Snowflakes

Hi everyone,

I know that it has been a little while since I last posted. I have been busy - just like all of you - with the end of summer stuff... school shopping, school paper work, back to school, school supplies, etc., etc. But alas... the kids are in their 2nd week of school and are starting to fall into that all too familiar school routine. I, too, am hoping to get back in to that "normal" routine. Although, I ask.... what exactly is the normal routine?

A friend of mine, Deborah, is part of the Mother Goose Guild. Every year they decorate Christmas trees and they are auctioned off to raise money for CHOC (Children's Hospital of Orange County). This will be Deborah's 20th year decorating a tree. This year, I am lucky enough to be able to help her make some decorations. Her theme this year is butterflies and snowflakes. Here are some of the snowflakes. Each of these are about 5". The original piece is just plain ol' chipboard. Each was decorated with paint, patterned paper, and glitter. Each side is different.

The snowflakes below are smaller. They came in little packs of 3 chipboard snoflakes, the biggest one was about 3", with each one smaller. I decorated each one then layered and popped each layer up! They came out so nice!! now I want to make some for my tree!

I will try to post the butterflies I have done later on... They are looking pretty cool, too!
:o) Erin

Put me in coach!

"Put me in coach - I'm ready to play... today!" Well - I haven't posted for a little while... I really don't know where the time goes. It just seems like I never have enough! I know... I know... I am no different that anyone else out there. Way too much to do... and not enough time to do it!

Trevor has been in baseball... and had their championship game on Saturday. They won first place! Woo Hoo! Tonight was their team party. So, this weekend I was busy getting things ready for the kids, coaches, team mom and scorekeepers. This is one of the coaches plaques I made.
This is an album I made for our team mom and scorekeeper. The album was made with acrylic and chipboard circles. Here are a few of the pages.

Now baseball is officially over... and now Trevor will be involved in one sport! Taekwondo. So, now I will have to come up with a fun thing for that!!

:o) Erin

Disney Fun!

I have been playing again! I know, I know... I play every night - or at least any time I can! hehehe - Well, this weekend I decided to make something Disney! I made a "pocket" album. Chipboard covers, and 5 pockets. Each pocket holds a 5x7 card stock, which will fit a 4x6 photo on each side. So, the album will hold 10 4x6 photos.

It is so much fun to make one of these.. and you can do it for any theme! And of course, you can have more (or less) pockets. It is all up to you. The first "pocket" album one I made was for my neice - she was having a baby, and I thought that would be a perfect little gift for her. All she had to do was adhere the pictures. I used the cutest baby paper and embellishments.
Enjoy!