happy tuesday!

A rainy tuesday I am sad to say...Yesterday was over 20 degrees celicius and full sunshine and today it´s true swedish fall. Anyway, I spend yesterday outside power walking, relaxing in the sun and begin the garden work for fall. I cleaned up on the front stairs and made a new wreath. We´ll see how long it takes until it falls apart :) It felt good to be outside, but I had to do the indoor cleaning today instead! We had a guy here to fix some electricity things so I took a later walk today but the good news was that my husband came home early! My daughter went along for my power walk, but she took her bike. It was so nice to have some conversation while exercising for a change. i usually have my iPod or a radio show.

So, I did some creating today! Had to take some breaks from "fall cleaning" the house :)
From my last post I used the photo of my daughter and this huge lollipop! I went for a lot of buttons :) Isn´t it funny how one tends to use the smae colormix a lot of the time? I tend to use black and red together very often.



The next photo is also from this weekend. I took a whole bunch ofcourse because they won´t stay still. And I love the fact that it has an airplane view :)



For this next one I used a new format. I used a page protector that is usually used for postcards. I bought a whole lot of diffrent page protectors one day and am experimenting with the diffrent sizes.




Otherwise my long for fall is so large! I am googeling all things fall :) I found these 2 in a slideshow over at BH&G. Yummy!





And Noelia has done the coolest fall mosaic. See! Go to her blog for all the credits.




I leave you with a cute guy that they made for the harvest festival on my island!

small weekend recap in photos

we are home! it is so nice to be home! we went to my nephews birthday party and he lives 3 hours away. i like to be there and everything but my family wears me out :) and the trip is so long especially when we are on our way back home!
Anyway I have so much new scrappin material :) I always take lots and lots of pictures of him and my daughter because 1. the aren´t still! and 2. they love each other so much I have to try to catch that on film. I think I acctually did this time. It is fuzzy but the feeling is there, don´t you think?




When we were waiting for the ferry we were so tired and giggly and we had to take some selfportraits of the two of us. We have done this a few times and I always love how they turn out.



They make lollipops over on the mainland and my daughter got one from her granddad yesterday.



And the view on the way over with the ferry was beautiful!

listography

I got an email saying that the listography book is out! Yay! I got tired of waiting, so last night i started my own list-biography :) I took this funky little notebook and started lists of my own for example: what´s on my grocery list etc. I have attached a recent photo of myself on the inside of the book and will add some date information so that i know exactly what periods i have recorded. I am happy!




And just read this taken from that email:

Ten Things to Know About Listography The Book:
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1. The book guides you in capturing your autobiography in lists.
2. Nat Russell did the terrific illustrations.
3. Makes a nice meaningful gift for the holidays and birthdays!
4. Will be enjoyable for your friends, family, kids, and grandkids to read.
5. You can bring one to a party and have friends make individual entries.
6. Leave your completed copy by the toilet to entertain your guests.
7. Friends will poke fun when discovering the strangest places you've had sex.
8. Find one at Urban Outfitters in Nov. and Barnes & Noble in Dec.
9. Find a Kid's Listography & Listography Part 2 in 2008.
10. Listography is a little time capsule for your life.

I just love the idea of the listography being a time capsule for my life :) I am not entirely sure I willbe adding to the #7 though. :)

I quickly scrapped a few layouts yesterday and i just had to use the "top model" theme of my daughter! I love that she plays infront of the mirror, i used to do that all the time. and she loves herself and that is so important for our girls in this crazy world, don´t you agree? Oh, by the way she is not at all a pink kind of girl, but I love to use this bright pink paper :) and oh i used my own designed labels here. you like?



On this one i used my own yellow heart and stars papers. and i just had to add that cute round sticker!



Have you ever been to the "Life of a scrappers husband blog"? If not use the link and go read it. it is funny!

I ordered a cool t-shirt for a cool cause yesterday. It is for the Janssen family and their Live-lightly-tour. I have talked about that before and if you are interested go to their webiste. I got the brown t-shirt. I´ll model it when I get it!

i´ll be back soon!

list of this and that

1. it was the most beautifal fall weather out today. i love it when the air is crisp and you can take long deep breaths :)

2. i had the most amazing card idea today! nope not telling yet! but it involves transperency and something else. :)

3. i found this CUTE layout over at SIS. Are you back? Wasn´t it too cute!

4. i scrapped! voila! I used a new family photo taken last weekend and just played. i like. :)



5. i would love to find those cute small pumpkins for decoration...but my island seems to have run out of them :( and I won´t be going into town until the weekend...oh well. maybe i´ll dress up this blog for fall? hm..that´s a thought!

6. I should be getting my new CJ from the Beezieland queen any day now. This time it is Missys CJ with the theme "I am thankful for..." I am looking forward to work in that one. I think i´ll have to start working on it while i am waiting for it´s arrival.

7. Look at the sweet sweet comments on my entry from the weekend! It makes me happy that amazing women like that all spends time here on my little blog. thank you!

8. and you all have to check out Suzannes new craft room shelves! They are so nice! and don´t even start on the organization skills of this lady!

9. me and my girl has been whatching way to much Americas next top model...can you tell?

my world is beautiful!

1, I did some scrappin last night and i have to say that i love how this one turned out. It is simple but it says everything to me. I just printed a index print from my latest photos and used a ton of letterstickers spelling: my world is beautiful!




2, And I did a funny one about my doggie Sadies to-do list!



Her list is:
1, sleep in – in mommies and daddies bed
2, eat breakfast
3, go pee
4, run after mommy
5, beg for mommies breakfast
6, become extatic when mommy comes home
7, run after mommy
8, go for a walk
9, sniff all over
10, bark at bikes
11, charm everyone we meet
12, poo in the most inconvenient
13, run a lot
14, be cute so mommy gives treats
15, sleep in the couch
16, whine for dinner
17, chase the cat
18, go to sleep in doggie bed
19, sneak up in mommies and daddies bad

I think this is a cool way to remember your pets diffrences and quirks.

3, and talking about to-do lists, I am working on making some to-do lists to sell in my etsy. I am also working on labels all cut outs from cardstock. I will let you all know when they will be there.

4, I went over to flickr today and was looking for cool photos of…well whatever really. This is what I found.




1. Pink plumeria, 2. this is my 1000th photo, 3. Kitchen, 4. persianDancersPair01.jpg, 5. bliss, 6. two brushes, 7. tiny dancer, 8. magnolia vanilla cupcake, 9. hexagon progress, 10. The Ripple's Back in Progress, 11. lavendel_lale02, 12. Bandeja grande, 13. YoYo, 14. Cabinet, 15. Multi-coloured patterns, 16. Nina, 17. Yellow White Ranunculus, 18. 3. Ranunculus 090407

5, When ever i see views like this during my walks I just want to cry it is so beautiful, this among other things makes me feel fuzzy inside thinking that we live on the most beautiful island in the world.




6, And because I haven´t had a post without Harry in it this week here he is again loving his new life.

saturday update

it is a quite saturday in my house. nice. my brother-in-law came in for the weeekend and we are all playing board games, playing X-box and eating to much snacks :) Harry is doing just fine. i think he feels like he is home, which comfort us highly. We took a ride down to the baech to see if he likes the water and um...yes he did! He almost ran which is wow for Harry. Look at him!



And since we had a visitor, i made him take some photos of us.





I did some scrapping yesterday. and that dog have to like it here beacuse he is staying = i have already scrapped him! Behind these layouts i have put the newspaper clippings regarding Harry.






i also made some other ones as seen here!







have a wonderful saturday!

exciting news!

So i have some exciting news about the pets in my house! We have officially adopted Harry! Harry is a golden retriver who was found on an abandoned farm about a month ago. It was him and a bull which they had to put down to rest immediately. They fear that Harry had been left alone on the farm maybe up to six months. So, he had to eat what he could and that just happened to be pig food…yes that also means that he almost looks like a pig… When he was found he weighed 70 kilos and that is dubble the normal weight of a golden retriver…he was obviously also in bad shape so they had to shave his fur off and clean him. The animal rescuers asked us if we wanted to take care of him (my husband helped in the rescue) and we just couldn´t say no. Harry is on a strict diet and due to his over weight he cannot move easily. When he came home to us we all just fell in love; me, my husband, my daughter, the little Sadie and even the cat! It is so nice to have a big dog in the house again…
Harry is home!

how i spend my morning yesterday

Yep a lovely prefall walk down to the water. It was so refreshing I tell you!
More later!

sorry

Update in a list (i´ll explain later):

* I have been low this week and haven´t really had the energy for scrapping or anything! I know it is terrible :)

* I have been doing my blog hopping as usual though :) And I found an awesome sum of the meaning of scrapbooking to Kelli Crowe on her blog that I could just copy because it just hits right home for me! Check it out here!
Isn´t it great!

* I found this really cool new book called Listography go vist there and take the little tour of the book. I think it is so cool! I LOVE to make lists so this is really a book for me! On the wishlist for me! :) (=this is why this post is in a listform)

* I love that my daughter loves this in her snackbox for school! She is a good girl! Yummy!



* I found the funniest blog I have ever read the other day. It is the blog of the ever so cool Kayla Aimee she writes so many fun entries (besides the one on 9/11 which is ok).

* I am so happy that fall is well on it´s way. I love fall, the crisp air, beautiful sunny days and the colors of course! Speaking about fall, check out this slide show it is yummy!

* I have to show my latest favorite garage sale find! I love it so much, isn´t it just right for fall days sipping tea and have a cupcake?! I think so :)



* I just checked out the "How about orange" site and they have a few new cool tutorials. I especially love to make some wipe-clean coasters and baby bibs (my sister is having twins!).

* I scrapped! wow! Here is one about moi and the things I heart right now. There are more in my SIS gallery you can find the link in the sidebar.



* I am making smoothies with my "mom-baby group" tomorrow. No I am not having a baby, to bad, but at work I hold a group for moms who are home with their babies and we meet every thursday and do fun stuff like yoga, book-clubs, taking nature walks etc. And tomorrow is smoothis-day :) Yummy! Did I ever mention I have the best job in the world?!

* Talking about my job...I went back to work this week after being home on sick leave for the entire summer (as i have mentioned before) and it feel really ok. The things I do right now, since i only work a few hours a day is my work as the computer/site manager = fun! and the mom-baby group = super fun! = I love to be back at work! The first day I was really nervous on being back, but when I set my foot in the door one of the kids ran up to me and gave me the bestest kids hug ever! And I got a few more, boy did I miss those kids and their hugs.

Oh, well I am leaving it off like this! Happy daY!

My creative process

I love to read about other peoples creative processes, don´t you? We scrapbookers often have so much in common, but we do the same things so differently. Some scrappers always start with the story, the photo or the papers. Me, I almost always start with a photo. I take a lot of photos and maybe that is why I like to use them as a focal point in my scrapbooking. But, I don´t always have to have photos from one particular event to scrap said event. Am I making any sense?! So here is my process:

1. The first step of making a scrapbook layout is to print my photos. I have the fortune to have a really awesome printer at home that does almost everything. I often use 10 x 15 com photos and lately I have made several multiphoto layouts. When I do, I print them from WORD where I have resized them, often to at least 5 cm wide but it is depending on how many photos I want to use. Ok, and by now I have figured out what I want to use them for (a special memory or maybe a “right-now” kinda layout).

2. The next step for me is the background paper. I have been known to use a lot of the Kraft cardstock which I love because every color can pop! But lately I have use a lot of colors like orange, yellow and brown too.



3. When I have chosen the color of the background, I decide on the size. I scrap A4 or 8.5 x 11” and half that size, but I tend to say I scrap 6 x 12” because it is easier.

4. I trim my photos and lay them on the background paper, so I see how it all will be.

5. I choose what patterned papers I want to use and how; in circles, strips or whatever. Often I pick out a variation of PP and lay them with the photo and end up using atleast 3. I trim and almost everytime ink the edges. Then I lay the PP´s on the layout and then arrange them around for a while.

6. When I am content I start adhering the photo and patterned papers.

7. I play around with a title (I don´t always use titles) and find good ways of doing that with maybe rub-ons, computer journaling *, stickers and stamps. These, the titles, usually do not come out the way I have planned them!

8. Then I get to the journaling. Sometimes I want to use a lot of words to express a memory or feeling, other times I use wordstrips or just a few sentences. More often than not, I use my own handwriting.

9. Now it is time for the last touches. It can be different kinds of embellishments like flowers, stars, hearts etc. but also doodles, dots or just additional journaling words.



10. Often I take a step back from my project to see if it is just right.




Ok, there you have it; Lisas creative process! Now, it is your turn, how does your process look like?

* If I use computer journaling I always start with that and then arrange the photos and patterned papers around that.

wow wednesday already!

time flys! I went back to work a cuple of hours a week this week, after being home on sick leave for the last months. It was ok, I guess. It almost feels stupid to just be there for 2 hours and then come home, but later in the afternoon I acctually feel it in my body; I am tired. So I take a nap. Naps are the most wonderful things really. Ah, the luxury of taking a nap in mid day... lovely!

The other night I kept scrapping the birthday photos. Here are a few.





I think I am done with those now :) I am trying to get some work done on other photos now. I will let you know how that goes :) I am soaking up so much inspo everywhere right now. SIS, 2 peas, and various blogs ofcourse. A new way of getting so much inspiration is to head over to any kitclub gallery. You know StudioCalico or Work in Progress and Cupcake Scrapshop They all have faboulus designers and products. Go check them out!
I also find inspiration in the Craft Room pool over at flickr. I love all the storage ideas and other small details you can catch while looking through the gallery.

I want to end this short blog post with a message: Make someone feel special today! Just out of the blue! Do, please do!

happy monday all!

*sigh* thank God this weekend is over! We had parties all weekend and it wore me down... But it was fun though! The birthday dance was such a success and I am so happy it all turned out as we hoped and even better. The newly 8 year old was happy and that is all I want!



On saturday we had the family party and we live in a place where the big tourist attraction is going on horse carrige rides. But as we live here all year round we never get our butts to do it. My daughter had been nagging me all summer to go, so when we went to the harbour to pick everyone up from the ferry we suprised her with us all going on a ride which ended infront of our house! As you can imagien she was thrilled! Just look!



So, saturday pretty much rocked from then on. We had the whole family (about 14 people) over for dinner and the birthday bash! We all had a good time, but I think she and her cousin had the most fun.




Sunday i acctually had some time to scrap...halleluja! I made a few layouts and acctually made it to make a minibook.



She has got her first job. :) She gets to cat sit :) She lets the neighbours cat out or in and gets good pay too! I used my heart papers for this one.



We took a cuple of photos the birthday morning and I love this one. I have been office supplies shopping lately and I especially love the new labels I got. Oh, and the blue heart on this one :)



Ever since my daughter started school I have said "Learn something!" to her every morning as she heads of to school. And some days she comes home and says Mom, I learned something today! :)



I love the orange paper on this one and that crown button that came with my new jeans :) I took a bunch of photos of my daughter on her last day as a 7 year old.

I will share the mini book later. Oh, and talking about mini books have you all seen the new Creating Garden over at 2peas? Wow is all I can say! Run to check the great mini book inspiration there. I was blown away by it all! I especially loved this one by Tia Bennett making a scrapbook by altering an old book. I will have to try that one! There were so many! And talking about altered books Kerry Lynn made a cool tutorial if you missed it go check it out.

And I have to say that my newest item on my wish list would be a camera bag from Jessica Claire. I think I want a "money" cover or maybe the "sophisticated" one... :) Aren´t they all yummy!

Have a wonderful day!