Twiddling my thumbs, watching the grass grow, clipping my toenails, writing this post. Yep, those were all of the things I did not have time to do this weekend! But guess what? Everyone’s asleep, so….
Hey you GUUUUUUUYSSSSS!
Yes, Lisam somehow I will find a way to repay you for that fond memory, ha ha! What has everyone been up to? We had a busy weekend, some friends from Boston came for a visit Friday night, Saturday was crazy, and Saturday night Harry and I took his old boss out to dinner. When I got up Sunday morning, my husband decided he was going to put up the basketball hoop Santa had brought for Christmas. Of course, since men do not know how to read instruction manuals, I somehow got conned into helping. There went my creative Sunday afternoon. I did, however, force myself to do at least one card for Emily’s challenge. And here it is!
Inspired by the FBOS I sent to my gp, and Lisa’s struggle with packing tape transfers, I decided to do a card about my grandmother. She was great , and I think of her often.
Lisam, my apologies if you have already gotten up to do your thing and missed this.. I had to go visit t’s blog, then I had to watch the wedding video, then I had to go to BB and see all of g’s stuff, then I had to leave comments…it’s been an exhausting evening.
I put the list together for the library card swap, I’ll wait until Friday to see if anyone else wants to join in.
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March 13, 2007 at 3:16 am
mistygold33
Sweet ass job girl!
That was a friggin hilarious video hey!
Thanks for coming over! i said i would never have a blog! Geesh!
look what g and you made me do!
ha ha
t
March 13, 2007 at 3:20 am
jan
love the fabric….i am definately going to do that on one of my cards!!
March 13, 2007 at 8:50 am
lisam in spain
rebecca, that card looks really cool! I love how you used the vintage fabric, and the bit of “netting” (or whatever it’s called) reminds me of the hats they used to wear in the 50s. Really cool. Okay, that’s it, I’ve gotta master the packing tape transfers…Have a good day, all you gps!
Hey, a silly question: I know people from Boston are from “Bawston”–is there a typical accent in Philly?? or do they all talk smooth as cream cheese ? heh heh…
March 13, 2007 at 3:18 pm
g
Hi R.
yay. new post! LOVE your cards.
LisaM i will be doing a project for the BB newsletter on transfers. That one is coming in April. you’ll see how to do a few different transfers including packing tape. and then of course, a cute little project with it.
just the heads up gals on the NEXT newletter topic for BB. I’m going to show you step by step HOW to make your own album. Yippee! I’ll include a supply list OR of course, YOU CAN order an album kit from me! I have them you know.
sorry if i’m not supposed to be telling this stuff on your blog R. Just send me a reprimand e-mail, and I won’t do it again!
gotta go to court
g
March 13, 2007 at 4:03 pm
lisam in spain
g, yay yay yay! ( transfers)
yay yay yay! (transfers with packing tape)
yay yay yay! (albums)
yay yay yay! (step by step instructions)
aren’t I annoying!!?!? heh heh
March 13, 2007 at 5:48 pm
jan
I love the album that I made from a g kit.
jan
March 13, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Marissa
Hey girls,
Been out of the gp world for a couple of weeks and hope i will renter soon.
Alot is going on and my mind a little clouded. My husband is away for 2 weeks so maybe after i finish with the kids i’ll get sometime. I have never tried to do transfer tape, so it will me real exciting to learn.
love the cards you made for the challange. r i would love to join your challange my actually to much of a chicken shit to do it. Because have no clue what to do or what i would do. no i’m not whinning either, just the reality of the moment..but not forever with all the cool things g will be teaching which very excited and ofcourse not to mention your class r on the flowers. Just to share to cool news. my daughter is preggers. she is the one i did the page on from g’s adobe class. i feel like i’m having an out of body experience. between that with my son who’s 16 and my daughter 14 i’m a spinning just a little. what teenage years another story entirely.
well hope all you girls are doing great and speak to you all real soon.
March 14, 2007 at 12:02 am
lisam in spain
HEy, all!
Hi, Marissa–nice to read you; hope to see more of you around once things quiet down around your orbit. CONGRATULATIONS!!! to your daughter and to you, the eventual grandama! wow.
So I’ve been working on my conspiracy theory LO a bit tonight. for a change: it’s been happening for the last week or so that every time I go to put my daughter down for a nap or to bed at night (which means that I subsequently have some time to myself to make stuff!!!), I end up falling ASLEEP myself, given that it takes a while for her to conk and there I am, waiting…cozy under the quilt…nice and warm…peaceful…relaxed…and the next thing you know: zzzzzZZZZZZzzzzZZZZZzzzz!!! and boy does that tick me off when I wake up, she wakes up and I realize that “free time is now officially over”!!! (I shouldnt’ complain, at least I’m gettin a nap…but when the time for yourself is soooo much more important than the SLEEP!!…)
sigh. that must seem like soooo “in a galaxy far far away! to you gals with teenagers…
Have a good rest of your day, everybuddeh!
March 14, 2007 at 12:31 am
gfro
Hi Marissa. congrats! you’ll be a gramma soon. hmmmm…. i’ve threatened my children that i WILL NOT under any circumstances, be a gramma until I am, oh, i don’t know…DEAD!!
most people think I am about 15 years younger than I actually am, so i think I have a very YOUNG heart and spirit and the thoughts of being a gramma scares the SHIT out of me!! what about you Marissa? are you good with it all?? are you ready??? do you ever get ready??? i am so GLAD i know someone that i can now ask all these very important questions of.
the first BB newsletter with my first class comes out the end of this week, maybe even tomorrow…YIKES!! hope everyone likes it.
hey, i’ll pay you all $1.00 each if you go and say “ooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaa” and “jee g, that’s amazing!!”
just kidding.
hey J, did you have any trouble doing the album kit?? it might be really good to see the step by step in photos.
I have kits for sale if anyone needs to buy them. I have 13×13 and 10×10 and then we do custome size as well. I sell a lot of them, so we keep them in stock.
that’s it. I’m off to create something for the book. I have been going through old photos, and found some that knocked my socks off! Can’t wait to do something with them. did some altering over the weekend. LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out!
J, HOUSE is on tonight…
g
March 14, 2007 at 1:18 am
mistygold33
Hey r,
Hows the belly button limt picking coming?
R u going to alter something with it?
Bah ha ha I crack myself up!!!!!
Right up the butt! Bah ha ha I did it again!
Would you like me to stay away from here with my wit?
Later,
t
March 14, 2007 at 1:18 am
mistygold33
Oh ya g as if we wont be there ooohing and awing!!
as ever,
t
March 14, 2007 at 1:22 am
mistygold33
Oh ya, I also love my kits that I bought from you g!
I still have 2 more to do!
Girls, Buy them from g as they are so easy when all packaged up ready to go!
t
o.k.Ill quit hogging your blog.Ill go back to my own…where nobody comes to say hi…:(
t
March 14, 2007 at 1:52 am
vintagegirlmodernworld
The BD would like to apologize for being way behind on these comments. The BD will try to answer them all forthwith:
t- yes, that g is a blog instigator. I wonder, does she get a commission from the rat bastards every time we open a blog?
jan-will send you some fabric, email me!
lisam- there is definitely a south philly accent, but I am not a philly native, I was an army brat, so we were all over the place during my formative years. Hence, no accent for me. Nap time, you get nap time?? I would love some nap time!
g- on this blog we like:
BB promotion
lots of commotion
videos in motion
so I’d like to know where you got the notion…
that I wouldn’t let you talk about your upcoming kickass newsletter.
jan-did you get your g kit from the g spot? Haha couldn’t resist that one!
marissa- glad to have you checkin in, wow! That’s definitely some news to rock your boat. We are here for you, gal! Don’t be shy about doing the card challenge, I think it will be nice to have a little piece of art from everyone here, no matter what your style. That’s what makes art cool, it’s all unique.
t-if you will go visit your blog, you will see I was just there LEAVING A COMMENT! You will be receiving your altered bellybutton lint sculptural mobile in the mail shortly. I’m sure it will look great hanging in the studio. Did I tell you it can also be used as a fig leaf in case of emergency? I ‘m sure the male models will find it quite handy, ha ha! BTW, cool new avatar!
r
March 14, 2007 at 2:05 am
mistygold33
r,
I can hardly wait to hang my mobile!!!1 iam so friggin excited.
Perfect about the fig leaf!
Dare I say YUMMY! BAh ha ha I hate that word too!
Thanks also about liking my new avatar I took the self portrait today!
I have to go unpack my backdrop stand! Just got it in the mail today! Yippeee!
Came from New York!
Well, girl thanks for the nice compliment on my blkog!
later,
t
March 14, 2007 at 2:38 am
gfro
T, what is a “blkog”?
March 14, 2007 at 3:23 am
mistygold33
a spelling error…blog
t
March 14, 2007 at 3:41 am
Marissa
Thanks girls for the congrats.
First I want to see ok i will try the cards r…not sure what i’m suppose to do,but your right it’s going to be cool for everyone to do something. I would be stupid to pass up this oppurtunity with you girls. so tell me the info that you need from me.
G, what are we ever ready for. It’s hard to beleive i’m going to be in this stage. Many people don’t even think i could have a married daughter. When i tell them my age they usually don’t beleive me. I’m 47 and happy to be here. As i mentioned the other day on the blog. I’m a breast cancer survivor, so i’m thrilled to be at this stage. there are things in life that totally change are perspective. One day if you would like i’ll tell you that story. anyways… the scary part for me as of the moment is i want my daughter to be healthy and ok. i totally feel like i’m lliving in a time warp.
It’s like being freeze dried. i’m laughing. here i am looking at her and i’m just seeing myself going through the first time i was pregnant. it doesn’t make me feel old at all. i don’t think it should scare you. look at it like this ..if you feel your a great mom and i think your a very cool mom and probably a great friend to your children..think of how great you are going to be as a grandma. I feel so honored that my daughter wants to share her marriage with me and her thoughts and questions about life. and now asking me to go to the doctor with her and sharing this experience..it is euphoria for me. I could go on and on about thoughts and feelings, perceptives on things, i love it all. So girlfriends anything you want to ask ..go for it and i’d love to talk about. One thing that is scary, is hoping their lives want be to hard of a financial struggle. By the way g for sure interested in one of you kits. which size would be better to do. i have only ever done 12X12 pics.
Lisa for you nap time is very important.. Your time will work out. i find taking sometime at night is easier than the daytime hours. i use just veg. when the kids would be sleeping. (siesta time). Can’t wait to see what you are going to do for your theory. willing to give any hints.
well manana. buenos noches.
speak to you all tomorrow.
March 14, 2007 at 4:36 am
mistygold33
That was beautiful Marissa.
A very nice compliment about us all but, I think WE are the lucky ones to have a survivor in our group!
t
March 14, 2007 at 6:08 am
gfro
Hey Marissa, beautiful post. i am still waiting to hear your story…whenever you’re ready to share it.
i was being somewhat facicious about being ready for gramma-hood. i wasn’t ready for kids, nor my 40’s, nor full time prosecuting (so much responsibility!) nor staying in one place longer than 5 years, nor lots of other things, BUT they all came and life is still good.
some of us have been through lots of shit in life. I have met lots of people that have been through hell and lived through it. I guess it’s all about how our experiences shape us.
In the time I have known Marissa i have always gotten the feeling her experiences have made her a very beautiful person. Not knowing her age, I have always thought she was in her early to mid 30’s. don’t know why. she has a young spirit i guess that flows through her words.
marissa, loved how you changed the subject mid paragraph from really deep stuff to one of my stupid album kits!
Lisa, maybe you’re pregnant??? have you thought of that??? maybe that’s why you’re sooooooooooo tired and need to nap a lot. hmmmmmmm. interesting…. you know me and conspiracy theories!
i should go to bed now and enter into one of my fitful sleeps. why “fitful” you ask? because I am always creating in my stupid head (SH) and when I’m not, I’m having nightmares (NMs). what an interesting life i lead. I am SURE i would be a GREAT case for any psych student. why oh why do i have to have a brain like this????
Marissa, JOIN IN THE LIBRARY CARD challenge!!! it’s going to be so much fun.
do you think it would be better if i don’t do these challenges? I get e-mails from people telling me how intimidating my stuff is. I hate that. i sure hope people aren’t abstaining from participating because of me. I will withdraw completely if that’s the case. I am ALWAYS, 100% always amazed at what everyone creates!!! i hope i didn’t just sound really super arrogant…yikes! i just want you all to know I think you’re a whole big schwack of super talented girls and getting more and more talented by the minute! it won’t be long until I am but a bad memory, messy scrapbooking, lots of useless journalling…but happy because I have FINALLY gone insane due to lack of the requisite amount of REM sleep.
i live to wait another day for grammahood…
xoxo
nighty night all.
g
March 14, 2007 at 9:43 am
lisam in spain
BWAHHHHHHHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHH!
me?!?!? pregnant!?!?
but ummm, I thought you have to have SEX to get pregnant!??!!?
There are two nightly options:
1) “go to bed the same time as your SH” or
2) “stay up and have time to yourself and read scrapbooking blogs and maybe make some stuff”
…HMMMMMMM!!!
which one do you think I pick on a regular basis??????????????
(and don’t be talking to me about mornings and alternative locations to bed cuz it just ain’t happenin’! heh heh)
BLAME it ALL on SCRAPBOOKING, I SAY!!!!!!
(ohmygod, I can’t believe I’m talking about my sexlife on a blog. that’s sooooo pathetic.)
g, my sister from another mother:
DO THE CHALLENGES.
“QUIT your DAY JOB!”
C’mon,
everybody sing along with me: (air-guitar is optional)
“Cause it’s the PiCCCCKKKKKKKK!!
of DES-TI-NY, CHILD!!!!
more precious-than-a-diamond-on-a-pla-ti-num-chain!!!”
AAAHHOUOUUUUUUU!!!
DO you think VAN GOGH worried about whether his stuff was too intimidating!?!? DO you think PICASSO thought people might find his stuff too BUSY and CHUNKY!?!? DO you think O’KEEFE worried about leaving EMPTY SPACE on her canvas?!?!??!?!
like the King Lemur on Madagascar says, “YOu’re all a bunch of PANsies!!”
heh heh heh
g, you just keep blazing your trail, like the Halley’s comet that you are!
okay, later ‘gaters!
It’s almost 11am and we’re still here in our pjs with our faces covered in toast and jam!! 😉
hey, btw, have any of you guys made a felt softie doll?
I think I’m going to take a whack at making some…I have some IDEAS 😉
March 14, 2007 at 12:25 pm
vintagegirlmodernworld
g,
Don’t make me put up that Jack Black video again. If You ever talk about quitting on this blog again, you will be banished to Elba. Trust me, it’s not a fun place to be.
The BD
March 14, 2007 at 12:26 pm
vintagegirlmodernworld
Lisam,
I pick option #1 all the time, because sh is usually asleep by 9:00, ha ha!
r
March 14, 2007 at 2:24 pm
g
BD, not quitting the blog, just not doing challenges…o.k. you hear it enough times “i would do your challenge but I could never do something like you just did” said in really high pitched whiney voices…grates on me some days. like today and yesterday, oh and the day before that and the day before that and the day before that…pretty much EVERY day! I am ONLY intimidating IF you are a criminal and I am prosecuting you. Other than that, i am nothing more than a crazy person with strange ideas I like to put on paper because I am sure it is really good therapy for me and costs so much less than a psychiatrist.
what’s/where’s ELBA???
Lisa, you can talk about anything with us gp’s. we’ve all been there, done that, “living the dream” so to speak!
have a great day everyone!
g
March 14, 2007 at 4:56 pm
lisam in spain
g, you can never quit this blog, didn’t you know that? we will come and hunt you down and find you and torture you with cheezy rubons and force you to look at YUMMY layouts HAR HAR.
Do (did) that many people really whine at you?!?!? Jeez, that must be so annoying…and demoralizing, yup. I can imagine how fed up you must feel.
Like if people are intimidated by a layout, imagine what they must feel when they walk down the street and a real person comes up and asks them for a breath mint. THey must just crap their pants.
ELBA? beats me? where’d that come up??
Thanks, g, et al. I know I can talk to you about anything.
Glad you’re all there, floating in the virtual spaceness of the Internet.
you have good one too, g! and y’all!
March 14, 2007 at 7:21 pm
mistygold33
screw the intimidaters!!!!! AS IF G…….
Dont worry about the people that dont matter! srew them!!!!!
Lisa what is a softie doll?
Have a good one guys!!
t
March 14, 2007 at 8:06 pm
mistygold33
what the hell is srew them???? Damn fake nails! ha ha SCREW them
t
By the way guys…Jans layup is up on my blog!! come see…
http://mistygold33.wordpress.com/
t
March 15, 2007 at 12:56 am
lisam in spain
R, re: what’s a softie doll:
handmade dolls made out of felt, patchwork, bits of cloth, etc.
like these:
or this: http://softiescentral.typepad.com/blog/
(apparently they are a big thing to swap, sell, trade on flickr)
I’m not really a sew-er (if you don’t hyphenate it spells “sewer” ha ha), but they are starting to grow on me and I have a bunch of felt kicking around here somewhere, from my aborted attempts at making felt board activites for my daughter (cuz scrapbooking just got in the way…)
time for beddie!
ciao for niao 🙂
March 15, 2007 at 2:10 am
vintagegirlmodernworld
Ok, ok, no more obscure historical references. Napoleon was exiled to Elba, duh. I guess I’ll have to change my avatar since no one got the joke! G, I didn’t think you meant quit the blog. I am with lisam, if you quit ART, I will be flying over there so fast you won’t know what hit you! That is just crazy talk and I will have none of that on my blog. If they don’t like your art, then let them eat sh#*! Then let them ask for a breath mint!
g, I hate to tell you this, but when I came home from Ranger the first time I didn’t sleep for 3 days. I was too busy thinking up all of the crazy stuff I could create. Did I ever tell you they call me the Mad Scientist, bwaa haa haa!
hello t!
r
March 15, 2007 at 2:57 am
jan
so when are we going to start the library card thing….and yes, that includes you too g?
j
March 15, 2007 at 5:45 am
jan
can’t think of anything smart or witty to write so i am just going to bed.
jan
March 15, 2007 at 3:36 pm
lisam in spain
Napoleon was exiled to Elba…and you thought we would KNOW that little tidbit of history!?!? You overestimate us.
So would that be Elba, Alabana, right?!?! Cuz if he were exiled to the island of Elba, TUSCANY that I would really be pissed, cuz I mean just take a look at what Elba, Italy looks like. http://www.elbatuttanatura.com/
I don’t think that looks like a place for exile. That looks like a place to spend a freakin holiday…I tell ya, MEN! War, battles, pshaw! They’re all a bunch of wussies—exile in ELBA…tell me another one! That’s why he always had his hand in his coat pocket–he was making sure nothing happened to his airline ticket to PISA!!!
…and it’s ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU GUYS: I can’t stop singing
…………”Cuz it’s the PICKKKKKK!!!”
(and doing a supreme “virtual headbanger hair flip”) in my head…
I’m toast: I’m going to be a Tenacious D fan for the rest of my bottom-feeding life.
Hey, you guys, let’s all go to Elba on a holiday. We could even do some cropping.
“COME CROP IN EXILE!!!” …sounds good, eh!?!? 😉
March 15, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Marissa
well you all i just saw g’s class on the bb newsletter!! ofcourse it’s amazing.
her detail in instruction is wonderful. so all these studpid whinny people have nothing to complain about.
last night i wrote a whole pep talk to g and then my internet was down.
Anyways basically what i said went like this… there are people that have envy because they are wannabe’s. Some of us are meant to be teachers. some of us are meant to be students. Some people are giving and some people are takers.
You miss gloria were meant to be a teacher like it or not. You are also a very giving person..like it or not. You chose to be a wife,mother,lawyer,artist/scrapbooker. These in my book are all giving and wonderful qualaties. Your major involved with your chiildren,major involved with you family life, helping your husband with his business, everything that involves your work and then you found something that you love and enjoy for yourself and your willing to take the time to share it and teach it.
This is your path..enjoy it…it’s very special. There are going to always be negative people..but of what i can see in the short time that i have known you there are many people that you inspire and that should be your focus.
don’t waste your precious time on negative or ignorant people. they just don’t know any better. If you inspire just one person in your life…you have made a difference..I beleive your way past that number.
so that’s my pep talk.
OK I WILL DO THE LIBRARY CARDS..I’LL TRY IT OUT OK PUT ME ON THE LIST.
JAN CHECKED OUT YOUR PAGE..GREAT JOb
lisa..what are friends for never feel stupid about what you feel, because it’s very possible your not alone as a matter of fact i know this to be true.
when i read what you wrote about your options i was laughing so much.
been there myself. what is the gp’s girls for … a listening ear when one need it.
well girls going to my poker game now..that is my thursday night out and i love it. there is about 8-10 of us that play.
chow
March 16, 2007 at 1:06 am
gfro
yay Marissa for doing the challenge!! thanks for the pep talk. MUCH appreciated! I hope i inspire people because I LOVE teaching and sharing.
xoxo
g
March 16, 2007 at 2:10 am
rebecca
Great pep talk Marissa! I am putting your name on the library list right now! Poker?! Sounds like a fine girls’ night, I am in dire need of a girls’ night out.
Lisam,
Crop In Exile sounds like an excellent idea! I don’t think Nappy was holding on to his ticket, I think he was playing pocket pool. Wonder what Josephine would have to say on the subject. Could someone please exile me to Tuscany?!?!
r
March 16, 2007 at 10:37 am
lisam in spain
Hey all my GPs!!
just if anyone’s wondering, my Conspiracy Theory LO is just about ready..I just have to wait for today’s nap time so that I can finish it up and put on the final touches…!! (I meant to finish last night, but when I put my daughter to bed–it was really late cuz she had a super long aft nap–I ended up FALLING ASLEEP what else is new and woke up at 5 AM!!!!
Here’s a hint at what it’s about, let’s see if anyone can guess. My title is:
“The Conspiracy of Fear”
…hmmmm, what could it be?!?!?!
March 16, 2007 at 1:46 pm
jan
can’t wait to see it……….
March 16, 2007 at 5:32 pm
mistygold33
Hmmm what could it be???
How is everyone doing?
Iam off to work! Ill check back later!
t
March 28, 2009 at 8:13 pm
RaiulBaztepo
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language 😉
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo