A Little Birdie Told Me...

That TODAY is going to be

a FABULOUS day!!

Here in my cozy NEST...

**its sunny already.

**i've got my coffee...surfin the net!

**i'm hummin this tune.

**i'm going to work @ UNITY!

**i made this A-dorable little layout yesterday

for the Simple Scrapbooks Sketch challenge

over on Splitcoast...

check it out HERE and join in the fun!

**THE cutest little bird

is our guest designer and

joined us on the Unity DT for June...

LINSEY RICKETT is in the (bird) house!!

fly over to her BLOG and

check out all the AMAZING things that she makes.

WHAT TALENT!!

So glad to have you with us, Linsey!

Off i go to play @ the stamp store....

(my kids are pumped cuz they get KAREN

for a sitter today.. AND Sawyer & Mason

will be here as well to hang out with them!!)

EDITED... PHOTOS REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION
Bliss & a Birdie, Me, Myself & I stamp kits from Unity Stamp Co.

I'm BACK in BLACK!!!!!

ok so three things

that correlate to this title...

yesterday...

#1. I created this KEWL black card

for our favorite babysitter KAREN.

She is graduating from high school TODAY.

So.. when Karen was a baby..

guess who was HER sitter??

yep.. yours truly. ME.

we share the same birthday

and she was almost named

Brooks when she was born.

how weird is that??

this girl is a DOLL

and like a little sister to me.

I am so proud of her.

she is just exactly the kind of person

you would want your child to turn out to be.

Her parents did wonderful,

because she is the most well rounded

adorable girl EVER!

I'm hoping that all her fabulous traits,

morals and values rub off onto MY kids.

She is the best role model for them.

Anyways... can you tell i just LOVE her???? :)

#2. While CLEANING and ORGANIZING my scrapbook room

(and putting up a new table with my sewing machine on it..

so it can be set up all the time!!!!)

I came across one of my FAVORITE cd's

that i totally forgot i had...

AC/DC BACK IN BLACK.

I ran that puppy right down to my truck

so i would have it ready for my next drive. :)

Love AC/DC. dang they are the best.

#3. These pics.. (BLACK and white.. )

that I took of myself for a bit of an update where I need pics..

I took about a MILLION....

and came up with... um.. 5 that turned out decent!! LOL oh well..

Also.. just need to mention that we had a BLAST last night

with our friends at Chris & Sara's outdoor concert/bonfire.

So fun to hang out and RELAX with the best friends ever!

I'll have to snag some pics from Susan

(who is always prepared with her camera!! )

Edited... Here is a pic of me and Susie Q from last nite.

Good Times and tons of laughs. :)

We are off to Karen's Grad party here soon...

Hoping to get CRAFTY (in my CLEAN sb room)

and make some GROOVY new creations this week!!

Have a GREAT SUNDAY!

8 Reasons and a Project...

There are 8 new reasons to SMILE today!!!

Unity Stamp Company is adding 8 New members to their Design Team!!!

Yep thats right... 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8!!!!!!!!!!

Each of these girls is AMAZINGLY TALENTED

(and not to mention every one is super SWEET too!)

So here is MY BIG WELCOME to....

Amber, Ana, Heather, Jennifer,

Lauren, Maren, Natalie, & Patter

Glad to have you on the Unity Team!!!

Check out the RockStar Links on the side of my blog

to visit their blogs and see their talent!

There are a lot of other exciting things happening over at Unity such as $5 flat shipping rate and NEW KITS coming soon!!

Check it out HERE. or HERE.

Now for the Project...

I'm hosting the Unity Thursday Project of the Week

over at Split Coast Stampers.

If you want to make this Adorable little Date Book for

keeping track of all those special days...

check out my tutorial HERE.

ScHoOl's OuT FoR SuMmEr!!!!

oh yeah... last day of school for my kids...

wasn't this just THE BEST day when you were a kid??

i remember we would always try to have a water fight on our bus.. and days before the last day we would all bring various water holding contraptions like squirt guns and bottles of water and try to hide them under the seats and anywhere else on the bus that we thought the bus driver wouldn't be able to find them... LOL... he always did. we never had many actual water fights.. but the preparation for that last day was so fun... :)

of course i needed some little gifts for chloe & caden's amazing teachers.. so i wrapped up a towel, a copy of O magazine and some sunscreen... made cards to match their towels and tried to express to each of them how much i appreciate how they have cared for and taught my kids this year. of course no words could do their job justice, but i hope they get the drift that i think they are each pretty cool! :)

all stamps used are by Unity Stamp Co. (of course!) and speaking of USC... you might want to head right over HERE so you can check out their incredible $5.00 FLAT SHIPPING RATE!

Schools Out... Now TIME TO SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beach Day, Simple Pleasures & Around the Dot by USC, cs- colorbok, embossing glitter, buttons, 'sunshine' ribbon- target $ spot, versamagic- white cloud, memories- brown

Around the Dot, Daisy Days, Simple Pleasures stamps by USC, cs- Colorbok, Versamagic- ocean depth, key lime & white cloud, embossing glitter, bling, and ribbon

MESSAGE FOR TUESDAY!

LOVE THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY.

(i need these reminders right in front of me sometimes... hence the t-shirt.. LOL)

no time for things that bring you down!

create the life that you want!!

have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!