story of my life

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!

Just listed

Chipboard set

ATC set

Add this to my Christmas List

I know I just did a 'Friday Love' post but I saw this today and thought it was so cool (and not terribly priced):

Yay for records (and for being able to listen to them while I run!)

It's Friday, I'm in Love

Wow, two weeks have sped by since the H started kindergarten.  His little 5 year old body has done pretty great considering the number of new people (read=germs) he's been around.  I did keep him home last Friday because of a low-grade fever.  It was Friday.  and kindergarten.  No guilt.  The adjustment has been strange since we spend our mornings together and our afternoons apart.  I am working on creating a schedule for those morning hours.  I don't feel very good about myself when the morning melts away in a flurry of Sesame Street and toaster pastries and then BAM it's time to go to school.  I want us to be more productive in the morning so we can relax after he gets home from school.  Any tips?

Since it is Friday (and I am in a particularly good mood because the husband is on his way back for the weekend) I thought I'd do a 'things I love' post.  So, in no particular order, here are some Friday Loves:

I so love this ring!  It is only available in a size 7 so it is a bit too big, but I am seriously thinking of buying it anyway!  There are lots of great pieces in the line, great lockets, necklaces and earrings, too.  Target always surprises me with the great stuff they get in.

I have always been a fan of SIGG bottles and when I saw this one on a recent trip to northern VA I snatched it up.  Keith Haring plus no plastic=win.

I am simultaneously reading these three books...fascinating and scary all at the same time.  If you are at all interested in where your food comes from I can't recommend them enough.  All can be found on amazon.com.

And speaking of great books, here's one straight off my wish list:

I did splurge and buy these:

And for today's final 'love', I am super excited about this kit and class coming up from Vee.

What are you loving?

Happy weekend everyone!

xoxox

Sara

Don't call it a comeback (yet)

A little over a week ago sweet Morgan and I were emailing back and forth about daily cards and how good they are for getting the creativity flowing so (low and behold!) I started doing them again. 

 

I had forgotten how much I like making these little guys!  And I have to say it has been so good for me to put down tiny bits of what's going on in our end-of-the-last-summer-before-Hunter-starts-real-school craziness.  I wish I had started at the beginning of the summer but as they say, "better late than never"...right?

The background for today's beach-y card is a direct result of Vee's Delight Workshop.  The minibook class started today and runs the rest of the week.  I was so relieved and happy that she offered it again...I missed out last time due to travel and was super sad.  So far we have constructed our mini and gotten just a tiny bit inky:

 

I am so looking forward to my inbox tomorrow--I am ready to fill this baby up.

Some other stuff that I have been excited by:

Polaroid Lives (via so many places now I have lost count)

Silje's minibook (literally made my heart ache for Hawaii--oh, I miss it)

Everything Mary Ann Moss Does

Flowers that are as good for the Earth as they are Pretty

This made my heart skip a beat (via the Small Object)

Happy Monday.

I scrapped!

Okay, I know it is only one tiny little page but it has been for-ever!  The August Studio Calico kit arrived yesterday and I was really excited to cut and paste.  Of course I ran out of yellow ink after I printed one photo but hey, one is better than none!

That is Hunter with one of his besties.  They were born only a couple of months apart and have been buds since the beginning.

Surprise!

Surprise--I'm blogging!  :)  Seriously, I guess I should just admit that I have taken the summer off from posting.  I can't say the same for surfing the net, though, so I thought it was high time I shared some stuff I've seen and LOVE. 

First up, and keeping with the 'surprise' theme, this post from Sandra Juto's blog.  Holy smokes, I want a big fat bowl of these:


Check out the goodies that come inside:

(photo from Sandra's blog, by her)

You can get your very own surprise ball at KIOSK, along with a ton of other cool stuff (love that site, too!)


I have spent a fair amount of time browsing for artwork for Hunter's room and bathroom.  I am planning a big makeover once school starts up and I have some solo time to paint.  I am hoping it will help with my "oh my god, my son is in kindergarten" moments, plus he'll get a cool new room. 

One artist I am loving is Matte Stephens.  This painting, now sold out :(, was on my list:


I love the "sea" theme but Hunter is more of a woodsy kid so I guess it is good that I didn't buy it. (I am sure there will be lots of woodgrain and plaid in the re-do.)  In the end I commissioned two paintings from Paul C. Wilm and they were delivered last week:


Hunter loves them and so do I.  Paul paints on found/salvaged wood.  To think these were cabinet doors in a former life!

And if money were no object (and I could speak Dutch) I'd get this for his room, too:



My paper obsession keeps me scouring etsy for vintage paper at all hours of the day and night.  Some great spots are here, here,  and here.  And outside of etsy:  Paper Valise (I'll take one of everything) and MantoFev. 

In other 'paper' news, I am super excited about a vintage dictionary I found at the local Salvation Army.  I didn't look at it closely before I bought it so when I got home and saw that it had great illustrations I was very, very happy.  So happy I made this:

I will be adding some different dictionary charms to Paper Charmer soon.  Also, I just wanted to say the charm giveaway is complete, thanks everyone for posting here and at the Paper Charmer blog as well as on fb.  I appreciate all of your sweet comments!

Happy Wednesday everyone, xoxo Sara