How'd you do that!?

Trying something from Crafting Journey toot ! I was visiting different blogs today and ran across this tutorial on how to add pictures side-by-side on my blog.  I can NEVER get my pictures to line up, so I just had try this out!

A few years back, my little brown eyed girl chose to raise money for St. Balderick's. Ever heard of it?  It's an organization that raises funds to fight childhood cancer.  The premise is, you raise money to shave your head on St. Patty's day.  Here's a link to their homepage St.Baldricks.  My little girl had this long luxurious brown hair, but she raised $1500 and followed through by shaving her head.  Then true to her style, she rocked the look.  Check it out!

the little brown eyed girl BALD

 She knows how to rock it 

Breaking and entering at the cookie office.

Hello Dear Followers,
This girl has had a long week in my work life..
Many of you know that I work for Girl Scouts (of Middle TN)

And, although I'm not selling the cookies, I'm managing a whole bunch of little brownies selling!  There are truck loads and truck loads of cookies in Middle TN right now.  If your area isn't selling cookies yet...then drive on over to Middle TN.  Come get you some!

But, besides all the cookie drama...there was a break in at the Girl Scout office this week.



No.



I'm


not


kidding.



Thursday night some thug broke into my office building and not only thrashed my office, but several other offices. 
What the hell did he think he was going to find in the Girl Scout office?
And, oh, by the way....the burglar left my 7 year old laptop that was sitting there so nicely--just waiting for a new home. 
He can grab a jar of change worth about $20
but
not
a
seven
year
old
laptop.

That I need replaced anyway!?  Couldn't he have at least vandalized it, show some mercy!  Then I could've claimed it on the insurance and got a new one. 
But,
NOOOOOOOO
the guy goes for the shiny quarters.
All I gotta say is....come back you darn thug...come get this great, wonderful, perfect shape(actually missing several keys on the keys board and the touch pad doesn't work anymore.)
**raising fist in the air**

By the way, no cookies were harmed or stolen in the incident.

Hold on Sunday, I ain't ready for Monday

It's another lazy Sunday in Nashville TN.  There was a spittering of snow here for the first time this year.  But, that snow has long melted and now it's just a rainy, dreary day.

Remember several posts ago I confessed that I haven't put any photo albums or scrapbooks together for probably 20 years.

I decided to tackle a little bit of that by making my little brown eyed girl a scrapbook. It will probably take awhile...but that doesn't matter, does it?

I recently purchased some Tattered Angel glimmer mists and some mistable papers....

The background paper was originally white with printing.  I sprayed it with cranberry  zing, patina and suede.

Don't tell the MR. but I do believe I'll need to purchase some more of those.....I have recently had to join the local Paper Addict Anonymous(PAA) because of my need for paper.  Yesterday I should've been running other errands, instead I was handling, smelling and eyeing the paper at my local dealer--Michaels. 

I'm including this layout in the Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge by using brads and eyelets.  

Note the black flower brads with delicious pearl centers.  There is also a brad in the tag, but it's hard to see. 

I'm not sure about the tag with the "circa". It's a little hard to read.

 I added a doily, spraying it with the patina (I was using that spray for a lot of stuff today)
I threaded a black ribbon through the doily and used a bit of RAK from Gerri Herbst fun little game!

 Using my Cricut cartridges: Cindy Loo for the frame, Savory for "SWEET" I had originally planned  on putting "Sour" on the page too...but decided against it.  

I was 27 and my girl was 6.  (the girl is now 25, soon to be 26)  My how time flies.
I may add some more to this page...but that's the fun, right?

Card pattern 152

Hello All,
It's been a crazy busy world in the Girl Scout cookie business this week.  Cookies were delivered last week....I should post some of those pictures.  Watch for a posting this week.  Additionally, I've had a whole bunch of other things going on and I have so missed visiting the blog world.

Here's my entry into the Card Pattern weekly challenge.

I challenged myself to be more creative this year...to enjoy playing with my new cricut machine and to participate in more challenges.  Soooo....here's my entry:

Simple, yet elegant. One of my favorite laces on the planet. Should have taken a close up of it.

Every year for several now, I have celebrated  "Love your sister" day  I am pushing for it to become a National Holiday.  One day...one day!  They have fathers day, mothers day, grandparents, bosses day, secretaries day, ground hog day, why not Sister Day!  

remember, I'm the cute on in the front.....

Here are my other 4 sister's cards.

A little over the top with embellishes, but hey, why not!

for the crossword puzzle lover.

I love the banner, the brown and blue and the little bird perched on the heart.

simple and a little quirky.  Was trying a little something different.

See you tomorrow!  (it's Saturday!)

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

Most everyone that reads my blog regularly knows that I'm on a mission to ban Mondays.  And, today is no different.  BUT, if we have to get moving and head to work...let's start out the week with some kick A$$.  Last night's grammy performance of Katy Perry.  Which to me was saying F-you to Russell Brand.

Watch the live performance and no...it isn't a technical difficulty....

Love your sister day.

I'm entering this card into the Card Patterns Challenge Sketch #151 It's my first card to enter into this blog challenge. 

I need to invest in a better camera. 

Love My Sis

Each year I send my sisters a little prezzy to tell 'em how much I love them.  It's started several years ago when I was whining to myself about being single on Valentines Day...I was single for 11 years--loooonnnnggg time.  So, I decided, "I'm not whining anymore!"  And decided to share my love with my sisters on the 13th.  I would like to declare it a National Holiday and get the credit for creating the holiday.  (I'm not humble am I).
So, Women of Blog Land...go celebrate your sisters on February 13th.  Show them how much you love them! 

This is  a very busy weekend for me!  This is why!

I have three deliveries this weekend...no gym for me!

Dirt and Glitter cover the Floor

We are back with a popular feature for this blog!
Sing a long Thursdays!
Every morning I wake up with a song in my head and on Thursday I try to share that song with you. 
So...
Let's get to it!

Have you been surfing your tv channels and ever run across a video where unicorns are wearing tuxedos, dancing with each other and then a gun fight breaks out in the middle of the dance floor.  Hundreds of innocent unicorns are shot and bleed rainbows? 
No?
Never?
Oh, then you are in for a treat!

And here's the video. You'll probably hate it, but ...you're here on my blog.....I can download any video I want...Watch it and be intrigued or completedly revolted. Your choice.
PS. No mythical creatures were harmed in the making of this video.