Lots of new Stuff!

I guess the mood struck :)

I've got some fun new stuff for you all and it's all available in my OAKS store now!

I was just messing around on the computer the other day and I came up with what looked like glitter glue! I thought it looked fun and cute so I made this Alpha.

Includes: Lower & Uppercase letters and numbers 0-9, plus various symbols.

**All images created at 300 ppi, dropshadows for preview purposes only**

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The Forces of Nature Paper Collection.

Includes the Four Basic Elements: Air, Fire, Water, and Earth.
24 grungy solids in all. Buy the full collection and save 33%!

Complete Collection

Air

Water

Fire

Earth

I have these frames all over my home and I really like them so I thought I would make some for you all to enjoy.

Set Includes:

1-4x6 inch matted frame

1-5x7 inch matted frame

1-8x8 inch matted frame

1-8x10 inch matted frame

1-12x12 inch matted frame

Collage Frame comes as a merged png and in layers so that you have the option of using it as a shadow box, as seen in preview. The separate frame piece IS pre-shadowed but all other finished pieces are unshadowed.

**All images were created at 300 ppi for quality printing, dropshadows added to final product for preview purposed only. 100% digital!**

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Hmmm Cake Balls...

Thanks to THIS thread at DST today I made cake balls. What are cake balls you ask? Well, Im glad you did because I didn't know either. So I googled for a recipe and found a very easy one at Allrecipes.com. Turns out I had all the ingredients already in the house! That never happens to me. Every time I want to do something fun, I have to plan ahead. But not today!

I thought it would be a fun project for me and the little boys to do together and it was. However, we started this at 3 pm and I JUST now finished and it's 7:45 pm. I did take abreak to cook and eat dinner.

Anyway, what are cake balls? Here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS
1 (18.25 ounce) package cake mix
1 (16 ounce) container prepared frosting
1 (3 ounce) bar chocolate flavored confectioners coating

DIRECTIONS

Bake cake as directed. Let cool for about 15 minutes, crumble into a large bowl while still warm.

Stir in container of frosting and mix well. Form small balls using either your hands or a melon baller. Place in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes so they are weell chilled.

Meanwhile, melt chocolate stirring constantly. Use a toothpick and a large spoon to coat balls. Place on waxed paper to set. You could even do muffin cups if you wanted.

My notes: I used a package of chocolate chips, but I found this was not enough chocolate so I added in some pure chocolate truffles I had in the house LOL! Hmmmm yummy.

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Deck The Halls

Today, I got a break!

Amazing right? My husband was so sweet to me today. He banished me to my room for the entire morning, where I sat with my laptop half watching "The Prince & Me" and surfing the internet. He also brought me breakfast in bed and kept the kids downstairs and out of my hair.

Then my mom came to pick me up so that we could go buy Alex's birthday present, pick up some Christmas decorations, and we also had to pick up his birthday cake. Yes, it is my baby's birthday. He is 12 today. Twelve years ago, I gave birth to an 8 lb baby boy! Anyway, that's another topic. Back to the decorations.

We went back to the house and put up the new Christmas lights that she just bought. Dan brought home a box of lights from work and I wanted the boys to put them up on our porch but when we tested them only half the strand worked so we couldn't. I would really love to get some of those LED Christmas lights. They use so little energy and they can be used all year round. They cost about $50 to operate 2000 LED Christmas lights for 8 hours a day for a year! Sounds good to me.

Oh and I got my Christmas shopping done finally too! I cannot wait to watch my niece open her gift from us, it is way too cute! I love giving gifts.

Anyway, I am off to bed. I hope you all had a great weekend and have an even better week!

So much to do!

And so little time! Sorry I haven't blogged yet today, I have been up to my eyeballs in work today. I have literally been glued to my laptop today designing away like a maniac! What is it you say? Well,I can't tell you just yet lol. Sorry, but I promise you it will be well worth the wait!

I am also in the middle of redoing all my previews to get ready for the Grand RE-Opening of Purple Paper Flowers!! I am very excited about this store, I have very high hopes for PPF.

I am hoping to go up to my brother's hosue tonight to go meet my new niece, so I am excited about that too. I can't wait to get some pictures of the little one so I can scrap them. I really want to make her a pretty little Baby's First Christmas Ornament for her. I found a really nice one that you can have a photo put on it at Shutterfly. It's pewter with a little red ribbon to hang it from. Really pretty, I can't wait!!

Exciting News!

I am extremely proud to announce that Dan and I are auntie and uncle again!!

Miss Makayla Louis was born early this morning weighing a whopping 8+ lbs and 21 inches long. I don't have all the details yet, I only got a phone call from my mom who was staying with Big Sister Alexia while they went to the hospital. I am sure I will have more details and pictures soon!

It's really kind of funny because Alexia was so much smaller, over a pound and 2 inches smaller (she's my peanut) and she wasn't too much earlier than Makayla.. just a few days but the girls are exactly 18 months apart. Both born on the 13th's of their birth months.. Shala got what she wanted!! She told me before they got pg that she wanted another baby when Lexia was around 18 months.

I will have to wait til they get home to visit though because Dan won't be home tonight :( Ah well.. it'll be better that way :)

Nighty-Night

Yesterday I was beyond exhausted, I was so tired that I got offline at 9 pm and was in bed by 10:30. Usually, I am at the very least up til 11:30 or midnight. I don't sleep very well at night. I was taking Ambien and it was really helping but since I am paying out of pocket for them, I haven't been able to afford the $40 per week.

It never really fails though, even when I go to bed at a decent hour I end up tossing and turning for hours on end and if I happen to fall asleep right away I don't wake up refreshed like I should.

Which leads me to believe that maybe it is my mattress. We inherited a brand new mattress from Dan's parents when we first moved back to California. I'm not really sure why he accepted it when we had a perfectly good and very comfortable mattress that was only a few years old.

If I were to get a new mattress, I would really want a tempurpedic mattress. You know, the memory foam ones. That just sounds amazingly comfortable to me. I've used a Memory foam pillow before and I loved it. Just something about the idea of it conforming to every contour of your body, sounds extremely relaxing. I might even enjoy going to bed that way!

Does anyone out there have one of these? Do you like it? Do you sleep well?