[cOlOrful me!]

Somewhere in the middle.

Oh, what a day this has been!

I need to figure out what I want to do career wise. Work stinks!

BUT, on to happier things!

Like.

Shabby Chic Crafts! :)

Veronica, the owner of Shabby Chic Crafts asked me to guest design for her & hubby, Albert this month!  And how stoked was I?!!

I love their tags. Totally cute & fun!  I love how easy they are to work with. Lots of themes!

I am so blessed for the fun opportunity!  Thank you, Veronica & Albert! :)

Here's a couple of pages I did with some of their tags!

How cute are those summer tickets?!

And my favorite of the bunch...

Seriously. the "patchwork" look using some patterned papers & these tags make me happy!

Last night we had a fun, furry guest! 

 This dude stayed with us all last night & we had a blast!  He cracks me up & I miss him all the time!  I love when mom & Phil go out of town! :)

I have one more day of work this week & then another 3 day weekend! Praise. The. Lord. Looking forward to some time with Nate on Friday before a friend's wedding out of town. Should be a good time!

Taking Time to be Silly :)

It's time to start putting the large stack of finished layouts I have in albums so as I was organizing I found this one I did last weekend after our trip to amish country. It just might be a new favorite! :)

 

I am loving all things scallop lately. I used some of the yellow trim I found while thrifting last weekend & even branched out & cut out the flowers! haha. First time ever for that! :)

I'm anxious to show some more layouts for something I'm excited about, but not quite yet...but soon! :)

Nate didn't have to work tonight, so I'm off to scrap while he plays the Sims 3! :)

A Weekend in Photos

And what a lovely weekend it has been!

It started with a day off on Friday.  Nate & I did a bit of shopping & had a yumm-o breakfast at Chik-fil-a! We had never had their breakfast before, but boy, it didn't disappoint!

 

We then stopped by Archiver's where I was excited to find the new Basic Grey.Also, Michael's has a wonderful new line from 

Making Memories for those who love some vintage in their albums! :)

Friday was also my gramcracker's birthday, who every year I think is 54 :)  She loves it & we all disregard that I've been totally wrong for the last 14 years! ;)

To celebrate, my cousin Steph drove up from Columbus & we had ice cream! Mmm! It was wonderful spending that time with family.

 

 

We had a wonderful Independence Day, too!

Nate had the WHOLE day off & we were so grateful! We went on a date yesterday afternoon, finally saw Transformers 2 (I actually liked it!).

In the evening, mom & Phil & Tana & Zeb met at our house to walk down to the park for the evenings festivities (which entailed of pizza, surprises, lots of people watching & fireworks!) We had a. Blast!

Here, let me show you...

I love cute delivery boys! :)

And surprising wonderful, wonderful people :)

Happy 8 Year Anniversary!  Now, go & stay at a wonderful, magical place for the night! :)

I allowed myself one Lerch's donut. (Tana didn't like it?! ha.) It wasn't the best weight-friendly weekend. Shhh. Don't tell Weight Watchers! ;)

People watching. Of course! :)

We're so weird! :)

 

Sparklers!!

 

Such a great show! Almost 40 minutes long! 

Bottom line: I am blessed. Good days, bad days. Happy, sad. I. AM. BLESSED.

& I love the U.S.A!

Hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend! :)

A Little Behind

I haven't forgotten about the drawing from the other day...I have been battling some pretty agressive headaches the past few days & just haven't felt like doing much, sorry for the delay!

Still a bit under the weather, but I wanted to get here & post the winner!  I printed the names out, cut each comment, folded them into tiny pieces & randomly selected a name!

And the winna of some of the yummy trims is....

Congrats Alissa!!  Just email me @ nichole87220@aol.com with your mailing address & I'll have them out to you next week! :)

In other news...

American Crafts has been leaving little sneaks of their new lines debuting at CHA this year!  And ohhh my!!  My heart is going pitter patter, seriously!  

I am IN LOVE with this one: Blue Skies!!

The little critters are so cute!  I love them!

Speaking of AC, it's All American Week over at the blog where I have some cupcake goodness going on! Here's a peek! ;)

And speaking of All American...who's excited for 4th of July?!  I know I am!  I am off work tomorrow & plan on spending lots of time with Nate & family!  

Now, I just need to get rid of these headaches once & for all & I'll be in good shape! 

Oh, I almost forgot!  I had another weigh-in Tuesday this week & was down 1.6 for a total of 15.4!

I just have to keep reminding myself slow & steady wins the race! :)

We also had some sad news this week.  A dear friend of ours from church was killed in a motorcycle accident Monday evening.  He leaves behind a wife & 4 year old daughter.  Please say a prayer for his wife & family as they move through this difficult time if you could.  

I hope you all have a blessed Independence Day!  I am so grateful for my freedom! 

i love...

thrifting!

Seriously, why didn't I do it sooner?!  

I love browsing for "new" things & have decided my style is definitely vintage/primitive & that makes me happy! 

Nate & I ventured all over amish country yesterday (one of very favorite places, ever) & had such a blast!

We had to stop by Carlisle Inn (where we stayed back in April) to get mom & Phil's anniversary gift! Then, we HAD to stop by the bakery for a cinnamon roll! ;) 

After breakfast in the car, we stopped at a couple indoor flea markets, which were horrible (all new stuff, what kind of a flea market is that?! haha), but Nate managed to find a few more Hot wheels, so it wasn't a complete bust!  Then, we stopped by our favorite "spice store" where Nate picked up some more of his favorite Chipotle Tabasco & we also found a new love for Peach Salsa (hello, delicious!).

We had a yummy lunch & then stopped next door at an antique store & had so much fun browsing!  I picked a rug up for our kitchen for a steal & Nate found a New Era tin that used to hold potato chips! (New Era used to what is now Frito Lay).

On our drive back home, we stopped in Kidron (about 15 minutes from where we live)-another amish community.  We walked around the flea market there, but since it was a little later in the day, most vendors had already packed up, bummer.  It was still so much fun!

After Nate left for work, I had to run some errands & decided to stop by a local antique shop to do some more browsing, where I found some vintage buttons for scrapbooking & this....

!!  It makes my heart so happy!  Something so junky & simple!  But, it's perfect for what I've been needing & I was so happy to find it!

Here it is all cluttered up already with some of my schtuff! :)

Today after church we had a yummy lunch with mom & Phil at Tumbleweed.  I hadn't eaten there in years & boy do they give you a LOT of food!  I didn't even eat half of my order, I gave the rest to Nate for his lunch tonight.

After lunch, Nate & I stopped by Goodwill before heading home & I found this little bag full of goodness!

For 75 cents I got lots of Rick Rack & trims!

(the buttons are from yesterday's finds)

How yummy is all that?!  And ya know I'll never be able to use it all, so I've decided to share it!

So, if you'd like some vintage goodness for your layouts, cards, or projects just leave me a comment saying hello & I'll enter you to win!  I'll draw a name on Tuesday!

I even scrapped a layout tonight about yesterday already! (I couldn't wait to use some of that Rick Rack!)

I'm off to bed!

Have a great week!

Mmmm..chips.

You might have a husband who works at Frito Lay if...

You get big CASES of chips for next to nothing! ;)

ps: these weren't for us, they were for a girl I work with who is having many a summer BBQ! :)

If you like Frito Lay (or not, that's okay too!)...what is YOUR favorite chip?

Here's to tomorrow being Friday & a great weekend ahead! 

craft.i.ness :)

I've been working on some scrap stuff lately & lovin' it, but unfortunately, I can't share much of it yet (!) 

I can, however, share this bit of card craftiness that I whipped up late Saturday night after all the cleaning & such! 

It's an anniversary card for my mom & Phil. I can't believe they'll be married 8 years in July already!  The time has flown!

I'm kind of proud of myself for making cards lately.  If you'd of asked me a year ago if I'd be loving making cards almost as much as scrapbooking, I'd have said heck no!  But, I am so happy I would have been wrong :)

Nate's been getting quite a bit of overtime & I am so thankful for it, because it has allowed us to really take a chunk off our debt & helped us purchase our furniture wayyy sooner than we had thought!  God is so good!  I find every day I learn to trust Him more & more.  I know I should trust Him anyways...& I do, but it's so hard for us as humans to just fully give it ALL to Him, ya know?  

I'm learning tho!  Things on the weight loss front are a bit slow lately.  Ok, a LOT slow!  I weighed in today & was down .6=13.8...I am NOT going to give up this time tho!  I am just figuring my body & such out.  I plan on pushing hard this next week & hopefully I'll be down over a total of 15 by next weeks weigh in!

I would also like to share one of my favorites right now-perfect for these hot summer days & a sweet treat! :)

Helllloooo Dairy Queen fudge bars!!  1 is only 1 point!!!  How awesome is that?! And the best part?  They taste deeeelicious!! 

If you have a DQ & are watching or just want a low fat treat-you must run there & grab one or a box (a box of 6 is 6 bucks)

Welp, I have an itching to scrap!  Have a good week!