Because She's Going to the Chapel and She's Gonna Get Married...

So my BIL is engaged to the sweetest girl, Jennifer.  I have to say, growing up I always wanted sisters, and now I have 3!  Sweet Shannon who is married to my baby brother, Emily, who is married to Dave’s older brother, and now Jennifer, who will be marrying my husband’s baby brother.  I have spent quite a lot of time helping Jennifer and Thomas with their wedding – invitations, helping Jennifer find a dress, favors, labels, centerpieces, flowers, etc…it’s been a lot of fun, and I truly have enjoyed the time getting to know them both, but especially getting to know Jennifer.  She’s so nice, and I love that she’s included me in the planning process.  Their wedding is 48 days away and things are quickly falling into place.  Their wedding shower (a couples shower!) was yesterday.  Dave and I gave them a GC to use on whatever they want – even if it is for the wedding. And here’s the card I made for them:

 I also have been working on centerpieces and helping them decide on table décor – here’s the staging I did yesterday for them…they are going to look fabulous!!

 This week will be filled with shopping and hopefully more time spent on centerpieces.  I need 17 more bushes of roses from Hobby Lobby so I may be heading to every Hobby Lobby in DFW this week – yay!  Luckliy silks are on sale 50% off this week.  (if you’re in DFW are and reading this – please just save me some Red Roses. J )  I can’t wait to get them finished and checked off the list.


I've also been working on reorganizing my room.  This is still in progress, but here's what I've done so far:

 The Shoe bags on the doors actual house my punches.  The wicker unit is cards/ envelopes/ paper pads mini albums/ alterable items/ hardware/ flowers...working on getting them labeled.  The book shelf is all my empty albums from my days as a CM consultant - I'll use most of them.  :)  There is also a shelf just for 12x12 paper kits/ pads/ collections.  Yeah...I have way too much ( and I still find things I want...sheesh it's sick I tell ya!) In front of the book shelf are my wheeled totes - one is all wedding album stuff...one is finished pages and such I need to get in albums and hung on walls or pitched if I'm not going to do anything with them...

This side is my table (covered in wedding stuff right now), another book shelf with craft magazines, class instructions from Recollections, Completed albums, all of my books (as in my library that moved to the studio when I gave Dave the front room for an office), various bottles of Prima and Recollections flowers.   Then I have a wire rack holding my favorite projects - some created, some gifted...they are kinda piled up right now, but these are all the projects that inspire me the most!  Next to that I have my cardstock towers.  That's right -towers!  LOL!  One is 12x12 and one is 8.5x11.  I need to use them up so I can start storing patterns there too so I remember to use them.  Then I have my Alpha drawers with stamps/ ink/ tools/ tape and then my desk.  Once it's all done, I'll give you the for-real tour - perhaps a YouTube virtual tour??  We'll see if I get it done....

Well that's up for me right now.  Hope everyone is having a great week!

Happy Crafting!

Jessi

A Quick Update

Hey Bloggers!

No pictures this week - it has been a whirlwind of a week at the Myers' place but I wanted to check in.

Weight Watchers is going really well!  Dave and I have been packing lunches pretty much every day and cooking nearly every night - go us!  :)  I'm down 7.5 pounds total since I started on 1/9/2012.  I'm very happy with the progress so far.  I still have a long way to go, but it's a good healthy positive start.

Dave and I spent some time last weekend cruising the neighborhoods around his office - planning to move out there middle end of summer early fall.  Found some really cute neighborhoods and lovely homes.  Now we just need to talk to the bank to see what we can really afford.

On the craft front, I am working on getting my studio COMPLETELY redone - I let things get out of hand this winter and it really is quite messy.  I'd take a picture, but I'm way too emberassed.  Good news is I'll be purging and organizing so I can get back to creating and crafting. :)  I've been pouring over Pintrest at all the inspirational rooms out there - so many awesome things to see!

I hope all my friends in the craft world and real life are doing well!
Happy Hugs and Happy Crafting!
Jessi

Weekend Update and a new Canvas!

Hey Bloggers!

This week Dave and I decided to take a big step towards a healthier lifestyle.  We joined Weight Watchers Online.  We are finishing up our last day of week 1 today and I am already feeling really good about what we've been able to do.  It's still a little bit of an adjustment for dinners, but for breakfast and lunch, we are doing REALLY well.  I'm encouraged by his willingness to jump in and learn about the program, the point values, and the open dialogue about his progress.  It's encouraging to know I have a partner in this journey to a healthier me, and it makes us feel good about us.  :)

In other news, in case you have not noticed, Paper Therapy is no longer a part of my blog.  Our fabulous leader, Kristin made the difficult decision of shutting things down to pursue some amazing opportunities in scrapbooking of her own.  Thanks Kristin for allowing me to be part of such a fun place!  Glad to take your friendship with me even after the doors closed. :

I wanted to share another amazing canvas piece I did for my BFF at last weekends scrapbook retreat.  This is also a kit by Quick Quotes.  I've changed out the black ribbon for red to tie in the colors from Christina and Andy's wedding.  Isn't their family so sweet?  She loved it so much, and that made making it for her all the more rewarding!

Thanks for stopping by!  We'll chat more toward the end of the week!

Happy Crafting and Happy Hugs!

Jessi

A New Year and New Beginnings

A New Year and New Beginnings

After many many months of blog neglect I am making a return to the land of the living and the land of crafting!

So first some catching up....the last time I stopped in I was coming back from Austin and a Hauntingly good time with Mom.  Things  were insanely busy after that - I had a birthday party at Painting with a Twist in Garland, spent 3 days with the lovely ladies at Quick Quotes at Private Reserve, and then my sweet sweet husband got me tickets to a hockey game for our anniversary - Stars lost, but it was awesome!  :)

I've also been having a difficult time battling with some depression and generally feeling lost in this big world.  Luckily my lovely friends and wonderful families have really helped me pull through.  I still have my bad days, but I've pulled through the worst of my funk and I'm looking forward to an awesome new year full of new beginnings and many many scrappy adventures!

So want to know what I've been up to in the world of Paper Crafts?  I have fallen in love with the Canvas Kits from Quick Quotes. 

This one was created for my BFF in honor of her marriage to her wonderful husband Andy, and the great card her MIL gave her on their first anniversary.  It is such a sweet card, and I love the photo - they are such a lovely, kissy face couple - captures that perfectly.

Here's a 10x10 canvas that I did at Private Reserve.  I haven't decided what I'm doing with it...maybe a pic of me and Dave...he has been such a blessing in my life so it really is a perfect fit.   With him in my life, I am TRULY TRULY blessed. :)

One last project to round out the weekend:

6x6 Canvas Mini Album - So Thankful for....well, everything!  This sweet little album has a place for all the things I am so thankful for - My sweet husband, my lovely family and my FABULOUS friends.  I can't wait to get home from retreat so I can print pictures to go in them. :)

Well that is all from me for today!  See you next week, and remember - do something creative, and do something for you every day!
Hugs!
Jessi

A Haunting good Time, and a Challenge!

Hi Bloggers!

My poor blog is really feeling neglected lately - Bad Jessi, Bad!  LIfe has just bee super busy - lots stuff at work, my Birthday month is in full swing, and we're having lots of fun at Paper Therapy.

First thing is first - lets post a new Challenge!

Paper Therapy Staff has agreed to move their challenges to once a month.  This will allow all players plenty of time to participate.  Starting this month, all challenges are posted to our challenge boards on the 10th of the month, projects due by the 8th of the next month.  This will allow the DT 1 day to vote for the winner.

This Month's Challenge?  Create a project based on the title of a song.  I created a card using the Song Title "Still the One" by Shania Twain.  Here's mine:

Supplies:

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye

Ribbon - from Stash

Chipboard Letters - Pink Paisley

Embelishment - My Mind's Eye

Nesabilities Die

Foam Adhesive - Making Memories

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Now, on to the Haunting.  If you know me at all, you know I am intrigued by the thought of hauntings and ghosts...not the garbage you see in horror films, but actual hauntings.  Last year Mom and I went to Jefferson Tx for the Ghost walk - fascinating stuff.  This year, to carry on the new tradition, we went to the Central Texas Paranormal Convention.  It was really interesting.  Small, not many vendors, but we did meet Dustin Paris formally from Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International.  We heard a few speakers, and got to be part of an investigation at the Rosewood Recreation Center near downtown Austin.  It was fun, and I don't know if we caught anything....still reviewing pictures and listening to recordings...I'll let you know if we find anything. :)

While we were in Austin, Mom and I also found some new scrap stores.  We first went to Scrapology.  It was a cute little store filled with some delicious goodies.  I got some really cute papers to make cards with, some Smooch Paint, and some of the Magic of Oz paper to do my Wicked Pages from my Honeymoon a couple years ago.  Then we went to Archivers.  OMG....not since the days of Recollections have I ever seen anything so wonderful.  I was sad that I have to go the whole way to Austin to see it, but OMG.  This store was huge, had EVERYTHING I wanted and then some, and it was just....it was beautiful.  Made me a little sad because I miss my old store.  For those of you that don't know, I used to be a classroom coordinator and teacher at Recollections.  We were a LSS owned by a Big Box Store.  Well, after all the other LSS closed around us Michael's decided to pull the plug.  I was heart broken.  I had finally found my place in the world - I loved to meet people, I loved to teach, and I loved to watch other people develop as crafters.  They took that away from me, on my birthday no less.  We finally closed our doors Feb 2008.  I know it's silly, that was so long ago, but I still miss it.  Anyway, back to the shopping - While I was at Arhivers, I bought some MME 6x6 pads and matching embellishments, some Graphic45 goodies, a cute Jilly Bean Soup 6x6 pad and some Websters Pages Papers.   It was so hard not to just buy one of everything, but we did eventually stop shopping and headed back to our hotel.  What a fun store!  Saturday afternoon we went out and found Felicia's Scrapbooks.  It's a cute store, but we chose the weekend they did a scrappers garage sale to come for a visit.  Problem was, it's a tiny store, so they upset their own displays to make room for other peoples stuff.  I found a cute stamp set that I did end up getting, but I didn't really see much else I was interested in there.  It was still a nice trip.  

Now I'm off to spend the weekend with the hubs - it's my Birthday on Tuesday so we've got a full weekend.  Enjoy your weekend, and Happy Crafting!!

World Card Making Day is Coming!!!

Paper Therapy is hosting an Online Crop on World Card Making Day, which is this weekend!!

The crop will run all weekend - starting with "early bird" specials this weekend, door prizes, and 1 grand prize for 1 lucky winner.  Want to learn more?  Come play with us at Paper Therapy!!  More details to come.

Paper Therapy Challenge - Sept 2011

Hi Bloggers! 

I'm back with lots of good stuff!

1st - the big winner in our Birthday Month Celebration was the Birthday girl herself - Kristin (Lil Sweetpea).  Congrats lady!!
If you were a winner this of any of our prizes in August, your boxes will go postal Monday, 9/12.

2nd - World Cardmaking is coming!!!  Oct 1, 2011 is World Cardmaking Day and the Paper Therapy Staff is planning and working to come up with something super fun for y'all -stay tuned!

3rd - Paper Therapy has a new challenge, and some changes to the Challenge.  Starting this month, Challenges will move to once a month. 

This month's challenge is all about Metal - brads, eyelets, foil, tinsel, book plates, anything.  If it's metal, we want to see it. 

Here is what I came up with:

Can't wait to see what y'all come up with.  Remember, you have until October 8th to complete this challenge.  Winners will be announced October 10th.