The Beautiful Basics

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa season to you all! Whatever you celebrate, make it lovely and warm and co...

(And...last time...the layout is laying on a polka dotten blanket, don't let it throw you off.) Turning 2 is Fun to Do! Here is yet anot...

(again, ignore the polka dotted blanket underneath) This is another super easy craft from retreat. This is a normal frame that you can get...

Howdy and HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!! Do you like the new layout? I have been playing with it for days and I like this one today, no telling if I w...

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this is the start of a wonderful holiday season for all of you! (And may all those fmaily members and in laws not...

Well, the rolls are done, the sweet potatoes are mashed and in their dish, and the cranberry sauce is in the fridge....I have already put...

Hello people, Today I decided I would do a little bike riding on my stationary bike...mainly because by the time I got home, it was dark and...

Howdy all, I hope you are all having a nice Thanksgiving week and getting ready to gobble up some good food on Thursday! I know I am exci...

Well, as you can see, I have been piddle- ing around my web page for an hour or so playing with the colors and design . I wanted to put up ...

I made this dressing last year for the firs time and it was by far the best dressing I have ever tasted. Its a good old southern version o...

Howdy! Its been a strange week for me this week. Since my son was sick for the first half, I was home with him and got to spend some time ...

Okay--I meant to get this up last night but my hubby had to go out to a farm and so I was home with my toddler and just never got around to ...

Okay, once I saw that Stampin' Up had this new Decor line, I loved it from the start. I ordered these swirly designs specifically to go ...

I took a personality test a while ago...I may have told you about it, its one of those Strength Builder or Discover your Strengths type deal...

While I generally hate to admit my shortcomings (and there are many but I am not going to list them, there is not enough space on blogger!)...

(Again, don't let the polka dotted blanket its laying on throw you off! ) Here is another page from the day at the zoo, only this one is...

(This page is laying on a polka doted blanket, so don't let that throw you off.) This is one of my favorite pages I have ever done. I lo...

Here is another page in the saga that was my son's birthday. We had his party at the zoo(Saturday), then we took everyone out to eat(Sat...

(Don't let the white and pastel polka dotted blanket throw you off.) Here are some more of those lunch bag scrapbooks that I talked abou...

Another scrapbooking page from retreat . This is from the birthday we spent at the zoo ...you will see quite a few zoo pages because I had ...

Here is another finished product from my retreat. This page is for my son's Halloween party at his school. The page with the big candy ...

First off--Please ignore the messy table in the background...you don't really see that, its your imagination playing tricks on you! (I w...

Howdy again... This is a take off from scrap booking and it is so simple and easy !! If you have a square punch, this goes really quickly...

Good Morning, The only good news about being home with a sick little boy is that I hope I can get a few things done around the house today.....

Sorry for being MIA, I was out of town at my twice yearly (is that bi-annual?) scrap booking retreat...can I just tell you that I had so mu...

Here is another one of the crafts we did. These were about $5. They were called Lace Up Cards because you basically just put all the parts t...

Howdy, Here is one of my projects from our big Super Craft Day a few weeks ago. Its just a wooden board, painted red and black, and then the...

Ahhh, the memories that food can conjure up. These cookies were my grandmother's specialty. I don't know why they are called Monster...

Hello there people... While I would never describe myself as "granola" or even close for that matter, I have tried to be "gre...

I was looking at my friend Robyn's blog and thought this papercrafting was so stinkin' cute that I had to share it. I have mentione...