SUPER Saturday!!!

Good morning everyone! I can't believe it but I awoke this morning to two sales from my Etsy shop!! Now I am re-inspired to create more. I have been feeling a bit disappointed lately about my slow sales, and am so thankful for my customers who have purchased from me. Thank you all!!

Today is going to be a busy day - what a shocker! This morning I will be packing up and shipping my order, I have a few errands to do that I should have done yesterday, Autumn has yet ANOTHER birthday party to attend, and then I plan on sitting down and creating. When I'm most in the mood to create something is usually when I don't have the extra time. Of course in between all that I need to do laundry and cook (I may be able to get around that one!), and play with my Autumn girl.

Well I'm off for now!
Have a nice day!
Paula

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Happy Friday!

I woke this morning to gloomy skies and temps in the 50's, knowing that at some point this morning the sun will be coming out ~ I'm waiting!!

I've been brainstorming for my next project and I've come up with......NOTHING!
I think I just need music and sunshine and then it'll be alright.

I did complete a personal scrapbook page of Taryne during her last orchestra performance. She plays the violin. Some of the kids had small solo parts during the show, and I took a photo of her during her part. The photo isn't all that spectacular, but it will be nice to look at when she's grown and a famous violin performer!



I hope everyone has a happy Friday!
Paula

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This morning I am preparing myself for another busy day. The sun is already shining at almost 7am, but it's not supposed to last for long.

This is a baby girl card I made and listed yesterday on MadeItMyself.com.
http://www.madeitmyself.com/item-detail.aspx?itemid=27809



I think there was too much sunlight when I was taking my photos so I think I'll redo them this morning. The paper is a bit shimmery, and the embellishment is glittery, so the sun kind of reflected off of that too much. In person it does look pretty!

Happy Thursday ~ I hope someone somewhere has a sunny day!

Paula

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And The Day Begins

Good Morning! I wanted to share my newest premade scrapbook page that I just listed on http://www.madeitmyself.com/item-detail.aspx?itemid=27796.

It is titled Seasons to represent change in a person.

Since joining the MadeItMyself website I have listed four items. They have received a good amount of views in a shorter time than it has taken to acquire the same amount of views on Etsy. We'll see if my views increase on MIM more as I add new items. I am trying to add new items to both Etsy and MIM but it's not easy keeping up!

I have two cool websites to share today as well. On both of these websites you can look at a certain day in history (such as yours or your kids birthdays) and find facts about that day and year.

Here are the links ~

http://dMarie.com/timecap

http://Dayofbirth.co.uk

So far I've only looked up my birthday, but I will be looking up a bunch more when I have time. Maybe someone will learn something that they never knew before about the day they were born!

Well it's time for me to go wake up Autumn who could sleep till 9am during the week, but wake at 6:00 on the weekends. I hear that this happens to a lot of mothers. Does anyone know why? I would love to know how to reverse that!

Have a good day!!

Paula

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Word Clouds

What is a word cloud? A word cloud is a bunch of words all clustered together that describe something or someone. I had posted this awhile back but thought I'd share it again. I made the one below describing myself~



All you do to create these are to visit http://wordle.net/ and insert the words of your choosing! I would love to see what others come up with - if you choose to make one of these for yourself post if on you blog and leave me a comment so I can come see!

Over the next few days I have a few different cool websites to share with you, so check back if your interested.

Have a nice day!
Paula

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Weekends Go Way Too FAST!

Well here it is Monday morning already! We had such a busy weekend which made it go by even faster. Here are some of the highlights ~

I completed this scrapbook page and listed it on MadeItMyself.com. I had been thinking about the fact that my daughter Taryne is 14, and before I know it I will be giving her a Sweet 16 birthday party. (Scary!!!) Then I came up with this page with a Sweet 16 theme. If this one does not sell I think I will keep it myself!

Autumn went to a birthday party on Saturday for her friend Olivia. The party was held at an indoor bouncy place where they have those giant inflatable bounce houses and slides. This particular place had a 20ft. inflatable slide. I didn't think Autumn would go on this as she is very cautious, but she did and loved it! The rule was that you had to either put your arms up or crossed in front of you so that you didn't get burned, because it went SO FAST! Yes that sounds a bit dangerous, but it was CRAZY FUN for the kids. I forgot my camera so I can't share any photos of that :(.

On the way to the party we passed a yard sale where they had a girls chopper-style bike out for sale. I didn't have time to stop on the way to the party, but on the way home the bike was still there so we stopped to check it out. I wasn't sure if I really liked this bike myself, and I knew that if Autumn saw it she would want it, but I stopped anyways. Well Autumn absolutely LOVED it! She loved the fact that it looks like a motorcycle, so how could I refuse to buy it for her for $10.00?! The photos show her posing on her bike ~ you can tell she feels cool on it! And don't even ask about the ski helmet that she's wearing! That's a whole other story in itself!

During all this excitement Keith and Zachary were camping with the Boy Scouts, and Taryne had her friend Kaitlyn over. Taryne and Kaitlyn planned on making a video of themselves that they thought was funny enough to put on YouTube. They did come up with something which I would share, but it's a bit too WACKY! Maybe eventually I'll change my mind and share it later in the week ~ of course the goal is to see how many views they get, and maybe I could help her out a bit!

This is a LONG post but I have one more thing to share ~ the Mother's Day gift I made for my Mom! I decided to make a charm bracelet that included an angel charm, and two mini frames where she can insert whatever photos she wants. This is the first charm bracelet that I've made, but I like how it turned out. Taryne thought it was cool, and Autumn thought it would be hard to wear. Well it may be hard to wear, but it is cool!

Origami box I made as the gift box for the bracelet.

Well I'm off to do a million other things on this Monday morning. Hope everyone had a good weekend, and that all the Mothers out there had a wonderful Mother's Day!!

Paula

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