Scrappy Weekend.

going by our normal summer calendar, last weekend would have been a camping weekend, but since the boat is broken+Tim's job has added some new responsibilities for him with deadlines that he takes seriously +it ended up being nasty camping weather=we stayed home. I scrapped & read a TON! I finished my 4th book in 2 weeks (that is a lot for me) and I scrapped 9 pages! Holy Moly I am not sure who I am today ;)  I even helped with supper & kept the dishwasher in a constant state of moving all weekend. Balance? did I really manage to find some balance this weekend? I think, maybe so.

Enough chatter--here are the pages from the weekend:

this one used some letters I had cut out with the cricut some time ago just inked them to make the coordinate with my paper, the camera die cut is really old, as are the 'perfect' & 'paradise' chip board words & the black file folder (you can barely see), the buttons & twine are from Close to My Heart & the cards are Elle's Studio, the paper & strips (cut from another full sheet) were from a paper pad I don't remember getting, I it must have been an impulse buy some time ;)  I do love this page!

Here I am using a collage printed as a 5x7 photo. This series of photos was so sweet! 2 littles getting to know each other at the campsite. the paper is old, the pink cardstock from a card kit, the washi tape, strip of paper, & rectangles are all a newish coordinating collection & I love that pink fiber ribbon stuff~its old too. 

I find myself buying paper w/a cool picture on it & then struggle to use it because the picture takes up the majority of the page.. what's the point??  I was pretty stoked to find that this 4x6 collage worked perfectly with this printed paper. The white pen on the black paper was a surprise because it went on clear & turned white as it dried-score! the title is chipboard letters that I inked to coordinate.

a 5x7 collage & a 4x6 print, odds & ends of old photos, embroidery floss, file folder & new Close to my Heart wooden embellishments. 

an 8x10 collage- this one took some time, I struggled & struggled, buried it & moved on then finally went back to it & it fell together easier.  the paper strip, hand cut banners & background paper are all from that mysterious paper pad The letter buttons are really old, but perfect for this page. 

 The full moon as it rose in the sky, the stars the lantern lights make with my camera, I love them both. everything but the letter stickers are from the same paper pad. The letter stickers are from a different summer themed pad, but worked really well here.

 Another 8x10 collage & pretty proud of this page! the creative title, the use of clock stamps & embellishments~love! 

 This is another one that I struggled with & am not entirely pleased with but its done & I am moving on.  Lots of odds & ends of embellishments used on that Elle's Studio journaling card.

 possibly my favorite from the whole weekend! I was stoked when I ran across this photo of Tim w/Gus (who was put to sleep the following year) & remembered I had just shared a meme on Facebook with that 'and so God made a dog' quote on it that was perfect for this page.  Thinking this one might hang in the hall on a magnet board for a while... 

WOW! That's the most pages I have completed in a while! Really good start for that weekend chapter as I have A LOT of photos from it :) 

How did you spend your weekend? 

4th of July (Part IV)

First thing Friday Morning I got up & went to my doctor's appointment to have a mole biopsied (results came back clear on Monday YAY!)  then we loaded up the truck & hit the road to the lake! ahhhhhhhh~~

 

We found this cement slab on the shore & it worked really well to keep our supplies & peoples collected.

Love these girls!

AWE! lots of sneaky kissy pics of the newly weds.

Most of the group cooling off.

one cousin cooling off another..

I adore how well these guys all play together. rarely a disagreement!

 

I am forever taking photos of the sun on the water.

ummm, me :) a pretty good selfie.

Boys making breakfast Saturday morning.

AND back on the boat! Saturday we spend about an hour cruising the lake looking for acceptable beachy shore to put the boats up on & let the dogs & kids run but nothing was found so we returned to the spot from the day before.

another kissy pic :)

getting last minute instructions from dad on a borrowed jet ski

HI!

Tim's catch of the day ;)

ride #2-right before the DNR crashed the party & told him to park it for being too rough while the kids were passengers.

& crashing early around the fire - perfect way to end the day.

Sunday Morning Maddie was finally getting acclimated to camping life & letting other people hold her other than her mom.

Say Cheese!

 Camping is evidently exhausting to dogs.

We skipped the breakfast campfire Sunday & hit The Red Barn for lunch after packing up our sites.

more of the newly weds.

The Red Barn in the back, the group in the middle, and part of our convoy of trucks & boats clear to the left of the photo..

and this concludes my 4th of July report :)  I hope you had a good weekend!

bloglovin'

Don't forget, if you follow me via google reader that its closing down on Monday! If you are like me, once you get in a routine of doing something a certain way, you hate (HATE) to change & drag your feet until the last minute... I get it! normally that's how I am but, this time, I was on the ball & started reading other bloggers' reviews of other readers.  I settled on bloglovin' mostly b/c it sounded easy, works a lot like google reader & had a mobile app so I can still read blogs from my phone.

there is a little button over there on the right~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> that will let you follow me thru bloglovin' or prompt you to create an account if you don't have one.  Its simple & painless (after all, I did it) I promise. I would love to see that tiny number 5 grow to double digits by the first.  Guess I should come up with some more interesting topics to help attract & keep readers then huh? ;) 

So tell me, what would you like me to write about?  What have I written about that you were interested in & maybe want more information on?

 just my view on Friday evening after we got camp all set up.. simply because I hate to leave a post with out a photo anymore! :)

 

Have a great day!

5 on Friday

5 BIG REASONS this girl is ready for SUMMER camping weekends...
(not in any particular order-HONEST)


1.  COCKTAILS TO PARTAKE OF

2. FRIENDS TO BE ENJOYED

3. ADVENTURES TO BE HAD

4. PLAYING WITH THE CAMERA IS MY ONLY PRIORITY

5. AMAZING SCENERY EVERYWHERE TO BE ENJOYED

ALL ARE PARTS OF A FANTASIC WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!
(photos from 2009 Memorial Day Weekend)

another weekend..

at the lake....
*sometimes we start the day w/a beer (in each hand) & a smoke

*sometimes we take naps on the boat

*sometimes we teach the kids the tricks to fire building

*sometimes we don't realize when its time for bed

*sometimes we catch them being good

*sometimes we let the kids play crazy... 2 or 4 legged ones

*sometimes we find 'an app for that'

*sometimes we snuggle the little ones

*sometimes we laugh until we almost wet ourselves watching the puppies play

*sometimes we hang out in the water-where its usually much cooler than on the boats

*sometimes we just hang out on our boats

*sometimes we have a display of diving abilities

*sometimes we learn new things

*sometimes we dream about spending long periods of time on this<~~~~~~ looking at that~~~~>>>>>

 *sometimes we stop here <~~~~~~~for this ~~~~~~> on the way home.

*but we always love our corner of the campground!