Circa 1960's...to some of you, that's a long, long, long time ago...you probably weren't even born:) I was born in 1966 and recently celebrated my 45th birthday...can't believe it.
I've been on a cleaning/organizing frenzy {more on that in a smidge}...but while I was cleaning I happened to dig up some old pictures and found one of me and my cousin:
Can you guess which one is me? LOL, my kids did:) I'm the one on the right, the one that is blurry because the camera is obviously focused on my cutie pie cousin:) Story of my life, I was the 4th grandchild, first granddaughter and 3rd/last child to my parents. My oldest brother has a gazillion pictures, seriously...a gazillion. My other brother has quite a number of pictures. Me? I share an album with my other cousins...what the heck?
Growing up with brothers, I tended to wear their hand-me-downs {cue the violins}. I'm guessing this picture was taken after church since we both seemed to be dressed up. See my short hair? For years I use to have long hair and then my momma got fed up with how high maintenance it was so she put it in a pony tail and cut it, right above the rubberband....gasp...! After that, I had short hair for years...always seemed to be mistaken for a boy {grrrrr..}...
I know, I know...whatta life...I'm not complaining, I'm just sayin' how it was.
See those fantastic green doilies? I picked them up at the M's $ spot...why oh why didn't I buy multiple packages...whey did I restrain myself on that purchase? I dehoarded some Amy Tangerine, the "a slice of the good life" is from her new line...the ticket is Tim, the alpha is Lily Bee, the trinket pin is Maya Road, the button is Jenni Bowlin. I was trying to channel some Keisha Campbell...some CAS Keisha....that woman is chock full of talent.
I was inspired by the latest CPS sketch:
Happy Mail!!!
Lookie what the most fabbie Ivy sent me:
Cosmo goodness along with a vintage jello mold and thread! Love Love Love them Ivy!!!!
I also received a happy email from the very magnificent Paige:
I feel so very lucky to have a card picked up for the February 2012 issue of Cards. I gotta tell you, I spotted a thread over on 2Peas from Thursday about gals that had received their happy mail so I was ready to post my one card that I submitted for today, Sunday. I received an email yesterday, on Saturday from Paige...working on a Saturday! So very thrilled as I'm a newbie to Cards. So, for those of you that aren't submitting or feel discouraged by pub calls, don't give up!
Other Schtuff:
Organizing and Cleaning....I am overwhelmed in how much needs to be done, so I'm trying to work on it in sections. I started on my work top Friday evening:
I'm tellin' you...my work top hasn't seen the light of day {or I should type, light of the hallway} in a very, very long time {Hi Erin!!!} I was pretty happy with my end results...I removed everything from the worktop and cleaned up. I said something to the boy and he said:
"Yeah, but whattabout the floor mom?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah...why you gotta be so negative? LOL...I've been tackling that:)
I've discovered loads of stuff that I can sling out for blog candy so help a girl out. I'd love to see/hear how you organize:
1. embellishments: seriously, how do you organize your embellies? Do you group them by manufacturers and then collections? Do you organize by type: stickers:flowers:chipboard etc?
2. Patterned Paper: by manufacturer and then collections? Colors?
3. Ribbons: color? bins? bags?
4. Any other super fab organizing tips?!
Everybody that links up {multiple links with ideas are highly appreciated!} will be put into a random drawing...I'm sure that I'll have at least 4 goodie bags to sling out there:) So, help me out girlies!!!! Share your ideas!!!!!
