Believe

Here's a card I made tonight. Inspired by Feb 21st of dw2008 to use a fortune as a greeting. I found this fortune in my stash and thought it would be perfect for a graduation card. It reads: Believe in your abilities, confidencewill lead you on.Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Paper Salon patterned paper; Making Memories clears tag & brad; fortune; staple.addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='2pawsdesign...

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I Can See Clearly Now...

No rain, but definitely clear blue skies. :) After work I had my yearly eye exam. I had been pretty excited to see this time come as I could tell my vision was off. Surprisingly, it was only my right eye which had worsened. I was expecting to hear both had changed. I happily drove home with a new set of contacts. Amazing the difference that can make especially at night. Will have to wait on new glasses though until we have time to go look...

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Back on my Feet

Feeling much better today. Perhaps I needed that forced day of rest to prepare for the week. I'm back on my 5:30am walking routine and had a hectic day at the office. Now I'm ready to relax and crash soon so I can be ready for my walk in the morning. Thank goodness for our treadmill as there is no way I'd be outside that early in the freezing temps!For fun, I found this little online quiz a couple days ago while working on my Nemo & Friends...

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Grandpa's 86th Birthday

A brief post as I'm a bit under the weather today fighting a migraine. Not so much pain at the moment as a drug induced haze courtesy of Zomig. But it's much better than how I felt earlier. I'm just slower and run down feeling. Needless to say, no creating has occurred.Yesterday, we traveled a bit northwest to visit my grandfather for his 86th birthday. Below is a photo of me, the birthday boy & my sister. All in all, there were 10 of us...

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Good Customer Service

There was a time when the motto "the customer is always right" ruled. I'm often doubtful these days that some have even heard the phrase. Every once in a while though, I'm reminded that not all is lost. Here are my recent 3 examples:Coca-Cola - In mid-December, I purchased a 20oz Coke from a local convenience store. Halfway through drinking it, I realized that the bottle felt & looked different. The new bottles have a textured "grip" design...

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Altering Jars

I had a couple of questions regarding the altered Valentine Candy Jar I posted earlier today and wanted to address them. The "i love you" on the front of the jar is a rub-on by Making Memories (Rub-on Minis Love 2). I first came to the idea of adding rub-ons to glass jars while flipping through the November calendar pages of designing with 2006. The prompt for Nov 10 was to "embellish plain containers with rub-ons." I tried it on a small spice...

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Valentine Candy Jar

2ps blog challenge:Are you making anything special for Valentine's Day? If so, share it with us.Well, I can't share anything for this year as I might spoil a surprise, but I can share something I made last year. Part of Trent's gift was this altered candy jar - filled with M&M's. :)Supplies: Provo Craft jar from Michael's ($1); Making Memories metal tag rim, sweets heart, pink/white ribbon, and "i love you" rub-on; misc red ribbon & patterned...

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Nemo & Friends

I did manage to create one page in my cat mini album. And start a list of supplies I want for it. LOL Thankfully, it's a short list so far....Afterwards I decided to work on my Disney album a bit more and created another digital page for The Seas with Nemo & Friends attraction at Epcot. I used one of my photos to create the background - simply lowered the opacity so it wouldn't stand out as much.Supplies: frame, photo clips & swirls...

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The Princess & the Down Feathers

While I'm on the subject of Cali, I thought I would share this layout I made of her in January 2006. (Click on the image to enlarge it and read the journaling.)Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; misc light green & yellow cardstock; Micron black pen; Making Memories date stamp; Sticko sticker; 39 Smooth font; round corner punch; Therm O Web memorabilia pocket; feathers from comforter.addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='2pawsdesign...

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A Senior?

Today was Cali's annual check-up with the vet. I had scheduled to drop her off before work and have Trent pick her up at lunchtime when I made the appointment. At 7.5 years, this was to be her first "senior" check-up. I'm still stumbling over that as I think of my cats as my "toddlers."The vet called me during lunch and said Cali was trying to "dig her way out" of the cage. Poor girl. Her check-up went well overall. There is a concern about...

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Almost Famous

I checked my Peamail this morning (ie, messaging system within Two Peas in a Bucket) and had a message from Janine Grohman. I'm featured on her blog explore, experience & expand your mind today. It's a new blog that I truly enjoy - a chance to "get to know" other talented artists and view their blogs. I was thrilled to get an invite from Janine to take a part in this. Thanks, Janine! :)addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='2paws...

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Snow, Sheep & Hot Cocoa

This morning I took my camera with me outside to get the paper. As you can see, there wasn't much left of the snow. The temps were already above freezing by 8am and the snow was melting.I'm teaching the preschool Sunday School class this month so I made sure to be at church by 9:30. Three of the kids came and we had a good time playing with sheep masks and talking about God as our shepherd. Two of the kids posed for me to take their photo with...

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It's Snow...

Trent & I ventured east this morning even with the forecast of snow. At the time, only rain was falling in Raleigh so we decided to go ahead with our plans. We enjoyed a good visit with my sister & brother-in-law as well as my mother & brother who were there for the weekend. Around 6 we caught the Raleigh news and saw that it was in fact snowing at home. Fortunately, the snow wasn't too heavy and not sticking to the roads so we...

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Say it ain't Snow...

Last night we watched the weather before heading to bed. The forecast called for a chance of snow to the west with a few flurries in the Raleigh area and then turning to rain. That sounded good since we are planning to drive east to visit my sister & brother-in-law. Now, I wake up to this weather map and a news report saying in the last 24 hours (funny, I watched the news 10 hrs ago) the storm has shifted east. Hmmm.addthis_url=''; addthis_title='';...

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10 Things I'm Thankful For...

Colleen posted a challenge on her blog to scrap the 10 things you are thankful for (in no particular order). Here's my layout. Inspired by Lisa Dickinson's it's a colorful life layout and Jan 11 & 24 from dw2008.Supplies: Archiver's cardstock (it's a green shade IRL); Scenic Route labels; Making Memories TinyAlpha, rub-on letters & date stamp; Micron black pen; Doodlebug rub-on numbers; Heidi Swapp chipboard letters.addthis_url=''; addthis_title='';...

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Etsy

I opened my Etsy shop (2pawsdesigns.etsy.com) yesterday! This has been a goal of mine for months but keeps hitting the back burner. I listed a few of the cards recently posted on my blog including this card I created tonight:Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; American Crafts patterned paper; Making Memories chipboard heart, brad, rub-on letters & word "love".2ps blog challenge:If you keep your photos on your computer. How often do you put...

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Happy 3rd Anniversary...

to my sister & brother-in-law! Hope you two had a wonderful day!! :)Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card & adhesive backed cardstock; misc. teal blue cardstock; Scenic Route, Chatterbox and EK Success patterned papers; QuicKutz circle die; Love, Elsie heart charm. Inspired by Jan 5/6 of dw2008.addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='2pawsdesign...

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Manic Monday

The Bangles keep running through my head today. It's been a LONG one. I was grateful to walk in the front door tonight and, at least for a few hours, leave work behind. We had planned to try and make the yoga class at our gym. However, Trent had stayed home today not feeling well so we opted instead to try the new Gaiam Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss DVD my brother gave me for Christmas. We did one of the 45 min routines and both feel worlds...

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Checking off the "To-Do" list

No scrapping today so far, but perhaps in a bit. I did finally get a few things off my to-do list. For starters, I bought a new keyboard & mouse. We have been having issues for several months now with the keyboard that came with the computer. It just didn't always work. After weeks of looking and 1 purchase & return - we realized it wasn't the keyboard but rather the port. I wanted a keyboard with a cord, but that is difficult to get...

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Saturday at the Museum

Today we went into downtown Raleigh to view the Mysteries of the Lost Colony exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History with family members. The exhibit ends Monday so there was a rather large crowd for it. We waited in line for an hour for our turn. Interesting exhibit though as it was a mix of set props from the Lost Colony production in Manteo, NC, and watercolors & engravings on loan from The British Museum. [Some of the artwork...

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Goofy Size

Making progress on my Disney album. During the Keys to the Kingdom tour at the Magic Kingdom, our tour guide told us about the 3 sizes to describe characters. He glanced at us and chuckled adding that he & Trent were "Goofy size." :D Trent & I've joked about this ever since and it seemed like a fun way to scrap this photo of us with Goofy himself. For the BOS challenge at Two Peas, I lifted AnnaClaire's Two Friends layout.Supplies: EK...

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Just for Laughs

Things around here have gotten a little un-tidy, to put it mildly. Kind of ironic when I have posts labeled with "organization." ;) So this afternoon, I began to do a little picking up. As I moved things to their appropriate spot - the shred pile, the trash, another room - I noticed a small problem and it reminded me of this email forwarded to me a while back:A.A.A.D.D. Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better,...

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Small Space Organization {Master Closet}

When Trent & I purchased our home almost 5 years ago, we were both more than excited. I came across a book advertised in a magazine I was reading called Our House Journal. Basically, it's a scrapbook for the homeowner with pages set up with prompts, pockets to hold ideas, and a few sketch sheets. This book has been great for keeping up with the little details around our house from paint and fabric colors to ideas on how we'll remodel a space....

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My First Scrapbook

I had inspiration from 2 different spots for tonight's post. The first was a visit to SpiderGirl's Web earlier today & reading Angela's post about her first scrapbook. Then I saw the latest 2ps blog challenge & it was along the same train of thought. I confess, it took me a second to dig this up. I put it in a "safe place" - you know, the kind so safe that you can't find it yourself? Lucky for me, it was in the 3rd "safe place" I checked....

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More Valentines...

Two more Valentine cards I created tonight. The "Love" one was inspired by the glittery accent letters in the layout for Jan 11th of dw2008.Supplies: Die Cuts with a View cards; Making Memories note{worthy} paper, glitter chipboard flower, clears & felt letters, rub-ons, and brads; Provo Craft chipboard 'L'; My Mind's Eye patterned paper; Autumn Leaves A Rhonna Christmas transparent monogram.addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='2p...

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Tagged

I've been tagged by Colleen! :)Name your two favorite scrapbooking topics: Disney & any vacation we've been on. :)What are the 2 best places you've been to? Grand Canyon and St. LuciaName 2 things you do every day? Check my email and read the paper.Tell us 2 things that pretty much everyone knows about you. I'm married & have 2 cats.2 places you wish to visit. Europe and Chicago2 things you may not know about me are- I've only lived...

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SpectroMagic Parade

Another digital layout for our Disney album. I used a frame template from Peppermint Creative to easily organize 12 photos I took during the SpectroMagic Parade at Magic Kingdom.Supplies: Office Date, Office Note Rip, Tape1, & Office Red Label from Rhonna Farrer's Office Supply Kit; paper & frames from Peppermint Creative's After Midnight Kit; Antique Type & Angelina fonts. Inspired by Jan 11th of dw2008.addthis_url=''; addthis_title='';...

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Our Animal Kingdom Anniversary

2ps blog challenge:Share what you have created lately...Found a little time tonight to create a digital page for our Disney album. The photo was taken at Animal Kingdom on our last full day of the trip and our 4th anniversary. :) I was inspired by Jan 17th of dw2008 to scrap a favorite photo and to experiment with different styles & ideas. While I'm not new to digital scrapping, it's not something I do a lot of nor am very comfortable with....

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Beetle Hunting

We just came home a short bit ago and I was thrilled to see comments that some of you are checking out Stop Hunger Now and Operation Sharehouse. It really is an awesome organization. And amazing that this simple meal can be so easily shipped where it's needed and provide nourishing substance.Here's a photo with just a small portion of the pallets filled with boxes of the meals:I had one of those "duh" moments earlier today after posting, but before...

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Busy Weekend

Last night was a lot of fun. Trent & I went out to dinner with friends at 518 West in downtown Raleigh. We were there to celebrate a birthday. [hi, Kevin! LOL He didn't want us to embarrass him at the restaurant -- ie, birthday dessert, singing, etc. We behaved then, but I've got to have a tad bit of fun now. ;) ] It had been a couple of years since any of us had been there, but the food was still exceptional. Definitely one of my favorite...

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