I recently was told about e-mealz, a pretty cool website that will send you daily menu options accoding to sale items at the the grocery store you choose. It is pretty cool! And they have some really neat recipes. SIMPLE recipes! It is only $5 per month and you get 4 weeks worth of recipes. They also provide you with an itemized grocery list for the week, and indicate which item are sale items and where you can find the items at the local grocery store you choose. I, of course, chose Publix. It is pretty cool! Go on there. If you are interseted in registering, click here:
I can’t believe how good my son did! I was so hesitant at the beginning and boy did he prove me wrong. He did great!! Here are two videos from today. This is his last week so they have him swim in summer, fall and winter clothes so they will know what it feels like to swim in clothes. Today was summer clothes….
This is the drop in – Lets him know what it feels like to fall into the pool with clothes on.
This is for disorientation. Lets him know what it feels like to fall into the pool while disoriented with clothes on:
I came across this fun website called StampTV. They have online tutorials and classes and forums. Today, they did a tutorial on Crayon Resist. I decided to give it a whirl. Check out the coffee cups. See the white? That is the crayon resist technique. It was pretty cool. Next time, I will sponge two colors and see if I can blend the circular pattern better. ! I wanted to continue to improve my embossing skills, so all the “coffee” words are embossed. There is definitely room for improvement there!
MY son, swimming with his face in the water. I can’t believe it. He has come so far in just two days. We went to a friends pool today and all he wanted to do was swim…. Swim to the steps, to the wall, to me! I had to literally drag him out of the pool! When we went to the pool Monday, he didn’t want to put his face in the water. Now look at him. GO LUCAS! And ISR!
Man, did I have a lot of free time this afternoon! My son took a LONG nap and I got some major craft time in. My craft table (AKA, my dining room table) is a complete mess!!! I decided to be a dare devil and take on one of Lauren Meaders (sidebar) more difficult templates, at least in my opinion. It’s the card couture template.Seeing all the accordian folds on the side was a little intimidating for me… But I managed to pull it off. It took a while. This isn’t a template you can whip up real quick. But I absolutely LOVE it! I decided to convert this into a card holder for myself. This can also be used as a recipe box and a birthday organizer. What other uses can this template be used for? I would love to hear your ideas….
Items used: Scalloped square punch, DP from Joanne’s.
Ink: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate
Stamps: Various stamp sets from Michael’s and Joannes
Had a few minutes of quiet time today so decided to try out a new timeless template from the fabulous Lauren Meader (sidebar). I chose the For Keepsake template…. I filled one of the nugget tins with various shaped punches and put it in the inside…
So, I blogged a few weeks ago that I signed my son up for swimmng lessons with ISR. We are in our second week and my instructor has already said that if Lucas masters all the skills this week, than next week will be his final week. That is awesome because ISR usually lasts 6 weeks. Yes, my son still hates water in his face, but he has picked up on everything so quickly! I can hardly believe it. Several of the other moms even said that Lucas picked up on the skills a lot faster than their kids. I am so proud of my son! He is doing so well. He still constantly tells me “I don’t want to go under. I don’t like it” but he does it for our instructor and I know that if it ever came down to it, these skills he is learning will save his life! Check out this video of him from Friday… Each lesson lasts 10 minutes per day.
A few posts back, I mentioned how much I love fruit and I have it scattered in the house! Here are a few quick pictures I took illustrating just how much I love fruit. From the kitchen to the family room to the sun porch… I even forgot that I had a lamp shaped like a piece of fruit! Funny!
I really wanted to find out what all the fuss was about embossing. From what I understand, there are two kinds of embossing. A texturized one where you can emboss shapes/texture onto your card, and one that adds shine to your card! So, I decided to try out the one that adds shine to the card. I was in a 4th of July mood, as you can tell. Red/White/Blue baby!!! I embossed the white sprinkles! I distressed the edges with the pure poppy ink, but not good enough because you can barely tell on this picture! But it is there, I swear!
Papertrey Ink Cupcake Collection Stamp Set
Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Fresh Snow inks
DP is from Hobby Lobby.
This next card I decided to emboss the cupcake and the candles and add glitter to the cake part of the cupcake!! Glitter is a freaking mess, let me just tell you! This can be a 4th of July card or a birthday card…. Or whatever…. I used this card as my submission to the CAS Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.
Close up of embossing/glitter
Papertrey Ink Cupcake Collection Stamp Set
Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy and Fresh Snow Inks – Distressed with Versa Magic Cloud White
Love to know what you guys think. Drop me a comment!
Close up of embossing/glitter