resolution #1...

my first resolution was to quit being inspired and be inspiring.

well, here are some fun valentine pretties i made. it's been a while since i've made anything just for me or just for fun. (scrapping aside, of course.)

these were super simple.

some vintage crepe paper, glass gitter, paper scraps (punched in circles), and velvet hearts & letter stickers to embellish.

i haven't exactly decided what to do with these yet.

maybe string them together for a garland?

what do you think?

ice ice baby

it is day 3 of our major winter storm.
it started rolling in monday night.
woke up tuesday to about 1/4 inch of ice.
on EVERYTHING.
had a decent "break" tuesday morning/afternoon.
it started back up again tuesday night.
went to bed with close to an inch of ice.
last night was INSANE! couldn't sleep at all.
sounded like we were under attack...every time a branch swayed,
the ice shattered into a bajillion pieces and rained down on the roof.
the girls even woke up because they thought it was thundering.
now it's just snow and crazy wind...
and a waiting game on whether the power stays on or not.

my sidewalk? unpassable.
my driveway? an ice rink.
my street? don't even get me started.

thinking of taking up curling. or shooting the girls over to the neighbors in a garbage can lid.

anyway....it's given me a couple days off. MUCH-NEEDED days off.

here are some of my favorite shots of our "natural disICEster".

scrapiness...

so, one of my resolutions was to scrap at least 1 page a week.
well, lookie here.

i can't honestly say that i've done exactly 1 page per week, but here are the layouts i completed in january.

and here are few i did back in december...

now that i've decided to close my etsy shop, i should have lots more time to scrap and craft. so i think i need to set up one of those white boxes to shoot layouts in. i also need to take a bit more time to take close-up pics of some of the fun details.