new stuff coming up!

so, just a forewarning... there will be quite a few new crafty posts after this one. i am finally getting around to editing photos of things i've made recently. so look forward to this blog actually getting some attention!
in other news, johnny and i did in fact get married... on july 10th to be exact. i am a thoroughly blessed little lady. and in baby news, we had the baby shower at my work, archiver's, which was a scrapbooking baby shower... a lot of fun i must add and lily's room is coming together quite nicely. i am definitely feeling the nesting bit of this pregnancy. it's hard to think that we are 21+/- days from finally meeting our little one! i am excited. and honestly, if she wants to come sooner, i won't mind;)
i hope all are well!

the suspense is growing!

so the last post i make i say i'm going to post more and tell you all about the baybee and what do i do? make you all wait 3 weeks. shame on me.
anywho... the baybee is a girl:) and we've decided to name her lily. she is a busy bee here lately and makes her presence known. john really likes feeling her move around which is really cute. brendan likes to hug my belly and tell the baybee he loves her. man, i'm a lucky gal.
john and i are talking about getting married this week. it will probably happen thursday as we are both off. i wanted to have some sort of wedding, but really i just want to be married and maybe for our 1 year anniversary we could have something small. i am hoping to have a cookout and have everyone come over to celebrate. we'll see;)
i should really get my act together and get crafty, but my stuff is in disarray because john is trying to build an office/craft room in the basement so the baybee can be in the room across from us. let's just say i try and stay out of his way;)
i will post more when interesting things are actually happening.

baybee!

i don't post about my personal life much around here, but i wanted to let any wanderers know that today is the day that we will find out the sex of the baybee!
i think i will start to post more about my personal (boring) life as well as post more in general. i haven't been "crafting" too much lately... johnny has been working a lot and i can't get myself motivated to do much of anything when no one is around;)
i have however started on my first altered book which i will post the end result when i finish (will i know when i'm "finished"???)
i hope everyone is well!

grown

this is my rendition of this project from the pink paislee blog. i loved the initial idea, but couldn't find all of the items she used. so i improvised!

i'll be sure to post the supply list once i come home from a day out with my son and his school at the zoo. i'm so excited!

my first "jacked" layout

this is the layout i decided to do for the latest jacked contest.



click here to find out what i'm talking about.

the layout that was jacked is from one of kate's wonderful layouts. she is truly inspiring. this is fun:)

kelly's calendar

calendar
Originally uploaded by qtips photo

coordinating calendar for kelly's card set.

supplies used:
paper: k & company; studio k paper pad
regular white copy paper sent through my printer
die cut: quick kutz; stacking squares
stickers: thickers; cardstock letters
random ribbon

kelly's card set

card set
Originally uploaded by qtips photo

my best friend kelly is the absolute best so i thought i would show her my appreciation by making her a card set.

did i ever mention that i love making cards?

supplies used:
stamps: hero arts; simple messages
scrappy cat; in bloom
paper: k & company; studio k paper pad
ink: archival ink; sepia
chalk: color box; chestnut roan
prescored cards: yours truly; luxe cream a7 cards
envelopes: yours truly; luxe cream a7 envelopes
embellishments: making memories; garden party blossoms and buttons, various ribbons
paper punch: marvy: circle, scalloped oval
xyron create-a-sticker