Sn@p Update - Brody's Birthday

I finally got around to cleaning my craft room. 

FINALLY!

It's gorgeous! I love it! A happy craft room makes a happy Sam.

The very first picture is what I like to call a miracle. There's nothing on the floor, no random stuff just out and about, clean. You can tell that I cleaned because there's still a can of pledge on my desk. =)

....because my room is now clean, I finally finished Brody's birthday Sn@p album page. I finished the page pretty late last night which isn't really a big deal. I get more crafty the later it gets.  The top picture has a horrible example of my handwriting. I may get more crafty the later it gets but apparently my handwriting doesn't work the same way. My handwriting is normally pretty neat. How embarrassing!

Look at it. Funny, huh? He's all about that little cake!

I kept his cake topper. It was too cute not to!

I am having so much fun with this Project Life format. So easy and fun! If you haven't given it a try yet, I highly recommend that you do. You'll be hooked. 

If you have started. I would love to see some of your pages! 

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, everyone. Please remember what this holiday is all about and pray for our troops who are our past, present and future. 

...until next time...

-Sam

Linky Party @ Whipperberry

Hello! I just wanted to let everyone know to link up for a Friday Flair Link Party over at Whipperberry! It should be lots of fun! Go get inspired and comment!

I haven't had another update on my Sn@p album this week. I haven't really had a chance to work on it. Actually, I've been a little bit discombobulated because I feel that my house is in total disarray. Laundry needs to be done, like always, bathrooms need cleaned and my craft room looks like a tornado went through Hobby Lobby and deposited all of its goods right there in my house. I plan on fixing all of this tonight - I hope that this warmer weather will motivate me a little, okay, a lot. Sometimes, okay, a lot of times, I am not the most motivated person out there. 

Wish me luck on being motivated tonight and don't forget to link up at the link party!

...until next time...

-Sam

Sn@p Update

O.M.G!! When I first started doing my version of Project Life I never thought that I would keep up with it or have so much fun doing it! It's a total blast! I've been working on pages every night and I love how my album is turning out. I even made some really fun printables my Apple Blossom pages that were also a hit on Facebook - 260 shares for one printable and 31 shares for another! Go me!

 

The first and second pages are from the wine festival that kicks off the festivities for Apple Blossom ( I apologize for the crooked picture).

Are you Project Lifing? Are you keeping track of the day to day? I would love to see your album or journal! Feel free to share!

...until next time...

-Sam

Sn@p!

 

I've decided to take a little breather from my little business for a bit and I've decided to a little bit of Project Life/Sn@p. I think I'll call it Sn@pLife. That sounds good. 

I used to be all about doing 12x12 layouts and I just can't do that anymore. I don't have the patience or the time to do it. I haven't done a 12x12 layout in a very long time.

Sn@PLife seems like a much easier option for me. Pictures and cards and journaling - pretty easy. I haven't put anything in my pages yet but I plan on doing that this weekend. I have to get everything printed and organized (which is a feat in itself for me!).

I added the fabric to the front but I haven't started adding embellishments yet. I'll keep everyone posted on my progress!

...until next time...

-Sam

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRODY!!

I know a lot of you have seen Brody in other posts of mine, but yesterday was his 5th birthday. We gave him a little doggy cake and I snapped this photo at just the right time. I find it hilarious! I hope you do as well!

He's all like, "IMMAGONNAEATCHOO!!!!"

I can't say that I blame him, because when I get a cake put in front of me, I'm all like, "IMMAGONNAEATCHOO!!!"

Anyway, there hasn't been much crafting going on. Although, I am cleaning up my craft room and made cute little table runners last night for the tops of my drawers. As far as cards, coasters and the whole lot of it - nothing. I would really like to get some of my own scrapbooking started. I haven't done that in FOREVER!!

...maybe tomorrow. 

...until next time...

-Sam

Herbs, Toys and Puppies

Hello! It's me again, Sam, bringing you the life of me from my Mac and my kitchen table with my cup of coffee in hand and only a corner left of my cinnamon raisin toast - which will probably be fed to Brody.

It's that time of year again where everything is blooming and thawing out from winter. We are growing herbs this year. We didn't do that last year but we had really good luck with tomatoes. They were everywhere! A lot of them went to friends and family because we would have never eaten so many tomatoes! Hopefully, the tomatoes will be plentiful this year because I will be making salsa - which is why we are growing cilantro! The Mexican restaurants probably run out of salsa every time I visit. Mmmmm....

I'm not sure if this is cilantro. There are two pots planted - one with basil and one with cilantro. The other pot wasn't very picture worthy because the seedlings are just now coming up out of the dirt - except for one over achiever.

Lately, I haven't been feeling very inspired to make anything. I'm feeling that I just need to take a little bit of a break, not completely stop making things, but maybe just slow down a little bit. I was really cranking out some stuff right before the notorious "craft show," and I guess I'm feeling just a little burnt out. Just a little. 

I am making stuff here and there. Last night I made a dog toy following this tutorial by FabYouBliss. I thought it was pretty simple. I used fabric instead of jersey knit and I knotted the ends a little bit different but it's basically the same concept and Brody seems to really like it. I actually let him take it outside this morning for a photo op. Normally, inside toys don't go outside and outside toys don't come inside. So, he really seemed to enjoy taking his new inside toy, well, outside. He ran around the yard like a crazy dog. I couldn't get really good pictures because he wouldn't stand still. 

I have a feeling that this toy may not last a long time with Brody. He likes to pull the tassels at the end of the toy. He can be very destructive. 

Finally! A decent picture! Even though I had to hold his head to get it but it worked out. Boxers aren't really the most calm breed of dog. 

I'm going to make another toy for this guy....

Meet Buddy, formerly known as, Reggie. This is my new baby brother. If you don't understand what I mean by that, well, my mom and dad got a new puppy through a chain of events and I'm the only child so, he's my baby brother and he's sooooo cute!!! Look at that face!!! I think he'll appreciate and handmade toy. He wants to chew on things that aren't toys anyway, like my mom's ankles. She may appreciate a new toy much more than he will. Ha!

I guess I need to get up and start some laundry and may be tidy up a bit.

I hope you have a great weekend and feel inspired to make something for yourself, others or a furry friend. 

Also, it's a great day to plant a garden!! Go outside!!

...until next time...

-Sam

P.S. - Brody enjoyed the toast. =)

New Stuff

I just wanted to share 2 photos with you today! I worked on some new stuff over the weekend - just tiny little things. 

New rings! I made these with some embellishments that I found at Michael's over the weekend. The pink ring is mine. I can't seem to part with it. Actually, I may keep all of them and go buy some more embellies for rings I'm actually going to part with.

Washi covered thumbtacks. I've been asked to decorate some thumb tacks for some co-workers. These are more of a trial run but they are really cute! I just need some more Washi tape! 

Link up and take a look at some other awesome projects - Click here.

I hope everyone had a great Easter. 

...until next time...

-Sam