2011 List

It's time to get back into the blogosphere:) I thought the perfect way to do that (considering I don't have anything crafty to share) would be to update everyone on my progress with my New Year's List. Here's my list as a reminder:)


1.) Bake a pie from scratch
2.) Make a spinach salad from my own garden
3.) Read 24 books:
4.) Sell a card on etsy.com
5.) Teach Attaboy to roll-over
6.) Learn to can tomatoes
7.) Lose 10 pounds
8.) Bake 12 new recipes:
9.) Make a romantic meal with Jesse from scratch
10.) Ocean white water rafting
11.) Learn to play tennis

I haven't been doing a great job with this list so far and need to get my butt in gear if I plan on completing these things. Some are too late (ie. there's no garden this year, so I won't be able to cross the spinach salad off the list, but we have been enjoying our little herb garden.....mmmm fresh basil....) Even with my lack of success so far I was able to do something I've been wanting to learn for awhile now. I made my very first pie, all by myself, from scratch! I was so proud:)







Betty Crocker taught me this technique:) How do other people transfer the crust?



Finally putting my rolling pin to good use:)



MMMMMM....strawberry rhubarb:)




Not the prettiest pie in the world, but it tasted delicious:)



Nothing but crumbs...must be a good sign:)

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yay, an excuse to play in my craft room! Since Christmas I haven't really had much excuse to spend a lot of time in the craft room (and these days it seems like I need a specific project in order to get my butt in there!) until now:) My niece just turned 2 on the weekend and I made this card for her:)



It's cute and girly, just the way I like them:)

Supplies:
-pretty in pink, whisper white, basic black, and melon mambo cardstock
-melon mambo ink
-"fox and Friends" stamp set
-Cricut cartridge

thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Happy New Years!

Happy New Years everyone! I hope everyone was able to enjoy the holidays spent with family and friends. It's always a busy time of year, but it's nice to take a few moments and just have fun:) With 2011 upon us, I thought I'd see how I did with my list of things to do in 2010:

1.) Sing Karaoke in Vegas

Done and Done! And without the help of alcohol I might add:)

2.) make a romantic meal with Jesse from scratch
not so much.....maybe Jesse and I need to spend more time together in the kitchen this year:)

3.) finish 12 books
Easy Peasy! Here's what I read:
My Sister’s Keeper
Twenties Girl
Her Fearful Symmetry
Still Alice
Yes, My darling Daughter
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Loving Frank
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Poisonwood Bible
Vanishing Acts
The Slap
Reading Lolita in Tehran
River of the Broken hearted
Mockinjay
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sarah’s Key
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

I'm going to up the anty next year

4.) Bake something new each month:
carrot cake

cinnamon rolls

squash muffins

black and white muffins

Not a favourite for me or Jesse:(

zucchini/chocolate chip muffins

peanut butter cookies

pumpkin chai loaf

chocolate/peanut butter brownies

caramel filled chocolate cookies

These are delicious!

So 9/12 isn't so bad, but with my new kitchenaid mixer that I got for Christmas I'll have better luck next year!

5.) Eat carrots grown from my own garden

I had high hopes for my garden this year. We even planted these chrysanthemums in the hopes that they would scare away any pests, but alas my first garden did not succeed. Next year I resolve not to neglect it!

6.) Make applesauce from the apples on our tree


Success! Althouth it tastes a lot more like apple pie filling than applesauce...oh well....still delicious!

7.) Make my own pickles


these were a blast! Thanks Amie for all your help! Next year we'll use smaller pickles so we can get more than 4 in a jar:)

8.) Teach Attaboy to "roll over"

we didn't succeed.....most of our training sessions turned into cuddle sessions, but I'm not complaining:) Maybe next year

9.) Sell a homemade card at a farmer's market


The farmer's markets were a blast this year and I did manage to sell a few cards! Amie's mother-in-law was my first customer:) We will definetly do it again this year:)

10.) Lose 10 pounds.
Not so much....'nuf said:)

So....some success, some not so much, but for those that I didn't do, I've added them to this year's list:)

Bake a pie from scratch
Make a spinach salad from my own garden
Read 24 books
Sell a card on etsy.com
Teach Attaboy to roll-over
Learn to can tomatoes
Lose 10 pounds
Bake something new each month
Make a romantic meal with Jesse from scratch
Ocean white water rafting
Learn to play tennis

Looking forward to 2011!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Couple of Christmas Cards

I managed to get a couple of cards made this weekend, but I have a lot more to do:) I was lacking inspiration of my own so I cased a couple of cards. This first one I cased from the current stampin' up mini catalogue.


Supplies:
-cherry cobbler, very vanilla, chocolate chip cardstock
-perfect polkadots embossing folder
-scalloped edge punch, ornament punch, and fancy label punch
-"delightful decorations" and "four the seasons" stamp sets
-real red and versamark ink
-white embossing powder

this second card has been in my "to-do" file for awhile and I didn't keep the name of who I cased it from, but if you recognize it, please let me know:)



Supplies:
-garden green, whisper white, and chocolate chip cardstock
-scalloped edge punch
-real red satin ribbon
-"Patterned Pines" and "warm words" stamp sets
-real red and basic black ink
-Merry Moments DSP

thanks for stopping by!

WMSC #24

Even though I have tons of christmas cards to make I also have to pump out a few birthday cards too:) Here's one I made using the new waltzingmouse sketch challenge and my new favourite Decorative Label Punch:)



Supplies:
-pacific point, whisper white and real red cardstock
-Decorative Label Punch
-real red satin ribbon
-basic black ink
-"Garden Greetings" stamp set
-Celebrations DSP

thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Jolly Holiday

So.....it's been quite awhile since my last post, but I have a good excuse!! I recently took on a new job title and haven't been spending as much time in my craft room lately, but that is all going to change! I am seriously behind on my christmas cards and if I want to send them out I better get my but in gear! Here's the first of many to come:) When I first saw "Greeting Card Kids" in the new catalogue I knew I had to have it! And then there was this gorgeous crochet trim! Needless to say the idea for this card has been floating around in my mind just waiting until I had the supplies to make it happen:) and here it is:

I used a clean and simple sketch from a few weeks ago: FTL 112. Hope you like it:)


I used my ink pads and an aqua painter to watercolour the little girl, I just might be persuaded to ditch my blender pens for the aqua painters....we'll see:)



Supplies:
-chocolate chip, very vanilla, cherry cobbler, and old olive cardstock
-Jolly Holiday DSP
-watercolour paper
-crochet trim
-chocolate chip double stitched ribbon
-"Greeting Card Kids" and "Four the Holidays"
-corner rounder punch
-paper piercer
-basic black, real red, old olive, soft suede, and not quite navy ink

thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Where have I been?

My poor neglected craft room! I haven't spent any creative time in there in days, but I was able to squeeze some time in there to make a few cards today. I missed out on an embellish challenge in my absence and I couldn't let that happen again:) So here's my take on the current challenge to use black, grey, white and yellow and a background stamp. I also used last week's mojo monday sketch for this card.



Supplies:
-basic black, basic grey, crushed curry, and whisper white cardstock
-crushed curry, versamark, and basic black ink
-white organza ribbon
-scalloped edge punch
-black embossing powder

As much as I love the organza ribbon, I am still struggling to tie a bow that looks nice with it:( Thanks for stopping by!

Jenna
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