happy Days Doodles add-on by Fee Jardine
Doodle Me: Stitches 3 by Lauren Grier

Credits:

templatez vol 6 by Studio NeeNee
Happy Place by Lauren Reid
Doodle Me: Stitches 3 by Lauren Grier
Layered Up In You: Circles by Lauren Grier
Wonky Templates v.2 by Lauren Reid

Credits:

Duuude by mgl Scraps and Lliella Designs
templatez vol 6 by Studio NeeNee

and then check out the new kit for Melissa's guest gig at Scrap Matters... she and Jenn Barrette teamed up to make an AMAZING kit... I'll be using this a ton this summer because my kiddos love the playground so much!

and my first page using it... totally not my normal style but I wanted to try the simple style that I've been seeing a lot of lately... I found it takes me longer to do a simple page than one with lots of layers and clusters, lol. I think it was because I have a hard time not using everything in a kit, it took a lot of restraint. But I LOVE this page and have been wanting to scrap this photo 4EVER!

Credits:
Park Play by Melissa Bennett and Jenn Barrette
All Worn Up In You V. 2 by Lauren Grier and Penny Springmann
CK Ali's Handwriting

I'll have more AWESOMENESS for you tomorrow from the Sweet Shoppe! Traci's had hers done for a couple weeks and I can't wait to finally show my pages.