More Bday Cards

I haven't posted in a while and thought I would post these bday cards I created.

My Birthday Present!!

I am so excited!! I got my chickens this morning (6 hens and a rooster) - and they are in the new coop Paul built for me for my birthday. Paul did an AWESOME job on the coop and it was so much fun helping as much as I could (which I know wasn't a lot - I'm definitely not a construction worker. . .and if it took everyone an hour to dig a 3 foot post hole - there wouldn't be much fence in the world)! I will try to have a good coop picture posted within the next few days - - Here is the best picture I could get of my Dominique Chickens. They are considered calm, good setters, good layers, hardy - - - pretty much everything I wanted!! I just sat and watched them for quite a while after getting them in the coop. The rooster is VERY excited to have his own batch of hens to himself!! He has been crowing like mad - which I think is AWESOME too!! My neighbors might not be as excited as me - but maybe I'll share some eggs to make 'em happier :-)

The Sweetest Things & Friend Card

Here are some cards I made up recently. The top one I used some old flowers I had taken apart, some old buttons and Stampin' Up rub-ons. The bottom one also uses Stampin' Up rub-ons, some thread, Stampin' Up corner rounder, Maya Road Ribbon and scraps from some paper I recently bought - - but since their scraps I can't remember the manufacturer :-)

New Blog - The Grissoms' Garage

We decided to set up a separate blog mainly mainly to showcase our hunting along with some hunting stories of our friends. So go check out our new Grissoms Garage blog. We will be updating it pretty regularly when October 1st arrives.

Today - Tomorrow - Forever, My Friend

Today Paul and I are celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary. I decided to do a page about it. The design of this layout is inspired by some of Megan Klauer's recent layouts. I love how she has used so many different patterns of paper on one layout - - so I gave it a shot.

We celebrated our anniversary by doing what we do best, spending time as a family - - outside. We didn't do what most people do to celebrate an anniversary. We didn't go out to eat or to the movies or spend money on unneeded gifts. We went. . .froggin'. We took Skyler and two of her friends on a frog hunt and had the time of our lives!! We haven't laughed that hard in quite a while. A lot of mud and laughs later we walked home and hosed off. I have some pretty good pictures I will have to scrap some time later.

Supplies used: AC (American Crafts) Thickers (letters and numbers), AC cardstock, Maya Road ribbon, We R Memory Keepers and Basic Grey (papers), vintage buttons.

We Won!!

Skyler and the rest of her team were SOOO excited when they won it all!! I tried to capture their excitement in the pics, but some of them were running around so fast I never did get a good picture :-)

Latest Etsy Order

Here is a pic of my latest Etsy Shop order for the last name "Connors". The gal who ordered it plans on placing it in a dark brown frame for presentation.

Whoo's Your Daddy?

Since Paul got to help coach Skyler's team I have a few pages in mind I want to get scrapped. This is the first one - was super simple and quick - but get's the job done.

You Grow It - - We Mow It

The other day when Paul and I were doing our weekly in-town mowings, Skyler took the camera from my purse and snapped some pics. Paul and I used to mow at least 3-4 nights a week from the time we got home from work until dark. Now that we are in our mid-30's, we have decided to cut back so we only mow one day a week for a couple hours. But when people ask how I got the muscles in my arms and stay in shape even though I eat a lot, I guess this is one of the reasons.

Materials used: Megan Klauer Felties (mushroom and center of sun), Cosmo Crickett papers, My Mind's Eye papers, Thickers, metal letters, Maya Road ribbon, notebook paper.

Way To Go Taylor Ridge Girls

Got to watch and cheer last night as Skyler's softball team kept their undefeated record and won 1st place!! Skyler had another home run last night and finished off the season with the most home runs on her team - a whopping 14 home runs including 2 grand slams - she is an awesome hitter and when she runs it is hard to keep track of her. It didn't hurt that Skyler had her own Dad to help out coaching the team!! The fact that I got to watch them both in action made it that much more fun for me - - I can't wait to get all these pics scrapped. . .