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One Little Word 2014 ~Believe

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Yep! My word for 2014 is Believe. I can hardly believe it! Up until the end of December I thought it was going to faith but Believe started speaking to me!

Seems like a lot of gold and navy in these pictures I have collected seems like maybe I will focus my OLW album in these colors - that will be a stretch for me too but I believe I can do it!

So what about you? What is your word for 2014? Are you doing a OLW album? Are you doing your own or the Ali Edwards class - it is on her blog this year and not at Big Picture. Leave a comment and let me know!

Find Joy in the Journey,
Tess

Labels:2014,Believe,OLW,one little word | 1 Loves

4 for Friday - Fave Gifts

Friday, December 27, 2013

I know Christmas is NOT just about the gifts but I did want to share my favorite gifts that I received this year, and from whom.

1. North Face Silver Osito Jacket!

I love it! It is so soft and so warm! I have always wanted one of these! Now I feel like one of the cool kids!

2. Jennifer Lopez 600 thread count sheets in Oatmeal

These sheets are amazing! They are silky smooth! We NEEDED new sheets - see my feet are kinda rough and I managed to shred both sets of our sheets recently. (But that's another story) I really wanted NICE sheets so I scouted Black Friday deals and my mom ordered these for us. $180 sheets for $50!

3. New Lenovo laptop and HP wireless printer

We needed a new computer and we thought a laptop would be good for me to carry around the house! The desktop will come down stairs (once I get everything I need off of it and put on external hard drive) and be the family computer to be used by the boys and Ava and all of us for basic internet use and the boys school work. I am really loving the wireless printer idea! We will be able to print from ALL of our devices! Love it! The laptop is a touch screen which will take some getting use to. My only experience with one was at an Origami Owl team traning on the new back office and I would pull something up and then point (touch) at it and it would take me to a completely different screen! But I am very thankful that his parents gave it to us! They are always so kind and generous!

4. A Card from a Student with the coolest picture on the front!

First off the fact that this child gave me a card is incredible - I had her older sisters and never recieved anything ever! Second I love the words made out of pictures! I even have one in my classroom! A fact that she observed and chose this card for me! Incredible! I am going to frame this and make it part of our holiday decor! This word has been coming to me a lot recently, I think the universe is trying to tell me something!

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Find Joy in the Journey,
Tess

Labels:4 for Friday,Believe,teacher moments | 0 Loves

Thank goodness for MyTime!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

I don't usually leave things to the last minute completely! Yes I am usually finishing things up at the last minute but not starting from scratch! So last night when I finished the reindeer food I still had to come up with a gift for Kaden's pre-school teacher Miss Jane! I try not to re-gift - my crazy family has this grab bag thing where we all bring our junk and play a game of trading it! So that's where most of my unwanted gifts go. So I had to create something! Then it came to me! Lauren Meader's MyTime Templates! The stocking one would be perfect!!!! So my creation began! It was soooooooooooo easy and worked really well other than It didn't want to stand up so much - might have been the amount of candy in it! Or maybe I should have but the box part lower for a lower center of gravity?!? Regardless it turned out super cute!

I printed the stocking page on some Basic Grey patterened paper - the collection I got at Mikes on Thanksgiving. I printed the other page the heel, toe, cuff and hanger on a green piece from the same collection. I cut out all the pieces and sponged the edges with some Tim Holtz distress ink. I also stamped JANE on the cuff using PTI's Trajan alphabet and made a little tag using PTI's Borders and Corners OVAL and sentiment from Believe. I wrote from Kaden on it. I added a poinsettia flower to adhere the hanger piece. It's from Making Memories - I really like it I need more! Filled it with YUMMY candy and there you go! SOOOO easy! Thanks Lauren!!!

*Live*Laugh*Love*Create*
Tessa

Labels:Basic Grey,Believe,Borders and Corners oval,MyTime Template,PTI,Stocking Stuffer,Trajan Monogram | 6 Loves

Christmas Wishes

Monday, December 1, 2008

First day of December! WOW! I can't believe it! I am not sure I am ready! Only 15 days of school until Christmas Vacation (oh movie flashing through my head)! Being December it is time for Christmas cards!!!!! I love making Christmas cards! It is what got me started stamping!!!!! I wanted to make my own Christmas cards. This is my third year making my own! The first year I think back and um YIKES! I have come soooooooo far! That first year I made 30 of the same card and I had to sell the stamp set cause I could no longer stand it! So I learned my mistake! Now I make no more than 8 of a design! This year I am at 6 designs so far! Four of them are completely done! Two are cut but still need stamped and assembled. Of course I make some individual designs here and there! Here is the first of my cards for this year! I started with a red base PTI's Pure Poppy to be exact! When I got my order in November I hadn't ordered for a LOOOONG time and had to catch up on several colors of cs! When I saw the PTI Pure Poppy and Ripe Avacado together...OMGosh! I KNEW it would be used in at least one of my Christmas cards this year! Sorry if you get tired of seeing it! So the red base then layered with Ripe Avacado. The top note is in kraft. I stamped the pine image from SU's Peaceful Wishes, twice on it in white craft in from SU and embossed it with white EP. I added a bow made from PTI's Pure Poppy double stitched ribbon - it is my FAVE ribbon from them! I then stamped Christmas Wishes in Ripe Avacado from PTI's Believe set in the corner! Simple but nice! So there you have it! Card one! Be sure to come back for more!

*Live*Laugh*Love*Create*
Tessa

Labels:Believe,Christmas Card,Peaceful Wishes,PTI,SU,Top Note | 3 Loves