The Life of Mrs Magoo

December Daily 2011

I am joining in on the December Daily bandwagon. I think this is attempt number three. And I have decided to make it an Instagram December Daily. We shall see how it goes... Are you joining in too?

I still remember how to do this thing called scrapbooking...

Hello!! A couple of weeks ago I had a scrap and chat date with Brandy, my fave Iowan and who has the best accent ;) Well, I think we inspired each other after two hours of chatting and scrapping I got a couple of pages done.

I still need to journal this one of my baby sis.

My hubby <3

With my nephew.

These ones were done awhile ago. I just never shared :)

My niece painting, kind of. I was inspired by Amy Tan.

 

 

Instagram shots from Summer, oh how I miss Summer.

Seeing Kenny and Billy this past Summer with my sister, one of my fave memories from Summer 2011.

And my last one, Summer again. My garden, I loved it this year!!

No bad, eh? And now to start on my Christmas cards. How about you, are you busy being creative?

Summer 2011 Mini Album

I have seen these floating around on the web and I have always wanted to participate and this year I actually have my self together and organized and have my mini album ready to go. Some people have started theirs already since it's warm and sunny where they are but, this could be the teacher in me Summer doesn't officially start until June 21 so, that is when I will start. Here's the mini all assembled and ready to be filled.

This is not all of the book but, I thought I would share some of the pages it gets kind of redundant after awhile. And everything that I used for the album is from my ever growing scrapbook collection. I will share more once I start to fill it up. Happy Summer!!

A little bit of scrapbooking-love...

I have been on a scrapbooking kick this past week. Trying to get a couple of pages made and done with all these creative ideas and juices flowing. It feels so good. Makes me happy!!

These layouts are made with the Studio Calico September kit Back 40 I love the butterflies in this kit, so pretty!!

I love these people so much.

And my cutie pie niece at my place at 7am trying to wake up. These are some of my fave photos of her.

And I made a birthday card for my other niece with some scraps from the kit. I'm really into making these medallions right now. Can't stop making them.

And these next batch are made with Studio Calico's October kit On the Easel another very lovely lit, studio calico never disappoints, that's for sure!!

More medallion flowers and my cutie niece.

Nomi loves her cupcakes too :) The cupcake stamp is not in the kit, but that awesome polaroid stamp is and I love it!!

And my niece and her Daddy. They're cute together.

And two more card. I'm going to try and make a card everytime I scrapbook 'cause then my card stash will slowly build up again.

And I wanted to share one more thing. Have you seen the videos that Jennifer McGuire has been doing over at Two Peas. She has always been one of my fave stampers, she was one of the first ones I had ever heard of. But her latest video totally inspired me so, that's my plan this weekend to do some stamping and hopefully some Christmas Cardmaking...

 

And it's my Friday today...I have the day off tomorrow so, I will have time to play. And do some baking as well. I will be back to share with what comes up with the stamping.

Have a good one!!

creative share...

I'm sorry for the lack of blogging. With being back to work, and everything else with it I have been a bit busy and feeling a little overwhelmed as well. So much to do and so little time. No time for anything most days, and weekends just fly by now. Trying to get myself back on track, time management has always been something that I struggle with, sometimes I'm good and other times not. One of my goals always is to blog more, and that I feel like I'm always working on. I think I did okay in the summer. I might have to try and write and save some posts to share. We'll see.

Anyways I have been meaning to share some of my last scrappy pages that I made in the summer and didn't have a chance posting.

Used a bit of my stash for these two pages, making a dent in it...yay!!

My cutie pie niece!!

My Stella :)

 

And these were done with Studio Calico kits.

Lots of niece love!!

Jared and I and our 4year anniversary date night.

This weekend I hope to get more scrappies done. I find it hard to do it during the week, I think it's because I don't like feeling I have a certain amount of time to do it. I don't like being rushed, need to take my time and enjoy it!!

Happy almost weekend!! And fall!! I hope to be back sooner rather than later!!

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Thanks so much for all the comments on my garden. I'm quite proud of it and totally loving it too. It's kind of cool to go out there every day and see what's grown more or what's popped up.

Still enjoying my summer and trying to do lots of stuff before school starts again. Can you believe it's already August, it's flown by so quick.

This past weekend was a long weekend over here so, Jared was home all weekend. Which was nice. He's finally finished up the bathroom, there was only drywall left. And for the fist time in my life I got to paint. We've chosen a blue..very pretty and calm. It's called Honolulu Blue reminds us of Waikiki Beach on our honeymoon. So, we did some work around the house, and some more organizing and cleaning too. Since it looks like we will be living here for awhile, I'm trying to make our place more like a home. Have some pictures and prints that I have been collecting that I need to find some frames for so, they can be hung. And still looking for some other things to decorate with, but that will take time, got go out and do some more thrifting.

Wanted to share some scrap pages and a card I made too.

My Garden <3

My sister, Ness and my niece Naomi <3

And a card, I finally got around to making thank you cards for the kids that gave me end of the year gifts. Yes I know, procrastinator...

The scrappy pages are made with the June Studio Calico kit. And the card is leftovers.

I also decided that for the month of August I'm going to participate in a Photo A Day and so far so good. I will share once I've got one week done. This is something I hope to continue with, I've always wanted to do it too.

Also wanted to share that I've started a cupcake blog it's called Love, Cupcake I've only just started but check it out and tell me what you think..there's still more to some with it.

And I leave you with a cute photo of Nomi <3

Have a good Wednesday!!

Being...

Hi!! So, I'm back. The past month and a half has been one of the most difficult times in my life. And I am very lucky to have an amazing husband, family and friends who have been so very supportive. So, without going into too much detail I just want to say, that I am doing better and happy to be getting back to life.

On that note I wanted to share some scrappy pages that I haven't shared yet and that I am quite proud of.

This one I did on the weekend, I wrote everything down before my birthday of things and events of my 3oth year. I kind of like the circles, and I used some of my stash. Actually those circles are leftovers from making some Father's Day cards.

And these next few are from the Studio Calico Joyland kit, from the month of April.

The first one is for my love of baking.

One of my sisters, niece and Mom on Mother's Day...the girls!!

And of my cutie niece, Naomi..this is right before she was walking now she walks all over the place. I LOVE this page, this may be one my faves ever!!

The last one of all the girls and trying to take a photo with the camera self timer.

I love making those twirly flowers and the doily banner I cut it out of the Studio Calico patterned paper, so pretty!! I may have to make a couple more pages with some more of those.

That's all I have for today, will be back with more posts for sure, especially now that I am on Summer Break.

Have a good Monday!!

A little bit of scrappy goodness...

I thought I would share some of my scrappy pages from the past little while. These pages have been sitting on my desk for the past couple of weeks. I find it hard sometimes to take photos of my pages and post them. I used to post my pages all the time here on the blog and on online galleries.  But I have ben lazy a bit so, I'm trying to get into posting my pages again, I do enjoy sharing and this is how I met all my online buddies from scrapbooking so, I need to continue posting. Even though I feel like there isn't enough time to scrap sometimes. This wewkend I may be able to squeeze in some time..anyways here are some pages.

All these pages were made with Studio Calico kits. They make it so easy with everything there and I get my fix of new scrappy goodies too.

This is my Daddy in his studio with his model airplanes. This is where he disappears and hides and plays for awhile.

 

This is my niece Nomi. A cutie!! I was trying to get some self portrait shots with her and I was having a hard time. But I love the photos still. Had to scrap them.

 

J and I last summer at his cousin's wedding, it was so hot and the ceremony was running late so we played on the see saw's. Fun!!

Me and my Mama when we went to go see Alice In Wonderland. Don't we look cool in our 3D glasses? That was an awesome day!!

And that's all I have for now...my goal is to get some more scrapping done this weekend!! But I will try to mix up some products and use what I have in my stash too.

Hope you're having a good day!!

hello Monday...

I just got home from the gym not too long ago and I'm actually feeling a little disappointed. Didn't quite get a good enough workout, to my standards anyways.  I tried out a new gym, at a different community centre and just didn't like it. Too many people and not enough machines. Could also be that I'm used to my gym and all the machines they have. Spoiled maybe a bit?! So, needless to say I am looking forward to Thursday when I can go back to my gym and get in a good workout.

So, I am sitting here with my coffee and a muffin and I thought I would share some scrappy pages. I got six pages done. Go me!! And it felt good. Ended up not doing any work on two crafty chicks on Saturday so, I had a Saturday off and after grocery shopping and running off to buy more ink for my photo printer I had a chance to sit down and create. And the juices were flowing, it felt amazing. Already looking forward to next weekend when I can make some more.

I used all Studio Calico kits for these pages. I love those kits, love all the goodies in there. They're so inspiring.

All those pages make my heart so happy. It felt good.

Sunday I got to spend some time with my hubby, that was awesome too. We headed to the Bay to get some Olympic gear. We spent way too much, but we're going to look so awesome. Did you know that I live in the area that Vancouver 2010 Olympics are taking place. I've been meaning to do a post with photos from all the Olympic monuments and such going around in the city. Kind of exciting!!

And that was my weekend. Good. And now ready for the week, also looking forward to the weekend too ( I'm bad I know!!). Have a good week!!

ah it felt good...

So, I actually did manage to make two pages on Monday after coming home and relaxing a bit from my jury duty experience. And it felt so good, made me quite happy. Just what I needed.

I only had a chance to make two pages before I had to go and make diner, but it just made my heart so happy. That's why my choice of OLW for the year is balance. I need it. I made all those pages with my Studio Calico November kit.

And while I was looking around in my pile of scrap pages on my photo printer I ran across some more pages that I have not posted so, I thought I would share as well. More eye candy :) Also made with the Studio Calico November kit.

Lots of photos of my little Nomi bean, can you believe she is almost 6months old?! She's grown so much!!

Hope your having a fabulous Thursday!! Thanks for stopping by!!