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  • Tulips and Closets

    I know, bad blogger. On Thursday Michele, V and I gave the tulip fields another try.
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    Cuteness all around. V learned to say my name!!! Well sort of, she calls me "Ambi" right now. It’s super cute. When I left she was whining, "Ambi, Ambi!"And then she made that kissy face so I would come give her another kiss. Is there anything better? Me thinks not!
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    Glad we got there when there was tulips, and a little break in the rain.
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    Then of course I had to have a sausage. mmmm.

    Since then I’ve been working around here because it did end up getting warm, and sunny. Unbelievable I know! I finally painted the two doors that I am not hanging (one was a hallway door, one went to a now-non existent room in the basement). Bj cleaned the hardware and hinged them together to make a screen for around the furnace. I am still going to look for some fun handles for them. I used one of the sets of glass knobs to fix my bathroom door (which someone had replaced in the 70s, ew), and the other one is missing. I want to find a purple one to remind me of my back door in college, it was a sweet lavender color (maybe from being outside all those years?) and I always loved turning it to walk into my place behind the dream (a pizza shop in town).

    Bj and I also decided that enough is enough – no more eating out! I lost my ten pounds (yeah!). It was tough, but now that I’m in the maintenance plan of my healthy eating, I know it will be important to not fall back on grabbing chicken tenders (Burger King, mmmm).  So we planned a weeks worth of meals on Saturday. I’ve already cooked three: Edamame Corn Chowder (yum!), BBQ Pork Sandwiches with Cabbage Slaw (Bj says, "4 out of 5"), and tonight Balsamic Vinegar and Dijon Mustard Strip Steak with Rosemary Potatoes and Green Beans. There all from my stash of M.S. Everyday Food magazines. It’s nice too with the leftovers for lunch.

    Also in line with the new healthy figure me I did a major clothes purge. My closet is now super awesome and fun because… I can wear everything!
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    All my clothes, well minus the one bin that I put really heavy, winter clothes in. It better stay warm! I got rid of three big bags of clothes. It was liberating really. I don’t see myself ever being much thinner than I am now, if I’m honest. And some things were from my early crew days, where apparently I did not have thighs, or hips. 🙂 I also pulled out all my summer shoes. Flip flops and sandals, welcome back! Now off to watch Bones!

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  • The Yarn Harlot!

    The Yarn Harlot came to Portland! So my neighbor Tracy and I had to drive up there to see her. She didn’t disappoint, it was so fun, and funny! Afterwards I waited to have her sign her new book, and give her a ribbon jar.
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    While listening to her of course everyone was knitting. I worked on these:
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    (free pattern) The fist one is so tiny. But luckily there was a newborn a few rows ahead that I could check it on. There were lots of babies decked out in hand knits, sooo cute.
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    I also picked up this special edition Socks that Rock yarn. I’m thinking cute sleeveless top for summer? Maybe sort of tunic style with a couple cables up the sides? I need to figure out decreases and stuff so it has darts and doesn’t look like a shapeless thing, but I think I’m up to the challenge.

    More scrapbooking coming soon. My step-mom let me borrow her cricut!

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  • More scrappy goodness

    Yesterday I got to do some more scrapbooking and I whipped out nine layouts. I am seriously on a roll here! I love having all my pictures printed! I also took the time to try a couple of techniques I’d been wanting to.
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    Please forgive the spotty picture taking. I’m not at home, I’m watching my little sister since my step-mom had to go take care of my dad, and I’m not using my normal software as well. Oh Erin on a related note: to make an image smaller from iPhoto just go up to File – Export – then choose jpg and choose your size. You can select multiple pictures at a time as well. Anyway. On the layout above I used a chipboard letter I had, and one I made. I think this idea was in Scrapbooks, etc. but not sure. I recently went through my tear out inspiration binder and reorganized things and re-found this idea. I painted a chipboard circle black. Added the white rub-on M and then put diamond glaze over the whole thing. I think you’re supposed to use Modge Podge, but I can’t find mine. And once I whipped out the diamond glaze I remembered why I love it.
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    I used it here and
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    here in those Pebbles brad things. You put a sticker in the middle but I didn’t think it looked finished enough so I squirted diamond glaze in there as well. The above layout shows the other technique
    I am going to use all the time now. In the layout on the very top I used back acrylic paint and went around the picture and journaling block with it. I had squirted too much out so I grabbed a stash of card stock scraps and went around the edges of them to save for later:
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    Love it. I’m so doing that all the time. It’s very resourceful too!
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    I love this one. All my happy vintage knitting stuff. Along with an ad from an old magazine. I had a hard time just picking one, there are some funny ads in those old mags.
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    Super simple. Still love my quickutz (obviously).
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    I’m only showing tis because I really like how the tags worked out here. I know we must look insane. But I figure this is so us it has to go in the scrapbook.
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    While re-organizing the scrapbooks I realized I had no layouts of my cottage, for shame! So I’m going back through and trying to fix that problem.
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    And I did two more intro pages. I managed to scrounge up some more Bazzill in white with the orange peel texture. That paper is my favorite. I love it because even though it’s textured I can still write on it.
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    And my intro page. I can hardly wait for my new albums to get here. You know what else I can hardly wait for? Bones! New episode in two hours. Em and I will be over here freaking out until then. 🙂

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