Graphic 45 emailed!

There was a nice surprise waiting for my in my inbox today. Graphic 45 wrote to say that they had chosen my Altered Journal and Box as a featured artist item on the front page of their website! Take a looksie if you have a minute....

http://g45papers.typepad.com/

I'll write more later...I have been deathly ill with food poisoning or the flu...stay well everyone!

And now for something completely different!

6 x Six x 6
I was nominated by Susie Jefferson of the UK and The First Floor Flat to do a fun little challenge for my blog.

This is what it's all about:

Go to the 6th folder of your pictures
Find the 6th picture and tell a story about it
List 6 other bloggers you’d like to see participate (NO obligation)

Here is the sixth photo from my sixth folder. Of course, it was my little boy, Tucker! No surprise there. This was such a special night for all of us, but a real dream come true for him. The Riders in the Sky came and did a wonderful concert and we were able to meet and visit with them for quite awhile after the show. They were nice enough to autograph Tucker's 'Woody' doll's cowboy hat. Woody Paul, the fiddler of the group, is the real cowboy that the Woody doll is created after. Tucker was so happy that night he couldn't sleep for hours. He was in 'cowboy' mode for weeks!


Here are the six blogs I nominate to do the next round...no obligation, but it was really fun! I nominated you (in no particular order) because I think you and your blogs are awesome!

Erika....of Scrapbook Obsession (http://scrapbookobsession.wordpress.com/)

Noel Joy....of paper passion & pixel mania (http://paperpassionpixels.blogspot.com/)

Jingle...of Just Jingle (http://www.justjingle.blogspot.com/)

Abby...of Scrapbook Frenzy (http://scrapbookfrenzy.blogspot.com/)

Jenny...of Loving this crazy life (http://zeldadog1.blogspot.com/)

Liz...the possibilities are endless (http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/)

Thank you for participating if you are able. Can't wait to see what you have!

Want some candy?

Here's a great blog that's giving away some amazing candy. All you have to do is click the link below and go leave a comment, and add her link to your blog. Fun, huh? I've never seen these Laura Ashley items and am drooling to get them. She is located in the UK!

http://martinescrafts.wordpress.com/

Thanks Martine!

Guess who emailed?

UPDATE on Altered Journal and Box: Ok, this is big news for me. Tim Holtz emailed...he loved the journal and box! My life is now complete. (just kidding, kind of) What a sweetheart he is. I can fly on this one for awhile. :)

It's Raining Thunder here in Oregon

Wow, it has rained like cats and dogs today...really hard rain which is so unusual here. Yeah...our garden is going to love this! My baby is scared of all the noise and just looked at me very seriously and said "It's raining thunder mommy". That will be our new phrase for storms.. too cute! I was pointed in the direction of this fantastic new website for scrappers that miss Simple Scrapbooks. Check it out!

http://www.writeclickscrapbook.com/write_click_scrapbook/2009/06/welcome-to-write-click-scrapbook.html

I have just loved looking thru this site and reading what those inspirational women have recorded for us to read. I especially loved the section about how their lo's have evolved over time. I've wondered how mine will, since I'm pretty new to scrapbooking. You'll be sure to recognize some names here, and love getting to know some newbies, too. Click back to my blog and post a comment and tell me what you think!

Laugh Lines

I did this layout about some of the funny things my little boys say. I listed 10 things, five on each side of the hidden journaling tag, one side for each son, Tucker and Wyatt. I used 7 different paper patterns with circles or dots as well as handpainted/glittered circles or dots on the letters. There are circle cut papers and punched circles, and even circle ribbon. The buttons and chipboard sun and flowers also have circles shapes. This was fun..it had me going in circles! (Oh, if you want to see a photo close up, just click on the photo and it will zoom for you! Pretty nifty, huh?)

Rider's In The Sky

Wow, what an evening this was! We had been trying to get the Grammy winning cowboy group to come here for over 12 years, and they finally did! The Rider's in the Sky were amazing, and my little boy was beside himself. They came out after the concert and took lots of photos with him, so this is one page of a two page spread of them. The bottom photo is when they struck a pose of "The Cowboy Way", too cute! They signed the hat of Tucker's "Woody doll", the doll from Toy Story, which thrilled him no end. The real live "Woody Paul", the King of the Cowboy Fiddlers, is the cowboy on the right.