I am really loving this new group, it is all about living an organized life according to God's principles. The women on here are great... take a look!
Visit Organized Life by Design
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mother's Day to Me!!
Alright so the day is still early, but so far, so AWESOME!!! Seriously this is the highlight of my day:
This is my daughters and me performing this morning at my church... I will have to explain more later, just know that this was an answer to prayer!
Happy Mother's Day All!
This is my daughters and me performing this morning at my church... I will have to explain more later, just know that this was an answer to prayer!
Happy Mother's Day All!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Where have all the Boy Scouts gone?
Today as I was doing my Friday run around, I was driving down was is a fairly busy street in town. As I was breaking the law and talking on my cell phone, (fully justified because I was stopped at a red light) I saw a very sad sight; two little old ladies trying to cross the street. The first lady made is across OK but as the second lady tried to cross the light started to change, so she RAN back to the corner. It took all that I had to not seriously pull a citizen's traffic stop kind of thing, get out of my car and help her get across the street. All I could think is where are all the little boys looking to earn so me kind of merit badge and help this poor lady across the street? It was just really sad...I would hope that if this was me, there would be some one that would stop, or at least stop their cars long enough to let me get across.
OK, now you ask, did I stop? No...pathetic, I know. But before you wag your finger at me (or worse) all I could think is: I pull over, get out of my van, run up to this complete stranger, offer to help her cross the street, and she begins to hurl wonderful words of insults at me because I scared the crap out of her and what on Earth makes me think that she is incapable of crossing the street by herself. Geesh, lady I was just trying to help!
OK, OK, so that is what happened to all the Boy Scouts...just maybe?!
OK, now you ask, did I stop? No...pathetic, I know. But before you wag your finger at me (or worse) all I could think is: I pull over, get out of my van, run up to this complete stranger, offer to help her cross the street, and she begins to hurl wonderful words of insults at me because I scared the crap out of her and what on Earth makes me think that she is incapable of crossing the street by herself. Geesh, lady I was just trying to help!
OK, OK, so that is what happened to all the Boy Scouts...just maybe?!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Whew it's been a long time...
I really love reading other peoples blogs. I guess it's that whole voyeur thing. Looking into other people's lives. Most of the blogs I frequent are fellow scrappers, and I always find myself comparing. I always tend to second guess myself. I really do love to scrapbook, and when I look at my stuff think pretty good. But then when I look at other people's I think " oh why bother" . I know that most people go through this, but why? Why do we do this to ourselves. If you love what you do, then love what you do all the time. I have made it a goal to not be so critical of myself. Wish me luck...
On another note, life has been really crazy. Today I definitely felt like the worse mother ever. Okay maybe not ever but I felt pretty crappy. I took my 5 year old princess out today because I have been promising her for the last three weeks that I would take her to get new headbands. So today was the day, and it was fun, we get her new sneakers , then the head bands, then we go to mama's favorite store. AC Moore. It is National Scrapbooking Day by the way, so the day would not have been complete without that.
So as we are leaving the parking lot some wonderful fellow driver is right on my bumper. (Please hear the sarcasm!) I am not at liberty to just jump out in traffic as this guy would like me to as I was trying to not be like every other person on the road and cut people off. So here comes the honking of the horn and I look in the rear view mirror just in time to see the waving of the hands and what I am sure was a slurry of wonderful comments meant for none other than myself. So I politely say under my breath, "I was going, you idiot." Now under any other circumstances this would not be anything that I would necessarily blog about , and B.C. a whole different breed of language would have been spewing forth. However I had my daughter in the car. I can tell you that I did not think a second thought about saying that with her sitting there(wonderful mother that I am), but oh ... did she think different.
"Mama...that was not a nice thing to say."
"Oh, honey, Mama is so sorry, you are right , I should not say things like that."
"Yeah, Mama, cause all you have to say was I was going, you did not have to say the other word"
"You are so right, I am very sorry, I am glad that you told Mama though, I will really try not to say things like that any more."
"It's OK Mama, Jesus forgives you."
What else can you say to something like that. I felt like the exact word that I called that other driver. Geesh! At least I know all those talks about bad words and not nice words really worked. It is at times like these that I wish I could carry her around in my pocket, just as that little reminder of things just like that.
Me and my little Jesus reminder :)
On another note, life has been really crazy. Today I definitely felt like the worse mother ever. Okay maybe not ever but I felt pretty crappy. I took my 5 year old princess out today because I have been promising her for the last three weeks that I would take her to get new headbands. So today was the day, and it was fun, we get her new sneakers , then the head bands, then we go to mama's favorite store. AC Moore. It is National Scrapbooking Day by the way, so the day would not have been complete without that.
So as we are leaving the parking lot some wonderful fellow driver is right on my bumper. (Please hear the sarcasm!) I am not at liberty to just jump out in traffic as this guy would like me to as I was trying to not be like every other person on the road and cut people off. So here comes the honking of the horn and I look in the rear view mirror just in time to see the waving of the hands and what I am sure was a slurry of wonderful comments meant for none other than myself. So I politely say under my breath, "I was going, you idiot." Now under any other circumstances this would not be anything that I would necessarily blog about , and B.C. a whole different breed of language would have been spewing forth. However I had my daughter in the car. I can tell you that I did not think a second thought about saying that with her sitting there(wonderful mother that I am), but oh ... did she think different.
"Mama...that was not a nice thing to say."
"Oh, honey, Mama is so sorry, you are right , I should not say things like that."
"Yeah, Mama, cause all you have to say was I was going, you did not have to say the other word"
"You are so right, I am very sorry, I am glad that you told Mama though, I will really try not to say things like that any more."
"It's OK Mama, Jesus forgives you."
What else can you say to something like that. I felt like the exact word that I called that other driver. Geesh! At least I know all those talks about bad words and not nice words really worked. It is at times like these that I wish I could carry her around in my pocket, just as that little reminder of things just like that.
Me and my little Jesus reminder :)
Monday, April 28, 2008
New Website...
So with all the changes going on at TLC I have decided to "revamp" somethings. First being my website. Take a look:
Visit www.kieshaskrafts.com, and let me know what you think. There will probably be some changes taking place over time, this is my first time doing something like this on my own, so bear with me!
Kiesha's Krafts is going through a whole new change over with new product lines, and more options to choose from. So stay tuned!
Visit www.kieshaskrafts.com, and let me know what you think. There will probably be some changes taking place over time, this is my first time doing something like this on my own, so bear with me!Kiesha's Krafts is going through a whole new change over with new product lines, and more options to choose from. So stay tuned!
Friday, March 21, 2008
I just love this
Layout, there is not anything really special about it. Other than my son's darling little face, but I just love it none the less.
I have been scrapbooking for about 6 or 7 years now, and I have watched the hobby evolve. And though most of what I see I love some of it I think needs to fall into a new category. I want to get back to the love of scrapbooking. Not the need to have the best or newest products, but just for the love it.
I scrapbook because I want to leave behind something for my children to cherish for years to come. Something that they can look back on and see for themselves how much I loved them. Sometimes I find myself getting caught up in the "gotta only scrapbook the best pictures" phase or trying to make my pages look like those in the magazines. But some of my best layouts didn't come from a sketch, or magazine they came from my heart. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with shopping for the best, using a sketch, just don't forget why you started...for the love it. This is why I taken a vow to not shop, not because I don't want or need new things, but because I need to get back to the creativity of the art. And I think that is why I love this layout so much, there is not frills about it, but when my swirlie looks at it as an adult I want him to know how much I love him. I just love him. I just love t scrapbook.
I scrapbook because I want to leave behind something for my children to cherish for years to come. Something that they can look back on and see for themselves how much I loved them. Sometimes I find myself getting caught up in the "gotta only scrapbook the best pictures" phase or trying to make my pages look like those in the magazines. But some of my best layouts didn't come from a sketch, or magazine they came from my heart. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with shopping for the best, using a sketch, just don't forget why you started...for the love it. This is why I taken a vow to not shop, not because I don't want or need new things, but because I need to get back to the creativity of the art. And I think that is why I love this layout so much, there is not frills about it, but when my swirlie looks at it as an adult I want him to know how much I love him. I just love him. I just love t scrapbook.
Have you seen those commercials...
Where the people are talking in a voice that is not their own. It's about credit card fraud, they are pretty hilarious right? Well it sucks when it really happens. I mean my goodness I took a vow to not shop for a month, so some else decides to do it for me, ugh! I imagined my own commercial and me talking ,with children in tow,as some snotty woman about her shopping expenditure in Paris. Yeah, when the bank called they said the charge was from some company in France! I wouldn't even know what to buy from France, or even where to look to find a shop that would have something that I would want... could you imagine the shipping charges! People...hmpf! Well I have to say I have a great bank and they caught it so no huge damage was done. Thank goodness!
I have been trying to make it a point to get as much work done as possible today, well yesterday I guess since it's about 2:30 in the morning now, so I thought I would share some of my new goodies.
I call this one Flower Power , it is blank on the inside so that it can be personalized which ever way need be.
And these are part of my Simple Sentiment line are cards. This is a 4 pack each with different hand stamped greetings. Each of these cards and more can be found in my online shop. Take a look I am sure that there is something that you will love!
I also have found time to get some more scrapbooking done...
I have decided that some time this summer I need to take a photography class. I really want to be able to take better pictures of my kiddos and my goodies. They never look on film they way they do when I look at them, my goodies that is. Well the kids either I guess, they are always smiling sweetly until I get camera out, then I get pictures like this:
I am sure that she will want to kill me for this when she get older. Oh well...I guess I get better one of these days!
I have been trying to make it a point to get as much work done as possible today, well yesterday I guess since it's about 2:30 in the morning now, so I thought I would share some of my new goodies.
I call this one Flower Power , it is blank on the inside so that it can be personalized which ever way need be.
And these are part of my Simple Sentiment line are cards. This is a 4 pack each with different hand stamped greetings. Each of these cards and more can be found in my online shop. Take a look I am sure that there is something that you will love!I also have found time to get some more scrapbooking done...
I have decided that some time this summer I need to take a photography class. I really want to be able to take better pictures of my kiddos and my goodies. They never look on film they way they do when I look at them, my goodies that is. Well the kids either I guess, they are always smiling sweetly until I get camera out, then I get pictures like this:
I am sure that she will want to kill me for this when she get older. Oh well...I guess I get better one of these days!
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