I Heart Faces: Best of February

Here is my entry for this month's "People's Choice" category.I caught this sweet picture of Will one morning when we were playing in his room.





You can vote for your favorite here starting tomorrow (Wednesday). Mine is number 423.

Project 365 Week 29

A healthy week! We got out a bit, but also had lots of fun at home!

2/28 Ellie and Will playing on the floor. Will adores his big sisters, especially Ellie, she is so attentive to him.


3/1 Ariel made of Play Doh. Ellie had cut out the body shape using a cookie cutter and then asked me to help her find the tool that makes the hair so she could put hair on her. I found the tool and the rest was all her!


3/2 Will on all fours. He isn't really interested in crawling yet (he actually doesn't like being on his belly much and he only sits like this when I set him this way).


3/3 ROAR!


3/4 Addy putting some hula hoops around Will at open gym. Will didn't seem to mind and even tried to grab them


3/5 Will was a bottomless pit this week. Here is a common scene from the week: Will shoving fistfuls of puffs in his mouth.


3/6 Ellie showing my grandma, Addy and my dad how her iXL works.

Project 365 Week 28

As I went through the photos this week, I realized that we did a lot of art projects. I think the reason was that we were dealing with some sickness so we laid low this week and... did art projects!

2/21 This was the result of the snow storm on Sunday into Monday- between 12 and 18" of snow! That's Rick cleaning the driveway.


2/22 Addy doing some watercolor painting. (Note the tongue out in concentration.)


2/23 We played outside today since the temps were around freezing. Here is a close up of Will's eye as he looks up to the sky.


2/24 The girls painting at ECFE. The theme was monkeys so they got to paint their own monkey. (Note Addy's tongue again.)


2/25 Ellie coloring in her big princess book. She has gotten pretty good at staying in the lines.


2/26 Sisters- It is so fun to listen to and watch these two little girls together- they are the best of friends!


2/27 Here's me trying to feed Will some pureed meat. He is NOT a fan!

We Are Family

I completed another layout!! This one I did for the Hybrid Challenge at Challenge Masters. The challenge was to use items that are a part of this month's Collect-A-Kit from Digital Scrapbooking Experts. We had to use some of the letters and one of the papers. I used the letters for the word "Family". I also went over them with Glossy Accents to give them a little dimension. I used one of the papers and cut it into strips and I used the ribbon on the title block. The shaped paper that I used was another free download I had.



I had quite a bit of the patterned paper left over and I had some coordinating scraps out, so I decided to make a couple of cards (I made 2 that were pretty much identical):


Finally, here is the layout I did for the Guest Design Team Contest at Back Porch Memories and the sketch that it was to be based off of. (I didn't get chosen this month, but I got a great layout out of the deal!) These pictures are from when my oldest got 3 stitches about a year ago.

Christmas Joy

I got another layout from Christmas of '09 completed! This one is for the family album. I used the February Blade Masters challenge at Challenge Masters on this one. The challenge was to use at least one kind of punch. I pulled out my much neglected star punch and punched stars out of the scraps from trimming the tree border across the bottom of the layout. I also used a mask and some Glimmer Mist to make the gold stars (you can't tell from the photo, but they are on both ends. Finally I did some freehand stitching with my sewing machine. I used more Echo Park on this one. I even used some of the packaging! In the front of the collection pack there is a sheet that shows the different patterns that are included and some of the stickers. The "Christmas" in my title was part of the title (Everybody Loves Christmas) on the collection pack!

Christmas in February

I have been working on my Christmas photos from 2009 and using Echo Park "Everybody Loves Christmsa"! For this layout I used the current sketch from Sketchy Thursdays and the color challenge at Challenge Masters. The color challenge at Challenge Masters was to use at least 3 of the following colors: medium blue, pink, red, green, and light blue. I used all of the colors besides medium blue. As you can see, I switched the title and journaling placement from the sketch because I thought they worked better this way with the pictures I had chosen and how they ended up on the page.



I also made this get well card for my grandma who just had hip surgery using leftovers from my "Summer '09" layout.

Project 365 Week 27

Another week of wild Minnesota weather!

2/14 Happy Valentine's Day! The girls and I made heart cookies. Ellie had fun frosting and putting sprinkles on the cookies, while Addy made me do the frosting and she just dumped on the sprinkles.


2/15 We went to see the Berenstain Bears at Toddler Tuesday. Ellie again didn't want to be a part of the group shot, but here she is watching the kid before us get his picture taken.


2/16 The weather was beautiful today! With a temp near 50 degrees we got out and played in the driveway and in the melting snow. Will had a great time sitting in the Cozy Coupe!


2/17 This is the Christmas stocking I am cross stitching for Will. I had hoped to have it done for his first Christmas, but that obviously didn't happen. Now my goal is next Christmas!


2/18 All three kids sitting on the chair in Will's room


2/19 It was State Dance Team weekend! I had the honor of running scores both days. I had so much fun, but I am a little sad the season is over now.


2/20 And here's where the wild Minnesota weather comes in. After temps near 50 earlier in the week, we got 12+ inches of snow. So much for seeing the grass!