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April 29, 2007
Remember my Kiddie Kandids vs. Picture People post on the 17th where I showed you my son's one your old photos? Well here is my baby girl when she turned one back in 2005 *sniffle sniffle* I was just telling my hubby tonight that we have such good kids, and that we are so blessed. They really are a gift from the Lord... I've also been telling our friends that it's gonna take us five years to pay off our hospital bills from loosing our baby back in December... fun thing to owe money on huh?! Our plan was to pay this bill off till we plan more babies, well now our plan is to just continue to trust in the Lord, and if we have to be in debt for many years just to have the four children we want then so be it... God has always been so good to us,
April 26, 2007 I love Close to My Heart! I signed up to be one of their consultants recently and got a big starter package in the mail. It was so sweet when I opened it up everything was wrapped in purple tissue paper and there was a note with my name written on it. I knew they were sweet, but this just proved it! Here's a peek at what was inside, which is all so exciting because I got this kit on sale only this month! Let me know if you need anything ladies.
Altered Lunch/Recipe Box Instructions If you want to learn how to make a fun altered box like this one... Let me know what you think of my instructions, share them with others, and if you make something come back and share it with me :o)
April 25, 2007
We call him "uncle"... but he's not... he's just one of those really close friends.
April 24, 2007 Here is the very scary and mostly chaotic before picture... yes those are Star Wars legos in that cabinet :o) My husband collects them. And here is the photo I am so proud of because I like looking into that corner now...
April 22, 2007 Yesterday we had my son's first birthday party and I cannot believe it was only one year ago that he was born! Time goes by so fast! I am so blessed with the children God has given me it brings tears to my eyes. This layout I am sharing is one of the layouts I made when I was scrapbooking one baby to scrap my way through the sorrow of loosing another... so it is more special to me than what you see on the surface. Oh! And I added a new prize... I just can't stop! I just love being a Servant :o)
April 20, 2007
April 19, 2007 MMMM ribbon and organization too :o) I love all different kinds of ribbon, and thus far have ended up with so much of it that I had to buy these (lovely) glass jars to keep it all in. I got them from an online Restaurant Supply store, because that is where I found the perfect size to maximize my amount of space used. I measured my shelf Length to see how many would fit across, the Depth, and the Height so I could get them as close to my ceiling as possible... then I purchased accordingly. (I actually do this measure then plan routine often, look here and you can tell I measured how much space my desk would take, and I also measured perfectly for my Ikea shelving to fit in the closet with my paper rack.) I also found a new place to purchase my ribbon! Thank you Jenn! It's a great online store called Ribbon & Bows Oh My! They have a very decent selection at very good prices, and even though I have only had contact with them twice, I noticed they are very sweet.
April 18, 2007 This is my twin sister Cindy who is now it heaven. It is one of my favorite photos, not only because it is her first photo, but because somehow I just have this feeling deep down inside that I know I went through all of this with her. I miss her, and I always have. I love you Cindy!
April 17, 2007 Frustration received! I went both there and to Kiddie Kandids today... it wasn't that I was unhappy with the photography, or even the photographer at Picture People, I am just upset with their policies and lack of communication. They were going to delete my son's 10 month photos without even warning me! So I had to spend $100 to get the ones I wanted today, because they failed to tell me two months ago that if I don't purchase at least one sheet the day of the sitting I cannot view them online, and they will not keep them any longer than a couple months... even though they told me they would email them to me two months ago! And even though I purchased some today they are still not going to keep them in their computer, so what I get it is what I get and that's it. I am sorry, but going though this is not worth $18 - $25 per sheet. I am stickin' with Kiddie Kandids! They were so nice to me today, I went to sign-up for I time slot before my scheduled appointment with Picture People and since Picture People was so annoying I ended up late for my turn, but they took me anyway, they were polite about it, and they had no problem with emailing me my photos even though I wasn't purchasing on the spot, no questions asked, no dirty looks given. *sigh*
Lots to do... so Little time
I am very busy lately either planning or actually making...
April 16, 2007 Look what I found! I don't know how I stumbled upon it, but I'm glad I did.
April 13, 2007 Today's Friday for Friends is a Party (in the makings). It will be the first blog party I have ever hosted, and since Scrapping Servant is only 2 months old I really need your help getting the invitations out :o) Take a look at the Party Page for more information.
April 12, 2007 My new friend Morgan tagged me to play a game of show your desk. You really wanna see this people!? Fortunately it's a lot more tidy than I have seen it in the past.
Notice my husband's Wow hat, my daughter's Play-Doh, my High School yearbooks, my precious stuft turtle (belonging to my late twin sister), my piggy bank (my beloved Daddy gave me), and the layout from which I just took photos of for the next post :o) If you wanna see the story of my desk at it's best click here.
Thursday's Things Today I would like to share both a scrapbooking thing and a personal thing. My MMMM for scrapbooking happens to be fun titles. I love stitching my titles, and I love chipboard. To stitch these titles I wrote the word on my page with a pencil, and with embroidery thread I did a simple backstitch going over the penciled in word. For the shinny black look on my chipboard monograms I first painted them with black acrylic paint, then I embossed them with ultra-thick clear embossing enamel.
April 11, 2007 Too cute... he got stuck in this split position up against the entertainment center and didn't even care... I love my son! Plus I think the one sock thing is cute too!
April 10, 2007 Okay Ladies! I do not know if this happens to anyone else, but it seems I continue tackling the same thing every week... I am always behind, and am tired of it! Will this feeling ever go away? Will I ever be the Suburban Superwoman that my heart longs to be?! You know the one in Titus 2... the sensible, pure, worker at home, who is kind, submissive and honorable. I did three sink loads of dishes, and folded another couch full of laundry today... then I rammed my toes into the wall while climbing over the safety gate in our kitchen. And was out of commission because my toes were painfully swollen. Will there ever be hope for me? The answer is YES! My husband is currently having me go through Psalm 121 and I have been very encouraged so far, because God tells me He will be my help, He will not allow my foot to slip, and He will not slumber. But it's a two way street, I have to let him help me... so here I am Lord, willing and ready, send me, even if it is only to do more laundry.
April 9, 2007 Back in March I shared some layouts with you from a memorial album I designed for a sweet friend of ours from church. Just a couple of weeks ago he called to say he was going to stop by our house. He came with something stuffed in a pillow case, and a thank you card. Just the thank you in the card would have been enough... but this is what was in the pillow case!!! It was a wedding gift to him and his late wife. It's an Authentic Thomas Kinkade reproduction titled Home is Where the Heart Is. It's beautiful! This kind gesture brought tears to my eyes. I thought it is so sweet of him to give me something so cherished as a thank you. But then I realized just how much that album of his wife must have meant to him. And I remembered why I scrapbook for others... to bless them. God has been so good to me to keep me on that track. Now I also have this blessed reminder hanging in my home to keep me from getting discouraged or giving up.
April 6, 2007 JBrooke7 and her Five Little Monkeys :o) Whom I just stumbled upon yesterday after visiting TopMama.com. First of all, I am proud of you for having five kiddos... kudos to you! And now, what am I going to do for you this Friday? Well, I loved your post with little Noelle scooting tummy up, and thought I would take a video for you of what my son just started doing today! He only scoots, he doesn't crawl, but he is already pulling himself up to stand against the couch! :o)
April 5, 2007 It's that time again... time for me to share a THING with you that makes me go MMMM :o) Today it is Patterned Paper, not just plan patterned paper, but patterned paper with a POP!
April 4, 2007
Will you be famous when you arrive in heaven for what you have done for Jesus here on Earth. This is a story of sweet old man that is a great inspiration for you if you are unsure of this. Please listen to this message in its entirety, the end is so incredible, it brought tears to my eyes
April 3, 2007
Does this happen to any of you also?! Do you get the laundry cleaned, but not folded and put away? It happens to me all the time. I noticed I am more prone to putting it away if I leave the clean clothes in a spot that is "wanted", like my couches. Even when people are over I will fold clothes in front of them, because the seat is needed and I refuse to just relocate the clean pile.
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