Katie is my extremely talented girlfriend here in town. She is great at combining the new with the old and that special, unique, quirky touch in her paper crafts artistry she sells in her etsy shop, SmartLilCookie.
This is 5x5 inches in size. Can't you envision this right above your lightswitch that you turn on when you walk in the front door? Above the place you keep your keys at? Mixed in with family photos on the wall? I can :)
Gah! Aren't these just so flippin' cool? Perfect for those scrapbook layouts or even done in rows and framed.
Katie is probably the most eco-friendly person I know. She can always find a way to REinvent things. Her upcycled scraps can become your new creation! And if you really think about it, to do this yourself and buy all of this Basic Grey paper would cost you a ton.
Yup, Katie definitely is a SmartLilCookie. Okay, I'll quit with the cheese LOL. But seriously, great ideas here. She's fixin' to be in over her head in buttons, so I imagine a lot of new creations updated soon. And ending this post, I should be an Etsy shop reviewer or something, huh? :)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Headband GiveAway
I love etsy. I really do. I'm obsessed with it lately. I also like that I can type ETSY with just one hand. :) This is the cutest headband shop--Piper Riley. I wear a lot of ponytails and have long side bangs that must be kept up out of my face or I'll go crazy. The prices in her shop aren't too bad in my opinion. It's nice to see headbands done on this type of headband too. The ones that don't go all the way around don't stay on me. I'm on a yellow kick, so I gotta say this one above is my favorite. I can totally see it going with this dainty gray top below from the new plus size line at Forever 21 that is called Faith 21.
Stepmom Extraordinaire is giving away this pink flower feather headband on her blog. Check it out! The feathers are the perfect touch on it.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Father's Day Recap
Visited the grave of my Papa for the first time since he died. Dylan went with. Papa was my most positive male influence growing up. He's in a mausoleum which is kinda weird, makes me feel more disconnected than an actual grave, but ya know, the visit wasn't as sad and depressing as I had built it up in my mind. I think knowing he would have been over 90 years old if still alive now makes it easier for me. Happy Father's Day Papa!
We aren't super big on presents around here. Plus, it feels silly for me to use the money Cliff earns at his job to buy him a gift that he may or may not like. So, I decided to break out my inner-homemaker {she's in there somewhere...} and bake Clifford some peanut butter cookies. Now, we don't have a mixer, so ummm, yeah, I used the blender. Got picked on about that. I was up to my elbows in specks of peanut butter trying to help the blender do it's job. The cookies I made on my baking stones turned out awful. Like thin, flat bread almost? I got about 10 normal cookies out of all of it and decided I would make a surprise giant cookie for Cliff's father day! It looked completely done once, but wasn't, so I had to remush it all back in the pan and re-bake it some more. Well, Cliff peeked in the oven about halfway through! GRRRR! He loved it anyways and even posed with a smile for once. And hey, it actually DOES taste good.
Number One Daddy-O
We aren't super big on presents around here. Plus, it feels silly for me to use the money Cliff earns at his job to buy him a gift that he may or may not like. So, I decided to break out my inner-homemaker {she's in there somewhere...} and bake Clifford some peanut butter cookies. Now, we don't have a mixer, so ummm, yeah, I used the blender. Got picked on about that. I was up to my elbows in specks of peanut butter trying to help the blender do it's job. The cookies I made on my baking stones turned out awful. Like thin, flat bread almost? I got about 10 normal cookies out of all of it and decided I would make a surprise giant cookie for Cliff's father day! It looked completely done once, but wasn't, so I had to remush it all back in the pan and re-bake it some more. Well, Cliff peeked in the oven about halfway through! GRRRR! He loved it anyways and even posed with a smile for once. And hey, it actually DOES taste good.
Number One Daddy-OFriday, June 19, 2009
June 12 of 12--lazy & late posting edition
So yeah, I did actually do this on the 12th. Just been kinda ehhh about blogging lately. So here's our day :)
It's so flippin' cool to me that Dylan likes PeeWee. We ended up watching it 4 times that day. He did THE dance and was humming Tequila all day.
I bought these hair pins. If I am going to be in a ponytail all the time, might as well dress it up, right? I've been on a vintage kick lately too. 2 in 1 :)
This made me more happy than it probably should have, but I won the Pebbles Inc. Little Buddy scrapbooking line. I never win things so it was a big surprise. I have plans on scrapping Sam pages with these papers if they are as cute as I think they are from the blog sneak peek. But yeah, so I squealed when I read I had won and got picked on by Cliff.
We thought the white dog was our new neighbor, but later to find out, our neighbor was just pet sitting or something like that? Gift for the grandkids of theirs? Dylan and I was pretty excited about meeting him. (Dylan and I? or Dylan and me? I, yes? ugh.) I think he's a cocker spaniel and lab mix.
True gamer, eh? I think Cliff was slightly pissed I took this photo. This was the first time he did it that I know of, but I caught him.
Not as dangerous as this looks, promise. This is what Dylan and Wilson are constantly doing. It's all friendly and drives me nuts. I think Wilson needs a new buddy since Chance running off, because he is full of energy.
And then the chasing. Wilson gets in this crazy mood and we call him the maniac.
Dylan playing Call of Duty. I wonder what the other people online think. They don't know he's 4. Yes, I know it's graphic, but he's a boy so I may as well give up anyways.
A rare sweet moment between the two beaus. Dylan will always cuddle with me, but hardly with Cliff. Cliff is just for doing man-things, like wrestling and carrying tools-whatever ya know?
Okay, so yeah, I'm a little addicted to playing 1 vs. 100 on the Xbox Live. I got 80% accuracy!
The two buds watching the newest James Bond. Sam isn't a cuddler at all, but seem enamored with what was exploding and such in the movie. Great, LOL, another one that's gonna be all-boy. Love both of their squishy smiles.
So here's my self-pic, me just out of the shower before bed. Sam likes to stand up against my bent legs facing me on the bed bouncing up and down. He likes to be on his belly and tries to scoot and crawl, but is no where near doing it. Sam wants to be big and grown so badly already.
It's so flippin' cool to me that Dylan likes PeeWee. We ended up watching it 4 times that day. He did THE dance and was humming Tequila all day.
I bought these hair pins. If I am going to be in a ponytail all the time, might as well dress it up, right? I've been on a vintage kick lately too. 2 in 1 :)
This made me more happy than it probably should have, but I won the Pebbles Inc. Little Buddy scrapbooking line. I never win things so it was a big surprise. I have plans on scrapping Sam pages with these papers if they are as cute as I think they are from the blog sneak peek. But yeah, so I squealed when I read I had won and got picked on by Cliff.
We thought the white dog was our new neighbor, but later to find out, our neighbor was just pet sitting or something like that? Gift for the grandkids of theirs? Dylan and I was pretty excited about meeting him. (Dylan and I? or Dylan and me? I, yes? ugh.) I think he's a cocker spaniel and lab mix.
True gamer, eh? I think Cliff was slightly pissed I took this photo. This was the first time he did it that I know of, but I caught him.
Not as dangerous as this looks, promise. This is what Dylan and Wilson are constantly doing. It's all friendly and drives me nuts. I think Wilson needs a new buddy since Chance running off, because he is full of energy.
And then the chasing. Wilson gets in this crazy mood and we call him the maniac.
Dylan playing Call of Duty. I wonder what the other people online think. They don't know he's 4. Yes, I know it's graphic, but he's a boy so I may as well give up anyways.
A rare sweet moment between the two beaus. Dylan will always cuddle with me, but hardly with Cliff. Cliff is just for doing man-things, like wrestling and carrying tools-whatever ya know?
Okay, so yeah, I'm a little addicted to playing 1 vs. 100 on the Xbox Live. I got 80% accuracy!
The two buds watching the newest James Bond. Sam isn't a cuddler at all, but seem enamored with what was exploding and such in the movie. Great, LOL, another one that's gonna be all-boy. Love both of their squishy smiles.
So here's my self-pic, me just out of the shower before bed. Sam likes to stand up against my bent legs facing me on the bed bouncing up and down. He likes to be on his belly and tries to scoot and crawl, but is no where near doing it. Sam wants to be big and grown so badly already.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
FOBTY: June is Zoo Month :)
Blog Challenge for Sweet Shoppe :O)
I don't think I have been to the zoo since I was in 5th grade? I know it was the Atlanta Zoo and I think I was on a 4-H trip. Anyways, my favorite animal to see at the zoo are the giraffes.
Even more so, baby giraffes! They are so tall and awkward at times. I really don't get how they survive in the wild. They are pretty big and muscular, probably good eating for the lions. I would love to take Dylan to the zoo, but ATL in the summer is something awful. From what I remember, the entire zoo is concrete, outdoors, and little shade.
I don't think I have been to the zoo since I was in 5th grade? I know it was the Atlanta Zoo and I think I was on a 4-H trip. Anyways, my favorite animal to see at the zoo are the giraffes.
Even more so, baby giraffes! They are so tall and awkward at times. I really don't get how they survive in the wild. They are pretty big and muscular, probably good eating for the lions. I would love to take Dylan to the zoo, but ATL in the summer is something awful. From what I remember, the entire zoo is concrete, outdoors, and little shade.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Featured Layout!
This made me so very happy to log on and see! I made the weekly featured gallery standout at FaithSisters, a digiscrapping forum, with my "Time to make a wish" layout. :) I just got back into digiscrapping not too long ago, so this definitely makes me feel good.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
This is what I feel like lately...
etsy shop erinaellisDoes that even make sense? Like a big, floppy, lethargic, sucky, sad octopus trying to be happy flying a kite?
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