This week has been the week of field trips for Bradley's class and I was lucky enough to go on both. Both of the field trips had TONS of walking and going up hills, so I got in a lot of workouts (which is a good thing). In fact my legs are feeling a little sore and I have an awkward sunburn within my hair part. Isn't that the worst place to get a sunburn?!
So just for fun and because Bradley LOVES seeing himself on my blog, I thought I would share the photos



This last photo is of my face. Totally sunburned! Can someone say "I forgot my sunscreen"? Oh and I just found out we are going on another field trip next week. This school is so fantastic!!!!! What school goes on 4 field trips in 1 month?! Umm... our school! Oh and do you see the photo of the Lucha Libre Mask? Yep - I bought two of them for the boys. Thanks Olvera Street.

And before I go... I also wanted to share this new cover of the PaperCut Magazine. It took me forever to make these birds. Like FOREVER! I know it doesn't look like they should, but they totally did! Forming their bodies with wire and paper mache took me the whole day... I know.  So lame, but they look uber darn cute. Right?...RIGHT?! lol



I hope you all have a good weekend. Our family will be spending it cleaning and THIS MOM is so thrilled about it! CHA+The Book+The Miscarriage= ONE MESSY HOME!

P.S. DON'T FORGET about this post and my Book Release Party on April 29th-May 3rd. Make sure to follow my blog for the updates. There will be lots more coming.

No... your eyes are not deceiving you! I made a layout for my blog and I'm posting about it... Can you believe it?!

Yesterday I was finally feeling up to some crafting time and so I pulled out all my supplies from the Craft Junctions March Kits. I used a combo of two kits, but most of the papers came from here. If you've looked at my blog this past weekend, I'm pretty sure you'll notice these photos too. They are from this post. So lots of links to look at. Fun right?!

I wanted to keep the layout's color tones warm and yet at the same time... soft. Almost like a sunrise color scheme. The crafty bug has bit me again and it felt so good to scrapbook. While I was on bed rest, I looked at all my crafty friend's blogs and I felt so inspired by all their work. It was nice to just absorb the talents of others, so that when I picked up my scissors... I was ready to work. Oh and speaking of other scrapbookers... my sweet and sassy fun sister in law made a few layouts herself. I thought she did such a great job and I wanted to share the link to them. If you are a scrapper... go leave her some love HERE.


There will be TONS of giveaways of product I used in the book and fun sneaks of the chapters and other goodies :) I hope you stop by and join me on this REALLY BIG moment in my scrappy life. Thanks for being a friend

~H

My crafty heart is fluttering with excitement to share this giveaway. Even though this is a new job, it didn't even feel like work! Being able to pick scrapbook supplies I like from a list of companies is so enchanting and easy to do. To celebrate the Craft Junction's 1st "Heidi's favorites"... I'm doing a giveaway this week (Sunday-Sunday) and the winner will be picked on Monday (3/11/13). All you need to do is Go Here, like their FB page and leave a comment on my blog (letting me know you "liked" them). The winner?  Well they will receive these 8 scrappy goods! To learn more about these products click here.

Each month I'll get to work with these supplies and share how I used them. Which again... is so exciting! To kick off the site, here is a coupon for 20% off. I just love coupons!!! Don't you? Right now The Craft Junction is trying to reach 5,000 fans on Facebook, for their BIG opening today. Simply go here, like them and you will be entered in for a prize. Even more fun right?!

I feel so honored to have been asked to help with this and I just know you will love their kits. So go and check it out now, because it's easy and delightful to use!
~H

So did you know that Easter is in March this year? It's on March 31st. I'm glad I looked it up, because I wouldn't have known or had time to plan for it. I love making my boys matching bow ties, home decor, treats, and (shh) "bunny gifts". To get some cute inspiration I visited Pinterest and found these pretty pics.



I LOVE THIS IDEA. Taking marshmallow and coloring them with food coloring. How neat!



Decorate with eggs and twine is so divine.



And I adore these peep s'mores and glitter filled eggs. I know it's spastic to plan for Easter, but it's just who I am and I like it. I love making every moment special and magical for the boys. I might even put together an advent calendar for Easter, using eggs :) I might even make my own chocolate Easter bunnies this year. haha can you tell I have time on my hands, now that the book is done?

Photos- One - Two - Three

When I put the finishing touches on my layout I had a thought "Has it really been 4 years, when I last played along with a challenge and made a layout just for fun"? The answer was "YES"! Somehow 4 years went by and this was most likely the reason I got burnt out in the past. I am SO HAPPY I now only scrapbook for fun and for me. It's the best decision I've ever made for myself. It was also really nice being able to scrapbook with my lines. In fact... I kinda felt cool.

The challenge I'm playing along with was to create a layout using the resist technique. I don't normally use mist and thought this could be thrilling to try. LOL After 3 different tries, I finally had a look I liked. Two Pea's has so many great challenges and now that my book is done, I'm most likely going to lay low for a while and just enjoy playing along. I also realized I'm out of photos to scrapbook. Which means... I need to get back into taking pictures as well.



Even if you like the layout or not... I like it and I thought I would share it. The drought is over and I'm happy. I now crave to scrap almost every night and that's alright with me.

P.S. Mr. Sonboul is totally winning at being more romantic. His thoughtfulness and help is a turn on. I totally need to step up my game!

Yesterday I took the day off (well...at least part of it off) and already so much has happened.

This story begins with me having a dream about a BIG o'l Heavy hutch for my CHA booth space. As soon as I woke up, I got dressed and went over to the Goodwill. The store had a 30% off on all furniture, which was awesome. I walked to the back of the store and there it was. An old beautiful hutch, longing to be revamped. As I checked out of the store, it came out to $115.00.

I got it home and knew that it needed fresh paint...Mint Green to be exact. Mr. Sonboul thought I was crazy to paint such a nice piece of WOOD furniture. Together we sanded down the beast and after FOUR coats of paint, it was complete. Oh and I spray painted the handles silver. Having it in our home was perfect. It allowed me to dress it up, just as I would do it for the show. So here it is in all it's glory. I hope you adore it as much as I do AND go me for recycling!












Isn't it just lovely??! It matches SunKissed so well! What do you think?

I really love this month, because I get to enjoy my Mother's Day gifts AND Mr. Sonboul and I celebrate our anniversary. I know that most people fall out of love after 10 years, but for us... it just keeps getting better and better. I miss him when he is away and he makes me giggle at the weirdest things.



I used THIS die cut and THIS banner for the cover.



Hello again... you've seen this before.



I plan to use this for our date night (on our anniversary). You can find it HERE and I backed it with a blue cardstock "tag page".



The back of it is matted, with rounded corners.



Two simple tags.



A cute tag that you can find HERE. I also backed it on a white tag page.



I love this page. Something so cool and simple about the letters coming off the pages. You can find it HERE

I added a darling little pocket and tag...which can be found HERE



All together I counted 31 spots and I plan to do word strips for the journaling this month.



See you all tomorrow and Happy Friday.