This is the snow layout that I made for our family album. I used the Aspen paper pack for this layout with some rub ons, stickease, and hinges. Another consultant Shannon Buck sent this idea pack to me so I decided to use it for our layout. It is not as colorful as I do most of the time but it is very detailed which is something that I am trying to work on since the Album retreat.

I made this cute little cupcake the other day from paper, ribbon, a velvet brad and flowers that we sell. I was inspired by some ladies on the CTMH bulletin board...there are no directions so I just played till something worked.

I will try to explain what I did. First I cut a large cicle about 6 inches in diameter and folded it in half about 8 times. Then I made a smaller circle of CS and put it in the center of my folded circle (as a base) then I pinched each of the folds to create a cupcake holder. I took another piece of CS as made a ring with it to liquid glass the folded of the holder to...this helps it keep its shape. The top is a pyramid with the same circular base as the bottom. I put threaded the chocolate grosgrain ribbon on our floss and then liquid glassed it around the pyramid to adhere the ribbon. I added the large flower and some ric rac for a icing look. Then the smaller flower and the velvet brad as a cherry.

I think it turned out adorable. It is not something I would teach I am not even sure how good I described it. But being a Geometry teacher it was doable. Good luck it you attempt it.

So while the boys napped yesterday I was playing around with some little clip boards my sister gave me and this is what I came up with. I used some scrap bulk paper that I have laying around and stamped "notes" on the top of them using our Chocolate Alphabet set.. I love this one. They are simple and cute. I am thinking of adding some ribbon through the whole at the top. We will see.

SO it continued to snow through the night here and when we woke up I was off school again and the boys were ready to go out for round 2. They made tracks in the snow and built mountains as I cleared the drive way. We were outside for about an hour this time and the boys loved it. Josh my youngest decided to try the snow and he liked it..go figure I don't think that boy has found anything that he hasn't liked yet. Caleb just liked walking around in the snow and trying to find the hunks of snow stuck together and he called them snowballs. The snow wasn't real good for a snowman but I got some good pics of the boys playing. Now I have to figure out which ones to order and scrapbook these...I can't wait.

It was a snow day today and I was able to stay home with my family and enjoy the snow. Here is a picture of my youngest Josh playing in the snow. Now in St.Louis we do not get dumped on to very often and they aren't huge snow falls most of the time. We normally get sleet and ice with the snow which is what normally calls off school. We had some sleet but then a really dry snow afterwards which unfortunately isn't good for building a snow man, but the boys had a lot of fun. We were outside for about 30-45 minutes before they decided they had enough and we came in. Now it is still snowing so maybe we will be off tomorrow and I can craft a little. We will see...

I cropped all day yesterday with my Mom, sister Jessica and Friend Michelle over in Illinois from 9am-9pm. I won a few things $30 in Avon product, a giant teddy bear and I even bought some fun jewerly and cosmo mix. Even with all that fun I found time to scrapbook. I made this album of my time in Utah at the Album Retreat. I did a few pages for my mother, made some clipboards and took 2nd in their layout contest (were I won some rub ons and stickers). Over all the was a great day. Enjoy these photos.

I know it has been awhile since I posted..sorry I got out of the swing of things. This week was hard trying to get caught back up and things rolling but I think I am almost there.




I got my party pack today for a House Party I am doing on Superbowl Sunday. It was sponsored by Velvetta and I am so excited about this. I got Cheese, chips by Ritz, Kool-Aid and a jar of Rotel. Also there were like 16 velevetta containers, chip clips, a porcelin dip bowl, cups with labels, and recipe cards with coupons. Pretty cool. I have invited my friends over and will post pictures of the big event. YEAH!!!