online class by Virginia Tillery

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If you sign up leave me a comment and let me know... i am taking it and it will be a great time. Hope to see you there and it is only $8. Gonna be a whole lotta fun going on in one spot.

Friday Noel releases her new kit so I will be back tomorrow with sneaks of what i have done so far.
Right now i need to get my ass in gear and get the things i have started FINISHED!

Challenge Week

Long time no post, eh?
I'm back...I'm refreshed, and i am ready to roll.

This week Noel challenged us to a heritage layout for the current challenge

I decided I would do a picture of myself. It was my very first Christmas back in 1977. it was fun doing this and the Nightingale Kit was PERFECT! I cut my brids out from the JB paper and watercolored them with Stampin Up's colored pencils. I cut out my circles from the Collage Press paper and adhered the middle one with a 3-d glue dot for dimension. Then i added some stickles. A girl has to have some bling bling on a layout right?

I have loved this kit. The colors of it are stunning. There are a few still available. If you are on the fence i suggest picking one up. i believe there on only a few left.

I hope to see lots of heritage layouts for this challenge.
The Nightingale Kit and the Penny Arcade Kit are PERFECT for this challenge.

Happy 7th Birthday to my baby

Today Mason turned 7 years old. I cannot believe how time just whizzes by. Next year he will be graduating high school at the rate time is going by.

Saturday we are going to have his party and he wanted a Super Mario party. Well let me tell ya. It's hard to find cute stuff so I did it all myself.

First we are going to play pin the mustache on Mario.

**No i did not draw this..my friend's 16 year old daughter did in a matter of about 10 minutes she had him sketched out and was working on the coloring. That girl is amazing. And she wanted to do cool checkered jumper so i said go for it..who cares...LOL...anyway back to the party details.

Next we will play Yoshi Egg smash...(O'Neil is going to stroke out on this game..lol)

These are real eggs that i put a hole in the end and dumped all the contents in and then washed the inside out real good and sprayed it with 409 and washed it again. I will stuff the inside with shredded paper and in 6 of them they will have a gold star in it. The kids will throw the eggs (one at a time) and see if they get the gold star. If they do they recieve extra gold coins.


This is the pouches they will have to hold the coins they collect from all the games



This is chain chomp. I bought an inflatable soccer ball for less than a buck and spray painted him black. Then i broke out my acrylics and painted him and with some staples and cardstock i made the chain. Isn't he so stinking cute?

This is the yoshi goodie bags that each child will get with candy and a stuffed turtle in it. Can't have a mario party without a turtle now can we?
Hanging all around the house and along my fence will be these coins


I also made Mario and Luigi hats but i forgot to take pics of them so you will have to see those later. I made them out of poster board.

Almost all these ideas came from Cool Party Blog. This lady has some fabulous ideas and she came to the rescue especially with Mario ideas. Check her out if you are planning your next birthday party.

Everything i made cost me little to nothing. I am going to go out to party city and get a soccer ball pinata and make a chain chomp for another game.

I cannot wait for this party. It is going to be so much fun. I don't know who is more excited me or mason...lol...oh and he wants to dress like mario for his party so mom is making his overalls but she is making them shorts instead of long pants...he will smother in this hot weather.

I'll let ya'll know next week how the party went.

Wow! It's been a long time

Not sure if anyone has noticed but i have not been around at all. I haven't been to blogs, message boards, facebook, nothing. I have no desire. There is alot of things going on in my personal life and like the old saying goes when it rains it pours. Once everything straightens itself out I will be around more (i think).

I haven't scrapped in over a month and that i am not liking but when you're not feeling it ya just not feeling it....instead i have made my hands busy with other things such as hair bow making and sewing. My mom came over to keep me company one day and spent the night with me and she brought her machine and I had mine so we went to town on making some clothes. It was fun. I forgot how much I like to sew (not that i did a whole heck of alot but i can find my way around...lol) I cannot read patterns though i have to look at the pics...those pattern directions suck.

Anyway this is what mom and i have been doing

This one I am going to monogram a Big M on the front in hot pink. She will love that.
This was a pillowcase i got from big lots for a few bucks and it is 600 thread count and feels soooo good so i whipped this out in a matter of about 15 minutes
This is my most favorite fabric...of course right...i know you wouldn't have guessed that. The fabulous K-Liz made my apron out of this fabric. Remember that apron? Check a few post back if you don't and wanna see. Anyway so i decided to make this "pillowcase" style dress into a shirt and put pantaloons with it...eeekkk she is so cute in it...see look...
see that foot sticking out...she is sassy isn't she? {deep sigh}

This one is sooo precious on her too...it has all kinds of good things in the fabric such as stars, flowers, crocs, frogs, peace signs ect....Mom did this one

this one has capri's that go with it...see them at the bottom.
This is pants with a ruffle.
I did this one based on the one mom did below only i made the flowered print one a shirt and matched it with the pantaloons i made. This is what she took her spring pics in..can't wait to get the back.




The 4 above mom also did those. See i told ya we have been sewing fools. And we are not done. She is going to be the cutest dressed kid in kindergarten. All her school shopping is done. I went to dillard's and racked up on stuff that was on sale. 750.00 worth for 105.00. Not bad if i do say so myself.

This is lana's bow holder. This was a prototype i made out of some leftover scraps of fabric. I didn't have enough tulle so the tulle is very scarce and short but the next one i make it will look like a long ball gown with the tulle. They are so cute.
I will monogram this too.


That is some of the bows I have made in the last few weeks. She will have a bow to match every outfit when i am done. LOL. I am thinking I will be putting some of this in my etsy shop in the future so if you are interested lemme know.

This is a pic of me and lana at the crawfish festival taking a break in the shade.
Props to Mason for the fab pic. LOL

And last but not least the fabulous Tessa Ann Watte sent me some of her killa buttons to play with. I cannot wait to put those on hairbows or even a piece of melana's clothing. And she sent me the CUTEST felt skully and I CANNOT wait to make a pin or something with it....eeekkkk... check out her etsy...her stuff is FABULOUS!!

Peace out!

Just some things i forgot to post

i made this gigantic wreath for my mom to hang in her house. She had a big open space that screamed "fill me" abover her tv so this is what i filled it with. I have one of these I made a few years ago hanging in my breakfast nook. I love it.


a few weeks back a co worker and I decided we are going to give another co worker a diapers and wipes shower at work on our lunch so this is the invites I made....

Hopefully i will be back with a few more scrappy things before my vacation ends.
I'm still in a funk....grrrrrrr.....!!

peace out !

Sooooo....hmmmm

where do i start?

let's get the important things out the way first....

ROCK OF LOVE:
i am sooo pissed off he picked that bitch Taya...
i am very disappointed in my boy!!
He definitly has commitment phobia and he went with the more safe choice of Taya/Laurie...whatever her name is becuase he knows it won't last....was she there to further her "career"...abso-freaking-lutly
and as painful as it is for me to say...i have lost a tad bit and imean microscopic bit of respect for my man bret.

Wrong decision dude...didn't you hear me screaming like a damn fool at you through the t.v? {deep sigh}

now who is withme in 2 weeks watching that train wreck Daisy? Ahhhhh trash t.v. it's a wonderful thing... and i don't know about the guys on there...where in the hell did they find this set of white trash? it's gonna be trashtacular!!

Yesterday i went to new orleans to visit my aunt and my cosuin. She is finishing up her new house and we went to help her clean it up so she can move in next week. It's so nice...i am so happy for her.

I have been able to cross off a thing on my list while i am out this week on vacation. I painted my foyer and hall area in my house. Now i am hoping to get my half bath done.

Tomorrow I am going to scrap...hopefully if i get some creative juices. I haven't felt like scrapping and quite frankly have no desire to do it....so hopefully something happens tomorrow. If not oh well...we always have other days.

Wanna give a shout out to my girl Danielle aka CocoCricketsMama glad you finally came out the closet of being a huge Rock of Love fan...bwhahahahhaha snort!! Love It!

Whatelse? hmmm.... Noel has a new challenge up go check it out and play along.

That's about it really...nothing much going on except i am enjoying the hell out of my 12 days off.

Peace peeps

Happy Easter Ya'll

i must confess

i am very smitten with this boy:


he has been my pick since day 1...go adam!!

and that blue in his hair is about the color or mine.
that's all
back to idol!

2 days until spring break

Can i get a hell yeah?
but who's counting.

i have grand plans

paint my foyer/entrance hall
scrap quite a bit
enjoy some peace and quiet
redo my half bath and paint it red
read a book or two
veg out and watch movies

that is the plan...i will see what i can cross off.

i cut my hair...yes again...supa supa supa short and i love it....
i had it like this (or this short) years ago so i did it again....i am constantly needing change...changed the color too....now my front is blue...
oneil said he is waiting for me to change him out but hate to tell him...he couldn't get so lucky...hehehehehe

i will take pics soon right now i am trying to finish this 7 day horrific diet i am on....hard to tell but i am one grouchy bitch!!

loves

Skull Earrings 4 sale

ETA: THE SILVER DANGLE EARRINGS ARE SOLD OUT!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET ON THE LIST PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I WILL GET A PAIR OUT TO YOU WHEN I GET MORE!!!

EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL AVAILABLE

I have 2 pairs of gold tone dangles for sale and 3 pairs of the silver dangle for sale. They measure appx 3 inches long by 2 inches wide at the widest part.







I have 2 pairs of gold tone skull hoop earrings and 3 pairs of silver skull hoop earrings as well. The hoops of these measure appx. 2 inches wide.
These are 6.00 with free shipping.



If you are interested in purchasing any one of these email me at greta(dot)adams@gmail.com and let me know if you want bangle or dangle. {hey that rhymed}

I will be getting another shipment in soon so if you don't get a pair this go around and want a pair just say the word.

Thanks girls.