one little word...

Is taking a little longer than i thought. Working on it coming back at ya later today.

Trip of a lifetime!

We all had so much fun. It was colder than expected, but we didn't let that bother us. This weekend I will be working on my calendar page for the new year. I know I'm behind, but we got home on Tuesday night, and then you gotta do all the things you gotta do when you get back from a trip. Plus a friend is getting married in my home next weekend, so I got alot to do.

But the calendar is important to me and the new blog for just that soooo, hopefully that will be up by Monday, if not You can see the page here.

I m going to use the first month's theme using my  "one little word".  I am so looking forward to knowing who's on board and the sharing of interpretations of each month's theme.

I missed you all. I tried to keep up to date with your blogs. but .

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We've got a date with...

The Mouse! Mickey that is!

This is the year of celebration.

The cast members will be asking us 1000 times " what are you celebrating this year"?

we are celebrating alot...

For me I will be celebrating the end to a very hard year.

The joy of having had a mother like mine.

 and Brad is cancer free.

There are so many things to be thankful for, but those are my top 3.

We are all looking forward to FUN!

Jeremy has been studying Walt Disney by watching his autobiography at least a dozen times, and memorizing the imagineers behind the scenes secrets.

We will have our very own tour guide.

It is still decorated for Christmas there, so we get an extra week of holiday festivities.

 I will be wearing these...

 

 and taking lots of these...

 

 This little guys coming too...

 

 you can follow us on twitter.

I will be doing a where's Elphie kind of thing with twitter pics. You can check that out by pressing the twitter button under the bio area.

Also, I am currently working on a new blog.

I will still have this as a daily blog, but the 2nd one will be just for calendars and techniques.

I will be posting videos and my monthly calendar with how to's.

There will also be an area for everyone that is following along to upload their pages as well.

I use this calendar, the 12x12 black. If you have not heard Heidi Swapp is no longer designing for Advantas, so there are some deals to be had on her product line here as well.

I hope to have the blog up by the middle of the month.

Then every month there after I will post my idea by the 2nd to the last monday of the month.

So "save the date", it's going to be FUN!

I have so enjoyed meeting all of you and getting to know you through your blogs, your friendship and encouragement have been something I look forward to everyday. 

Happy New Year everyone!

While I was away...

I had some brushes with fame.

On a recent trip to the Verizon store to upgrade my phone I ran into this woman...

This is Vicky from the Bravo tv show Real Housewives of Orange County.

I did a real double take of her and I know she knew I knew who she was. She seemed in a real bad mood about her phone or laptop issues, so I left her alone. I didn't have my camera with me nor my phone camera ,so I couldn't get a photo with her.

And what do you say to a reality star?

 Gee,I really like you? Sounds kinda silly.

Then...

 this guy calls me!

 And he keeps calling me!

This story begins in my scrapbook room. I was reading some blogs when Brad walks in and says there's a phone call for you. I see it says Michael "Buble' is calling.

I don't know what to think.

The back story is I am a member of the Bungalow  Fan  Club or the Michael Buble' fan club.

He is going on tour with his new cd and I am constantly getting emails letting me know about fan club member tickets, events, etc.

I then forward these to Brad sending large hints that this would be an amazing gift opportunity!

So, when I see he's calling I start shaking and literally cannot answer the phone.

When I do answer...

 Michael is not on the line!

 I've missed him!

I am panicking now when suddenly...

He calls again!

I answer again

and again ...

No Michael!

Brad is now cracking up and I realize this is a joke!

I don't know what is funnier...

the joke itself

or the fact that I actually thought Brad had somehow through some crazy connections got Michael Buble' to call me!

 Apparently this new phone I have (a Droid) has this application called fake phone calls!

So he sent me a fake one from Michael!

My last brush with fame took place here...

Where I met her...

 

 The Donna Downey!

It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon. We gessoed, painted, watercolored, stamped and embossed.

This was an amazing class. Donna was so much funand FUNNY TOO!

 The perfect kind of class for me... No measuring!

I'm a glue and go kinda girl.

Donna's a paint and go kinda gal. Just put a dollup of paint right on the canvas and get busy. Loved it!

I was so inspired I simply cannot wait to get back from vacation to finish my book and make some more art using some of the techniques I learned in her class.

I met an old friend and even made a new friend, Traci.

You can check out her cool vintage shop here on Etsy.

So sorry I was away so long, I never really meant to go...

I've been making alot of the convertables for orders, gifts, and Christmas outfit requests, including my own!

I am so excited that 3 convertables will be worn by the artists/ performers in this years Willow Creek Christmas services!

I also need some for vacation...

Two of them are a must for the location of my destination...

but more about that tomorrow!