App of the Week

My favorite app of the week is CAMERA AWESOME.  You can check it out here.

This amazing camera app allows you to take a photo, edit them, and add tons of filters before you ever upload it to your computer, from the convenience of your iPhone.  How cool is that??

Enjoy your day!

Weekend Lens

I sure hope you had a great weekend. Here's a peek at mine...

Snuggled with the dog.  Man, he's the best.

Helped my little guy respond to an awesome letter from his teacher.  He's so looking forward to 1st Grade in about 5 weeks...

Bought flowers from my favorite roadside stand...

Attended a fun mother/daughter gathering over a neighbor's house...

Listened to these two giggle for hours...

Installed 3 boxes of outdoor lights by myself.  Even I'm shocked by this one...

Made two garbage bags filled with coffee filter flowers for an upcoming bridal shower for a cousin...

Hung out with neighbors and made smores with the kiddos.  We are so blessed to love where we live...

Loved on him a bit more.

Grabbed the kids and headed up by the lake.

Took about 200 photos of our kids, the park, and each other...

Headed to Bergman's Orchard on the way home.  Can't drive by a place like this one...

Took in the perfect weather, summer breeze, and each other's company.

Went to breakfast with the family, just like every other Sunday...

And stopped by to visit with my Dad, who is doing really well.  (Thanks so much for the kind emails and comments asking about him.)

Hope yours was just as wonderful.

Enjoy your Monday!!

Trying to squeeze it all in...

Things I want to do before the kids are back in school...

1.  Spend some time up at the Lake Erie Islands.  We are all looking forward to heading up there.

2.  Planning and holding our second annual Outdoor Movie Night.

3.  Finish up school shopping for all 3 kiddos.  Ugh.  Dreading this one.

4.  Cedar Point with the whole fam damily.

5.  Girlfriend's trip to Ikea.

6.  Perfect a corn salsa recipe that is delish.

7.  Camp Turay with the kids.

8.  Two wedding shoots and a dozen senior photo sessions.

9.  Work on Bertram Inn Classes/Kits.

10.  Bay Pointe with the Sizer Family.

11.  Dinner with the Corcoran's, Lewicki's, Wegryn's, Patarini's, Novak's and Zakarowsky's.

12.  Volleyball camp for Jami, soccer tourney for the boys.

13.  Field trip to the Football Hall of Fame.

How about you?  Are you squeezing in all the summer stuff as much as you can??  It's flying by so quickly...

Enjoy your weekend!

Summer Craft Day for Kids

My daughter and I just hosted a Kid's Craft Day at our house, and so today, I'm sharing a few of our treasures...

Remember the photo banners from a week ago?  Same concept, just turned them into name banners for their bedrooms.  They LOVED this one!!

This dry erase board is a Dollar Store Craft that can be whipped up in no time at all.  We stamped "NOTES" on graph paper, and decorated the outside of the frame, and it took less than 30 minutes to complete!  The kids already started playing and writing notes on them.

The Old Navy $1 flip flop sale prompted these to be altered.  They were easy and FUN to create, too!

Below, Ella is demonstrating our version of the Write. Click. Scrapbook altered mini.  This craft took the longest, but they turned out beautifully.  I was so proud of these kids!

For the boys, I used sport photos to create the banners for their rooms.  They were less interested in crafting, but engaged in the wii and Nerf for hours while the girls played.  It's all good!!

It felt good to spend time with friends and their daughters for the afternoon.  Can't wait til the next one!!

Thanks to all who attended.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Enjoy your day!!

Paige's Graduation Party

I had the pleasure of attending a dear friend's daughter's high school graduation party this weekend, and I wanted to share a few photos of the occasion here today.  Such a beautiful, personal event--I hope you lift a few of Val's (Paige's Mom) ideas and make them your own...

There were photos of Paige--past and present--throughout the backyard.  Val framed favorite photos of her in white frames, and placed them under a tent with the cake, favors, and a beautiful Cookie Bar.

 

She took foam core to a new level with this one.  She used her initial and made it life sized.  That thing is as tall as me!!

Tina had this done for her via Walgreens.  Lots of baby photos and memories of her younger days.  And the best part?  It can be used again for a bridal shower someday!

These ladies hold a special place in my heart.  We all worked together at a local scrapbook store a lifetime ago.  It was really good to visit and sit with them and their families, and to catch up.  That's Val on the right--the hostess of this event. 

Of course, Tina and Deb were there with their husbands.  I love the laughter shared.  It was a beautiful evening...

Check out this cookie tree!  Those are frosted sugar cookies, and they were amazing!!

 There were two enormous tents, and on each table, these centerpieces.  Loved them.

And last but not least, these homemade sour cream contatiners filled with none other than SMARTIES.  CUTE!!

Congratulations, Val and Paige.  Thanks for letting me share!!
Enjoy your day!!

August 2012 WIP Kits

August Main WIP Kit--$28 (Subscribers $25)

Contents of this kit include:  12 sheets of paper (5sheets of cardstock, 3 sheets GDS Studio, 4 sheets October Afternoon Cakewalk), 11 mini posters (4x6 and 3x4--perfect for Project Life), 3 shipping tags, one red tag, 5 blue library cards, 1 roll October Afternoon Washi tape, 1 sheet October Afternoon alphabet stickers, one sheet cupcake stickers from EK Success, 1 sheet Echo Park elements sheet, 2 4x6 journaling cards, one packet of October Afternoon Cakewalk die cuts, and various die cuts (stars and clouds) as shown.

Here is a close up of some of the elements in this kit:

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August "EXTRAS" Kit--$20

Contents of this kit include:  8 sheets patterned paper (6 Echo Park, 1 Making Memories, 1 GSD Studios), 6 die cuts, one Echo Park cardstock sticker sheet, 1 Jillibean Soup red alphabet sticker sheet, Martha Stewart mini enevlope, Jillibean Soup cardstock day stickers, 5 aqua library cards, one sheet rainbow heart stickers, and one sheet rainbow alphabet stickers.

Here is a closeup of this kit:

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Here are three layouts I created with the August Main kit so far.  Stay tuned for more to come in the next few days!!

To order a kit, please email Trish at Turay413@gmail.com with your Paypal invoice address, and an invoice will be sent out to you ASAP!  Thanks so much!

Enjoy your day--