I Actually Created Something!

And I don't mean a mess!

Annie @ Heart of the Home asked me to come up with something for a class the other day(YES, I will actually be teaching a class! IF Annie likes what I come up with AND I don't pass out first!) so my mind has been spinning OBSESSIVELY! Anyway, I had an idea for a color scheme so I made this card to try it out. I think it turned out pretty good for an experiment. So, here it is...
I hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend and GREAT summer so far. Thank You again to all of my WONDERFUL friends! You ARE THE GREATEST and I LOVE YOU TONS!

Take Care & GB Hugs,
Amy

I'm...

SPOILED!

I have some of the best friends on earth! They have ABSOLUTELY SPOILED me lately! Here's why...

1.) Wendy, one of my AWESOME contacts that I have made through Flickr, sent me this KILLER mini album that she made me (AND cards, AND paper) from a painted canvas that she made! She contacted me asking me for my address saying she was going to send me something. I thought she was going to send me a ATC. I had NO CLUE she was going to send me a MINI ALBUM + Cards + Papers!


2.) We recently had our yearly Wiener Dog Races here in town. I have one but he has the attention span of a flea so I didn't bother even attempting to enter him. Nor did I go down there. My friend Lori did though and she got me these AWESOME Gocco print cards & accordion book that Roberta Lavadour from our local Arts Center made! They are AWESOME! I LOVE them! I am thinking about turning the little album into a mini scrapbook about my spoiled baby.



3.) My DEAR friend Kathleen asked me a few weeks ago if she could take some pics of my little brat (Hunter) & I. I HATE having my picture taken. I ALWAYS look HORRIBLE! Like a BIG, GIGANTIC pumpkin on legs! BUT, Kathleen & I both have a project coming up that needs photos and she said she thought a photo of Hunter & I would be PERFECT for it. So, I agreed. Now, I had a sneaky suspicion she was up to SOMETHING but I didn't say anything. Well, about a week later she tells me that she has something for me. That she had thought about mailing it but decided not to. The day after she tells me this I get up, I'm half awake, still in my PJ's and have just finished my morning coffee when I see a car pull up in front of our house. At first I wasn't sure who it was. Then I looked closer, it was Kathleen. In her hand she had a manila envelop that was STUFFED! I opened it up and almost cried (FOR REAL)! Inside was one of the ABSOLUTE MOST BEAUTIFUL mini albums I have ever seen! Let alone the fact that IT WAS MADE FOR ME! Kathleen had made me THEE MOST GORGEOUS mini album with a Life. Art. Amy. theme! It's ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! If it's possible to be in love with an object then I AM!

*Note-these are only a FEW of the GORGEOUS pages in the book Kathleen made for me*

4.) Then YESTERDAY (well, I guess by the time this posts it will TECHNICALLY be the day before yesterday) I got ANOTHER surprise package in the mail! This time from my WONDERFUL friend Colleen. C & I first met via Flickr, from their we got to know each other even better on Facebook (I've been kicking her ass, as she put it, at Scrabulous in there). C & I get along soo well! You would think the two of us have known each other for years! I just love her! I WISH we lived closer to each other. She's in ATL and I'm here in OR. Anyway...(Get back on track space cadet!) I went to my mail box and there was another manila envelop! This time from C.! AND this time taped like you wouldn't believe! I don't know who the girl thought she was protecting this package from but I don't think ANYBODY could have opened that thing w/o a knife! LOL Inside...THEE MOST AWESOME repurposed mini book! It is KILLER! PLUS...2 AWESOME stamps! One of which I had just TRIED to get the day before but was unable to! A KILLER handmade card! AND an AWESOME little pocket/tag! Now C. had asked for my mailing address the week before but I just thought it was because of a mutual project we are going to be doing. I didn't think it was going to be ANYTHING like this! Boy was it a SWEEEEEEET surprise!




5.) In addition to these, Melisa gave me a KILLER deal on some (OK, more like a TON of) clothes @ her yard sale a few weeks ago. I am in DESPERATE need of a job but didn't have any "work" clothes. Well, MJ had a PERFECTLY timed yard sale a few weeks ago. On top of it being perfectly timed MJ & I USED TO BE (Until the AWESOME woman lost an AMAZING 90 POUNDS!) pretty close to the same size AND we're both MIDGETS! So THE CLOTHES FIT!


So, to all of my wonderful friends...

I don't feel like I deserve you but I want to Thank You for your friendship, your support & the BEAUTIFUL gifts you have given me! I honestly don't feel I deserve you & your AWESOME generosity but PLEASE know that I TRULY AND DEEPLY APPRECIATE it AND you!

THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
I LOVE YOU ALL!

GB Hugs,
Love,
Amy

A Few Daylies

Hi Guys, This is going to be a really quick one as it's almost 12:45 am and I'm tired and want to get to bed. I wanted to get these up before doing so (you guys know me and my airheadedness, I'd forget if I didn't). I've got to play "ketchup" but here are a few more Daylies....

I did this card about my friend Kathleen. *Thank You SOO MUCH Kathleen* This particular day in reference I REALLY needed a friend. I called Kathleen just planning to ask her a quick question. However we ended up having quite a nice talk. It felt soo good to be able to talk to someone about things that were going on. The quote on the back of the card is DEFINITELY true! Thank You again Kathleen.

My shrink, oops, I mean counselor *sorry Cathy* is trying to drill into my head that "It's half full". Thus, the subject matter of this card.

*NOTE* I apologize for the crappy scan. My scanner cut of half of the left side of the card and I didn't notice it until I started uploading these pics. I am too tired to do anything about it tonight. I'll fix it tomorrow.

Hope you all had a good weekend and have a good week.

Later,
Amy

6-8-08 Daylies

Daylies 6-7-08

Family/HURT!

Yesterday was my "nephew's" graduation. Ordinarily I wouldn't put the quotations around nephew but after yesterday and recent months I have to. You see...yesterday was his graduation BUT Jason & I WERE NOT invited! Nor was my sister-in-law (she decided to attend anyway). In addition to this when he was announced he did not use the name Percy (his step father's name). He used his mother's maiden name or something along those lines. He did this WITHOUT telling my in-laws he was going to do so. Thus you can imagine the shock & hurt when this occurred. Now he & my brother-in-law have never had the best of relationships so I guess if he wanted to do that I can understand. BUT to do it and NOT tell anyone first?! To have them find out in such a public manner? Daimian & Mark may have not had the best of relationship BUT the rest of the family has been there for him ever since his Mom & Mark started going out! My mother-in-law babysat him for YEARS ,since he was just a young boy, and the rest of us have made it very clear to him that we love & care for him. To have hurt the rest of us the way he did I found VERY disrespectful & mean! I had never done anything to him! Jason has never done anything to him! Kimberly has never done anything to him! My Mother In Law has never done anything to him! So WHY hurt all of us the way he did?! I just don't understand. I found out today that he told my brother-in-law that he "wanted nothing to do with the Percy's"! Even though it has been the Percy's that have been there the most for him growing up!


I DO NOT understand this and I am VERY HURT, SADDENED & ANGERED by it! How someone I loved soo much could be soo hateful towards me & the rest of the family is INCOMPREHENSIBLE!


~Amy

Another Set of Daylies

*Daylie-June 5, 2008*

With Game 2 of the playoffs starting an about 20 minutes I thought it would be a good time to upload this card. Can you tell who I'm rooting for? LOL GO CELTICS! The 5th was a pretty boring day so there's no back tho this card.


Jas & I have been talking about getting back into our workout routine but we never seem to have enough money. Along with working out comes eating better or it's POINTLESS! The question for us is...which is more important...money or being healthier & happier? Thus, the topic of the June 6th card (which, I'm not too happy with).

*Daylie-June 6, 2008 (Front)*

*Daylie-June 6, 2008 (Back)*

Hope you all had a WONDERFUL weekend and have a GREAT week this week.

Take Care & Hugs,
Amy

More Daylies

*June 3, 2008-Front*

*June 3, 2008-Back*

Tuesday, June 3rd was a very historic night. Sen. Barack Obama received enough delegates to become the 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate!

*June 4, 2008-Front*

*June 4, 2008-Back*

I spent a good part of today filling out postcards for a Postcard swap Rachel hosted. Figures, I am BIG TIME late getting mine out. BUT, I AM getting them done & out! I HAVE to thank my DEAR friend Mary for getting the postcards for me today. If she hadn't helped me out I would probably STILL not have them done & out! Anyway, the card is a bit of one of the postcards I goofed up on. I just cut it to the size I needed for my daylie, rearranged a few other things and emphasized some of the words on the back. Think it represents the day rather well.


Well, that's it for tonight.


Later,
Amy