New Pics!

I had Shannon take these this morning. I'll have to try and figure out how to edit them so they're side by side with my 'before' shots. lol!

Finally, some layouts!

After working on cards, a wedding gift, and notecards, I finally got to do two layouts last night. "Love Actually" is a movie title challenge I did, using the 6 new colors from Stampin' Up...

"Girls' Night Out" I used the paper pack 'Outlaw', from SU! This was when we went out to belatedly celebrate Chelsea's birthday.

Is that a pig flying by my window?

:) Yes, that's real.

First party!

Yesterday, I had my first home party for Stampin' Up, and only my 2nd event ever for them. The stamp club I took over wanted to take the summer off, so I haven't gotten much practice standing up in front of people, demonstrating. I've gotten a lot of practice ordering though. In fact, I think I've become an expert. LOL!

I'm sure my spending will level off eventually. I've decided that to help in that area, I'm going to give up the store. While I love having access to all the goodies, it's costing me a lot, and half of my customers have moved away. So for the next little while, everything's pretty cheap until it's gone!

These are the two cards we made yesterday, the butterfly curls up in real life, sort of 3-D...inspiration I got from the gallery of Splitcoast Stampers. I'll throw a link in here later if anyone's interested in checking it out.

Back to my old hobby for a while!

After getting a bunch of new stamps and papers, I've started to catch up on making cards again. I need to, I sell them at Sweet Nothings, and I think they've sold most/all that were up there. I'm on a roll! My style is extremely simple, but I like them. :)

Something I've Discovered...

I have learned that I am not the emotional eater I always thought I was. Having become way more aware of what and when I eat over the past year, I've noticed that I don't stuff my face when I'm upset or stressed. And I don't lose my appetite then and eat when I'm happy. I have a serious sweet tooth, plus I munch unknowingly when I'm watching a movie or reading. And those things I do a lot of. So if I make a conscious effort to not have snacks in the living room for my hand to wander over to, I should lose the last 2 lbs I put on this week, right?????

Sorry, no pics yet. For some reason I have trouble accessing my blog at home, so I'm on a foreign computer. :(

Spring is here...sort of.

It's still a little too chilly in the morning (0 degrees this morning), but the sun is shining. I'm back to trying to get in a walk everyday, minus the kids. (Love them, but Abba just walks too slow! LOL!)

I've started back to work at the daycare this week. While I hate getting me and the kids up at 5:30 am, I love the early shift. I'm done around 11 or so, then I get the afternoon to myself. We can hit the beach, or I can leave them there for a little while so I can get some stuff done. It's awesome!

I also painted my living room last week. For those of you who are in the know about Bazzill paper, it's Parakeet green. ROFL! This has been the highlight of June; new, bright paint just makes my day.