Tiara Tuesday #2

The queen of 2014 here....
Check out this cute picture with me, my twin and my mom.  Happy birthday to my mom TODAY!

I made my mom a really cute card for her birthday and then forgot to take a picture of it!
arrgh, don't you hate when you do stuff like that?
I've got another card in the making-maybe I can remember to take a photo this time?
Wish me luck!

Monday is a lame way to spend 1/7 of your life!

I'm changing my tune...I think I like Mondays now.
Oh Wait.
It's a holiday in America.
No wonder I am digging this Monday morning.
Today I'm showing you the edited layout from yesterday.  My first submission had to have no words or phrases on it for my Design Team Submission to Red Carpet Studio Challenge Blog (stop by the blog and add your weekly submission)

I edited the layout to include a date one word: FISH!
I'm including this submission into this challenge:
Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge

Red Carpet Studios first Challenge starts this week!

Welcome to Red Carpet Studio's very first challenge! Follow this link, Red Carpet Studio Challenge Blog  to add your layout inspired by a silent movie(the rules are no words, letters or phrases) The challenge will run from Sunday, Sept 2 through Saturday, September 8th.

My submission is a vintage photo of my father and three of his little girls(you can't see one, she was cropped out--sorry sis)  

Closeups:

 I added this little doo-dad with a coin to it. I thought it looked like a fishing lure. Too bad I didn't have a lure on hand.

 I added this mesh kind of material to give some texture.

Make sure to add your Silent Movie inspired layout to the weekly challenge.  This week, the randomly selected winner will win, This La Bella Vie Kit, from this week's sponsor Close To My Heart (Consultant Candice Fields) - http://candicefields.ctmh.com/Default.aspx

Additionally little something! LuvScraps Blog, one of my Design Team sisters is hosting a birthday blog candy. Check it out!

Hold on Sunday, I ain't ready for Monday yet

Heading out to spend some time with my parents today. I find so much fun in uncovering vintage pictures from my parents' stash. Look at these pictures I've recently uncovered.

These pictures will be featured in a scrapbook layout later in the week. Make sure to come back and see what I've done with them.

Scooting By To Say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

How many cricut cut circles(basic shapes cartridge) does it take to make a cute Birthday card?
oh, about....
this many!
This was my first use of water color pencils....
I'm
in
Love


I'm entering this cutie into the Bitten by the Bug2 Birthday Challenge

beep beep

I "attached" the balloons with a little charm, which was a part of the Simply Less is Moore Blog Challenge
(except that I missed the deadline...durn!)

Here, Sookie the kitten is showing off the fine details in this card.  She especially loves the balloon strings!

How did I get this shot.....

Remember you have TWO more days to sign up for the giveaway in honor of my father's 84th birthday. 

CLICK HERE!

Celebrate with us!

Super Saturday giveaway

Hello Blog Friends!
It's Saturday, April 14th and believe me.....
Yesterday was definitely a Friday the 13th and unfortunately I can't share, but you can send me happy thoughts, good wishes, healing thoughts, prayers.

But, let's talk about my sweet dad!  He turned 84 on April 3rd--we need to party!  What says party than a GiVeAwAy!  Stop here to sign up for the giveaway.

Here's my pop by in 1956

Here's the goodies you can win

How can you win this package of goodies.

Wellll...here you go:

1. Become a follower-leave a comment

2. If you're already a follower-leave a comment

3. Post a blog posting on your blog--leave a comment

4. Post another blog posting a week or more after your first posting--leave me comment

5. Share me on Facebook--leave a comment

 

This giveaway will end on April 30th at 5pm Nashville TN.  Share with your friends...or not(to keep your chances of winning high).

Time Travel Thursday

Time travel is so fun, isn't it?  We don't need no stinking special machine or Michael J. Fox!  We only need a few old photos and some memories!

Where shall we go today?

What vintage picture should I pull from the archives of our family's albums?

Since we are honoring my father's EIGHTY FOURTH birthday, let's stroll down memory lane with him. 

Remember to visit this  link to enter into a giveaway!

Here he is circa late 1950s or early 1960s.  He was a mess Sargent--which meant, he managed the food hall.  

looks like a good cup o'joe and a ham sandwich

dad is on the right

Quite handsome fella, wasn't he? No wonder my mom chased him across Germany to keep him.

Here's a picture of him in his paratrooper gear:

Can you imagine carrying around all that stuff 

I love the smile on his face!  He was in his element!

my mom took some really cool pictures.

My father is very proud of his Airbourne wings and here is an example of him coming out of a plane.  He's in this gaggle of parachutes somewhere.  I remember as a little child going to the parade grounds to watch the planes fly over and my dad was one of them jumping out.  It was cool!

WoW! Isn't that amazing!?

Double Giveaway! OH BOY!!

Hi All!
You know I'm hosting a giveaway at this posting in honor of my pop's 84 birthday. But, before we get to my giveaway...check out the cute Easter pug, Cornbread is her name(named after my dad's favorite food)

Georgie and Cornbread, the Easter Pug

What do you get an 84 year old, that has everything he needs? Money sign glasses, of course.

Click on my link above to sign up for my giveaway ending on April 30th.

 Then, stop by this blog for a wonderful giveaway Created by Cori.  Cori is trying to reach 500 followers--go visit! Here's what she's giving away!

Happy Birthday to me and its a giveaway!!

I'm celebrating 47 years on this planet today.  So glad I have a twin to share the day with!

My father's birthday was just a few days ago and in honor of his 84th birthday I'm hosting a giveaway.  

Oh yes!  I am!

Stop by this posting to enter!

It's a GIVEAWAY again! whoopeee

You may remember that for my mother's 79th birthday we celebrated the entire month of January to celebrate and then we had some lucky winners that got some GRAND prizes. 

It's my dad's birthday and we are celebrating!  This week he is

 I'm so lucky to have him around!  He tells some of the best old army stories.
Here he is leaving for Vietnam in 1969 surrounded by all his girls!



I'm the cute one..figure that one out. hahahahahaa

 His most favorite activity on the planet is golfing(after making 6 babies--sorry, got a little R rated there)
But additionally, when he's sitting, he's reading

Now he's 84 and the same father I had growing up, maybe just a little mellowed out. 


One funny thing about him and pictures is that he hates getting his picture taken.  

can you say LOVE?  57 years.....

Dad gets soooo tired of having his picture made.  When this picture was being taken he said, "God Damn, When are you going to run out of film?"  Sorry for the language peeps, but that's my dad's favorite word.  We all laughed at him because to his irritation we NEVER run out of "digital" film.  Poor dad!



Now...to the giveaway. 
In honor of my pop's 84 birthday I'm giving away 84 (or a little more) crafting items.  OH BOY!  You can't even see it all in this picture:

brads and ribbons and embellishments

stickles and crackle paint and paper and stickers

paper, paper and more paper.

How can you win this package of goodies.

Wellll...here you go:

1. Become a follower-leave a comment

2. If you're already a follower-leave a comment

3. Post a blog posting on your blog--leave a comment

4. Post another blog posting a week or more after your first posting--leave me comment

5. Share me on Facebook--leave a comment

 

This giveaway will end on April 30th at 5pm Nashville TN.  Share with your friends...or not(to keep your chances of winning high).

 

Come on let's party like we are 84 years old! 

 

PS. When I called to wish my dad a happy birthday, first I had to sing the worst rendition of "Happy Birthday" ever (family tradition). To his credit he did holler for an encore. 

 

Then I asked if he was going to paint the town red?

(in case you're not familiar with that term it means, go out and party) 

 

The cute little German lady said, "We already did that...30 years ago."
And there you go.

 

Hang on Sunday, I ain't ready to go to work AND a Giveaway

Hello Followers!
One more week to enter into the biggest giveaway EVER on this blog!  In honor of my lovely mom's 79th birthday.  (she's the lovely lady in red in the picture below)
This looks like a whole lotta people, but really, we are missing
Dad
Sister Kathy
BIL Billy
Daughters
Christina
Jennifer
Melinda
Sara
Sister Nancy
Daughter Abryanna
Son Micah
My little Brown Eyed Girl: Heather

Happy Birthday Mom!
All my the entries on at this link to WIN!!

1972 was a good year

All this rest of the month I am honor my mother's 79th birthday by hosting a ginormous giveaway! You will want to participate! Go to THIS LINK to find out how to win.  I'll need you to leave your comments on the original post....follow the link! Here's a little sneak peek.

And, there is SOOOO much more.  Here's a cute picture of my parents back in 1972.  Mom would be 39 in this picture, dad would be 45.  They are sitting next to my mother's climbing rose bush that was her pride and joy!

I'm linking this post to Pink Saturday.  Ya'll should go see the pink links on Pink Saturday!


Happy Birthday mom!  All my followers are very excited for the gift you're giving them!

57 years later.....and a Giveaway!

If you haven't heard yet, I am having a HUGE giveaway in honor of my mom's 79th birthday!  Go to THIS LINK to find out how to win.  I'll need you to leave your comments on the original post....follow the link!

Last post, I showed you a picture of my parents on their wedding day, 1955.  Here they are 57 years later.

I'm not sure what the photographer said to make my mom and Dad laugh, but it was good!  

Yes, that's a tiara on my mom's head.  She is the queen!


So, check out this goodness you can win:

In honor of my Mom's 79th bday! Come sign up for a Giveaway!

Hello Bloggy Friends!
In honor of my beautiful mom's 79th birthday I am giving away a huge, big, gigantic giveaway.

1955 wedding photo

Aren't they the sweetest couple ever? (I'm a little biased). Dad was stationed in Germany with the 101st Airborne Division, while my mother worked in Augsberg.  They met through friends, hit it off, but to my dad it was just a little romance.  He got stationed to another base and didn't tell my mom.  Word has it that my mother hunted him down at his new barracks.  (I guess today that might be called stalking) They were married in 1955 at city hall and have been together since! 


Remember you can sign up for a HUGE giveaway. You will want to participate!
Go to THIS LINK to find out how to win.  I'll need you to leave your comments on the original post....follow the link!

Wacky Doodle Wednesday! (and a Giveaway)

Hello Everyone! 
Thanks for joining me on the Wacky Doodle Wednesday posting....everyone loves a good dog picture, right?

It's a reindeer, no it's a pug.  No, a reindeer, no a pug...hummmmmm
This is Cornbread the Pug, my parent's dog.  They collect pugs like salt and pepper shakers.

Here's my dad with Cornbread and Daisy.  Cornbread, named after my father's favorite food, was given to my dad at his work. When Cornbread came to my parents home she didn't know how to eat out of a dog food bowl.  Seems like she was only ever given food from her owner's hands.  She's the best dog on the planet now...and eats just fine now.

Daisy came to my parents last Halloween.  Mom tells the story that these children came trick or treating and noticed Cornbread.  They left with their goodies and within a few minutes were knocking on the door again. This time it was a treat for my mom. ...The kids said, "You want another dog like yours?" And in their arms was Daisy. Daisy was found running through the kids neighborhood and they tried to find her owner, but weren't able too.  

We think Daisy was a puppy mill breeder.  She looked like she just had pups, was scared of people and has other mannerisms  a dog that stayed in a kennel all the time.  Today, these two pugs are like salt and pepper.  Look at this absolutely cute shot!

Remember you can sign up to win  the most beautiful tags in the world.

Feeling a little fussy?

Fussy, on a friday!?  What's the matter with me? 
If you had to share your pop's lap with a twin, you'd be fussy too!  Move over Jaymie...I need more space!

But, I'm also feeling fussy because I've entered into a "Fabulous Friday Fussy Cut" challenge over at Frosted Designs.  I'm showing off one of my first cards I made. 

I've learned many new techniques since this I made these cards and have been inspired to pull Marie out of hiding for some new cards.  The cards not only feature a Marie Antionette image, but also a BEE image.  The bee is the mascot of my women's club and these cards were made as thank you cards. 

unfortunately I didn't have the right setting on my camera and this card looks a little greenish.  It was yellow.

She's floating in the air!

Be easy on your critiques, remember these are my first cards!  I am excited to try again and make some other techniques.

TGIF,
Getcha Some,
Puddin N Pie