Did you have a good Thanksgiving?  I did! I made my usual bunch of pies on the day before… I always make custard pie, chocolate cream pie and pumpkin pie.  But another thing that got me really excited? I got a few notes from my friends amy and kim that my home made pie layout was on the Creating Keepsakes Blog.  I know, I know, it’s silly the little things that get me excited. anyway. ;)

It’s been a busy winter season here in Hawaii, and by winter, I mean rainy.  This morning there was an accident on the freeway at the exit after the one I take to take Jordan to school.  What does that mean? my few mile, usually 30 minute commute was even longer.

**check a look (a phrase I made up one day):

when there is traffic waiting to get ON the freeway? not a good sign. (but check out the sun flare lovelyness) not bad for a cell phone pic. (totally stopped/so technically not driving and cell phone pic-ing, right?)

and while stopped in another location:

and when I got to the school, finally:

This morning I finished up my Calendar Project!!!! ***edited to add, it’s been requested for publication so I’m taking the pictures down! woo hoo! :)

I’ll be back with a tutorial later. ;)

I hope you’re all having a great December so far, thanks for stopping by!

Love Love, Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

I have been invited to be a contributing editor at Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine! It’s an online magazine dedicated to Hybrid Scrapbookers! Whether you’re a digi gal who wants to add some tactile elements to your art, or a Traditional gal who wants to add some digi elements to your scrapbooking arsenal… this is a magazine for you! :)  My very first project over at Scrapbook Dimensions is a layout featuring my lucky charms…

Other good news, I’ve heard from my friends that April Creating Keepsakes is available and they’ve seen my easter layout (featuring Jordan hunting eggs)… I have been stalking the magazine racks unsucessfully so far…. But I can’t wait to see it in real life ;)

I hope you’re all doing well! Love LOVE~

Joscie, rhymes with Bossy!

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Aloha friends!  It certainly is a Happy Happy New Year! We are one week in and I am celebrating! I got a facebook chat window up yesterday from my friend Lynn and she said she got her February issue of Creating Keepsakes Magazine and saw Jalen’s smiling face! I was so thrilled! I knew the issues came up earlier than the actual month, but wow, Feb in the first week of January!! I asked her if she could send me a picture because I had not seen the article yet.  She did one better, she scanned the article and emailed it to me.  and I have to tell you, if you didn’t already know, I am a sap.  I felt like my heart could stop and I was so excited and felt like tearing up all at once!   When Troy got home from work, we immediately went out to the Navy Exchange to check out the Magazine Rack–and there they were, a neat stack of Creating Keepsakes :)  We snapped a few shots in the store and brought a copy out to Chili’s where we celebrated my first official paper magazine publication- a day I have anxiously awaited for a while!

Thanks to all of you who have supported and cheered me on, I appreciate each and every one of you!!

Love Love- Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

I have a new tutorial up on Miss Mint’s blog… I made a halloween minibook using my new Stampin’ Up! curvy label (top note) sizzix die.  LOVE it!

Flat Joscie had a great time with my friend Stephanie!  read about her visit on Stephanie’s blog…

I was so excited to see that she not only had a great time hanging out with Stephanie and her family, she also got to meet Ali Davis and Cathy Zielske! :)

I made the slide show over at OLW with my He’s a KEEPer layout, woot woot! :)

Possibly the most exciting news lately…. are you ready?  I got an email from Creating Keepsakes! They are going to use a project of mine in the February Issue! I am SO THRILLED! woo hoo!

I got some new digi goodies from Karla Dudley this week! They are super hot. I LOVE ‘em and you can get them on Thursday. You’re going to want it! :)

I also finished my week in the life project! Finally. and I love it!

I used Karla Dudley’s word brushes for the days of the week and dots: Date a Star Kit. number brushes: Sweet Baby Brushes.  I used Making Memories Ella paper (orange dots), Making Memories brads.  Quickutz bottle cap dies to cut the felt shapes, Studio numbers. My trusty sewing Machine and red thread.  mini pompom trim. Red Chalk ink, circle punches in 1″ and 1.25″, foam dots, corner rounder, HP Matte Photo Paper, PSE 6.  Stampin’ Up! cardstock.  Baseball card pages and 8.5×11 pages.  I still need to get a new album to hold it all, so for now it’s on binder rings.

Thanks for stopping by! :)  I’m heading to a webweaver’s workshop tomorrow with Lorell VanFossen!  I’m so thankful Troy’s going to be available to pick the boys up from school so i can go with Lisa and Adrienne to the workshop, yay! :)

Love Love and Blog you later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!