Crafty Again

I had another good crafting weekend and used up a lot of my glimmer mist on a heidi swapp fascination folder page, pink paislee artisans elements and also made a scrapbook page with distress inks which has been exactly 11 months since i last scrapbooked. Once again I hope to photograph by the weekend.
Christopher's girls celebrated their 7th birthday and I am happy to report they enjoyed their pink birthday cake cards and banner. Now I just need to figure out what I want to get my dad for father's day.
Hope you had a good productive weekend!

5.28.10

My sister and I were talking last night about marriage and relationships and she said the best advice she heard was from a coworker who said no marriage is perfect and if they say their marriage is perfect or they present it as a perfect marriage they are faking it. I definitely agree that relationships take work, open communication and understanding.

Over Memorial Day weekend I spent a good 60 hours with Christopher and we had a total blast. This weekend had been planned for several months and we were counting down the days til May 28th arrived. It started with a hotel room at the Renaissance in downtown Seattle. My coworker won a gift certificate and she wanted cash for it and I wanted a good deal so I did my best to haggle her down. I wanted to use the hotel for the 28th because John Butler Trio performed that night with State Radio and I thought it would be fun to have a mini vacation away from home.

Chilling in our hotel room

If you love guitar I highly suggest listening to John Butler Trio on youtube. He played all my favorite songs and I got to dance the night away with my man. The opening act State Radio also played a good set mixed with rock and reggae. We picked up two t-shirts and stickers to remember this enjoyable evening.

(Us in our new t-shirts taken with my left hand unfortunately i cut christopher's head off, darn my short arm!)

Once we got back to the hotel we realized we totally forgot to eat dinner and ordered the worst steak wrap ever, but you know when you are hungry you'll put anything in your belly. Thankfully breakfast was much much better not only because it was free but it was super fresh. The Renaissance makes a good breakfast I will give them that. We also made sure to utilize the swimming pool and hot tub which I was so looking forward to because I can get these nasty knots in my shoulder from work.

By the time check-out came, we were ready to hit downtown and see Prince of Persia. Good Lord, Jake Gyllenhal has been working out! I thought he did action with a little comedy well.

For lunch, we used 2 Qdoba coupons we were handed off the street a week prior and I am so glad I stuck my hand out instead of ignoring them. 3 mini tacos with a side of beans aint too shabby once you add the word free to them.

Are you tired of reading this yet? Well, Sunday had to be the most lazy Sunday we have ever experienced! I got up once to make smoothies and after that we were in bed until 4pm which is when we thought would be a good time for breakfast/lunch. By 5pm we were out the door and walked 2 blocks up for the biggest free concert in the US. Ok, I have no idea if that is true but I thought I did hear someone say that Folklife Festival in Seattle indeed was. We wandered around for an hour, split an elephant ear, visited the beer garden and listened to a variety of music before heading downtown to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Paramount Theater.

Christopher mentioned how much he liked Fiddler on the Roof that I thought it would be an excellent way to end our weekend. I have to admit I have never seen it so I cheated and went to wikipedia and read the short version so I wouldn't get lost. I will agree that it was an entertaining musical. The lead male had great comical timing. My only problem is sitting for that long tends to drive my feet crazy and I had a bad case of happy feet! What really makes me happy is seeing Christopher enjoying himself and I would look over and see him smile which made me feel really good.

Thanks for a great weekend baby!

House of 3 Happy Birthday Card/Banner

I have been loving using House of 3 printables. I made these cards from Heidi's sample and added the crown bling and number 7. Going to give these to two princesses on their birthdays :)

Also used the larger cake to make a banner for the girls. I hope they enjoy!

Pics from Craft Day

Stamped these pretties on craft day and cut out. Heidi Swapp birthday stamp and Ali Edwards You stamps. Also used my new Technique Tuesday banner stamp that I adore.

I have had these Maya Road Leaf Chipboard pieces for some time and finally got around to making them look pretty. Used chalk ink and text stamp.

House of 3 Father's Day Download. I am a step ahead for Father's Day...Yeah!

I have been running low on birthday cards and got myself back in gear to make some more.

Hello Thursday

Ok, so I haven't gotten around to taking photos of my cards as hoped. Shooting for Sunday afternoon (crossing my fingers it will be sunny.) On another note, I am so excited to be seeing this group tomorrow - John Butler Trio. Love, love, love his music. I never tire watching him play his guitar on youtube especially when he uses his guitar as a drum. Very talented man indeed!

Scrappy Day

Last Saturday I had my monthly get together with my girlfriends for a crafty day. I haven't scrapbooked since July of last year and the only time I did anything crafty was to make my boyfriend Christmas cards in December. Well, that is about to change. I feel rejuvenated and inspired to create again and look forward to sharing. Heidi Swapp has always been an inspiration and her collaboration at House of 3 really sparked the creative juices. Will try to make some time this week to photograph my most recent projects and cards.
Thanks for stopping by!

Playlist

Been getting good music from my man. Here's whats on my current playlist

1. I will possess your heart - Death Cab for Cutie
2. Summer Romance - Incubus
3. Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness - Joe Satriani
4. Always with me, Always with you - Joe Satriani
5. One Way Road - John Butler Trio
6. Daniella - John Butler Trio
7. Over the hills and far away - Led Zeppelin
8. Lounge Act - Nirvana
9. Champagne Supernova - Oasis

Kurt Exhibit

I have been seeing promos around Seattle for the Kurt Exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum and being such a big Nirvana fan I knew I would want to go. The Kurt Exhibit opened tonight and it showcased artists' works inspired by Kurt as well as some of my favorite photos of Nirvana. I love pics of him as he is tossing himself into chaos- something I would never do myself.

Christopher took a pic of the exhibit of Kurt's head which is so freaky looking. This particular exhibit was also located with photos of his body laying lifeless on the floor and his shoe is sticking out. Wasn't quite sure how I felt about that. I did enjoy the areas where they played videos and music the best.

Lasting Memories

If you live in the puget sound area...lasting memories is closing their doors and everything is marked 40% off. sad to see them close since they have been one of the only full service scrapbook stores in our area. was up there on monday and their stock is diminishing rapidly.
http://www.lasting-memories.com

Relief

Ever since my migraine hit I have been feeling nausea here and there and it was so frustating having to come to work feeling like that. Finally last Friday my coworker suggested I take a motion sickness pill like Dramamine and it did the trick! I actually got meclizine because it had less side effects. I felt so good we went rock climbing last Saturday. Will write more about that at another time with some pics too.
I also get a pat on the back for making sure Christopher's mom got a package on mother's day as well as splurging on my own momma. I totally surprised her with a pair of flat Coach shoes which she has been eyeing for a couple weeks now.
Slowly but surely I am gradually getting back into scrapbooking. So far I made an envelope album from the house of 3 website and I have a monthly craft meet with my girlfriends on the 22nd. Here's to sparking the crafting juices!