I'm Baaaaaaaaack...a TOOT, and a Sneak PEEK!!

Home from our whirlwind tour of the east coast (lol, not really but it sure felt that way). We had an awesome time at Tracey's. We relaxed, we scrapped, we swam, we dined, we shopped, we potty trained and we just vegged out and gabbed like only two friends can. I even scrapped in front of other people!! I've never done that before, and let me say, it totally rocked. I thought I would lose my mojo completely, but it definately flowed. I even created three layouts. SHOCKING I tell ya.

Emily (tracey's dd) and Sarah had fun together in the way that only two 2-year-olds can. A bunch of "mine"'s and "no"'s rang through the house, but all in all, I think they definately had fun. I know Sarah adored Gabe and Zuzu (the dog) because she tells everyone about them, lol! It was a total joy to watch them play together in the pool.

New things I learned from the Odachowski's:
Scrapple, although seemingly inedible, actually tastes good (I have yet to prove that for myself, lol) If you're wondering what Scrapple is check it out here....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple
It is possible to get marker off of 80% of a child's body using rubbing alcohol (you'll have to ask Tracey about that one, lol)
Winning HOF makes you the mac daddy of scrap supplies :O
Minivans might actually be cool
You can never have enough candles....especially when you live so close to the Yankee Candle flagship store...HEAVEN

It was great to hang with my girl and just relax...the only bad part is that I miss it all already...thank goodness cha is only a few weeks away ;)

Then we were off to Florida to visit the inlaws. In a nutshell, we did more swimming, shopping, dining and relaxing. But this time we added in some horse back riding for Sarah, house hunting (don't ask....I'm not leaving my beloved NYC any time soon), boating on a fresh water spring, and chowing on some DELISH grouper. I could eat grouper all day when I'm in Florida...grouper filet, grouper fingers, grouper sandwich...YUM

Now for the TOOT....I FINALLY broke the CK barrier!!!! Well, not a layout per se, but my Dream Street Papers did!! WOOHOOOOO!!!!! In the 100th issue, one of my papers is the background for the Fresh Face layout. And EVEN COOLER than that is they featured my papers from the Cafe Chic and the Story of a Seed line in the Style article under "Graphic". I can't stop looking at that feature...it's a total "pinch me" moment :)

And last but not least, Dream Street has started sneak peeks!! Amy and Natalie's gorgeous lines are up and they are fantastic. I'm just so proud to be a part of this wonderful group of women. I just got my box of papers from Tara and this release is SIMPLY FABULOUS! I can't wait to start scrapping and show everyone. And just wait until you see other goodies we're releasing as well. Yes, you read that right! We're not just paper anymore!! WOOP WOOP! Check out the Dream Street blog to see the peeks.....http://dreamstreetpapers.blogspot.com/

Ok, I think that's enough for now, thanks for hanging in here for so long!

On a Jet Plane. . .

I'm outta here! I'm headed to Newport News for the weekend to visit Tracey and just have some good old scrappin' fun!! I'll post some awesome pics when I return :)

The project is a mix of Hambly rubs, transaprency and a 8" PageFrame. :)

Ok, so 30 isn't so bad :)

So far, I'm LOVING 30. Absolutely LOVE it. I spend a little more time stressing over wrinkles that I know will only get worse, and the few extra pounds that can balloon into 10 pounds in the blink of an eye. But overall, I actually feel more "together" and very optimistic about the next ten years. I'm writing a list of the 5 things I want to accomplish before I turn 40. Number one being 'have another baby'. I'm not sure when, but I definately want to have another bundle of joy. Sarah has brought such joy to my life that I feel like I would be remiss if I didn't try to give her a sibling to grow up with. She loves taking care of her dolls and playing with the baby next door.

On the Dream Street front, we're just finishing up our designs for the NEW products we'll be releasing! It's really so very exciting that I'm actually giddy just thinking about it. The papers are done and everything is starting to come together. CHA is less than 2 months away so it's crunch time on the street :) This is definately my favorite release to date. Everyone's designs are just gorgeous!

PLUS, I got an UNBELIEVABLE opportunity to work with an amazing company! I'll spill the beans once I have a picture to go with it. It's one of the opportunities that come along and you just want to pinch yourself to make sure it is actually real :) :) :)

Here's some work I've done lately. A minibook and a few layouts...enjoy!