Best Shot Monday 12/07/09

The moon setting over the Olympic Mountain Range early Wednesday morning.

Best Shot Monday 11/23/09

Best Shot Monday 11/16/09

Slim pickings again this week, but I do like this one of the fresh snow on the mountains.

He is a MAC!

Layout I did using this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays.

best Shot Monday 11/9/09

I suppose this is actually the best shot of the week. Taken in eastern Washington on our way to the state high school cross country meet.


BUT this is my favorite of the week. My son (on the right) talked some of his college friends into driving up from California to surprise his friend (and us) as he ran to win the state championship. He ran an incredible race winning by over 16 seconds and breaking the course record. His time for the 5K (3.1 miles) was 15:06.

365 Layouts in 365 Days.

Upon the completion of the October LayOut a Day Challenge my friend Lee encouraged us all to sign on to complete 365 layouts in 365 days. Thankfully there is no pressure.... Thankfully our start date was October first so I already had 31 layouts done. So far in November I've completed 6 layouts for the 8 days. Hopefully I'll catch up this next week. All but the Monk Seal layout were done using sketches from Feeling Scrappy's Sketchapalooza 5 Class!

More Slippers

Kelsey liked mine so much she asked me to make her a pair. I'm glad they are fun and easy to make!

Socks!

I finished these a few days ago, but I'm just getting round to getting a photo up! I think these are my favorite socks that I have knit!

Pattern info: Mad Color Weave by Tina Lorin

Felted Slippers

Who would believe these would fit???


But after a quick wash in hot water they fit me perfectly! I love them!

Pattern info: French Press Felted Slippers by Melynda Bernardi

Star Power

A finished quilt! This quilt is my own design inspired by a wooden wall hanging I saw at Pottery Barn. Measures about 30" square.

Best Shot Monday 11/2/09

Productive October.....

I must have been feeling quite crafty in October! This is what I accomplished:
43 scrapbook pages done, using 233 photos!
15 cards done!
3 baby hats knitted
1 pair of socks knitted (still need to get photos to post)

Ahhhh, it feels so good to finish things! Maybe for November I should work on some quilts that are almost done.

I had so much fun with the LOAD Challenge that I took my friend Lee up on her challenge of doing 365 layouts in 365 days.....So far so good! :D I know I will falter at times.....like at Christmas and vacations.... but there is no pressure just a friendly encouragement from a wonderfully talented group of ladies.

LOAD ~Day 31

Whew! I did it!

LOAD - Day 30

Only one more day to go! :D

LOAD - Day 29

Inspired by a sketch from Jayne Jones and the Feeling Scrappy Sketchapalooza 5 Class.

LOAD - Day 28

for a sketch challenge at Sketchy Thursdays.

LOAD - Day 27

Based on a sketch from Nuts About Sketches.

LOAD - Day 26

Sketch by Tracy Kosofsky for Feeling Scrappy's Sketchapalooza 5 class.

Best Shot Monday 10/26/09

LOAD - Day 24 & 25

LOAD - Day 22 & 23

Birthday Card

Sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You:

LOAD - Day 20 & 21

The above layout is for a challenge to win a free spot in the upcoming Sketchapalooza 5 class at Feeling Scrappy! Be sure to check it out. Their classes are always amazing!

LOAD - Day 19

baby hats

Just a few baby hats I have knitted the last couple of weeks.

Best Shot Monday 10/19/09

Slim pickings this week, but I do like this one. :D Taken from my deck during a rain storm on Friday.

LOAD - Day 17 and 18

LOAD - Day 16

Two layouts today! Today's prompt was to do something digitally with a photo or a layout. So I finally got around to finishing my very first digital layout that I started back in July! I already planned my paper layout for today so I did that too! :D Thanks to LOAD I'm feeling very inspired. Yay!

LOAD - Day 15

Sketch challenge by Stacey Lokovic for Note~able.com.

LOAD - Day 14

I actually used today's prompt of "blue". :D

LOAD - Day 12 and 13

Another sketch by Valerie Salmon of Got Sketch Doubles.

Happy Birthday, Quinton

Happy 22nd Birthday to my first born! This photo was taken when we were visiting him in Spain in June.

2 Sketches 4 You ~ Kazan's Sketch 37

Made for my son's birthday using 2 Sketches 4 You ~ Kazan's Sketch 37

Best Shot Monday 10/12/09

LOAD - Day 10 and 11

This layout took awhile.......way to many pictures, but I did manage to squeeze them onto a dps. ;-)

LOAD - Day 9

Adapted from a sketch by Jayne Jones of Feeling Scrappy's Sketchapalooza 4 Class. Feeling Scrappy classes are awesome and a tremendous bargain (20 sketches for $25). I can't wait for Sketchapalooza 5 which begins on Oct. 26th. Be sure to check it out and I will hope to see you there!

Cards

From a sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You
Using scraps:

And more scraps:

a card sketch from Feeling Scrappy: