This whole strep throat thing is making me crazy! I can’t eat anything, can barley drink anything, and I haven’t been able to leave the house since Wednesday. And the worst part is I don’t even have the energy to scrap. There’s my scrap room just sitting waiting for me…felling so neglected. It’s hard enough just sitting here right now. I hope this ends soon!

Ok if you are like me and you like to edit your photos but photoshop is too much of a pain…you have to check this out! It’s called Picnik and it has SO many features. I can’t wait to play with it and finally edit my photos like I have been trying to. Ahhh I’m in love!

Oh my goodness this is one of my favorite times of the year…CHA summer! All the companies are coming out with their new lines of product and my mind is swirling with ideas and ways to use them. I can’t wait to get my hands on these goodies! From Hambly


And from Pink Paislee


Also check out Basic Grey

My mind is officially on overload! Check out their sites for more goodness…enjoy!

Wow…I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since we got married! The time has flown by SO fast I just don’t even know where it went. Here are my top 5 favorite moments with you:

1. When you proposed in Catalina. You were so cute and nervous. You said the sweetest things to me and made my heart melt!

2. Our first date…I remember it so well and I don’t think I have been more nervous for anything in my whole life! You were so sweet and such a gentleman.

3. Our Honeymoon…It was so fun to explore Kauai.

4. Last summer sitting in our boat in the rain watching the lightning.

5. How you always brought me coffee and flowers at school. And how on my 18th birthday you stayed up all night cutting letters out of roes petals to spell out the 18 things you liked about me. So romantic!!!

There are SO many more memories I can list! Jeff you are such a wonderful husband and I am so very blessed to have you. I love you with all my heart, happy anniversary!

So I have finally added a few things to my Etsy shop. Please check it out and spread the word! Also I am working a something super exciting…check back soon for the announcement! (ohh I feel like such a tease)

These last few weeks I have been working on getting a scrapbook business started. It is so exciting! For now I will be selling my things on Etsy but have bigger plans for the future! Here are a few sneak peaks of what will be in my shop.

My shop will consist of cards, mini albums, planners, and other paper crafting things. I also might include some other things that I make. This week I am going to be finishing up projects and will get everything posted. Check back soon for more sneak peaks!

Ahhh 4th of July…what a wonderful day! Holidays are the best. I love spending time with friends and family especially when I get to have parties. This year we just stayed home and had a small little pool party. Here are some pictures:

My cutie little sugarplum. He loved his hat!

So here is my crazy husband. Yes people he set up his 11 foot scaffolding next to our pool to jump off of. Give a man some tools and he turns them into toys!

Danielle and I swimming. It appears that Jeff is practicing his karate moves in the back ground.

Connor-man! My not-so-little brother…he’s like 6’2″!

I hope everyone had a great 4th and a great week. Check back soon for some layouts. I’ve been in a funk the past couple of weeks but getting back in the grove. I will post my challenge pages too. Tell next time enjoy life!

~Cherie

Phew…what a pain! Last week our computer crashed. Like totally dead trying to talk to me in computer language. We thought everything was gone…pictures, work files, everything! We were freaking out thinking of all the things we lost. Then I got this overwhelming sense of calm and thought you know it was just our computer files, what if it had been our house! So that helped put things into perspective and we moved on. Luckily the wonderful computer guy was able to save ALL our files! So thankful and happy…whooohooo!!!! Hence the absence from blogland. So the moral of the story ALWAYS back your stuff up!

So I will get a picture up within the next couple of days for Gen’s challenge. This week it’s my turn so here it is: Scrapbook a difficult time in your life. You don’t have to have pictures or even share the journaling but get those feelings down. Have fun!

~ Cherie

So one of my best friends is getting married next year (whohoo!!!) and I am getting the wedding bug. Since it’s been 5 years (well almost) since we got married there are so many new things and cool ideas. I can’t help but look! And talk about inspiring…phew my head is on overload. I just had to share one of the prettiest bouquets I saw on there. Love, love, love it!

So my challenge from last week was to make a layout using only scraps. Here is the layout I did:

 

It really helped that I have a TON of scraps to choose from. My plan is to one day make an entire album using just my scraps. When I do I will share! The other layout below is just one I made last week. I love, love, love this new Cosmo Cricket line!

 

Ok Alessandra…here it is! I made this apron about a month ago. It was the first one I have made and now I’m addicted! The thing that took the longest was getting used to a new machine. Thanks Ale!

 

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Cherie