we also saw a shave ice machine and tray, a miniature plantation store, type for a japanese newspaper, a mochi pounding bowl, a pocket watch, a notary seal and whip, and a kendo mask. Outside the Science Center where Jordan sat on a nene goose, inside with Jalen in front of the silver discs. the planetarium, oh yeah and the death star, hee hee. science on a sphere. click any of these photos for a larger view.

thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Project Life Title Page Part 1

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I have included an extra Christmas card in the top right corner. The picture for the Christmas card as well as the bikes and the converse picture are all from our family photo shoot with the fabulous Marina Miller of Red Heart Photography (used with permission). I cut the flags on my silhouette (new blades are #1) and used Paper Trey Ink Kraft Cardstock. Studio Calico wooden houses (two stacked) and circle graph paper and brown arrow sticky notes.  The red numbers are some I scored from a snack bar menu board (and i have a ton!) I trimmed the top off one everyday life journaling card and cut the edges to match my other flags. Red and blue washi tapes from Hambly. American Crafts Thickers (blue glitter). I used my sewing machine to stitch with black thread and my typewriter to type on some flags. some close ups, click any for a larger view:  

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Week One January 1-7 (left)

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The circle numbers and little days are stickers from the Clementine kit.  I am pretty impressed with the white stickers, they seem to disappear enough that they look like they were added before printing the pictures.

some close ups, click any for a larger view:

Week One January 1-7 (right)

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because I had several portrait oriented photos (read * i didn’t plan well when I ordered prints at Target*) I added this page protector for the right side of week 1.  I used the bottom half of the Red everyday life journaling card to form a sort of pocket for the take out menu. I also added a strip of zigzag stitching for interest. Red Speech bubble sticky note is from Studio Calico. White 3 is vinyl thickers (really old) I added journaling on these grid cards from my Clementine Kit because they were the only landscape oriented journaling cards. I copied and pasted information on the photos from my blog and printed using this template from Paislee Press. You should get these templates too. FREE! I added a number sticker to each card and date stamped each card as well.  I also had extra spaces so I added some other photos. close ups, click to view larger:

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Week Two (left)

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I have to tell you, my ocd brain was not happy that I had to use this shape of page protector at the beginning of this week because chronologically my first picture was landscape AND it was already printed at full size. but I’m getting over it.  I had extra spaces for ephemera (fancy word for crap  memorabilia I hoarded in the name of this project) and truthfully, the kfc bag was actually from the first week, but you know what? I’m okay with that. AND it felt good to be guilt free in throwing out the other receipts that I had saved but ended up not using. win-win. When I was ready to add journaling, I figured that since I hadn’t added anything bulky to the grid journaling cards, I was able to run them through the printer again and use both sides. even more win. I use a strip of washi tape to hold the cards in place, it peels off nicely. If you don’t want to use washi tape, you can also use blue painters tape.

January 12 on 12

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these pages were printed on 6 x 12 and placed in a 6 x 12 page protector in the middle of week 2 spread.  This picture is obviously a composite picture of the front and back of the page.

Week Two (right)

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I stitched a little napkin roll paper from CPK onto my journaling card. I also stitched the number from the barber shop right on top of the picture. I added date stamps on everything. For the bottom right side I printed the journaling onto one card with a space in the middle so I could cut and paste appropriately. I also had a little space fora few extra photos and i just used my mini stapler from tim holtz for that.

whew! and that’s it for my first two weeks.  I have to tell you, I picked up some photo paper in both 4×6 and 8.5 x 11 to print at home.  I have an HP Photosmart printer. It’s not the best ever, but it’s good enough for me.  I realized that I have to think about what sizes I want to layout in my book before I make prints to minimize waste.  I am pretty happy with the results so far.  If you’re on the fence, I am glad I have started it.  I think I should have just ordered grid cards, page protectors in A and D and 6×12. I do like the number and day of the week stickers and the papers/journaling cards are cute.

Please feel free to leave any questions in the comments and I’ll get to them as I can.  I also plan to space out the future project life posts once a week or so.
Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Minions,

superheroes…. but whatever the case, I always like to go with a theme. Jordan decided he wanted to be Captain America and Jalen, who insists he doesn’t want to trick or treat didn’t want to dress up, was thinking about thor because really, that hammer (however you pronounce the name) is pretty cool. I was all for it. I thought Troy could be Iron Man or Tony Stark (hello avengers) and I could be pepper or something like that…. but to my surprise Troy opted for Mr. Darcy. :) and I am going to be Elizabeth Bennett. Sadly this costume was a little out of our price range…

We visited Party City near our home and circled that ridiculous parking lot twice before opting to drive to the farther party city store out at Waikele. We easily found a costume for Jordan:

he loves it and so do i.

We searched and picked up a helmet and hammer for Thor but unfortunately the only Thor costumes they had were mens’ size XL or Plus. sadly, tooo big for Jalen. I declared, we’ll just order it online! and when we got home I was further saddened to discover that THOR costumes were just not available in Jalen’s size. so we opted for Green Lantern. oh the disgrace, he’s not an avenger. :( but I’m sure it’ll still be awesome.

We went yesterday to the fabric store so I could pick up some patterns and fabric for Mr. Darcy. I picked the patterns that were closest to what I was looking for and I’m hoping for the best out of this very ambitious project. Today I’m prewashing the linen and cottons and tonight I’m sure I’ll be ironing 8 yards of each. ha. Wish me luck!

We also picked up some products for Halloween decor projects I’ll be sharing as I finish them.

What are your Halloween plans, do you celebrate? do you dress up? I can’t wait to hear.

Thanks for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

sitting together

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• Before My Eyes by Scrap Originals
• Shop Til Ya Drop – Add On Alpha by Angie Kovacs

Peppermint Creative

I created a hybrid book tote inspired by whatelse? pinterest of course.

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tutorial

Design House Digital

eat fresh

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• Robyn’s Sunny September Papers [ link ]
• Robyn’s 2 cool 4 school elements (green button) [ link ]
• Gen’s Favorite things Alpha[ link ]
• Gen’s Toolbox Shadows [ link ]
• Agnes’ Template [ link ]

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

Here are my latest two peas projects I have to share with you. I know I shared some of these cards the other day, but I forgot to tell you that the patterned papers are from Tricia Chapman. I love these dots! :)

• Dots of Love by Tricia Chapman
• Paper Trey Ink Sentiment Stamp, Paper Trey Ink banner die, you die.
• Hero Arts/Basic Grey Stamp
• Versafine Black Ink
• Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos
• Creative Charms Gradient Gems
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• Neenah White Cardstock
• Maya Road Stamps
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Pearl
• Cotton Candy Divine Twine
• American Crafts MixTape, Foam Adhesive, Thickers, Precision Pen Black
• Washi Tape

lefty paper to digital challenge: here.

• Distress Brush Set 02 by Vinnie Pearce
• Dash & Dot – TRIMS & BORDERS by Vinnie Pearce
• The Apple Of My Eye – ELEMENTS by Vinnie Pearce
• Bracket Masks by Vinnie Pearce

family

• Home is where the heart is page kit
• Home is where the heart is Solids
• Home is where the heart is Alphabet
• by Michelle Underwood

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

Troy was snapping a picture of Jordan on the bench. :)

Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Pac Man…

We rode the sky tram to Uptown. (another favorite event for our family)

my cuties on the escalator

Jalen checking it out.

We checked out the train and display in the center of Uptown area.

it’s Manny, the wooly mammoth!

Jordan was nervous, but looked on from a distance. I knew there was no way he’d ride the train, so we continued our walk towards Borders.

It was a fun afternoon of walking through the mall, I recommend you check it out! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

We have put a few miles on the trail a bike, some with me pulling and some with Troy pulling.  On the time when Troy pulled, I noticed that Jordan’s feet would slip off the pedals sometimes and reminded him to put his toes, not his heels on the pedals.  He also has a habit of trying to lean to see around the front cyclist, and I also reminded him not to do that.  about a week ago we were all riding down a bike path near our home and Jordan took a tumble off the trail a bike.  I was pulling him and when I felt the bump and stopped.  I looked back and about 10 feet back Jordan was sitting on the path crying.  We checked him out and he could move and wasn’t bleeding much so we rinsed his abrasions with the water we had and made our way home.  It was about a mile from home so we had to stop a few times on the way as he wanted us to keep pouring water on his scrapes.  Once we got home, I gave him some tylenol and ice packs for his injuries.  He had a scrape on his knee, elbow, shoulder,  and rib cage, all on the left side.  As we sat at home for a few minutes Jordan started shivering and I thought though it might be the ice, he also might be going into shock.  We put a jacket on him and loaded up into the van for another trip to the ER.  I must say this for Tripler, they handled him relatively quickly and gave him an all clear. (thanks GOD!) We all wear helmets, everytime.  I urge you to do the same.

My Mom

My mom had a colonoscopy that detected a mass near her appendix and her doctor scheduled her for surgery to remove her appendix and 30% of her colon.  The surgery was on Thursday and she’s going home today.  Thankfully the hospital is minutes from my home and we were able to visit quite often and also thankfully, the staff did not enforce the 14+ age requirement for visitors so the boys were able to visit as well.  We are praying for an all clear on the pathology report.

Memorial Day Weekend

• We were lucky enough to enjoy a 4 day weekend with Troy for Memorial Day.
• Thursday after visiting my mom we headed down to Dole Cannery Theater to watch Kung Fu Panda 2.  It was a cute and funny movie and not a single too loud comment from Jordan, thankfully.
• Saturday we did some building/tinkering with some drawers we picked up at Re-Use Hawaii. Troy cleaned up the back yard and we gave away our plastic picnic table and sand/water table.  Yay for recycling!
• We went to Lowe’s to pick up some paint. while waiting for the paint to be mixed we saw some kids doing gymnastics on the cart. parents completely oblivious. :(
• We were driving down Ala Moana Blvd and the ambient temp gauge started going crazy in the van and the a/c started blowing hot air at the same time. unless of course it was 118* outside!  I was so bummed and freaked out about a return trip to the dealership.  GOOD NEWS: when we got home, troy took a look and found a big plastic bag that had blown up under our car that was right on the sensor and what ever it was doing, it stopped and everything works fine. YAY for Troy! :)
• we ate out a lot. zippy’s, outback, bubba gumps, chili’s, slush floats from Rainbow Drive In after the aquarium.
• I picked some of my sugar snap peas and ate them. so HAPPY! i want more.
• We took a trip up to Punchbowl (National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific) to take flowers to my dad’s grave on Monday.
• We also took a trip to the Waikiki Aquarium by Jordan’s request.
• Almost every morning around 6:30am Jordan makes his way to my room and crawls in the bed, he is a bed hog.
• We were on our way to lunch at Ala Moana Shopping Center and saw a lady on a moped veer into traffic (thankfully the truck stopped) but as she tried to move back out of the way, she fell over. Troy jumped out of the van to help her up and over to the sidewalk and I pulled the van over to the side.  Another person stopped who happened to be an ER nurse.  He helped assess the lady while someone else called 911.  The police and ambulance showed up and then we were able to leave her in their care.

so that’s pretty much what has been going on with us.  What’s going on with you?  Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you.

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy. :)

Hello friends! Welcome to Two Peas Tuesday, the Thursday afternoon version. ;)

I created a few hybrid cards this week with Laina Lamb’s die cutter shapes and I am positively smitten with the combination of her shapes and my October Afternoon paper pads. Their papers are so pretty and just right thickness for my silhouette.

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Favorite Frames 4 by Laina Lamb
October Afternoon Thrift Shop Paper
Studio Calico Notions
Paper Trey Ink Cardstock

You’re a great friend

Folded Flowers by Laina Lamb
Silhouette
October Afternoon: Thrift Shop Papers, Badges.
Washi Tape
Paper Trey Ink Cardstock
Hero Arts Sentiments
Versafine Ink
American Crafts Foam Adhesive

Hot Air Balloon Card

Hot Air Balloon Party Mini Kit by Holly Brooke Jones
Neenah White Cardstock
Scissors
American Crafts Foam Adhesive

Abraham Lincoln

Sundown [value bundle] by Lauren Reid

Here are a few cards I made for the Paper Crafts Sketch Call that did not make the cut:

Did I tell you one card did make the cut? I have one card that will be in the August Sketch issue. I’m so excited, it’s the first time for me with Paper Crafts! :)

and two that I made for my Creative Charms blog post:

I don’t think I shared the kit of the Month:

Green With Envy

• 18″ Green Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
• Light Green Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
• Sage Green Vintage Brads – 9 Pieces
• Green Sequined Butterflies – 2 Pieces
• Green Sparkled Flower Medley – 5 Pieces
• Green Sparkled Butterfly Medley – 4 Pieces
• Green 3D Butterfly Brads – 3 Pieces
• Green Organza Flowers – 3 Pieces

Everything for Only $ 14.99

Deal of the Month:

Oh my lucky charms

• 18″ Green Vintage Velvet Ric Rac
• 12″ Green Wide Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
• Green Flower Brads – 3 Pieces
• Green Gem Brads – 9 Pieces
• Green Pure Blossoms – 6 Pieces
• Green Large Sparkly Flower – 1 Pieces
• Green Groovy Petal Medley – 8 Pieces
• Green Braided Daisy Medley – 4 Pieces
• Green Gradient Gem Stickers – 72 Pieces
• Greeen Fuzzy Hearts – 2 Pieces
• Green Fun Flowers – 4 Pieces

Everything Only $ 6.99

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Have you seen the new Eye Candy Overlays website?  It’s sooo pretty (of course) and I just got a new set of overlays that I can’t wait to play with!

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Thanks for stopping by!  I’ll be back soon, I have a ton of P365 shots to edit and post. and Jordan’s birthday is coming up this weekend!

Love Love and Blog you soon,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

• we forced some paper white narcissus for the first time since we’ve been back home in the islands.
• we baked a lot of gingerbread and sugar cookies.
• we made gingerbread houses.

• made some cake pops
• made goodie bags for my mail carrier and garbage man.
• got a thank you from the garbage man when i handed it over
• got a thank you note from the mail man in the mail box. it was so sweet, it made me smile. :)
• we saw the ships all lit up for Christmas.
• went to church on Christmas eve.  Jalen was an acolyte and carried in the flame.  He also helped light the candles at the end of the service.  Jordan was excited to hold a candle.

• we went to see the city lights/parade
• we didn’t plan to meet up with MarnaLicious and Family but it just worked out that way :)

• Incrediboy made a come back.
• We went hiking one day with Aunty MarnaLicious after a late night of crafting.  I did not feel well.  Note to self: go to bed on time!
• we went out to eat. a lot.
• I designed, printed, addressed and mailed out 180 Christmas Cards.
• only one has come back for bad address, that’s a record.
• Next year, I will not be sending out as many cards.
• I designed, printed, assembled, wrapped and mailed out 33 calendars.
• Next year, I may or may not be sending out as many calendars.
• we shopped online
• i ordered books for all my nieces and nephews and personalized with bookplates
• they loved them, I’m so excited!
• We have really enjoyed our think geek/amazon Christmas shopping. It was really simplified and I will go this route again.
• Jalen’s computer broke
• we bought a new laptop for the boys
• I called the teaching textbook company for help recovering his grades/progress and resetting our registration.  what an awesome, helpful company. I highly recommend them.
• When asked what I wanted for Christmas, I emailed a link to my amazon wish list.  and I got the best gift ever.
• I got a new camera strap designed for the ladies. and i love it!  It’s by black rapid.
• Jalen learned in his math program about bits, bytes, K, Meg and Gig.
• Jordan learned in his math program how to count pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
• I designed and screen printed some camp half-blood t shirts.
• I need to go buy more t shirts as a messy work space ruined a few.
• We got a lot of rain
• we bought new cell phones, the nexus s.  the new Google phone.
• Best Buy is not on my happy list.  They had insufficient supply so when I went in to pick them up, I could only buy one.  I had to order Troy’s via phone and it was delivered a few days later.
• I am loving my phone though.
• We saw Yogi bear for another free sneak preview at MCBH
• We saw the Chronicles of Narnia, voyage of the Dawn Treader in 3D, and loved it.
• We bought a new waffle maker from Bed Bath and Beyond. a super fancy double, flip it over kinda waffle maker. $95.
• so excited about it. made waffles like 10 since getting it.
• saw same waffle maker at sam’s club. $65. doh! but not too disappointed.
• missed out on the lunar eclipse/winter solstice due to overcast weather.
• Jordan got a new camera and a spy watch from Granny and Pop.  He took about 65 pictures on it and then dropped and broke it Christmas morning.  So glad we had bought the product replacement plan.  We replaced it with a more expensive shock proof model.
• Jalen got a robot arm and a spy cam rover from Granny and Pop.  He and Troy put both together and is loving it.
• We got Jalen snap circuits and Jordan got some elephants and elephant books.
• Both boys got a kindle to share and airzookas.  These are hand held air canons.  they are a bit unwieldy and difficult but fun when you get the hang of it
• We had steak, rice, corn and sparkling apple cider for dinner.
• We’ve got party hats, noise makers and curly cue thingies to throw in the air.
• We’ll be celebrating new year at 8pm HST.

I hope you’ve had a great 2010 and will join me in 2011, it’s going to be a great one!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)