I heart crafty things...

Ahhh it's Tuesday... which means tonight after work I will go to yoga with a friend and I will force my body to stop and relax. Which I so need.

Speaking of relaxing, I got lots of time this past weekend to make some crafty things. I'm hoping that in 2010 I will get to make something... each week-even if it is small. 2010 is "operation use your stash." I am starting to get overwhelmed by the scrapbooking stash I have in my house... I bought it all at one point or another because I liked it... WHY DO I NOT USE IT? So this weekend I used what I had and I liked the results....

Here are some cards I made this week. It's a set of valentines day cards. We don't celebrate valentine's day a ton... but I love the reds and pinks that the holiday brings.

I made some snazzy envelopes to match:

I made some tags, using some red tags I had in my stash and a stamp that is way underused.

These last tags are stamped with 3 of my favorite stamps. I am in love with anything tree, owl, or bird.

That's all for today. Gotta go get ready for work!

H.

Sunday Funday

Since school hasn't started yet I spent much of my weekend watching football and crafting. I am so glad that I did. I am relaxed and ready to tackle the work week.

Lots of crafty pictures to come tomorrow.

Athough Jon is sad the Patriots lost and are now out of the playoffs... I couldn't be happier that the Jets won. Although I wish I got to watch the game with my dad... a win is always a good thing.

Go Jets!!!!


Happy Sunday Friends!

H.

New Beginnings

I'll admit, in 2009 I was not a good blogger. To be honest 2009 kicked my butt. Instead of focusing on a few things I let anything and everything control my time.

Because of this my goal is to re-focus my priorities in 2010 and will spend my time doing things that I get enjoyment out of. So expect more crafting and blogging from this girl. And get this... I am even planning on doing scrapbooking layouts. Up until this point---- I was not really a layout person, however over the holidays I realized that I don't have anything to show for 2009 besides photos. All of my craft projects were for other people.

With that--- here are the rest of my 2010 resolutions:

To read the books in my personal library and to utilize the RI public library (Instead of buying new)

To try to be healthier... (work out more, eat less cake--- which is a struggle since I could really just eat dessert for every meal.)

To de-clutter my life.... (clutter is starting to stress me out. I need to learn to only keep around what I truly enjoy)

To stay in better touch with people... (I live away from most everyone I have ever known throughout my life. I need to try to stay in better touch with those that have meant so much to me in the past...)

To remember "me"---(sometimes I get running around for everyone else and lose sight of what's important to me.)

I know it's a hefty list... but I think I can do it. :)

Happy 2010 everyone, may it be a year full of love and laughs.

H.

How Can it Be????

That one week has passed since the American Idol Finale? I can't believe it! I watched it for weeks and weeks and now what am I going to watch? Is there anything on this summer?



GO KRIS ALLENNNNNNN......

Playing Catch up to My life....

Oh my goodness!!! Where did April and May go????? It has been a whirlwind! It seems like Easter was yesterday!

Here are the easter projects that were gifts to my mom:

Since Easter I have finished my first semester of Business school @ Babson


I have finished 150 wedding invitation packets (RSVP cards, direction sheet and Reception Cards)....(Sorry about the dark photos--- it was raining outside so I couldn't get an outdoor photo)



I have found some neat flea market finds....



I have helped make bridal shower @ work favors for my friend Jenny


and I finished up my last 2 projects @ bella.... they both were sooooo fun to make... and introduced me to scrapbooking with the color orange... which now I'm obsessed with...

And now I have to go to work....

Have a good day!!!!!

What a gorgeous day....

Oh my goodness it's nice out today... Jon went to a softball tournament in Virginia this weekend... so I'm here all by myself! It just so happened that today was the first day of the local flea market for the season! It was wonderful. I got a nice outdoor iron table and chairs for when we bbq. It was a steal! I even got the guy to deliver it. Jon is in for a nice surprise when he comes home... He just loves to come home to new goodies :) He's such a sport..



The only other thing I bought was a neat plate... (after spending my flea market budget all on the table and chairs I was trying to be conservative...)



I'm off to do some school stuff and maybe I'll sneak in a couple crafty things before bed.

Have a lovely day!

Time passes by soooo fast....

Since I started my MBA in January.... fun moments have been erased from most of my days. It was a little expected but not this expected. I go to work till a little after 5 and go to school after... then the nights I'm not at school I'm doing work or stressing about work. I NEED TO RELAX. So this last weekend we did just that. We went to Jamaica... Just from Friday-Monday but it was sooooo worth it.

It began with our bus trip to our resort... where con man gave us some red stripe beer. (Yes he had a name badge sewed into his shirt that read con man... Welcome to Jamaica Holly...)



then we arrived at our resort... at first we kinda thought we were at the wrong place it was sooo nice. I would strongly recommend Jamaica as a nice all inclusive vacation. Here are some photos from our trip...

These are the inside/outside of the villas. Each villa is about 35 rooms... soo nice doesn't make it seem like a large resort even though it is!





They have like 7 beaches... and most people hang at the pool since that's where most of the bars are so the beaches are very private. One morning we were alone until almost noon before someone came to join us...



Overall I returned relaxed and re-energized. It helps that I basically just laid on the beach and drank fruity cocktails while reading beach reads like "Confessions of a Shopaholic" but if I could learn anything from the Jamaican people it would be to slow down my pace. They do EVERYTHING slow and seem to be having the best time ever.

I'll leave you with a couple cards I made this week for 2 co-workers that are expecting babies soon!





Moving forward I have made a vow to incorporate fun into my school/work life. This weekend I plan on scrapbooking my heart out. Lots of fun pictures to follow...