School Starts Today!

Today is a big day....Jules starts her Senior year and Izzy begins high school...

I was lucky to get this one of Izzy...she is really nervous about starting high school

Jules on the other hand was all set...Here she is rocking her vintage dress...with combat boots...

 and a leather studded backpack!!

and since it has been a month since I posted,

 here are a few pictures from when I took the girls on a little college visit/vacation up the coast.

 We stopped to take pictures at an overlook near Lake Cachuma..

At the Apple Farm Inn in San Luis Obispo..

We also visited the little town of Solvang...a "Danish" village full of cute little shops!

 

The girls in front of this amazing metal artwork on a wall....wish I could find someone to make some for me!!

.A photo which actually has me in it!!  On the pier in Santa Barbara..

Sharing some new creations!

I was busy scrapping this weekend and thought I would share...

Cruise Photos

I can't take credit for these photos...her friend took them.

Beautiful Sunsets on our cruise.

Quick pictures on our trip to the sample sales in LA.

Love these photos of Jules being silly with the sparklers!!

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I hope everyone enjoyed the blog hop and online crop at

  Cookin' Up Creations this past weekend.

The winner of my drawing is...

Sheng!

Please send me your email and I will get your prize out to you quickly!!

Christmas In July Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the CHRISTMAS IN JULY blog hop, 

hosted by the 

Cookin' Up Creations Master Chef Challenge Team!

We hope our projects and craft ideas will help you get a head start on your holiday crafting. If you have been following the hop route, then you should have come from Jan's blog. If not, and you would like to follow along the complete blog hop itinerary, please start at the Cookin' Up Creations Blog so you won't miss any of the fantastic projects and inspiration the "chefs" have cooked up for you.

My holiday project is an easy to make gift card holder.  I can't take credit for coming up with the original idea as I found it on the
  Hero Arts Blog...  

First, cut a 4 x 12 strip of  cardstock for the body of the card:

Score at 4" from each end (in other words, divide into 3 equal parts)

I used my cutter as a guide you can use the scoring blade or a scoring stick..both work perfectly..

Take center section and score in half

Cut slit for gift card to go into

glue section together

Not sure if you can see the glue but go along the edges leaving an open space in the middle where the gift card will go.  Don't glue the slit closed!!!

Decorate card... I wanted to bring out the fushia from the ribbon so I backed the card on matching paper and used some on the inner section too.

I used a sticker on the middle section that will also hold the gift card in place.  

I hope you  enjoy the finish product..these would be perfect for use all year round!!

 Now be sure to go next to Michelle's blog to see what holiday inspiration she has cooked up for you.  So you can make sure you have visited everyone, here is the list again...

Cookin' Up Creations

Annette

 Annie

 Barb 

Cassy 

Jan

 Jo( you are here!!!) 

Michelle 

Sandy 

Tamara

 Our blog hop continues through Sunday evening, July 22 and be sure to stop by the
  Cookin' Up Creations forum for our
 CHRISTMAS IN JULY CROP
this weekend, starting Friday, July 20 and continuing through Sunday, July 22.
There will be more Christmas and holiday inspiration, challenges, and games. 

And for those of  you who have made it all the way to the end of this post, there is a treat for you.  Become a follower of my blog and post that you did and you will be entered in a drawing for some goodies from me!!

Blog Hop and Online Crop at CUC!!

Come join the fun... The blog hop will start here...

June...

Well, I guess I haven't posted in a month.... make that almost 2... So much went on during June so here is a quick summary...

We started the month with 8th grade promotion events for Izzy...
The Dance...

 The Ceremony....

Then that weekend was Brock's Company party at their new site...

of course, another opportunity for a photo of Izzy!!

Then a trip to the San Diego County Fair...

Izzy submitted a photo and received a ribbon...pretty good as there were thousands of entries!!

Doggie haircuts...

A trip to the LA markets to clothes shop at the sample sales..

One of my layouts got picked up for Layout of the Week at two different sites in the same week!!

 Veggies are planted......

   Now on to July.....

Happy Birthday Cookin Up Creations!

Come join us for a party...a scraping party that is..

There will be lots of challenges, games and prizes!!!

CHS Prom 2012

Prom time is here.  I have loved seeing the photos of friend's children all dressed up!!  Well,  our turn happened yesterday!

Here are some photos of Juliet and her date Shon before they went to meet up with the "group".  We took them to the beach and took some nice shots.  I will remember that heels and sand do not mix in the future!!

They were so cute doing the flower exchange...a true life skill...how to pin on a boutonniere without stabbing yourself:

We still have 4 weeks of school which are going to be very busy!!