Back to the 70s!!!! Photo Intensive Post Alert

Did the Summer fly by too fast for you? Well it sure did here and there
were lots of things we were going to do this Summer that just didn't
get scrunched into our busy time or laziness, it depends on which
day we're talking about! One of those things I had planned
was to go through the boxes of old clothing I have in the attic and
see if any of it fit the kids (and if they wanted it.)

Today, since it was raining and messy out, we found a box and did
just that. Of course, most of it was 'girly' clothes so Buddy didn't
get to try stuff on (not that he wanted to, but still...) but Punkin
was beside herself with glee- she couldn't try stuff on to model
for photos fast enough! LOL! Everything not labeled otherwise
was made either by my Mother or my Grandmother and now
my daughter is wearing it.
Here are the photos of that session...

My favorite homemade Sundress

My favorite homemade Nightgown
My Junior Girl Scout Uniform (store bought, of course)
Various homemade t-shirts

My Senior Baby Day outfit Mom made for me... (sans the teddy
bear slippers-they didn't survive the attic heat.)


My first Fan Tee (store bought)
(yep, it's Shawn Cassidy!)

My flower girl dress (store bought) from my Grandmother's second wedding in
the late 70s...
Check out those ruffles! I thought I was wearing a modern day
Princess dress! LOL!

Now, I leave you with photos of the twins and their Saturday backyard
campout extraordinaire!

Daytime photos were taken by Punkin and I took the bedtime photo.
They wanted to stay out there on Sunday night too but couldn't get
comfy and were talking too loudly so I suggested they just bag it and
come in....okay, it wasn't quite that sweetly said...but about 30 minutes
after they came in and were in their own comfy beds the skies opened
up and poured rain! All of us were so glad they were already inside
by then! Still, they had a great time on Saturday night.

Hope this wasn't too crazy-long a post and that you enjoyed my
clothing flashback! LOL!

xoxox
Csmoferret

Whaaaattt????

One of the assistant Cub Scout Leaders for my son's
Pack called tonight and shared this website...

Click here.

I am stunned. This man was our Cub Master for the last
year and though he seemed a bit frazzled he never seemed
like the kind of person this news article makes him out to
be. So strange. So sad if it is indeed true.

Sigh.

xoxox
Csmoferret

The epitome of a bad day...

this is the current view from my dining room window.
Poor guy. Of course, it speaks to the leaps and bound
of technology today that 5 guys can't fix a Mercedes.
So glad he's not stuck by himself though.
Truly a rotten way to spend the afternoon.
I hope they figure it out soon...

More later (hopefully more positive stuff! ; p )
xoxo
Csmoferret

What the rest of my family is doing...

...these days!

Hubby and the kids have been out on the Aransas River
with Grandpa waterskiing and wake boarding. They went
early yesterday with Hubby's best friend (visiting
from Boston) and had a total blast.


In this photo Punkin is demonstrating how to knee board.

Me? I was scrapbooking with my 2 closest friends!
It was a glorious day!!!

xoxox
Csmoferret

I know, I dropped off the radar!

So sorry I've been missing in action for a very long time.
Don't you hate it when bloggers don't keep up with their
blogs? Me too! Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way
of my blogging time and I've dropped off the blogging
radar...

Well, I'm back! I've got lots of things to share and I'll
start with photos of last month's LOAD (Lay Out A
Day) Challenge. I LOVE participating in LOAD and
truly look forward to it. It does make a crazy busy
month even more so but I get to look through all
of the layouts I made on the fly that month and
it reminds me that I really can carve a few minutes
out of each day and make something...

Here are the layouts I made for the last part
of the month... (I'll put the rest in a separate
blog post to cut down on length.)

Day 30


Day 29

Day 28

Day 27


Day 26

Day 25

Day 24


Day 23


Day 22

Day 21

Day 20

Day 19


These were all digital pages: days 30,29,28,27,26,25,21,
20 and 19 are all from Lindsay Jane Designs; days 24,23,
and 22 are from Larisa Hicken of Garden Girls Designs.
I'll have another post with the rest of the photos.
I have to download them from my laptop.

See you later!
xoxo
Csmoferret

Wings 2 ATC swap

I participated in an ATC (artist trading card) swap online and
the theme was Wings. These are the cards I created today to
send in. I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out but I
am a bit worried that they may be a bit too chunky for the
others. Ah well, I like them-I hope they do too....

Here is a photo of cards #3,4,7 and 8...

and here is the whole set. You can see that they are not all exactly the
same but they are pretty close. The one with the gold butterfly is the
one I'm keeping from the set. I will get 8 different cards in return from
the swap group after April 1st. I'll post them when I get them.

Thanks for stoppin' by!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Here are my final 6 layouts for LOAD Feb 2010!!

Day 23
I found this and the next photo in a stack of things that hadn't been put
away yet and felt like I had hit gold. I love these two portraits and dug
out some school stuff to create this layout for the Buddy. It is so hard
to believe they are in 3rd grade already!

Day 24
I had a hard time with this layout because I just couldn't get over how
grown up Punkin looks. I guess it kind of freaked me out a bit. I love
her color coordination (teal brace bands and aqua & brown top) and
had to use those colors for her. The challenge was also to use scraps
and bits from our stash - the flowered patterned paper and the letter
stickers are all leftovers. I am thinking I may add a few crocheted
flowers but it's good the way it is.

Day 25
Every time I think of our trip to Wimberley, I think of this life-size chess
set in the garden at the EmilyAnn Theater. It was just so cool to play a
game of chess like this. The kids loved it too. I think I will move a few of
the chess pieces from over the title to the top of the photo like photo
corners. That just sounded like a cool idea when I was uploading this
photo.
Day 26
The background in this layout is made using Donna Downey's new
stamp set 'Where you are' and I didn't check to be sure I uploaded
the correct layout with the title over the lower birdcage. It should
read 'PLAY'. The one I uploaded to the LOAD gallery was missing it
so I just used the same photo here. This new stamp set just really
tickles my fancy!

Day 27
Buddy's experiment was carving soap with 4 different tools to see which
worked the fastest. It was pretty cool to watch him set everything up and
then hit the timer and start carving! Soap pieces were flying all over the
dining room! He really enjoyed his project, though and got his display
board all put together and finalized right after school on Friday. It is
due on Monday - so he was completely free and footloose all weekend.
He was quite possibly the happiest guy I know this weekend because
he finished his project before his sister did. That is why I completed
his layout first (even though it will wind up on the right side of the
2 page layout.)

Day 28

The last two layouts are halves of a 2 page set. The 'Popcorn &' should
be on the left and the 'Soap' should be on the right. These are photos
of the twins with their completed Science Project Display Boards. It
really made everyone here happy when they both finished their
projects with several days to spare. So glad they don't know about
procrastination yet.

Well, LOAD is done for this month. I feel pretty good about the
layouts I made this month and I also rearranged my albums and
determined I am sick of postbound albums and will most likely
be purchasing ring bound albums to move everything to very
soon. I am so tired of tiny metal post extensions that don't
tighten down correctly, spine covers that just look stupid
and page protectors that don't get included on the post
even though the 20 before and after do. Ring binder style
albums would eliminate all those hassles. I know they
come with their own set of hassles but at least I would
be able to move things around more easily. So, look
for a change on that front before too long.

Have a great week! See you back here soon!
x0x0x
Csmoferret

PS - Yep! I'll be LOAD'n again in May! Can't wait to
get started again!