A bit of shopping and Sebastian

I didn't get to create at all today….but I did do a bit of creative shopping.
Did I need any of these items…nope. But they were all on clearance :)
The price for Thickers here is $8.49….which I refuse to pay, but these ones (only this colour of course) were on clearance for $4.99.
Everything else was $1.99 :)

I dropped Kristy off at her boyfriend's house.
He only lives a block from Ashley's house, so I met Ashley at her house for lunch.
I was there before she was, so I got to spend some time with Sebastian.
We snuggled for awhile, and then he heard some birds.
They were huge crows and would be able to carry him away…but I let him think he could take them, ;)

Then Ashley came home for lunch and he got really excited :)
He is watching her until he couldn't see her anymore, so ran to the door to welcome her home.
I thought that was so sweet.

While I was at Ashley I fixed her bedside lamps.
Then we started to organize her linen closet.
That was until little Sebastian decided to help us out by snuggling in amongst Ashley's purses :)
Can you see him?

Here he is.
Isn't he a pretty boy :)
He has such a fluffy tail.
Can you imagine my posts when I get grandchildren, lol.

I hope you all had a warm and creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Organizing my Flowers

While I was on a 2hour phone call with a friend, I decided to clean my scrap room.
My desk may be clean and organized, but the floor is not.
Well guess what I did instead???

Organized my flowers.
I really didn't think I had that many flowers.
But as I was putting them in these containers, I kept finding more in other places of my room, lol.
Now how does that happen ;)
I love that they are so nicely contained and organized.

I hope that is all of my flowers :)

I have a bin for my just my whites.
And one just for my pinks.
One for my blues and purples.
One for my browns, beiges and blacks.
And lastly one for my orange, yellow, green and reds.
I think storing them this way will be so much easier to find the ones I want….and hopefully I will use
them more.























Here are the containers I used.
I picked them up at Michaels to re- re-organize my wood stamps, lol. Yes you read that correctly re-reorganize.
I organized my wood stamps, but I think I found a better way :)
These are the thin containers.
Funny as they are twice the price of the thicker, bigger ones.

I am thinking of making a watermark on some of my photos.
So I was playing around with some app. on my phone.
Not liking this so far…but hopefully will get it how I like it some day soon ;)

I hope you all had a very creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

2013 Monthly Tags and a project in the making

Keeping with the theme of January being my "catching up" month.
I made a video of all of my tags that I had made for my "Tim Holtz" monthly tags.
I started the year off great by making a video of each of my tags….I think that ended in about April, lol.
So enjoy the show ;)

I was asked if I wanted to teach a class at the "Scrap for Heart" crop I am attending in February.
Thank you Denise :)
I love to share anything creative, so figured why not.
Here is my work in progress, teehee.
You can see a bit of the project peeking out from the stack of envelopes ;)

Ashley came by tonight.
She and a friend were out photographing around town, so she came over for supper….funny she just happened to have her laundry with her, lol.
She was really hungry when she got here and wanted some cereal, only to discover all of our bowls were in the dishwasher….which was running.
But I taught my daughters that if they have a problem, to figure it out…she did, lol.

Off to write up a description of my project to send to the Scrap for Heart organizer :)
I hope you all had a very creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

Last of the goods

Sadly this is the last bit of my wild rice soup.
I scraped the bottom of the pot yesterday and put the last little bit in this small bowl.
Then I hid it in the back of the fridge, lol.
Man it was good :)

I have been keeping up with my fitness :)
Look I did almost 53 minutes on the treadmill.
This is how my mind works…I did 2.75 miles, but if I would have gone another round I would have done an even 3 miles…but I still wouldn't have done a full 60 minutes.
So I told myself just let it go…let it go…so I did.
I'm so proud of myself ;)
Now if you look at this photo it is ironic that there is a Toblerone chocolate on my treadmill.
I didn't eat it honestly.
I use is as a prop for my iPad, so I can watch videos as I walk…really I do.

Now seriously are people trying to dive me insane.
Can you see what is wrong with this container?

There…..so much better, teehee.
I don't have OCD, I may have a few OCD tendencies.
But I wouldn't never belittle this illness by saying that I have it.

Wayne wanted me to share with you what the blood suckers at the clinic did to him.
Poor baby :(

I hope you all had a creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)

Memory Planner looks like fun :)

If you know me, then you know I don't really follow the crafting trends.
I couldn't tell you the latest and greatest products that were at CHA.
I don't really know what Tim Holtz new goodies were, unless Nicole shared them on her Facebook page ;)

But I did see this Heidi Swapp product that I thought was really neat.
I was on 2 peas in a bucket and someone posted about it.

I thought to myself….now that looks like fun.
I may have to take a closer look at that.
If not for the fun calendar like book, but for the fun goodies you can purchase for it.

To me it is like a calendar, smash book and pocket page scrapbooking all rolled into one.
Now whats not fun about that :)
Heidi has two videos on this fun book if you want to check it out
http://www.heidiswapp.com/hellotoday/
http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Create-to-Remember-with-Heidi-Swapp/Heidi-Swapp-Memory-Planner/

Onto My Day:
Wayne took the day off work as he had a doctor appointment.
Then we went to check on Sabatien as Ashley was at work and had trouble giving him his medicine.
But we got it in him..it only took 3 of us to do it, lol.

Tonight is Friday Night Scrapbooking :)

I hope you all had a creative Friday :)

Tracy :)

Handmade Smash books a video and time to finally change the planner pages

Do you remember these smash-type books I made when I was on my Girls Getaway?

I love how they turned out…but I have yet to put them to use.

With my goal of having January my catch up month for last year and being in the present come February. I have been catching up on making my videos.
So here is a video talking about and sharing the inside of these two books.
I notice my videos are really big on my blog and get cut off, so if you want to go to my YouTube channel to watch it there, you can see the whole screen.

Thank you for the well wishes about Ashley's cat Sebastian.
He is doing well.
Ashley took the day off of work to care for him. She said he is doing well, but doesn't like the kitty litter he has to use because of his claws. And you know how this silly cat loves his litter, lol.
Isn't this a sweet photo of them.
I guess they both needed a nap today ;)

I thought I needed new month pages, but it turned out that the ones Wayne bought me for Christmas has them already.
I may still use the ones I purchased as they are 1 month on 2 pages. The one that came with the package is 1 month on 1 page.

There are a few differences in these planner pages than the ones I had last year.
Some good points and some not good points.
I will share those in a video later on :)

I hope you all had a creative Thursday.
Mine was spent making some videos and trying to figure out my iMovie program. The biggest problem was getting my Mac to read my video camera..but I think I got it figured out :)

Tracy :)

Frozen - Washi

Look what I found today!!!!
Guess where I found all these yummy, addictive, beautiful washi tapes……
The Dollar Store.
Kristy and Heather were with me and thought I was just rifling around to find a certain one.
But nope, bought them all, lol.
I am planning on sharing them with some of my crafty friends and maybe even saving some for birthday gifts throughout the year.  But we will see, lol.

Heather and I went to the movies tonight.
Kristy didn't want to go, so Ashley asked us to drop Kristy off at her house.
Ashley is lonely…Sebastien, her cat, has to spend the night at the vet as he is getting fixed..ouch.
But he gets to come home tomorrow morning. So Ashley took the day off of work to take care of him.

Oh ya, I guess you may be interested in which movie Heather and I went to see.
It was Frozen.
Heather and I enjoy animated movies :)
Heather and I also Saved the World while we were there.
I didn't realize that recycling your 3D glasses could actually save the world, but that is what the container stated ;)

Today was spent cleaning and organizing my laundry room :)
Yup….I live an exciting life, teehee.

I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)