my visual diary

Epiphanie

2010-03-08T15:25:00.000-06:00

Check out this website...really interesting!

Check out Donna's blog

2009-12-30T11:07:00.001-06:00

Check out donna's blog to win a free Diesel font!

Free computer

2009-12-17T16:11:00.001-06:00

Check out this website for a free computer! http://boomama.net/hp-touchsmart-600-giveaway/

Free Computer

2009-12-17T16:08:00.001-06:00

Check out the free computer here: http://mckgiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-giveaway.html

Free Computer

2009-12-17T16:03:00.001-06:00

Check out the free computer here: http://totallytogetherreviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-computer-review-and-give.html

Free computer!

2009-12-17T15:46:00.000-06:00

Check out the free hp computer here: http://kellyskornerreviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/hey-who-wants-to-win-free-computer.html?showComment=1261086364607_AIe9_BFmr6BUJ2q8yPr_Pft05Ap2ft_veOK_N8iJaRQN7zKE2nSBpEKU1Nv9t2c6fHYZkki212BjNWgdBjS5yi0HYo1fWNG1nQCa0bMxDdkpLk4utjLqVYBm5Azbpy3MmV83Chj2HrJo0XF0ZUhyaFiSb1iCpsTGA3HaWDhZ2xBt9AVNjjPdvgIp-xxuDBp_Z8ETL-ZnTNf0g69ZEby8dw6murm0iajv_rKFi19aPdgMQaHFTcnBhQFFoevOQae31d3C4idaYYjJ#c1975872347587118424

Awesome Giveaway

2009-09-10T09:33:00.001-05:00

Check out this great giveaway on Donna's blog! Don't miss it!

Need it!

2009-08-03T12:43:00.001-05:00

I so need this! Dang it's so cute!

Dixie Pieces

2009-07-28T09:29:00.001-05:00

Check out Dixie Pieces! They have a really fun contest going on right now and you have until July 31st to sign up to participate in it!

Hero Arts

2009-07-13T15:21:00.002-05:00

Check out the new Hero Arts website on Wednesday! It's gonna be big! Check out the blog too, there are giveaways all week long!

Taryn & Ben's Wedding Book

2009-06-25T21:30:00.011-05:00

Here are some pictures of the book I created for Ben & Taryn as a wedding gift! Hope you like it!

Bijou Market

2009-06-19T10:35:00.004-05:00

Check out the Bijou Market! If you live in Utah you're in luck! Unfortunately I don't, :( so I won't be able to attend. So sad.

I want one!

2009-05-22T15:34:00.002-05:00

Check these out! How Fun!

READ THIS!

2009-05-15T09:41:00.002-05:00

Good stuff.....:)

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will
be as important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.

FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye..

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT.. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life
completely..

TEN... In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

ELEVEN.. Don't judge people by their relatives.

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN! ... When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'

FOURTEEN.. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

FIFTEEN.. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

Can't wait for tonight...going to my favortie...TEXAS ROADHOUSE!! Yummy!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

2009-05-10T12:54:00.000-05:00

Have a great day to all moms!

Shabby Chic Crafts

2009-04-21T09:49:00.001-05:00

Check out Shabby Chic Crafts! They have great tags you can order and even ones you can print out on your own! Really cute. Hope to be a guest designer for one month!

2009-02-04T10:11:00.001-06:00

Really liked this when I read it this morning...
What I realized is that there is not just one big moment of courage in our lives. There are many. These moments come to us in different ways. At times we are forced into a leap (unexpected pregnancy, when parents or partners pass away, when we loose our job). At times we are called into a leap (when someone invites us for a trip of a lifetime, when our partner wants to move to a new city, when we are offered a chance, when we take the "money maker" role to support our family). Then there are also the daily tiny leaps we take for the sake of adventure (when we try new types of food, music, when we go out on a date, when we talk to a stranger, when we transition from blogger friends to real life friends). No matter how small, silly or hard, tiny, dramatic or forgotten... All leaps are important because little by little, we live through change, we figure out how to cope, we move forward, we learn who we are, and we build our confidence for the bigger leaps, the ones we seek for ourselves.

2009-02-03T10:19:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday SUZY!! (That's my older sister and she's my favorite...oh wait...I only have one sister...heehee!)

2009 Word

2009-01-11T13:22:00.003-06:00

I've picked my word for 2009: FEARLESS. It doesn't quite mean no fear. More like having the balls to do certain things this year. Fearless for me is falling madly in love again, even though you've been hurt before. Fearless is to have faith that someday things will change. Fearless is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can't breathe without them. I think loving someone despite what people think is fearless. Letting go is fearless. Then moving on and being alright....that's fearless.

So what is your word for this year? Head over to Ali's blog to read more about this. I posted about it last year on here too. She has a whole list of words that people have already choosed. Good luck.

Project 365

2009-01-05T22:11:00.001-06:00

So I'm on board with this picture a day thing. I tried to start it last year, but just didn't keep up with it. I'm hoping to get my hands on one of these kits which would really help keep the project going!!
Tracy has a Project 365 that she is giving away on her BLOG!!

New Room Pictures

2008-08-14T12:59:00.007-05:00

So here are some updated photos of my room. There are still a few things not in these pictures that have been recently added or plans that I have that aren't finished! I have a new custom built white chair for sitting at my scrapbooking table. It's beautiful! It was handmade by the same guys who built all of our cabinets in my parents house! I sketched out what I wanted the chair to look like so it matched my table and they built it! You can also see my huge mirror still leaning on the wall. I want to get some thick and chunky frame to put around it and hang it up. You can also see all of the frames on my dresser. Now that I have the new printer, I plan on making a collage of pictures right about the dresser. I was all black frames with black and white photos in them. Some new pictures and some super old pictures! Can't wait to finish that! There's also a picture of the sitting area with only one chair. That's not the chair I want to have there, but it's working for now. I eventually want one chair on each side of that little table. The large mirrow is also going on the wall behing this sitting area! You can see all the junk sitting on the floor in the corner. Well that's were my desk is suppose to go! It'll all get there in time!

Golf

2008-08-14T12:48:00.009-05:00

This is the start of a book which is to include pictures from high school golf! I have a lot of pictures from those years! After this book I want to start a new book with all of my pictures from college golf (even more!). I'm just glad that I've started it. I also haven't gotten to do the journaling on a few pages! Ooops!

Cards

2008-08-14T12:39:00.007-05:00

Here are a few cards I've made. Some are recent and some are a little older!

Layouts

2008-08-14T12:24:00.007-05:00

Here are some layouts that I've done. Since I don't have any kids (which seems to be what the majority of scrapbooks scrap about) I scrap about my friends, my dozens of neices and nephews, and pictures of myself growing up! I figure I better do these things now before I do have kids and only scrap about them!

Bachelorette Book

2008-08-14T11:49:00.016-05:00

This is a book I just finished making! It has a bunch of pictures from my best friends bachelorette party! It was so much fun! We had a blast! I love this little black chipboard album for these pictures, it seems to fit perfect! This only took me one night to make! How great is that? It helps when you have a new printer! The new printer really throws you into a creative surge! It's great!

New Room

2008-04-03T10:10:00.006-05:00

So here are a few pictures from my new room! It's not finished yet, but it's pretty close. The first picture is my bed! How great does it look?! I think it looks like a hotel room. But that's just me. It's so nice and fluffy and comfortable! I still have to finish the painting on the wall behind my bed. The next picture is the other end of the room. You can see my scrapbooking table right in the middle of the room. There will also be some doors put on the closet in the back. The last picture is half of my closet. I finally have my own walk in closet! There's so much room that I might have to go shopping to fill it up!

Where Do I Start?!

2008-03-03T20:59:00.005-06:00

Oh my gosh! So much has happen since the end of January! It's hard to decide where to start! I guess I'll start with the end of January. Diesel and I moved home to my parents house. It's awesome to be around my family everyday. Not only do I get to see my parents, but my brothers and my neices and nephews! It's great!

Right after I moved home, I got a new hair cut! Yup, I chopped it all off! Ok well not ALL of it, just a lot of it. I love it, I fell older with the new hair cut, or maybe it's more safisticated!

New Year's Eve Pictures

2008-01-08T19:31:00.000-06:00

Well I posted on January 1st but didn't put up any pictures! We had a few friends over to the house and had a blast! We had tones of great food and some fun drinks like my favorite martini and a Christmas slush! Mmmm yummy! It was kind of hard to stay up till midnight though! Here are a few pictures of the night, I didn't really take very many!

A Brand New Year-2008

2008-01-01T22:16:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year! It's such a good feeling when a new year starts! The new year is like a blank canvas that you can fill with whatever comes your way in the next 365 days. Sometimes what you need is a fresh clean start. This is going to be the first full year for me that I am not in school! I am especially excited to start on a few scrapbooking projects that I hope to continue to work on throughout the next year.

The first project I am starting is a great idea I read about on Ali Edward's blog.
To celebrate the new year I wanted to share the one little word concept which is also featured in this weeks newsletter:
one little word
A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich and soft and slow.
Last fall in issue two of this newsletter I wrote about the power of words and gave my top ten tips for getting those words down when you are scrapbooking. Today I want to introduce you to the idea that a single word can be a catalyst for enriching your life as well as your scrapbook layouts.
Last year I began a tradition of chosing one word for myself each January - a word that I can focus on, mediate on, and reflect upon as I go about my daily life. Last year my word was something I wanted to bring into my life in a more tangible way. My word was play.
I thought a lot about play and what it means to me. I tried to incorporate it more into my everyday and on my adventures out in the crazy world. For me, it was a lot about living without fear - about being more open to experiences with an attitude of playfulness. The word play found its way onto many scrapbook pages and into many stories I told throughout the year.
Can you identify a single word that sums up what you want for yourself in 2007?
It can be something tangible or intangible. It could be a thought or a feeling or an emotion. It can be singular or plural. The key is to find something that has personal meaning for you. This is not your mother's word or your spouse's word or your child's word - this is YOUR word.
One little word can have big meaning in your life if you allow yourself to be open to the possibilities. And here's one thing that is totally interesting: sometimes a word will pop into your brain and it will not make any sense to you right now. Give it some time. Let it percolate a bit. I have often found that our hearts speak to us in very unique ways. Maybe this is a word you need to hear but just aren't ready for it yet. Again, be open to the possibilities.You may be wondering, what in the heck does this all have to do with scrapbooking? For me, words are at the heart of what I do. The photos are a huge part, but the words bring it all home. Often times I will begin a layout with a single word. That word becomes my guide as I create my page. It helps me focus the story I am trying to tell and gives me an instant, easy graphic title approach. How often has a word directed your creativity when working on layouts?
Take some time this week to think about your own word for 2007 and read on for a related weekly challenge.
And in case you were wondering, my word for 2007 is peace.
weekly challenge
This week your challenge is to create something, anything, that celebrates your chosen word for 2007. Maybe a layout. Maybe a blog posting or a journal entry or a simple post-it note that you put somewhere you can see it each day. Make sure to journal about why you chose your word and what it means for you - the more you let yourself explore the more benefit you will receive in the end.

So after reading this the other day I have picked a word for 2008: discover
I'm so excited about using this word to inspire me for 2008. Hopefully I'll start posting some projects with 'discover' incorporated into it! Stay tuned for more!

The second project that I plan on doing is taking a picture a day for the next 365 days! I was also inspired by Ali Edwards for this project! She has such good ideas on her blog! The second one you can read about here:
http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/
I think this is going to be quite a challenge to do every day, but I do have a friend that will hopefully be doing this with me also! At the end of the year I'm going to put the pictures into some sort of book. This is going to be so awesome to be able to look back over the year and see how I've change, how things around me have changed, and hopefully how I've grown as a person.

The last thing, like the previous ones aren't enough! I read about making a book of scraps and I can write on weekly or daily over the course of the next year. It's kind of hard to explain but check it out here at Cathy Zielske's blog
http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/i-love-a-great.html
and here
http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/a-bit-more.htmla
So excited to put this little book together this weekend. Guess I better get to bed! Work time tomorrow morning!
Peace
m :)

Girls Night Out!

2007-12-22T21:08:00.000-06:00

Last night I went out with my BFF Danielle! We haven't seen each other since May! She flew in from Boston for the holidays and spent the night at our house. We went out downtown and made a few stops down memory lane! I love this girl and wish we could spend more time together! (hint, hint)

Christmas At My Parents House

2007-12-22T20:25:00.000-06:00

Guess I've been MIA lately! I've been soooooo busy getting ready for Christmas! There's been shopping, wrapping, shopping, decorating, making x-mas cards, sending the cards and making cards for a New Year's Eve get together at our house! Here are some pictures from Christmas at my parents house. Tomorrow we leave for Nashville to go to Dustin's parents house! Be back Wednesday and I hope to post some pictures while I'm there!

Check this out!

2007-12-07T16:29:00.000-06:00

Jim Holtz has a fairly new blog that you have to visit! Right now he is posting the 12 Tags of Christmas. He's showing all kind of really cool techniques with alcohol inks, embossing powder, etc. Check out the blog at http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/.

Here's a great new product to check out! Go to http://www.glitzitnow.com/. They are pretty new and have some really great paper and new items to try! I hope a store around here starts carrying this product. How fun!

Thanksgiving 2007

2007-12-03T17:57:00.000-06:00

These pictures are a little late, but it's better then never! Dustin and I spent Thanksgiving in Nashville at his parents.

This picture is Dustin's Mom and Grandma cooking.

This is Dustin and his other Grandma getting food ready for the table! Yummy!

Dustin, his brother Drew, and of course Diesel!

This is Dustin's Grandpa holding Diesel on the right and McGyver (Dustin's parents dog) on the left!

Dustin's Mom and I got matching coats on black Friday! Aren't they so cute!

In this picture we are at the airport on our way home. Diesel was cuddling on Dustin's lap. The flight to Nashville was Diesel's first flight! He did great! The two of them look pretty tired after a long weekind!

FIRST POST!!

2007-12-01T17:43:00.001-06:00

My first post! This is kinda scary being able to just write whatever I want on here! Well, today I finally got around to putting up Christmas decor including the tree. I started out this morning going to get lights to put on the outside of the house. This is what it looked like outside...

SCARY! Some how Dustin and I managed to get to the store and get our lights. After I dropped Dustin off at home, I headed out into the blizzard AGAIN to go get an artificial tree and some ornaments.

Last night I stopped at Farm & Fleet and picked up a few ornaments and a white pointsetta for the kitchen table, it looks gorgeous!

Here are a few pictures of putting up the tree, the ornaments before they went on the tree and the final tree. I picked green, brown, a little silver, and a little pink for the tree this year. I love it!

That's my little doggie Diesel that keeps popping in and out of pictures!! Isn't he so cute! He has his sweater on to keep him warm when he has to go outside! Speaking of, today was his first encounter with snow, I don't think he like it very much! It seemed like his little paws got cold quick and there was so much snow he couldn't even walk thru it! Being the nice mom that I am, I shoveled him a little path into the snow! Ok, back to the tree pictures!
That's the tree all lite up! It looks so pretty!