He's Home!!!

Finally, we have our boy Franklin home

safely with us!!! We picked him up from

the volunteer driver last Friday and have

had the best weekend and last few days

with him! He is absolutely perfect!!!

I am shocked, he's completely housebroken,

doesn't bark, doesn't pay any attention

what-so-ever to our food or Carter's

toys or the trash or anything else lying

around ( I keep a clean picked up home

but with 3 kids things do get left out)...

he just might be the world's best dog!!!

Here's some pics from the past couple

of days and check back soon for some

new projects using products from my

new design teams!!

Also, these photos do not show at all

how huge Franklin is in real life...

we joke that he is mixed with a

Great Dane because of his massive size!

I just loaded these photos from my

phone and they have not been edited

so please excuse their rawness.

Happy Wednesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Just Imagine Kreaxion Punches

Lucky me!

I've been asked to join the

Just Imagine Crafts-Kreaxion Punches DT!!!

I'm super excited to be on this team and can't

wait to get started using their awesome

4in1 punches and templates! Make sure

you stop by their site and check out the

demonstrations on how to use these

fabulous products!!!

Here's the rest of the very inspiring

Just Imagine DT member...check out their blogs.

Deborah Ebert Long

Stacy Rodriquez

Rebecca Keppel

Gini Williams Cagle

Ellen Sosnoski

Stephanie Ackerman

Bev Code

Sharon Hinkley

Melissa Ferguson

Have an awesome weekend!

LOVES :) -Sarah

It's Pink Ninjas Wednesday!!!

Alrighty,

today is reveal day for

Pink Ninjas!!

This layout is for

Prompt #40 Roots.

I used the awesome Momenta

products for this page!

My layout has photos of

my grandmother (my dad's mom)

from the 50's and journals about how
I never really had the chance to know

her because of a variety of reasons...

the biggest being that my dad grew up

in the care of his grandmother's and not

his mother's. She passed a couple of years

ago and these were a couple of the photos

that I made sure to get copies of from

her funeral, not the happiest story I know,

but part of my roots and history none-the-less.

On another note, only 2 more days until

we get to pick up Franklin....woooohoooo!!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

The Newest Member To Our Family....

.....will be Franklin!!

We are told that he is a super sweet

1-3 year old
full yellow lab with gorgeous green eyes

(btw, the reason I fell in love with him).

Is he not BEAUTIFUL!!!

He is now in a shelter in Kentucky and

will be driven up here to the Indy area

later on this week. We are all sooooo

excited to get this boy home and safe!

Mamaw even bought him some toys

and treats already, and I headed to the

pet store today and picked up a few

things for him. These pics are from

the shelter, and I was told from the

wonderful volunteers at Lucky Lab

Rescue that Franklin was loving on

some kids that came into the shelter

with their family over the weekend,

super good signs that he is going to

be the perfect dog for our family!!

Wish me luck and say a little prayer

that he arrives safe and sound!

Happy Monday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

More Excitement!!

Ok, I know, a little crazy that I have

this news two days in a row, but I'm

super happy and proud to announce

that I have been asked to join the

Thoughts 2 Paper Design Team!!

Thoughts2Paper is a fabulous online

store that just happens to carry all

of my favorite scrapbooking lines

and I'm sure they're your favs too

so make sure to go check it out!!

Here's the list of awesome designers

that will be creating for Thoughts2Paper:

Existing DT Members:

Liz (Owner & Creator)

April

Delfina

Jeannine

Karen

New Additional DT Members:

Lisa Houpt

Sarah Rice

Rhonda Van Ginkel

& Me!!!

Guest DT Members:

Julie Rainbolt

Michelle Hodges

Yaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to get busy creating!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Super Excited....

I'm very excited to share

that I have been chosen to

be a Design Team Member

for Treasured Scrapbooking!!

The TS Girls Are:

Noeleen Acosta

Liz Chidester

Pauline Dirrig

Mette Kallander

Sarah Mullanix (ME!!)

Mieke Nagtegaal

They have AMAZING kits and

are in the TOP 50 Kits ranking...

I can't wait to work with the

wonderful products...I'm just

itching with excitement and

anticipation!! If you haven't

already, make sure you head

on over to the Treasured Scrapbooking

site and check out their kits and

design gallery! There's some

awesome inspiration and work!

Have a wonderful Tuesday evening,

LOVES :) -Sarah

CHA Coupons!!

Alrighty,

for all or any of you planning on

attending CHA summer next month

here's a little coupon for you to use

to get $5 off your

admission ticket if you have

to buy the tickets yourself!

I was emailed this coupon to

share with my blog readers so ENJOY

and I hope someone can use it!! :)

CHA CraftSuperShow

July 30-31, 2010
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center

Rosemont, IL

http://www.craftsupershow.com/

Just use the coupon codes on the coupon

and head on over to the website link

that I gave you to use this coupon.

Have a terrific Tuesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Summer Treat...Yuuuuummmmm!

Snow Castle....

it's a little summer tradition of ours.

Steve and I started going here back in

high school (that was a whopping 16 years

ago when I was 16....YIKES!) and then it

was a regular stop for the two of us when

we were dating and then later when I was

pregnant with our first...perfect craving

food for when I was preggers!

Now, here we are all these years later,

taking our 3 kiddos back multiple times

every summer to enjoy these perfect

summertime treats! I only wish that

I had photos of Steve and me back in

the day...what fun that would be!!

Here are a few shots from our stop

at Snow Castle this past weekend. All

shots are taken from the car because

one side of the little building is a drive

through and the other side is a walk up.

We usually do the drive through and eat

on the ride home or take a nice drive

through the country while enjoying our

snow cones. Yuuuuummmmmmm!!!

Sorry for the fuzzy pics...they

were all taken with my phone

and most where taken through

the car window.

Have a fabulous Monday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

My First Pink Ninja's Layout!

Hey everyone!!!

I'm super excited because today is post day

for my very first every Pink Ninja project!

Here is how it works...every other week

we have a prompt for example,

the prompt for this week was

MUG SHOT so I took it a bit of a

different direction and decided to

scrap photos of my very much loved

mug/jar collection. I pick up these

jars pretty much everywhere but
mostly at garage sales and flea markets.

My absolute most favorite one is the

teal one in the photo that holds my

favorite drink ever...sweet sun tea that

I of course make myself!! I use them for

anything and everything from mugs to

vases to storage for my scrappy items

like buttons and ribbon. My entire cup

cabinet in my kitchen is even full of jars

because that's mostly what we use for

cups in my household...and I LOVE it!

That teal one just makes me sooooo

happy & it even matches my phone!!!

It's my favorite color! :)

Happy Wednesday,

ENJOY :) -Sarah

AWESOME GIVEAWAY!!

Everyone needs to head over to my online

friend, Sarah de Guzman's blog to enter

one or all of her 3 Giveaways.

There is a super cute mini album and

a stack of Thickers up for grabs if you

just happen to be the lucky winner!!

Get over there, Quick, Fast,

and in a Hurry!!!! :)

Have a wonderful Wednesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

The Cutest & Sweetest Thing Ever!!

This has to be the sweetest proposal I've ever seen!

I saw this on Kaelah Bee's blog and just had to share!

I literally had tears in my eyes while I was laughing

out loud thinking about how much this guy must

love her to do all of this for her...aaahhhh, to be

loved like that! She's a lucky girl!!

Happy Tuesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Feeling Inspired...

...so what's new.

I'm so overly inspired

(if there even is such a thing)

by every little thing that I see!

and I mean everything!!

I found myself being inspired

by a dandlelion growing out of a

crack in my driveway a couple of

days ago while watching my kids

playing around the yard...in
all honesty though, it was beautiful!

Anyway, today, well actually yesterday,

I did a little photo shoot of my loved

jar/mug colllection. I LOVE LOVE LOVE
these babies!! I'm so completely loving

my most recent addition to the collection,

a quite large teal Ball glass jar that I

picked up just a few weeks ago at a yard

sale. It's my totally favorite color and it

even matches my phone! I find myself

sitting outside sipping tea from this cute

glass and just loving it, so it completely

inspired the photo shoot that includes

some other flea market and garage sale

finds like the vintage floral sheet I use

for a table cloth and a sweet little wooden

duckling that is just oh so cute!! The

roses are cut from the climbing vine on

the side of my shed and the four jars in

the photos are no where near my entire

collection...just picked a few

favs for the shots!!

This is all so pretty to me that I had

to share, hope you like!!

Have a fabulous Saturday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

What The Heart Needs...

Saw this on Kelly Purkey's blog and LOVED IT!!!

Can't wait til it comes out!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Just RELAXIN'

Not too much going on today.

Just enjoying the girls being out of school

for our first week of SUMMER BREAK!!

WoooooooHooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I absolutely LOVE not having to wake

up at 6am....even though I am a morning

person, being able to get out of bed at

6:30- 7:00 makes a world of difference!

I have some really fun photos of

Becca's last day of 7th grade to share

probably in the next day or two...

still need to edit them. Becca was
allowed to take her camera to school

on the last day and she took some

really fun pics of her with her friends

and also some of her with her favorite

teachers. She also had a really cute idea

of buying a white hoodie and she had

all of her friends and teachers sign it

with colorful markers...turned out

sooooo cute and I'll have pics of that too.

For now I just have a card to share

that I made during one of

Carter's naps, it turned out really cute

I think. I used super cute MLS papers

on the card. I've also been creating for

my upcoming announcement and I

might tease you all here in a couple

days with some peeks.

That's all for now!

Happy Thursday,

LOVES:) -Sarah

Some BIG News!!

I have a few things to share today.

First of all, I have been invited to join

the Pink Ninjas (hence my new profile pic).

They are a fabulous site that sells

some of the BEST kits I've seen!!

All of the talented ladies there are

amazing designers and have that

bit of a funky twist that we all wish

we had...make sure you check out

the site and the kits for tons of

inspiration!!

My second piece of news is that I

have an article up for June over at

Scrapbooking.com


The article is 'Boys Of Summer'

and it features two layouts of my

sweet little boy, Carter.

Very excited about this and if you'd

like you can check it out here!

And last but not least, I'd like to

leave you with a project that I created

with the FABULOUS MLS

My Little Shoebox products.

I used this beautiful sheet of paper

and cut out the drooping flower buds

and turned them into hot air balloons!

The photo frame is an old gold frame

that I picked up at a garage sale for a

whopping 25 cents and sprayed it a

dark shade of hot pink, I added the

gorgeous b&w ribbon, and now it hangs

in my Emmy's room adding another

splash of color to her pink, purple,

and hints of teal bedroom...

she loves it!!

I have some really exciting ventures

coming up within the next month so

keep checking back for the big announcement

and also a really fun giveaway to coincide

with my upcoming BIG news!!

Happy Wednesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Birthday GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey all, go check out this super yummy

GIVEAWAY "Heritage 1981"over on

Lynnette's blog.

She has a birthday coming up and is

giving away all of this fabulous product

to help celebrate....don't miss out on

your chance to win!!

Happy Tuesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah