soo busy lately!

I have been soo busy lately that I haven't had time to do much of anything besides breathe, eat, and work... Which reminds me I really want to see the movie eat. pray. love. with Julia Roberts in it!! Well August is upon us and my birthday has came and went and I am a whole 22 now! Also one of my work friends also turned 21 so we had to do some major celebrating. Orientation is just weeks away now and I am basically kicking and screaming my way into it. I do not want this summer to end especially when it has gone so fast! Well tomorrow we're off to the lake so that should be super fun. And next weekend we're headed to cedar point for the amusement park! So excited. Posting my new pair of reebok easy tone shoes that I got the other day... love them and hopefully they will tone my butt!!! Thanks for reading!

twisted sketch #58

well after thinking I wasn't in the mood to scrap, I finished a layout journaling that I didn't finish on Friday and then made this layout for a twisted sketch challenge that I have been putting off. For some reason I got so inspired by this awesome paper from Bo Bunny! The layout is entitled ME and a link to the sketch is: http://www.twistedsketches.com/ the twist for this sketch was to use texture in any way shape or form. Well I used lots of texture from slightly sanding the flat colored brads, to using walnut ink on the scalloped border that had texture and brought out the blue tattered angels shimmer mist that I sprayed underneath it. I also painted the letters and then slightly brushed them with a copper metallic paint. I ripped the edges of the photo to give it more texture, and last but not least I used scrappers mesh as a mask and then stamped over it on the three circles to give it more texture! I am really pleased with how this turned out, and the quote is so me, "Cherish yesterday, dream tomorrow, live today" Enjoy!

a fantastic birthday!!!

Well my 22nd birthday has came and went and let me tell you what... it was fantastic!!! We went to prairie meadows (a racetrack and casino) near by where we live. We went to bet on the ponies. I had never been there before and my family and Chris's family came with us. We kept the betting pretty cheap (minimum $2 per bet) and had little wagers against each other. It was raining so it kind of threw the odds out the window because horses that were good on a normal track weren't necessarily good on a muddy track. So while the first couple of races were going on a storm started rolling in, and before we knew it it was lighting and pouring outside. However, they still raced the ponies even with that storm going on! We couldn't believe they kept on racing. We cut out of the races two races early because we wanted to go get some dinner. We had a great meal at a local steakhouse and I treated myself to some cheesecake!!! BUT the bad part of the night happened while I was running to the car in the rain after dinner. I opened the door, apparently not far enough, before I tried to get in and I smacked my eye socket on the door frame... IT STILL HURTS!!! It's turning black and blue today I guess I can't have a perfect birthday, but it was still pretty good!

nice suprise!

Well, I was taking a break from scrapping yesterday before I got ready for work when my boyfriend showed up at my house! I was so excited to see him, however I was a little bummed that I couldn't spend most of the evening with him since I had to go to work, but I got off a little early and got to spend some time with him before bedtime last night... I got one challenge done yesterday along with a challenge that was from last week that I was too late to submit, but I wanted to do it anyway! Well today I am awake because Chris left for work and thought it would be fun to wake me up before he left! However, I have things to get done this morning, enjoy the layouts! I am posting the challenge layout which was to make a layout that had a guy feel to it. My Splash layout was last week's sketch challenge from the scrap-room, but I didn't get it done in time to submit, oh well! Enjoy

VERY LONG WEEKEND

I am soo exhausted after this weekend. I clocked in Friday night with about 15 hours, and then clocked out tonight with 43 hours... I would say that this is a high working weekend!!! Well I paid my rent for the month this weekend, plus have some money left over to save for our mini vaca weekend in Cedar Point, Ohio!!! I am so excited to spend some time away from everything here before I start back to school. I really wanted to get some scrapping done this weekend, since I would have loved to get the layout for scrap-room blog challenge. I love love love doing challenges lately and I get soo much more done when I am doing them, because I am inspired to do the layout and that inspiration keeps on going and helps me get more done... I close again the next 2 nights, but during the day I should be okay to get some scrapping done! Well I am soo exhausted right now all I want to do is fall asleep. So I think I will!!! Goodnight!

summertime scrappin

I have been getting so much scrapping done lately, which is really great since as soon as vet school starts its going to dry up pretty quickly! Chris just told me today that we will be going to Cedar Point in August for a little vacation!! Yay! Pretty excited, it will be my brother and his girlfriend, and chris and I. Even though it will only be a couple of days, it will be nice to get away before school starts. Well, on to take a nap since I was woken up very early this morning by my boyfriend!!! He had to go to work, then I couldn't fall back asleep when he left. I am posting my latest scrap challenge, from scrap mojo which was to create a layout with the best representation of summer. This is what I came up with. Also posting a picture of the frame I made to hang above my desk!

find out who your friends are...

Well this weekend was kind of an eye opener for me... I went to my friend aaron's wedding about 2 hours away from Ames. The wedding was so beautiful and the couple looked so happy together. I was pretty much paparazzi-ing it up the whole time I was there.

Well my friend kelsey and I were supposed to ride back together from the wedding, after I gave up my hotel room to our other couple friends because Kelsey didn't want to spend the money on the hotel room... So about an hour before we were going to leave she decided that she wanted to stay with our other friends and get a ride back in the morning... Leaving me to drive back to Ames (2 hours by myself) I would have also been okay with staying and continuing to party but my dog was waiting for me at home and needed to be let out and I couldn't very well leave her locked up all night and day. I would have had her boarded in the first place if I knew this was going to happen, however since I thought the plan was to not stay I didn't. I was soooo angry. Well, now it has been 2 days since that happened and she has not contacted me or even tried to apologize. I think it's kind of showing me how good of a friend she really is. O well I guess... I'll get over it.

On a happier note I have been getting lots of scrapbooking done lately! I am soooooo addicted to scrap challenges lately. I really love the sketch challenges, I am getting so many pages done! The latest one I am posting is from twistedsketches.com #56 the twist to the sketch was to use sunshine in some way possible. I thought that the paper and the diecut with the quote on it that says "don't forget to let sunshine into your heart, life, and soul." Perfect for this challenge. Hopefully I will start winning some of these challenges and get some free stuff sometime soon!