kellicrowe

that Ali Edwards....

it makes me want to swannie.
(is that a southern thing to say, "I swannie!)

That Ali.
I do check her blog each morning to get some inspiration.
and you know what?
It is there.

So a a few months ago she had a butterfly punch
by Martha Stewart
and a cool framed project like this

So I HAD to get one.

I know....
If Ali Edwards said jump off a bridge
would I?
Well...if there was a pool of pretty patterned paper jump into...

AND
I cleaned up my craft room
which is the beauty of having an organized space
there is a place for everything...ish
Ok...it doesn't look clean
but there is crafting going on
planets being painted on the far end
and scrapbooking going on on this end
and...

It kinda looks like he is trying to climb out....

I have some give aways coming up in honor of my blogaversery
I have been rambling for 3 years.....dude.

kellicrowe

**update - here is the Ali's post and project. The punch and frame I used is by Martha Stewart. Pop dots cut in half to adhere the butterflies. Sara - this is for Maddison!

stamp give away

remember the these cute stamps I was dreaming of....

well,
as it turns out,
they were dreaming of me...

the lovely folks over at Scenic Route
sent me some to give away on the blog!!
how
cool
is
that?

but I need something from you to enter the random drawing..
i need you to
settle a little dispute
tell me what color my husband's ski pants are.
that is right.
name that color.

here are some pics:

taken by Alex of JD from the gondala

JD skiing down the mountain with Max.

walking away
hey...we want this to be fair
and from all angles

lastly, with Alex
i did pop the color on the whole photo in iphoto

so
post the color of the pants
as many times as you want if it is the right color
as many times as you want
before Wed at 9 pm EST  MARCH 26th
and you are in the random drawing to win one of 5 sets of these cute stamps!

and they all lived happily ever after....
in their __________ colored pants.

Have a wonderful Easter!
kellicrowe

PS. Hubby and I read down to 117 on the posts.  We were laughing so hard I was wiping away tears:)

overheard at our house

cuuuuute chipboard stuffs at CHA
by Fontwerks
I mean, can't you think of like 15 things to make with these?

me: hey, 40 people posted that they were glad that I didn't die on my home from the airport.
jd: hmm, that is really great.
(slightly not paying attention kinda voice)
me: of course, like 380 people posted that they wanted a free book....
jd: interesting

i totally chuckeled about this for a few days.

happy day!!
kellicrowe

the difference

Stamp: by Scenic Route
I have all the Autumn Leaves stamps
They are awesome
A stamp has to be pretty special to catch my eye
And this did
I need these:)

Ok, the difference between my husband and me
A few days ago I woke up to a thunderstorm and the power going out.
I jump up and run to unplug my computer with all the photos on it.
Power comes back on.
I turn on the tv and see it for 30 seconds
to see a storm front going right over us.
There were spirals all over the map for circular winds
like 15 of them over my town.
I run down to Abbie's room to tell her I am taking the kiddos into the basement.
Power goes out again.
I crawl
creep
and cling to the walls
blind
back to my room
to where we keep the emergency flashlight next to the bed.
It isn't there.
I notice there is light coming from the bathroom.
Dark outside.
Dark inside.
Starting to hail.
Light in the bathroom.
The husband is showering
during a storm
by flashlight light.
I'm all like
"What are you doing?"
Him
"Um, getting ready to go to work."

Me, the mother bear: gets her cubs in the basement.
Him, the pap bear: off to hunt and gather.

I need these stamps.
Happy Sunday!
kellicrowe

"looks pretty cool"

This lo has been on my family room floor for 2 days.
I stapled on the title...
and somehow missed how off center it was.
The whole lo just wasn't working for me
Too much going on and all...
Not much like what I imagined it to be
David walked by it this morning and said
"Hey that looks pretty cool."

:):):):)
Into the book it goes.

His standards aren't mine.
I gotta remind myself of that.
I had the memories and pictures on the page.
But it wasn't what was in my head.
But no one else knew what was in my head.
(As I am reminded by the family over and over again.)
I sometimes forget to just relax and enjoy making a page.

Anything in scrap booking you ever need to remind yourself about?

Happy Sunday!
kellicrowe

Tomorrow I will be giving away stuff.....

at
ScrapChic Boutique
in Decatur, GA
(Atlanta)
around 12:30 ish pm
They are celebrating their 1st birthday
and having a 12 hour crop from 10 - 10.
And i'll be there to break their concentration
mid day....with some stuff.

happy Friday!!
kellicrowe

ps...me in the snow a few weeks back.

Cocoa Daisy & kit club question

The nice folks over at Cocoa Daisy sent me one of their kits from this month to play with. It was designed by C.D. Muckosky.

Pirate Max.
Arrrg.

Ok...I wouldn't normally cut up a picture like this...
It printed out like this:)

and

The kit had the new Hambly clear acrilic sheet in it. I can't wait to use that when I get back from CHA.

So - are you part of a kit club?
I like how it got me to try a few new things (like scrapping on patterned paper).
And got new product in my hands (like the Hambly).
Oh...and how it came to my door:)

Happy Thurs!
kellicrowe

buttons

We had some friends over last night.
The kiddos made button trees.
These are really addictive!
Just sorting the buttons (all Autmn Leaves..of course)
was very soothing.

So the week before Christmas is here.
What have you got going on?

Happy Monday!
kellicrowe

don't even try say it is because you are the middle child....

My Alex.
November 2007.

Conversation between the two of us on our NY trip this year:

ME: Alex, just look at the camera.
You don't have to stop what you are doing.
Just look at the camera.
No, you are looking down at the last minute again.
See, see how you aren't looking at me in this shot?
(showing him the pic on the back of the camera)
Ok, one more time and then you can go back to playing.
Alllllllllllex! You looked down again!
Listen, I'm going to take lots of pictures on this trip.
There are going to be lots of your brothers.
And when you grow up and look back at your pictures
you are going to say I didn't take as many pictures of you
because you are the middle child.
And that isn't true.
It is because you are always looking down at the last minute.

ALEX: Ok, I won't look down.

ME: Ok, there. That one was great. Thanks.

Now Max is the one who looks down all the time.
And he really doesn't care about the quantity of photos we have of him.
Unless he is jumping off of something huge
then he is very invested in me getting the shot.
I'm going to need a new stratagy for that little guy.

Happy Friday!
kellicrowe

a basket of mini albums

Anyone else checking Ali's blog daily
to see how the Christmas album
and projects are going?

I totally do.

Anyway, a while back she showed us a long basket that she keeps her mini albums in on her sidebaord.
I thought...HEY, I have that same basket!
I dumped the mail and misc. items out of mine.
I put my basket on the dinning room table.
Then I loaded it up with my mini albums.
Loaded
it
up.

Ahem.
Apparently, I have not done as many mini albums as I thought I had.
I have 2 others
so that makes 4 total.

So.
How many mini albums have you done?

Happy Monday!
kellicrowe