Fitty's Arty Blog!

YOU WILL!!!

2012-01-08T10:05:00.000-08:00

Well, One way to make sure you keep in mind all the things you'd like to get accomplished this year is to not only write em' down, but make em' pretty so that you'll feel inclined to actually do them because it would be such a damn shame to have prettified em' for nothing!

This one is also from a scraplift challenge in my scrap group. The example said "Want to.. How to"... but sometimes WANT never turns into done so.....

So it's not my idea, but I thought it was a good one! Scrapbooking is not just for photos of your pet turtle Listerman!

And I also wanted to show you the writing power my new die cut machine has! It takes your pens and writes or draws with them... KKKAAARAZZZY!

Teapot is a whistlin!

Sketch Challenge

2012-01-05T18:35:00.000-08:00

Here's a page from a Sketch Challenge in my cafemom Scrapbook group.

Great bunch of ladies! Very inspiring. Good way to get your juices flowing when you're stumped!

Next Gen Insider!

2012-01-05T16:16:00.001-08:00

So excited to share with you the news that I was the Featured Artist in this month’s
NextGen Insider!
Brought to you by Elizabeth Barry & Associates! It was quite the lengthy interview, but was entirely a good time! And we also did a short vid here in the crafty space!
Check it out here:

NEXT GEN INSIDER JANUARY

Happy 2012

2012-01-01T13:00:00.001-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I just talked to 2012 on the universe phone and she told me all the wonderful things that are already on the way to you!!!

So get ready and make it a great year!!!

XOXO

from Pinterest

2011-12-29T03:15:00.001-08:00

Source: Uploaded by user via Hannah on Pinterest

2011-12-27T22:05:00.000-08:00

Phil wouldn't steer you wrong would he?

FOLLOW ME and I'll FOLLOW YOU!!!

FITTY ON PINTEREST

clicky up deres ^

If you don't know what pinterest is, you are really really missing out on something inspiring! And for those of you who like to organize everything and are looking for a way to keep handy your interwebs findings.. this is def. for you!

Do it!

Christmas time

2011-12-27T22:00:00.000-08:00

It went fast as usual... but trying to get my christmas cards together led me to some interesting photo shoots last sunday night...

And of course what I had planned to do for my cards ended up totally different...

So these are the photos I used...
I started a 2-page layout using these (minus the words) so I'll post that when I'm done.

There's a lot in the works for MadebyFitty.com

My husband is jumping on board to help with a web tutorial type project so that should be fun. I plan to include Eleanor (Roo) --->

also since she just got her own sewing machine from Santa.

I have to say, she is quite crafty for a 2-year old... lol

Have a good night!

morning... darn it why am I up????

Oh Christmas Fleece, Oh Christmas Fleece...

2011-12-18T15:07:00.000-08:00

Ok, here's the finished product.

Though Cliff wouldn't really let me get a pic of it without him in it...

I think I may have to make him one...

Daryl told me I spelled her name wrong...

Eh... a few extra O's never hurt anyone.

So after making this, I decided this kinda thing would make a good gift... so I made two more but this time tweaked the recipe and added a little custom printing.

I randomly found a sheet of that printer fabric in my drawer of printer paper and immediately the wheels started turning. What kid doesn't like to look at their own face... on anything! I wish I could remember what brand it was because the photos printed beautifully, even after I messed with them. I kinda wanted em' to have that faded out old fashioned look.

So instead of printing out the whole body, I just did their heads and appliqued scraps for the body. The arms and lets I did with a zigzag stitch in the name of whimsy...

I only made them a sq. yard. Figured it was a nice lap blanket or something easy to take in the car...

Just big enough to roll up in...

So I have some pieces of fleece left... I think I smell a Norma and Cliff present... that is if I finish my Christmas cards...

merry merry merry merry merry merry merry merry!

Fabric scraps??

2011-12-12T17:34:00.000-08:00

The best thing I’ve found to do with fabric scraps is…

to make appliques.

I’ve been itching to make a Christmas blankie for ROo this month… and luckly JoAnn had a sale on fleece and flannel…
So I thought … why not make some appliques from my XL pile of material scraps that I can’t bring myself to throw out. Well it’s not that I can’t bring myself… I just plain think it’s a BAD IDEA! lol. They come in handy for tons of purposes.
*Scrapbooking
*Baking
*Wrapping presents
*Making Collages
*Deco
*Making dog clothes… (see video here)

Ok, maybe not baking so much…

1. Pick out your fabrics and Iron on your fabric adhesive paper (heatbond)
2. Wait till it cools off a bit… 10 seconds…
3. Cut out your shape. My trees are just triangles so I didn’t think it was necessary to pre-cut a pattern. But you can make one out of paper and then trace it on the back of the heatbond reversed and then cut it out. The simpler the shape, the better. Remember you’re gonna have to sew around it .
4. Peel of the backing and iron it on to whatever background you’re using.
5. Then sew the edge of your applique. If you plan on washing the item you’re making… you’re best bet is to zigzag a tight stitch around the edge to prevent fraying. If it’s a display item or something you won’t be throwing in the wash, you can use a straight stitch but just be aware the edges won’t be as secure. And also remember what look you’re going for… a zigzag will leave a substantial outline to your applique so take that into account when choosing your thread color. Or you can choose black to make your appliques stand out.

I’ll post the end result at a later date…
…

So little time... so much Christmasing to do!

2011-12-06T21:41:00.000-08:00

Even though, like all of you, I have a chalkboard wall full of things I need to do in the next couple weeks, I still found it a good idea to scrap a random christmas photo from last year... WHAT is my damage?
I don't quite know but I do know... when something inspires you, you gotta jump on it. I'm so so very behind on my own scrapbooking that I'm no where near even last christmas... so at least I can cross one page off... I think it happened because I was looking through my computer for Christmas photos to put up around the house... Anyway, it's no lie I made a few ornaments and tags before I dove into this... so it wasn't a total waste of a night. And it made me happy. And I needed a 'happy' diversion to put me back on track.

So here's the color version. Though I love color... for some reason B&W and Sepia just set a mood that I'm so addicted to... so I apologize and it will happen again... probably everytime.

So there's my little Roo last Christmas... I just wanna SQUOOOSH her every minute I exist! And she says... "Mommy, NO SQUOOOSH ME!!!"
But that just makes me wanna squoosh some more...

AHHHHH, like 18 days till Christmas...

Stay tuned!

FINALLY!!

2011-11-06T14:08:00.000-08:00

Well, I've had many many versions of a "craft" space before I've finally now gotten into something I can actually say I like. The tables Eleanor and I are sitting on my father built for me and installed about a week ago. I say "installed" because my lovely home is made up of all crooked walls so naturally, nice straight tables did not fit perfectly as they should. However, it still works.

My biggest problem has always been work space. No matter what the project, I always found myself lining up tray tables... or taking it to the dining room table... or even on the deck because I just couldn't spread out enough. So I finally got the idea that I was going to make myself a big work table... yada yada... And after picking my brother and father's brains, I'm happy to say Dad took over. I think he thought I might hurt myself. He also reinforced the peg board which according to him probably would've toppled down had I added one more spool of ribbon.

So anyway, we started by painting that sucker white.

I neglected to take "before" before pics... when I had a desk and a drafting table and bridge connecting the two. And I neglected to take any pictures from here till now. But events such as calling my Dad to say, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE SHELVES" and "WHERE AM I GONNA PUT ALL THIS MATERIAL" happened. So I still have totes in the closet and garage filled with stuff. I neglected to incorporate the chest of paints, and the drawing supplies... And all the extra material. I got some black fabric bins at target and decided the material I was gonna use first went in those, and the rest in the garage.

So this is what I got right now:

I decided I really needed to make space for a few finished projects (shadow boxes) and some photos that made me happy. I mean, scrapbooking revolves around photos so... makes sense! Oh, and that bird painting I got for $20 at Pier One. Apparently there's a sale right now. LOVE IT! But my point is,

how can you create in a space that you're not inspired by?

So, the cork board is now over the keyboard on the other side of the room. Did I mention this is also my music studio? Heh... so now I have to work on the other half. Also, there is just no good spot for an ironing board. Maybe I'll make a nice black and white cover for it so it at least matches...

So I'd just like to say THANK YOU DAD! You=Awesome! Please teach me to build things!

Apps Apps Apps

2011-10-11T19:59:00.000-07:00

The main reason I love my iphone is that the photo apps are oh so much fun!
Before I take in a few pages in bed at night, I like to fool around with the photos in my phone...
The main reason I hate my iphone is that the home button just refuses to work anymore. I pretty much pound on it 17 times.. and I usually end up getting that blue screen with the japanese writing (not really sure) and the big cancel button on the bottom...

ANYWAY, that's besides the point...

I'm not a photographer, but I LOVE taking pictures. And it's mostly pics of my daughter... who else. The dogs are still in denial that they've been replaced but I'm sure one of these days they'll get over it...

So here are a few of my favorite iphone photo apps:

Photostudio:
*Lots of effects
*alter hue, brightness, gamma, crop
*Make your daughter look like she was born in the 1940s... (shown below)

This one was an effect called color stroke. It lets you pick out one group of colors (red) to expose and keeps the rest black and white. It's an extra 99 cents for this effect but I think it's worth it.

You can also layer effects, I forget right now which other effects I have on there, but I'm pretty sure there a couple more..

And I have to add that I've printed a bunch of photos I took with my iphone and uploaded onto my computer, and they printed beautifully... I may dedicate a scrapbook just to these altered pics alone... FUN FUN FUN!

Other apps I use on a regular basis include:
* Pic Grunger- self explanatory
* Photofunia - very cool, put your photos in great situations!
And with one of the recent updates, you can use multiple photos. (shown below)

* Photogene I use mostly to do quick things like crop or brighten... still useful
* Juxtaposer- Good for putting someone's head on a turtle body, or vice versa... (I used this app two years ago to make my christmas cards...)
* Typedrawing - Word art! Who couldn't love it!!

This photo is a combo of Juxtaposer and Typedrawing...
heh... that's another good thing about the apps:
- you alter a photo in one app, then you save it and open it in another app and keep altering! It's like never ending possibilities!

And the updates just keep making the apps better!

Ok, I have some serious work to do!

Thank you and goodnight!

FITTYMAGEEHEADPANTS

Yo Gabba Gabba

2011-09-22T16:26:00.000-07:00

Is it just me, or can you only buy Yo Gabba clothes in England?

So for reasons like:
I won't be in England anytime soon...
and those Gabba faces aren't too strewn with intricate features

Why can't we make our own Gabba inspired attire?!?

We can!

And we did... in honor or Eleanor's 2nd birthday.

And we did it with:

Cotton fabric
Heatbond
Sewing machine
iron, ironing board
Coffee
Apple muffins

The gabba faces... they're just shapes. And not even complicated shapes. No trapezoid's... just your basic circles and triangles.. mostly circles...

To make a long story short... because this is not sewing .0167854 blog. And I am not a black belt (yet) in sewing.. I will just highlight a few tips, and if you have further questions, please comment.

Anytime you are going to apply a decoration (applique) or a face in this case, Iron on some heatbond first to make sure the edges stay nice and it's a bit sturdier.
I did this with the pink face. You could've also done it with the eyes and mouth but I figured it'd be ok without. And it was, it went through the wash and came out in one piece. Though the party stains remain...

Even before the heatbond though... the fabric! It is so damn hard to find cool fabric around here!
The middle (base) fabric for this dress was from the collection my grandmother gave me. The patterned pieces I bought from Etsy. And they are gorgeous! Very vintagy... girly... yummy! So if you just accent something plain with some really cool scraps, you can still make it look expensive! I thought using the vintage fabric for Foofa's flower made a huge difference than if I would've just left it pink. I think it took it from "cheesy character" dress to "Shabamalama adorable" dress. But that's just me. And at the same time, still
reminds you of the clothes you'd find the kids wearing on the show.

The belt: Easiest way I know how to make a quick belt is the good ol' fold in half twice and top stitch method. Cut your length and then a 2-3 inch width. Fold in half length-wise, then fold the sides in to meet the inside fold. (ironing all the way) Then fold in half once more, iron, and top stitch all the way around. You can either tuck the ends under or cut an angle and sew closed.

well, some noodles are calling me... so I will hopefully return in a timely fashion... or a gabba fashion... probably neither... hopefully both.

Thanks... a lot.

2011-07-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

I'm so appreciative for your thoughtfulness that I actually MADE you a card. I cut down a tree in the yard,... made paper... and the rest is in my personal journal....

Ok cards... I don't make em' much. I slapped these two together because I'm in the middle of a scrapathon... So I decided while I had all my stamps and saucies out... I would make a couple.

So, I just said I don't make cards a lot... but in my brain, I wish I did. Because not only is it guaranteed to be original.. but it's nice to get a card for no reason at all... and an "original for no reason" card would be wonderful to receive! So I'm gonna put that on my TADA! list.

I just made that up. It was a to do list before 5 seconds ago. BRB.
Ok, I just scratched out to do and wrote TADA. Because the store is closed now, or else I would go get a new notebook that didn't already have in it's cell memory that it was previously called to do.

Because ya know what people. Everything you do should be a TADA! I mean, if it's paying the doctor bill, why not pay it and then call and check that they received the payment. Or if it's cleaning the stove... why not lift up the hood and really make sure nothing is going to make your cooking dinner smell funny.
Or if your car needs a radiator flush... why not just get a new radiator... OK FINE. That TADA belonged to the mechanic, not me. "TADA! I didn't need that extra money to pay for daycare!"

Why does this have nothing to do with thank you cards?

Ok, I have a stamp set all about thank you's... so I'm using them.
And these two card layouts above took less than 5 minutes to make.
Four easy steps!

1. STICK 2. STAMP 3. SEW 4. SIGN

And I guess there was a little "doodle" involved here too, but that's optional.
Stick the paper together whichever way you like best.
Pick the appropriate stamp or embellishment
Sew is also optional, but it's a staple in my scrapbooking tool kit these days...
* I collect scraps of material for stuff like this. It adds so much to a card or scrapbook page... and it doesn't have to be all neat and perfect... bunch it up and sew it on!*
Sign your name and you are finished!

And it might be better if you didn't read this post and maybe just looked at the picture. I mean, you're a visual learner right? That's all you need to know... Trust your lenses...

Aprons!

2011-07-04T04:09:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you, but I feel the Apron gods asking me to update their look...
Ok, so maybe they're asking someone else but I def. get a scent of apron in the air lately...

Chicken Apron

So first of all, let me introduce Madeline. I bought her for $7 at a yard sale, and the previous owners told me her name was Madeline. And I'm not one to go changin' names... so Madeline it is. Maybe I'll make her a balloon head...

So obviously, this apron is too small for Madeline. But it's perfect for my almost 2 yr. old...
And little girls love to dress up. What am I saying, my nephew would probably be more eager to wear this than my daughter...

When I did get it on her, I guess she decided it was time to make coffee...

And since she did such a good job with that, I think she can handle the turkey this year...

I got this fabric at JoAnn's. (sorry to say it's not from Grams collection) It's got CHICKENS! And I was brave enough to throw a fancy stitch on there.. I say brave coz my sewing machine is always jamming up... leaving big knots of thread ... and it's hard to pick up a fancy stitch and still have it look nice after that...
But for some reason, it was behaving during this particular project.

And this little guy was just something I threw together for family picnics this summer. Who couldn't use a cute little helper on the BBQ!

BBQ apron

Well, Speaking of BBQ's. It is July 4th, so I hope you're having one! Should be a nicer day than yesterday...

My attendance record is Schmeeered

2011-06-01T19:01:00.000-07:00

So my craft room is in a shambles... which is why I haven't been around. I'm in the middle of re-mapping the whole area to be a bit more ... user friendly. So stand by... perhaps Roo and I will do a craft web show... or not.
I have been working on some things... but most of which I cannot post because they are either gifts or secret secrets! AHHH

I'm still working on some templates... it takes a lot of mistakes before you come up with a solid foundation.

But I kinda like this little chickadee I threw together over the weekend... It's actually all hand-sewn. It seems to stay together better that way... Daryl named her Ginger... I think coz we just watched that episode of Glee...

and the following photos show her ability to cuddle and be creepy... with humans and animals alike...

So perhaps I throw some more together... though the only big piece of felty material in my inheritance from GG was the whitey white Ginger is donning... so I may have to go crayola and purchase some other varieties of skin tone..

Though I think I will start a mission to use every single piece of material my grandmother gave me to make something! It would seem that mission has already been started without my actually saying it to myself.... so let the interwebs be informed... It is now official.

Egg free Easter

2011-04-03T19:39:00.000-07:00

So even though dying eggs is not an option this year for Easter... I think painting wooden ones was even more fun!
And we haven't even made a dent in the pile of wooden eggs we got. Which is why we started so early. So if we do some each weekend, we should be able to get through em all...
Though really, a little nest of these suckers would look really cute on your dining room table any time of year... the wheels are def. turning...

So there's actually a lot you can do besides just paint... we did some crackle... some modge podge with other papers... some glitter of course... and even some stamping!
I'll let ya know if we come up with anything else...

So I doubt she'll even care to dye an egg... anything paint involved, she's usually up for.
And then I realized I should really make her an art smock...

And here's Roo's egg painting vid in case anyone needs a moving visual...

Bag

2011-03-30T18:55:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping on slowly but seriously compiling a folder of templates from which to make a reservoir of items to showcase on etsy. This may take some time. But I've come up with a weekly schedule that allows for specific time for each thing I'd like to accomplish.
And of course I don't know who I'm kidding when I think that's actually gonna happen and I'll be all productive and ongoing... but nevertheless... we just keep movin' however fast or slow we go... don't we!

So anyway, for now, I've made a few of these...
I think this might be a keeper template...

So next I've gotta get to some scrapbooking!

I've started working on some digital pages, and it's just as addicting as the 3D stuff...

Here's a WIP so far...

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

springtime springtime

2011-03-18T07:12:00.000-07:00

Wall Pockets!

2011-02-07T19:07:00.000-08:00

So there's the mail basket on the kitchen table...
always overflowing... always hard to find particular items of correspondence.
So here's my solution.

I actually meant to make this a wall organizer for crafts... but then for some reason it took a turn toward the kitchen...

I thought we could use a little more organization for our mail... and other stuff we need to keep handy.

Yes. It's messy. But messy is a style I think. And I incorporated a big stick... my personal favorite decoration for houses and... cars... and desks... and life in general! If my ear lobes didn't puff up at the sound of the word "earring", I'd probably wear sticks in them.

One other thing I never did before was stamp on material. I just didn't feel like sewing those words on... so I figured maybe I could stamp on some letters and ... a bird.
And I think it's safe to say it works.
Though now I'm tied to putting certain things in certain pockets.... Why do I make commitments I can't keep!

And it you're cold, you could take it off the wall and drape it over yourself.

Hearts Hearts Hearts

2011-02-05T21:21:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's mush month.
These were some of my entries I threw together this evening for a crop who's challenges were due 7 minutes ago.

So after a rough "getting to bed" evening for my little girl, who's now in my bed with Cliff... I was determined to get involved at least a little this month...
This scrap group I became a part of in November has proved to be some of the sweetest women I associate with.
And they have online crops every month... and I can never seem to get my act together enough to participate.

But this month, there are 2 mini crops due to superbowl.. and other goings on...

So... It's love month, so I decided to add some hearts and flowers... Ok, flowers are a big part of my usual routine... I know. But hearts, not so much. The first thing I got pictured up there is an ATC card. Then we have a 12x12 layout featuring my friend Mo's lovely daughter Brielyn.

And here we have a pocket card. A nice little nook for your love note to go...

Well, hopefully I can host a cropping soon... I hear the darling stirring so I will catch up with you folks later! Enjoy your Sunday and your football. I will be enjoying my Sunday by unplugging the TV.

Couple Stamp Ideas

2011-01-31T19:49:00.000-08:00

Stamps, can't get enough. It's funny because I really never got the whole "stamp" thing ten years ago... I just used stickers. I have to say that now I rarely use stickers. I love stickers, but not for scrapbooking... unless they are really exceptional and can pass a short quiz before being considered for my art. As far as decorating my calendar and planner and notebooks... stickers are key! Because you may not want Spongebob next to your nephew at his Christening, but you may want him reminding you to go to the dentist.

So anyway, here's a couple things you can do with stamps.

1. Color em in!

The lighthouse was nice looking all in black and white... but I decided to grab my colored pencils and give it a little color. And then with a felt tip pen, I accented some edges and added some shadow....
And you thought you'd never color again!

( also, stamping an image a few times on the same page without re-inking it creates a nice effect. You have lighter versions of the same image.... kinda makes a nice background... ex. the sand dollar and shell images lining the bottom)

2. Cut em out!

The flower shown in the pic on the right was stamped with a couple different colors. (this can be done a few different ways... one being brushing the ink onto the stamp instead of dabbing the stamp onto an ink pad), and then cut out using micro-tip scissors. I know you're saying "WHO THE HECK HAS TIME TO CUT OUT A STAMP WITH MICRO-TIP SCISSORS!"
and my answer to that is, if you want to do something, and you want that something to look as nice as it possibly can in your eyes, you will take one further step in assuring that will happen. If you don't need your project done by tomorrow, then why not do a little tonight and a little tomorrow. I find sometimes if you leave it unfinished and come back to it the next day, it comes out better because you end up seeing it the next day with fresh eyes and you'll have a better idea of what will make it work.

And if you have those foam stickies, that makes it pop off the page a little ...

Looking forward to some sweet dreams!

G'night all.

New stuffies

2011-01-25T18:54:00.000-08:00

Ok...
these are my first crack at stuffed animals so be kind.... ha

I will attempt some more this weekend probably... but they do have a certain charm...
The elephant (yes, it's an elephant) is a bit awkward...
and the owl (YES, THE OWL) is kinda.... just a pillow with a face.
but hey, it's great how honest babies/toddlers are. They just accept things for what they are. I don't think my daughter has met a stuffed animal yet that she didn't like. So she gladly adopted them into her stuffy family!

I do have some scrappy stuff to post...
just haven't gotten around to the picture taking yet...

So that'll happen once I take a break from sewing machine land. Who knew it could be so addicting! And a great activity for insomniacs.
I think I've mentioned this before, but the juices def. flow better when you're tired and inspired.

Nighty!

Blurb.com=LOVE

2011-01-17T19:48:00.000-08:00

Here's an idea.
Blurb.com
I was looking for something a bit more special for this Christmas present and I came across Blurb.com on livejournal actually a long time ago. And it took me a while to actually make a book... but ya know how the holidays creep up and you get ideas and... I still have some other projects in the works for them. But as far as photo books go, I have never had a book come out as excellent as this one. The pictures just printed so perfect. Even the digital collages I threw together came out just as they looked on my computer.

This book is 11x 13. So it's a good size book. And it's just like a book you'd buy at Barnes and Noble. Hardcover, dust jacket, thick paper.... (there are other options on the site.)

But it was the best money I spent this year.

And I'm sure my daughter will enjoy it when she's older too.

So I can't say enough about Blurb. Love em'. I even wrote em a thank you note because I was so impressed with the book. And they wrote a thank you back.. ha...

Anyway... tis bedtime...

Goodnight friends.

So lame... I am.

2011-01-12T11:17:00.000-08:00

So I never got around to posting the banner... I did finish it a few days later...
but here I am, posting it now...

I'm actually really happy with the way it came out. It really just adds exactly what her room needed.
I'm working on another sewy project for her now. I'll let ya know how that turns out.

I will be catching up on my scrapbook posting. I've been scrapbooking, just have been shoving it off to the recipients without any photo taking! The holidays were so crammed my projects were very time sensitive. But now that things have calmed down, I'll be able to post some more...

Sewing itch

2010-11-04T20:32:00.000-07:00

I've had a sewing machine... for maybe 4 years now. But I rarely ever used it.
For some reason lately I can't seem to get enough of it. And I've started using it a lot in my scrapbooking as well. Really, that was all I used it for before. So the occassional straight line stitch across some paper was the extent.

Having said that, I probably don't need to go into the fact that I have little to no sewing experience.
But I decided in my little noggin that I really wanted to make a tote bag for Eleanor.
Ya know how you go to the stores... and you never really find exactly what you're looking for. There are so many cute bags... but none that scream "I was made for your baby!"
So my mission I set forth upon myself was to make such a bag! One exactly for Eleanor. But really, exactly for me because she really doesn't seem to care what kind of bag I put her stuffed piggy and crocheted vampire from Aunt Shirley in. She just cares that she can carry it around and take em' out... and put em' back in... etc...

So I did end up with two bags because the first... didn't quite come out the way I liked... plus, I was using some scraps of material I had handy instead of looking for something special. But it's still cute... just too crooked... and too blue.

But the second bag, I went out and got some canvas and some of those $1 scraps from walmart and I think it came out a lot better.

It's still kinda stringy at spots... and maybe next time, (if I try for #3) I'll put all three initials, since it now says ED. hahaha....

I'm also working on a name banner for Eleanor's room. (once I get all the Eleanor projects out of my system, I'll start expanding a bit... )

I never really decorated her room with wall stuff, so I thought a sewn banner would look cute. I'm two letters in, I'll post a pic once it's finished. But I think it'll be nice... in a sloppy kinda little girl way. Just wish I named her something shorter!

Digital Yo!

2010-10-13T03:23:00.000-07:00

Digital Scrapbooking.

I have to say I didn't like the idea at first... but I tried it... and ya know what. It really looks great.

STUDIO J Digital Scrapbooking

These pages were made through Close to my Heart. The Digital Scrapbooking online is fairly new, but very user friendly and EASY! So it's perfect when you want something quick but that also looks like you spent a few minutes...

I was looking at the embellishments online and wondering how they were gonna look... but actually, they somehow were able to make them look 3d... and the pages still have that layered look...

I'm still exploring the Digital Realm of scrapbooking other than this program... so I'll keep ya posted, but for now this is wonderful. And I'm definitely making some Christmas presents with this.n And of course some more albums for myself...

This was a good way to sum up a group of related pics without scrapbooking an entire book for one event... So click the link up top and give it a try, you might find yourself sucked it like it's bejeweled... ha, coz it's actually a lot of fun as well as productive!

Well, have a good wednesday morning!

HEY! sunday nighters...

2010-10-03T19:15:00.000-07:00

So... been blog slacking.. it happens....

So here's that scrapbook I attempted to "make"

It didn't turn out all that bad...
I thought this type of thing might be cool if you wanted to do separate scrapbooks for events or holidays... For example, if I wanted an entire scrapbook of just Christmas... I could go hunt some cool Christmas fabric and make a special book.... just a thought...

So anyway, the stuff I used, which I kinda mentioned before...

*modge podge
* book board
* material
* batting
* screw posts
* needle and thread
- and that's it!
and I decorated with some buttons and made a loop latch... so as far as decorating, that's up to you.

I'm not quite finished. My goal was before her first birthday, which was a month ago... I got it in a finished "looking" way... but I need to add some pages...

Here's a couple finished pages...

I do often go back and throw out pages... it's that whole look at it later and it all of sudden sucks thing that happens. But generally the pages I end up loving the most are the ones I did the fastest... and usually the latest in the day.. or earliest in the morning. Ya know... like I'd say the magic hours are between midnight and 3am. I recently heard someone say that their "art" comes out at night. And it's sooo true. When it's the middle of the night and I'm tired, I get the best results...

on that note... since I already spent last night staying up waiting for my art to come out... I think tonight I'll just force myself to be in bed at a decent hour...

I stabbed myself with the stabby tool...

2010-08-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

so there's a hole in my finger...

things are just getting messier...

I'm going to hold off on more pics for now, because my camera died... and I took these with my phone... and the camera I ordered is on back order... YAY! I love to wait for things that I shouldn't be buying anyway...

But really... me without a camera is like me without coffee...
and I also promised Norma and Cliff I'd do a photo shoot with them like old times...
I admit Roo has been the main attraction since she's been born.... and the fuzzy all fours walkers are getting jealous. And not in a good way.

In other news, I made my first stab at making a scrapbook. I mean, the actual outerings. The banana peel if you will. The thing the pages go in. I mean, I had some book board... and some batting... and some fabric so I thought... how hard could it be? So it's not quite as sturdy as the store-bought ones... but I kinda like it. I probably need better board... and better supplies in general. But I just made due with what I had handy..
So far I've only got a flowery fabric on it. I'm planning on decorating it a bit... since I think I'm going to use it for Eleanor's "first year of life" book. ha...
I don't know about you... but I could just stand in AC Moore and stare at the scrapbooks for 10 hours and still not know which one to pick... so I figured if I made my own, it could be exactly how I want it. ( well... exactly as far as my skills go...)
I remember once my Dad compared mine and my brother's artwork. He said we had similar taste and styles except his was missing the "insane" part.
In my opinion... I am missing a lot of the actual know-how when it comes to creating things. I just kind of trial and error till I like it.

Now I'm gonna take a stab at sleep... since I should've been there 3 hours ago... then I would've avoided the stab at my left index finger. But I would've been four pages less done in my scrapbook. And I'm giving myself till her first birthday party to finish it! Which is in a week...
which I also hope I have a camera for...

keepsakes

2010-08-12T19:51:00.000-07:00

So we all have some "hospital" pics... Wait... scratch that... I've heard many birth stories... and many of them involve kiddie pools and living rooms and burying placentas in the backyard....

But I digress.... Anyway... I saved the bands roo and I wore at the hospital. And I wanted to include them somehow subtlety. And I think you almost don't notice them...

Ok, I guess you do notice them... but the monkeys are more apparent...

so there's some acrylics happening here... which do well on paper. Don't seem to make it bendy. I guess if you poured a bottle of acrylic paint on the page... damage would happen. But a branch here and there... a breeze for a heavy scrap paper! And on a side note: Do trees ever go out of style? Not in my book... but I'm the one with a tree tattooed up the side of my body so I guess my opinion doesn't count...

I don't know what I'm saying really... it's borderline babble and very non-imformative! I apologize... roo roo and I were just dress shopping at the mall for 3 hours... We did stop for dinner though... so that took up some of that time.

I will shut up now! yay!

I wish you all a happy Friday in one hour and 15 minutes!

Thanks for browsing my blog!

there are no monkeys

Feets feets feets

2010-08-10T03:47:00.000-07:00

So... instead of going to bed early, I had some peanutbutter cup blizzard and some chai with whippy. And this is what came out of it...

And honestly, these kinds of pages are my favorite... kinda borderline altered or collaged... but still work as a scrapbook page... All I know is I have gel medium... spray glue... and paint all over me.

If you've never worked with Gel Medium, YOU MUST! It actually works great as a transfer on canvas. You can take a picture, swipe a coat of gel medium on it, paste it onto your project, let it dry, and then peel it back, and TADA! It's transferred onto your art! (in backwards style of course) And if you're working on a canvas, you can actually wash it off and the paper clears, but the ink stays.

In this particular work, I transferred some pages from an old children's book... Another great transfer is sheet music. Paper paper works better than photo paper because it peels easier... Ya know.. paper paper... ha...

Ok then.... I'm off to wash some stuff off a babies knees ....

Have a GREAT TUESDAY!

Eleanor

2010-08-08T17:38:00.000-07:00

I'm tryin' to finish her first year scrapbook by the time she turns 1... But I'll leave some room at the end for the actual birthday pics. So far I have an parade of random pages... so I'm now going back to fill in the holes... (I keep thinking about my un-born, un-conceived second child Henry and how I'm probably not gonna do this for him... but hey, I'll think about and really really really feel guilty... often...)

In any manner.... I guess it goes for any kind of art... sometimes you get so drunk on it.
I have this photo of Daryl and Eleanor, and even though it's a little fuzzy... it's just so sweet. And when I was making this page, It just plainly made me feel fuzzy.
So I decided to make it the opener. It's not her first picture taken... but she's still pretty new...

So... anyway...when it's for me, I tend to get a little messier. This page has lot of extra's... First of all, that Somerset magazine... I ALWAYS find interesting pictures in there. As well as all the other stuff... but I've used pages from that magazine in my art from time to time.

big ol' bunch of flowers...

why not?

And I found this great "ribbon" at AC moore. Though it looks more like curtains... The birdie is cut out of somerset with the micro scissors... and those foam stickies make it stand up a bit...

Ok well... Roo is doin' a bongo solo right now, so I'll be back later... I may be pulling an all- night scrap off with myself...

For GG... with ♥

2010-08-04T19:17:00.000-07:00

Been meaning to make a few pages for Grandma for a couple months now and finally got a chance to.

My lovely cousin was up from Florida last month, so we all got together with our kiddies at Grandma's house. And of course, it was a good opportunity to get some pictures of Grandma with six of her grandchildren. (she has way more than six, but I stopped counting after my brain exploded)

Occasionally, I'll bust out my sewing machine when I scrapbook. I really... don't know how to use it all together. I never made anything that could be worn, or hung, or sat on... but a short straight line I can handle. And I love what it does for a page! I wish the tension on my machine would stop getting all screwy... coz it gets all jammed up... and I'm running out of ideas on how to fix it other than just asking someone who knows how to sew....

And if you don't have a sewing machine, hand stitches are adorable on a page!

I started with two pages, and ended up with four. I could've probably made an entire scrapbook with photos from this 4 hour meet up if I wanted. But I'm sure her book could use pages from some other events as well.

And sometimes, a little journaling, or in this case, a note to GG fills a space nicer than jamming another photo.

Ok. So good night all. I'm either going to wawa for an Italian Hoagie, or to bed. ... .... I know what I should do... but man I'm hungry...

disappointment

2010-08-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

CD skippy. :(

Dreaming through the long winters

2010-08-01T18:59:00.000-07:00

I just recently had a garage sale... and I unearthed boxes and boxes of Cd's while looking for stuff to sell. I came across this one, and I can't believe I didn't just carry it with my wherever I went. Because I love it that much.
I remember where I was when I first heard it. I was in Barnes & Noble. They were playing it throughout the store. I went up to the register and said, "I have to have this cd, who is it????"And so I bought it and it makes me feel like I just drank a bottle of wine.

The last song, Recessional, might be my favorite song ever.

The whole cd is beautiful... you just can't go near it. So a Miller High Life toast to Vienna Teng this evening. THANK YOU! I love you!

On a side note, I had a dream the other night that I went to a Long Winter's concert. And certain people had special passes to not only meet John Roderick, but to lay on him. Ha... lay on him while he was on stage. I don't know how he played with people laying all over him, but somehow the music kept on...
Anyway, I had one of these "special" passes, and when it got to be my turn, somehow something happened and the one of the guys in the band got sick. Anyhow, it must've been a keyboard player cos next thing I know, they're asking me if I can read these charts... so I say, "SURE!" So I guess not getting to lay on John was redeemed by getting to be in the band. I wonder if they kept me around? ha... DAMN waking up always gets in the way of AWESOME happenings.... I at least got to hear myself play a couple tunes... wish I remembered which ones....

Beach Baby

2010-07-25T16:18:00.000-07:00

I Really Wish my printer WAsn'T out of black ink right now. And I really wish my camera wasn't dead.

So ... I may have said this before, but it's hard to get good pics of paper art... so forgive these bad pics, but I'm sure you get the idea. The roof of my mouth is burned from frozen pizza. HA, that doesn't make sense... you're asking me how frozen pizza could burn me...

YOU KNOW HOW! Don't EVEN!

ok, I need to go fix things now. like... my ice maker... my life... the second drawer of the bathroom vanity...

Customer 2.51

2010-07-25T15:37:00.000-07:00

Customer 2.51 is allowing me to post the progress of her scrapbook. So I am going to do just that in this particular post.

Here are some visuals:

Aren't her kiddies cute! So this book is going to focus on the wittle girly... but some brother is allowed here and there...

My favorite thing I recently discovered: GLUE DOTS ... make attaching ribbon so much less messy...
And no need to point out, I always overdo brads... *sigh* ... and flowers... and ... marshmellows...

Anyway... can I just say that I CAN'T WAIT TILL HALLOWEEN!

If anyone has any ideas for my daughter's costume, pour em in... coz I have no idea right now...
She'll be almost 14 months by then...

An excuse for more pink stuff!

2010-07-21T19:34:00.000-07:00

Can I just tell you how much I love the dimensional elements! (The big circle thingie)
And I think I might stamp myself a pancake breakfast tomorrow if I'm not careful! So to tie together those two sentences, the circle is colored pink with pencil, then I took the waterbrush and smooshed the color a bit to make it look more water colory... (yes... I make up words just like everyone else)... then I stamped over it with some wordy stamp. And TADA! Antiquey style circle thingie!!! Compliments little Norah's cute as ham face nicely!

Ok... I really just can't think of anything to say about these pages so I'm babbling. But here they are... even for just some ideas for the ladies out there. Hmmm... I'm sure they exist, but I might point out that I've never scrapbooked with a guy... or had him say "YES! THAT SOUNDS AWESOMELY FUNTASTIC!" when I asked him to come over and scrapbook with me.

And my might turned into an I did.

GOODNIGHT FRIENDS! ('nother page below)

ACEO cards

2010-06-06T19:34:00.000-07:00

Art Card, Editions, and Originals.

Also known as the ATC - artist trading card.

Art small enough to be mailed. Small enough to be traded. Apparently, according to Wiki- they started in the 90's in switzerland. So this little idea isn't that old. And I must say I've spent a lot of time admiring other artist's ATC's, but furnishing none of my own.

But now I've finally started, and I posted some on etsy for trading or selling.

they're getting so popular now, that art companies and the sort are making a variety of holders just for these little mini arts. And you can find a bunch of magazines and books entirely regarding ATC's.

I treat em' as mini collages most of the time. Though occasionally I've just made them entirely a small painting. But really you could do anything. As long as it fits on a 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 card, go for it.

Tastefully Scrappy

2010-05-24T18:42:00.000-07:00

One day in last saturday land, Fitty and Ninny had a Shin type of Dig. We tasted and we scrapped... and we shared it with our FRENS!

So thanks to the friends and family who participated, it was a messy and delicious!

Here are some of my latest pages.

This little cutie above Lukey is so photogenic! So making scrapbooks revolving around him is way too easy.

this page uses some DISTRESSING TOOLS, STAMPS, Dimensional Elements and some Filigree charms. Also brads, conchos, ribbon, and of course neutral papers and cardstock.

The dimensional elements (LUKE) I covered in paper, sanded with the micro files to make a nice and clean edge, and then stamped the top using VERSA MARK INK. Then I brushed over the ink with chalk, and the pattern of the stamp sticks to the chalk so you can make it as subtle or strong as you like. Versa Mark ink is an invisible ink that lets you use a stamped image as a sorta glue. You can chalk it or glitter it... creates a really nice effect. I actually chalked Luke's name with two different colors, to bring a little contrast to the outer edge.

The EYELET TOOL makes it very easy to add eyelets and conchos to your page. (shown above Luke's picture) The conchos are wide enough to fit a ribbon through. It's fun to use and makes for a very easy way to add interesting little touches.

And now Luke's all growed up! ha.. ok, not really but we jumped around 15 months in time...

So when you've picked up your pics, and you're goin' through and you notice a series like this... It's pretty much a no-brainer for a page.

I had em all kinda spread out at first and then said... Hey, why not just shover em' right up against one another. Yes, I meant shover. And actually... I lied. I never spread em out. I kinda knew they wanted to be together.

So, needless to say, he's enjoying some cake... and the cake is what makes these pics so charming. So I decided to focus on that. And I thought the flowers appropriate because he was in my mom's flower filled yard whilst he enjoyed this cake.

So... nothing crazy again...

Just some paper, ribbon, stamps, and these things. The stamps were little flowers, and I cut them out and pasted em' on to make em' pop a little. That's one of my new favorite things to do with stamps. Cut em' out and they make a 3D focus to your page, or card. Color em' with pencils, chalk, or Markers if you like.

The bottom of the page was actually done by just taking the whole ink pad in hand and dragging it over the paper. Kinda in a way so the edge would make a grassy type line here and there...

So that's it for the Luke update.

I am now going to practice my can crushing and hit the hay!

Check out Ninny's Tastefully Simple PHOODS! Our party was a double play featuring tastefully simple food. I recommend the beer bread, nana's apple cake... any of the spices... etc.. It's really all good. And quick and easy.

Neat Ideas from CTMH

2010-05-13T18:15:00.000-07:00

So Close to my Heart makes a lot of neat little things like this besides just your run of the mill scrapbooks.

I ended up with a lot of nice photos from Easter, and I didn't want to just put em' in a book, so I decided to feature some of them in this Acordian style scraptastic thingie. ha...

You can see the various items here: 3D Creations The one I used here is called "Memory Showcase", it comes in two sizes at the bottom of that page I linked.

I didn't really get too fancy with this, I wanted it to be pretty clean. I did some stamping, included some dimensional elements on the first and last pages... and brads and ribbon.. etc.

Anyway, it makes a great gift as well as something different to display around the house.
Perfect if you want to isolate an event, or a tribute to someone, or even a group of family photos to throw on the mantel.

Anyhoo, night night folks :)

Yes, I had two bowls for dinner: One filled with cheerios, and one filled with peas.
There's no rules when it comes to PHOOD!

On the porch

2010-04-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

This page is just kinda something that came about because I love this picture of my baby.
She was just hanging out on the porch in her high chair and I was trying to powerwash....

So anyway... there's a bit of filing again going on here... and stamping, a few cross stitches...

I took some pages out of one of those books I found on the side of the road and incorporated some lines and background points.

If you glue old pages to your paper, and then peel em' off before the glue dries... you get the affect shown on the bottom up there. The words kinda have more staying power than the paper... and then I filed it a little if too much paper stayed.

I'm not quite sure if I'm done with these pages...

but then again, quite often I go too far... so I'm leaving them alone for now.

Card: I love you

2010-04-22T17:31:00.000-07:00

this was made with CTMH stuff. And... a nail file...

ha... but they sell nail file substitutes at CTMH, I just didn't have one handy... And I'm trying my hardest not to just purchase everything they make... but it's hard.

So anyway...
The stamps I used are all actually from one set.... It's called "A Flitter" A1108.
Ok, I lied... the one stamp that looks like a keyhole is actually an old school ctmh stamp on a wood block. They don't make em anymore... *sigh* but that's good... coz the clear blocks make it much easier for your stamp to end up where it's supposed to...

The little circles are "Dimensional Elements". I glued red paper to the top and then filed the edges and dipped em' in brown ink. Well, to be specific, I swiped them over the ink pad... no real dipping happened...

And the inside leaves room for that love poem you wrote for that someone whom you never shared your love for... before.... Until now, coz you're probably gonna make a card like this and GO FOR IT!

Anyway, I guess I'm a little late for Valentine's day...

But I declare here and now that we should start a new movement. A throw back to the old days when people actually used ink and paper and wrote with their hands and folded it up like a football and threw it onto someone else's desk...

I mean... mailed it. :)

My point is... anytime is a good time for a hand made card. And anyone would be shocked as all &*^^ to get one in the mail.

Goodnight Sunday...

Good Tunes: The Librarian

2010-04-13T06:17:00.000-07:00

I just have have have HAVE to express my love for this song.
One of my favorite of My Morning Jacket’s creations.
One of my favorite songs ever in the LIFE! Even in the secret LIFE… of bees…

It’s one of those songs that makes you feel like you’re in a movie when you’re listening to it. The little trickly guitar accompaniment starts… and your eyes become the singer’s eyes and you just watch through his head where he’s going and what he’s seeing… and … it’s just really amazing.
And more strings kinda show up eerily and get progressively more telling along with the percussion…

Ok, enough with my twaddle… but bottom line: Just an amazing arrangement of sounds. Do yourself a favor and look er’ up. You’ll be Happy you did.
Hey look, here’s the lyrics! And a staggering set of words they are! Perfectly strung together…

Walk across the courtyard,
Towards the library.
I can hear the insects buzz on the leaves, 'neath my feet.

Ramble up the stairwell,
To the hall of books.

Since we got the interweb these hardly get used.

Duck into the men's room,
Combing through my hair.
When God gave us mirrors he had no idea.

Looking for a lesson
In the periodicals,
There I spy you listening to the AM radio.

Karen of the Carpenters,
Singing in the rain.
Another lovely victim of the mirror's evil way.

It's not like you're not trying,
With a pencil in your hair,
To defy the beauty the good Lord put in there

Simple little bookworm,
Buried underneath
Is the sexiest librarian.
Take off those glasses and let down your hair for me.

So I watch you through the bookcase,
Imagining a scene.
You and I had dinner,
Spending time when you sleep.
And what can I say to you,
Lying there in bed.
These words were the kiss I would play in your head.

What is it inside our heads
That makes us do the opposite,
Makes us do the opposite
Of what's right for us.

'Cause everything be great,
And everything be good,
And everybody gave,
Like everybody could.

Sweetest little bookworm,
Hidden underneath
Is the sexiest librarian.

Take off those glasses and let down your hair for me.

Take off those glasses, and let down your hair for me.

Simple little beauty,
Heaven in your breath.
Simplest of pleasures

The world at its best.

Welcome Roo

2010-04-10T20:27:00.000-07:00

This page is pretty much one of those, "Hey, you're new here, so ... Welcome."

And yes, that's my little sweetheart... and her Elephant frens... though now she's kinda attached to this green frog.... I guess we could call her Ellaribbit for awhile instead of Ellaroo...

Gosh, ya know... sometimes scrapbooking can be corny... but man it TUGS at my wittle heart strings... haha... coz looking at this just floods my brain with all the fuzzy feelings I felt when I was at the hospital meeting this little lady for the first time...

*Sigh*

So anyway, there's nothing terribly complicated going on in this page... Kinda od's on pink brads... The hearts are actually tags made with one of those presses. And I just tied em around the ribbons with hemp.
And I don't know what is about those little flowers, but I love them... and use them often. I think every one of my christmas cards last year had a couple of em...

Karen: "GO TO BED"
Fitty: "Yes mam!"

First CTMH card

2010-04-10T07:34:00.000-07:00

So... my first box of CTMH stuff came yesterday, so I threw together this card using the new stuff.

The stuff is so cute...

It's going to be hard not to give away everything I make... coz I really just feel like sending this card to someone... ha... Someone who could use a Happy Day! And what's not happy about Cherries! I ask you THAT?!

VISIT ME!
CLOSE TO MY HEART FITTY STYLE
Well, I guess it'll be more fun to visit me when I've made a nice repetiore of creations... workin' on it! Waiting for either INK for my printer so I can print out photos to scrap with, or looking to have them printed somewhere else. Coz lemme tell you, I printed a bunch of pics of my daughter at Walgreens... the 9cent prints. DON'T DO IT. They came out terrible.... not only that... it seemed like they were printed on paper... really really disappointing. I have to say my old printer makes better prints.
Ok, one more thing about Walgreens photo center, I have gotten prints from there in the past, and I don't remember them being this awful ... so either something's changed, or I just got a bad batch. Ya know.. a bad batch of... 274... crik!

Have a HAPPY DAY!

FITTY

EASTER

2010-04-03T19:45:00.000-07:00

What a bejez beautious weekend! Holy hannah New Jersey never seemed so sweet...

Ok, So I haven't had a lot of time to work on things, but I threw this little ditty together for my parents on Easter. And what better subject than my baby girl! Plus I'm sure grandparents love getting crap like this... HA!

The yellow is a piece of card stock, so I kinda worked around it with scrapbook paper, and embellishments. Of course, after I glued that piece of scrapbook paper on the back, it didn't fit in the envelope anymore... heh. But that was ok. It survived the car ride just fine.

So anyway, my parents thought it was adorable... though they may have just been talking about Roo's little face... ha...

I have to plug Digitalcollagesheets.com here because I love looking for scrapbooking art there. The little eggs on the bottom are from a collage sheet I got from that site. They have just tons of great stuff there to work with. And once you download it, it's yours FOREVER!
So take advantage my friends, or swim away....

I think I might need some ice cream before bed... I hope Dirkpants didn't eat the last bittle...

FREE GIFTS FROM GOD

2010-04-03T02:15:00.000-07:00

Folks... when God leaves perfectly good books on the sidewalk at 2am... yes that's right, please deliver them to my front porch. HA!
ok fer serious... I flippin love books, the older the better, and the freer, the better.

And if you leave them outside your house in the dark, I will take them. And if I don't read em, I will cut them up and glue the words together in compromising orders! Or I will rip out their guts and use their spines for wall art! And there will be nothing you can do about it! So keep your books tight if you don't like the sound of that....

If you went MUCKING...

2010-03-09T19:25:00.000-08:00

Collage! I love collage. I'm promising myself to explore new techniques in the future, but for now I've got stuff like this: (below)

This was actually made on book board. You can get book board at www.hollanders.com. Which is where I got it. I'm sure there are other places too, but I like that site because there's a whole bunch of other fun stuff on there too...

But anyway, Materials used here:
1. Acrylic paints
2. Crackle medium
3. Gel Medium
4. Old photo
5. Book pages
6. Buttons
7. Scrapbooking paper

I guess you could say scrapbooking is a less intense form of collage... Well, maybe intense isn't the right word... coz I knows some ladies who are INTENSE with a capital cupcake about their scrappings... so... heh... maybe we could just say you might be limited when inserting your creation in a plastic sleeve type page. Yes?

I have to say I've had many many collages go wrong.

Hello!

2010-03-04T19:27:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my blog. There's room for you... to come right in....
I know that's a song.... but I can't think of where or who or... anyone?

But I think "blog" is actually "fog" in the song. Or something that rhymes with blog and fog... maybe it's bog?

I guess I should state my purpose... this blog really is a supplement to my website, www.fittyupdike.com. I've always been a crafty type person, but I'm starting to really pour down the scrapbooking road in a hardcore type car... so I needed a place to vent my projects and other such nonsense that may need leaking...

So thanks for reading! :)