Halloween 2009

What an absolutely fun weekend. Thursday was two school parties, Friday was the Mall-O-Ween, and Saturday Trick Or Treating in the rain with our neighbors. Enjoy the slide show.

More Pimp my bra challenges

Audrey Hepburn Challenge
Create a beautiful layout using the following 3 elements (*Note - you can add any additional items that you like but just make sure you include these):
*My favorite movie is My Fair Lady, and one of my favorite bits is the flower market scene, so I would like to see flowers as the main focus of your page design. These can be hand cut on pop dots, handmade, Prima flowers, or whatever you like. Just make sure they are clearly the main element of your page aside from the photos.
*I also love Roman Holiday, it just makes you laugh thinking about the silliness. Photography is a big part of this film so I would like you to have at least 2 photos on your layout.
Lastly, this is Audrey Hepburn, we MUST have some incredible jewels. Add some “diamonds or pearls” –(in the form of half pearls or rhinestone jewels to this layout)

Lance Armstrong

On October 2, 1996, at age 25, Armstrong was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer. The cancer had spread to his lungs, abdomen, & brain. Immediate surgery & chemo were required to save his life. His cancer miraculously went into remission in 1998 and he began training again. He went on to win the Tour de France for 7 consecutive years. I have created this challenge around this man and the wonderful work and support his foundation provides.

Your layout must have the following: (these are the things I chose, there were more choices)

• Circle yellow background
• Main color yellow
• 7 brad/eyelet things
• Tearing
• Staples
• Stiching (small x’s on the circle)

Marilyn Monroe Challenge

My challenge for you is to use your birthday - the month, day, and day of the week your birthday falls on this year and use it to follow the recipe to create your LO.

May 11th, 2009 Monday
Month: January, May, September - no cardstock
Day: Odd numbered days use an odd number of photos
Day of the week: Monday - handwritten journaling

Sacagawea Challenge

For this Challenge I wanted to go with the Indian feel of things. So the first thing I thought of was Fringe, Warm colors, and Beads or Bling. I also want you to use a color in your title that you use on your layout. For example mine below “Look At Those Big Blue Eyes”.

So for this Layout you need:
-Fringe
-Warm Color-They all don’t have to be warm colors.
-Beads or Bling
-Color in the title that is used in the layout!

Pimp My Bra Crop - Serendipitiy Scrapbooks

Helen Keller Challenge

With this Helen Keller inspired challenge, I want you to scrap something you often take for granted. Because her world was void of light, you must use a black background. She also lived without sound so there will be no journaling allowed. Create a title that carries your message…one that is impactful. Finally, use a minimum of 3 raised elements to represent the Braille system.

Ludwig Van Beethoven
For the first part of this challenge you will HAND WRITE lyrics on your layout (at least 20 words). Ok so maybe we aren't going to create anything as grand as the 9th, but we are going to step outside that comfort zone and use our own handwriting to create a wonderful layout.

Next while you have that pen out, you will need to draw on your layout. This can be doodled lines, stitches, designs, a journaling block…whatever you like.
 

Maya Angelou Challenge...Be Phenomenal

*For this challenge I want you to be inspired by the following poem, Phenomenal Woman. You can choose to interpret this how you choose, just make sure you explain it and it makes sense.
*Dr. Maya Angelou is hailed as a renaissance woman she is a poet, memoirist, novelist, civil rights activist, educator, producer, AND a dramatist and an actor...there for I want to see some DRAMA in your a layout by making part of your layout monochromatic {if you want to do the entire lo monochromatic you may also} but you will see in my example that i did the background and the title BUT it is still a major part of my layout...you may NOT just put one pink flower on another one...I need more than that.
*Also, since Dr. Angelou has 30 honorary degrees, I want to see 30 buttons on your layout.so...to summarize...
1.) use the poem as inspiration
2. )30 buttons
3.) monochromatic "something" that is a good portion of your lo

Pimp My Bra Crop - Serendipitiy Scrapbooks

I will be posting my entries here this weekend. Finally getting scrappy again! - J   

Get all the details here if you want to play! 

In honor of National Breast Cancer month

they are having a fun crop:

Pimp my bra Crop

Pre crop challenges start Oct. 9th & the actual crop is Oct. 16th-18th

It's Bristol Baby

Well Jeffrey went to his first race ever. He was absolutley thrilled. It has been a really long day and I just had to share before I forget and head into the crazy weekend. There are many photos posted on facebook already but someone at Tony's work found these today.

We went to the Food City Family Fun night on Thursday and look who made the "lead story" on the internet! At the bottom of the image are my two boys. They are also in the slideshow images 30-32 &65-68 from www.tricities.com

Bella Blvd. Sneak Peeks!

Bella Blvd via kwout

Working and planning

So I have been working these past two weeks on web design stuff. I am excited and feel like I have a purpose again. I really enjoy helping people get their business online. I am almost done with my real website as well. I am going to actually start designing and building for a part time job. So if you know anyone that needs a website or even a banner ad I am your gal!

Oh and I started and ETSY store too. This is a place where you sell handmade goods. You can see the little banner to the right of what is in my store. Click on the banner to take you there.
www.janiceandcompany.etsy.com

The kids are going to camp next week (just day camp). I hope to post some of their fun online soon. They have been playing in the backyard on the slip and slide almost every day. We are not going to join the pool this year as we are vacationing at least two weeks this summer and we can go to the state park pools just a short drive away for a lot less $$.

Tball is over for Alex, we are having a trophy party tomorrow for his team at the park. It should be fun. Jeff has one more game then who knows what his lame ass coach will do for the team. Probably nothing.

The pen pal group I started on facebook has been launched. I am still trying to match up a few kids but should have that done by the end of the day today. I am thrilled with the response I got, I can't wait to see how it goes. I should offer some prizes or something. Hmmmm...the most letters sent, the longest letter sent, the least, etc. LOL

I am counting down the days till my MWSC trip. That is a retreat I am going on with my online friends from www.scrapbookeronline.com. I am so excited to meet all the ladies I have been chatting with online for almost 2 yrs now. We have shared our photos, our troubles, and our joys. It is such a welcoming group and I am so appreciative of my friend Leslie to have invited me to join them.

I think I need to get back to work now. Almost done with my site. Hopefully can launch it later today.

Ciao people!

Well our first day of summer break has come and gone. I barely survived. I told the boys today that we were going to do something special. And in this order we were going to get to it!
1. Food Shopping
2. Lunch
3. Movie (UP!)

So the food shopping was a disaster since they just can't stop fooling around and not behaving. I threatened to not go to the movies several times and it went in one ear and out the other. A kind older gentleman on line at the checkout just looked at me and said "I know how it is...I have 4 boys", of course I asked if he wanted two more?

So off we went back home to unload groceries...Jeff screams I WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIE! NOT HOME!
So back to the plan...I tell him once again
1. Food Shopping
2. Lunch
3. Movie (UP!)

He calms down after the threat of not going at all.
Get home, put stuff away, slap 2 PB&H sandwiches together with some fruit snacks, cupcakes, and popcorn. Back in the car we go. Eating lunch on the way to the movies. (It was 20 miles from our house so they did have time to eat)
Quick stop at Big Lots (tip from a friend, thanks Abbie!) Got me some Thickers for $2.00! HOLY ALPHAS BATMAN! We even scored for the kid, Alex got a DS game for getting all O's on his report card.
Then off to the movie we went. We met our friends, the Keelings there. All the kids loved the movie. The adults did too. It was really cute. I enjoyed the colors in the film. Very inspiring for me to use some of those colors the next time I sit and scrap.

After the movie, we went home for all of 30 minutes to then go to Al's tball game. We stayed for a while until the giant flies started biting. I hate bugs!

Tomorrow is possibly a water park day...we will see!