It's summer

I feel like the school year went by so fast. Things have been a little crazy here with Stavroula being born on April 10th. I am still trying to learn how to do things with the kids. it's kinda hard finding stuff to do with the older girls and being able to bring the baby along too. If any of you have any ideas that would be great. the older girls are 10 and 8. I Have not yet found the time to scrap and really really need to. Stavroula is now almost 3 months old and the only lo i have of her is one i did of her ultrasound before she even came. so u all need to help me out. i need to get my scrapping mojo back!

I got to do some scrapping today!

This means that so far i have kept my new years resolution of scrapping once a week. I know it's only been two weeks but i don't think i scrapped two weeks in a row all last year. so, so far I am off to a good start.

I decided to scrap the challenges on here. so here are my takes on the card and Layout sketch challenge/contest.. I can not wait to see what you all can come up with

the card challenge






the sketch contest

Organization tip January week 2

OK so lets start the new year off right. It's time we go through our supplies and see what we will use and what we will not. Maybe you have some baby stuff left over from a album you made for a friend or paper that you had to have and never did use. well lets gather that stuff up and clear it out. You could do several things with it.
1. put them together in themes and sell it as a package on ebay.. then you can use the money from that and get something that you really need or want.
2. send a rak to a friend. we all love getting them and they are just as much fun to send.
3. host a challenge or a contest and give it to a person who joins in. this not only will get you scrapping but it will help others get their scrapping mojo back too.

So with that all in mind. lets set some time aside this week to clean out PART of our scraproom. I would love to hear or see what you get accomplished

January week 1 organization tip

this is a tip that both a scrapbooker and non scrapbooker could use / do..

Digital Picture Storage - Every 3-4 months I save my photos onto CD to make more room on my hard drive. (ok - I also have an external hard drive copy just in case) I generally organize my photos in monthly photos by shooting date (since the camera downloads them that way). I get rid of "bad" photos and then save several months onto a CD. I make a backup CD which I store and I put the other copy in a CD holder glued to the back of my scrapbooks for the same time period. They sell self stick CD envelopes in many scrapbooking stores for this purpose.

Happy New years!!

Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year! 2009 seemed to go by so fast! The one thing that I wish I did do more was scrap! So with this in mind I have set my new years resolution for 2010... I would like to scrap or do some form of paper craft once a week. and to kick it off i am starting up my challenges once again. Please be sure to check them out and join in with me. another thing i want to do is to get more organized. I fell that this past year I just lost it. to help me do this i am going to post 1 organization tip a week. to try to help me and anyone else who might want to give this a try. these tips will be both scrapbook and non scrapbook tips so anyone could give them a try. I am going to start the LO contest once again starting tomorrow. So be sure to be on the look out for that... I have to upload a ton of pics, so as soon as i do that i will be able to post some new ones on here of what I have been up to this past month... Have a fun and safe new years eve my friends... wishing you all the best.

I really need to get better at this

It has been 2 months sense the last time that I got on here and updated. There has been lots going on here. unfortunately there has been no scrapping. That's right i have not had a chance to scrap in 2 months. So what have I been up to? Well work started up in September and my class has been keeping me busy. My girls are in 4th and 2nd grade now and lets just say OMG whats up with all the homework! Lexi just finished up her fall soccer. Once again she had a blast. They are also now both in colorguard. So far they seem to really like it.
Now to the big news. We are expecting our third daughter on April 8th. the girls can not wait. I have to say that this one is kicking my butt. I can not wait for her to come. although I have alot to do to get ready for her.
Have any of you had a chance to do any Holiday crafts? I want to try to make something for my mother and my mil again this year. I am just out of ideas. So grab a seat and sit down and share your homemade craft ideas...

September already!

really I just feel like Aug. went by way to fast. Spent alot of time in Nh visiting my family, at the beach and at yiayia and papous house. The girls start school tomorrow! Christina will be in the 4th grade and Lexi will be in the 2nd. they really do grow up way to fast.

As for scrapbooking. well that just is something that i have not had a chance to do. I do have a birthday online crop coming up this week so i hope to be able to get some done this week. we shall see.. wish me luck.

Be sure to check out the challenge for this month. I would love to have some more people give them a try.

here are a few pics from last month...