Sites of the week

Happy Friday! Well, I forgot to bring my camera to school yesterday so I didn’t get any pics of my classroom. I got to meet some of my students and they are very, ummm… ambitious 4 year olds. They were all very sweet and I know that I am going to have my hands full {in a good way} this year. I did get some pics of my “new” stamping area, though. Those pics are below my Gertie Lulu card. I am loving the Lulus from Bella! I **just** got mine the other day. I have seen a lot of creations with them and it was driving me crazy that they were “In Transit.” Anyways, here she is…

Gertie Lulu paired with this week’s Bellarific Sketch…

I have to admit that I wasn’t too crazy about this sketch when I saw it at first, but it really is a good one!!…Thanks Meahni! I “adjusted” the sentiment panel a bit, so it’s just an embellishment panel {flower from Jillibean Soup…my last one!}. I’m ok with it just like that!

Now, onto the “new” stamping space. I put new in quotes because it’s not really new to me. I have been in this room for a few months, but Tony has moved his office in. Believe it, or not I was the one to suggest it. It really just made sense because we are turning the old office/playroom into a nursery/playroom and then a dedicated playroom {with a guest bed}. Why a bed in the playroom? I am beginning to think that guest rooms are OV-ER RA-TED, but I feel the need to have somewhere for someone to crash if need be. Blah, Blah, Blah…stamping space pics…

My “half” is on the right hand side of the above pic.

I’ll go ahead and answer this here because every time I post my stamp space pics I get asked…the ribbon containers are from Target. Tony got them for me in the Christmas section a couple years ago {thanks, man!}. I have found them a couple times in the storage container area. You can’t see in the pic, but the ribbon containers are 2 deep on the shelf. I thought that this would annoy me, but it’s actually worked out very well. It’s all sorted my color and a little by brand. I have the PTI ribbon separated…not as a shrine to PTI, but because it’s convenient to keep these colors separated. I also have my SU! colors in a separate container. I don’t access those as much and they don’t fit as nicely in my sweet lil’ containers. In even another container is what didn’t fit in the other containers. I also have loose ribbon in another container. Yes, I have a little obsession with ribbon! The black desk attached to the cubed bookcase is from Ikea and I hope to get more {larger} pieces from this line to eventually replace the bookcases {which will end up in the playroom one day}.

Alright, I’m going to enjoy today and take a minute to relax a bit. See you tomorrow for another SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY!

It was very clear at my ultrasound yesterday that we will be welcoming a boy in January…

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This is the present that I received on Mother’s Day…

Ellie is hoping for a little sister to arrive mid-January. I still have a couple more appointments before my ultrasound. I’ll keep everyone up to date as we know more

I never thought too much about this statement until this weekend. On Friday afternoon, I went into a new store in town called Scrapper’s Boutique {super cute!} and talked to the owner about teaching Copic and project classes. I will be teaching my Copic I & II classes there, as well as project classes. So far the dates set up are July 25th and August 29th. I am hoping to squeeze in another project class in between those dates, so stay tuned. On July 25th, it will the 2 Copic classes back to back {well, there is a lunch hour in between} and then I will be doing a pennant banner class {cuuute!}. On August 29th, it’s the same deal with the Copic classes and then I will doing an alterable project {haven’t decided which one, yet} with a Glue product. Hope to see you there!

So that was my one door opening. Of course, one door had to close to make that happen…

On Saturday night, I went to the farewell party for Imprints, the last rubber stamp store on my side of the metroplex. It was a bittersweet farewell, as I know that the owner, Tina, is retiring after 14 years to be with her hubby. Of course, I am sad to see the doors close, as this was not only a fun place to shop, but a great place to teach, too. Of course, we couldn’t say goodbye without food! It was a potluck farewell party and OMG was there a TON of food! I brought Berry Peach Cobbler/Dump Cake with French Vanilla Whipped Cream. It’s a recipe that I modified from allrecipes.com. You can make this as calorie loaded or sugar-free as you like…

Ingredients:
2- 16oz. can of peaches almost completely drained
heaping handful of raspberries and blueberries (I used frozen}
1/3 packet orange jello mix
1/2 box French Vanilla Cake Mix {you can use yellow or white, whatever you prefer}
1 T. ground cinnamon
3/4 stick of frozen butter {sshhhh, it will be our secret!}
Heavy Whipping Cream
1 container French Vanilla yogurt
1 T. sugar

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375.
Mix together peaches, berries and jello mix and put into a 9×9 pan.
Combine cake mix and cinnamon and put on top of berry/peach mixture, pressing the cake mix lightly into the mixture.
Grate the stick of butter over the entire top of the cake mix.
Bake for 45 minutes.

For Topping:
Whip the heavy cream into a thick mixture with sugar and add French Vanilla yogurt. Mix until completely combined and serve on top of warm cobbler.

Happy Friday everyone! Today is going to be an ABC Friday, but without a paper project. I have a few pics and Ellie-isms to share with you. If you are not familiar with Ellie, let me tell you that she is super sweet, super kind and pretty darn funny. I really couldn’t ask for a better kiddo!! She has her moments, though!

Last night while brushing her teeth, I had to continually ask her to do something {can’t even remember what that particular something was now}. I had to ask her several times and was getting a little frustrated and said, “Ellie, I don’t want to have to ask you do something 3 times.” Very sweetly she looks at me and says, “Well, then ask me 4 times.” For that, I had no words!

Here are a few pictures from her last day at Little Gym. The first 3 are a series of her doing a forward roll, then there is the one of her getting her medal and the last one is her cheery smile that brings me so much happiness.

Now, for one last story. This one also comes from yesterdays adventures. We made a quick run to Albertson’s to get some groceries and I was getting ground beef from the butcher. She decided that she wanted some, too {of her very own}. When he handed the meat to me and asked if I needed anything else, she piped up and YELLED… “um, MAN…gimme some of that, too, please.” I know that it was so much funnier in person, but I can’t believe that my {almost 3yo} child just chimed in with this!! LOL!

See you tomorrow for a another SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY!