B-Movie Star

When I was kid, on the last day of school the teacher would give you a list of things to do over the summer, and it usually had a list of books that they recommended you read. I, being a consummate nerd (see, I even used the word consummate), would pour over the list every summer planning how I would get supplies to make certain craft projects. Scheming who I would get to help me build certain things, or be in certain homemade clubs with me, or basically be my accomplice. It usually turned out to be my sister. She was game for all my crazy plans - she did outgrow that, by the way.  Man, I loved those days!

This summer I started thinking I should reprise the Summer List. One because I'm still a nerd and I love lists. Two because I always think of things I should do, or would like to do, then I usually forget it until it's too late or something.

Okay, so here's my list - just off the top of my head tonight. I think I will add to it as I go. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. I especially like book and movie recommendations.

• Make a scrapbook - real world, not digital
• Have a picnic
• Go to a ballgame
• Take at least one photo a day
• Make a book list and read them all
• Make a list of movies I want to see
• Spend one weekend away with my husband
• Blow up balloons, tie notes to them and set them free for someone else to find
• Spend a day at the lake with Gabby
• Make a family game night every Friday - each person gets to choose the game on different nights
• paint the bathroom
• go to all the local museums in the area
• work on my family website
• Have an outdoor movie party
• Grill
• practice sewing (HA! oh my sewing skills are pretty lame!)
• Finish a painting and make more art

Read, read, read!!!!

What are you doing this summer?

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Sugar Moon has a new kit in the shop at Designs In Digital. It's a retro feeling kit for all the babies in your life - it works well for new and old babies alike!

It comes with 12 full sized papers (12"x12" 300 dpi) and over 30 elements to scrap lots and lots of adorable baby photos!!!  It seems that lately so many women I know are having babies, it inspired me to create something a little different from the norm - yet something very traditional and classic, with a whimsical little twist!

Don't forget I've also got several new kits out for the summer - including Summer Camp, Lemonade Stand, and most recently Sand Dollar - perfect kits for your summer memories!

Oh, and don't forget if you spend over $15.00 you get the HUGE Anniversary collab for FREE

(The collab is packed with 66 papers, 1 mesh scroll, 1 mat, 2 alphas, 1 flower chain, 1 clipped flower, 1 flower scatter, 3 branches, 13 flowers, 2 ribbon flowers,  3 diamond/gem boarders, 2 set of photo corners, 1 pinned tag, 2 page boarders, 10 frames, 15 various ribbons & bows, 5 brads, 1 felt heart, 2 word arts, 1 template, 1 chandelier, 1 set of bubbles, 1 champagne bottle, 1 diamond bling, 1 couple silhouette, 4 swirls, scatters, 1 hanging heart, 1 set of silver hearts, 1 stamp, and 1 butterfly.)  It's really an awesome kit!

Last, but most certainly not least, I have a really fantastic FREE add-on kit for you. It goes with my new digital scrap booking kit, BABY BOOM!. It comes with papers, elements and an alpha! I hope you enjoy your freebie and feel free to head over to Designs in Digital and check out all the wonderful digital scrapbooking kits and all the fantastic designers over there.

*sorry the add-on is no longer free - but click on the image to go check out Sugar Moon's Store*

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Remember making Kool-Aid Popsicle as a kid in the summer? Yeah, we did that. We would pour kool-aid into ice trays, cover them with plastic wrap and poke in toothpicks for the handles. Good times.  Now that I'm slightly older,  the thought of a Kool-aid Popsicle is not the most appealing thing . . . while iced coffee is. This got me to thinking, "hmm if we take the iced coffee and pour it into a mold and alter it's molecular structure from a liquid into a solid form (yeah, this is the way I talk to myself) we could produce a frozen item that would be appealing to adults."

Then I found this recipe and voila! Thank God for the internet folks! This is a pretty complicated recipe, print it out if you need to:

Easy coffee-cicles! Combine cold coffee and your favorite creamer (about 2/3 coffee and 1/3 creamer) Pour into ice pop molds and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.

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I just happened to run across these two different ways to make your own flowers - they won't wilt and you can even give them as gifts!

The first one is no sew flowers from Made: A Creative Collection. These no sew flowers are so cute and I can think of a million variations of these that would be so cute. I'm putting them on my list to do this summer! Click on the link to get to the tutorial to make them yourself.

The other project - also going on my to do list - is this CUTE cork board with paper flower tacks. Oh. my. gosh. I find this so adorable! This idea and tutorial comes from Greenbean's Crafterole.  Both of these projects are soooo easy! What are you waiting for!? Go get the glue gun!

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A Very Special June Designing Duo (x2)

Tiger Lily's Digis, Tink's Trinkets, Fr Designs, lotte + line design, & Sugar Moon Designs have teamed up to create a fun and vibrant summer grab bag.

There are 4 mini kits, 2 alphas, and a pack of solid papers.
From now until June 6th it is on special for $3.50.
After the 6th the price will be $5.

Here are some close up images of what's inside the Grab Bag:

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Okay, so wow, May is over and I thought June would slow things down a bit for me . . . HA! I was so wrong! We started painting the living room over the weekend - three day weekend should cover that project right? No. Not at all. My house looks like a house you've seen on "Hoarders" I was trying to be all zen about it, then today I had a moment when a walkway was blocked with a plant stand and I turned to go another way and a trash can was in my way and I almost lost it and began throwing things . . . but I stopped myself and just in time. It will change. It will get clean again. Not in the time frame I initially thought, but it will happen so that's something to look forward to. The room is painted, there are a few places that need touch ups, but it's pretty much done. I bought the wrong size curtain rod, and I bought curtain "scarves" instead of "panels" so I have to exchange all that ARGH! who knew window coverings were so darn complicated!!! Not me, that's who. I'm so naive.

Yesterday I had to take our cat to the vet. He was laying in the closet and it looked like he had soiled himself and not cleaned it off. Come to find out he had been bitten on the tail and he was running a fever. Poor cat. He's doing good today. He's still at the vet but his fever is down and he's on antibiotics and the vet said he's acting much better. I'm so relieved because at first they were talking about running blood tests to see if his kidneys were failing, or if his pancreas wasn't working and so a bite on the tail, which is bad enough, doesn't seem quite so bad as the alternatives. I will get him back tomorrow morning! What a relief! He's an old cat, about 12 or 13, but I think he should live forever. If only other cats would leave him the heck alone!

Then this morning at about 2:30 or 3:00 I was getting ready to go to bed finally, after being up late finishing a work project and the phone rang. It was the hospital where my sister is and they had to take her to the E.R. because she was having a seizure. They didn't know what was going on, but they were calling me to let us know. Usually they would call my parents, but they had just left to go on vacation for a week.  The nurse who was calling said that my sister was fine at the time,  so I didn't need to go to the hospital. This morning when I called them to see how she was doing, they had done a CT scan and couldn't find anything. They don't know what caused the seizure. Hopefully she will be released from the hospital and can go back to the care facility where she lives. Then we can get her an appointment with her neurologist and they can do more testing. It's just crazy. People who tell you that MS isn't a very bad disease are sadly mistaken. This disease sucks. So anyway. It's been a crazy month so far and here it is only the second day!

I'm hoping it gets better!

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