...and I would walk 500 miles...

Man oh man! Had so much extra energy this evening after dishes laundry and housework that I went another mile on the treadmill. Loving this ambition.

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Getting ready for the Boutique!

I have been invited to attend the Friends At Heart Boutique the beginning of October, so I have been crafting like a mad woman! I’m so excited! I can’t wait to see everything everyone else has been making too! I thought I’d share a few of the cards that I’ve been working on….

 

I’ve been making cards for almost every occasion, as well as a few gift card holders and packs of Christmas cards. I’m also working on a LITTLE bit of jewelry, mini albums, and I’m contemplating making gifts in a jar…. some shopping will be required for those though!

I’m so excited to share my items and see what others have created!

A peek into my creative space….

I thought I would upload some pics of my craft space…. lol it is by no means perfectly organized right now or even clean, but I thought I’d share :)

 

 

…speaking of craft room…. I should probably head back up there and get to work! I have a lot of stuff to prepare for the Friends At Heart Boutique!

Before & After Photoshop

I have been madly addicted to editing photos on Adobe Photoshop CS4. I LOVE it.  I don’t think of it as fixing photos, rather, enhancing what’s there and making it pop. I think one of my favorite things with photoshop is tinkering with all of the actions that I have—I get most of mine from Rita of Coffeeshop Blog. She is so awesome. She even has instructions on how to use them. I think I visit her blog every day.

A lot of the photos I have been editing lately I go to the extreme to see what I can do with them, but I also really enjoy just doing small enhancements to the photos just to make them stand out more. For example, I just tinkered with the below picture of Will a little bit…. the first photo is SOOC (straight out of camera) and the other has been edited.

I went a little crazy on his eyes I think lol… but he has such bright eyes to begin with!

Thank you A-Molly for introducing me to Photoshop. I love you!

Digital Scrapbooking

I have a new vice…. digital scrapbooking…. I’ve been tinkering with it for a couple of months now, and I love it! I haven’t gotten much time to “work” on it, but now I can scrap wherever I go! I used to lug a big roller caddy full of scrapbooking stuff with me when I’d go home to visit, and now I can scrap from the comfort of my computer (with thanks to A-Molly for providing me with Photoshop CS4! Love you!)

I wish I was more organized and could rightfully credit those whom I downloaded my digi scrap freebies from, but alas, I’m not that organized. My apologies, ladies, for not crediting your art!

This is my Grandma Bon, taken Sept 2009

Next is my first digi layout- Josh and I on our wedding day-

And finally, my favorite layout—My little man! I got this awesome layout here by Ali Edwards *huge fan of hers!!

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Updates!

It’s been SO long since I’ve blogged! It’s hard to even remember the last post… the Silvernale household has been quite busy! I have been working a lot of overtime, so that takes a nice chunk out of my day…. but I still find time (almost) each day to play in my craft room….. that is, in between being a mommy and a house wife.

Will has been doing great! He is now almost 9 1/2 months old… time flies so fast! He had his 9 mo checkup last week… he’s 21 pounds 13 ounces and 28.5 inches long already!! I can’t believe he’ll be 1 year old soon! I’ve already been thinking about birthday invites! I’m thinking of using my Sizzix die Pumpkins #2 and doing a Halloween theme…. after all, he was born on Halloween! My little man is such a sweetheart! He will be walking soon I’m sure… so far he kneels on things and is starting to pull himself up. He is such a busy guy… I will definately have my hands full. Grandpa Willy said he’ll skip walking and go right to running…. I DO NOT doubt that for a second! He’s a speedy one!

I’m lucky that I have the opportunity to work from home, and I’m even luckier that Josh is home to watch Will all day while I work… it’s going to be hard putting him in daycare in the fall, but I’m sure it will help Will develop social skills and what not… like learning how to SHARE! We definitely need to work on that one.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!

Another Good Day ;)

Today was yet another great day. I made buns, finished the scrapbook for my aunt, and snuggled with the little guy.

For Christmas, I got Josh a netbook… he’s wanted one for a while, and I found a great deal on  one a couple weeks ago at Target. Tonight we tested out the webcam for the first time :) ! I was able to see and hear him as we chatted, and vice versa. It’s a nice way for Daddy to get to see Will during the week! Granted, the picture is kind of choppy, as well as the audio, but other than that it’s just like having him home!

It’s been another long day, so I’m going to make this post short, leave you with a pic of the little guy, and bury my nose in my Creating Keepsakes magazine until I drift off to sleep :) ahhh yes…. another good day.