January build A Kit at Stuff to Scrap

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It's a new month and a new year and there are new goodies in the Build a Kit bin at Stuff to Scrap! I love the beautiful soft colors the designers have used this month. They're perfect for scraping baby pics and winter pics and...well, just about anything you can imagine!

Of course, I have to show off a couple of my favorites. First up are the goodies from IvoryKeys Digital Dreams. She has a set of cardstock paper, 14 adorable printed papers and a set of 43 awesome elements. Check out the previews...

Take a look at some layouts I've put together using these adorable mini kits...

Sometimes you don't need a kit. Sometimes you just need a template to give you some inspiration. Shel Belle Scraps has taken care of that with this awesome set of templates. check out the preview...

I used two of these templates with different kits. For this first layout I used the Harvest of Memories kit by Shel Belle Scraps and The Scrappy Kat...

I used Shel Belle Scraps' Take a Hike kit on another template for this layout...

Make sure you visit IvoryKeys Digital Dreams and Shel Belle Scraps for more layout inspiration and go to Stuff to Scrap to buy their build a kit goodies.

12-31-11

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How are you going to spend the last day of the year?

The Story of Me part 21

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Harmony hopped onto her bicycle and rode down the street.

“Look at my bike. My Grandma Pat bought it for my birthday.” She called out to the kids on the corner. “Do you want to get your bikes and ride with me?” Harmony stopped her bike right before she crashed into one of the older boys in the small group of kids.

“Watch where you’re going, you crazy kid. You almost hit me.”

“I’m sorry. I’m still just learning to ride and stopping is hard for me.”

“So, you just got this bike?”

“Yes, I got it for my birthday. Do you guys want to ride with me.” Harmony smiled and looked at the kids hopefully.

The group of kids consisted of three boys and one girl. The girl looked to be about Harmony’s age and the boys were a little older.

“Where’s your Grandma now?” The older boy asked as he looked around and checked the street for adults.

“She’s in the house right now, but she’ll be back soon. You can meet her if you want to ride bikes with me.” Harmony was proud of herself for stepping out of the shy shell she had kept herself in and making an attempt at forming her first friendships.

The older boy smiled at his companions. “Well, we don’t have bikes. Maybe we can all take turns riding your bike. The other boys laughed and agreed that would be fun while the little girl just looked at Harmony and shook her head.

Harmony didn’t know the boys were making fun of her. She didn’t know that they weren’t nice boys. “OK, we can go back to my house and take turns.”

The older boy continued to do the talking for the group. “Which house is yours?”

“It’s right down the street. You can see it from here.”

“Ok, can I ride the bike there? I’ll go slow and you can walk with my sister.” The boy asked as he pointed to the little girl that still hadn’t said a word.

Harmony was so excited that she handed the bike over to the boy, looked at the girl and and smiled. “My name is Harmony. What’s your name.”

The little girl just stood there shaking her head as the other boys laughed and started running after the older boy as he took off on the bike. He was riding in the opposite direction of Harmony’s house.

“My house isn’t that way. You have to turn around now.” Harmony shouted after the boys.

“I’m sorry.” The little girl said before she took off after the boys.

Harmony stood there in the street watching them get farther and farther away with her bike and listening to their laughter as tears streamed down her cheeks.

Nothing, sweet nothing!

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Today was absolutely wonderful cause I did nothing! Well, I did a couple of things, but nothing a responsible adult would admit to. lol!

Luckily, I'm not a responsible adult so I'll tell you all about it. lol!

I woke up early and had ice cream for breakfast. Hey, I made that trip to the store so I had to eat it!

I did a little scrapping.

I went back to bed.

I got up and did a little more scrapping.

I pulled out an old childhood comfort food and had it for lunch ~~~peanut butter and celery. (eating celery totally makes up for the ice cream at breakfast, right?)

I played on the internet.

I played on the wii.

I took a shower and then put on a pair of clean pajamas. (I had been wearing the other ones all day.)

I started reading The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown and I totally love it! (I highly recommend that you read it too!)

I discovered that there was nothing on TV and played on the internet some more.

I read more of The Weird Sisters. (I'll probably finish this tomorrow.)

I typed up this blog post.

What an awesome day!

In my next life I want to be rich so I can live like this all the time!

It feels good to be home!

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It feels so good to be in Miami!

I ordered fajitas for dinner and got to see the cute fajita delivery guy. Did you expect any less of me on my first night home? lol!

I had been home for a couple of hours before I announced to OCG that I was headed to the grocery store.

OCG: Why are you going to the grocery store? It's not like you cook and I know you plan on ordering fajitas later because you only sent me 500 texts saying that you would be ordering fajitas as soon as you got back to Miami.

ME: Ummm....duhhh....the cute fajita delivery guy doesn't deliver ice cream! (Men just don't understand!)

OCG: I know you wish he would...

ME: (after staring into space for very good mini daydream!) Oh, that would truly make him the perfect man...

I didn't get to say much of anything else cause I had to duck to keep from getting hit by the magazine that was flying toward me. lol!


I got a new camera for Christmas. It wasn't the "dream camera" I was hoping for, but it's still an upgrade so I'm very happy! I'm even registering for a photography class so I can learn to use it. lol! I'll let you know how that goes.

I also got a pretty good stash of copic markers and I should probably take a class to learn how to use those. Of course, OCGs reaction to seeing those was, "What do you need those for? There's a whole box over there." I tried explaining that these are WAY different from crayola markers, but I'm not sure he got it. LOL!

I am so excited to see that I have so many new followers and that my blog is getting closer and closer to 500 thousand hits. If you aren't a follower now, make sure you are when I finally reach that 500 thousand mark cause I'll have some gift certificates to give away to followers!

Now, I'm really tired and need to get some sleep. Afterall, I've got a long day of doing absolutely nothing tomorrow. LOL!

Heading home

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I should be back in Miami by lunch time! YAY!

Featured designer at Stuff to Scrap

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Starting today IvoryKeys Digital Dreams is the featured designer at Stuff to Scrap and she's celebrating by having a sale!

Make sure you check out all the fun!