Oh, kids and their toys.....

Today I'm remembering all the cute kids at Christmas.

He said he loved everything he got (and I loved his Boba Fett helmet)!



She said she loved her doll that peed and pooped (and changing it's diapers)....gross...LOL!!!



And he played with his new Nerf machine gun most of the night.....had to practice his aiming, ya know?!?

Speaking of playing, tonight I am trying to not think about my Project Monday that was due up at Bubblegum Life today.  I totally enjoy doing my projects, but yesterday and today my mind has been on other things.  Does that ever happen to you?  To help organize my thoughts, in a little bit I will write a list of "to do" stuff for tomorrow.  Nice thing is, I am excited for most of it.....and my lists do seem to help me get more done.  Oh, and I have finally made the time to organize some of my scrapbook/art stuff here and there.  Finally.  Making time.

OK.  Well, I'm off to make a cup of tea and work on my project.  Make sure to visit Bubblegum Life tomorrow to see who our super cool January guest is ; )

See ya soon!
<3 Carrie

Your appointment with Friday

Well, it is finally the weekend and Gloria and I have a fun new prompt for you lovelies today.  The new prompt is.....

In Series

se·ries  (sîr'ēz) pronunciation

noun, plural -ries, adjective

A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.  [Latin seriēs, from serere, to join]  Series  is applied to a number of things of the same kind, usually related to each other, arranged or happening in order: a series of baseball games.

I've never intentionally taken a series of photos like this before.  And I have to say the most difficult part for me was deciding what I wanted to photograph.  Should I make a bunch of crazy faces, or write a sweet sentence on paper one word at a time?  I don't know what made me decide to jump.....maybe it's because I was thinking about being outside, or that I love it when my photos have movement?!?  But it felt great.  I felt free and happy and strong and silly all at the same time.  And I've actually never taken a self portrait jumping before, so this ended up being a fun little experiment.  (Next I want to try it in a field with tall grass or something crazy like that.)  But the cool thing is that now don't just have a moment to remember, but a bunch of moments that tell my little story in a different way.  This was a happy day.  A great day.  A day I did just what I wanted to do....jump.  What will your In Series be?

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In Series

A series of pictures to me gives movement to paper.  It takes me to that moment because I feel you can see it move.  You can see a clip of that person's life.  Its almost touchable.  I chose movement of my hands because it looks free and pretty to me.  I like the freedom of movement....

Love, Gloria and Carrie

Soft colors for Spring

I know it's not spring yet, and actually I prefer the winter wheather here in San Diego, but it hasn't kept me from thinking about all the pretty flowers and soft colors that it brings.....



I made this yarn wreath as a present for my beautiful friend Ally.  You may know her as the super cool Ninja Master Ally from the Pink Ninja Addicts.  They have an amazing kit for sale this month!  Take a peek.....



It's been ages since I've set foot inside a scrapbook store, so this kit was the perfect treat.  I'm making a book with it's lovely product, and it'll be the first thing I've made for myself in a while, so I'm super excited!!!  Today the photos I had printed will be ready for pickup.  That means I will probably put the guts of my book together this evening.....yay!....can't wait!!!

Here's to a great weekend : )
<3 Carrie

Let's talk about cupcakes ; )

I made these sweet little tags for a friend the other day.  She loves blue, and we both looovve cupcakes of course.  Ever since I went on my gluten free diet, I see one and my mouth waters.....



My typewriter came in handy for typing the to and from on these little guys, and the paper is double sided so she can write a love note on the back if she wants.  This week over at Bubblegum Life I made a different version of these tags for Project Monday with lovely product from Color Me Miki.  And I used my one of my photos from our last photo prompt in them too.  It's the funnest project I've done so far this year ; )

In my opinion, if you are a cupcake conneseur you should enjoy one today.  What flavor is your favorite?  My favorite use to be cinnamon.....yummmmmm......

See ya tomorrow!
<3 Carrie