Monday, June 09, 2008

It's too darned hot! And that's all I'll say about the weather! I try not to complain too much in the summer, as I really do hate winter!

I don't even know where to start with this. I just feel obligated to blog something. I have lots of little projects to share. Some I'm happy with; some I'm not. Some are waiting to be photographed or scanned. We'll see what I can do here.

Karen and I went to a 12-hour crop at Archivers Saturday. It was a really good one. We had a double table to ourselves, which was very nice. All the people were friendly and of course scrapping with access to a store like Archivers is wonderful! The only negative is that all the food had meat in it. But there were a lot of food alternatives in walking distance. I just don't think I should have to pay for my meals when they are included in the cost of the crop. Next time I'll mention it when I register and see what happens.

I've been knitting. Finished this little bag for my cell phone so I can find it in the bottom of my purse. Still working on the afghan (it's actually sort of on hold), the shawl, & the cable hobo bag.

How do you like my new blog-look? Check out the beautiful templates here, where I got this one.

I'm also getting a new me-look, sort of. Picking up my new glasses later today that Karen helped me picked up. I hope I don't have one of those what-was-I-thinking moments, as they are totally different from what I have been wearing.

Got Sketch 101 starts today. I have been a big fan of Valerie Salmon's sketches for a long time (and we all know I don't scrap without a sketch!). And since I took Janna's class earlier in the year, I've loved to follow her projects, too. So, what could be better than a class by the 2 of them together? If you click on the logo on the right, you'll go to the registration page. It'll be well worth the money if you're a sketch and tip junkie!

***update on the new glasses. We've been to the optical place and back home again. I couldn't see out of the darned things! For the bifocals, I could read 2 of the 5 lines (all five with the old lens), and the whole right side of whatever I looked at was blurry! AND the frames were HUGE! The sample I tried on fit perfectly! These would have fit a grisly bear! So they have to "look into it" and call me back.

This layout was done with a sketch from the Got Sketch 101 class -

I did this at the crop at Zane Trace -

A Bad Girls challenge to scrap a page without any patterned paper. I made my own with ribbon and stickers. Not my best work, but there it is -

A monochromatic layout for Scrapvivor at WT. -

and another -

Projects from the Bad Girls Summer Project Workshop - an altered cigar box (which I love!) -

And a little felt mini book made with coasters -

4 comments:

Rachel V. said...

WOW! Look how busy you've been!! I love all your projects. And I totally agree...just too darn hot. :(

~Kammie~ said...

love the new blog look!!!!!

and love your LOs

Jeni Boisvert said...

Wow love all the work you've been doing! Looks FAB! I wish I could trade you weather....we're freezing here! The kids can't even play outside without coats! ugh!

Anonymous said...

Hi! I'm looking in from the got sketch forum. Love your place and hope to see you more in the class!