Rhi "jack"

Here's my LO for the Rhi "jack" over at scrapjacked.



I scattered the irridescent sequins randomly around the top of the page because I thought they looked so much like the bubbles in the photos. The journaling reads: "A child enjoys her play. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard." I had so much fun with this challenge! And, I had so much fun playing bubbles with Hazel, and snapping these pictures. That was probably our last bubble-blowing adventure for the rest of this year. It's getting to damn cold out for any of that! Anyway, here's another LO I whipped up in about 30 minutes last night. I seriously love this photo of Luka and me together.



Hope everyone is having a good start to their week! I'm off to go relax with some more magazines!

It's beginning to look a lot like...Christmas? WTH?

I know I'm in Alaska right now, but I really wasn't expecting this when I woke up this morning:



Yup, that's snow. It's not much, but still... It was the first time that Hazel had seen snow that she could actually remember, and she was EXCITED. She couldn't wait for Nana and Grandpa to wake up so that we could all go outside and play. She desperately wanted to make a snowman, but there wasn't anywhere near enough snow for that. Not to worry...there will be TONS of it soon enough. Even though she didn't get to make her snowman, she did enjoy tasting the snow.



I could hardly get her to take any pictures, she was running all over the place. And, any time she saw me pull the camera out, she'd run away screaming for me not to take her picture. Don't most little girls love to ham it up for the camera? I know I did! I don't think I hit the, "don't take my picture" phase until I was a teenager. Oh, well. I did get this one great one of us together:



And, this is what happens when, "YOU'RE STEPPING ON MY SNOW!"



And, of course, I had to snap one of my adorable little man all bundled up in his snow suit!



I'm off to curl up under my electric blanket and take a nice afternoon nap. Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday!

Something New...

I got the last of my 2 LO's done for the challenges over at SIStv. I managed to do all but Gretchen's challenge done. I just don't so a whole lot of LO's with 10 photos. I have an idea for one, but I will have to actually TAKE enough pictures for it. Maybe I can do it by the end of this month. Anyway, here are my last 2 LO's:





I had a great Friday night with my girl. We tried to go to the First Friday art walk, only to realize that, like everything else in Anchorage, everything was closed by 8 pm. Bummer. But, we had fun anyway...and some GREAT sushi. Again, we forgot to take any pictures. I didn't even get sushi pics for a LO that I have in mind. But, there will always be next time.

Now, I'm off to flip through my growing piles of mags that I need to catch up. What a great weekend so far! I hope you are all enjoying yours as well! :0)

Hey, baby...nice RAK!

Okay, so it took me a couple of days to decide what to give away in this RAK. Since it's October, I decided to go with a Halloween theme. So, here's a peek at the goodies:



There's 4 different kinds of Martha Stewart adhesive ribbon, some silver skull confetti, assorted buttons, vintage cupcake picks, pumpkin and skully buttons, a cute little owl stamp by Wordsworth, black flocking, purple glitter, Queen & Co. large sequin flowers, Cat Eye pigment ink pads in black and orange, a mini marble memo pad, 3 sheets of Martha Stewart double-stick glitterable/flockable stickers, pkg letter stickers, black bottle caps, a plastic embellishment case, assorted Halloween ribbons, and 1 pkg houndstooth designer tissues. And, that's just what is pictured. There are a couple of items that I have ordered that haven't arrived yet, and a handmade gifty that will be a surprise!

So, again, you have until Oct 15th to link me up with your celebration LO's! If you're new...see the previous post for details. Can't wait to see them all! :0)

And, in honor of Halloween and Andrea Wiebe's October challenge over on SIStv, here's my LO for that challenge:

BREAK OUT THE BUBBLY! (plus a little challenge/RAK)

I'll start with a little LO that I cooked up last night. I have been working through the We Dare You book. I didn't start at the beginning, I just picked the first dare that appealed to me: Scrap Your Fear. So, here's a peek into my biggest fear:



Now, on to the celebration...

First of all, yesterday was my mom and step-dad's 24th wedding anniversary. So, here's my little photo tribute to them from when they were on their way out last night:



Second of all, Bryan passed his flight aptitude test with flying colors! I'm so excited for him, and for us. This will open up so many opportunities for us, and it means a signifcantly bigger paycheck too! I am married to a soon-to-be helicopter pilot. That's a little difficult for me to grasp, but it is such a huge success for Bryan! So, now he just has to complete the rest of his physical and subit his registration packet. And, then we will just wait for him to get picked up for the next available class session. This also means that we will be moving to Alabama for the next year and a half. So, if any of you ladies are living in that neck of the woods, hit me up and let me know what craftiness there is to be had in those parts. :0)

Here's where you guys come in. Since I've got all this celebrating to do, and I'm in such a freakin' great mood...I thought I'd let you all in on the action. Here's the challenge: make a LO about something major that you celebrated or want to celebrate. It could be the birth of your child, a new job, a promotion, finally being able to buy something that you had saved up for forever, an anniversary...whatever! Link me up before Oct 15th, and I'll pick a RANDOM winner to receive a nice little RAK. Check back tomorrow, and I'll have a little sneak peek at the goodies!

I'm all amped up for the Poppy Ink October kit to go on sale tonight. See some of you gals over there!