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Hey hey! Just a little crafty goings-ons and a few pics of my cuties if you'll indulge me.... this is a quilt I saw a few weeks ago at Urban Outfitters....and I can't get it off my mind....it's just the most stunning thing ever, yes?.... I may do a bit of a hunt to find similar fabrics and put it on my to-do list. The best thing on it was the binding, it was really wide and silky like the baby

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It's true....that's how tired I am. Somehow 7 months of disrupted sleep and one bad-ass time change has left me beyond exhausted. I've fallen asleep with Ella at 7:30 more times than I can count in the last few weeks...egad.... When I'm not yawning though I've been plotting and planning a few things....one of them is a little quilt with this. I have a friend having a little girl in February so

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For the 4 people who come to visit, please try not to have a stroke over the 2nd post in less than a week... I have a great reason for a second post! I get the privilege of being guest ATC-er over at Simply ArTistiC!! I've been meaning to do a post devoted to my ATC collection for a while so this is the perfect excuse. Back in the scrap-in-style days I got myself into a TON of ATC swaps, and I

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well, that was a longer than expected blog break....i think i can officially declare that for a few months i was totally and completely overwhelmed by my life, and frankly my own doing. flickr has been keeping me busy with lots of swaps..... i have several on the go.... scrappy mug rug swap, the pillow talk swap, the 3x6 sampler swap, scrappy hoops swap, and the scrappy strips swap. i know. 

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I'm a HUGE giant, like I would marry it, lover of swaps. ATCs were my first real swap-love and unfortunately that has waned but I have discovered the yummy swappy goodness of flickr and I'm hooked! I'm signed up for like 4 or 5 swaps right now and I will do a proper post of them all soon, but I'm especially excited for the one I signed up for tonight - The Pillow Talk swap!!! I had no idea a new

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We've been very busy around these parts lately (I'll tell why in a minute....) so here is a little synopsis of what my little clan has been up to.... we spent an always interesting day at the city fair. As usual, a fascinating slice of life....carnies, teenagers, some freaky-people, w.a.s.p.s., and a lot of people in between. There truly are all walks of life there - and it's always super fun.

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Ella has started school. She is officially on day 5 and all is mostly well. Ella is a really shy shy girl and very sensitive so I was sick with worry but I have to say she has been relatively untraumatized - me not so much. She cries every morning when I drop her off - the sad, scared cry. Then I come home and sob, and by the end of the day we're both just fine. This was her orientation day back

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Owl Softie Originally uploaded by wink designsHow cute is this? One more for the to do list I guess....along with a much longer and more interesting (??) blog post...(-:

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we're working hard at finishing off the last of the local, organic fruit...it's such a sad, sad reality when summer ends....so we're stuffing our faces with grapes, and strawberries, and looking forward to tons of tomatoes! however, I am already excited for Halloween, and Thanksgiving and Christmas....I LOVE this time of year.... I'd take it over summer anytime. It's the best best thing when you

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today my little peanut is 5 MONTHS OLD....wow. really? how did that happen??? and more importantly, why is she not sleeping through the night? so in a nut-shell here is my little chloe-bear at the ripe old age of 5 months... she drools ALL the time....like she has to wear a bib and everyone thinks she's teething even though she's not she only giggles for Ella....this is an endless source of

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boycotting summer!! yep, when you have to go to Las Vegas to enjoy some balmy weather, like i did last week, then you know you live south-western ontario. so instead of trying to be *that* mother today - you know, the fabulous, put-together one who totes her beautiful children all over in her awesome SUV doing fun errands (for the record I'm never that mother, nor do I have an awesome SUV!!) - i

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i'm quilt obsessed..... for sources go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperpoppies/favorites/ i spoke before about my utter lack of scrapbooking mojo over the last year, but since then something terrible, and even more expensive has become my new obsession....quilts. i think if my scrapbook pages were quilts this is what they would look like perhaps? anyhoo, despite my utter lack of

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details - pink balloon Originally uploaded by giac1061i need to learn how to make this.... i can imagine these all over my girls' ceilings and in their playroom....maybe in the garage, the kitchen....well, everywhere really - it is so lovely....

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oh where oh where to begin..... i have lots of tales about my experience being pregnant and having chloe (in the i pushed her out of me way).... and if you're here you probably already know me (in the irl way or cyber-way), but if not and you want to know what on earth is the point of my blog you can go here to A TALE OF TWO BLOGS. Beyond that I guess I'll just jump right in, okay? I don't get

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I think I just might start blogging again... not that anyone visits little me anymore b/c i'm such a slacker, but maybe it's a 'if you type it they will come'...type of thing....first however, on the cottage excursion i mentioned on the previous post, i began to suspect, and sorta figured out (30 miles away from the closest drug store) that well....i had a little-bean on board. that said bean was

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why you ask? well because i've just decided to throw my hat into the, seemingly ginormous, ring for the American Crafts design team call. the fact that i decided to even apply is a bit out of character for me, but i just couldn't NOT. that's not why i'm insane though. and i'm not even insane because i think i have some real chance either, i don't really, but a girl can hope. i'm insane because

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it's just sinking in with me that i'm officially off for the summer and every 10 minutes i keep thinking of something else i want to do this summer! so because this is the only place i won't lose my list i'm postin' it all on here...and for prosperity (for me, not you 'cause you probably don't care about my to-do list!). so 10 weeks, let's see how it goes friends....re-do my kitchenhang the 100

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after i tele-ported in to Franklin, TN i was so happy to discover that my weekend away with the girls was so much more than i ever would have hoped... i will be forever glad that i went, and came back with some new, wonderful friendships that i will cherish always. it was 4 crazy days full of this...with the extra bonus of wreaking havoc with these two on sunday - the sunday of all all sundays

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So it's been a while and will be just a wee while yet before I'm really blogging more frequently, but I have given me lil' 'ol blog a makeover in preparation for lots of free-time this summer to do posts, and crafty things. Summers off is the best perk my job has, but the downside of that is that as a full-time working teacher, and a mamma, dealing with an almost 2 month stream of illness I just

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naw.... as if. (-: just poppin by to say hey! i have lots of bloggin' to do but not much time! school is done in 4 weeks, and i'm off to SIS and lookin' forward to my summer 'o fun with Ella, and a trip to Vegas with the girls. but will be back soon with a really long one hopefully! Hope you are doing well! I need to sit down and do a nice big blog hop - like REALLY big. eek! oh yeah, i'm off to

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gotta love Danielle - where the french are you? ha ha. my new fave. well friends i'm not dead, i haven't quit blogging, and even though i haven't scrapbooked in like two months (except atcs!!), i do intend to do all the said things again. i was sick for almost 6 weeks - like really, really sick where i was actually upset because i thought something was really wrong. the good news is though that

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sometimes it's just too damn much work to be so cynical all the time. my mother is convinced that this woman is an angel. i'm not quite sure i see it the same way but she sure did give me a good cry and make me look at things just a little bit differently today. If you haven't seen this CLICK HEREHave a lovely weekend everyone!! XO Sandy (and an extra xo just b/c i'm feelin' mushy now)

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Easter is gone and I'm saying good-bye to these....I'll miss you Cadbury mini-eggs. Till we rendevouz again next year. Hopefully after the 5lbs you made me gain is gone.In honor of my mini-egg love, I attempted to emulate my beloved chocolates with Ella when we made eggs this year. And this is how they turned out.I'm always torn between letting her 'artistic' freedom reign on my projects, and my

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So far this week has big one big FOG!! It was my 37th b-day on Monday and all was looking well - woke up to "Big Hard Sun" on the radio, thought it was a sign! Then when I got to school I was reminded of the staff meeting (booo!), but what can you do? I was going out with my friends for dinner and drinks that night so it was all good. Then I got home from school and it began - the aches. Popped

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well, well, well....i gotta say i just love danielle to bits. not only did she make me a 'mixed-tape' (cd actually...) that i freakin' love, but she gets on my ass about not blogging! and yeah, i've been brutal lately, so thanks danielle for the kick in the butt! so this is my goings on of late.... my wonderful stint as guest designer with sweet twee has come to an end, and because i just can't

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So lately my life has pretty much consisted of marking, marking, and more marking (oh my, i'm watching last week's LOST as i'm typing this and Ben just strangled John - no less horrifying the second time around) - oooops, kinda digressed. Anyways, I miss my blog, and I have so much visiting to catch up on - stupid work. (-; 7 more work-days till March break...7 more work-days till March break..

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well, well, well what an exciting week...well sorta....i have officially decided to take the plunge and go to sisaversary in June!!! Why you ask?? Well first and foremost it's so that I can hang out for the weekend with, and bask in the awesomeness that is JEN. Secondly, it's in Tennessee, and I looooooove Tennessee and have always wanted to go back. Thirdly, because I get to be around, and meet

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Am I the only one who's sick and tired of winter??? All you people in the hot weather don't know how good you got it....I will never take my lovely spring, and fall, and even summer for granted again.....It's been a quiet few weeks with me mostly practicing (and getting better!) my knitting (thanks jen!) I think I've got it down for the most part - but it is NOT as easy as I thought. I thought by

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Wow....I can't believe how long it's been since my last post!! I'm up to my arse at work in exams, and projects – insane!My little 3lb bug turned 3 last week-end, and i just can't believe how much she's growing up. You would think that with all this scrappin' and stuff that my memory would better, but i look back and can hardly remember her as a little one, or me as a new mom. I think I'm a

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happy happy thursday friends!!! is it just me, or is there a certain 'buzz' out there in the world? it seems that suddenly people are blogging, they're crafting, they're chatting....it's nice. i like to hibernate over the holidays too, but there is something inspiring about a new year, as much as i hate to admit it because of how corny that is. (-:well, with the new year comes our first challenge

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hello blog friends!!!i'm here to ventmy lovely daughterwhom i love to bitswas being cute and fun and decided to do a little leap on her bedit was cute, reallyuntil her head hit the bottom of my chinREALLY HARD.yeah.i felt my lip split. i tasted blood.she freaked because she hit her head. hard.oh, the blood.and the crying toddler.omg.and i'm home alone. all night.i now know that it's possible to

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well, it's been 4 days and counting that this snivelling, snotty, cranky, boogie-machine, little peanut has been occupying almost every spare moment. wow, i had no idea one tiny thing could be filled with so much snot (and well...attitude).thank goodness i now have this..... oh yes. this is my favourite christmas present this year. now just to preface you should know that i have gone through

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well whadda ya know, i had a little free time for scrappin' today. me time. almost forgot what that felt like. i have the december kits from sweet spuds, and red velvet and i couldn't wait to dig in. i looooove christmas paper and embellies. both these kits are just YUMMY. the smiling title is from "elf", my favourite, silly christmas movie. (-: so it's just a little post for now but i will be

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Well there are about a million things I could blog about today:Christmas presents, food, festivities, and friends, crafts, my journal, finally getting around to fixing up my lil 'ol blog (still LOTS to do), and my new books - but I'm too dang tired. So soon. Soon. It's quiet out 'there' these days so i gather most people are feeling like me - a little cozy, a little shut-off from the world, and

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i know two posts in one day. it must be the season.... actually, i have a little news....Jen, who i have boundless admiration of, (and frankly, i just plain adore her, and wished she lived closer) asked me to guest design for Work Your Soul. i know! so very exciting.... vintage Christmas too of all things....when i think vintage i think of Kerry Lynn Yeary, lacey, worn, incredibly pretty, and

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SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it's the last day of school before the holiday break, and we're getting a HUGE storm, and they canceled school in the whole board. this never happens...the last time it did i was on mat leave, and the time before that was like 30 years ago. i'm a bit melancholy about this because this is actually a really fun day to go to work - we put on a massive pancake breakfast

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ooooh....just had a yummy cappuccino and did a nice big post for my course (actually kinda interesting...the role of character education...lots of people fighting in the course right now....well, cyber-fighting. fun!!! he he). so before i head home to work on my christmas book (seriously, i can't say enough about the awesomeness of shimelle's class) i thought i'd do a little post.so.....say hello

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tonight i....told my husband i needed to work on my coursecame to the coffee pub to do this under the guise that i needed peace and quietam all too aware that i'm getting behind in my course workhad no intention of working on my coursejust wanted some alone timewanted time to do a post on my blog, visit my fave blogs, and surf the netfeel like i love my family more than anything, but that this

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it's time for challenge #8 at the creative type!! holy moly, i can't believe how time flies! this is the best week ever because not only is the prompt super-fun but we have the most rockin' sponsor evah - sweet spuds!! gina offered up the November kit, and as i am a spuds connoisseur myself i can say it totally rocks! this is my little 'ol take on the challenge........(used my spuds kit too!).so

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so tonight i am going to go tackle this little project from my elsie course! hope it's okay that i jacked the picture elsie! isn't it cute? i had a HUGE fight with michael's the other day when i went to get my supplies....i went in there perfectly prepared to pay the ridiculous prices with the assumption that there was no coupon because the flyer only went wednesday to saturday (i went on tuesday

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oh i have been a bad, lazy blogger. and oh how i love my cyber besties who keep visiting me even when i'm lazy!i can't get this guy out of my head lately. my ron sexsmith. *sigh*. heard this song the other day and soon after spent days listening to everything i had of his, which is a lot. so if you wanna feel a bit christmassy just press play. (-:did a little scrappin' too. i went to a new

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hang on folks, this is gonna be a long one.....(-:i have officially let everyone know that this christmas i would like to receive only very little (except from joe of course - i'll post that list soon!), that my sincerest enjoyment is just hangin' out with the fam, and my besties, chillaxin, playing games and getting smashed...har har. okay i don't really get smashed, well okay i actually do a

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it's extremely difficult for me not to go on a political rant. omg. i want to bust. but i won't because this is not the place...is it? and it's a really happy time. so i'll keep my big mouth shut....{about *ahem, oh i just deleted this part...ha ha*}. sorry, just had a hair ball.p.s. i love you barak obama, i think you're going to change the world. xoxoxookay, enough of that. down to business. i

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well, i hope every one had a great weekend and a super-duper-fun halloween! i have a few things to share with y'all. (-:two layouts, yes indeedy. a while back beck fleck emailed me and asked me to do a layout for the november page maps newsletter. so of course i was happy to, but then she emailed me the sketch and it looked like this... and i had never in my life ever done a 6x12 - i actually

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i was feeling all ambitious, and excited when i got home from trick or treating with the little one but i'm totally OUT OF GAS!! so all the cute pics i was going to post, and some crafty-goodness too will have to wait. i'm also in big trouble b/c my hubby went to a hockey game, i haven't eaten dinner yet and i'm staring at a GIANT bag of candy. and i'll just say it - i probably ripped open at

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feeling so very reflective these days but i always question whether or not this is the kind of thing i want to talk about on my blog. i think it's the time of year, and the change in season that makes me extra sensitive to the things around me.scrapbooking for one. when i started scrapbooking after my wedding i had no idea what kind of 'world' there was out there. for me, i was trying to do some

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yes, party-people, it's true. i have dished out a whopping 110 bucks to go see the 4 Australian men sing, and dance and entertain us. ella has been shouting for a month "I'm going to see the wiggles!!!" and throwing her arms up in the air, but i don't think she really gets it...i can't wait to see her reaction!!! this kind of thing has got to be one of the biggest thrills of being a momma. i'm so

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wow. what a busy weekend!!! so much fun though.....friday night all by myself at the coffee pub working on my course, saturday, a trip to the salon for a cut and colour, saturday night was girl's night with myself, ella, and my mother, watching lars and the real girl and eating smoked sausages, and sauerkraut with mashed potatoes - yum!!! sunday was lunch with some friends, and a pot-luck

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i have finished all 24 of the atcs i needed to do for the sistv october swap - and i should mention that they're all different...eeek! my camera batteries are a chargin' so i still need to post a pick but they are pretty dang cute, if i do say so myself.so, shockingly, i found a few thing i'm drooling over and want to put up here so that i don't forget! the first one is this lamp that i spotted

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i am so full of self-loathing right now....seriously i am THE worst procrastinator. i should be working away on a course but somehow manage to waste HOURS doing nothing...well not nothing, scrapbooking and reading. but still....uhg. oh well, at least i had fun making this page for the next prompt at say it in scrap. the challenge isn't up yet so i'll leave it at that....but go check it out,

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well to be honest i don't have too much to say! it's thank-giving weekend here in the great white north eh...so that's means lots and lots of food, and it usually means sandy gains five pounds that she loses by christmas only to gain 10. why i am talking in the third person? could i be any more obnoxious? so i went to my lss for a crop last night....a good time as always, but what did i behold...

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this won't be long because i have a very sick little girl at home with me, that has kept me up for the last 3 nights and i need to SLEEP. and she's down for (hopefully) a nice long nap. (-; i am going to a crop tomorrow night with my sister, it's her birthday present. i'm very excited, i always have fun at those even though i'm so shy, it's kind-of my element so i love it and have a great time. i

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what a funny day...for no reason really, just lots of things to giggle about. last year, being the silly overly ambitious mommy, i went out and bought ella 3 costumes before i settled on one. first it was a bunny costume that was too small, then a chicken costume that required the ability to walk...so that went back. i was sooooooo hoping she'd be walking for halloween - she was 21 months after

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ah ha...this is the bestest thing i've seen in a while....see....OMFG! I just got slapped with a wet salmon - really - I have not updated this since Paris Hilton was in jail... You would not believe the amount of people that are totally stalking me. Jealous much? Don't be, it was very painful..I am lost in a sea of pseudo-olde-english with only your readership as life preserver, hoping you

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well i am a very happy girl right now sitting at william's cafe (it's like a big starbucks with edible food..he he) with a huge cappuccino, and chocolate chip biscotti, and my new lover - my laptop. unfortunately i came here to get some work done on my course 'guidance and career education part 1' - doesn't THAT sound exciting? actually i have to admit, i'm the biggest nerd when it comes to

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my husband-dude has been away all weekend so i got to do lots of scrappin'! w/o all the desperate pleas for attention and snacks that he usually annoys me with endlessly. (-; the layout abovet i got done a while ago but it's for the new prompt over at say it in scrap - the prompt this time around was envy....muahahahaha.... so it's not like i'm not envious of anything ever - i covet really nice

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survivor just began - wooot!!! so this will be quick but i'm so excited that this has finally gone live!!! congrats cynthia!! the kit is so beautiful, and unusual...and sexy!! (-;

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it occurred to me today that i haven't been taking enough pictures of ella lately. so today we went and played outside for a while and she even reluctantly posed (kinda). (-;hi, i'm cute! happy doggiemy little peanutdance, dance, dancethat's all...isn't she the cutest little monkey. i just love her.

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just a quick post...i did a little mini this time around for the prompt at the creative type. it's just a series of quotes and pictures that make me smile - as much for their smarminess as their sincerity..(-; i'm an eternally smarmy and sarcastic person myself so i could'nt help it. the prompt goes up tomorrow so if you want to know why i did what i did go HERE. knowing patty, she'll have

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but i just have to brag about the fact that i'm getting this in the mail next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!! now, i adore cynthia and am continually humbled by her (hopefully not misplaced) faith in me. and yes, getting a free kit in the mail to play with every month is better than, well almost anything. i knew the kit would be great - she's such a surreal gal, but it's beyond

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well karma seems to be alive and well in my life....was thinking about a 'sick' day tomorrow and sure enough i get struck down sick as a dog last night which nixes any chance of a subtle yet enjoyable sick day tomorrow.(so does talking about it on your blog but whateva). so as i was sitting around today too sick to really clean, or (omg!!) even scrapbook i gots to thinking about some things i

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well i don't know what i ever did to deserve this but...traci put my page of my little ella up as layout of the day yesterday and i almost had a stroke, untill....i saw this today and actually had a stroke....another turn on the catwalk. holy shite. lucky me. for real.i don't even know what to say. so very flattering and humbling. and i'm canadian so i'm mortified by the attention and feel the

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i have been inindated with atc projects (not complaining - totally my own doing!!) and thought i'd put a whole bunch i've been working on up in one post....these are obviously for the napoleon dynamite swap and i loved making these...too much fun. i used my anthropologie tissue paper for the background but now i'm starting to run out....*weep* if anyone wants to send me some more...(-;this set is

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wow, i'm so proud of myself for making two post in two days!! i want to share something i found after searching and searching....i am not a big photographer - i've only just started figuring out how to do some stuff on my slr and as for ps elements i am very much a novice. i can do a bit here and there but mostly i just muck around until i figure out something. one of the things i've been dying

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wowzas!! i think this is the longest i've gone w/o making a post since i started this mofo!! well, needless to say going back to work after being off for the summer is kicking my ass just as it does every year...only worse b/c every year i'm that much older.so i have a ton of stuff 'marked' for posting but i'll start with this little one....the new prompt is up at say it in scrap!!!! and to top

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ugh....i'm back at work and now i feel like i have no time for blogging, or crafting all day and night, or emailing my chums....ugh. but i have a few easy posts and a bit 'o fun to talk about. first of all i can't believe how much people love a good rant....i'm so blown-away by the response my little tantrum on the 'say it...' layout had. it's funny. it's totally flattering and cool too. so to

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so the BIG news........oh yeah. it's kind of a long story but the truly wonderful cynthia asked me to be on the design team for her new kit club!!! woot!!! now under any circumstances this would be exciting b/c it's so nice to be acknowledged and stuff but this is even better...kismet i think. i would be grateful to have anyone give me a whole kit to play with - but these kits are going to make

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did some scrappin' last night - went to a lss with my sister and had some fun, talked to some nice people and bought a few new pack of thickers (yay!). now, 'kiss me i'm cute' is probably officially ready to retire. i've probably used it on 4 or 5 pages now but i hate coming up with titles...totally frustrates me. sometimes there's no deep meaning i just want to scrap pics of ells 'cause she's so

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just a quick post for now. i finally mustered up the courage to take on my first challenge at the creative type. that patty man....i haven't been so 'challenged' in ages. gotta love her. so i used this ben harper poster for isnpo b/c i love him, and b/c i love the retro 70's feel to it. my take on it is pretty much a total jack but i still like the mod feeling to it. that's it for now! (-;

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i am such a sucker for a book and every saturday morning as little ella and i are in chapters having our starbucks treat and playing with thomas the train (well many trains really) i always pick up this book to look at. the website for apartment therapy is total heaven too and you gotta check it out if you havent' been. i almost broke down today and bought the book...but i somehow mustered the

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i'm so very, very sleeeeepy. so even though i've got some fun stuff to post (honestly, can i not come up with a better word than 'stuff'), it'll have to wait for tomorrow. i'll leave ya with a photo array of the evening i'm going to have. g'night friends! cuddles with these two turkeys.perhaps a grilled cheese...drool..... definately a browse through this.....woo hoo!!a lot of this....and a

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i've finally kicked kermit to the curb...only for now. i'm pretty much out of my grouchy phase so i don't need him as much to make me lighten up...(-: i added blur last night - tender - which i think is one of the all-time most amazing songs. i don't know what my problem is but i totally blank when i'm sitting there feeling like i want to pick another song. i litterally probably deeply LOVE 2000

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well atcs....i'm pretty obsessed with them. i just like making them - it's methodical, and i enjoy that i guess. so for a bit i thought 'oh-oh', that i signed up for too many but i'm all caught up! woot! so here is my second batch of atcs for the sis music swap.......and this small group is for the twilight swap. that's it for the time being except a nyc group (oh yeah baby!) and most definitely

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first of all i just want to say THANKS!!! for all my comments on here lately!! i spend so much time on here as it is that sometimes it's hard to go a visit everyone's blog right away but i really do love visitiors, (and i do come visit y'all back when i get a chance) - and your comments always make me feel great....okay, enough cheese....(-;i can now post a layout i did for creative scrappers b/c

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i'm cranky. for real. this isn't like me so i'm hoping a nice long blog post with lots of lovely things to look at will make me feel better.....so lots of little things i've been meaning to post up on here...this little box is something i picked up the other night when i was looking for something for my 81/2x 11 paper. it was so ridiculously overpriced at 12.99 but i had a gift card and thought

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just some very beautiful things i want to put up here for my own lookin' pleasure...oh pottery barn, how i love you so...

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so i have what i call 'rounds' here on the internet - like a doctor but much more important (-;...one of those is to check out sistv once or twice a day and see if anything is interesting....well today i noticed a little catwalk chat and was like 'oh yeah' it's tuesday let's go take a peek. and look at what's staring back at me....lol. it was a shock b/c i'm staring at it going 'wow, that looks

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okay, i just want to put the word out there about two places that everyone should visit. i'm biased because i really like both these gals, yes, but seriously these are inspired women with a really cool vision and they have the gonads to put it out there (which i don't for the record...lol). give 'em a visit if you want to see something different and something that is about good, honest, design

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i figured out my blog problem!!! i'm now the queen of html....holy cow - i can't believe i figured it out. woot!! that doesn't mean i'm happy with it yet - i find the dark brown kind of obtrusive...but i got rid of the gap and somehow added bullets but don't ask me how - that's a total accident....

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i'm frustrated. in that way when you want to pull your hair out. i'm blinging up my blog a little but i can't for the life of me figure out how to remove the gaps below my pictres - they look terrible and i've tried everything....oh i just want to cry. if anyone knows what to do please help....*begging* cause it's gonna drive me nuts....(-:

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i am soooooo productive today....i finished a layout i started last night and completed another one today - which is incredibly fast for me, it takes me forever to finish a page....first one's for judean at sis for our swap and i must say first of all she is really such a sweet person, and secondly, i swear that little one of her's is one of the cutest babies i've ever seen. seriously. i really

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alright, i got about 100 other things i should be doing right now but i just found this on stacey fike's blog and thought it would be a good way to procrastinate....here we go.1. Where is your cell phone? BAG2. Where is your significant other? BIKE3. Your hair? GREASY4. Your mother? DIFFICULT5. Your father? DRUNK6. Your favorite thing? TRAVEL7. Your dream last night? HUH?8. Your dream/goal?

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i finally get to post the pages i made for the ashley wren tutorial....now i still have to finish 47 more but i'm off to a roaring start with my mere 3 (hey i was on vacay!). i have inspo for the next year. it was such an amazing, inspiring class - i would/will do it again in a heartbeat and i suggest y'all get your buts in gear to do it too if she does another one. amazing.

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-69919657590207553432008-08-08T18:27:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.346-04:00

i'm playing around with my blog thanks to my new obsession with scrapblog so it's looking a little funny right now in case you drop by for a visit...and b/c i'm kind of an obsessive perfectionist in some ways it will probably be changing constantly for the next few days....too much fun though...i'm throwing stuff on here b/c i want to see how it looks with the blue. i'm tempted to go with white

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-80988782054286023942008-08-07T23:07:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.362-04:00

this is gonna be short and sweet b/c i'm totally wiped but i've been experimenting with typewriter fonts and i'm trying to decide on my fave. i've become a bit obsessed in the last few months with old typewriters and i'm thinking i'm going to maybe splurge on one sometime soon. not a new ugly one though (plus holy crap, they super expensive!!) but one hopefully like this one from the 70's. i

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i'm back.....omg, nyc....love it. can't wait to go back.i'll post little pics here and there over the next little while as i start to sink back in to real life...ick.needless to say the picture sums up a good bit of the trip...but actually i was pretty good. i didn't buy too much just a few pretties, and admittedly a few shallow nyc kinda things from bloomingdales. the pics of the pretty things

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-13236091274592953812008-08-01T11:39:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.394-04:00

off to nyc with joey for a good time...the first big trip sans ella...eeek! be back next week...hopefully with some new goodies to share!!! if anyone has been and has a 'must-do' for nyc pleeeeeeease leave me a comment - i'm pretty much up for anything!peace.***just a quick update before i go....my not so 'ambiguous' news is that i got asked to be on the 'say it in scrap' team!!!!!!! frankly,

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okay, i can't really say anything.....so i'm just putting up a picture of something cool. k? (-:

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well i thought i would do a little post just to keep track of a few current projects and other such things i've been up to.....oh, such exciting stuff...lol.first i did a layout - the first one in way too long. i'm getting so distracted by so many other crafty things, not to mention my obsession w/ something else i will discusss shortly. (-: here it is.....i did this for the story matters - i

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-16715112958977086242008-07-28T22:47:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.449-04:00

okay so apparently it's not cool to have music on your blog according to some but i love my blog music b/c i like to listen to nice things while i'm on here. sorry for the rant but that just annoys me - i think if you don't like it than you shouldn't listen to it; turn the volumw off, but hey that's just me. so on that note b/c i'm in a melancholy mood i've decided to play my favourite elton

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okay still totally behind (soon, soon!!) on my posts but this will only take a moment....i went back to design school today!!! this one here, with *gasp* ashley wren, the funniest, quirkiest, most radical fashionista at sistv. it's awesome already, and i'm devoting my whole day to it tomorrow (and blogging too!). i'm so happy i signed up - but soooooo bummed i'll miss a bit while i'm away on

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i still have a lot to post (i'm incredibly obsessed with a novel right now) but i wanted to make sure i said a big thanks to peg who gave me this fun award!! thanks peg!!!! i'll make my acceptance speech later. i'm supposed to pass it on to seven people and i will do that soon too as well. have a lovely day.

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just wanted to share the goodies that the truly lovely, fun, kind stacey fike sent me. among the treats (and there are many) are some exquisite kerry lynn yeary papers that were exclusive to sistv. i never had any and they are STUNNING and i feel so lucky to have gotten them now b/c they are just killer. thanks stacey!!!

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in keeping with the atc theme and my immense love for these little goodies i'll post my pic of the first set i received in the mail!! this is the full set of the june atcs for sistv - the "art" ones. i loooove them - they're awesome. oh, and apparently a nice peek at my toes. (-:

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-84880267630462431942008-07-24T09:15:00.002-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.525-04:00

i have been a bad, bad blogger and have lots to get caught up on so i'm going to do it in sections beginning with the atcs i've finished in the last little while....the first set is for the breakfast club swap BUT they don't actually look like this anymore, now they are covered in smudged, black ink b/c i couldn't get the damn ink to dry (NOTHING worked). so i just smudged it all and it ended up

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-64852146282761633122008-07-21T16:50:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.612-04:00

just wanted to post the layouts of all the amazing girls that played along with my challenge! i'm so happy that i got 11 players, i was afraid no one would play with me! lol (what am i, in grade 1 again...). so here are all the layouts all together so that everyone can see them all together - holy moly, they are awesome!!!xoxojess weebbt vivian shaunna rifi lostinadream jaylynn iris elissakm

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-52841274963551237782008-07-19T22:21:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.639-04:00

okay i wasn't gonna post my pics till tomorrow (on account of being a little um...tipsy...) but i've had a lovely cup 'o tea and a few gals are putting up pics of their scrap spaces (holy coincedence) so i figure i'll do mine too!! so here we go....(and btw it's never this tidy). (-: the pics are kind-of overkill too! believe me i know most of ya don't care to see this much i just wanted to put

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lots of things to report but some friends just left, and after 3 (okay maybe 4) drinks so has my ambition! been a fun few days at sis but i'll put it'll all down in writing tomorrow! i also took a bunch of pics of my newly organized scrap space that i'm looooooving right now!! i'll put a post for that too b/c i adore seeing other people's scrap spaces, just snoopy i guess. (-: i just went on a

Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029051410448943143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096905675232871601.post-30858032818555260882008-07-14T13:19:00.001-04:002010-09-11T21:17:45.683-04:00

just wanted to post this......just a page i did last night for fun. i looooved that chatterbox paper and was dying to use it!!

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well this is a surprise....got the sis newsletter this morning and looked it over and saw this 'n that, seriously pondered taking ashley wren's new class (i think i'm sooooooo gonna) and closed it up. then i go check in over at sis and there's this congrats for being featured in the newsletter...wtf???? so i look again (thank goodness i totally saved it b/c of the ashley wren thing) and lookie

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