Crafter Attention Deficit Disorder...

I am POSITIVE I have this... it's evidenced by the slew of half completed crafts I have strewn about my home. My mind never seems to slow down lately and is filled with chatter about ooh I want try this or ooh that's so cute, I need to make it. I have this desperate desire to craft!

But alas, I have a day job that takes up valuable crafting time. Sure, it helps pay the bills and keeps me and my family fed, clothed and warm, but gees... I just want to PLAY! I need more time to play!

And... in an effort to feed my continual crafting frenzy, I came across another new book called "Sew Darn Cute."I picked it up at Barnes and Noble on Saturday evening. It has some really fun projects in it! I can't wait to play... but I will have to wait a bit since I have 4 partially completed scrapbook layouts from my Friday night crop at Archiver's.

I'm over half way through the book Firefly Lane and I really love it. It's a good story and a pretty fast read. I was hoping to finish it up this past weekend but that darn time thing got in the way again. I think I'll have it done in a few days if I just read before bed.
UPDATE: I finished it. It was a really, really sweet story. It took a turn I never expected. I was blindsided. I won't go into detail in case you haven't read it... but gosh... wow... just wow!

Well, gotta get back to work now. The day job is calling and my to-do list is already a mile long.

Happy Monday!

Hugs,
Dana

a much needed play date...

yay...I have a play date at Archiver's tonight. I'm meeting a friend of mine for an evening of scrapping/papercrafting fun! I can't wait. I've never been to one of Archiver's Crop nights as I'm usually not organized enough to actually accomplish anything. Hopefully tonight I can pull myself together! I have a goal of 5 cards and a "few" scrapbook pages. Depends on how many photos I can dig up/print up today.

I started reading Firefly Lane and I really like it so far. I'll probably finish it this weekend because once I pick it back up, I'm not going to want to put it back down again until I'm done. ;)

I have the new Stampin' Up! Catalog and I am trying to decide what to order first. I have quite a few sets on my list but since I can't have everything all at once... I have to choose wisely.

I'm really into making all the fun little boxes and stuff these days, too. Although all this craftiness is really making a MESS! I'm not a neat crafter.... I have to dig out all my stuff so I can be inspired. There's never enough room! Hence... my never going to crops. LOL... we'll see how this goes down. Wish me luck!


Happy Friday! :)

Hugs,
Dana

Reading 'Round Robin...

I joined a Reading Round Robin! I've never done this before but stumbled across this post at Lit*Chick and decided it seemed like a great way to kick start another New Year Resolution I made; read more books!

There's still time to sign up if you want to give it a try as well. Thanks, Melanie, for getting this started!

Right now, I have 2 books to read.

The first one is Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah.

The second is Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.

The Round Robin is starting March 1st so I should have plenty of time to get through these two books. It's been a while since I've taken the time to read a book so I'm excited to have a little escape.

I also thought I'd share a couple more cards and a scrapbook page that I made for the Dream Street booth at CHA. It's been fun being crafty again.

And one more thing that makes my heart smile I've been meaning to post about... the very special Stephanie Nielson, of The NieNie Dialogues... has been back at her keyboard. She's been through so much over the past months and it's wonderful to read her words once again. She's an inspiration to so many and a truly beautiful soul!


Guess that's all for now.

Hope you have a great day!

Hugs,
Dana

Finally... some crafty fun!

Last night I pulled out 3 photo albums and we sat down as a family and looked at them. It was so fun to see the old pictures but it reminded me that I need to get them scanned soon. The quality of some of them has seriously degraded. I think I may still have some of the negatives, so I may try to get reprints. They aren't even technically that old, but I guess maybe the paper that they were printed on wasn't very good. Wish I would have know more about photography back then, too. Most are poorly lit as well... but they are still treasures to me! :)

It's so hard for me to believe that our son will be 17 this summer. I look at him and can hardly remember him being so small. I never thought that would happen. I thought I'd remember everything. I'm so glad that I have photos to remind me of those very special days.

Here are a few things I've made as of late. Most are created with my new Lullaby Collection.


Hugs,
Dana

I couldn't pick just one...

So I had the Random Number generator pick me TWO winners instead!





Camille and Jess, I'll send you an email for your mailing information. Hope you enjoy your goodies!

I got back from California last Friday night. It was a lot of fun to see my friends, but there really is no place like home. I always miss my family so much when we are apart.

Here are a few photos from my trip.

Me & The Dark Side of The Force


Tara, Lara, Tracy & I at Disneyland


Me & Lullaby

Details:

Creative Imaginations has 2 new paper collections, Star Wars and Clone Wars!. I can't tell you how excited I was to find this out. My boys (husband and son) are HUGE fans! These papers will be PERFECT for many of my scrapbook pages. You can read a little more about the paper here. I wish I hadn't been so camera shy and just standing there like a dork, though! LOL... well... guess that's just me!

This was our 2nd Annual Disney Trip and the weather was beautiful! It was a real treat to get such a nice day in the sun for this Minnesota girl. We had a lot of fun going on all the rides. Lara is expecting in June so it was especially nice that she was still up for the activity. This year, Tara came along, too. We had a great time!

And then there's a silly photo of me with my paper collection. Having this experience has been so amazing for me. I'm so thankful for the friendships I've made. Thanks, Tara, for believing in me. :)

I do have some fun projects to share with you but I need to take photos of them. I'll try to get that done ASAP. I've got so much to catch up on with work after being gone for a week. Vacation is fun... but getting back into the swing of things is always a bit tough.

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

a big prayer request: A friend of mine, Laurie, has just found out that after 9 years of being cancer free, her breast cancer has come back. She's having surgery soon so keep her in your thoughts for a complete and speedy recovery!

Hugs,
Dana