My Friday Five (read all the way to the bottom to see a Family Room update!):
1 - My husband’s high school class held their 20 year reunion on Friday (bowling) and Saturday (BBQ). We had SUCH a good time! Although we did go to the 10 year reunion, there were many people there whom I hadn’t met, yet. Here’s the thing, though: I get SUPER shy/nervous in situations like that. I get all sick to my stomach. I’m actually quite the introvert, but I force myself to be social. It’s …

Taking two little boys to the grocery store is torture for this mama. TORTURE. You know how I sometimes complain about the two of them loving on one another a little too much in the store resulting in falling down in the aisles or chasing one another around the produce? This was not a “love” trip. This was a, “Mom, why did you decide to have another kid? I wish you didn’t have another kid. Why didn’t you stop at me? I don’t want my brother.” trip. True story.
{Sigh} So, …

I have SO many things on my mind lately . . . which is probably why I haven’t written any blog posts. I get overwhelmed. Do you know the feeling? SO many ideas. SO many things to share. It’s a bit paralyzing.
Instead of blogging about each and every idea, I decided to blog in list format. Forgive me?? Thanks!
#1 - A new Trader Joe’s just opened up in Salem, so I went and checked it out one day after my haircut. It’s kind of a fun place. Blue chips. Lots …

I am so thrilled right now! I was just reading through my blogs when I saw that Tip Junkie had mentioned a blog where the gal makes blended drinks in a Mason Jar. Say, what?? Did you know that your blender blade can probably fit on a regular mouth canning jar?
I tested it. It totally works on my cheapo Walmart Osterizer.

In a pint jar, I combined two cubes of frozen strawberries (I bought a 30lb bucket from a local Rotary Club. I froze some in ice cube trays.), a handful …

Back when I first started creating cutting files to go along with my papercraft template sets, I realized that I would need to offer a free template so that my potential customers could test out their digital die cutting machine to make sure my cut files would work for them. I had been playing with creating my own paper flowers for a while, so I decided to make it easier on myself by putting together a set of cutting files that could be opened all at once and cut all …

Don’t forget that every Friday is Mega Swag Bucks Day! SO, on Fridays, instead of searching the internet and winning just 7 or 10 Swag Bucks, you could win 30 or 40 or 50 Swag Bucks! That gets you MUCH closer to earning enough to redeem them for a $5 Amazon Gift Card.

Last year, I earned over $475 in Amazon Gift Cards by using Swag Bucks as my search engine. Read all about it and click to the different links to learn my tips and tricks by visiting my 2010 …

I hate to brag, but MY kids don’t start school until September! That means we get one more month of fun, family time. This is good, since summer has come really late to Oregon this year. It’s sunny right now. It was cloudy yesterday. It was cold last week. Definitely not summer weather!
However, even though I am relishing this time at home with my kids, I know that very soon we will be in the throws of back-to-school preparation. That’s why I am SO glad to have my gift for …

I finished a couple of layouts the other night, so I thought I’d post them here!!

Wildflower kit by Sugarplum Paperie (which I can no longer find!)
Epoxy letters by Robin Marie (no longer available)
Font by Darcy Baldwin
I actually created this page about Cole growing up last year sometime. It was published in an online magazine, so I didn’t post it in the galleries. I messed with the shadows after taking a shadows class by Peppermint. Awesome class!

Everything from Eat Cake Designer Kit by Karen Lewis Designz (The Digichick)
Font is DJB …