Hooray! Kit Will Be Up Tomorrow!!!

Hi there! I forgot to mention in my last post that my son turned 3 yrs. old over the 4th of July holiday.... we celebrated very casually at my parents' place at the beach.

My BIG project now is to start the DREADED JOB of potty training! Ugh. Double ugh. Triple ugh. Don't wanna. Anybody want to make some extra cash..... I'll PAY YOU to do it FOR ME??? LOL! In all fairness though... he is MORE than ready for it! He asks ME all the time if he can 'go on the potty seat' etc etc etc. But I still don't wanna. Ha ha ha ha!

On a 'happier' note - my NEW KIT will be up for sale tomorrow at DSO! Woohoo! (Might even be up starting at midnight.... so if you're a night owl like me, you can pop on over to DSO while you're doing your late night blog hopping!)

Here is a preview:

This kit has 11 papers and 35 elements (obviously NOT all shown in the preview) and was a lot of fun to make. You can use it for those sunny summer photos, rainy day shots, or anything in between! Jump in a puddle, play in the rain, go fly a kite, peek through a window, or just bask in the sun with this kit! I really enjoyed making the rain drops/puddles as well as the different types of frames in this kit - and there are LOTS of all of them! Enjoy!

And because I feel like celebrating (Woohoo!) - here is a freebie for my blog readers:

Hope you like these - two brag books pages made with my new kit: Rainy Daze & Sunshine. Snag 'em now, they will up for a limited time only.

Here is the download link:

(Link has expired.... pages will be available in the bargain bin at DSO soon.)

BIG NEWS is coming tomorrow...... make sure you come back to my blog in the morning..... and that's ALL I'M SAYING for now! WAHAHAHA!!!! You won't be sorry! See ya later!!!

We're Back!

Hope you all had a FUN 4th of July weekend! My family just got back from celebrating at the Oregon coast. I've pretty much grown up celebrating the 4th at the beach... even when I was a young girl, we would travel to the beach for fireworks and to spend time with my grandparents. (Who had a house right on the beachfront.) Now that I'm 'old' (LOL!), I STILL go to the beach each year for the 4th.... my parents now live right on the beach too.... which makes it WONDERFUL when we want to have a 'beach day' with our kiddos and enjoy some fun in the sun!

The 4th of July is hands down THE BEST holiday here in America! You've got fireworks to enjoy, yummy food to eat (with no specific set menu like on Thanksgiving), friends to visit with, great weather, it's ok to dress up a bit crazy, parades, everybody comes together in our country, and BEST of all.... no presents to buy anybody! Ha ha ha! (Christmas time, birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day etc etc etc sure can get expensive!) I guess I'm partial to July anyway though since it's my birthday month too! LOL!

Here is a pic of my girls from Friday:

They were SOOOOOOO excited this year.... they got to be PART of a parade! Woohoo! They had fun throwing candy from the back of a truck to eager parade watchers along the sidewalk! (The cute frame I used above is from RCMama's kit: "Let Freedom Ring" - which you can get HERE.)

Been to visit the NEW AND IMPROVED DSO yet?????

LOTS of fun things going on there.... make sure you check it out. One of the new challenges at DSO is the DSO Do-sie (Doo-zee) challenge. Check it out HERE. Each week there will be a new challenge posted... along with a participation prize. This week's DSO Do-sie challenged us to scrap a pic of where we are from... our homes. I put together this layout with one of my MANY pics of the beach here in Oregon:

Credits: Bits & Bobs 2, Stack N Notes, Age It Quick, Edge It Grungy Grids, Denim Flair, Unda Da Sea, Paper Textures Overlays all by Kim Broedelet Fonts Are: Map Dings (to create the shape of the state of Oregon) Sliced Juice and Social Animal.

Gotta run.... but make sure you check out the fun challenges at DSO... including the DSO Do-sies! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Cutest Dancers Ever!

Yes..... I have a severe bias toward thinking my kiddos are cute.... but hey.... THEY ARE! This past week my two girls did a fantastic job in their end of the season dance show. My older dd (the one wearing red) danced in a tap dance number and my younger dd (the one in blue) performed in a ballet number. This is dance show #6 for my older daugher and #3 for my younger.... and my heart still MELTS into mush when I see them dance! LOL! It's a mommy thing I guess.

Here they are before their show. (above)

And here they are after the recital reveling in their 'gifts' for doing such a great job. (Yup.... flowers and chocolate.... can't go wrong.)

And here is one of those moments where they actually 'like' each other (ha ha ha).... cause as any of you women out there who have sisters know --- it's a love/hate thing a lot of times! ("She's 'looking' at me mom!!!" "She got more juice than I did mom!" etc etc etc.... LOL!)

Ok.... as you may already be aware.... DSO is undergoing some 'maintenance'.... but don't worry... everything will be A-OK in no time.... and DSO will be back and better than ever! Wahoo! I'm not going to give away any details right now.... but I will for sure encourage you to keep checking back with DSO this week..... FUN FUN FUN changes to come!

Once our new store front is up and running.... I will finally upload my first kit to DSO. I thought I would use this 'wait time' to give you all a 'mini-preview' of what's in it by offering this quick page I made from my kit. It will be here for FREE on my blog until I upload the kit into the DSO store. Then I will offer it as part of a quck page pack for sale in case you miss it and still want it. Sound good? Soooooo...... I'm guessing this freebie will be up till sometime next week. Grab it if ya like it. (hard to see it in the preview.... but those are raindrops and a small puddle along the lefthand side of the page.... LOL!)

Here is the download link:

(Sorry - Link Has Expired)

Have a great day! Hope you're all making fun plans for the 4th of July! Woohoo!!!! My FAVORITE holiday!