My OLW for 2012

If you don't already know about Ali Edward's One Little Word then just go HERE for more info.  Most folks who are sharing their OLW via their blog usually have an explanation as to why they chose it.  I did last year (found HERE) but this year at this time I am not.  I had two words in mind and this one chose me.  I hope to share more on it as time goes by but, for now this is all I got.

 Won't you join us?!

And what about Project Life you ask? Well, I'm participating in that this year too. Last year was a major fail for me. So, I am going to try again and this year I am DETERMINED to finish it! You can learn more on Becky Higgin's Project life HERE

Hope to get back to my blogging and creating, so see you back here soon. *I wouldn't mind it too bad if you sent a little creative mojo my way though *wink

The art piece I used above is from Rhonna Designs A Year To Follow Your Heart Printable Kit found HERE . Since it's a printable kit you can print the pages out and make your own journal! How cute would these be in your Project Life sprinkled throughout!

Birthday Gift

Hello Folks! Hope you had a great weekend! Mine was AWESOME, it started out with a Friday night in my Pinkalicious Craft Room working on my friends Bday gift. Saturday spent most of the day cleaning then packed a bag for a trip to the beach after after dinner. Friday was my DH and I's 1st year anniversary of our first date! Yep, for those of you who don't know me too well, my DH proposed to me after only a few weeks of knowing me, a fairy tale come true! OK, back to the weekend, so we went to Ruth Chris's Steakhouse and it was AWESOME! We will definitely be going back in August for Andy's birthday (mine is just another week away, he he). We then headed to Galveston for a night's stay then spent some time on the beach on Sunday. It was a great time although we weren't too smart in that we didn't use the proper sunscreen (which we had with us) and so we came home "RED"!

So, now let's move on to the birthday gift I made for my dear friend Kara, mother of two beautiful twins! I have taken a few pics to show you how it turned out, I think it turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself! I used an inspiration from both Ali Edwards and Nichole Heady, mine was much more like Nichole's version of Ali's book. I had all the the supplies on hand minus the photos that I snagged from her Snapfish account, thanks to the help of her hubby. I didn't have a book on hand the size I needed and so I took some cardboard I had on hand and cut it down to the size I needed and covered it with paper. It was a little tricky and so it's not perfect but that is what gives it character right? I then took the photos and made three different sections. The first I cut down to 4x4, the second to 4x5 and left the third section as 4x6's. I used more photos then what Nichole called out in her book, it was so hard to edit! I will save you from the rest of the details. Here are some photos, enjoy.

Blog Worth Visiting

Thanks to one of my favorite bloggers I came across a blog today that is by Nichole Heady who is with Papertrey Ink. When you have time check it out, she has loads of projects loaded to her blog that are to die for! I am in the process of working on a birthday gift for a dear friend and so once I have that completed I will post photos, well after I give her the gift that is. The idea is from one that Nichole used from Ali Edwards so you know it is cute. This past weekend I worked on three Father's Day cards and a birthday card and so will post those tonight. It is getting hotter each day here in Houston and along with the heat is the high humidity, YUCK. I have lived here for 34yrs and it never gets easier, oh well. This past weekend I spent a few hours out in the yard working and then quickly retreated to my cool pinkalicious scraproom! Our weather in the summer is just another great reason to stay in my scraproom!