My sons first day of Primary

Well, yesterday was the BIG day in our house where our oldest started Primary and he has to be bused to school too (about a 45 min bus ride). He was so excited yesterday that he forgot what liquid is supposed to go on your cereal...he grabbed the juice container and poured a good 1/2 c of raspberry juice onto his "Honeynut Cheerios". When he did it is looked at me and said "Sorry mommy, but this is not a good start to my Primary day!" Lol, that just melted my heart when he said that :)! This first picture is of him after we got the juice out of his cereal, and my dh was helping him with pouring of the milk...poor guy!

This next picture is of my son holding his lunch box up, it was important that I took this picture because it is a "Lightening Mcqueen" lunch box and it si one that he picked out. See a theme here??

The following picture is my son out on our front deck showing off his "Lightening Mcqueen" backpack, and his huge smile :).

And then there is this picture with a BIGGER smile...can you tell he is excited?? Lol, poor child was so excited he didn't know if he was coming or going or what to do with himself...lol.

Here is the route we walk every morning at about 7:oo a.m. to get to my sons bus stop, nice pretty route but I must say this morning was kind of nippy. The bus comes at 7:05 a.m. and arrives back to our house at 2:13 or there abouts in the afternoon.

This next picture is of my son getting on the school bus without giving me a hug or a kiss goodbye or no wave either...no looking back. Lol, mommy felt sad then :(!

This final picture is of my son on our way home from our first day of school, and it was a super one. He loves the teacher, and he is always looking forward to going back :)! I did well, no tears in the morning...but I did miss him throughout the day. I am glad that he is going to school, glad he likes it and his teachers but there is part of me who is feeling kinda empty...know what I mean???

Thank you so much Tracy H.

Thank you so much Tracy for this fabulous card, I needed a little something in the mail today...just one of those kinda days that one needs a little surprise to brighten up their day :)! I just love that Bella stamp too and the colors of your card...made it look earthy :)!

More coasters

Here are a few more different coasters of the 6 sets of 6 that I did over the weekend :)! I am done all 6 sets, wow...took me Sunday night and all day Monday at about 3 p.m. to do all the coasters. I dropped them off at her house last night, and I hope to have them there at her shop sometime today or tomorrow :D!

This first coaster I used Baroque Motif stamp set ( I borrowed from Julie, but I have this stamp set on order right now), but I used the "Brilliance dew drop" ink to stamp the fower. It turned out a lot better than the purple "Stayzon" ink, and the Stayzon" ran together and didn't create a crisp image. Don't get me wrong it still looked good, but it just looked better with the lighter ink and sorry this image is sideways didn't notice until I uploaded it.

This coaster was stamped with archival ink, but it took too long to dry and I wasn't happy with the color of the flower...it was too orangy I thought....but other than that I am very happy how it turned out...made it look antique like :D! Those were the only two different coasters I made...the others looked like the one's I posted the other day.... Hope you liked them :D!

Have a super day :)! *sniff, sniff* my son starts Primary tomorrow, and he doesn't want me to meet him at the school...he said "Don't worry mommy I will always come home to you at the end of my day!" Lol, what a sweetie pie :)!

Check this craft space out

Okay, I found this link on another blog *can't remember who's it was, I'll blame it on 5 nights no sleep*. This is one of the most neat, organized craft room I've seen...just amazing, if you click on a drawer or anywhere in the room it will open up and show you what is inside. This lady even has little drawers for her scrap pieces of paper and they are color coordinated :o!!!!! Wow is all I have to say...ok here's the link: http://www.kevinandamanda.com/photos/scraproom/new/.

Enjoy!!

My HUGE coaster project

Okay, here are the first batch of coasters that I have made up for a friend of mine...I will probably use several of these images over again so I won't post them all multiple times. I still have 4 more sets to make...but I might make another 2 sets for her just in case she wants or needs more. The first coaster I used the "Doodle This" stamp set, I love how this one turned out and I love the swirls on the sides :)!

For this next coaster, I used the "Baroque Motif" SU stamp set...I also used both the red and the black "Stayz On" ink. I first stamped and cut out the flower images on a piece of paper, next I stuck them to the tile and then stamped the swirls pattern over top of them. Next, I unpeeled the cut out images and I was left with the spots I was going to stamp my flowers. I then took the small flower stamp and inked it up with red ink then stamped the flowers where I had marked them out before. That technique is called "Masking", for those of you who didn't know...I am new to this "Masking Technique". This one turned out really nicely I think :D! It looks better in person I must say, this image looks too dark...hmm..oh well !!

This next coaster is also from the "Doodle This" SU stamp set, and also another stamp that I like to use :D! I used black "Stayz On" ink for this image too...I found that you had to let the ink totally dry before you sprayed on the Acrylic protective coating on your coaster. If you don't you will have your ink run and make a mess of your coaster...and we don't want that now do we!

On this coaster I used a stamp that I had recieved from Kim from Creative Diversions blog a few weeks ago, and I think tha this was the perfect medium to use this stamp with. It looks kind of Irish or Gaelic or something...anywho, I LOVE how it turned out :)!

The next coaster I used the branch stamp from the "Best Blossoms" SU set, I love how it turned out...what a neat look!

This next stamp set that I used on the next coaster is called the "Asain Garden", it is a clear acrylic stamp set that I picked up from the Photo Memoriesstore in Bayers Lake. It is the store I always get my really nice cardstock for good and fancy shmancy projects :)! I really enjoy using this stamp set...it is put out by "Gel-A-Tin" stamp company. I just got the Birthday "Gel-A-Tin" set the other day at the new stamping/scrapbooking store I found out in Tantallon.

The next coaster I used Penny Blacks script stamp, I just really love all of Penny Blacks stamps but I must say I really like the Hedgehogs :D!

Michael's s $1.5o stamps

I found some new Michael's $1.5o stamp sets yesterday when I was out, and they had a pile left...this would be the Michael's at the Dartmouth Crossings and not the one out in Bayers Lake area. I just love "Hip, Hip, Horray" set, the "Friends Forever" set and the "Just For you" set and the "Happy Birthday set" oh heck...I LOVE them all :P! Oh yeah, they aren't in the usual spot in the multi leveled basket....they are in the long bin unit as you come in the door to the left...and are in the side that is closest to the door.

If you want to get odd looks and comments

Lol, so yesterday I was asked by a friend to make her several (6 different sets of six coasters), I know that is a lot of tile. Anywho, I went to my friendly neighbourhood Home Depot to get the tumble tile that I use to make the coasters. I knew exactly where the section was, I didn't neeed help or anything like that...but one of the employees felt that he had to come talk to me. So he did the usual, "ummmm, hi can I help you?" phrase and I explained that I was just getting several packages of the tile. He said oh you must be doing a floor or a countertop with those...I said that I wasn't using it for counter tops or floors...that I am not that ambitious and I don't have that much patience. Lol, he looked at me kinda weird and said then what on earth are you using it for?? I said I was making Coasters, again I get an odd look, so I then explained that I was making something for drinks to go on. Lol, he just said "I see, well good luck with that!" and he walked away. Once I got to the cash, the lady there made sort of the same comment about my tiles...I explained to her what I was doing with all this tile and she thought it was a great idea. I was worried I would have to write down the instructions for several people who overheard me telling the cashier. I didn't in the end...just gave very detailed easy instructions for them to follow. Isn't it funny how some people would never think that something has a multi-purpose use, perhaps this is just something us artsy people have and others lack...I dunno.
I also had 2 people in two different stores ask me what aisle I got my dd in, because they didn't see her anywhere in any aisle. I said that she was in the adhiesive aisle,lol, because at this age they need to be stuck to their mommies and around no one else...tee hee...Lol, these were elderly people too...too funny!