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it’s MONDAY.. ho hum…
Hiya sistahs.. just took some pics of what I am up to.. aside from LIVING in an arena LOL.. and packing orders, here are some shots I took
Here’s a journal page I made with LOTS of collage and vintage ephemera.. in the bottom corner I wanted to play with tracing paper, stamping and the effects of both togethah… and I LOVE IT!! I love the “seamlessness” of it.. In the spread below, I used LITTLE BIRDIE Jane.. I just love that stamp. The next thing I am gonna play with is colouring on the tracing paper.. which should be yummalish. What I also love about the tracing paper is that it will show all the layers below. Double Yum. Have you ever tried stamping on tracing paper sistahs?
It’s snowing here in Toronto today and I couldn’t resist taking a pic of little frankieLICIOUS.. and the snow on his chinny chin chin.. I could SMOOSH him!
And last but not least, as the kidlets were getting ready for school, I put together a yummy chicken soup in the crock pot. I’ve been watching Rachael Ray lately and she “told me’ (lol) that putting in parmesan rind into DA soup adds an amazing nutty and rich flavour. Well, don’t ask what I had to do to get this rind. I went my local little specialty grocer with a cheese counter.. OF COURSE there was a lineup. finally when it was my turn I whispered my request because it sounds so odd to me “do you have PARMESAN RIND AKA what you throw in the garbage” available? LOL.. well she held up her finger and cut one off for me.. she wrapped it up and said “put it in your purse and let me know how it tastes “.. LOL.. I quickly ran out with my most PRIZED scrap. And off it went into my soup. I just tasted the broth and I can already taste the difference. It’s OUTSTANDING! Every couple of hours I stick my spoon in and slurp (I can cuz I am alone and don’t have to teach manners when I am alone..LOL).. and I add more chicken powder, more spices and adjust. My kidlets LOVE this as a meal with a good juicy roll.
What are all da SISTAHS up to?
mwah
Em
CYBER MONDAY!!
GLUEBOOK wennnnsday on WENNNNSDAY! lol
Hiya sistahs..
Every morning as I get the kidlets ready for school, pack their lunches and give them brekky, I settle down while they eat with my mini pocket sketch moleskine and just start gluing. I have organizers full of goodies and I just pick and choose and move stuffs around to make it look good in my eye. Let me tell you… Having done this for the past 4 mornings have let me release my creativeness LOL and help me focus for the rest of the day.. not sure if that makes any sense but it works for me!
So here are a few of my pages I have done. I hope it inspires you and hope you will join in! If you post on instagram, just use #minigluebook and I will find your work that way too!
Played around with a birdie on tracing paper and vintage goodness..
here I used a vintage air mail envelope and vintage illustration and wrote a little note 🙂
vintage labels, photograph along with some newer scrapbook scraps formed this page
this was my page from this morning… had so much on my plate for today that I had to get it out on a page LOL
I hope you enjoy these “nuggets” (love that word) of inspiration!
Don’t forget your bellarific friday submissions and comment on the last bellarific post for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks!
Mwah to da sistahs who have a lot on their plate and deal with it without complaints LOL
Em
Off like a prom dress
its GLUEBOOK wednesday on THURSDAY
Hiya sistahs.. sorry I am a day late.. this week has been a whirlwind and did I mention I have to prepare for a big weekend coming up?? yep. I am going on my first HOCKEY TOURNAMENT to Pittsburgh tomorrow at 5:00 am. 7 hours in a bus with 15 hoodlums (lol).. and 4 games and lots of travel. I am asking you which valium cocktail you think I should inhale? LOL. I am excited but at the same time I am feeling ANXIETY for a 7 hour trip on a bus. LOL. I BEGGED and PLEADED with Ryan and Tyler to PLEASE allow us to take our own car.. I was sat down very nicely and told that we are going for the “EXPERIENTH” (yes tyler still has a cute lisp)… and that we can’t miss a minute of bus time etc. hmph. I waTH (was) outvoted-ETH. So I have downloaded a new book to my ipad called GONE GIRL (has anyone read it)? And I am hoping that my valium cocktail, my overtiredness and my book will keep me calm.
OK so that’s what’s going on in my perTHonal life (it’s hard to stop this liTHp ya know).. p.s. I LOVE his lisp and I am not making fun of him ok? I want to suck his mouth when he does that.. so no hate mail about liTHps 🙂
Now for GLUEBOOK wennsday.. has anyone played on their own? stuck down scraps, stamped etc? I hope you were able to and feel the sheer joy it gives me 🙂
here is my double mini gluebook page using a vintage magazine page and some new embellishments including the poppy for remembrance day :)..
Here is another page of mine using a vintage photo. I just love the technology back then.. missing a head, a toe a face but you still have that “charm” of the photo. Vintage photos have become a lucrative part of my collages. They show my feelings sometimes when I just can’t write. make sense? I hope so 🙂
Here’ s Leslie’s page. I LOVE this vintage photo, I love the collaged wings that frame the focal point and most of all, I LOVE THAT QUOTE!!!
here’s Lorie’s page. I love the symbolism, the emotion, the sentiment.. just the whole meaning I know this has for her.
And that is it for this week’s GLOObook series. I hope you love it and will be inspired to contribute and send me your entries by next Tuesday. your entries inspire us all and you just wait til you actually make one.. you will feel SO GOOD 🙂
Mwah to da sistahs who love to GLOO.
OHHH I also wanted to mention that my “EVERY WOMAN HAS A STORY” has been sold! Thank you so much for your support. This is exciting for me!
Em
it’s GLUE (gloo) BOOK WENNSDAY!
What is bettah than gathering supplies, cutting, sticking and embellishing? sistahs doing this and emailing them to me! LOL 🙂 hint hint nudge nudge poke poke..
I just love paper.. vintage, new, colourful, deckled, splotched, stained, ledgered, erased, penciled.. you name it.. and sometimes there is a WEE piece that I SO wanna keep but don’t know where to stick it..LOL.. well this is a perfect home. I am sure that most if not ALL da sistahs reading this have scraps everywhere.. won’t you join us and make a glue book? You can email me by Tuesday of every week and I will post on wednesday.. you can stamp in your book.. but no paint or wet media.. just pure collage… you can make your own papers by stamping, and painting papers then ripping and sticking.. but no paint in da book.. YOU HEAR ME? LOL
Ok here we go..
this is what my little “moley” is looking like…
Here’s one of my pages.. I was on a sewing kick.. vintage everything 🙂
another sewing page.. i love the 2 women waiting by the window.. vintage images just depict my emotions so well
here is Leslie’s page
Here is Lorie’s page
Here’s mary’s page
I just find these pages inspiring and love to share and would love for you to share with me too!
Hope to see your submissions 🙂
and don’t forget Bellarific Friday this week
and our sale!
and a MWAH!
Em
it’s WEIGHT WATCHERS WENNNSDAY!
And last week was a WHOPPING 0.4 pounds lost. I’ll take it but wasn’t so happy LOL.. and this week has been a write off as I have been feeling so sick :(… I have had a horrible “headache” that emanated from my neck and distributed evenly through my head.. it got SO BAD that I had to go to emergency yesterday for 5 hours to get an emergency CT scan.. I don’t do hospitals sistahs but after a week of this pain, I had to go. Thank goodness CT scan was clear and the pain is muscular.. so I put heat on it and am constantly taking Advils. This isn’t fun. Add the ARENA and hockey tournaments to the mix, I am sure the scale is NOT going to be my friend. AND I can’t go weigh in on Friday as Tyler has YET ANOTHER hockey tournament. LOL. hmph.
Ok I am over my rant.
Let’s discuss recipes shall we? new ones…
Last week I made this amazing Chicken Soup in my crock pot… IT WAS FREAKING amazing so if anyone is in the mood for some good Jewish Penycillin (sp?).. I highly recommend this recipe.
courtesy of LALOOSH
and you can find the recipe HERE
my friend also made these AMAZING 1 point desserts.. OMG TO DIE FOR
courtesy of JUST 2 SISTERS
you can find the recipe HERE
Cool whip is my BESTEST friend.. sorry Mel LOL
So??? did you try anything new and DELISH? New and HORRIBLE? LOL
share with DA bella!
mwah
Em
WEIGHT WATCHERS WENNNDSDAY!
I have decided to restructure the blog slowly and have different themes on different days of the week… it’s easier for me and I know that we all will benefit! I have also decided that GLORIA will be our cheerleader every week.. so you will see her here representing us!
So what is WEIGHT WATCHERS WENNNSDAY you ask? Yes, this is a stamp blog.. Yes this is an artsy fartsy blog.. but to me, it is also a SISTAHOOD blog. We are here for eachother and why not discuss other issues as well? oui oui? After I announced that I started weight watchers almost 2 weeks ago, I have received countless emails showing support, emails sending favorite recipes etc.
So I am gonna be selfish and devote wednesdays to ME and to US.. to make us all accountable.. to vent.. to share and to bond. sound good?
So first I will announce that last Friday’s weigh in showed a 4.5 pound loss. I was VERY happy with that but now am fearful of the scale this week. Was I perfect this week? NOOOOOO!!! I am trying my best and need the help and support 🙂
So WEIGHT WATCHERS WENNNSDAY to me is a place to announce, share recipes, websites and losses AND GAINS without shame. to actually STATE it and be accountable for it .. to get CHEERS from da sistahood.. or pats on the shoulder.
My challenge to YOU and to ME every week is to try ONE new recipe per week and share it the following wednesday if it was a success so we can try it and add it to our repertoire. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT on weight watchers, the recipes could be helpful as making dinner every night can be BOOORING.. LOL
I believe we are able to attach files in the comments section so we can collect information from eachother.. sound good?
I want to should out a THANK YOU to Judie P for sending me her favorite recipes.. I made a couple of them and they were amazing! I urge Judie to attach them here to share with da sistahood!
Ok so last night i made a DELICIOUS Chicken Parmigiana recipe for the family… THEY GOBBLED IT UP.. it was delicious!
Here’s the recipe. If you try it, let me know what you think!
I am in LOVE with the SKINNYTASTE website. It’s AMAZING!
Can’t wait to see what you think of this
Mwah to da sistahs who want support 🙂
em
we have a tutorial for you on Splitcoast today :)
I know there are some sistahs that don’t wanna get messy with mixed media… and dont know where to start… so I was asked by Splitcoast to do a little tutorial on how I begin a canvas….
wanna seeeeeee? Go HERE and you can see the step by step
and here is the final project of my little peopleS
Enjoy sistahs!
Em