Live & Learn

Some of us have to learn things the hard way--
Thanks for stopping by, have a happy scrappy week!
~Jill

Mariposa Mini for a friend...

I made this mini for a dear friend and I was waiting until I was able to give it to her before I shared it with you....

Thank you for stopping by, have a crafty scrappy week.
~Jill

April ATC for The Beach Swap

April Crop Challenges

These are the only three challenges that I was able to complete this weekend for the virtual crop at "the beach".
Challenge #1 was a recipe, the photos are of my daughter and her family taken on July 4th, 2008.

Challenge #5 was to use 3 items that you have in your crafty stash that you haven't used as of yet. My items are; DCWV Ciao Bella Stack, Tiffany Morgan's beautiful handmade butterflies, and Prima Wings.

Challenge #6 is easy peasy, take a picture of your "hot" mess after the challenge, this is my hot mess!! The only thing I can share is that I'm loving how easy it is to put everything up after playing my new 10 drawer organization system.


Thank you for stopping by, Have a happy scrappy week ♥♥♥,
~Jill
p.s. We got Lance and Holly moved to OKC this weekend...and their lives together begin!

I Feel So Blessed!!

I received the blog award above from an extremely talented friend and fellow blogger! Cassandra Young, aka... CassRawk, Cass, & SandraDee We connected on http://thescrapbeach.ning.com/ and we are friends on Facebook, because of Cass I've been forced to learn how to use my BlackBerry phone for more than talking to my kids! ♥
I do not feel worthy I have neglected my blog more than used my blog, as any of you who have been around for awhile, can verify!
I'm suppose to follow the format from Cass's blog: http://sandradee326.blogspot.com/index.html so here we go!

Give a top ten list of things that make you happy
1. MY HUSBAND
2. MY CHILDREN
3. MY GRAND CHILDREN
4. MY FAMILY (INCLUDING FUTURE MEMBERS, aka, HOLLY)
5. MY FRIENDS
6. MY HOME
7. MY WWW LIFE & FRIENDS
8. MY LOFT & TIME I'M IN THE LOFT
9. READING
10.GOD HAS GIVEN ME ANOTHER DAY!!

Give a top five list of trivia about myself
1. I'M A GEMINI AND ALL THAT, THAT INCLUDES! (ESPECIALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARTS)
2. I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR FOREVER I HAVEN'T ENJOYED ALL OF IT, BUT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANY OF IT
3. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN 1987, it's what I have, not who I am.
4. I AM THE PROUDEST MOMMA ON THE PLANET
5. I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM & I'M AN ONLY CHILD

Share the award with only 5 people and ask them to do the same

I'm gonna come back to this part, shortly.... there are so many great people out there I'm going to ponder this for awhile!! I love you all, thanks for stopping by!
~Jill

Injoystampin with Robyn is having a Blog Candy giveaway!

I have enjoyed Robyns you tube videos for awhile and I'm glad to have found her blog!

Stop in and visit her, share the love ♥.
Thanks for stopping by!
~Jill

Mariposa Mini Book

This past week I met some friends from the area in the fabric district of Dallas, we got together early because one of the girls had to be at work in the afternoon.
One of the things I scored was some trim beads in the color of "Kiwi" they are a great neutral color. I also found some fun trim that had the rose/oranges that I needed to work on this mini using the Mariposa paper from DCWV.
The butterflies on this cover were made using a technique that I learned from Yolanda a you tube friend, who is such a wealth of inspiration and education, she introduced me to the use of Triple Thick by Americana and moldable embellishments, needless to say, I'm having fun playing.
I need to get this mini finished quick, last week during the Thursday chat I won a complete Teresa Collins Welcome Home Kit from Kathryn at Life on the {scrap} beach (it was delivered today!!), there is a link on the side of my blog if you would like to come play. I would love to see you there... ♥
Thanks for stopping by, have a happy scrappy week!
~Jill