Continuing on with page a day. . .

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I have also finished 30&31 but it was still drying while it was light outside today (it was -38 today; we were in a wind chill advisory = chillly) so I will have to take a pic tomorrow and add it then.

Scrapbook & Cards Today - Tuesday Sketch Challenge

If you haven't heard of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine, I STRONGLY suggest you do, they have great ideas and sketches in all their issues (love them!!!). Anyways, I follow them on facebook and last Tuesday they put out a sketch challenge, I love getting into challenges but my son has been teething all week and then I got sick so haven't been able to get to work on it. My husband was an absolute sweetheart today and helped out by playing with our son while I got to scrapbook (love days like this one). 

Here is the sketch (it is from PageMaps), and the challenge can be found http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2013/01/sketches-weve-got-sketches.html:

Here is my take:

I used:

papers: around the block - nimbus; making memories - candy floral flower patch; unknown cardstock, forever in time; DCWV - baby boy stack

borders: K&Company - boy, bazzill basics - blue

stickers & letters: unknown

Thanks for stopping by :)

Layouts so far

One of my goals for 2013 is to do 365 scrapbook layouts (or a page a day). . .here are the ones I have done so far:

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2013 resolutions

I am a huge believer in making resolutions. I am posting my goals late because I have really had difficulties narrowing down my resolutions. I have broken them down into 3 categories:

1. Something I need: take my ex-husband off our joint bank account. It was my account (have had the account since I was 3) and when we got married, he didn't have a bank account for reasons I'm not getting into here (which should have been a HUGE red flag - but that is another story) so I added him to my account. When we separated, he gave me back the bank card and swore he wouldn't touch the account - - which was true until about 3 weeks ago when he tried to close the account. I found this out while I was on holidays so couldn't do anything about it until I got home and could go to the bank. Last week I went to the bank and closed the account (HOORAY). So one goal down.

2. Something I want: lose another 20 pounds. I know I say this every year which is probably why I started my weight loss journey in October after I saw pictures of myself at my son's 1st birthday party and vowed that I would never look that terrible again. Between October (when I started my weight-loss journey) and middle of December (when I went away for Christmas), I lost 14 pounds. Christmas I ate WAY too much, so when I came back I got back into the routine and since I weighed in before Christmas I am down another 0.5 pounds (probably lost more than that but considering my gain at Christmas I am considering this a step in the right direction).  I have lost this weight using SparkPeople which can be found here: http://www.sparkpeople.com. I am a fan of this site because (1) it's free, (2) it keeps me accountable because I have to track my food, exercise, and water drank, and (3) the supportive network. I will continue to keep you updated with my progress.

3. Something that will make me happy: scrap 365 pages this year (aka page a day challenge). As I complete a page, I will post here

January 15 - starting a new venture

For the last couple of years I have been making scrapbooks for my family and friends. It has come to the point when a girlfriend finds out she is pregnant, she has already started to think of what theme she would like for her baby book. Over the past year (probably since I have been scraping more), my friends and family have been telling me that I should be be selling my scrapbooks to the public. I have thought about this because it is a HUGE step but I decided that this is something that I want to undertake. I have started a facebook page which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/CraftingInTheSticks. I am very excited about this and am hoping to build up over the next year and in November start attending craft fairs around the Lakeland region. I will keep you all updated on my venture.

October 26, 2012: DAY 1

Today is the first day of my blog life. I have been debating for a while to get started and I figured there is no better time than the present to start. Well it is good time to start now since I have finally gotten my son to sleep through the night which means I am getting more sleep (which I am hoping will turn into me having more energy during the day which will in turn mean more time for creative me time).

My goal is to share with you my scrapbook layouts and challenges that I am currently working on. Feel free to "scrap lift" any of my layouts just make sure that you give credit where credit is due.

Hope to see you all soon, gotta go now though since my son is being grumpy and probably needs a cuddle :)