My Favorite Things . . .

Happy 13th Birthday Thadius!!

 

From diapers to dirt bikes!  It seems like I blinked and you are a teenager now!  Happy Birthday Thadius...you are 13!!

 

 

Merry Christmas

We had the merriest Christmas together!  Not often we can all gather together.  The albums I made of  photos from "Christmas' Past" were a hit.  They all seemed to like their one of a kind designs too!  They were all inspired by Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas.

Christy's Holiday Home Album Cover...

 

Thadius Snowman Album Cover..

 

Lindsey's Snowy Cabin Album Cover...

Stevie's Christmas Ornament Album Cover...

 

Thad's Reindeer Album Cover....

 

Finally ready to wrap and put into bags...

 

 

 

Inside pages were all very similar...

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

Sounds of Christmas

Well, here I am trying to finish up my Christmas projects.  This is what we have been up to in the last few weeks!   Here is a portion of my Christmas Village...downsizing is everywhere..LOL!

 
 

Making meatballs to freeze for Christmas Eve dinner.  "Meatball Sliders" found in Martha Stewart's January Issue.  They taste really good too!!!

 

Here are the meatballs simmering in the marinara sauce.

 

Thadius decorated for me.  He is good at it!

 

   
 
Decorating is exhausting!
 

Santa's Workshop needs more elves!

 
Santa's Tools...

 

 

Happy Birthday Stevie Christine!!! You're 15...WOW!!!

 

5th Birthday photos at Red Robin.  Lindsey on the left.  9/26/2000.

 

 

Exploding album cover with Tim Holts Roses and a couple of Prima Roses too! Album was designed by Laura Dennison.  Thanks Laura for the inspiration.  You can see her videos on UStream.   She sells her kits and instructions at Etsy.  They are a great investment!!!

 

   

Side View of the Box showing the outside pockets with tags.

 
The little pocket in the middle will have birthday money tucked in them.  Shopping!!!

Love those Tim Holtz flowers.  He showed the instructions in the 12 Tags of Christmas last year.  They dress up everything in papers to match!!!

 

My daughter gave me a Cricut for Christmas last year.  It cuts anything!!  The flowers on the bag were cut and ready to glue in seconds!  The flower center are a good old Martha Stewart punch!  Those are the most sturdy punches I have ever used.  Go Martha!!

 

Thank You Emily!

 
Here is a fall album I made from an old Club Scrap kit called Farmer's Market.  This is for my summer staff Emily.  I would not have survived the summer without her.  The album design is from Following the Paper Trail.  I watch Laura's videos on UStream on the weekends. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my wee Irish relatives in Georgia!  

 I made a green rose for my calculator at work.   
 

 Money Tree for the potluck today!

 
 

Happy Birthday Jenn!

This my latest obsession is making grungepaper roses I learned from the Tim Holtz blog at www.timholtz.typepad.com.  My very first ones went to my friend Jenn that I work with. 

Happy Birthday Lindsey! You're 20!

It was so long ago that you were all bundled up and I got to hold you for the very first time.  Now you are a young woman and going to college to fulfill all your dreams.  Love and Birthday Blessings to you from Gram Betty! 

 

Hope you enjoyed your "Girlfriends Album"!  Here is a photo that was inside the album with all the girlfriend you have had for most of your life!

 
 
 

 

Guess What Starts Tomorrow!!!!

Happy Birthday Thadius! You're 12!

I made Thadius an album for the First Fish photos.  He caught his first salmon with his great grandpa who also showed him how to fillet it.   He was one happy camper!

 


Thadius and Grandpa Vic filleting fish.

 

Welcome Ryder Landon Kaczmarek

 

Jenny and Ryder look so content!  We love you and miss you!  Auntie Betty

Happy 4th!

What a relaxing day so far!  Heading to the beach for fireworks soon!  Hope you are all having an awesome 4th! 

 

Caution! Crafter at Work!

Or at least preparing to work!  After many weekends of painting my space it is ready for moving in all "the stuff".  How many hobbies can one woman have?  Plenty!  I am so over the moon with my new space and love how it looks out at Mt Baker.  I am still organizing but here is the finished paint job!  Whew!  (I am still painting other rooms)

Here is what you see first when you walk in.

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year family and friends!  I found an old New Years photo from 8 years ago when my grand children were much younger.  What a fun walk down memory lane. Blessings to you all this new year!! 

P.S. I will try to post a current one tomorrow when we are all together.

 

 

 

SNOW!!!

This is the most snow I have seen in many years and right at Christmas time!  It is so quiet and peaceful to walk at night and look at the stars (when they are out).  Thadius had so much fun building a snowman and creating a fort which strangly resembles Club Penguin website for those of you familiar with that.  He and Stevie spend a lot of time at that site.   I am off today!!!  Hooray!!!  I am going to clean my craft room and get it ready for New Year projects.  I have one in mind and will post it when finished.