Thursday
05Apr2007
Thursday. WAAAAY better. Let's play tag! :D
Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 09:53PM Thanks to a good night’s sleep, the typical “It’s not Wednesday anymore!” high I get on Thursdays, and my chance to get some work done, today was way better. Thank you for the well wishes. :) Everyone around me (ants included) must have understood that I so did NOT need a repeat of yesterday, and in fact, I needed a better day than usual, just to make up for how much yesterday sucked.
10 for Thursday:
- Know and love Jason Gaylor and his FREE Photoshop brushes of deliciousness? (Yeah. Me too.) Have you checked out FlyGuy? He created an incredible set of Dr. Seuss Photoshop brushes, among others, and the best part? Just like Jason’s, they’re FREE for personal use. Holy cow. Go grab ‘em, and leave him some love.
- I happened on this great web application that lets you design your own modern bedding. These designs are AMAZING, and you can pick all your own embroidery colors. Super cool for the “someday when I have money” file… Sure, you can get a silk one with custom embroidery for $800.00, but the cotton numbers are actually pretty reasonable.
- I’m becoming a bit of an etsy junkie (at least for lurking/looking/playing with the really killer user interface they have over there - proving again that you can take the girl out of the user interface design job, but you can’t take the user interface designer out of the girl… or the editor, or the instructional designer, or the general reading nerd… ;)). Crafters unite to make cool stuff! I found this super-cute handmade stained glass pendant. Everything from this designer is so cool! Got any favorites on Etsy? Link me up!
- And another Etsy find. I LOVE this artwork. Wow. I totally want this one for Elliott’s room.
- Those Were the Days monthly scrapbook kit club has moved to a new home. Kirsten, with the help of her designers, puts together some seriously AWESOME kits, mixtures of patterned paper, seriously COOL embellishments, and (hooray!) matching cardstock. Inspirational layouts designed each month by Nisa Fiin, Kristina Contes, Amanda Probst, Danielle Calhoun, and Caroline Ikeji. Some real heavy hitters there. :)
- My newest issue of Domino magazine, which recognizes my need for really clean-lined, modern decor, but pushes me into the eclectic stuff in inspiring ways. Pretty good for a magazine, I say. They showed me this couch from Room + Board, which they showed me that I really MUST have for our front room (formerly dining room with navy blue paint and a really busted old chandelier, now empty room with great paint, great natural light, a red vase full of in the corner, and a train table). We are saying, no. We do not want a dining room to be the room you walk into when you enter our house. Wainscoting, shmainscoting, right? We are just not dining room people. Not yet. Not mini-van people either, come to think of it. Are these two things related?
- I checked in on my beautiful shoes over at Anthropologie, and yep. Still love them. I think it’s time to buy. I remember the days when I didn’t have to think very hard about buying shoes or not. Then I had two kids, quit my job, and bought a house. Many more things to take up the cash every month. Many fewer opportunities for splurging on shoes (even ones that sing to me).
- Spied a beautiful necklace over there as well. I really have this thing for light bright blue and green/blue these days. It’s showing up all over the place and totally catching my eye lately.
- The new Beacon Hill and Chasing Butterflies lines from Daisy D’s. More of the same grungy romantic distressed papers, but in brighter colors. But the real knockout are their rub-ons - same great digi-flavor as their MT release, but with cool new themes (new sets here, and here, and here). Sets perfect for All-about-me pages, family pages, boy pages, and for Mother’s day. Not the shmoopy Mother’s day, either. But cool Mother’s day. :)
- As much a favorite as a PSA: A reminder that if you’re looking for Fancy Pants the scrapbook company, do not type Fancypants.com, or you’ll be unpleasantly surprised. Even googling brings you tennis underwear, a Bob Hope movie from 1950, and a very random video game… so just for the record, it’s Fancy Pants Designs.
- And yeah, I know this is #11. But I just saw this one on the news, and sitting here with the laptop, had to go check it out. There’s a guy who has started up a company at Justin.tv. It stars Justin, who is streaming his life, live, 24 hours a day, via a video cam and mic attached to his hat, and a cell broadcaster in a backpack he wears. He’s playing poker right now. :P You can watch him sleep, eat, you guessed it. Totally a live version of the Truman Show. But it’s cooler than this. Check out this article on it right here. So what does “live vlogging” mean for us?
Your Top 10!
And now the challenge:
For tomorrow, blog about your Top 10 - 10 things that are making you happy right now. Doesn’t have to be scrapbook products, or handmade jewelry, or anything fancy (ahem… pants designs), but I hope you link me up, and then tag a few friends. Let’s see if we can get some love out in blogland for a Friday, okay? :D
Post back to this thread with your blog entry, and on Monday I’ll draw for a couple of RAKs, ok? :D
See you tomorrow for PSF!
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-having 4 days off in a row from work
-almost finishing my ireland mini scrapbook
-the georgeous full moon outside my window now
-knowing I am spring cleaning my house tomorrow and how wonderful it feels
-having the landscapers come and give my home some curb apeal
-having a husband who supports my hobby {scrap booking} and all the costs that it involves
-eating my chocolate bunny
-watching a movie every nite that i am off
-having my husband grill me the worlds best cheeseburgers
-looking forward to planet earth on discovery channel this sunday nite
http://glimpseofserenity.blogspot.com/
* ealry morning walks
* fresh squeezed OJ
* capturing that perfect smile thru my camera
* Friday date night
* canoodling with me hubby
* new shoes
* completing a scrapbook project
* hugs, hugs, and more hugs!
* getting into those favorite pair of jeans that didn't fit 4 weeks ago
* chatting it up with an old friend
http://chrissyw.blogspot.com/
thanks!
http://cynthiagarrett.typepad.com/
thanks for the challenge...got the magazine too and LOVE IT !
2. blog Jessica Sprague & Ali Edwards
3. blog La petite Anglaise
4. My Nikon D200 camera
5. Designer digitals
6. Making new banners for my blog makes me happy... I especially like my Easter banner - OK, shameless plug.
http://photocatseyes.typepad.com
7. Reading my email in the morning with a cup of coffee
8. photograhp my daily life
9. the little lambs in the meadow behind my house
10. The travels I do with my hubby in the States
Are ten of my favorite things in life... I am very happy right now. Shooting lots and doing lots of scrap books and altered books. I am a happy camper!
http://mollyatc.blogspot.com
http://jillmarie7276.blogspot.com/
http://allysonbrightmeyer.typepad.com
http://tashaerin.blogspot.com/
10. That my soon-to-be-2 yr old, Sean, still takes a nap:-)
9. My scrapping splurge of a Clip-It-Up, pricey but now I can see all my goodies and it makes me wanna create everytime I walk by!
8. That the eggs are filled and ready for the hunt on Sunday. Love crossing things off a list.
7. "Are You Alright" by Lucinda Williams, "See the World" by Gomez, and Brandi Carlile's "Happy" (tangent: do you know "When I Was a Boy" by Dar Williams...your long-ago post about the whole gender happy meal toys that was so good reminded me of it--seek it out. a classic)
6. Knowing what's for dinner tonight (and avoiding the 4:45 brain freeze)
5. 80 degrees in our yard today but snow still on the La Sal mountain tops. Heaven.
4. Sharp scissors. Love that.
3. Good mail
2. 2 unviewed DVDs waiting for us this weekend
1. Not eating all the mini cadbury eggs...at least not yet!
Top 10 things I enjoy-in no particular order.
1. Visiting my Favorite websites each day to see what's new & exciting. A few of my favorites are Jessica Sprague, Designer Digitals, Jen Wilson Designs, DD Blog, etc.
2. My imac computer. Can't live without it.
3. Spring because with that comes warm weather and sandals.
4. My new addiction to Facebook.
5. Seeing my Flowers grow in my Garden.
6. Soon owning a Canon Rebel XTi Digital Camera
7. Photoshop Fridays-I just love Jessica's Layouts. I hope to soon make my first Hybrid Page.
8. Coming home to my Husband and two wonderful Cats named Gibby & Riley.
9. Looking forward in seeing the movie Grindhouse.
10. Doing some home renovation.
Thanks Jessica!
I added my top 10 to my blog here:
http://paper-cat.blogspot.com/2007/04/top-10-happy-list-and-other-stuff.html
thanks for the prompt - I needed to remember the happy stuff just about now!
http://heidizblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-top-10.html
Thanks for the challenge. I got happy just listing my happy things! Here's mine: http://www.kookaloo.com/?p=18
Here :p
Heres my happystuff at the moment: http://scrappelappeland.blogspot.com/
1. Spring is coming
2. Fresh coat of paint on the walls
3. Taking pictures of my family
4. Mailbox full of scrapbook magazines
5. New books
6. Watching my son ride his bike without his training wheels
7. Scrapbooking
8. Spring cleaning- can not wait for winter to end
9. Tulips are coming up
10. All the blessings God has given me
Sandi
http://lindsaydaniel.blogspot.com/2007/04/10-things-i-love.html
Cheers from Australia.
1. God's blessings and Easter sacrifice
2. My family
3. Sweet funny things my kids say
4. New spring shoes
5. Unseasonably warm and sunny (for Oregon) spring day
6. Single grande peppermint nonfat with whip mochas from Starbucks
7. New scrap supplies
8. Sally Jean necklace
9. Blogs, email and IM and scrapping via webcam with my sister
10. Computer Tricks for Scrapbooking
thanks! happy Easter, happy spring.
1. Seeing new art in the galleries from my son, Sam
2. My 5 month old grandson, Connor
3. My 20 month old grandson, Mason
4. Crawling around on the floor making car noises
5. Warm weather in WI
6. Quiet time to create
7. An organized house
8. A bag of red licorice when I am not on a diet
9. Having a student say they love to read
10. The family healthy
Thank Thor for Jessica Sprague. Not only does her scrapbooking rock my world and provide endless inspiration, but her blogs about life in general make me smile. Her latest suggestion, to write about the top 10 things that make me happy right now, couldn't have come at a better time. I wasn't in the best of moods yesterday, and forcing myself to take a step back and remember all the good things in my life is theraputic (and much cheaper than a therapist).
So, in no particular order...
1) The latest love of our life, Jacopo. In just over a month he has tested and strengthened my patience, expanded my heart, and brought us so much joy. Seriously, we couldn't have picked a better pup. We got sooo lucky. And it makes my heart swell to see that everybody who's met him just loves him to pieces, too (although it does make it difficult to get out of Petsmart in under an hour). Poor thing just had half his manhood taken away this past weekend, but he's recovering just fine. The real trick is keeping him from being too active! (Haha, good joke, Mrs. Vet. April Fools, right?)
2) Maeve Binchy. Her writing makes me laugh out loud. I get so incredibly wrapped up in her characters in just a few sentences - now that is power. I just finished her most recent book, which you can check out here (or you can get it at Costo, like I did ). I think its the best she's published in years.
3) That my mother made it out of surgery with no complications. She had the big H done on Friday, and as of Saturday night she was back home and doing fine, albeit tired. But her pain seems to be pretty minimal, and the real challenge now is to keep her from overdoing it while she's at home recovering! Unfortunately her being down for the count meant no Easter get-together this year (or as we lovingly nicknamed it last year, Boozeaster), but I gladly gave it up for her good health. We'll just make it extra-big next year!
4) In the Easter vein, Reeses Easter Eggs make me very happy. Nuff said.
5) Also in that vein, my mom being bedridden for a month means I get the chance to finally teach her digital scrapbooking and how to use Photoshop Elements. And that makes me super happy, because it combines two of my favorite things: digi scrapping and teaching!
6) My new wedges for spring, from Aerosoles. They've wised up in recent years to the fact that women want comfort and style, and now they've got the cutest stuff! Next on the list might have to be these cute flats, since I'd be able to wear them to work and play.
7) My best friend Nikki, and the awesome way our concert season 2007 seems to be shaping up. We had SO much fun at Josh Groban last weekend, and I can't wait for the next one we go to (did I hear Minus the Bear? or was that Dave Matthews Band?).
8) Free blogs through Google. With the spare time I often get at work, it seems like something productive to do (and might keep me from buying ever more digiscrap supplies). Crackspace and LJ only offer so much in the way of personalization, and I want to have something that techno-challenged family members can easily look at as well. But first I have to decide on a title so I can design a header...any suggestions?
9) My new Shiseido skincare products. It was a splurge for sure, but my skin has never felt better. The texture is better, my foundation sits on my skin better, and I feel like it actually breathes better. I highly recommend them to anyone who's had skin problems like I have. Plus they give you the most awesome free facial massages at the counter!
10) Real Simple's website. Yes, much of it is endless product-pushing, but I've gotten some great tips and ideas from there, above and beyond their magazine. Stuff like shortcuts on cleaning - who doesn't want that?
1. My brilliant husband, who was able to give me directions for the backroads around a HUGE Atlanta traffic mess today.
2. My sweet boys, who while almost teenagers, still love to hunt Easter eggs.
3. Having family to spend the holiday with.
4. Spring Break
5. The END of SPRING BREAK, and the kids' return to school!
6. My family
7. My friends
8. My good health, and that of my family.
9. The return of spring after this brief return to winter.
10. The chance to imagine, create, express and share through my love of scrapbooking.
That's it! Thanks for the fun challenge, Jessica!