Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas from the Allore Family!
In order to view properly, you will need to scroll to the bottom of my homepage and pause my Disney music. Merry Christmas to you all!
Merry Christmas from our home to yours!
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wouldn't this be a great Christmas present?!?!
Be sure to stop by House of Three Blog and leave a comment for your chance to win! They are at 769 comments right now and if they hit 1200 comments by Sunday, December 12th at 10 PM they will give away A SECOND YUDU!!!! 1200 comments = 2 YUDU GIVEAWAYS!!!!!!
Good luck everyone! I would love to have one of these under my Christmas tree!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Huge DCWV giveaway on Roberts Arts & Crafts Blog!
WOW! Look at all of that beautiful DCWV paper!! All of you that know me...know that I am a serious paper collector and just look! I'm getting the shakes right now just thinking of having the chance to be lucky enough to win all of this glorious paper!!!!!! Stop by Roberts Arts & Crafts Blog for your chance to win! Good luck!
I know that I'm still been MIA and I'm so sorry for that. With the holidays fast approaching there is more going on in our lives than normal. We are getting ready to head out the door for an art show that Parker has a piece being shown in for our school at a local book store. I am on gift wrapping duty for a couple hours while we are there! I have received a couple of blog awards from some lovely ladies, but I do not want to post about them until I have the time to sit down and get the blogs that I want to pay it forward to ready to go. I also have plans to post some instructions and photos on my Mickey Mouse tie dyed tshirts as well as some projects that have been completed within the last few weeks that just haven't made it to my blog yet! OH! ...and not to be forgotten... a GIVEAWAY of my own! I hit 20,000 views a couple weeks ago and I want to say "thank you"! I will be posting some blog candy... which will be a cartridge very soon! Stay tuned to find out which one it will be! Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Wishing each and every one of you a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving! The turkey is already in the oven and I just got back from Meijers with three new Cricut cartridges!!! I was able to snag Birthday Bash, Paper Lace and Wrap it Up this morning! Now all I need is Nifty Fifties from M's later today before hitting Wal-Mart up tonight at midnight to spend all my birthday gift cards I received on Cricut Lites!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day with your family and friends. One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is hearing my boys tell what they are thankful for at the dinner table. Can't wait to hear what Tanner comes up with this year! lol Enjoy!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
WOW! This just might be the motherload of giveaways!
Dawn's Craft Place is giving away a Mini Netbook plus more goodies as her followers grow! Be sure to stop by and check it out! A winner is being drawn tomorrow! Now that would make it a super Happy Thanksgiving to win that prize package!!!
A Big Shot giveaway!!!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wahoo!!!
I just realized I passed 20,000 hits on my blog! I know that isn't much compared to a lot of other blogs, but it's a huge milestone for me! I am also only about 40 followers away from 400! I see some celebratory blog candy being posted in the very near future! Thanks to all of you who keep stopping by even when I've been MIA! I really appreciate it!
Sick...exhausted...overwhelmed...and soooooo looking forward to 3:35 PM today!
Before I get into where I've been...I wanted to share another great blog giveaway going on!
Alma is trying to reach 300 followers and with a little help from her blogging friends it shouldn't take her long! As a "thank you", Alma is giving away a Martha Stewart All Occasions Cake Art Cricut cartridge on her blog. Be sure to stop by Alma's blog and leave a comment for a chance to win! Good luck!
Okay, so....I feel like I've been hauling this cold around for weeks now. I haven't been sleeping well at all (not that I ever really do!) because every time I lay down the coughing takes over. Things at the boys school have been crazy busy and I really don't see things letting up until our Christmas break begins. Just finished parent teacher conferences last night where we (the PTO) was in charge of dinner for all the teachers both nights and had our many tables set up including our Giving Tree and can food drive along with selling our school Spirit Wear and Gold Fish crackers to help support our newest endeavor to bring a salt water Touch Tank to our school for our kids! Now it is into high gear to get organized and planning and purchasing for our Santa Breakfast and Christmas party and assembly for the entire school. I love being able to be so involved at the school, but there are times that I feel like I'm there as much...if not more than the teachers! lol I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to today at 3:35 PM when we walk out of the school for FIVE DAYS!!!!! I even cancelled our plans to go up north to be with the rest of our family. We've never stayed home for Thanksgiving, but I just felt that some much needed down time was in order for us. Not to mention the fact that my house looks like a bomb exploded in it! Things have been a little neglected lately.
So...plans are to do a little housework tomorrow and make a path to the kitchen so I can at least make my family a turkey on Thursday! :) Seeing Tangled (the new Disney movie) is at the top of our list for tomorrow as well! I have a few pictures of recent creations trapped inside my camera that need to come out...and of course...BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING!!!!! I have some Wal-Mart gift cards that I received for my birthday burning a hole in my wallet...screaming to be spent on some Cricut Lite cartridges!!!! :) Need to help Parker finish a 3 part book report and most importantly....have some down time to just enjoy my kids and my husband and not have a calendar of scheduled events setting off alarms on my phone every 5 minutes! What are your plans for the Thanksgiving holiday? I hope you all have safe travels if you are venturing out and enjoy your family and friends. I am thankful for each and every one of you!
Alma is trying to reach 300 followers and with a little help from her blogging friends it shouldn't take her long! As a "thank you", Alma is giving away a Martha Stewart All Occasions Cake Art Cricut cartridge on her blog. Be sure to stop by Alma's blog and leave a comment for a chance to win! Good luck!
Okay, so....I feel like I've been hauling this cold around for weeks now. I haven't been sleeping well at all (not that I ever really do!) because every time I lay down the coughing takes over. Things at the boys school have been crazy busy and I really don't see things letting up until our Christmas break begins. Just finished parent teacher conferences last night where we (the PTO) was in charge of dinner for all the teachers both nights and had our many tables set up including our Giving Tree and can food drive along with selling our school Spirit Wear and Gold Fish crackers to help support our newest endeavor to bring a salt water Touch Tank to our school for our kids! Now it is into high gear to get organized and planning and purchasing for our Santa Breakfast and Christmas party and assembly for the entire school. I love being able to be so involved at the school, but there are times that I feel like I'm there as much...if not more than the teachers! lol I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to today at 3:35 PM when we walk out of the school for FIVE DAYS!!!!! I even cancelled our plans to go up north to be with the rest of our family. We've never stayed home for Thanksgiving, but I just felt that some much needed down time was in order for us. Not to mention the fact that my house looks like a bomb exploded in it! Things have been a little neglected lately.
So...plans are to do a little housework tomorrow and make a path to the kitchen so I can at least make my family a turkey on Thursday! :) Seeing Tangled (the new Disney movie) is at the top of our list for tomorrow as well! I have a few pictures of recent creations trapped inside my camera that need to come out...and of course...BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING!!!!! I have some Wal-Mart gift cards that I received for my birthday burning a hole in my wallet...screaming to be spent on some Cricut Lite cartridges!!!! :) Need to help Parker finish a 3 part book report and most importantly....have some down time to just enjoy my kids and my husband and not have a calendar of scheduled events setting off alarms on my phone every 5 minutes! What are your plans for the Thanksgiving holiday? I hope you all have safe travels if you are venturing out and enjoy your family and friends. I am thankful for each and every one of you!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Royal Things giveaway!
I am battling a bit of a head cold as well as taking care of Tanner who is battling the same. His is worse than mine at the moment and I'm just hoping that the other two humans in the household stay healthy. I certainly do not want the husband getting sick...that's worse than having 10 sick children!!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Jamie has some very sweet blog candy!
You need to stop by Jamie's blog because she's giving away a Scrap 'n Tote! I would love to have one of these (actually...I'll need two!) so that I could keep all my cartridges, overlays and handbooks together instead of having them all in different places like I do now. Good luck for all that enter!
I am hoping to finish a few projects today. Sorry for being MIA this past week. It was a very busy week for us helping out at the school. Yesterday I spent A LOT of time blog hopping! I couldn't believe how many blog hops were going on and the OWH (Operation Write Home) blog hop had ONE HUNDRED participants! YES!!! 100!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Amy is giving away a birthday present!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Paper Dolls used to celebrate diversity!
It's been another busy week around here! Yesterday and last night we had a Diversity Festival at our elementary school. This is the second time we've held an event like this and I have to say that this year was even bigger and better than the last!
We were all so tired by the time we finally made it home after clean up last night, but I wanted to share just a few of the pictures that were taken before the crowds started to arrive. We used both of the Paper Dolls cartridges to create all these adorable little people to put around the globe as you entered the main hallway. Of course we had It's a Small World playing in the background...gotta have my Disney touch added whenever I can! :) The monkeys hanging in the African exhibit hallway were also cut from Paper Dolls and they turned out so stinkin' cute that I just had to share those as well!
The exhibit booths, experiences, food and performances were all AMAZING!!! I am proud to be just a little part of making this event come to fruition at our school. We have an amazing family that spearheads this event and does all the major planning, scheduling and booking. We are very lucky and blessed to have the Kakuda family as part of our school family!
Of course as always...you can click on the photos if you would like to view them in more detail. I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and leave a comment. Your comments truly do brighten my day! Now I am off to check my blogger roll and see what fantastic creations you all may have posted on your blogs this morning and crossing my fingers that I'll stumble upon a blog hop or two! Hope you all have a glorious weekend!
We were all so tired by the time we finally made it home after clean up last night, but I wanted to share just a few of the pictures that were taken before the crowds started to arrive. We used both of the Paper Dolls cartridges to create all these adorable little people to put around the globe as you entered the main hallway. Of course we had It's a Small World playing in the background...gotta have my Disney touch added whenever I can! :) The monkeys hanging in the African exhibit hallway were also cut from Paper Dolls and they turned out so stinkin' cute that I just had to share those as well!
The exhibit booths, experiences, food and performances were all AMAZING!!! I am proud to be just a little part of making this event come to fruition at our school. We have an amazing family that spearheads this event and does all the major planning, scheduling and booking. We are very lucky and blessed to have the Kakuda family as part of our school family!
Of course as always...you can click on the photos if you would like to view them in more detail. I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and leave a comment. Your comments truly do brighten my day! Now I am off to check my blogger roll and see what fantastic creations you all may have posted on your blogs this morning and crossing my fingers that I'll stumble upon a blog hop or two! Hope you all have a glorious weekend!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Heaven has gained a Hall of Fame angel...
Detroit and the world has lost an amazing man. Sparky Anderson who coached our Detroit Tigers to become the 1984 World Champions sadly passed away yesterday. I had the great fortune to meet this gentleman (gentle and kind in every sense of the word) many years ago and it is an experience that I will never forget.
I'd like to think that his good friend and former Tiger's broadcaster Ernie Harwell was there to announce Sparky as he walked through the pearly gates. RIP Sparky...you will be missed.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Mummy Candy Bars!
I ended up making 72 of these... 36 Milky Ways and 36 Three Musketeers!!! I forgot to take pictures of the ones that I had in Tanner's classroom, but they were all basically the same, just different googly eye and beetle placements!
I ran across these on Jin's blog Under a Cherry Tree a few weeks ago and decided to make these for Parker's classroom instead of treat bags. Well...then Tanner saw them and decided he wanted them for his classroom too! I made extras for the teaching and administrative staff at the school as well as a few friends. I tweaked my version a bit from Jin's by adding cobwebs and puffy beetle stickers to them. The kids LOVED them, but I cringed as they ripped them open to eat the candy bars after the HOURS I spent wrapping them all! lol
Items used:
Full size candy bars
white crepe paper
Sticky back googly eyes
brown ink
cobweb
I cut the strips of crepe paper at about 65 inches each. I would wrap my first wrap length wise and then start wrapping around the candy bar to give the mummy look. After I wrapped them I would just tuck the ending part in the back and then ink to give it the dirty old look. Googly eyes were added next and it was much easier using the sticky back ones rather than having to glue them down individually. After putting the cobwebs on I added the beetle stickers for the finishing touch. I probably would have used spiders instead, but I found these cool beetle stickers at the $1 store that was enough to do all of the candy bars!
This was definitely a time consuming project, but well worth it when I saw the kids faces! I was thinking about trying something similar for Christmas. You could simply wrap them in red crepe paper and use batting for Santa's beard and cut a little triangle for his hat. Stay tuned for the results of that idea!
I ran across these on Jin's blog Under a Cherry Tree a few weeks ago and decided to make these for Parker's classroom instead of treat bags. Well...then Tanner saw them and decided he wanted them for his classroom too! I made extras for the teaching and administrative staff at the school as well as a few friends. I tweaked my version a bit from Jin's by adding cobwebs and puffy beetle stickers to them. The kids LOVED them, but I cringed as they ripped them open to eat the candy bars after the HOURS I spent wrapping them all! lol
Items used:
Full size candy bars
white crepe paper
Sticky back googly eyes
brown ink
cobweb
I cut the strips of crepe paper at about 65 inches each. I would wrap my first wrap length wise and then start wrapping around the candy bar to give the mummy look. After I wrapped them I would just tuck the ending part in the back and then ink to give it the dirty old look. Googly eyes were added next and it was much easier using the sticky back ones rather than having to glue them down individually. After putting the cobwebs on I added the beetle stickers for the finishing touch. I probably would have used spiders instead, but I found these cool beetle stickers at the $1 store that was enough to do all of the candy bars!
This was definitely a time consuming project, but well worth it when I saw the kids faces! I was thinking about trying something similar for Christmas. You could simply wrap them in red crepe paper and use batting for Santa's beard and cut a little triangle for his hat. Stay tuned for the results of that idea!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sheryl is trying to reach 225 followers!
If you help her reach her goal she is giving away some candy! You can win a Basketball Solutions Cricut cartridge!!! Just stop by Sheryl's Crafting Corner , become a follower and leave a comment on her post! Easy as that! Be sure to tell her that I sent you her way! Good luck!
Finally some Halloween photos!
Here are some photos of my boys from their Halloween parade at school as well as trick or treating on Sunday night at our friend Diane's house. It could have been a little warmer out for my liking, but at least it wasn't raining or snowing!
I will be posting the pictures of the mummy candy bars I made for their classrooms tomorrow! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Tanner had a few friends dress up as Mario and Luigi as well!
My little poser!
...and here is the 15 POUNDS of candy they ended up with!
I will be posting the pictures of the mummy candy bars I made for their classrooms tomorrow! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Enfys is Going Buggy and giving away 148 Promarkers!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
I have a blog button!!!!
Thank you so much to the ladies who so generously offered to make me a blog button! Jamie of Bits of Paper designs by Jamie Lane just emailed me with the finished creation she made for my blog!!! I'm so super excited to finally have my very own blog button!
Jamie I cannot thank you enough for all your creativity and help! I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart! A big shout out goes to K. Andrew of Getting Cricky with K. Andrew who is paying her kind offer to me forward to my fellow scrapping and blogging friend Sandy of Sandy from Ukiah so that she can now have a blog button for her blog too! I love the generosity and kindness of the crafting blog world!
Jamie I cannot thank you enough for all your creativity and help! I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart! A big shout out goes to K. Andrew of Getting Cricky with K. Andrew who is paying her kind offer to me forward to my fellow scrapping and blogging friend Sandy of Sandy from Ukiah so that she can now have a blog button for her blog too! I love the generosity and kindness of the crafting blog world!
Here is my new button! Isn't it beautiful!?!?
It looks just as beautiful over on my sidebar! PLEASE grab it and put it on your blog!
Happy Halloween! Boo to You Parade Layout...
Happy Halloween!!! My little monsters are still fast asleep, so there is that eeeeeeerie sense of quiet, like the calm before the storm in my household... I'm sure that many of you can relate! :)
Here is my layout that I did for the Boo to You Parade from last years Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (did I mention that I LOVE) this parade and it's music!!! I was so excited the other day when I was able to find and download the "Boo to YOU!" song to my cell for my new ringtone!!! It makes me happy to hear my phone ring! The CD has also been playing in our van all month long! Nothing like Disney music to bring a smile to your face! Well....at least to faces of my little family!
This is a 2 page LO, so to view larger, just simply click on it. I had wayyyyyy more pictures than even these taken of this parade so I had to figure out a way to incorporate as many of them as I could! I hope you like it!
...and for those of you who missed my Jib Jab ecard post of my family performing The Monster Mash...I thought I would share it again today for Halloween. I had a lot of our friends that we sent it to through email ask "Who is Frankenstein?" Ummmm...that's our puppy Max! I thought he played a good little monster! Enjoy! From our family to yours, have a safe and Happy Halloween! The video can be seen at the top of my blog page!
**In order to hear Monster Mash properly, you will need to scroll down to the bottom of my page and pause my playlist music...Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Monster Mash do not harmonize too good together**
Here is my layout that I did for the Boo to You Parade from last years Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (did I mention that I LOVE) this parade and it's music!!! I was so excited the other day when I was able to find and download the "Boo to YOU!" song to my cell for my new ringtone!!! It makes me happy to hear my phone ring! The CD has also been playing in our van all month long! Nothing like Disney music to bring a smile to your face! Well....at least to faces of my little family!
This is a 2 page LO, so to view larger, just simply click on it. I had wayyyyyy more pictures than even these taken of this parade so I had to figure out a way to incorporate as many of them as I could! I hope you like it!
...and for those of you who missed my Jib Jab ecard post of my family performing The Monster Mash...I thought I would share it again today for Halloween. I had a lot of our friends that we sent it to through email ask "Who is Frankenstein?" Ummmm...that's our puppy Max! I thought he played a good little monster! Enjoy! From our family to yours, have a safe and Happy Halloween! The video can be seen at the top of my blog page!
**In order to hear Monster Mash properly, you will need to scroll down to the bottom of my page and pause my playlist music...Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Monster Mash do not harmonize too good together**
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Like so totally up my alley...it's an 80's blog hop!
I've had such a busy week that I am just now getting around to doing the 80's blog hop that Raven is hostessing! (Psst...it was also her birthday on Thursday so be sure to give her a special shout out!) Go here to start the 80's Blog Hop and enjoy!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Pick of the Patch layout
Here is a quick post and LO for today! This is another one from the 2009 Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Oh how I wish we could be in Disney World this weekend for one of the parties!
Today will be filled with fun and school for the boys with their costume parade and classroom parties! I have 17 more mummy candy bars to finish up. I finished wrapping the last of them last night around midnight and now all I have left to do is ink them up, put on the googly eyes, add some spiderweb and a bug to each of them! I will take pictures of the finished project before I had them over to the kids this afternoon!
Hope everyone has a spooktacular day! I am hoping to be able to catch up on all the comments that have been left this week on my blog tomorrow! For those of you who left me blog love, thank you and please keep doing so!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Help! I want a blog button!
Okay...I am not going to sit here and try to play myself off as a computer guru, because that couldn't be further from the truth! I have tried all kinds of tutorials and looked at others blogs and I just cannot do it! I want a blog button for my blog so bad so that others can grab it and put it on their sidebar, but I'm admitting it now....
I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED!!!!!!
Phew...I feel better now! :) I am not above begging for help. So....is there anyone out there who could help me design a custom blog button for my blog? Pretty please? With sugar on top? LOTS of sugar on top?
I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED!!!!!!
Phew...I feel better now! :) I am not above begging for help. So....is there anyone out there who could help me design a custom blog button for my blog? Pretty please? With sugar on top? LOTS of sugar on top?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Happy 6th Birthday to our Tanner!!!
Today is a very special day in our house...Tanner is turning 6! He should be running down the stairs within the next 30 minutes asking to open all the birthday cards that have been arriving at the house during the past couple weeks!
Where does the time go? I swear that it seems like yesterday that I was at the hospital holding him in my arms for the very first time and now he hardly stands still long enough for me to hold him, let alone talk to him! Our two boys are very different. Parker is more like Daddy and as much as it makes me cringe to say it....Tanner is most like me. That's probably why he can push me to the edge so easily and quickly! lol He keeps me on my toes every single day and makes me smile with the darndest things he will say.
I wanted to share a book all about Tanner that was turned into his preschool teacher. He was so proud the day he took this in. I look at some of the pictures and it brings tears to my eyes. My baby is growing up.
Where does the time go? I swear that it seems like yesterday that I was at the hospital holding him in my arms for the very first time and now he hardly stands still long enough for me to hold him, let alone talk to him! Our two boys are very different. Parker is more like Daddy and as much as it makes me cringe to say it....Tanner is most like me. That's probably why he can push me to the edge so easily and quickly! lol He keeps me on my toes every single day and makes me smile with the darndest things he will say.
I wanted to share a book all about Tanner that was turned into his preschool teacher. He was so proud the day he took this in. I look at some of the pictures and it brings tears to my eyes. My baby is growing up.
Speak of the lil' devil! He's awake and about 15 minutes early! He's super excited so I need to go get the cards down for him! Have a magical day everyone!!!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Halloween Wishes from the Allore Family!
One of the teachers at our school made one of these the other day of her family and we couldn't stop laughing when we watched it! Of course we had to try one out starring our own family including our puppy Max!
Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween from our home to yours!!!! Enjoy! Gotta love Jib Jab!
** You will need to scroll to the bottom of my page to pause my playlist in order to hear this video properly. For some reason Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious does not harmonize very good with Monster Mash!**
Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween from our home to yours!!!! Enjoy! Gotta love Jib Jab!
** You will need to scroll to the bottom of my page to pause my playlist in order to hear this video properly. For some reason Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious does not harmonize very good with Monster Mash!**
Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!
While I breathe I hope....
While I breathe, I hope for the very best news to come back for Brenda! A Cricut Board and blogging friend (not to mention a fellow Michigander!) found out recently that she has breast cancer. Today Brenda is going in for a full body scan to see if the cancer has spread to any other locations. On Friday she is having a double mastectomy and could use any extra prayers you can send her way. For those of you who do not know Brenda (Brenda's blog), you are missing out on knowing a truly wonderful woman. She is such a strong woman and has endured so much during this last year helping her husband Ron get through his illness, surgeries and recoveries. I have no doubt in my mind that everything is going to go just as good for Brenda and that her and Ron will be sharing many more wonderful years together making beautiful memories with their family!
Please take a moment today to send up a special prayer for Brenda and if you think about it on Friday she could certainly use some more! If you would like to send a card her way to show your support here is her mailing address. I know that Brenda appeciates all the love and support that she has been receiving.
Brenda Followell
6425 East H Avenue
Kalamazoo MI 49048
Love you and will be sending up prayers all day long for you Brenda! Take care my friend! Praying also for a cure to this horrible disease! It is October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Let's beat the crap out of breast cancer! FIGHT LIKE A GIRL!!!!!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Go trick or treating !
You are never too old to trick or treat! Be sure to stop by Georgiana's blog for a special treat!
Universe of Energy from WDW Epcot Layout
Good Monday morning my crafty friends! It was a crazy busy weekend around our household! We celebrated Max's 1st Birthday on Saturday! Parker had a book report that he finished up that is due tomorrow. I had to get paperwork ready to take to the school this morning to run copies for our new Spiritwear and bagel orders which took up a good portion of my time yesterday! Not to mention getting ready for this week's classroom Halloween parties! Tanner and Parker helped me get all the craft projects separated and into individual baggies while I worked on the Mummy candy bars for their treats!
It's going to be a fun filled, exciting week with Tanner turning 6 years old on Wednesday and all the Halloween festivies coming up!!!
Here is my layout of the Universe of Energy attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World. This has always been one of Parker's favorite attractions! I like it mostly because with the pre-show and ride through portion of the attraction you get about 45 minutes of air conditioned foot resting time!!! :) It also usually ends up being a good napping time for Tanner to refresh and recharge! I realized that I had never done a LO of this attraction in all our years of Disney trips, which was kind of strange considering how much Parker loves it. So without further ado....here is my 2 page LO of Ellen's Universe of Energy!
You can click on the image to view it larger if you'd like! Hope everyone has a fantastic start to their week and as always, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave me a comment of two!
It's going to be a fun filled, exciting week with Tanner turning 6 years old on Wednesday and all the Halloween festivies coming up!!!
Here is my layout of the Universe of Energy attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World. This has always been one of Parker's favorite attractions! I like it mostly because with the pre-show and ride through portion of the attraction you get about 45 minutes of air conditioned foot resting time!!! :) It also usually ends up being a good napping time for Tanner to refresh and recharge! I realized that I had never done a LO of this attraction in all our years of Disney trips, which was kind of strange considering how much Parker loves it. So without further ado....here is my 2 page LO of Ellen's Universe of Energy!
You can click on the image to view it larger if you'd like! Hope everyone has a fantastic start to their week and as always, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave me a comment of two!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Sharing a Disney project by a fellow blogger...
Michele, thank you so much for letting me highlight your projects on my blog! What a clever, inexpensive party favor for your little Disney lover! Everyone, be sure to stop by Michele's blog Greengirl Scraps and leave her some blog love! She has some really cute cards and is a new Imagine owner...and if you scroll down some of her older posts you'll see some Mickey Mouse birthday invites to go along with the party favors!
Hurry! Today is the last day for a chance to win!
Royal Things blog is giving away a Pink Journey Cricut cartridge today as blog candy! As a bonus she just posted this morning that if she gets over 200 comments she will give away TWO of them!!! Head on over to her blog, sign up to be a follower, post on this thread Pink Journey cartridge giveaway and be sure to tell her that I sent you! :) Good luck to everyone who enters! I would LOVE to have this cartridge!
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Trick or Treat buckets using Pumpkin Carving cartridge
I was going make my boys a trick or treat bucket for this year and when I was at Michaels last week standing in the check out line they had these orange (they also had purple and black) buckets in the $1 bins near the cash registers. I grabbed 6 of them so I could make them for some of our friends kids. I used the Pumpkin Carving cartridge, but also used the George cartridge to cut a few of the triangles so that I could mix up the face cut I used on the Pumpkin Carving cart so that none of the buckets looked the same.
I am going to fill Joseph's, Maria's, Jacquelyne's and Carson's buckets with a few treats before I give them to them next week!
Thanks so much for looking! Your comments brighten my day!
Yesterday was the Fall Walk fundraiser at my boy's school and it was a wonderfully fun day for the kids! Mother Nature wasn't the most cooperative, but thankfully she held out until the last group was walking which just so happened to be the older kids, my Parker included. It was fine at the very beginning of their time slot, but then it started to rain a bit. THEN it started to HAIL!!!!! The hail was only about the size of a pencil top eraser, but holy moly it was freaky! The kids took cover underneath the entrance to the school while we had about a 5 minute delay and then everything stopped and the kids went back to walking! All in all it was a great day for the kids and our school!
After the Fall Walk, Jim and I had to oversee Cheese Club for the school and on our way home there was the most beautiful rainbow just across our street!!! Actually for a brief moment a double rainbow was visable! I was able to capture some pretty nice shots on my camera that I just happened to have because of everything going on at the school that day. Hopefully I will get a chance to upload those pictures today so I can share them with you!
Hope everyone has a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!!!
I am going to fill Joseph's, Maria's, Jacquelyne's and Carson's buckets with a few treats before I give them to them next week!
Thanks so much for looking! Your comments brighten my day!
Yesterday was the Fall Walk fundraiser at my boy's school and it was a wonderfully fun day for the kids! Mother Nature wasn't the most cooperative, but thankfully she held out until the last group was walking which just so happened to be the older kids, my Parker included. It was fine at the very beginning of their time slot, but then it started to rain a bit. THEN it started to HAIL!!!!! The hail was only about the size of a pencil top eraser, but holy moly it was freaky! The kids took cover underneath the entrance to the school while we had about a 5 minute delay and then everything stopped and the kids went back to walking! All in all it was a great day for the kids and our school!
After the Fall Walk, Jim and I had to oversee Cheese Club for the school and on our way home there was the most beautiful rainbow just across our street!!! Actually for a brief moment a double rainbow was visable! I was able to capture some pretty nice shots on my camera that I just happened to have because of everything going on at the school that day. Hopefully I will get a chance to upload those pictures today so I can share them with you!
Hope everyone has a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!!!