Lets Get Sketchy!

A couple of days ago a was cruising the internet for some sketches do get some motivation to scrap. I stumbled on an awesome new sketch site called Lets Get Sketchy! that I am so excited about! AND, they happened to be accepting entries for their new Design Team! So I thought I would give it a go. :)

Here is the awesome sketch that we had to use to make a page. I love it!

I had an awful hard time choosing a picture for this page. I finally settled on one of Chuck and I in San Antonio celebrating our 3rd anniversary a coupe years ago. I used Echo Park's Times & Seasons papers to make my layout. I just love the kit and the awesome patterned paper! I sprayed my border punch with some iridescent gold glimmer mist to give it a shiny, glittery look.

Lets Get Sketchy!  is also have a great blog candy giveaway of some the cute new Echo park collection, A Boys Life. Make sure you go check it out!

Thanks for taking a look at my submission, and good look to everyone else that applied! I'm so excited to see what everyone does!

Photo Pass Pictures!

A few weeks ago we got our Disney Photo Pass pictures in. This is the first time we actually got the photo pass CD, or any photo pass picture for that matter. We decided ahead of time that we were going to splurge on it this time. So anytime we saw a photo pass person, we got that picture! Here are some of my favorites!

Project Life

So every New Year I debate on trying the picture a day challenge, or also known as Challenge 365. Last year I even started the challenge but sadly only lasted a few weeks. This year I stumbled on a similar challenge, yet less stressful. It's called Project Life. I take photos throughout the week, sometimes everyday, sometimes not. And I include journaling cards about each photo or event that happened that week. Becky Higgins, the creator of Project Life, sells these super cute core kits. They have coordinating inserts for journaling and what not. I purchased both the Teal set and the Cobalt set, as they go well together. I'm still waiting on buying the page protectors I really want as they are sold out, but I did get some others. I have two weeks completed so far, and I'm working on the third. Here's what I have so far!

Published!

A couple of months ago I was approached by an online scrapbook magazine and asked if they could publish one of my layouts! I was super excited! And this month the edition of Scrapstreet.com came out with my page in it! Check it out here: http://scrapstreet.com/ss12/janu12/contents.htm. Below is the layout I had published.

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!

Top 12 Favorite Memories of 2011

1. Disney World of course! We has such an amazing time this year, probably our best vacation to date!


2. We met some amazing people this year. After many years of knowing Ingrid and Elmer online and becoming vlose friends, we had the opportunity to have out with them for a full week. Of course this was Disney World as well, but I thought it deserved it's own number. :)

 
3. Mihai and George. They were our wait staff on our Royal Caribbean Cruise in April. They really were so awesome and nice, they made our entire cruise. Chuck and I still joke today about some of the sayings they had, and their lovely Romanian accents.

4. I got to see my high school best friend for the first time in years. She came to Austin for a visit with her family and we were able to drive down and see her. I am so glad we did!

5. For the first time in my life, I set off fireworks! Well I mostly watched Chuck and his sister Alicia set them off, but it was the first time I had seen or done anything like that. We just don't do that where I'm from!

6. Beautiful Jamaica. On our 2010 cruise we had such an awful experience in Jamaica. This year, we didn't get off the boat there as we wanted to relax. But the view from the ship was so amazing. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

7. Snow in Dallas! More than once! But there was one particular week were we had tons of ice. It was Super Bowl week actually. The last few days of that week it snowed like Chuck has never seen before down here! I loved it! We got 6 inches and it felt just like home to me.

8. This last summer we had renovations at work. They transformed our office into...well an office! We now have a conference room, cubicles, and even a break room for the crews! It was a physical notation to see just how fast we have and are growing.

9. For my birthday the awesome people at work got me a gift certificate to Texas de Brazil. There is a big long running joke at the office with me and this restaurant. For the longest time I called it Texas State Brazil. So for my birthday, I got to go there, and it was AMAZING!

10. We moved! I'm not to fond of the house we are in, but we did move out from our little apartment into a small house with a backyard for the pups!

11. Getting my piano and corner cabinet. My company moved these down from Ohio for me. It really solidified that this is where my life is going to be.

12. Planning for 2012. :) My husband has lots of plans. He is officially starting his own business. We went to the courthouse and registered the name a few weeks ago. His best friend is moving back to run it with him. I am so excited for him and all of their plans!

12 Hope, Dreams, and Goals for 2012

1. To go home to Ohio for a visit! I haven't been in over two years!
2. To lose weight. I know, it's cliche, but I really want to do this.
3. To get pregnant.
4. I want Chuck's business to succeed so that his dream comes true.
5. Learn to manage my stress! Chuck says I am always super stressed.
6. Leash train my dogs.
7. Get a fancy camera.
8. Do more geocaching! I want to double my found count this year!
9. Get a new car.
10. Find a house that I love, that we can live in until I can talk Chuck into buying!
12. Get my piano tuned, and brush up on my skills.

10 things about myself that not a lot of people know

So I started this blog challenge on Scrapbook.com. Our lovely hostess will give us challenges each week on what to write about, and hopefully that will get everyone writing more! :) So this week the topic is 10 things about yourself that not a lot of people know.

1. I absolutely love African Elephants.
2. I'm lactose intolerant.
3. I'm a worrier. I worry and stress about everything.
4. I'm sadly a reality TV junky.
5. I met my soul mate playing an online video game.
6. I have anxiety when I'm in a car and someone else is driving. 
7. I know how to ride a horse.
8. My favorite food is watermelon.
9. The sight of a spider can make my physically ill.
10. My dream is to be a stay at home mom.

There ya have it folks! Now you know me just a little bit better than you did before!

Moving Day!

Oh my goodness, it's been forever since I posted! I really need to get better about that!

So this past week Chuck and I moved out of our little one bedroom apartment in Carrollton, to a nice three bedroom hosue in Lewisville. I love it here! We have a nice fenced in backyard for the dogs and I even have my own scrappy room....for now. :)

I don't have pics of the house yet, but I do have some of the movers! I was lucky enough that the company I work for moved me as part as a training exercise. I had two awesome trainers there, that I know and really like, and then three new employees that were in training to see if they would make the cut. They all did a super good job. 

I even got my PaPa's corner cabinet and my piano moved in. It feels so good to have them finally! It's been close to four years since I have played my piano and I am so rusty! But I am so excited to get it tuned and get back in the swing of things.Now I just have to unpack everything! :)