Scrapbook Expo!

Lately we have been really getting into "wanting" to scrapbook. I say "wanting" because we havent actually started yet ;) It takes a long time, and it takes even longer to get enough stuff together. Its EXPENSIVE! So as my mom & Aunt Kathy tell me... "You only buy when you have a coupon!!" it takes a while to wait for coupons and then go shopping, especially since our tiny town doesnt have scrapbook stores! :( Over the past few months, we have been stocking our "Cars" guest room with scrappy supplies, making it a craft room too!

So last weekend, we went to the Scrapbook Expo! My mom and & Aunt Kathy are big time scrappers, and have been for a long time. So needless to say they have E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G! And they know how to do everything, and have ideas on how to do it cheaper :) We started out using moms stuff, but driving home to scrap was getting expensive and there wasnt ever enough time.

So we bought our own Cricut Machine:

*This is a pic from google. I havent taken a pic of ours yet!*

What the Cricut can do:

 How cute are those flowers?? I love flowers and bling!! Thats all I was looking for at the Expo. I also LOVE mini-albums!! I cant wait make a mini album of Kiwi & Mango! I also found this super cute 2011 mini album that I want to use for graduation. I got lots of cute stuff... check it out!

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[caption id="attachment_389" align="aligncenter" width="310" caption="Mini Album & Prima FlowerButtons & Glitter"][/caption]

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While we were shopping I found a wall mounted organization rack with magnetic board for little tins that would hold the bling. It was $30! And I didnt really want to pay to that much. Kathy suggested I buy little wedding tins, glue magnetic dots on them, and put them on a decoration cookie sheet! Which is exactly what I did, except I used a white marker board (it matched what was already on my wall!).

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More scrapping & DYI projects to come! :D

3 days of crafting with Mom :)

Since we are on spring break the last few days were spent at my moms.

Jess packed the car, loaded up babies, and picked me up from work at 7 on Monday,
so we could be on the road to moms asap.
We had planned to work on ALL of our projects including
Jess's bball collage, our Hers & Hers mirrors, a decorative photo wall mount,
and a new ribbon book I bought.
However,
we only finished the collage.
Haha.
We were lazy Tuesday and spent too much time shopping on Wednesday.
We also wanted to try making cake pops.
I saw these on a few blogs here and there,
and thought they were too cute not to attempt to bake them myself.
We ran out of time for that, so I packed up all the stuff needed (including several of
Mom's things) to make them when we got home today.
Btw, since I have become so nesty and crafty lately,
I have all these ideas of things to make or bake.
Now I realize how expensive my ideas could be since I dont have anything
to attempt to create anything with.
The best thing having these is ideas is that my mom has been having these ideas for that last
15 years or so.
:)
She has a craft room with enough supplies for scrapbooking, stamping, baking,
cake decorating, candy jar making, & any other craft.
It is my personal belief that SHE could supply every Hobb.y Lobby or Mich.ael's
within a hundred mile radius. lol.
It doesnt matter what I say looks like fun to make or bake,
she has the supplies. It may even be something she hasn't tried to make or bake
but "it was on sale and she had a coupon and well she only paid $0.50 for it in the end".

(This idea occurred about a month ago!)
I have always wanted to stamp with markers but I have never really understood the process of it
and my mom doesn't do it.
I tried endlessly to explain it to her but she didnt know exactly what I wanted to do.
So we called my aunt (who equally owns as much craft stuff as mom) and she
had some ideas as how to go about it.
We shopped at some craft stores to see if I liked anything because
I didnt just wanna jump into it and buy a bunch of stuff.
Mom says she "thinks" she has a few things at home that I might like and
I could play with it before I start really buying stuff.
We go home and search the craft room, (and by craft room I mean converted garage with tons of space!)
She pulls out 2 totes FULL of stamps, stamp blocks, ink (Mart.ha Stewa.rt ink at that),
all kinds of stuff.

Me: *Laughing* Where did you get all this?? You dont even stamp!!
Her: Well it was on sale.. I paid like a $0.50 for it. :)
Lol.
This never ceases to amaze me.
But it always works out in my favor!

This is the collage we have been working on for Jess.
Each letter is cut out (using a c.ricut) and then glued by hand..
 more time consuming than I had antispated.
But so worth it.

*edited info*



This is a random online pic of the cake pops.

I can't wait to go back to mom's to finish the rest of my projects!

Being at Grandma's makes little chihuahuas very tired.. they slept the whole way home and
have been napping since we got here!!

In the crate on the way home.
*Mango IS the big pink hump Kiwi is resting on*

Sleeping beside Momma J on the couch.

*SNORING*