Heartwarming Vintage Blog

Hey crafty friends! Guess what! I was featured on the Heartwarming Vintage blog today. Click here to see the story. I made this chandelier using their products in 2009 (before our third baby was born, you know... when I had time to do crafts and scrapbook. ;) ) It still hangs in the hallway at halloween and it is one of my favorite Halloween decorations too!

I was so surprised someone remembered one of my creations!

Little joys!
Thanks for checking in,
Christy

House of 5

I made and hung this great piece of Home Decor. I just love it and it was SO easy. It only took about 15 minutes--no kidding!!! I found instructions and free downloads on Janna Wilson's blog. She also has other numbers in case you have a House of 3, 4, etc...Hey husband--how's that for a commitment that I know we are done having kids?!? :)
Cheers!
Christy

The sun, the beach, and yummy scrap goodies

The sun has been shining and the birds have been singing! Life has been good. Sorry I've been away from the blog for over 2 weeks! Y'know the old saying... time flies when you're having fun. Well, not all of it has been fun. I potty trained Sam a couple weeks ago. He was so easy. I won't bore you with the potty details but it really wasn't that bad. I expected much worse!

It was warm most of all of last week so we blew up our cheesy, cheap swimming pool and the kids had a blast!

Then, it cooled off again. Our friends had their 3rd baby so their older kids came and stayed for a couple days. Once again, the kids had a blast. Just look at Maddie and Bella this day. They insisted on looking like twins. If you didn't know it, they could pass as sisters! Oh, and here's the latest celebrity. They named him Xavier Todd. Mom and baby are healthy and happy. Isn't he beautiful?!? How's that for stoking the "I want a third child" fire?!?Then Saturday was another warm day so we thought we'd brave the beach. It had been a while since we'd been there and we wanted to go before Spring Break next week. (All the tourists in San Diego during breaks is really crazy for us locals. ) Sand! Sand! Everywhere!!!And then, of course, I make time for my scrapbooking obsession. I just made this wall hanging with some papers and sticker journaling spots from Jenni Bowlin. Each month her site has full instructions on how to make something new. This was the February idea. I didn't follow it exactly, but you can find it here. For the red paint, I used my glimmer mist (Candy Apple Red) and painted the edges and back of the cardboard base. I'm loving the glimmer mist these days! I also used that same shade of Glimmer mist to paint this Maya Road chipboard album. I know it's weird to some people but I scrapbook backwards. Meaning that I make something inspiring, and later add, or even take pictures for it. There are no pictures in this album yet. I'm in the process of evaluating and photographing "what I live for today". It's a good introspective process for me. I used all my new and old favorite things that I'd been saving for "the perfect project". I was even generous with my favorite vintage lace. I can't even close this album so I guess I'll find someplace for it to stand. Ha!

A few of my favorite things...

I've just embellished a few things for the house and my scraproom and wanted to share.

These were ugly cardboard magazine holders I've had in my scrap room. I covered them in paper, added some ribbon and trims and now they are so pretty.

A couple pretty new shabby-chic bowls for storing odd-sized embellishments.

Here's a new sign for my scrap room door.

I LOVE this birdhouse I found when my friend Cydne and I were antiquing last week. A little german glass glitter and this is a new favorite.
Thanks for checking in!
Christy