every time we have a lost tooth around here, I package it in a little plastic bag and cardstock label.  I created a whole stack so they can all be the same and I don’t have to worry about running out of a certain kind of cardstock and having a mismatched tooth pack. Plus, then the tooth fairy would have a whole stack of exactly the same sized packets, you know, if she was the type to keep this kind of thing.

cardstock from stampin up, tooth die- quickutz, 6- white vinyl thickers, large oval punch- stampin up. Stamp- Paper Trey Ink, Memento Blue ink.

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

I also ordered various page protectors and plan to use my american crafts 12 x 12 binders, I have several empty ones ready for the task.

While I am planning to do a P366 (365+1) and I’m also planning to do one little word throughout the year, I am going to be free with my project life and just use it for whatever I find interesting in our daily life. No rules. No Stress. only fun, funny, important or interesting items allowed.

I also picked up Paislee Press journaling cards because, how could I not? I had them printed at office max on the laser printer @.17 a page.

I spent several hours the other day choosing photos and doing small collages for my december daily album.  We took those to Target to be printed today.  I have to tell you, there were two cute older ladies next to me at the Kodak Digital Kiosk looking through their pictures and I kept hearing them say, I already developed those… and it made me smile.  first because they were talking about digital printing =  developing and second because I have just started using Lightroom  and its photo editing part is called develop.

I have also been considering my word for the year in twenty twelve.  I put the contenders up on my favorite media of all time:

I was looking for a feeling that was the opposite of anxiety.  or some way I could improve myself. I have settled in and the word that is speaking to me now is calm.

I will be more calm. I will not let the mental to do list spin me into anxiety. I will control my temper. I will exercise patience. I will look at the big picture and not get worked up over the unimportant things.

Here’s a DHD page I did using Gen’s template:

I got the Scrapbooks, Etc. Feb 2012 issue delivered to my house the other day. I am super excited to see my Feb Layout in there. It’s featured on p 124!

One last bit of scrappiness. I got an invite to a super cool crafty opportunity and I will share with you as soon as I can. I am so stoked!

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Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

We hit the freeway to head on down to the Blaisdell Center for the Made in Hawaii Festival.  It was a classic holiday lots of traffic in the middle of the day kind of day. 89*, blue skies, white puffy clouds.

We just traded in the boys’ old DS and DSI for the new 3DS. The boys have been playing this game where you have to move the console around to play. it’s quite funny to watch.  After we finally made it through all the traffic, the LOT WAS FULL. not fun. We circled this large city block. twice. and no spots available. I finally told troy to head back up the way we came and we scored a parking spot at the First United Methodist Church. $5. and made our way down to the event.

We brought some stale bread to feed the fish. It’s always a winner.

Jordan is a master manipulator and got Troy to carry him. Jordan weighs 50lbs.

As we made our way through the aisles, there was a lot of food, jewelry, tshirts, hats and the like.  This was the first booth we came to where I loved the items at once. Hello, houndstooth? wood grain? polkadots? neutral +1 color? yes please.

treehouse designs facebook | Store Paia, Maui

it was a tough choice but I got a neutral woodgrain purse:

Jordan and Jalen liked these Angry Birds and thieving pig earrings and pendants. We did not buy. gorgeous, but too much for the budget.

Another favorite stop, The Hawaiian Force  Hilo, HI

Jordan got two shirts, Troy got one and I got one.

We also picked up a few Tshirts from Papaya Press dba idkwhat2wear | facebook Mililani, HI

Organic Honey and Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter from North Shore Goodies Waialua, HI

Melting Moments Cookies from Sweets Fanatic Honolulu, HI

Other exibitors I liked but didn’t buy:

kyote designs – modular jewelry

Sweet as Sugar- Cake pops and other custom baked treats

Nuinani- clothing, bags (save 10% on an online order code: NUI10)

There were others that I did not get a card from and can’t remember their names. It was so busy and no hassle Joscie was on a mission.

On our way back to the car, I could not resist snapping this shot of the Academy Art Center. I always say I love their yarn balls… although they look more like grapevines but whatever. they are cool.

After coming home and relaxing for a bit we headed down the street for an early dinner at one of our favorite Chinese Places Wah Kung.

That pretty much wraps up our family fun day. Thanks for coming along. Guess what? I picked up an extra bottle of organic honey to giveaway along with some tea. Are you interested? leave me a comment and I’ll pick a winner on Monday, international comments welcome too.

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

While browsing the pinterest website I found some extra goodies. If you want to add a pinterest button on your website or blog to make it easy for other people to pin your items, you can generate the code simply on their site and paste it into your html.

1. Pinterest Goodies
2. scroll down to pin it for websites.

   

3. fill in the information in the form then copy and paste the code in the bottom box.
4. voila, pin it button on your blog/website.

I just started to do this on my own blog. and am seeing a few more pins than before. :)

I hope you’ll find this useful, I know I was stoked to find it!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

my three boys ready for some animated action… :)

I thought it was so cool, it said on the little marquee: Tino’s show

here we are filling into the theater, notice how fast jordan is. haha…

we had a little trivia and giveaways.  One guess who was the first to answer? that’s right, Jalen answered for a free poster.

saw some friends: Ed (@nctrnlbst)

my classmate Kehau and her family :)

We saw Ryan(@Hawaii) and Jen( @mrshawaii) and their kids, i got to meet Fran( @franmag) for the first time IRL (she usually is busy beating me at hanging with friends), Kyle ( @madmarv), and Burt ( @bytemarks). It was a fun little adventure this morning and we are thankful to have been invited!
Thanks for stopping by, we’re heading out for lunch with my family this afternoon.
Love Love and blog you later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Welcome Home

• celebrate – the elements by Polka Dot Pixels
• Discovery Alpha by Dianne Rigdon

Pool Time Fun

• Happy Day Kit by Dianne Rigdon
• Basic Stitches No1 by Mary Ann Wise

Jordan @5

• Love is All Around Bundle by Edeline Marta

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Minty Goodness:

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• Miss Mint’s New Do {freebie}
• Miss Mint’s Spring Garden

I bit the bullet and entered this congratulations card in the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest, wish me luck!

This mentos & diet coke layout made GSO (Gallery StandOuts) last week, thanks for the pick ladies! :)

I’m still on the lookout for the newest Scrapbooks, Etc. and Paper Crafts Magazines, I’m so excited! I wonder if ladies who are published all the time ever lose the excitement? I know I still get excited every time.  I hope you’re doing well- thanks for stopping by! I’m going to do a giveaway soon- my blog just rolled over 100,000!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

back to work now. (can you say ADD?)

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

My first impression was the color was a little darker and more green than I expected.  A little closer to teal than aqua, but still very cute.  The interior is a bright lime green and I like it.  It is a large camera bag with room for a camera, lenses, accessories, items from your purse etc.  The draw back is physics don’t change because the bag is cute.  What do I mean?  Just because I can fit all of these items in my bag (one bag, one bag!) doesn’t make it comfortable or light to carry it.  My canon 40D and 24-70L 2.8 Lens combo are heavy.  I just have to face the facts.  4.25lbs for the camera itself is just going to be heavy no matter what.  Add to that my iTouch, Cell Phone, wallet, lipstick, sunglasses, carkeys, hand sanitizer and those are the bare minimums… and the bag pulls in at 8.5 lbs. I’m not sure what I think about the shoulder strap yet.  While it is more comfortable to use the shoulder strap, I feel like it might look like a poorly packed diaper bag.  I wish the handles on the bag were just a touch longer.  I feel like the bag is too wide in its current configuration to wear the bag on my shoulder with the handles.  I have to reconfigure somehow, but just not sure yet.  I guess what I was (ridiculously) expecting was a little bag like Hermione’s, ha ha wishful thinking!

here are a few shots of how I have it packed for now:

please excuse that dirty mirror, ugh, I have to go clean that now.

So all in all, I am happy with my bag, just not sure how to best pack it for comfort and efficiency.

Other new goodies in our house…

I picked up a kid sized little table and chair last week for Jordan to use for his school work.  Our current dining table is a counter height table and Jalen’s desk is also too tall.  They are just not the right dimensions for Jordan to practice his writing.  So while standing in Fisher trying to decide on one or two chairs, I opted for one.  I brought it home and my Father in Law put it together.  We love it, it’s pretty sturdy and a great work surface for crafts, writing or eating.  But then I started to kick myself for only getting one chair.  We have been using a little step to sit at the table with Jordan but today I gave in and went back for another chair.

here are the two boys eating some star wars shaped peanut butter cookies ;)

We’ve been really busy since Granny and Pop have come to visit.  They just headed back today so I’m catching up on laundry and vacuuming and cleaning up… While straightening up my Mt. St. Scrap aka, my over crowded workspace, I pulled out my scissors.  Now I knew I had quite a few scissors and a few of the same pairs of scissors. but when i saw how many there were, I just had to lay them out and snap a shot.  Is it hoarding or is it preparedness?  whatever the case, look at my scissor arsenal! each type has a specific purpose….

I know, I know, I have issues. ha ha.  You should see how much adhesive I have.

thanks for stopping by, check back next time when I’ll be posting more digital layouts, hybrid projects and Glimmery goodness.

Love Love and Blog you later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

I created an 8.5×11 template in CS4 and added guides so the month and day blocks would be 4×4.  I included the numeral, printed and cursive in English and finally in Hawaiian.

I created sheets for each month/day of the week.  I trimmed 1/4″ off each of the long sides, 1/2″ off the top then  2 1/2″ off the bottom.  Then cut the remaining piece into 4×4 pieces.

the number/year pieces were designed to be 2×4 so when I placed a month, day, date, year it would be 12″ and fit perfectly on a 12″ chipboard base.

after trimming all the pieces, I stacked them up and punched with the bind it all and put it all together…

The boys are now learning the date in English and Hawaiian, and I couldn’t be happier! :)
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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Good Morning! Getting ready for the day, it’s going to be a great one~

and it surely was!  We woke up happy, got breakfast and got Jordan off to school with no problem.  When Jalen and I got home, he started on his book report and I fired up the Google Reader.  What should I see but this post on the Creating Keepsakes Blog. ***:) can you say excited?!  I am so thankful that Megan picked my Home Made Pies layout as her favorite layout of the year!

I also got working on the YUDU for the first time today.  I got ample warning that you must make sure the emulsion sheets are completely dry before continuing on in the process.  I ran it through the dry cycle 3 times and then followed up with my hairdryer.  I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  I printed a few different designs of LOVE and thanks cards.  I love the texture of the ink. love.  Things I didn’t love about the YUDU- the drying time was killing my patience.  The primary colors of ink that I got (UGH- what an ugly red, and I didn’t even try the blue or yellow)  Things I need before my next run: white ink, and maybe silver ink , Neutrals.  I’d also love an aqua colored ink as well- but I don’t like the colors they offer.  I need more transparencies, emulsion, blockout and I’d love another screen.

here are a few of my quick cards from today:

I printed a lot more than these in various colors.  I also screened cutchens.com on the backs of the cards. I love it!  I can’t wait to make more varieties!  the corduroy buttons/brads and cardstock are from stampin up and the flower is making memories.

now you may be thinking, couldn’t she just do that by printing with her printer? yes, I could. but I loved the texture of the ink. and I can’t wait to plan some tshirt and other fabric prints *i just picked up a bunch of tshirts from target!

Today was an early out day for Jordan at Preschool so I got the boys happy meals from McDonald’s.  I found it quite amusing that both boys can identify the golden arches, read the logo… but Jordan pointed out, “that guy looks weird” and I told him, his name is Ronald McDonald.  and he was like, “who?” and even Jalen didn’t know who Ronald McDonald was either.  Today’s picture of the day came after lunch when Jordan put on this hat, he said, ” I look like Bowser’s minion.” ha ha.

here’s who he was talking about:

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you’re having a great day!

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy!