House Projects...

So I have been lucky enough to have had this past
week off(ish) and the husband off too (although the bills may beg to differ). The husband and I were able to get some of our "to-do" list of projects around the house done.... we have lived in our current location for 2 going on 3 years. First project on the list was to use that old window I have lugged around now for... no joke.... 5-6 years. I finally found the perfect spot to use it :) Before:

So handy husband and I went to work... took 2 days only because we need the paint to dry. After:

The picture of the trees are from Michael's. The hardware is all original. Didn't have them on in the before photo because I was so excited to be doing the project I forgot to photograph till after I dug in :)
We ended up hanging it up in our bedroom above my dresser. This wall had been crying for art work for almost 3 years. WE LOVE IT :) Here's the before and after of the space....

Note: On top of my dresser are salt and pepper shakers that my husband and I collect. From left to right: The Little Rascal one is the most recent from my M.I.L, snow white and dopey is from our 1st trip to Disneyland together, center is the statue from our wedding (not salt n pepper shaker), then a princess and frog from our honeymoon at Catalina Island and the last one is the first one of the collection from my M.I.L. for our first Christmas together.

Now to one of the best-est projects........ :) eeeeekkkkk :) I'm so happy about this that I just HAVE to share. now its not organized yet the way I want it to be but, like I said... i needed to share ASAP!
My pegboard......... :) Before:

 OK so i know i have a blank photo frame at the top.... its just i can't pick which photo from our wedding i want to put in it. p.s. the bookcase is getting a make over this coming up week :) can't wait. so here is the after for the pegboard....

Pegboard: Free from work
Frame: Free from old picture frame we had around the house. OK fine from my hoard of picture frames.
Pegboard Hooks: $6.00 at Harbor Freight
Total Cost: $11.00 (going to pick up buckets from Target tomorrow for the bottom row)
Ill post a better photo once all the items i want are up and it looks pretty!!! Thank you again Husband :)
OK time for some chipotle :)
have a great night......



p.s. while doing this post i found out that Whitney Houston has passed away. :( she was such an icon, and will never be forgotten.

Gratitude Journal

So I was roaming the net in search of random crafts. I was on one of my favorite blogs... KWernerDesigns and saw this..... a gratitude notebook. I loved the idea so much that I googled Gratitude Journal for about 3 days straight.

The idea of a gratitude journal is to bring a positive outlook and energy into one's life. Now I'm all about positive thinking. I thought this would be a great idea to bring some positive energy into my life. Since our beloved dog Nahla had passed in April 2011 energy level in our home has been flying on fumes. Since this idea popped in my head I made it a mission to make one. I then started to think.... why just keep this wonderful idea to myself? i need to share this with everyone i know!
Here is the journal before i got a hold of it.... $1.00 at Michaels....

And here's what I did with it.....  

This particular journal was made for my sister! She loved it! :) 

OK off to uploading more photos of my recent crafts and then dinner :) Yummy Tommy's :)

check back soon! More photos my crafts coming next week :) :) :)

Night everyone and remember to :) Smile :)

Our Nahla girls album

So it is still in the works.... but here are some of the pages I have done to remember our sweet angel.  It was nice getting back into scrapbooking :)


Enjoy :)

 I had hand drawn her name while we were trying to pick one out. This is what I came up with. I then colored everything in with either Prisma Markers or Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

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"Nahla Girl"

This was a fun page. 

Products Used:

• Studio G: i clear stamp set VS4911 Series 61
• Studio G: pigment ink: purple, green & yellow
• American Crafts: #4162 "Runaway"
• American Crafts: #4131 "Monograms Sara Script Black"
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Broken China & Spun Sugar 

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"Our Sunshine"

Products Used:

• Bo-Bunny "Melody Black" MBC5766
• Me&My Big Ideas: Black Alpha Upper Case AR-10
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade & Walnut Stain
• DCWV: "The Crafty Stack" (paper)
• Hero Arts: H5481 "Classic Bloom" (stamp)
• And some good 'ol scrap paper

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"Upside Down Love"

Products Used:

• Michael's Ribbon: #413275
• Studio G: Clear Stamps: #VS4911 Series: 23
• Michael's Letters: #119930
• ANW Cardstock: Mediterranean #23046

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"Welcome Home"

Theses photo were taking the day we got to bring her home. We had taken her to the park before we started our hour drive home.

Products Used:

Studio G $1 spot ABC's and scrap paper :)

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"Be Natural"

Our first trip to the beach. She loved it. I think it may have been Nahla's first time ever to the beach :)

Products Used:

• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Broken China, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Worn Lipstick & Antique Linen
• Anna Griffin Paper: AG1362
• Michael's Brand: Button, flower & paw print stamp

* this the first time I used sandpaper to distress a photo and paper. I LOVED it :)

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"Cute as a Button"

Products Used:

• Michael's Brand: Buttons
• Alpha Stacks: "cute"
• Studio G $1 spot ABC's: "as a "
• Me & My Big Idea: Black Alphs AR11 "button"
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Spun Sugar
• Bazzill Basics Paper: Bank Roll

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"Dog Park"

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"Good Baby Girl"

My husbands first scrap book page :) 

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"We Found Her"

After about two years of searching for a dog my husband and I rescued this beautiful girl from Pasadena Humane Society. We feel in love with her in minutes. These photos were taken the day we meet her (Sunday). We took her home on the following Tuesday :)

Product Used:

We R Memory Keepers: Grandma's Kitchen#61062-5

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MORE PAGES TO COME....

Once I finish them. Thank you again for looking.

Desktop Calendar

Morning!
So work has been busy and I'm so sorry about the delay on posts. I have the next two days off, and the husband is out of town so.... that's right... I get to craft for TWO days straight!
 Enjoy....

Products Used:

• Bazzill Basic Paper: Patina
• Cloud 9 "Love" stickers (from 2003)
• Hampton Art Footlong: #SC0250-Flowers
• American Crafts: Sixth Avenue #3923 "Gramercy Park"
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: "Broken China" & "Walnut Stain"
• PrismaColor Markers

How I Created It:

• Step 1: The base of the card: I follow Dawn on YouTube a lot! Her videos are so easy to follow along with. Here is the video for this card base. 

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldhKxcFkIjo

• Step 2:  I used Tim Holtz "Walnut Stain" to distress the edges of the base.
• Step 3: The calendar: I got it from www.catscreations.com. Then used my paper piercer to punch the holes in the corners for the brads. Then, snail adhesive to attach it to the blue cardstock that was distressed with TimHoltz "Broken China" ink. 

• Step 4: The Sentiments: The flower was stamped onto white cardstock and then heat embossed with black embossing powder. I find using PrismaColor markers with the heat embossing keeps the inks from bleeding. I then cut the flower out and added pop-ups. The sticker: is a velum sticker that I stuck to cream cardstock and then distressed the edges with "Walnut Stain"

• Step 5: The photo: This photo was takin' the night my husband asked me to marry him! I matted it with the same blue cardstock that I used on the calendar and distressed the edges with "Broken China".

Hope this has inspired you! Can't wait to see what you come up with :)


P.S. Go BEARS!