{cold monday}

Cold Monday, that sounds like the name for a band, doesn't it? Well I am done putting together my year 2010 in review. I hope that you like it. I just made a collage of all of the pictures because I am going to make a LO for these pictures for the the Jan. 7th - Hen Party Friday, challenge Reflections over at Scrap Chicks!



I hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend!! I know that mine was snowy white and beautiful!! It really was great even though I stepped on my glasses and broke them. We had some significant events occur at the Watson household. You all know how much I love lists so here's my weekend:

Friday = In bed by 9; I was EXHAUSTED!
Saturday = Car inspection, IHOP for brunch, visited some shops on the square, napped at home, and set up Harper's toddler bed. She loved it and even slept through the whole night in it. She is my BIG girl now! Then I shopped at Walmart 10 PM at night, and THAT was a HUGE mistake. The lady checking me out was rude, so I was flustered and didn't give her my coupons that could've saved me $12, but at least she priced matched everything I needed her to. ARghh.. I was so mad I cried.
Sunday = Lazy morning, got ready for a movie, movie date fell through due to weather, Harper napped for 2 hours in her big girl bed, and then we ventured out to Target for a couple of things and ended up with SOME great STEALS! I got 2 mirrors for $20 when they were normally priced $40 for one. I know... queen of a good deal here! Also, HP Everyday photo paper was on sale for $8.24 for a 100 ct paper pack. Really awesome deal, cheapest amount I've ever paid for photo paper.

Okay. Well that was my weekend in a nutshell, no scrapping. I was just too pooped, but I vow to scrapbook this coming weekend since my friend is coming over!! I have some stuff I need to get scrapped and some challenge deadlines I would like to meet!

{deal of the weekend}

So Catch the Moments Kits is doing their first deal of the weekend, which will be posted every Friday on their blog!! Today their first steal applies to all sale kits and matching add-ons!! That includes: Festive, Jolly, Joyful, Spooky, Retro, and Wonderland. Please check out the CTM blog and the Etsy shop for more details and prices!

Sale Kits: $12.99
Matching Add-Ons: $4.99
or
TWO Sale Kits: $25.00
(just leave a comment when ordering about which 2 sale kits you want)

{framed button heart}

Today I would love to share with you, my friends and dear followers some beautiful gifts I made for my brother-in-law, sister-in-law and my grandparents for Christmas. Last year Monica Coffman and Shannon Bogan both created stunning framed hearts, and I felt so inspired by their creations, so I tried to make one of my own. Well I failed miserably at a couple attempts last year, so I figured that I would put it off till later. And I did...

My scrapping skills just were not up to snuff, and now that I've been scrapping for almost 2 years now... I felt like taking on this beautiful challenge!!! And well I made three of them for for my family members for the holidays.






Products: Cosmo Cricket pp, October Afternoon pp, Sew Easy floss, Bazill Swiss Dot cardstock, Kraft cardstock, White cardstock, corrugated cardboard, Basic Grey bloomer, Basic Grey buttons, American Crafts buttons, Martha Stewart baker's twine, Hemp twine

So here is my take on the button heart... I used a heart template that I found on google. Traced it lightly in pencil, and then I used my Sew Easy tool to create the holes for the floss. I erased the pencil lines, and I sewed for the first time on paper. I know, pretty good for my first time, eh? LOL, just kidding. Well then because I don't own any circular punches, I cut out 2 inch squares of Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon, and put them through my Cricut cutting, two different sizes of circles. Then after inking the edges, I adhered them, added buttons, and well voila!!! I had 3 8x10 masterpieces. Instead of putting family names on the project. I put family inspired quotes...

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
"Other things may change us but we start and end with family."

I hope that this project inspires you as much as the originals did for me!! I would love to see your versions if you decide to make one for yourself, please email me your projects, and I will be happy to share them on my blog if you like! tinyscrapper at yahoo dot com

With love,
Gabi Watson

{something sweet}

Catch the Moments Kits just got a bunch of new goodies in shop!!! This stuff is wicked adorable, and although it is product that was released earlier this year, I believe that it will be great paired with some really cute stuff coming out this CHA; I can see me mixing the Sweetness papers with the Paper Crush line from Sassafras Lass! Well I hope that you dive into this delicious new product at Catch the Moments Kits, and also check out some of the other new things we have in store, like the Sugar Card Kit,Sugar Mini Album Kit, and the Old School Collection, enjoy ya'll!!! Mmm yummy!!

{beautiful dreamer}

My very good friends the Fields family finally welcome their sweet daughter into the world just last month. I was able to meet this precious angel for the first time a few weeks ago, and I took some yummy pictures for her proud Mama and Papa. Here is just a small dose of her cuteness, enjoy!

{sharing is caring}

I posted 2 layouts over at Catch the Moments Kits today! Please check it out and leave me some love!! I do appreciate it. Here are the layouts I share, cute stuff if you ask me :)

{unwritten}

Well Happy New Years to all of my friends and followers out there!! I am back from my 2 week break from work, the internet, school, and well almost everything. I came back a couple times throughout my time off to let you know that I was still alive, and here I am today, still alive, but definitely more like the walking dead :)

Let's just say that coming back to work gave me more anxiety than I anticipated, and well I didn't sleep a wink last night. Not even 10 minutes worth. No dreams, just thoughts all night in the darkness next to my snoring husband, sleeping dog and listening to the whirring of my sleeping girl on the baby monitor.

Oh well. At least I'm alive, and I can be thankful for that today!!

Since this new year is still unwritten, I am going to share with you a few resolutions that I AM going to keep this year and maintain for hopefully the rest of my life :) We'll see how that goes.

I resolve to:
1. Give more of myself and my time to charity
2. Make time to scrap at least 1 LO a week, and keep my scrap room organized
3. Inject my style into my home
4. Help my hubby around the house more
5. Maintain a well-balanced check book, put more in savings and spend less on WANTS
6. Spend more time with my family
7. Do my homework the day I receive it; turn in papers early and study vigorously for upcoming exams (Pull all A's again this year)
8. Put ALL of my tax refund into savings
9. Be more fashion forward
10. Keep the weight off this year and tone my midsection
11. Nurture my current relationships and develop new ones with people I meet
12. Sleep at least 8 hours a night
13. Drink more water and less coke
14. Be more spiritual and communicate more with Him, less talking more listening
15. Post at least 1 project per week whether it be new or old, just something inspiring

Well friends, I hope that you will follow me again this year through the ups and the downs. Through all the projects that I create and share with you, my community of school mates, scrap mates and people I call friends... I am thankful for you this year and next, and I vow to bring more to the table this year than last!!!

Tomorrow I will be sharing a couple projects over at Catch the Moments Kits!! Make sure that you check them out. We have a new forum that is going to be great; please participate!! And all sales will be on a much easier system now through Etsy. Here are all the links:

Catch the Moments Kits - The Blog
Catch the Moments Kits - The Forum
Catch the Moments Kits - The Store

With Love,
Gabi