Time After Time....

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,
and think of you
caught up in circles confusion--
is nothing new
Flashback--warm nights--
almost left behind
suitcases of memories,
time after--

sometimes you picture me--
I'm walking too far ahead
you're calling to me, I can't hear
what you've said--
Then you say--go slow--
I fall behind--
the second hand unwinds

if you're lost you can look--and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
time after time

after my picture fades and darkness has
turned to gray
watching through windows--you're wondering
if I'm OK
secrets stolen from deep inside
the drum beats out of time--


if you're lost...

you said go slow--
I fall behind
the second hand unwinds--

if you're lost...
...time after time
time after time
time after time
time after time

Layout above is for the dreamgirls challenge....one of my fave songs had to play. xoxo

Scrapbooking + Chocolate + Trash Talk = Friendship

Life is pretty hectic right now, yet I am still finding time to create. I don't really care what I create, as long as I am painting, distressing, squirting, or gluing something. lol. I am looking forward to this Wednesday with all my girls at Brianne's house. My how our little itty bitty group has grown and flourished, we are now 35 members! I feel like a proud Mama duck watching over her flock, watching them grow, and learn to fly.

These talented ladies have learned from eachother and inspired one another, and that is fantastic to be apart of. Our friendships have grown, right along with our creativity, and I am so grateful for all these girls. We have gone from 8 girls meeting up in someones basement to renting halls, and hosting our very own crops!!! wowzas! You girls rock my world, Happy Easter!!!

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas Merton

My baby girl turned 5!!

Wow does time fly. Tayla turned 5 yesterday and seems to be growing right before my eyes. She is the tallest girl in her class, and I was buying her size 6 pants 4 months ago!! She is so full of sweetness, and seems to be more obsessed with art than I am if thats even possible, lol. She is definitley a chip off the old block. NOw don't get me wrong along with all that sweetness comes a whole whack of attitude, and pickiness! She drives me bonkers some days, refuses to wear her Brand new Rain coat and boots which SHE picked out! Of course after I have taken all the tags off and thrown out reciepts. What a punk. lol. She is an Aries through and through that girl, and I love her to pieces, including every stubborn bone in her body. Now if I could just find a way to slow down her growing, maybe I will have to start giving her expresso in the morning, lol.

Officially on the Crop Suey Design Team!!!

Well, How excited am I? The fabulous Crop suey girls have asked me to be on thier sweet design team! How could I pass up that super duper opportunity? Crop suey is a fabulous online kit company that specializes in super awesomeness! There kits are always jam packed full of goodies. My faves are the vintage and etsy items they throw in! Go check them out here.....http://www.shopcropsuey.com/index.html Also I will be posting some Layouts I have done with Bree's Tea and Sweet Cake kit....can you say yummy?

Pubbed

SO to top off my birthday weekend, I came home on Sunday to an email from one of the editors of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine requesting not 1, but 4!!!!! Of my Layouts for there upcoming June Issue, basics edition. She said that it was a record for her, that she has never asked one person for that many layouts before! Wowzas~!!!!! I am so blessed, and grateful for this amazing opportunity. Now, how many more sleeps till June?????

Life starts HERE....

Well, I am now officially 30! And I must say it feels pretty darn fantastic! I feel so happy and blessed in my life right now, and totally feel like this is when my life will really start happening for me. On my b-day I woke up to a dozen white roses, an ice cap and a bluberry muffin. I went to work (only a little) I must admit I stopped for an hour hot stone massage and also made a stop to buy myself a new shirt and scarf. And what birthday would be complete without a stop at Urban Scrapbook? lol.

That evening Ray took me to Red Lobster for dinner and surprised me with my Mom, brother, Grandma ,Granpa, & Ray's Mom Diane waiting for us there. I pigged out, ate way too much and enjoyed every bit of it. After dinner Ray and I got in the car where he told me he had some kind of surprise for me and asked that I put on a blindfold. Now at this point I totally thought he was taking me to Fantasyland hotel or something like that..little did I know.

Finally after some serious vertigo, the car stopped and he led me to this unknown surprise.....I was totally freaked out being completely blind, and threatened to punch Ray in the nose (in a loving sort of way) if I ran into a wall. He removed the blindfold for me, and everyone yelled surprise!!! I opened my eyes to about 80 of my closest friends and family members, all these super special people in one room. It was the greatest surprise of my life! I have never felt so loved and appreciated, it was such a gift to have everyone there. My husband truly rocks!

My scrapbooking girls all did a super cool album for me, Ray's Mom and Ken bought me art classes that start at the end of the month, Ray bought me an I-Phone, My Grandma bought me a cricut, all in all I got over 2000.00 in cash & gifts!!!! Holy crap, I should turn 30 every year~! I am totally spoiled, and have never had so much loot to go and spend on myself, now if only I could find some time to go shopping!

Happy Birthday to me! Thank you so mch everyone!

Shine on.

Well I am pretty sure this is my year to shine! I am happy with the way things are heading and am feeling pretty good about everything right now. I will be 30 in 3 more sleeps! I am winning tons of cool scrapbooking stuff, made it on an awesome design team and just got offered a wickedly cool proposition from a very close friend of mine to potentially make some cash off what I love to do, so creatively speaking life is good! Now if I could only stretch my days a little longer, hire a nanny/housekeeper and my own personal chef things would be even more tickedty Boo! Dream on. Anyhoo I hope that this next chapter in my life brings me even more happiness and a whole bunch of financial freedom. I just gotta keep lovin, and livin, and laughin and smiling.......shine on always.