Creative Kids

Check out this supah cool kids workshop program for the summer.  I'm signing Toms up ASAP!  What a fun unique idea, heck, forget about the kids, I want to do this!

Go HERE for more info.  and tell them I sent ya, I'm family so I have an in!

New Blissful Class

I've been working for the past few days on trying to get this banner made for the studio.  Didn't it turn out so fun!!!  I love it!  It will be a class at the studio in December.  Hope you can make it!!!

Weekend Happenings

So it's a little late, but that's just how I roll.  Always a little late, but eventually I get it posted.

  Anyway, on Friday we had a great evening with the girls at Bunko.  I just love hanging out and chatting til all hours of the night.  It was super fun and very yummy food!  Thanks Ashley for being such a gracious host this month!

Then on Saturday I had my Funky Silhouette class at Blissful living.  It went great, I had 5 very fun and darling students attend and this is what they all made.

So cute, huh!

Then Saturday evening I went to the broadcast with my Mother-In-Law & Sister-In-Laws.  It was a great broadcast, and very uplifting.  Then I headed home and picked up the boys to head over to Tempe Marketplace with most of Tyler's fam.  We had some yummy dinner at California Pizza Kitchen then walked around enjoying the scenery, people and fun.  Hope decided to buy Toms a new ASU jersey, Hat & Baseball/Bat for his Birthday gift.  He was so excited and looked so cute!!!

Then we went into Dave & Busters to play some fun games and celebrate Nate's Birthday.  He had some friends with him and they all had a blast.  It was lots of fun and finally we called it a night and headed home to go to sleep.  A very Busy day!

Then Sunday was just like any other Sunday.  Church then Dinner with the In-Laws.  This week it was at the Dale's casa.  Fun, but always crazy!  Toms just loves playing with all the kids.  He gets such a kick out of all the commotion!

Monday was Toms 2nd Birthday!!!  Yahoo, I can't believe how fast time goes!  He is getting so big and it's just so sad.  I wish he could just pause in all his cute stages but I guess that's the reason we have more kids, right. I spent the whole day baking and trying to get the house ready for the masses.  I invited both sides of the family over to celebrate over dinner and dessert. It is always crazy with both families together, but I know the kids LOVE it!  Especially Toms!  He doesn't know just what to think of it all, but he loves the attention!

I was finally able to finish my fun Banner for the occasion, doesn't it look so cute!  and I finished making cupcakes and peach cobbler for all to enjoy for dessert.  Then around 6 the fun began.  We had over 24 adults & 30 kids in the house all at once!  WOW, that's just a whole lot of people.  But so much fun.

We opened all his fun gifts and then blew open the pinata,

Had cake & ice cream.  and just lots of great fun.  Thanks to everyone for coming and helping us celebrate this fun day for Toms.  He loves all his new stuff and the great memories that were made.

Wow, I've been sitting at the computer for WAY too long now.  I need to go and get something accomplished today!  Hope you had a great weekend too, and talk to ya soon.

Of course I have to post a video with all this other fun!  Enjoy.  The best part is in the beginning when I ask him what he wants for his Birthday.  I just love this kid!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Some of the highlights include all the kids looking for the Dwight Schrute head in the pinata.  Also Toms face when everyone is singing to him.  Then later we were taping the cars coming down the track to then play back the tape to see which car won in slow motion.  It was pretty funny to watch in slow motion.

AZ Republic

How fun, I was in the AZ Republic last Saturday in the Arizona Living Section.  Jaimee Rose came to one of my classes to write the article for Blissful Living Studio.

Here's a fun pic of my Message Boards.

Go HERE to read the article.  Thanks for choosing my class to come to, we LOVED having you guys there!!!  Any time!

Gymboree Play & Music

So, have any of you heard of this?  It is such a great place!  I guess it's been around for like three years {at least the close location}, and I haven't even heard about it till now.  Crazy, where have I been?

You are able to go and take all sorts of different classes with your little ones {ages 0 months to 5 years old}.  They have fun Gymboree play time classes where you play with all sorts of different materials that help encourage growth in sight, sound, touch and feel.  There are tons of mat's out for the kids to play on with stairs to climb and slides to play on.  Balls to throw, hurdles to run and so much more.  I have the opportunity to go and try it out for a few classes to see what I think, and I can't wait to go back!  It's just such a great concept with awesome instructors and a wonderfully big and CLEAN facility to play in.

I'll have more pics and info later, but just wanted to give you all a little update as to where I've been for the past week.  Go HERE for more info on the "GYM" and it's so great because the first class is FREE!  You can't beat that!

Thanks Cicily for taking pics and comin' with us!

Also, this was my 300th post!!!  Wow, I love this blogging thing!  Maybe I'll host another giveaway soon to celebrate, check back later for some fun!

Mom & Me Beading Class!

Come and join me this Friday for a fun Mom & Me class at The Blissful Living Studio.  Katie & I will be teaching a jewelry making class where you and your little one will get to play with all these beads to create your own bracelet.  I don't know, do you think I have enough beads?  I know it's kind off an obsession{and this isn't even all of them, don't ask}.  

The class starts at 10:30 am and will run until we finish or 12:00, whichever comes first.  The cost for the class is $25.00 per Mother/Child pair with a materials fee of $10.00 per bracelet. 

Also, remember that we have THIS special going on right now at the studio that makes the classes even more reasonable to take.  Two for one!  Such a great deal!  

Hope you and your little one can make it!  It should be lots of fun and again a great price for a class.  Plus you won't need to find a babysitter!  

Plus, why don't I go ahead and throw a little RAK {random act of kindness} out there and give a few spots away!  Leave me a comment letting me know who you would like to bring to the class and why and I'll pick one {or maybe more} to take the class for just the cost of the materials fee.  $10.00 a bracelet, now that ain't bad!!!  

Can't wait to hear from you, and hope you have a wonderful day!!

{Edited}Note: There is a Maximum of 2 kids per adult and no one younger then 6 years old, sorry, it just gets too confusing otherwise.  

Funky Silhouette's

Tonight I decided to start making a few samples for the next "Funky Silhouette" class that I will be teaching on August 7th.  This is PART of the mess I made.  

I think they turned out so fun!!!  We've got the chair,

the birds again.  This one is actually for one of my fellow instructors at the studio.

and the bus. In honor of school starting I thought it would be fun to go off of that theme.  Go HERE for more info on the class and to sign up.  You can choose your own colors and scrapbook pages to grace your canvas and let's be serious, this is just so cute!!  Right!?

P.S. They are also for sale if anyone just wants to buy one and not have to go through the hassle of making it.  Just leave me a comment to let me know you're interested.  

Also, in my class tomorrow there will be a reporter from YES magazine and Arizona Living that wants to do a cover story on the studio.  Anyway, she will be coming to my class tomorrow to take pics and see what we are all about.  How fun!!!!  

There is still time to sign up if anyone is interested!  Have yourself a great day!

Message Boards!

I am teaching this class again tomorrow if anyone is interested!  It should be fun and the boards always turn out so cute.  They make great gifts for all ages.  Hope you can make it.  Go HERE for more info.  The class starts at 4:00 and usually takes about an hour and a half or so.  

Also, right now at the studio there is a two for one deal going on.  Basically you and a friend can come to the class for the same price {plus materials}.  It's a great deal if you've been wanting to take a class or two.  

Funky Silhouette Class

This Saturday at 11:00a.m. I will be teaching the Funky Silhouette class at Blissful Living Studios.  This is a sample of one of the Silhouette's you have to choose from.  You get to choose all your papers and accessories to match your home decor.  It should be tons of fun, so come and join us!  Go HERE for more info.  

Thanks!  Hope to see you there!  

{{I'll have more samples later.}}

A Recap...of sorts

This week has been great, lots of little things going on. So I thought tonight I would do some power blogging and catch us all up.

So, poor little man has been breaking out in hives since Thursday.  We happened to be going to the doctor's office on Thursday for shots but didn't end up getting any because of the hives.  Thursday evening he hardly slept because they were bothering him so much, therefore I hardly slept because he was tossing and turning all over the bed {yes, that's right, he is back in our bed again, darn kid! But that's another story for another post.}.

But as you can see, he is still happy as can be.  We were watching THIS video over and over and over again.  He loved watching himself and would crack up every time he went for a swing!  It was just too darn cute!  now he comes up to my desk and beg

s to watch it all the time.

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Then, Thursday evening we had a great time at Onehm's house watching the season final of The Office.  Dude!  Can you believe the last scene?  So wrong seeing Dwight half naked!  A great end to a great season though.  Freaking Andy Bernard.  We were dying when his parents were there!  & since Dwight mentioned to the new HR chick that Kevin is slow, he totally seems like it.  It fits pretty good.  It was just hilarious!  Great "Must See TV"!  Thanks for letting us come and enjoy the show with you guys on your wonderful big screen in your theatre room.  I know these are the evenings that the boys will remember someday.  Oh, and Happy Birthday to Mr. T!  We were able to enjoy some of your yummy chocolate cake while yo

u were sleeping!  Thanks!

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Then on Friday Toms woke up at freakin 7:30 a.m., stinker!!!  Th

at's why I was able to post THIS at that time.  now most of you think that that is not that early, but when you are used to not waking up until after 10 it kind off throws your body off a bit!  Anyway, I got a phone call from miss molly asking if I wanted to go to Target for her.  So we packed up and headed over to her casa to get her supply list.  She is trying to get her home ready for her Mom to move in this weekend and has tons of organizing to do still.  So she called me up to help a bit and make the Target run for some plasti

c bins and cute storage compartments.  When I returned to her house we stayed over and help with the organization process.  I worked in her pantry as she worked in her girls closet.  We didn't get a ton done, but every little bit helps.  While I was there sh

e invited us to go to the...

Diamondback's  Vs. Tiger's game.

to celebrate Tim's Birthday!  We had such a fun time hanging out with them.  It's been way too long, having kids sure does put a damper on your social life.  We used to hang with these guys 24/7 doing all sorts of things, but then they had Townsend and then Province like 13 months later, so different priorities got in the way of our "Date Nights".  I guess that's the way it should be.  Anyway, we had a great time,

eating these. {The girls will choose the dinner next time.}

We got to see the massive new screen that costed somewhere in the high millions to build. CRAZY, but very cool looking.

and then topped off the evening with a fantastic

fireworks show.

We were able to go up to the front row to watch them too.

Never been that close to the field.  It was kind off fun!

The nasty mess that I am so glad I don't have to clean up {Note: this was not our mess!  No beer that night, hee, hee!}.  Ahh, ballpark food!  Yum!

Anyway, Thanks for such a fun evening guys!  We really need to do it more often!

Saturday late morning I was able to have the opportunity to teach my very first class at The Blissful Living Studio.  It was my "Get The Message" class and it was such a blast!  All the ladies that came had such a great time and made such darling boards!  You can see more pics from the class HERE.  I had such a fun time teaching this one and

can't wait to

 do it again!  It really turned out so much better then I thought.  I was thrilled that I had 5 different students attending, and honestly it was the perfect amount.  Any more and it just wouldn't have been as intimate and personal of a setting.  So, thanks Ladies for joining me and I hope you all enjoy your darling boards for many years to come!

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After the class I booked it home to host my dear friend Kizzy's baby s

hower.  {sorry, I didn't get a picture of her, how sad is that?}  My darling Husband had taken the morning and cleaned the whole house for me, what a sweetheart!  Thanks Babe, I really appreciate all you did at the house that I was unable to get to this past week.  Anyway, it was a small affair with about 12 friends and family in attendance.

We had a yummy salad bar with all the toppings you could possibly imagine and then Yum, Yum, Yummy desserts to top it off.

She is finally having a boy after having three darling little girls, so she is very excited for this new adventure.  We played a fun game of Memory organized by Cicily {kizzy's Sister} and just had a nice afternoon with all the girls.

His name will be William Ford Karas.

A family name, I love it!  So traditional and they will call him Will.

This is a pic of my front entry way table for the shower.  I think it turned out so cute!  I just love throwing fun things together around the house to see fun displays I can create!

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Later, Tyler and Toms came home and I took a brief nap.  We then went out to the Tempe Market Place for some Dinner @ Genghis Grill.  It was pretty good, I'd go again.  Then we walked up & down the shops enjoying the crowds and ambiance.  We even ran into Spence, Tiff, Dan & Lissa.  After that we headed home to rent a movie on the good old Apple TV.  We watched "Juno" which I was a fan of and Tyler said "Yeah, it was alright".  The evening ended with  Toms crashing on the couch and it was just so cute I had to take a pic.

He totally had his little arms covering his eye's.  I was just dying at his cuteness!  Every evening he falls asleep on the couch with Tyler as I spend my time working on my Computer.  When I get up to take him into the room I am always filled with such gratitude and joy that those two boys are all mine.  They mean so much to me and seeing them lying there all cuddled up together on the couch just makes me the happiest girl in the world!

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Sunday was pretty normal as far as a Sunday's go.  However, I was released from my calling this morning as Primary Secretary.  Our President, Marianne is moving and so they needed to reorganize the Presidency.  I am sad to have been released but I am also a little relieved.  It was a LOT of work and took lots of my time to do.  It's been about a year and a half since I was put in and of course, as soon as you are just getting the hang of it you get released.  The new Presidency will do a great job and I wish them all the luck!  Today at church I spent most of my time explaining all the Secretary responsibilities to the new Secretary and just trying to get her all set up and squared away for next week.  I did get a new calling but they won't be putting me in until next week, so I guess you just have to wait to hear what it is.  A new chapter is opening in my life.  Sad to see the last one end, but on to bigger and better things.  Thanks to my Presidency for all the fun we've had and the memories we've made together.  I'll miss the bonding time we were able to enjoy with this calling.

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ANYWAY, I'm sure I've lost many of you by now but there is still a little more.

Are you up for it?  Here it goes...

I'm gonna back track a bit.

So now I will post about my Mother's Day, last weekend.

Well, my Mother-In-Law dropped by on Saturday to give me a little Mother's Day bouquet.

I love fresh flowers, thanks Mom!
Who wouldn't love this face?  This is Toms playing in the Dale's backyard on Mother's Day evening.  They hosted Sunday night dinner at their house this week.
These were the Mother's Day gifts we made for the Primary kids to give to their mom's.

They are magnet's if you couldn't tell.  I wasn't at church to hand them out on Mother's day because we went to my In-law's sacrament and then out to my Mom's house to have lunch and visit with my fam.  But I heard they were a real hit!
I made this fun collage for Tiffani's mom.

Apparently she loved it, it was a fun one to make.  Happy Mother's Day Julie!
and finally my Mother's day gift from Tommy {really Daddy}.  It's exactly what I was asking for. Tyler went to make a card for me to place in front of the pedestal and as he was heading into the studio to make it, he found the one he gave me last year.  What a silly hubby he is!

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Well, if you are still here, thanks!  This was a long one!  I had so much to catch up on and a little time tonight to do it.  I'll try to space it out a little more in the future.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and here's to a great week!  Now I'm off to Digi Scrap.  Yahoo!

Enlightened Craftyness

Here is a sample of the Candles we will be making in my "Enlightened Crafting" Class.  I think these ones turned out so cute.  Can't wait to play some more to make more samples.  

Have a great day!

And hope to see you at the Domestic Bliss "Blissful Living Studio" Open House this weekend.  I'll be there tomorrow from 10 to 2.  Come pay us a visit, eat some yummy lunch at Sweet Cakes, do some Antiquing and buy your last minute Mother's Day gifts.  

You know you still need to!!!!

Message Board Class

Here are a few more samples of some of the fun options you will have if you take my "Get The Message" Class offered @ The Blissful Living Studio.

Each Board comes with 4 Magnets that you get to make.

You can either add some fun trim to the bottom of your board...

or you can add a second page like the one above and below.

And yes, that is Richard Simmons with my sister & I in New York about 10 years ago.

If you have any questions on this or any of the classes offered just visit this link and we hope to see you at the Open House this weekend!  You wont want to miss all the fun that we have planned!  Come and meet THIS amazing lady and even THIS darling girl.  SHE will even be there and HER!  Just to mention a few.  See my side bar for a list of all the instructors that will be participating in this creative explosion of a studio.  See you there!

New LO's!

I made a page to showcase my Digital Scrapbooking class that I will be teaching.

An Easter Page, Kit coming soon @ Tangie Baxter Designs!

& my Green with Envy page.  Go HERE for Credits.