I thought I should write down some of my posting ideas before I forget them all!
Photos of recent pages
Write about my wishblade
Write about digital sb
Post digital sbpages & cards
Write about my camera
Write about my journey to sbing
Write about my sbing friends & family
I'll add more later
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Scrapping Cruise?
Ever since I could talk I've been promising to SOMEDAY take my mother on a tropical vacation. Seriously, I can't remember a time when I didn't talk about doing this. When I was growing up she was a single, very hard working lady and I just always thought she deserved something like that. She's STILL hard working so nothing has changed! Yet I know to this day, that though she could probably swing it one way or another now, she never would.
Flash forward to today. I haven't managed to take her just yet. Highschool turned into college turned into a new marriage and a career turned into starting my family. And here we are. My babies are too young to do this just now, but I think its a good idea to start saving for it! It'll take a few years
Ok, so now to the Scrapbooking part of this. I've been into scrapbooking for three years now. I REALLY enjoy it. It is my creative time, my ME time, my time to relax, my time to vent off the commone frustrations of life.
Two years ago when my first son was born she got hit by the scrapping bug too. This has now become something that we enjoy doing together. She was here just last night cropping away with me.
SOOOO.... while cruising the scrapbook.com forums I saw someone mention a scrapping retreat. That made me start thinking about scrapping cruises I've heard of. And POOF I was thinking maybe I should take my mother on a scrapbook tropical cruise.
What do you all think? Anyone ever been on one? How'd it go? Pluses? Minuses? I'm thinking it'd be a cool way to share time together, add a little spice to a cruise, and give us something to focus on that we both enjoy ( besides my children LOL! )
Flash forward to today. I haven't managed to take her just yet. Highschool turned into college turned into a new marriage and a career turned into starting my family. And here we are. My babies are too young to do this just now, but I think its a good idea to start saving for it! It'll take a few years
Ok, so now to the Scrapbooking part of this. I've been into scrapbooking for three years now. I REALLY enjoy it. It is my creative time, my ME time, my time to relax, my time to vent off the commone frustrations of life.
Two years ago when my first son was born she got hit by the scrapping bug too. This has now become something that we enjoy doing together. She was here just last night cropping away with me.
SOOOO.... while cruising the scrapbook.com forums I saw someone mention a scrapping retreat. That made me start thinking about scrapping cruises I've heard of. And POOF I was thinking maybe I should take my mother on a scrapbook tropical cruise.
What do you all think? Anyone ever been on one? How'd it go? Pluses? Minuses? I'm thinking it'd be a cool way to share time together, add a little spice to a cruise, and give us something to focus on that we both enjoy ( besides my children LOL! )
Friday, November 23, 2007
Happy DAY!
Hello Everyone!
I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving yesterday! I know I did. My dear hubby and I hosted it at our house for the first time EVER! It went fabulous! I can't take too much credit though because my hubby Todd did all the cooking! I did do the dishes however.
So today is a GREAT DAY! Why is it a great day? Because my mother has my older son for the day and Todd has the day off so he can mind the baby (when I'm not nursing him of course). So what do I get to do??????
SCRAP!!!!!!!!
My goal is to clean up my room and get my CJ ready for the mail!
I'm so happy I've been dancing around my room as I clean up! Who would have thought cleaning could be so fun?
I'm off!
ohhhh, Perhaps I'll manage to post a LO or two by the end of the day! ;)
I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving yesterday! I know I did. My dear hubby and I hosted it at our house for the first time EVER! It went fabulous! I can't take too much credit though because my hubby Todd did all the cooking! I did do the dishes however.
So today is a GREAT DAY! Why is it a great day? Because my mother has my older son for the day and Todd has the day off so he can mind the baby (when I'm not nursing him of course). So what do I get to do??????
SCRAP!!!!!!!!
My goal is to clean up my room and get my CJ ready for the mail!
I'm so happy I've been dancing around my room as I clean up! Who would have thought cleaning could be so fun?
I'm off!
ohhhh, Perhaps I'll manage to post a LO or two by the end of the day! ;)
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Let's Try This Again!
So, long time no post huh? I think I was a tad bit lost about what I wanted to write. Oh, and just a few days after my last post I found out I was pregnant! HOORAY! But that will just sap the brains right out of your head. I don't think I've been able to put a coherent sentence together since!
That precious baby was born not long ago. He is healthy and happy and growing like a weed! Both of my boys keep me totally awed. What precious gifts from God they are. I'll never figure out why He intrusted so jewels to my care. Obviously God sees something in my that I am blind to.
Since my last post we also sold our home and purchased a new one. I was around five months pregnant when we were packing up and clearing out. What work that was! We are all settled now and truly enjoying our new spacious home. The best part..... I HAVE A WONDERFUL SCRAPPING STUDIO NOW! HORRAY!
My sweet boys need my attention just now. I'll be back
That precious baby was born not long ago. He is healthy and happy and growing like a weed! Both of my boys keep me totally awed. What precious gifts from God they are. I'll never figure out why He intrusted so jewels to my care. Obviously God sees something in my that I am blind to.
Since my last post we also sold our home and purchased a new one. I was around five months pregnant when we were packing up and clearing out. What work that was! We are all settled now and truly enjoying our new spacious home. The best part..... I HAVE A WONDERFUL SCRAPPING STUDIO NOW! HORRAY!
My sweet boys need my attention just now. I'll be back
Monday, January 15, 2007
Scrapping Therapy!
Good morning everyone!
It's pretty darn early! 6:19am as I write this. Considering I have no place I have to be today, my husband isn't working today, and I have no place to be... it's early. I've been up a good hour already. But the house is peaceful and so I had time to be alone with my Bible and my prayers. Now I have time to reflect on lot's of things. Tomorrow being my birthday, 29th, I guess I'm sort of in a relfective mood!
My sweet sweet husband insisted I spend some time scrapping and crafting yesterday. You see, I suffer from that guilt complex so many mom's, wives, and women in general suffer from. If the house isn't clean, or if I think I should be spending time with my son or husband, then I feel too guilty to lock myself away with my paper, punches, taper runners, and pictures. Or perhaps I fear I'll miss out on something cool. Either way, I always put myself on the bottom of the list and that often means scrapping.
Yesterday I took advantage of my husband's push and sat down and completed what to me is a very special layout. My son's first Christmas. I played with my new wishblade and cut out some wonderful shapes and lettering. I am very proud of those pages. I know others here would have done something different. But I scrap what I like and I am very very pleased.
By the time I stopped to take a break I noticed a HUGE change in myself. Lately I've been feeling pretty crummy for absolutely NO real reason. I've been feeling unlovable and unworthy. I've been feeling lost. I've been feeling pain. I've not believed my husband when he's told me he loves me, that I'm beautiful, sexy, the most wonderful wife in the entire world. I've had stupid fears about him leaving me. I've been beating myself up for not being really the perfect wife or mother, despite my husband insisting that in his eyes I am. Now, I've kept most of this inside. I haven't expressed it really. Though I'm sure it showed. My usual happy, self confident self was just being stamped out by what I KNOW are irrational and false thoughts..
For some reason, when I took a break from scrapping yesterday I felt INSANELY different! Like my old self again. I felt like I deserved the time I took. I felt like I really am something resembling what my husband describes. I felt ready to be a part of my absolutely wonderful life and family again. I felt.... ALIVE again! My patience for my son and his typical toddler ways just went through the roof! My wanting to love my husband just exploded. I just wanted to cry because all of a sudden all those yucky feelings were just GONE! Replaced by everything opposite.
All because I scrapped for a few hours.
After Noah was to bed I talked to my husband and explained to him what I was feeling. My own self negatvity is so oppressing. Sometimes I fear that if I can't pull myself out of it I could ruin my family, myself, and my relationship with God. Of course my husband told me "I tell you all the time to go relax and scrap. You don't listen to me. Now I'm going to MAKE you." Then he hugged me and kissed me!
I prayed in church yesterday that God help me with those feelings. I asked him to lift them. To help me feel whole again. My prayers were answered.
Thank you God!
It's pretty darn early! 6:19am as I write this. Considering I have no place I have to be today, my husband isn't working today, and I have no place to be... it's early. I've been up a good hour already. But the house is peaceful and so I had time to be alone with my Bible and my prayers. Now I have time to reflect on lot's of things. Tomorrow being my birthday, 29th, I guess I'm sort of in a relfective mood!
My sweet sweet husband insisted I spend some time scrapping and crafting yesterday. You see, I suffer from that guilt complex so many mom's, wives, and women in general suffer from. If the house isn't clean, or if I think I should be spending time with my son or husband, then I feel too guilty to lock myself away with my paper, punches, taper runners, and pictures. Or perhaps I fear I'll miss out on something cool. Either way, I always put myself on the bottom of the list and that often means scrapping.
Yesterday I took advantage of my husband's push and sat down and completed what to me is a very special layout. My son's first Christmas. I played with my new wishblade and cut out some wonderful shapes and lettering. I am very proud of those pages. I know others here would have done something different. But I scrap what I like and I am very very pleased.
By the time I stopped to take a break I noticed a HUGE change in myself. Lately I've been feeling pretty crummy for absolutely NO real reason. I've been feeling unlovable and unworthy. I've been feeling lost. I've been feeling pain. I've not believed my husband when he's told me he loves me, that I'm beautiful, sexy, the most wonderful wife in the entire world. I've had stupid fears about him leaving me. I've been beating myself up for not being really the perfect wife or mother, despite my husband insisting that in his eyes I am. Now, I've kept most of this inside. I haven't expressed it really. Though I'm sure it showed. My usual happy, self confident self was just being stamped out by what I KNOW are irrational and false thoughts..
For some reason, when I took a break from scrapping yesterday I felt INSANELY different! Like my old self again. I felt like I deserved the time I took. I felt like I really am something resembling what my husband describes. I felt ready to be a part of my absolutely wonderful life and family again. I felt.... ALIVE again! My patience for my son and his typical toddler ways just went through the roof! My wanting to love my husband just exploded. I just wanted to cry because all of a sudden all those yucky feelings were just GONE! Replaced by everything opposite.
All because I scrapped for a few hours.
After Noah was to bed I talked to my husband and explained to him what I was feeling. My own self negatvity is so oppressing. Sometimes I fear that if I can't pull myself out of it I could ruin my family, myself, and my relationship with God. Of course my husband told me "I tell you all the time to go relax and scrap. You don't listen to me. Now I'm going to MAKE you." Then he hugged me and kissed me!
I prayed in church yesterday that God help me with those feelings. I asked him to lift them. To help me feel whole again. My prayers were answered.
Thank you God!
Monday, December 4, 2006
Finished!
I FINISHED my 2005 album! HOORAY! I think it might be the biggest album I've done yet. It certainly was the biggest year of my life! I got pregnant, had a baby, quit my job, watched my father-in-law battle cancer and loose the fight, and so much more!
But get this... I did it all with MULTI-PHOTO layouts! What exactly is the the deal with ONE photo per layout? Who can do that? I like to take photos of ALL the people at an event. Who should I leave out? With a new baby who is constnatly doing new things I often took series shots.
ONE photo RARELY tells the story!
Well, there is one Magazine out there that caters to scrappers like me. It is called Lasting Moments and it is put out by Creative Memories. I LOVE that magazine. Contact me if you want more details!
But get this... I did it all with MULTI-PHOTO layouts! What exactly is the the deal with ONE photo per layout? Who can do that? I like to take photos of ALL the people at an event. Who should I leave out? With a new baby who is constnatly doing new things I often took series shots.
ONE photo RARELY tells the story!
Well, there is one Magazine out there that caters to scrappers like me. It is called Lasting Moments and it is put out by Creative Memories. I LOVE that magazine. Contact me if you want more details!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Birthday Bash!
My son turned one last week. So we celebrated in style yesterday. The whole family, all sides of it, came out for a great celebration. We ate pizza, sang happy birthday, had some yummy cake! Noah had a blast! Well, once he got used to it all.
Now I have probably a couple hundred pictures. Only a fraction of those are any decent though. I'm thinking I'll do a 7x7 just for this event. I asked each person or couple to fill out a journaling box with a little note to Noah to put in the album. I think this is something he'll TREASURE later in life. But for some reason many MANY people give me a hard time and don't want to do it!
Ah well!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Backing Up Digital Photos
Here is what I do.
1. Load all my photos to an online photo service. Then they are saved.
2. Do monthly backups of my most recent photos to CD-R's. Store one copy at home and one a DH's office.
3. Do quarterly backups of most recent photos to to DVD - store one copy at home other at office.
4. Do quarterly backups of ALL photos to DVD - store two copies in different places.
5. Do quarterly backups of entire computer to external Hard Drive.
Once a year I destroy the CD-R's. They don't have a long life and I don't need the clutter. Every couple of years I'll probably destroy the oldest DVD backups of ALL the photos.
1. Load all my photos to an online photo service. Then they are saved.
2. Do monthly backups of my most recent photos to CD-R's. Store one copy at home and one a DH's office.
3. Do quarterly backups of most recent photos to to DVD - store one copy at home other at office.
4. Do quarterly backups of ALL photos to DVD - store two copies in different places.
5. Do quarterly backups of entire computer to external Hard Drive.
Once a year I destroy the CD-R's. They don't have a long life and I don't need the clutter. Every couple of years I'll probably destroy the oldest DVD backups of ALL the photos.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Ok Time for a REAL Entry
Hello everyone! Scrapping Diva here. Oh that's funny. Scrapping DIVA. Sure "Diva" as I sit here in my sweats, no makeup, scratched up nails... I'm not feeling much like a Diva today. But no matter. I thought the name was cute so I'm going with it.
Anyway, welcome to my blog. If you've found your way here congratulations. I hope you stick around. I plan to talk about my daily life, and my scrapping. Plus other crafts too. I'm primarily into paper crafts and my favorite medium to work with would be photos. I also enjoy stamping and jewelry making as well.
Today is Wednesday and it has been a crazy one. I have two babies here and both are suffering from colds and teething. But luckily for me they are both sleeping at the moment. Despite the chaos that is caring for two kids I have managed to complete a double layout. Now have I done the laundry, made the bed, or done anything else today? NOPE. Shows you where my priorities lay huh? Ah well, I always get to it all eventually.
Speaking of I'd better hop to before the kiddos awake. I hope to figure out how to post some pictures of recent layouts soon.
Til Next Time
Scrap Diva
Anyway, welcome to my blog. If you've found your way here congratulations. I hope you stick around. I plan to talk about my daily life, and my scrapping. Plus other crafts too. I'm primarily into paper crafts and my favorite medium to work with would be photos. I also enjoy stamping and jewelry making as well.
Today is Wednesday and it has been a crazy one. I have two babies here and both are suffering from colds and teething. But luckily for me they are both sleeping at the moment. Despite the chaos that is caring for two kids I have managed to complete a double layout. Now have I done the laundry, made the bed, or done anything else today? NOPE. Shows you where my priorities lay huh? Ah well, I always get to it all eventually.
Speaking of I'd better hop to before the kiddos awake. I hope to figure out how to post some pictures of recent layouts soon.
Til Next Time
Scrap Diva
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