story of my life

2009

Where'd the year go?

Five-Six-Seven-Eight

Continuing on with Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas:

Fronts of cards 5-8:

 

Backs/insides:

It's starting to fill out a little bit:

One Thru Four

So far, so good keeping up with Journal Your Christmas.   I think the ATC size is working to my advantage!  I've also been busy writing out our Christmas cards and gathering up scraps for this class...so excited to make one of her journals!

:)

Best Brother Ever

We drove up to Richmond today to meet up with my baby brother...he's the best for lots of reasons but especially because he indulges my LUSH cravings:

(Thanks Bryan!)

We had a terrific lunch at Millie's:

(notice the gigantic strawberry shortcake)

and then took a little stroll down by the river:

It has been a great Thursday!  The weather was gorgeous, traffic was a non-issue, and the boy didn't complain one bit about the drive...and did I mention holiday bubble bars and strawberry shortcake?

Begin Again

It's that time of year again--Shimelle Laine's Journal Your Christmas class started back up yesterday and this year I decided to do ATC cards for my journal:

Journal Your Christmas 2009 "Cover"

Handmade letterpress card (by me)

Letter stickers: Jenni Bowlin

ATC spinner:  7 Gypsies

I'm excited to fill this little guy up!

No Excuses

Our current radar--whoa.

With weather like this there's no excuse for not curling up on the couch with a big bowl of popcorn and a loved one!  We are in the middle of the "Great November Nor'Easter of 2009".  It has been raining and blowing constantly for over 24 hours with no signs of letting up anytime soon.  School was canceled for Hunter (which garnered a double fist pump and "YES!" when I told him).  The wind gusts are up in the 50mph range--yikes!  I am guessing school will be closed tomorrow, too, but we'll find out for sure later this evening.  We have already watched "UP" twice and I know every Disney channel show theme song by heart!

Last week Teesha Moore posted a beautiful set of art journaling videos up on her blog.  I watched them(more than once) and have been working on my own version of her 16 page art journal.  Here's a peek of the first stage:

I can't wait to finish filling it up...and since the weather outside is terrible I think I might just get to work on it now!  If you haven't checked out her videos, do it!  She has such a magical way of journaling.

Boo!

Here's a little something I made for H, patterned after one of his many ghostie drawings:

Hunter and his ghostie.  He loved it and I have a feeling we may end up with a fleet of them!  What have you been making for Halloween decorating?  Link it up in the comments if you want to share--I'd love to see!

xoxo

S

I am...

so happy I participated in Vee's workshop!  Here's my "I am" mini:

Here are the individual cards, front and back:

"I am" also a little sleep deprived today.  Hunter is fighting off some kind of virus so that means light sleep for mama.   Kindergarten should come with coupons for cold medicine and tylenol...I just hope he bounces back quickly because I am a total sucker when he's sick.  You want a GI Joe?  Will that make you feel better?  Okay.  How about ice cream?  Okay.  How about twenty hours of tv?  Okay.  Don't judge...I can't be the only one!  :)

Happy weekend, xox, Sara

Missing Domino?

A few layouts

It felt good to finally do a little scrapbooking.  Lately, most of my time has been spent reading.  I am trying to supplement Hunter's normal kindergarten "work" with phonics and handwriting at home.  I have been doing a lot of learning myself; scouring home schooling websites and ordering plenty of books that have to be read before I can start teaching.  I have to say that I am in awe of anyone who chooses to home school.  It is a serious J-O-B!  My main concern is that he has a good foundation for reading...because if you can read you can learn anything.  Stay tuned for updates and reviews but in case you are interested, this is the book that got me started.

I have also expanded my reading-out-loud to Hunter repertoire to include more chapter books other than the Magic Tree House Series.  Those books are great but they all follow the same formula and I was ready for something else for a while.  We are now knee-deep in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and he LOVES it.  It is so cool to see Hunter get excited over a story and I secretly love it when he begs for just one more chapter before bed. 

What about you?  Do you remember what books got you excited as a child?  I'd love to hear.

Happy Weekend everyone!