a lil bit crafty.

last week i got a lil bit crafty.
i woke up early, got on the treadmill
then decided to get ready for work right away
so i could play with ink, paper and glue
then go straight to work.

it is such a lil thing,
and this pic is a bit blurry
but you get the gist.



i found a stack of those lil white envelopes
collecting dust but they are ready for a purpose!
so i am thinking i need to make a book.



i want to make a bunch of these "pages"
and then throw random bits of ephemera
in the bags.
things like movie tickets
roller derby ticket stubs
and all sorts of other fun stuff.
because you know i collect a bunch of junk!!
(i am working on this bad habit, though!!)

i haven't decided how i want to bind them together.
i am a fan of the rings.
but i am thinking stuff may slide out.
so i may make covers out of chipboard covered in paint
or a cute patterned paper.

i'm thinking polks dots!!

how much wood *would* a woodchuck chuck?

so.
i scrapped.

technically twice.

thanks to the laid back feeling
that came when i popped open
my second cider.

so love.

let's get together

and feel alright.
-bob marley


i'm not done yet
but i am liking
what i have started.

:)

grand plans.

can't talk now-



i'm actually MAKING something!!




(p.s.- thursday didn't end up being the
slow-ish day i'd hoped for. more on that later)

xoxo

the way it makes this girl feel.

a few more to share.
used one of our
pics from the renewal ceremony

and proof that my thoughts
are as random
as they come.
just look at this one.

live positively.

have you read your diet coke can lately?


and a few pages from my art journal:

who hasn't been here?

more fortunes...

what i wouldn't give
for a solo...

(and honestly, some naprogesic, too)

playtime.

love blue and green together.
it just feels happy to me.

speaking of happy colors...
how cute is this cupcake?

anyone who knows me
knows i am more excited about halloween
than i am my own birthday.


have a happy thursday peeps!
friday is right around the corner!!

like any other day.

woke up early.
snuck in a lil bit of art.

(do click on the pic to enlarge)
must get ready for work
but before i go:
yest:
she loved it.
i mostly wanted to make sure it
would fill her up. it did.
the comments:
thanks lind-z
vee and katrina.
this is the part of the title
"momma" i like!!
the questions:
kimmyk: they tell me the kids carry their lunches
in their backpacks until lunch, so i guess it will
just be that container. we did buy her a bag, though
just in case.
colleen: thanks!!...i'll have to check out my target.
sounds like something i was looking for!!

today was a good day.

created this:

then ate this:

while i watched this:

sally doesn't eat sushi, apparently.
but she says "hi!!"



and guess who was at the table in front of us?

i love living in san antonio.

i want to be the one.

quiet house
(except for the occasional giggle
from the girls up stairs)
once again, i aced the coffee preparation.
and there was a bit of art:
loving trees at the moment.


and this quote is genius.

this poured out accidently on purpose.

and this line from "girls just wanna have fun"
speaks to me more than the whole song.


sounds feels like a perfect tuesday so far...

if you clean it, it will come.

i finally cleaned off the desk. :)

and the creativity flowed.
used all my starbucks stickers.

this one was fun.
i used a quote from the movie august rush:
"i believe in music the way some people believe in fairytales."
::sigh::

and this one was the perfect way to
put some of my fortunes somewhere
where they wouldn't get lost.
i love fortunes!!


so, what's up with you?

multiple personalities.

so this was the page i did
the day before we were to move in
to the other house.
i was feeling all jiggy with it
apparently.

the weekend is over
i am due at work in an hour
and i have yet to know what
is up with the other house.

that's all i got.

(yest responses done
in yest coments box.)

sugar sugar.

have i shared this one yet?


(do click on the pic to see it larger.)

i'm too lazy to check the archives...
it's recent, so i doubt it.
i love how it turned out,
so thought i'd share before
i have to pack it away.

speaking of packing...
better get back to it.

xoxo

my war paint is sharpie ink.

lol (365) most of the time my titles
are random lyrics that resonate with me.
they often say something in the song
that makes me want to burst
because i feel like the writer *knew*
what i *feel*.

starfish and coffee is a prince song...
freakin love it- another part of the song
says: "if you set your mind free baby,
then maybe you'll understand..."
the song is beautiful, i want to be
the girl with the "smile under her nose".
always.
on that note
i want to share something with you guys.
a few of my art journal pages.
like i said. it's a no pressure thing.
and now you know that i love lyrics.
so most of this is what i hear and keep in my heart.

(do click on the pics to enlarge!!)

this one is originally by seal.
but i dig alanis morissette's version.


this is not a lyric driven page.
i was doing markdowns at work.
went to scan this hat,
and noticed the price tag was in japanese yen!!
random. (i used to live in japan.)
so i tore the tage off the hat
and brought it home to stick in my book.


john mayer lyrics.
homelife.
"i want to live in the center of a circle."


today is an excerpt from
"unwritten" by natasha bedingfield.
i freaking love her.
"[we've been] conditioned to not make mistakes."



okay, i think i've exposed enough of my
brain to you for today.
now i must go finish laundry- my brother in law
and his fiance are driving in today and i want to
be able to hang out with out worrying about chores!!

xoxo

starfish and coffee.

wow.
there were so many of you.

i wish i could send each of you
something.
while i can't do that, i can
put a second
stash together...
just as scrappy as the first one.
so i had the hubby pick
two numbers between 1 and 15.

he chose
18 and 26.
then, after i gave him my best
evil eye, he chose:

number 7 (365)
and
number 13 (anna jo)

send me an email
with your address to
howsmykarma (at) hotmail.com
and i'll send out your stash!!

sidetracked!!

uh.
i got sidetracked.

(click to enlarge)

wide open spaces.

it seems that is what i am missing.

dani asked to see some more pics
of the city i live in.
and i will try to get out there and snap some...
but i have to tell ya.
the city looks ugly to me.
gasp!!

i am not sure how one can feel homesick
for a country that isn't one's "home"
but it seems this is the case.

i miss oporto
and michel's patisserie
and freakin baker's delight finger buns.

i miss movie theatres in the mall
and boost juice
and my beloved rouse hill fruit barn.

i miss my gals at the rouse hill aus post
and my newsagent, who held an issue of
DOG magazine for me, just so the girl one
wouldn't miss out.

i miss aldi's and a clean maccas
and the boab trees in front of
the mean fiddler.

hell.
i even miss $12/kilo bananas.

on a totally different note:
i will be making little decs for this today.

to-do.

gosh i need a pedi.

and a maid.

some nando's wouldn't hurt.

accomplished so far.

my collection.


& now i'm out.
be gentle peeps.

the 365 catch up.

today.

yest.

sat.

friday.

thurs.

wed.

tues.

monday.


today's pic is a peek at one of the projects
i am making for bekahboo's room.
which is yesterday's pic.
we are re-painting.
let me just say red is one hard paint to cover.
we only got the priming done yesterday.
but i am super excited about the re-do.
i'll show pics (of course) as it progresses.

thanks for all the super nice words regarding
my LOs. kimmyk i think i've fixed the problem.
apparently blogger doesn't like when we drag
the photos while we post. we must cut and paste html.

who knew?
have a happy monday y'alls.

menu this week:
pasta, garlic bread and green salad
baked chicken with steamed veggies
tuna salad on bagels with simple green salad
grilled chicken and white rice with peas
re-run night. :)