Moscow Renaissance Fair

On the first Saturday each May the town next door to us hosts a Renaissance Fair. It's wild!!!

The arts ABOUND there. And this year, I definitely noticed the abounding COLOR too. So, I made a little rainbow slideshow for you to enjoy.

Fantastic music, food, arts and crafts, Maypole dancing, kids activities... and it's all FREE! Put it on your calendar to bring out your tie dye and join us next May!

The Finished Product

I've finished my project and already given most of them away! How fun to give little gifts for no reason other than a gesture of friendship.

Here's the headbands that I made-- half with one fabric and half with the other. And of course, two that were child sized for my sweet daughters.

Like them? You can find the free pattern by Heather Bailey on her site. They were super fun and easy to make. And now that they're gone, I can think of so many other people that I'd like to give them to... so, off to the fabric store for round two!

"Angie Homemaker"

When I realized what I was going to be blogging about this evening, I realized the activities are quite
"homemaker-ish". Guess that's good since when filling out surveys and they ask about your vocation I always check off the little "homemaker" box. Lousy compensation, but SUPER rewarding! (Anyone else with me on that one?)

I was working last night on the sewing project I mentioned in my last entry, and then couldn't resist taking it out to the hammock swing to work in the sunshine today (along w/ my iPod Shuffle and Diet Berries and Cream Dr. Pepper... yummy! Sat there while the kids played in BUCKETS of water-- hours of fun!). What a blessing this sunny weather has been!
And I got a strange craving (no... I'm not expecting) to make TAFFY like I'd learned in a candymaking class I took DECADES ago. It was fun to play in the sticky stuff with my 5 year old today (Who, by the way, has informed me that when she grows up she wants to be a cook. Or a gymnastics teacher. Or a mom. I told her she may as well do all three at the same time!)

Happy NSD!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

My original plan for the day was to spend three hours doing a free online video class from the CK website. I know, I know. I told several of you about my plan, and now you'll see I had to abandon the idea. After having a hard time finding the basic AND the inspirational supplies, I decided to postpone it. And when I realized the class was 1-4 pm EASTERN time I really realized it would be impossible (that's 10-1 my time... which included lunch for 3 kiddos and getting nap/roomtime underway... on my own 'cause my hubby's at work). SO, I hope to take the class after I eventually get the right supplies and find three free hours to do it. After seeing the final product today, I really want to get to it sometime soon! Maybe you will too. Check out this fun mini-book class here.

INSTEAD... I visited a fave site: Designer Digitals. I tried out the "30 Minute Masterpieces" challenge and had a whirlwind of fun doing a fast digital page. I'd definitely have spent more tweaking time on it if allowed, but I think the page turned out pretty good for as fast as I blew through it! Here's my layout:

Now I'm off to edit some photos that have been patiently waiting on my hard drive, and I think I'll finish out my scrapbooking day with a little sewing on some gifts I'm making for sisters and friends. Keep your eye out for a future post on that!

My Ad Challenge

So I finally completed a layout that was inspired by an ad I saw several months ago:




The journaling (more than the design) is what caught my eye. Sometimes others can just say it better than you can, right? (You can click on the images to make them larger and more readable.)Here's my traditional paper version (versus the digital pages I've been doing as of late):

Do you love this journaling? Steal it like I did!

And, do you have photos of your kids w/ their dad fishing... or even better, photos of you as a kid fishing with your dad? (Father's day is coming-- frame it and wrap it up for him!)

A is for Allison

A cheaters' version of a scrapbook page... made from a digital template. And it was FREE!
Supplies
Digital page template: Jen Caputo
Digital patterned paper: Feeling Free at Scrapgirls.com
Fonts: Elephant and Scrap Baby

CLICK HERE to get an online video tutorial from Jessica Sprague and download two free templates for yourself!

You Know You're a Mom When...

...your fashion accessories include a sippy cup and a baby doll sticking out of your practical idea of a handbag/backpack. Enough said.