Dear Ms. Blog

I know I have been really neglecting you these last several months and I am sad because of it. But i needed a break and I know you understand. I promise I will be back.

Love,
Greta

Mario Bros. Quilt

Mason is a HUGE HUGE HUGE Mario junkie. He apparently takes after my brother who is 26 and still hasn't outgrown mario since he was 4 {deep sigh} anyhoo! I decided a while back that I was going to redo Mason's room to be Mario.

Elizabeth sent me a link for a quilt she saw online and it was cute but it needed some modifications for my liking. So that is just what i did. This is my first attempt at making a quilt. I will post periodically througout the process. If all goes well i suppose i shall make my brother one for Christmas as well.

After cutting out 1032 2.5 inch squares while watching the Bachlorette (yes i love trash t.v) i am now wondering what the hell i have got myself into. But i shall move forward.

Wish me luck :)

hello.....

is anyone out there?

i haven't been blogging much lately but I am hoping to get better at it...
i went on hiatus for a while...we just got back from Disney World and I am still exhausted. I swear i need a vacation from my vacation.

A piece of advice...make sure you take another week off after you come back from Disney World...i promise you will need it.

I will get pictures uploaded soon.

How is everyone? Did you all desert me? :)

2 Beauty's

I figured I better go ahead and get most (or at least try to get most) of my Disney pics scrapped that were left before we went back. I would hate to be 2 trips behind :)
I ran across this one when i was searching and it cracked me up because we were on day 3 there and this particular day were we eating lunch at Cinderella's Castle. She still could not get over that she was able to meet all the princesses.

Do you have any older photos from past vacations that still need to be scrapped?

Happy Sunday!

A bit of Color Inspiration

I love looking at the 100 Layer Cake Blog for color inspiration among many other things. If you haven't bookmarked this blog I would highly recommend it.


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If you noticed I wanted a layer effect to the scallop border at the top of my pic so what i did was take my ole trusty sharpie and draw the lines inside the edge a bit and then draw the scallop on the outside of the border and it gives that illusion there are to of them that i layered when in fact it is only one...love that. see if you don't have two of soemthing then you just do it the "thrifty" way ;)



Happy Sunday!!

Question of the Day

 

How can somone so beautiful be so damn bad?

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!! Hope you all have a relaxing day I know I am.
Today I have an ad challenge for you. I love google and searching for inspiration and I came across 4 ad's in particular that just stood out to me. But this one kept calling my name. It was a combination of the colors and the circles...


The ad:



and here is my take on it:




(Using the sold out Playdate Kit)

If you use this ad I would love for you to upload it so I can take a peek.
Happy Sunday!

Lemonade Stand Sneaks

These will be for sale on May 15th so mark your calendars...u have been around long enough to know these sell supa fast!!

Cricut Cake giveaway!!!

Click here to read about the Cricut cake Giveaway. Make sure you enter for a chance to win it. Wouldn't that be awesome!

What would you do with yours? I would master the art of fondant and then make my own kids cakes... although fondant icing is pretty gross tasting...it sure does make for one puuurty cake!!

Happy Friday!

Here is a page I did using the Sold Out Sonoma County Kit.

and one I did using the Playdate Kit (Sold Out)

This was Mason's 1st day of Kindergarten...now he is goin in the 3rd grade...eeekkk... I'm trying to catch up :)

Last but not least if ya'll are still hanging with me... I saw a tutorial a long time ago on a purse made from a book and for whatever reason i remembered it. I cut out the pages of a Sue Grafton Book that I had double copies of and made this little purse for Melana...she thinks she is hot stuff now :)



After I took these pics I realized a few things needed fixing so I did that and also I know what not to do next time i make one. Which i am in the process of now because her little bff in the neighborhood wants one. We'll see if that one turns out a wee bit better in the inside...

I wish i had some football to watch :( instead i am drinking beer and eating lots of crawfish while soaking up some sun.

Happy Sunday!!