Our Christmas tree 2009

This was an easy layout to make. I used a 12x12 transparency. These things are wonderful. All of my accents were on the page. I put my photos under the transparency so that the printed image could lay over my picture. I also added bling to look like ornaments and stars. The title was done to look like more ornaments and they actually swing on the page. I am very happy with how this came out. It was the first time I ever used a 12x12 transparency.

Matthiessen State park 2

OK, so this is the second layout that I have done from this trip. The first one was for my mom's scrapbook and this one is for mine. I pulled the idea from a layout that I saw in Scrapbooks ETC.

Congrats to the Grad!!

Ok...so I know that these pictures are old, but they have to get scrapped RIGHT?? SO these are from Alex's preschool graduation ceremony in May of 2009. He was so little then. I can't believe that in less than a year Alex can now read and write. He enjoys school so much!!

Pretty snow in March

After we moved into the new house last March we were greeted by some snow. Not that it's unusual for the Chicago land area to have snow in March, but I could have done without it. It was a heavy snow that weighed down the trees. Thank goodness it only lasted a day!

It's the Pizza Man!!!

When we asked Alex what he wanted to be for Halloween he said " Mommy, I want to be a pizza man." An odd request because I was expecting him to say that he wanted to be a pirate again. It was a great idea, so we went with it. I went to Michaels and bought a blue shirt and a black hat and some puffy paint. After I made the clothes we went to Domino's to get a pizza box. Rob glued a dowel rod to the bottom for a handle...and there you go an easy costume that only cost about 7 dollars to make. Alex was the hit of the neighborhood. Everyone loved his costume. We took Alex to the neighborhood Halloween party at the school and he won a contest for most original costume.

Sip a cup of tea with me....

I had a very hard time thinking of a gift to make for my Grandparents for Christmas. I finally came up with the idea of getting them tea(for grandma) and coffee(for grandpa) and some homemade cookies. But of course I needed something to put them in right?? So I looked through my box of goodies and found a balsa wood tray.

I painted it, and added the decorations. The tea cups were cut from a pattern that Celina found for me.(Its very hard to find one...lol) The "steam coming from the cups were cut out using the Slice and the Basics 3 card. The title was also cut from the same card. Cleina(she is awesome when I am stuck!!) also helped me with the title. I really like how this came out.

Killer Icicle's

Around here right now all of the houses have tons of Icicles on them. Some of them are very big and some are not. The picture shows one that is across the street from us. That thing is HUGE!!! It was a few inches longer but it melted before I thought to take a picture.