strive..

for years i have loved photography.
in high school i took photography for three years and loved every minute of it.
I think i take ok pictures but keep trying to improve.
change how i look at things.
try and see in fresh and funky new ways.
someday i would even love to have a dark room of my own...
one can dream right?

one day, while trying to research taking photo classes, i stumbled upon Jinky Art. what a great stumble it was too.
She is amazing...really.... beyond amazing.
her angles, color and subjects are too pretty for words.

Whenever i need some out of this world inspiration i check here...http://blog.jinkyart.com.au/001753.php

or here...http://tarawhitney.typepad.com/
I read recently on Tara's blog about her and Barb meeting up.
how fun.

these two rock photos like no other....dang.

rare

dang..its rare for us to get a family photo and i *love * them.

so what that not everyone is looking at the camera..i still love it.

even Sobe, our dog, is in it.

Actually this picture was taken at a dog show that she was in for fun. Nothing fancy because hello, she's a mut..no prize winner here, but that's why we love her. Since the kids were born she has taken the back seat to everything. She used to be our baby and now she no longer sleeps in our bed and gets all the attention. A big reason why it was really fun to take her to something that was just for her.

woof...love you Sobe.

*spoilers*

Last night was so great. a stay at home date night with Anthony and the premiere of Grey's!!!
Ok..i love this show more than i could say. Love how it went back and showed us clips that were even before the pilot episode. wow. it will be interesting to see who Meredith chooses and when.
Poor izzie too.
Then i stayed up to watch 6 degrees. Think i'm going to sucked into this one. drama.

today while reading some of my favorite blogs this... http://gettingtomaybe.blogspot.com/2006/09/project-runway-season-3-episode-10.html
stumbled into my lap.

i have loved project runway from the beginning and was tickled to find this info and pics from Fashion Week.

what a fun way to end the week

love these two

its so crazy these days trying to get a photo of my little ones together and boy oh boy, this was the best i could get.

love the mohawk though.

love the girly pose Olivia is giving the camera

love the two of them.

on a side note...

i have to say that i am so inspired by so many scrappers these days.

d-bird http://deannacorinna.blogspot.com/

could she be any sweeter?

I think not.

i so wanna make one of the books you are working on and hopefully meet up when i'm over on Maui for THanksgiving.

mguray http://allanmichelle.typepad.com/

big envy for this girl. beautiful pages always!!!

Kristina Contes http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userprofile.asp?user_id=191596

funk and flair and mini books...love it all

and

miss elsie http://www.elsieflannigan.blogspot.com/

wow...just wow.

i took her class at cku-provo and have never been the same

love all the color and fun she incorporates in every project.

thanks all.

surprise ...

..i have known about this for a bit but now i get to see laura's creation insprired by little ole me and my WHo's bad layout.

wow...I am so flattered!!

check it out here at the GG spot on Two peas...http://twopeasinabucket.com/cg_main.asp?cmd=display&seed_id=22023

thanks so much Laura for your sweet words and for picking me to work off of.

too cool

kArma

ok.
really.
the power of good people is alive.
wow.

so this came about a few weeks ago when someone posted some scrap goodies they found at Target $$ spot and i responded at how cute they are and how we do not have a Target here.

so out of the blue, i get this email...

Hi Michelle,> I am coming to Kauai next Tues.(the 12th) and I live very close to Target. > Do you want me to pick up some goodies for you? I bought the ribbon and > the alpha that is pictured plus a few other things. Just let me know. I am > going to be staying in Kapaa--where are you located?> > Rita Cook

so i met her today and what a sweet heart!!
thanks so much Rita.

smiling yellow

wow. so wow!

Mustard moon had a contest looking for layouts to post to their online album and to my surprise all four of the layouts i submitted where chosen!!

wholly moly!

this is the first time to have anything of mine included in something so big.

like i said....i am so smiling yellow

thanks Mustard Moon!

and congrats to all the others in the album!

*heart* me some jack johnson

I chose Jack Johnson this week...i *heart* him and his music. I could really do a page to everyone of his songs. Better together is one of my favs though. his picture was taken of my husband and daughter picking some mangos from our neighbors tree. We love us some mango.i know this part of the song will not work for most but there are so many other great lines in the song. I may even have to do another with another great part of the song too.

supplies used:

sei pp

ki pp and epoxy letters

heidi swapp letters

chatterbox rubon

doodlebug & sign

Misc ribbon and flower

my trusty black sharpie

come join in on the fun if you get a chance.... http://www.scraplyric.typepad.com/

long weekend

i honestly thought with a long weekend i would get some scrapbooking done, because i have alot I need to be working on. No such luck. We went to the beach everyday instead which is not a bad deal either. Last night I sat down to work on my Mustard Moon entries and found my mojo was missing. Yikes..i pushed papers around for over an hour without luck. I love all of their fun papers so hopefully today i'll be able to create some goodies. These are a few layouts i did last week and did not post.

Off to create while the kiddos are napping..

new shoes from Japan.

funky fresh...
thats all i can say about these shoes.
Olivia loves them and even thinks she can jump higher in them.
go girl!

so not computer saavy

ok.
so i am just starting out with this whole blogging thing and need some help.
I have read the help things on here and no luck.
If you are reading this and wouldn't mind sharing your wealth of knowledge, it would be much appreciated.
mainly i want to add blogs and other sites I visit.
thanks in advance.
boring entry I know, but I would love the help.
happy Thursday!

** updated...
blogger must have read this because I went to mess with it all some more and waa laa, there was an easier format.
thanks deanna for your help though.

i have to admit...

..i am so nervous about the dares finale. http://fortheloveofeffers.blogspot.com/. It's kind of like an online reality show that i'm in....in the finals to boot!

I am so excited to have made it this far. What a cool thing for little ole me.

above is my final page. challenge= 10 pp. definatly not my strong suit. I usually only add a few and then funk it out with goodies. Turned out fun though...yipee.

we find out the results of this craziness friday hopefully, so keep your fingers crossed and good luck to all. What talent!!

how big is the number ONE?

so big at our house!!
Kyan just turned one on Saturday and we had a blast celebrating with him.
I wanna be number one for the last scrapper standing competition.
i have one daughter who is trying to wear multiple pairs of big girl underwear so she can use the potty.
i have one son who is trying so hard to walk on his own.
and i have one heck of a great,sexy, loving husband too.
hey hey for the number one.

yaaaa hooo

uh huh..oh yea!

thats always what Olivia says when she's excited.

I am thrilled!

I made it to the final round of Last scrapper standing...eeks.http://fortheloveofeffers.blogspot.com/

the picture is from my last entry. A tough one considering I was on vacation, but was so thankful for Ace Hardware.

I'll be sure to post my final one on wednesday.

Hope a good weekend was had by all.

put my thing down flip it and reverse it..

I am not sure why that MIssy Elliot song is in my head, but I am having fun singing it while the kids are napping. or Maybe its because i am doing the happy dance over all the circle crazy entries for Last scrapper standing. Dang , people came out to play . http://twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?gallery=1

These dares have been a blast! Can't wait until Friday to see the results of who's going on to the fourth and final round. I feel like i am an announcer for The Contender..love it.

get here Friday!!

*blush*

well i can spill the beans now....check it out here. http://www.scraplyric.typepad.com/
This is such a fun thing to be apart of and I can not believe they picked me. Above is my first official layout as part of the girls. so fun! I am waiting to hear on some more exciting news around the end of the month, so I will keep you posted on that.

Speaking of exciting. I just got news that a dear friend of ours went into labor this morning. Best of luck Neysa...can't wait to see pictures and hear about your new little one. Congrats to you and Dave!

Today is liberation in a sense. I am selling my maternity clothes on Ebay and man does it feel good to be past that chapter in my life. Wheww. Hopefully I'll make a little money so I can splurge on some new scrapbook goodies. I am jonesing to get my hands on some Hambly.