NEW!!!

Yes, I told you Tracy and I were bad.... we bought a new camera!!!! P.s. Its our Valentines and Anniversary present to each other since they fall 2 weeks apart a Nikon D80 baby - my (our) first SLR and I think we made a good choice - we got it yesterday and I am totally in LOVE with it. I thought I was going to be overwhelmed with it at first, but it is totally user friendly for the most part... We got 2 lenses with it (18-55 and 55-200). I really wanted to be able to take amazing photos while we are in Ireland and I think we will now :) Anyone have one of these and want to show me the ropes!?!!!?!? Here is a picture of me last night using it - took us 15 minutes to figure out how to turn the flash off, LOL.

Paper Garden

CTMH's Spring catty was released this month (every 4 months a new catty comes out). There is usually 5 new paper packets each catty.... Here is one of them "Paper Garden". Its really pretty for the spring with bright and beautiful flowers :) I try to make a page like this for all the new paper packs, but haven't gotten them all done yet. I may try to work on that this week. This has been a pretty good productive week so far. Yesterday I finished the snow layout and tonight I finished another layout, not sure how much I like it yet though... maybe I'll post it tomorrow :) p.s. I am getting my delivery tomorrow from what I bought on Ebay... my hubby and I were bad.... xoxoxoox

Snow layout

On my yahoo group that I am on, there was a challenge posted today to make a card or layout using snow/snowflakes. Well, I don't need any "snowflake" cards so I decided to work on a layout from May when we went to Colorado and had snow on the top of Pikes Peak :) I am thankful for the challenge as I got a layout done and even went thru my 2005 stack and started another layout, hope to finish tonight or tomorrow as well :) p.s. the layout looks better in person!!! The paper used is from Carolees Creations, cricut letters with stickles, chocolate grosgrain ribbon from CTMH, circle window sticker from CTMH and cloudy blue (& pearl) Ranger paint daubers. I hope you like!

January SOM

I joined a swap with some local CTMH girls to make a card/project using the stamp of the month... Here is January's cards using D1259 Eastertime - only available thru the end of the month!!! Get started on those Easter cards :)

Open House Cards

I had my CTMH Open House last night :) it was a lot of fun... Thank you everyone that came and thank you for supporting me with your orders... I was asked by a few to post the cards we did last night, here they are, they are little 3x3 cards - I am loving this size card right now! Also, I have made the layout and 4 of the 5 cards for my February 1st workshop... I will post pictures soon of that as well :) Enjoy!

herbs

It's not spring but i haven't had fresh herbs in months and i hate buying them... so, i bought dirt a few weeks ago and finally got around today putting new dirt in my 10 baby herb pots and adding seeds :) woo hoo! Maybe over the weekend I will get to planting something in my 12(?) Earthboxes that are empty as well....

***Can you guess what else I bought yesterday on EBAY? If you guess correctly you get a prize!!!!!

something new.

I shouldn't be so excited to buy this but I am!!! This means I save $35 every month going to the gym and I don't have to worry about when I work out (I hate going when its so busy!) so... here is a picture of my new elliptical machine. Its home is in the living room, which I don't really have anywhere else to put it, but it has wheels so when I do have company over, it is super easy to move it into the bedroom or garage :) I think I will start using it tomorrow (since you shouldn't use those things when you've had a few glasses of wine ) Today was a good day, I got some samples made for my Open House (will post some later this week) put out a few Valentines decorations (i don't have many) and cooked some yummy spaghetti for dinner... 3 1/2 hours till bed... what to do next?

New Year

Happy New Year - although it is day #5!!! Oh well for one of my resolutions of blogging everyday... LOL. Tracy and I had a nice relaxing evening of FONDUE and XBox 360 :)

Do you read Ali Edward blog? Well, every year she chooses a single word and that is her inspiration for the year... I wasn't going to do it as I couldn't think of a word I liked, but I ran across the work GROW and its growing on me, LOL. Therefore my word is to grow :) to grow as a wife, scrapbooker, photographer, etc. Last year, I did some things that I normally wouldn't have done and I grew as a person, this year I want to continue that... anyways, GROW.

Whew, all the Christmas decorations are finally put away (debating on pulling out Valentines?) therefore I have been working on new samples/workshop stuff for my CTMH Open House that is this coming Friday. I hope to see you there!!! TTFN for now :)

Pocket Book

Link to a video making an adorable Pocket Book using CTMH products!!!

http://www.crafttvweekly.com/player.html

Enjoy :)

CTMH Serendipity Promotion!

Serendipity!!! I love the word and I am loving this set :)

From left to right: includes
6 sheets of textured cardstock - think Bazzil, except, CTMH’s textured cardstock is the standard color on one side, a lighter version of that color on the back, and it has a white core! I positioned the 6 sheets of the textured cardstock so you can see what both the front color (Bamboo, Dutch Blue, Chocolate) look like and the lighter versions are right below them. 12 sheets of patterned papers - two sheets of each of the six designs shown. Hard to tell in the photo…the light blue and bamboo papers look like they have stitching on them! Lastly…3 sheets of textured diecuts - flowers, accent designs, and more…these coordinate perfectly with the last item… a D-size stamp set! This kit can be yours for only $10 with a purchase of $60 - only available thru January or while supplies last. My Open House is January 11th... I have sent out an evite, but incase you aren't on my list, let me know and I will send it right out to you! Enjoy :)

Christmas at the Winchester House

Another Christmas celebration!!! Woo hoo!!! Yesterday, Tracy and I were able to sleep in since we didn't have to be anywhere till 4pm :) We had some hot cocoa, opened some presents and played some Xbox!!! So, at 3:30 we headed to Tracy's parents house for our Winchester Christmas.... In the pictures, first we have Georgia, Keelan and Irelyn getting ready to open some presents, then Kari with a new book, "scrapbooking for the Soul", then Tracy and I, then lastly Carissa with baby Charity opening some presents. It was a great Christmas :)

Christmas at the Goetz House

Tracy and I celebrated Christmas with my parents on Sunday night with my moms siblings and extended family (there were like 36 of us), my sister and family and Tracy/I spent the night and did our Christmas on Monday morning. It was crazy! The boys got lots of toys and many of them loud, LOL. The first picture is Brayden opening up some trucks. then we got my dad, "pawpaw" with Brayden and Cooper, and then my mom, Kim and I on the backporch after breakfast getting some fresh air! It was a very nice day :) and lastly Kim and Tim got some baby girl booties.... we are all hoping and praying for a baby girl this time! My sister is due with baby #3 on June 22nd!!!!

Wedding.

'Tis the holidays for a wedding? Tracy and I had 2 weddings to go to yesterday. Unfortunatly, time and such only allowed us to attend one. Tracy's nephew Trey and his new wife, Carissa had a very nice ceremony and reception in Lakeland. The weather turned out a little colder than expected, but its better than being hot (in my opinion). The first picture is Tracy and I of course with the bride and groom, next is Trey's parents, Terry (Tracy's brother) and Pam with Trey and Carissas daughter, Charity and lastly our niece Georgia and nephew Keelan as flower girl and ring bearer. Congrats Trey and Carissa!

Also, Congrats to my cousin Aimee who married Richard Porter yesterday in Celebration, FL. I wish we could have been there to share your happiness!

xooxox Love and Kisses to both newlyweds :)

Cookies.

Last Thursday & Friday we made some cookies!!! Lots of cookies!!! I guess it wouldn't be the holidays without homemade yummy cookies... Thank God my dad came home and entertained the little ones while my sister, mom and I baked :) Hope you get lots of homemade goodies in your tummy!

Today is...

my nephew Coopers 4th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER! Here are a few pictures from his party on Sunday. P.S. How many adults does it take to put together a toy?!??!?! LOL