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Dec. Daily Day 3-16.

Hello! Whew! I finally got caught up. Can I just say that I'm proud of myself for sticking with this and may just actually finish it! Go me! :)

(Remember to click on the image to view it larger!! ) **edit- i will come back tmrw and enter the journaling. some of the photos make it hard to see what I said**

Day 3- santa tag intro

Day 3 intro cont. 
 

Day 3 cont. this photo was taken by my mom's phone. I didn't bring my camera this night (stupid me! i'm working on a daily album, duh!) Thanks mom :)   
 

Day 4. Big game for us Ducks. The Civil War, and this game would decide if we were going to the Rose Bowl or the BCS National Championships. Oh yeah, we're goin' to the 'ship!!!! Way to go Ducks!!! The photo was taken off the tv- we didn't host the civil war this year, so we decided to save our $ and stay home, have a party at a friend's house. This was taken right after we won. The photos on the right : the football I took in the beginning of the fall, and the Ducks Coach, Chip Kelley off from the tv giving a interview after the game as well.  
 

the photos on the left: from a couple of games that we went to that I wanted to include, even though it wasn't the exact day. right photo: envelope that I plan on putting the newspaper clippings about this game as soon as I copy what I have, since I plan on using the original for the OR Duck album I have made  for us.(I just realized that I have not shared this album yet..will do soon!) 
 

back of the clipping envelope + Day 5 intro.
 

Day 5 cont.
 

Day 5 cont. journal + photos of Wade + the xmas countdown calendar.
 

Day 5 cont. A photo driving to his first basketball game, which was an away game, and happened to be the first day it storms + photos from his game and journaling. 
 

Day 6 journaling
 

day 6 cont.
 

Day 6 cont. photo of our front door, snow and boots :)

 

Day 7 -the mantel shot +journaling on the back of the tag.
 

the red felt reindeer pocket (a gift card holder i found at Micheal's-cute right?!)- is holding receipts from errands I did and a mini wallet sized photo I took of the stamps I bought for the Xmas cards + a piece ripped out of movie guide from Blockbuster's about the Eclipse (from the Twilight series) movie I bought.
 

Day 7 cont. journaling about our tree.
 

photo of the tree. So glad I took this pic when I did...a few days later the top tier's lights burned out. Go figure...
 

Day 8 : i took this photo using the reflection of a xmas ornament. I love how it shows a fish eye like around the living room + and shows the fireplace mantel. Love that I was able to capture my dogs laying at my feet like they always are. + Day 9- a little humor about the thing I hate to do- cooking...well at least I think its funny- the photos/story not the cooking- there's nothing humorious about that!. Not so sure anyone  else thinks I am that funny LOL :)
 

Day 10. Sick still + a piece of mail that was the first Xmas card we got of my cousin and her family- she recently had triplets! Crazy thing.
 

Back of the envelope that I spilt my Starbucks coffee--grrrr! + Day 11 intro.
 

Day 11; Introducing Fred, our elf on the shelf.
 

Day 11 journaling.
 

Day 12 : my sister working @ McDonald's (well I actually borrowed from when I took it last year or so- I once again didn't have my camera on me, and well I knew she would hide if she saw it LOL) +plus a photo I took of basketballs a couple years back- it was all about basketball that day. + plus journaling
 

Day 12 journaling.
 

Day 13 _ filling out Xmas cards and was sposed to send them out the next day at least..but they are still sitting out on the counter...so hopefully no one getting a card from us sees this before they actually get the card in their hands first...sorry if you had to see it here LOL 
 

Our first xmas card as a family :) + intro to Day 14
 

Day 14: my job.
 

Day 15: another job- me working on photo editing + deadlines for senior pics to be sent to the yearbook dept. + another piece of mail (i covered my address and blurred out the sender's for privacy reasons) I knew I wanted to something that had our address on it. This was another xmas card that included a letter update about the family. I thought it would be fun to read in the future.
 

This is actually a part of Day 16, today, where we had dinner tonight + plus the receipt of what it cost. I meant to put it behind the photo for the day but oh well its there and done lol
 

Day 16. Me working on the Dec. Daily album :)
 

This album is getting reeeally thick. I am definately going to have to find bigger book rings. If you have any questions on products or anything, ask me in the comments section and I will be happy to tell you there! :) Hope everyone is doing well, and ready for Xmas. We're not! We haven't started shopping yet!! eeeek! Probably won't be back until after Xmas/New year with the rest of the Dec. album updates...until then....

Have a Merry Christmas!

Ps- To see the first 2 days, look in the post before this :)
 

Dec. Daily Day 1+2

Hello December. I can't believe how fast Thanksgiving came and went, and we are already heading into the third day of Dec. I meant to get these up in separate posts on day 1 and 2...but I fell sick with a sinus infection + a fever of a 101 since last Sunday...I knew I was feeling pretty crummy but I had no idea that I had a fever that high until I went into the doctor on Tues. On top of that, on our way home from the Oregon game on Saturday, the suburban went alittle haywire. We had just gotten back onto dry pavement off of Williamette Pass, and switched over to auto from 4x4 when all of the sudden the car started idling really fast and rough, the engine light came on and the stability feature turned off. We couldn't go faster than 35 miles per hour. Made some calls, and apparently the car's computer went into "limp home mode" (say what?!). Which means that it was ok to drive to where we needed to go but to get serviced ASAP. Luckily we were only about 20 miles away to the car dealership's repair shop...but it took FOREVER to get there. 35 miles per hour aaaaallll the way there. We were tired and now stressed and just wanted to get home. Even though, I tried to look at the positive side of it, and said it was a blessing that it freaked out where it did and not on the cold snowy pass (hardly any cell phone service) and we had our friends following us. Plus the fact that the car shut itself down to a point where it wouldn't cause any more or possible damage. Dropped the car off and was given a free loaner car (a 4 door Hyundai Santa Fe) until it was fixed. This loaner car pretty much broke the tension between Scott and I...and gave our friends a good laugh and had a great time making fun of us :) Well, it DID look like a bright white bathtub that Scott (he's 6'4 tall) was driving. They came up besides us in the other lane, taking pictures and laughing so hard, I swear I thought we were gonna wreck. It was hilarious! Couple of days later, my beloved Sub was fixed and ready to be picked up. All it needed was a update on the computer system (say what?). All covered by the factory warranty. Whew.

Alright, without further ado...here is my Dec. Daily Day 1 + 2. I won't be listing any products descriptions. Getting the photos and writing the info is a tedious job so if you have a question about what was used, please ask me in the comment section and I will be happy to let you know there :)

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This is the cover. I added a snowflake tag to the top ring.

 
pg 2. intro

pg 3 intro. 

pg 4 intro to day 1. 
 

back of pg 4 + intro photo w/ the candy cane heart (taken by me! I placed them together and put them on top of a turquoise antique table I have by our dining room window. I LOVE the color combination of the red, white and turqiouse blue together) . This is by far my fav so far :)
 

a close up. "Hello December- how I love you so." Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love all of the sparkle, lights, scents, the tree,traditions and the magic of xmas.
 
 

back of pg 4 (loooove the fabric that is adhered) + Day 1. Photos of my breakfast and tea with a dose of my antibiotics 2x a day. The fireplace that I was grateful to have to stay warm while fighting my fever. The wreath that I finally got to hang up on the inside of the front door (another wreath is on the outside- photo will be another day!) 
 

pg 5 (on the back of the day 1 journal pg). Pg 6 is the Starbucks pastry bag that I had stitched but left open at the top in case I wanted to use it to house a letter or journal more. Haven't gotten that far yet....
 

on the back side of the sbx bag + pg 7 intro to day 2. This is a number lace adhered to a heavy transparency page with the painted #2 to make it stand out more. Edged with some red sparkle ribbon :)
 

back side of pg 7 + day 2. I had been wanting to photograph apples for awhile now, and I love the red and green color combo so I figured this was a good time as any. The felt snowflake is actually hole punched and is placed there to take up the empty space I have below the photo. I haven't decided if I am going to place anything there, or leave it as is.
 

flipped the snowflake over to reveal the journaling.
 

pg 8 on the back of day 2 (cont.). I had to leave the house to take the dog to get her stitches out from her knee surgery she had 2 weeks ago and run some errands. After 3 days of staying inside and in my pj's (FYI, I did shower you know. Just sayin'), I was ready to get out, but unfortunately my body was not. By the time I got home, I was feeling really crummy again and super frustrated since all I wanted to do was get better. ANyways, I stopped by Starbucks to pick up a peppermint mocha latte, in hopes of clearing my sinuses, and warming up my throat. Well, I could barely taste it. Thanks alot tastebuds. I took a photo of the sign withthe holiday flavors while I was in the drive thru. SO happy that I did. I also took off the order sticker, used a border punch and stuck it right on the photo. It has the size + the time I got it. Love how it turned out. Holed punch one of the many coffee cup sleeves I have been collecting lately (plan on using these for a mini someday lol)...but isn't the wording so cool? Hmm, I wonder if they have been seeing us scrapbookers talking about and making layouts about their yummy coffee?
 

Not alot of "stories" so far...just tidbits of my day. I'm home alone most of the day so not much going on other than what I usually do. Its the weekends where we see alot more action since that's when we get our Wader bug at our house. This weekend is full of basketball games- Wade and my sister's (who is a Senior this year and captain of her varsity team) on Friday and Sunday. Saturday is the big rival game and last game of the season....CIVIL WAR! Oregon vs Oregon State. GO DUCKS! This game will determine whether we go to the Rose Bowl or National Championship. I'm not going to say anything more. We are a superstitious bunch and will not say anything to jinx anything. LOL! I will say however, undefeated at this point...11-0 and Pac 10 Conference Champions!  

Check back next week for days 3 and 4...at least. I have a busy week coming up to get caught up on the restaruant business bookkeeping and have deadlines for the Senior and a family shoot(s) I had the last couple of months. Being sick, travelling and the car situation has really put me behind. Not to mention getting the tree up and getting our XMas cards out! Wow, only 21 days before Christmas!  Is it time to panic yet?! ;0)

Have a great weekend!

Dec. Daily Mini Sneak Peek

I am so excited about this project! I wanted to show you a sneak peek of my book. I'm planning on doing around 32 days or so (I never make any project easy for myself, phish)...so rather than photograph every page to show you, I thought I would just give a taste. I'm also doing it this way, because, I'm not quite finished with the foundation...pretty much just need to add the dates still. I'm actually saving that part for the days I do put the photos and stories in the book. I let the photos speak to me, and then put them in the appropriate paper or/and embellishment. Then I will show you each day, or a series of days what I ended up with. I didn't do a very simple book lol. Do I do anything simple, really?

Like I said in a previous post, I purchased a ready made book from Eva because I liked the idea of just having that...the ready made part. Well....I got super inspired, looked through my stash, and saw some new and vintage stuff online...I took the book apart, subtracted about more than half of what the book already had and added my own stuff. This book is in no way simple. LOL I love my eclectic (and Eva's) selection of papers and embellishments. I have written out a looooong list of things I want to photograph that I know is going to happen during the month. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I am especially excited because this is my first year of really knowing that I have a family of my own. Possibly starting new and old traditions during the holiday too :). I'm not sure if I am going to do this project every single year so this book is going to be pretty full.

Anyhoo, here are the sneeks :)

  
  

  
  
 

In addition to this, I'm taking Shimelle's Journal your Christmas and Willette Designs Finding the Holiday Joy  . I am excited about using some of their prompts, that way If I do get stuck on a day where I can't think of anything, or something I didn't think of, it'll be a really great addition to the book. So excited!

Ps- I will also be working on a project that my best friend's son (Eriq) asked me to do for his 3rd grade class. I will be hosting Flat Stanley for a couple of weeks or so. He will be hanging out with me and maybe going out for some adventures...like say, to the #1 college football team in the nation...Oregon Ducks game! He'll have an awesome time for sure! :) I won't be showing those pics until I have completed the project and have sent Flat Stanley on his way back to Oklahoma :) I wanted to suprise Eriq with Stanley's adventures here in Oregon :) However, I will post this....Here is Stanley helping me with my Dec. Daily mini... he's was such a big helper!! Thanks Eriq for sending him my way! I'll take good care of him :)

 
   

 

Stand by for December Daily.

For the first time,I am going to be following along to December Daily that was created by Ali Edwards. The project description can be found HERE. 

I am still in the process of getting it all together. I "cheated" alittle by buying a book that was put together. It has vintage and other items that I loved but I plan on adding and subtracting elements to make it more my own. I am looking fwd to this project as Xmas is my favorite holiday :)

See you Dec. 1 (or before) as I will post the foundation pages.

 

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter.

Fall was here and gone in a flash.

 
We had all kinds of plans to go to a pumpkin patch, carve pumpkins...but those plans fell through. I managed to get some mini pumpkins before they ran out for the season.

 
 

Flu shot time. (photo found online)

 
We all got the shot this year. My first in 12+ years. So far so good...sort of. Wade got his first physical to clear him to play 6th grade basketball. He had to get his 11-12 yr old tetanus shot, and his flu shot. He ended up having some reactions and had a small fever....then he had tummy troubles and fatique for over a week. Missed school and his first week of practice. He ended up going to the ER, thinking that he may have appendicitis...but they determined that he just had a lower intestine virus. He ended up missing Halloween. He had a pretty cool custome that we finally found his size at a Halloween specialty store. Hopefully he"ll be able to wear next year...but I'm not holding my breath on that one LOL I snapped a photo of it just in case...what can I say, I am a scrapbooker. :)

 
Basketball shoe shopping...

 

Whoa! Size 20. Scott wears 15's, but can you imagine?

 

I've been busy with senior photo shoots, and did a shoot for our friends. In return, Melanie did ours :)

C. family...

 
 
Our family :) Thank you Melanie!

 
 
 
Can't wait to do our 1st Christmas cards :)

Hello winter. First snow fall.

 
 
Can't believe the holidays are just right around the corner. Time flies. I am excited about getting the Xmas tree up. I am going to try to follow along with a December Daily mini book project that Ali Edwards came up with.
Have the book semi ready, will just need to add the pics and journaling daily. I cheated with the book to save some time (working on other projects), but will be adding other embellishments/papers as I go. Got the book from Evalicious.
 

I finally finished a project I've wanted to get hung up in the entry way. I was just waiting for our fall family pics. This is a printer's tray from 7 Gypsies. I got it in a kit that Ali E. made up for Cocoa Daisy. I pretty much lifted her but changed a couple of placements and embellishments to make it more for us. I love how it turned out.

 
Hanging in the entry way. LOVE :)

 
Got the door knob wall hook at Pier 1 last year, and the round mirror above that at a local antique store.

Ok, so you noticed that there's a W, right? That's the last initial of Scott and Wade...and I'm obviously not sharing that last name...yet :) I already feel like we are a family, and feel like an W. Here's to hoping that he asks me officially soon. Just sayin'!  :)

Have a happy Thanksgiving!  

ps- I have posted 2 other entries in the past couple of days. See below if you missed it! :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, mother in law, step mom,grandma, aunts, cousins, best friend and scrap/blog friends :)

I cooked breakfast for my grandma & grandpa this morning and then going over to my mom's later to hang out with her and give her gifts :) Hope you all had a great weekend and Mother's Day :) 

Ps-

Here are the cards I made for my mom and grandma. I wanted to make more for a couple of people but I ran out of time...and plus I was spending alot of time helping other people make cards for their moms..so...

 

 

Stamps from Stampin Up(mom's day and tweet bird), butterfly from Pier 1 (its actually table confetti that comes in a pkg), ladybug ribbon from Micheal's (on sale for $2!!)  The bird one took alittle longer (from cutting out the stamped images and piecing things together- this one was actually a similiar lift from one of SU mini catalogs) than the butterfly one (5 min tops!) :) 

Btw, I had to share...I was looking at my embellishment center that I am using to store my paints, glitter, ribbons, etc and I was not liking that I couldn't see all of the colors. I got the bright idea (i'm being sarcastic here lol) to lay them down, bottoms out (lol) and viola! Color galore! AND, I have made room for more-believe me it was filled to the gills! See told ya it was a good idea :) Why didn't I think of this before? Duh. 

  

**I have edited the last post -added more pics :)** Go look!