Dining Out

We went to the USS Chung Hoon Dining Out in February and had a great time.....It was so fun to get dressed up......I have lived here in Hawaii for five years now and have not once wore a formal dress so it had been awhile......Seeing Vernon in his uniform is always great......He looks so handsome and if I do say so we make a very cute couple......I was looking through some pictures and thought I would share this one......It's one of my favorites........Well I need to get off this computer......But I have more crafty pictures to post so maybe in the morning........Have a great night......

Pro-Bowl 2008

This is a picture of us from the Pro-Bowl....We were so happy that Dominick was picked to participate in this event.....Although looking at the picture makes me feel kind of bad that Jared is missing......Maybe next year he will get to go with us......What a great day.......Love Love

Easter Stuff

So Riley (Hanna Stamps) is just so so cute and I can't seem to stop coloring him.......He was just perfect for these little Easter cards for the boys.....I just love these little jars so I added jelly beans and put a little tag......I was super happy and so were the boys......Thanks for looking......Have a great evening.......

Where Have I been?

Where Have I Been????
What a great question........I'm asking myself that question......I have had a lot on my plate I will say......I need to be better about blogging and keep on top of it more.......I will work on that......I do have lots of crafty stuff I have been making.....I even got my pictures off the camera and onto the computer......Not bad I will say......So I will work on getting them onto the blog now.....One thing at a time right......I also want to take pictures of some of the nice RAK that I have got in the mail......I just love getting good mail.....Not boring mail like bills and junk mail......So I will get that moving today.....We had a nice quiet Easter and ate lots of yummy food.....We went over to a friends house but I still cooked and brought food.......It was a good day......I made a few things for the boys so I will post those pictures.......I guess I need to get to editing my pictures huh....Things have been busy so I have a lot of pictures to post.......Lots of Bella cards and Hanna cards.....We had a girls night out last weekend for a girlfriends birthday and that was the most girl fun I have had in a while.....We eat and drank and we did makeup and took pictures and then we went out dancing........What a great time we had.......Thanks girls.......Vernon was off for a week after his surgery and has now completely recovered and things are back to normal and good to go.......I have been cooking a lot which means I have probably also been putting on weight.......Yea not so good......I have hung up three of the four window treatments that I made and plan to get the last one up this week.......I have made 3 1/2 of the 6 or 7 pillows that I'm making to match.......So things have been getting done but things on the computer not so much......Well enough talk now I shall get to work on posting pictures.......Have a great afternoon and I'll be back.......

Some More Bella Cards!

So I'm part of the Bella group and many of the ladies have come up with their own Bella names and I can't seem to come up with anything.......The ones that most fit are already taken.....Suggestions are welcome.....Oh and if I get a good one I will sent that person some goodies.......Have a great night.........I need to go to sleep......Love Love

Long Time No Blog!

Can you believe that it has been 22 days since my last post......I have been crazy busy......So much to do.....Now things are settling down and I can breath again.....Tomorrow will be the first day in a really long time that I don't actually have to go anywhere or have things to do.....So happy for that.....But really will I be able to sleep....Most likely not.....

Here is a list of some of the things I've been up to lately.....Of course I have photos to go with almost this entire list and I will post them as soon as I can.....I tried to tonight but my battery is dead on my camera so maybe tomorrow......Have a great day......

1. Completed 3 Bella Swaps
2. Went to the beach twice
3. Had a visit from grandma Voni
4. Went to the Dole Plantation
5. Went to the Aloha Stadium Swapmeet Twice
6. Visited Every ROSS on Oahu
7. Made valances and matching skirt for my craft table (well more watched grandma make)
8. Made Window Treatments for the Kitchen and Family Room
9. Bought and altered new pillows to match the new window treatments
10. Been riding on the motorcycle with my husband (so fun & we look so cute)
11. Made a baby album & memory tin for a new a baby girl
12. Received two Bella cards/RAK
13. Received my Bella order (after waiting sooo long)
14. Finally hooked up my silhouette up to my laptop
15. Made 100 burritos for serving breakfast on the pier for the USS Chung Hoon
16. Went to my first dining out (wearing a formal dress always makes you feel so good)
17. I have also eaten a whole lot of chocolate

So until I write again....Love Love
Hopefully it wont be 22 Days!

Some More Bella Cards

This is my teachabella for the naked Bella swap so I did the naked one and the completed one

How cute is she....I just love this cosmobella and the colors came together perfect with the paper

This is Savvyshoppabella and it's for the ATC Swap and they came out oh so cute too.....I almost think anything you make with Bella's is just going to be to cute........Love it......I have to get back to work now to finish one last ATC for the swap.......I signed up for two.......I fell the hulabella coming on.........Hope you like my Bella's and keep on stamping girls........

Bella Sopia

My oh so sweet husband took our boys out for lunch and games at Dave and Buster's and brought me home a great surprise......I was shocked but he found Bella Sophia.......This cutest little gift set of soaps and lotion.......I know it's not the same as our Bella's but she could be a sister or other family member.....Just love it.....

MIA

Well I sure have been MIA.......I have been pretty busy I guess........Valentine's Day was busy since of course I had to make favors for Jared's class oh and cookies.......We also made favors for our friends that we had to go and deliver.......Jared sure loved Valentines this year........My dear sweet husband went out and got take-out from California Pizza Kitchen (my favorite) and red velvet cake and we rented cookin mama for the wii and a few movies so we had a nice quiet night in.......It was perfect........Here are a few pictures of our Valentines Day Fun........More to come....

Happy Tuesday!

First I just love these colors.......I used Doodlebug paper, SU stamps and Bella stamps oh Copic Markers........
This is a Bella Card and I used some Basic Grey paper.......So cute....Just love these stamps....

This is a card I made with my Hanna Stamps.......I used some twinkling H2O's to color her in and so with the picture it kind of looks shinny huh.......

We have been so busy........We had a great time at the pro-bowl and got some great pictures of our son.......Now it seems like Valentine's day is already here and I'm trying to get everything done with that.......But I finally got around to getting some pictures taken of some cards I've been making.......So here are a few........I'm still waiting on an order of Bella Stamps.......Wow shipping with them takes forever........Have a great day.........Love Love

My Bella Storage System

Well I had to come up with a way to store my new bella stamps as well as some other single acrylic stamps that I have and when I remembered these boxes from the boys night lights I thought that would be perfect......So I painted the edges and then added some pattern paper.......Pink and Brown of course cause that is the colors of my craft room........well kind of my favorite colors.....So I was showing Dominick and he was just shocked with what I had done.......So he says mom I'm going to start calling you Transformer and I was like what.......He goes on to tell me that I have to transform everything........Even stuff he would think was trash.......It was so funny listening to him tell me about what he thought.......He did like the boxes and then tried to think of how they might be more useful for him for some of his cards that he collects.......Funny funny boy he his......Have a great night........Love Love

My Bella Book

This is a Bella book that I'm working on......I have it mostly put together just need to finish a few of the pages and add some more embelishments.......Love it.......Love these colors........Well Just love Bella........Cant seem to add to my collection fast enough........I pulled out this old doodlebug paper that I have had for a long time and thought that Bella would be perfect for it......Just wanted to share and will post the pictures when the project is actually completed......What do you think.......Love Love

12X12 Hawaiian Waters Layout

Well finally I have taken some pictures of the things I've been working on......These are some really old pictures that I pulled out and this is what I came up with.......I love when I use stuff that I have been collecting for way to long......I even did a little sewing.......I try not to sew straight lines cause that just doesnt work out for me so uneven works best......I used the orange glaze pen to outline the tags and chipboard letters just to make them pop a little.....Well I hope you like and I will try to keep up on posting.......Love Love

The Boys Door Signs

The Day Before Superbowl!

So I was looking at my blog today and I realized that it's been a week since I posted.......I need to take pictures of the stuff I have been making.........I have been doing a lot.......We have been so busy and the boys have been sick and home from school which isnt really a lot of fun for me.......

Some great news to share........Dominick (my oldest) has been playing football for a few years now and is just this total football fan now.......We are San Diego Charger fans......So he has just got so into this whole thing.........You know me I could take it or leave it but really dont care......So him and dad went to the Pro-Bowl last year and that was a great time for him and they always have to get good seats up front.......This year my husband was going to be in San Diego so we didnt get tickets when they went on sale........No big deal right......Well I got a phone call from Coach and he said that the team has been invited to participate in the Pro-Bowl doing something at half time and getting some time with the players........But the parents would'nt be able to come unless we had our own tickets.....So he would be sponsoring the kids........Well my DH actually comes home today and this week I scrambled to get tickets and they had to be good seats or what's the point of going........So we are happy to say $300.00 later we got great seats and I'm on the asile so taking all my pictures wont be a problem........I will be using my big lens and hopefully will get some great shots.......So we are a very excited family........As for tomorrow my husband is home so we have our usual friends coming over to eat and drink and chat which is always a good time.......Except that I always feel the need to 1. Cook To Much Food 2. Clean house like crazy........Hey maybe we should have friends over more often.......What does that stamp say "A CLEAN HOUSE IS THE SIGN OF A LAZY STAMPER".......Well when I have to clean and cook then I dont get to stamp and scrap........Not good.......But I should be back to it tomorrow night and hopefully will get all my pictures posted.......Well I just wanted to check in and tell you where I've been.......Oh I got a package in the mail today........I'm so hooked on Hanna Stamps and Bellas right now it' just crazy....Love it Love it...Well have a great weekend.......Love Love