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MINI CHRISTMAS ALBUM
This is the MINI CHRISTMAS ALBUM I made @ a local scrapbooking store during their recent Christmas Open House with Make & Takes.
It was bound using the UNI BIND system.
Now that I have the book made, all I have to do is add pics, journaling spots, embellishments & do some technique work on the pages before I mount everything.
We were a little rushed for time so it turned out pretty good considering.
We were given a wad of patterned paper & told to choose a sheet for the front & back cover, inside front & inside back.
Then the remaining papers would be our pages.
I took the time to arrange the inside pages to a satisfactory extent.
Now that I see the overall view in these pics I would have liked page 2 to be on the facing side so the margin on the patterned paper would be lined up on the right side of the page like a school notebook instead on near the spine of the book.
I might have placed the red pages more strategically too if I had more time.
They look a little out of balance in places.
Oh well!
FRONT COVER
INSIDE COVER & FIRST PAGE
PAGE 2 - 3
PAGE 4 - 5
PAGE 6 - 7
PAGE 8 - 9
PAGE 10 - 11
PAGE 12 -13
PAGE 14 - 15
PAGE 16 & INSIDE BACK
BACK COVER
Pretty good size mini album. Lots of space & pages to add pics, journaling spots & embellishments.
THIS IS A GIFT TO ME!
I WILL POST PICS OF THE FINISHING PROCESS ALONG THE WAY AS I
DISTRESS, USE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES & ADD EMBELLISHMENTS
SO STAY TUNED!
THIS WAS JUST ONE OF 4 MAKE & TAKES THAT DAY.
I STILL HAVE 3 MORE TO SHOW YOU.
CHECK BACK FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS I MADE.
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Today one of my FRIENDS in my paper crafting group posted this pic today. She said she was inspired by another friend there to take a pic whenever you have a MAGICAL DAY - one that has the month, day & year the with the same numbers. Today is 11,11,11 a magical day.
THIS IS HER PIC:
Of course you all know she was inspired by B to take a pic on a MAGICAL DAY one having the day, month, year with the same number. Well yesterday was one of those days 11/11/11. She was focusing on the MAGICAL SNOW that was falling - that was the magic she seen.
Well yesterday was REMEMBRANCE DAY here for us in CANADA & in the US you had your VETERANS DAY. Soon as I seen the pic & clicked on it to enlarge. I seen some ghostly grave stones in the foreground & lots of grave stones falling from the sky to join them. While I know these were snowflakes, I thought it was odd that they all looked liked rectangles. So for anyone who looks at a piece of art or a photo I guess everyone can see something different. When my hubby came home I asked him to look @ the photo & tell me what he thought of it. First he said that's MY tree, because he has a photo similar to this with a lone tree as the focal point. After some reflection he said he seen gravestones in the foreground & more gravestones falling from the sky. That's EXACTLY what I seen I said. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought maybe knowone else could see that. Anyway. MYSTERY solved: for anyone who cares. I seen this photo as a REMEBRANCE to the fallen SOLDIERS. The LONE TREE perhaps representing the one fallen soldier who's unidentified. This photo made me think of them all day instead of for a few short minutes. Thanks for Sharing your pic L. : )
THIS IS HER PIC:
CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE
I was AMAZED @ what I saw!
What do YOU see?
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Cathie : )
SHE gave me permission to share this pic with YOU!
She didn't know what I saw in the pic & was focusing on taking a pic on the SNOW that was falling.
I told her to go have another look @ the photo & REMEMBER what day TODAY is besides being what she refered to as a MAGICAL DAY refering to the numbers lining up.
Waiting to here back from her on what SHE sees now too!
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTO! (L.B.)
'LIKE BEAUTY - ART IS ALSO IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!'
UPDATE 11.12.11:
Sorry I'm just getting back to you all now about the photo posted yesterday. The one @ the top of the post here.Of course you all know she was inspired by B to take a pic on a MAGICAL DAY one having the day, month, year with the same number. Well yesterday was one of those days 11/11/11. She was focusing on the MAGICAL SNOW that was falling - that was the magic she seen.
Well yesterday was REMEMBRANCE DAY here for us in CANADA & in the US you had your VETERANS DAY. Soon as I seen the pic & clicked on it to enlarge. I seen some ghostly grave stones in the foreground & lots of grave stones falling from the sky to join them. While I know these were snowflakes, I thought it was odd that they all looked liked rectangles. So for anyone who looks at a piece of art or a photo I guess everyone can see something different. When my hubby came home I asked him to look @ the photo & tell me what he thought of it. First he said that's MY tree, because he has a photo similar to this with a lone tree as the focal point. After some reflection he said he seen gravestones in the foreground & more gravestones falling from the sky. That's EXACTLY what I seen I said. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought maybe knowone else could see that. Anyway. MYSTERY solved: for anyone who cares. I seen this photo as a REMEBRANCE to the fallen SOLDIERS. The LONE TREE perhaps representing the one fallen soldier who's unidentified. This photo made me think of them all day instead of for a few short minutes. Thanks for Sharing your pic L. : )
Sweet Blue Bird Pottery
I bought two of these SWEET blue bird mugs/noodle bowls at Home Sense recently.
I just love the little birds perched on the handles. The sides of the bowls have an embossed/relief branch.
Originaly I thought of them as mugs for a really big cuppa, but then realized they were probably meant to be noodle bowls. I use them for both. I paid about 5.00 for each. In the photo they are laden with fresh strawberries, real whipped cream & homemade scones.
The scones have wheat germ, oat bran & flax added to them. This helps make the dish a little more healthy indulgence. YUM...! Nobody has to know you added the healthy goodness. I crumble up a scone the size of an average ice cream scoop ( which is how I scoop the batter from the bowl to the baking pan too) then add fresh sliced strawberries (to which I added a little sugar while they are all in a mixing bowl, smoosh down with a fork & stir every few minutes-after about 10 minutes they are swimming in their own syrup) add whipped cream...
ENJOY! : )
I just love the little birds perched on the handles. The sides of the bowls have an embossed/relief branch.
Originaly I thought of them as mugs for a really big cuppa, but then realized they were probably meant to be noodle bowls. I use them for both. I paid about 5.00 for each. In the photo they are laden with fresh strawberries, real whipped cream & homemade scones.
The scones have wheat germ, oat bran & flax added to them. This helps make the dish a little more healthy indulgence. YUM...! Nobody has to know you added the healthy goodness. I crumble up a scone the size of an average ice cream scoop ( which is how I scoop the batter from the bowl to the baking pan too) then add fresh sliced strawberries (to which I added a little sugar while they are all in a mixing bowl, smoosh down with a fork & stir every few minutes-after about 10 minutes they are swimming in their own syrup) add whipped cream...
ENJOY! : )
FREE Apple 8GB iPod
I had gone shopping for a few things Thursday night @ PriceSmart foods and upon paying for my order found out I could get a FREE Apple 8GB iPod if I cashed in 50,000 Save On More points. If only I had that many!
In the current rewards book you need 99,000 points but the hot offer for the current week was only 50,000. Well I had 37,000+ to date; but I did need more groceries. So what did I do? I went home Thursday with flyer in hand to do some brain storming.
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Went back to the store early Friday evening bought 10 boxes of Kellogg's cereal with a bonus points coupon so I got 10,000 points there alone; that brought our current points to 47,000 - still need to hit 50,000(we go through a lot of cereal and with school start up just around the corner, we'll be prepared for early breakfasts).
Next We buy some frozen meat cause we have to have protein! Well that added another 2,000 points bringing us up to just under 50,000 points as we total our bill. HUH?! For sure I thought we had over 50,000 points.
DUH!! I forgot that I had an extra points coupon in my purse when my points card was scanned at the door before shopping this gave me an additonal 1,000 points for spending at least $75.00 on my groceries! BINGO ! Over 50,000 points! Cha Ching!
Hubby & I go over the Customer Service Counter to cash in our points and order our FREE iPod. "Would you like one now?" asks the girl at customer service "We just got a bunch of them in!" "YA, WE WOULD!"
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In the current rewards book you need 99,000 points but the hot offer for the current week was only 50,000. Well I had 37,000+ to date; but I did need more groceries. So what did I do? I went home Thursday with flyer in hand to do some brain storming.
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Went back to the store early Friday evening bought 10 boxes of Kellogg's cereal with a bonus points coupon so I got 10,000 points there alone; that brought our current points to 47,000 - still need to hit 50,000(we go through a lot of cereal and with school start up just around the corner, we'll be prepared for early breakfasts).
Next We buy some frozen meat cause we have to have protein! Well that added another 2,000 points bringing us up to just under 50,000 points as we total our bill. HUH?! For sure I thought we had over 50,000 points.
DUH!! I forgot that I had an extra points coupon in my purse when my points card was scanned at the door before shopping this gave me an additonal 1,000 points for spending at least $75.00 on my groceries! BINGO ! Over 50,000 points! Cha Ching!
Hubby & I go over the Customer Service Counter to cash in our points and order our FREE iPod. "Would you like one now?" asks the girl at customer service "We just got a bunch of them in!" "YA, WE WOULD!"
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Another Birthday Dinner
Saturday three of our BFF's showed up with a new
modernist white (my fave)chip and dip dish
for my Birthday complete with munchies and dip,
yum.
Later they took us out for Butter Chicken
@ Ashokas and it was sooo good.
We headed over to their place for Chocolate cake
and a late night movie
- 'The Eye', not too scary for our 12 year old
(I really mean myself).
I think the background sound effects
from hubby snoring
(cause he was up since 3:30 am)
was real scary for all of us.
ha ha ;)
modernist white (my fave)chip and dip dish
for my Birthday complete with munchies and dip,
yum.
Later they took us out for Butter Chicken
@ Ashokas and it was sooo good.
We headed over to their place for Chocolate cake
and a late night movie
- 'The Eye', not too scary for our 12 year old
(I really mean myself). I think the background sound effects
from hubby snoring (cause he was up since 3:30 am)
was real scary for all of us.
ha ha ;)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Yesterday was my BIRTHDAY & I went out for dinner with my hubby & 12 year old (he turns 13 next Saturday, yup he will officially be a TEEN, YIKES!) Aynway we enjoyed my favorite dinner - Sushi, yum. We had our usual favorites and tried some new ones - sure glad we did cause now we have new faves!
There were just four pieces left-over; just the perfect amount for little ol' me for lunch today. I will enjoy, till the next Sushi night. We have to have them more often!
There were just four pieces left-over; just the perfect amount for little ol' me for lunch today. I will enjoy, till the next Sushi night. We have to have them more often!
The Olympic Torch comes to our community...
Here's a picture of me and my youngest son at the Olympic Torch Event in our community.
Hubby took the picture, and as you can see I am the official flag bearer
of our group. We all had a myriad of flags - Canadian Flags, BC flags, even
Coke flags etc. I ended up with so many at any one time because they were
handed off to me for picture taking, picking up kids to see the entertainment
and the flame etc.
The flag waving was so wild that they didn't all stand up to the day, but we did! We had a great time!
I even spotted a Torch bearer and got a picture of our son and our friends son holding the torch, what a thrill for them!! Go Canada !!!
Hubby took the picture, and as you can see I am the official flag bearer
of our group. We all had a myriad of flags - Canadian Flags, BC flags, even
Coke flags etc. I ended up with so many at any one time because they were
handed off to me for picture taking, picking up kids to see the entertainment
and the flame etc.
The flag waving was so wild that they didn't all stand up to the day, but we did! We had a great time!
I even spotted a Torch bearer and got a picture of our son and our friends son holding the torch, what a thrill for them!! Go Canada !!!
The Olympic Torch to light the cauldron at B.C. Place Stadium.
I think it should be Terry Fox's Mom along with Michael J. Fox. Perhaps Michael J. Fox passing it to Terry Fox's mom. Or as I heard mention of holograms how about a hologram of Terry Fox - how about he passes the torch to his mom who then lights the cauldron, or they could make it look as though they are doing it together at the same time. Preceeded of course by Michael J. Fox handing it off to them. Isn't technology great!? Let's see who it will be?
I think it should be Terry Fox's Mom along with Michael J. Fox. Perhaps Michael J. Fox passing it to Terry Fox's mom. Or as I heard mention of holograms how about a hologram of Terry Fox - how about he passes the torch to his mom who then lights the cauldron, or they could make it look as though they are doing it together at the same time. Preceeded of course by Michael J. Fox handing it off to them. Isn't technology great!? Let's see who it will be?
It's finally here the day of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Vancouver, Canada. My home town. I am hoping we do Canada proud. I have seen some - what I would call - surreal and spectacular opening ceremonies of past Winter Olympics. I only hope the visionaries of this one can live up to my expectations. I don't know what to expect, except that (if we could harness the energy in that stadium) it should keep the roof of B.C. place stadium up without the use of electricity for the duration of the Olympic Games. My vision would be for the opening ceremonies to include all of the native tribes each to represent a color of the olympic rings. They would come in - each first representing the sun, sky, sea, land, and maybe a cloud to represent snow. They would circle the stadium as these elements as a narrator begins to tell a story about 'the begining' starting with the sun; followed by the other elements each with their own story. Each element would be members of the tribes moving in unison to portray their element. For exampe the sun - each tribal member dressed in reddish/orange native dress with the tone on tone Native Olympic apparrel available on some clothing that we have seen already; they would join together as a circle to represent the sun. The sky would be represented by another tribe in sky blue tone on tone Native Olympic robes moving as a block of color or rows of alternating shades of sky blue. Land would be represened by green, much like the sky. Sea would be a combination of green and blue waves made by rows of people walking in alternating colors of green & blue each color in a wavy row. White would represent a cloud bringing rain and snow and could be represented as a cloud by people holding hands in a cloud shape followed by a number of members outside the group with more space around each so they look like snow coming from the cloud. After they pass around the stadium once they would enter the center of the stadium each changing into an Olympic ring of the same color. To continue - a native group would enter into each ring same colors again as the ring itself and proceed to drum, dance and sing in their native voice, with a colored ring dance in each as well (if you have ever seen their ring dances, you know what I am talking about). This is what I dreamed up as a beginning to something awesome. Lets see what happens!
WANTED: KitchenAid Stand Mixer
Wanted, Waited, Finally got one ! :)
I have wanted a KitchenAid stand mixer for soooooooooooooooo looooooooooooooong !!
I have waited years for a KitchenAid stand mixer.
I had been saving up points by shopping @ Overwaitea - Save-on-Foods -Pricemart grocery chains, and was well on my way to getting one for free. Then one year we decided to use points instead of cash for our Christmas shopping for our son.
Needless to say I have slowed down on making home made goodies because I have been doing it all by hand. Seriously, I have been mixing primitively by hand with nothing but a bowl and wooden spoon in hand.
Finally I have a KitchenAid stand mixer!
My New KitchenAid stand mixer!
Yes I am the proud new owner of a gleaming new KitchenAid, even my husband is beaming! We carried it out to our car like a baby when we purchased it. Okay seriously, we carried it out like that mostly because we found it on clearance and it didn't have a box. That turned out to be an extra bonus - no box - an extra $25 bucks taken off! Great! It was on clearance because new ones were coming in for the Christmas season.
We priced out our mixer to find we had saved well over $135.oo. Plus we saved more on taxes that would have added up significantly to the regular priced ones. Yeah, I love a deal ! ;)
While taking a picture of our new KitchenAid & Banana Bread I had whipped up in it - to post along with this entry; my 12 year od son asked what I was doing taking a picture of it? "I'm taking a picture to post it on my blog". "Isn't that boasting?, he questioned me. "I'm not boasting" - I reassured him. "I'm just writing a blog entry about it, like an essay - but not to boast."
"Now can I have a piece of banana bread" he asks? "Not until I've taken a picture of it to add to my post, sorry!" 'click' "Here you go." Handing him a piece of banana bread. "No nuts in it?" "Nope, NO - NUTS, just the way you like it! :)
"Thank You!"
*Watch for future recipes w pics on my blog !
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