Ode to Cosmo Cricket

Because I LOOOOVE their stuff! (and the DT call might have a tad to do with it too! ;)) I have been a fan of CC from the very beginning and I've used SO much of their stuff over the years. So, in this post I have compiled just a few (ha!) of my very favorite things. The first 2 are brand spanking new and the rest are just some of my favorite layouts and projects! Thanks for taking a peek! :)

(I do love how so much of Cosmo's lines mesh well with other manufacturer's...it's so versatile!)






(The rest of the album can be seen on the post below!)
















Have a fantabulous week!

Heat Wave!

Wow, here in the central US the temps have been upper 90's, low 100's with the heat index well into the 100's! It's been plain hot and miserable! So we've been trying to spend a little time indoors when it's the worst and in the evenings, Tate likes to go out and play in his pool. I even got in with him last weekend and got sunburnt...still feeling that one!

I have a few fun things to share...the first is a Father's Day mini album that I made for Brian from Tate. I used some new Cosmo Cricket papers and they are SO fun for boys (and dads!). I made the actual album myself with some 4x6 chipboard pieces and a Bind-It-All (I borrowed the stores, but I NEED one for myself!)




















And a few layouts just for fun :)








Summer around here always means the rodeo is near. 4th of July weekend is the Elk County Rodeo and Tate is gearing up for some more mutton bustin' this year. He's super excited and says he wants to ride both nights this year, so we'll see! Nana and Rusty are getting him geared up--literally! Take a peek at the fun accessory they sent him a couple weeks ago!









He LOVES those chaps and I think he looks absolutely handsome in them! It will be fun for sure and there will be lots of family to come watch this year! I hope everyone else is having a great summer as well! I'll post back when I can! :)

Do You Have Little Girls?

Then I have to share my friend Teresa's new hair bow blog with you! It sure makes me want a little girl! She does awesome work! :) Brat Pack Bows Stop by and give her a holler!

As for me, I actually have LOTS of layouts to share, but they are all up at the store and I need to scan them! I actually scrapped during National Scrapbook Weekend. It was fun to hang out with the girls...I don't get to do that as often anymore with this "real" job lol.

I had a great Mother's Day weekend last weekend....My mom and Rusty came and hung out on Saturday and we cooked steaks on the grill. They brought Tate Yahtzee (did I spell that right?) and we've had to play it at least once a day ever since. He's actually really good at it! I got some money from Tate and Brian so I could buy more scrapbook stuff...just what I need! And it's already spent! hehe

We've also gotten a Wii since I last posted and that's been tons of fun! My favorite is the bowling...Tate loves Mario Cart...and well, Brian just plays what Tate wants to play and I think he enjoys it (even if he's not all that into video games!). I was able to get the Wii Fit with the package I scored off of Ebay, but it's still sitting in it's box, waiting for me to get some time to try it out...hopefully this weekend sometime. I want to have some time to see how it all works before I try to get myself in a routine with it.

I hope everyone's had a nice spring so far...it would be better here without the constant rain...I need some sunshine! Have a great week! :)

Some New Edits

With some help of the great photogs over at 2 Peas, I decided to redo a few of the edits from yesterday...I think I like these much better...they are lighter and I took some of the yellow/blue color casts away that I had not noticed at the time. Fresh eyes always help!

Awww, I just love babies...

And yesterday I did my first portfolio shoot with this cute little guy! These are my first few edits, but I still have a few more to do. Thank you Mel for letting me do this and thanks T for all the help! Could not have done it without ya! :)









(the little stinker was getting tired by the time we got to the basket so we were having to sooth him with his paci...I went ahead and snapped some shots while we were trying to get him to sleep and this one ended up being one of the best out of that bunch, so I went ahead and edited it anyway....I'll do one without the paci too :))


Please leave a comment and let me know what ya think!

Quick Post...

because I havn't in so long! As always, things are staying busy around here. It's starting to warm up, so that means less time inside scrapping and playing on the computer and much more time outside chasing after Tate, playing catch, riding 4 wheelers and hopefully taking more pictures! I have so many pictures from the last couple of weeks that I want to share, but I have to find time to do some editing and resizing...But this post cannot be without some form of visual stimulation, so I do have some layouts to share :)

This first one is using one of the new spring lines from Making Memories. THe pics are from Tate 3 years ago...I love them so much!


Next is a quick one about me and a few of my likes at the moment. I used some Fancy Pants Splendid for this one plus some Prima bling.


I've been having fun going back to some older pics and this one goes back to my college days on Spring Break with one of my best friends. Love the colors in the new Scribble Scrabble stuff!


More Fancy Pants Splendid in a layout about my nickname for Tate :)


And you can never go wrong with Basic Grey! This new Marrakech line is just gorgeous! Tate has been learning to write his name and he's gotten very good at it! I had to snap some pics and the paper he's writing on is included on the layout as well. It slips in and out of the side there so you can see it years from now...love that!


And this last little project is a recipe box that I'm teaching at the store this weekend. It's using some new papers from Scribble Scrabble and I just LOVE the bright colors and those limes and lemons. Fabulous for summer!




I've been really obsessed with everything photography lately...especially baby photography. If you love it as much as I do, I added a new link to my blog that you should check out...pure baby sweetness all over! I am in love with their photos! Baby As Art. Also check out Carrie Sandoval's Blog for some awesome twin shots!

Layouts and a Sweet Mini

Finally some new projects I've done! I'm finally starting to get back into a scrappin groove after not really being interested for a couple of months. It feels good! :)