Sneak Peak... Here's a little hint at something I've been putting together for Fall. I decided to put Fall and Halloween together. Still working on the finishing touches...but it's really turning out cute! Should work with a lot of photos, so stay tuned for a little fun freebie coming soon. Have a super fun and SAFE holiday! ..and don't let the bed bugs bite!

Yeah...I got to scrap!

This is one of my favorites from Juntungen Farms and Gardens. What an incredible place! They have acres and acres of formal gardens to tour...20 ft. hedges made into elaborate mazes...just like being a princess touring the grounds of her castle! I think we spent 3 hrs there! They are only open to the public like, 4 times a year so....I took advantage. Big bummer though...my batteries died right off, so I baby-ied it for mabye a dozen pics and that was it!!
I'm trying to work them into storyboards for later...so stay tuned!

Elaborate Quote

I'm sure everyone by now has heard the quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

I've always loved that! But, it wasn't until the other day at MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) that we were given a copy of the whole quote. It talks to us women about how we sometimes don't feel right, or think it's OK to really...shine, or be great at something. It might be frowned upon for looking like we think too highly of ourselves. Not that modesty is a bad thing! Of course there's attitude and outlook with everything. But...listen to this:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that's within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people persmission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~Marianne Williamson

Wow...
God, you are soooo good! Love that!
Hope this inspires all of you,
Becky

OHhhhh SANTA...Are you Listening?????

I reeeeeaaallly need a scanner for Christmas! (and a Wacom Tablet too by the way...) LOL
It's just that I find so many cute things in magazines that I'd love to share...and can't. (sigh)

Ok, over that...for now. Still haven't got to see Marie Antoinette yet. I'm very determined. The weather has really changed this week...cold and wet and windy. Getting down to the last of the leaves..."bye bye, my beautiful leaves..." but not before some great pumpkin patch pics from last Saturday...what an incredible place! I'll post some LOs in the next post, but here's a little tease of the "Bird Hotel" as we liked to call it, while I'm off to work!
See ya!

OK...epiphanies(sp?) come in strange ways...mine? I just had the light turned off for awhile!
LOL I didn't realize until someone brought it up to me that I hadn't enabled the comments on this blog so that others besides blogger users could leave one...so "Thank You " for turning the light on... Also, since I am HTML delinquent and just recently (a month?) was able to put my own banner up...I somehow made it so that when I post, any pictures all go to the top and all writing goes to the bottom. You know, instead of posting how I wrote it with the pics in between wording?? So...trying to figure that out. I know it has to do with "post-titles" because I was told I had to delete anything with that to have my own banner work...if you can give me some advice, I LOVE it! Onto other things: I'm a huge movie-goer...and can't get to the theater once (or twice) a week like I used to be able to before Lily came along...and can you believe not one, but THREE new movies start today that I REALLY want to go see!!! "The Departed", "The Prestige", and I'm DYING to see "Marie Antoinette!" Who else is with me?? The scenery and Beautiful Dresses...oh my goodness! Ok, better go...I've got some finaggling to do if any of this is possible this weekend! Bye bye

Yes, I'm alive...

Been sick for a few days so the blog gets neglected...hopefully I'm getting over this nasty thing! But! I did get a little treat this past week (and am now just being able to play with it!) Lanne's Storyboards! Yeah! I'm so excited to have some...
So here's my first attempt...and please know that I'm a little medicated! LOL

Fall and Sunshine...

Really quick! I finally got some Fall pics of Lily in the Park. What a relaxing and absolutely fun day...one to keep locked in the ole Mommy's memory.
Still working on them, but wanted to post a couple quick ones before work.
Enjoy!

Well, this just shows how weird I am....
These are some of the photos I took outside the market the other day.
I was just mesmerized at how beautiful they were...the colors are amazing! (These are completely unretouched!)

Hence, I give you...

Produce Art!

Well Girls! Here's my 1st mock-up business card for my friend Amy...I like how it turned out, but I'll still design a couple more so she can get different ideas. Just HAD to use Heather Ann Designs pink stud chain...it's gorgeous! I'm going to try and convince Amy that it would make sucha statement if she would put some scalloped edge pink cardstock underneath it, with maybe a ribbon attached....and a magnet on the back for refrigerators??? Anyways...let me know what you think before I get them printed! LOL (I'm off to get Cold Medicine of all things! AAggghh! )

Starting to get excited....

Today after work we met up with my hubby, David, and went to...COSTCO!
The scary store where all your $$$ just disappears! LOL
But anyways, it was so cute to see him excited about showing me ideas for Christmas.
You see, David has to have ideas...or basically he just might not even bother to go find gifts at all...
And what did he show me, but a really cool 560 piece Heidi Swapp scrapbook set with alllllll her really cute chipboard and acrylic pieces in it with a blank book AND too much more to mention...for $19.99! There were only 3 left...so he got it NOW! I'm so excited and so proud that he found this himself...but now I have to wait until CHRISTMAS to open it! Ahhhggg...torture! (I'd show you a pic, but he's already hidden it!) LOL

So excited! My neighbor came over and asked me if I'd design her business cards for her new Bakery business that she wants to open....she's a Pink Frou Frou Bling Bling sorta gal, so this will be fun! I'll post my mock-ups when I get them done.
Have a GREAT Weekend!
(I think we're gonna take Lily to go see "Open Season." It looks pretty funny.

Becky

Wow! What a day....migraines are NO fun. But, I am feeling better. It was so beautiful this afternoon that I took Lily to the Riverfront Park. No Camera....just playing in the sunshine, with my l'il Sunshine! Nothing like a beautiful Fall day, breathing in fresh air....and playing Princess' with Knights in Shining Armor defeating monsters in the Magical Forest...to make you feel better! LOL
Sorry, no pics...just imagination.
But! What did I find today on sneaky Shabby Miss Jenn's blog???? She finally opened her own boutique! Shabby Miss Jenn Designs! So Cute. So Sweet. And Soooo talented, that girlie! So be sure to go check her out.
Ok, short but sweet...gotta go! LOL
Becky

Phew! Finally finished my Jen Wilson Meaning#4 LO...
It's from the Skagit Valley Family Farm Festival this past weekend. Lily couldn't believe that she fit into the tire of such a HUGE tractor! It was sooo much fun...pumpkin bowling, hayrides, and BBQ corn on the cob...what more could you ask?

Lily and Mommy Adventure Day....

I love just going out and driving around to find something new...Sunday, Lily and I found this great Alpaca and Antique Farm...and they had a new flock of babies! What luck! They're called a Cria. And they make the sweetest little humming sounds...
Well, here's a few of the many pics taken
Enjoy!

Target Alert!

How cuuuute are these photo albums and notebooks! Go to your local Target store and pick them up in the $1 section. They're the thicker, puffier kind. Love 'em!
I just downloaded pics from this weekend: A 1929 Steamtrain ride birthday party, and a special Mommy and Lily adventure day...so excited to tell you about what we found! But you'll have to wait until tomorrow...I must be off to work... sigh...

Shabby Princess is having a SALE with new releases!!!
What BEAUTIFUL products she comes out with. I just bought the calender kits, and if you spend $10 in the store by Sept. 24th...you get her new Wishy Washy kit for FREE!!! I think that's my favorite right now! I love chocolates and taupes...

Finally Back!

Still lots to learn with setting up and running this site...but at least I think I've got a handle on things now. I was so frustrated with blogger that I just stopped for awhile...LOL
Just got back from the first MOPS meeting of the new year. This year's theme of "Finding Ourselves" and "Breathing our own Fresh Air" sounds really cool! My leader is really nice and laughs a lot...and our table name is.."Alpine Meadow." So exciting!
The new issue of Kids Rooms magazine has some really great ideas! I found two new fun shops to visit... Twelve Timbers and Craft Cuts. They make Beautiful wood letters! And the latter company customs orders them...you tell them what size, font, paint, etc.! So Neat!
Glittered Letters (above)....Sooo Adorable!

Well, off to do something sooo exciting...Laundry! LOL
Leaving you with a new LO from my Freebie Kit at ScrapArtist. Go check out all the AMAZING free kits going on right now because of their Apprentice Designer Contest. What a Bonus for Everyone!

Aren't little girls' rooms fun??? I get "giggles" just thinking about what I can do next....
This is an old white dresser I'm working on...drawer front done, now what?? And I love the material for her curtains. It's a pale green toile that I put thick wire edge lilac ribbon on top to use as tabs. Then I thought, " I don't want them to just ...hang." So I tried gathering up the middles and pinning a decorated wooden butterfly...so "glittery!" I love the way it gives the impression of the shape of a butterfly all itself! Anyways...need a way to kind of connect the two panels together when I have them fully closed....something velcro? But can't show or be ugly when it's open...Any ideas? Please send them over!
Have a WONDERFUL Day!

(sorry...I can't figure out why it keeps turning my 1st picture sideways...)


Here's a couple of ideas, Girlies:
I LOVE the $1 bin at Target, don't you?
Well, I thought that
these clear checkbook/coupon file folders would be perfect to insert your favorite paper into to covers, then embellish to make a 7 pocket little album, or a 13 pocket birthday/anniversary/whatever card holder..????

And then, I saw the cutest little mini dresser at Michaels', and thought "wouldn't this make a cute 5 page album, with the pages lining the drawers???" I'll have to work on that next week maybe...sounds too fun!

Also, (oh my goodness!) I LOVE this next idea...so sad that it was too time intensive for me to get it done for my Shabby Princess submission... but, I'll have to show you tomorrow the materials for my new Shabby Velvet Purse! It's Taupe shiny striped velvet with glass beaded handles, green and pink ribbon trims and a HUGE realistic pink Peony...and it'll have a plastic 6 x 6 inch front cover to put a fav LO in to display on the go!
Can you follow all that?? LOL I'll just have to get it finished!
Bye for now...

Altered Project # 8...winding down for now, guys! Whew! Lots of cramming this past week!
This is probably my favorite piece...if I had to choose one! I bought this 1/4 inch chipboard clock at the dollar store like, 6 months ago, but hadn't done anything with it yet. Then all of a sudden...INSPIRATION!
Just painted over the ugly pic on front, transformed a piece-a-cake album page into a clock face, added numbers, ribbon...and my one little piece I'm so proud of (because I made it myself!) is the little button cherries that sit on the centerpiece hands. (The background paper for this LO is from the very talented Jen Wilson.)



I thank the Lord everyday for giving me the desire to create. It gives me so much joy, and I hope that it passes on to each of you.
Becky

Altered Project #7! Ok...this one was from Mother's Day (a gift I made for myself! LOL) It was an idea from Heidi Swapp that was in the June issue of Home Companion. (I love that Magazine!) Anyways...you sew together the pages so that each side flips up to reveal the next page. I really enjoy the painting and sanding part of the project too. Hope you can see it clearly enough in the pics...I love it, and it's proudly displayed on my kitchen table...
(ps. Shabby wood background page is Gina Cabrera...forgot in the credits...)