I'm ready to start buying Christmas presents!!

Since I'm am a creative dunce lately and have not done much more than start organizing my stash I decided to tell you about the other stuff I've been doing.

I just finished this book.










Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain. It is a great mystery/crime/character rich book. Its the third in a series of Gretchen the serial killer books. I've read the first two, Heartsick and Sweetheart. Its so good. Mainly its about a female serial killer and a detective that has looked for her for almost a decade then she captures him and tortures him. I love them. Easy fun, good reads.

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Logan is currently into the Lemony Snicket Unfortunate Events series books. I just found him books 4 thru 10 on Ebay for 9.00 including tax!! Score! I'm so excited. Those books are like 12 bucks each new. Now I just have to find him the last 3 books (11 to 13). Logan is almost 9 and loves them and also he really likes the Humphrey Hamster books if you are looking for some book suggestions for gifts for around 8 to 9 year old boys.

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We went and got pumpkins this weekend and I carved it. Nothing fancy carving, just a normal face. It turned out so cute.



















One of these days I will get back into being arty productive, but as of now I'm kinda sucking wind. I know my blog is mainly an art blog so that kinda stinks. I figure I'll just branch out a bit.

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Thank you Lee!!

I'm such a slacker. I'm really mentally beating myself for not keeping up with things I want to keep up with. Really though there isn't much I can do about it. You know when you say "I'm doing my best"? Well I'm am doing my best. It isn't the best I'd like it to be, but it is what it is. You gotta sometimes just realize that your max ability isn't always the same as everyone else's. Everyone is different. Sometimes things have to give.

Recently what has been giving in my life?

• gym :( NOT cool. Do need to do something about this
• crafting/art in general
• the organization of my closets
• the weekly vaccuuming and washing of my car. haha this hasn't happened in a long time.

School is going good. I have to decide what I'm going to take next semester. I had my birthday this last Tuesday and I bought myself this lovely new purse. I fell in love with the color. I got it from Macy's.






















I also received my won blog prize from Lee. Its a beautiful art journal book she made. I love it. Thank you Lee!!










































I'm excited its starting to get cool out again. Yesterday was our first day of chilly. I plan on reorganizing my craft/art stuff soon and possibly posting a video of my storage and stuff. I think that would be fun.

I'm also working on some organizational ideas for my closets and such since they are in total disarray and have been ignored for some time. I hope to post some before and afters. :)

This weekend is going to be picking out pumpkins and decorating the front yard/house for Halloween. Exciting!

I will try to catch up on some blog reading and posting today too. Its a teacher work day so Logan is home, but Leo since he is only in 3k did have to go today. Its nice. I hardly ever get time with just Logan.

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I had a dream I had a yellow purse. I really want one. Thats right. Yellow.

Wow I haven't updated since the 3rd? I've just been so spastic with school, the boys, and just being freaking tired. My biggest thing I'm struggling with right now is my indecision with school. I gbt accepted to USF for art. I am not going to be able to go there till at least a year from now, if not longer. It'd be the facts. I can't. Am I still wanting to just finish my paralegal degree and then try to find a job? Should I wait and get my art degree? Should I go into a kind of side field of graphic design? I just don't know!

Yesterday was my 11 year anniversary with my hubby. He got me some beautiful roses and we got a babysitter and went out. That was nice.



















Lately I've also been obsessed with watching make up tutorials on youtube. WTH is my problem? I don't know. I just love them. Most of them are girls who are close to half my age that have more make up product than I do and use it a hellva lot better than I do. I like:

http://www.youtube.com/user/icallitambrosia

http://www.youtube.com/user/MichellePhan

http://www.youtube.com/user/MissChievous

I've realized I buy craft/art/paper supplies, they buy beauty products. I don't think thats good or bad. I just realize maybe I'd like to back off buying as much crafty/art stuff cause I have so much and buy more makeup/hair products. Just saying.

I am turning 34 this week and typically I wear very little makeup. I don't look that different with a face on than I do off. Mainly I think because I never cared to learn how to really do different looks with make up. So I plan on getting a little arty with my face. ha!

Today my parents are coming over and we're just hanging out. I eventually want to go through all my art stuff and reorganize it to see if that will help me get motivated. I have been asked to carve a special stamp for someone and I have yet to feel like doing that. I am a suckin. Anyone has any extra energy send it my way.

Love ya all.

The weather is officially perfect now. I hope it stays this way for at least a month.

This weekend I took Logan to a birthday party and had to wrap the boy present for the birthday boy. I found this cute 1 dollar reusable bag in the Target dollar area. I just thought it was so bright and fun. I got it and already had tissue paper for inside. Then I just made a fun tag instead of a card and tied the bag shut with a blue ribbon on the tag.




























I made the tag with distress inks and a black skull stamp I got from the dollar section at Michael's forever ago. The letter stickers I had left over and worked out as just some of the letters I hadn't used. I really want to work more on presentation factor in my gifts. I have been awed by how Lauren and some of my other friends do such a beautiful job at making each piece of the gift fun and cute. I would like to try to do this more.

Last night I was watching a show on my laptop and looked over on the loveseat I was sitting on and saw everyone had joined me and fell asleep. So cute. Leo luckily was already in bed, because there was no room left!

I've been working on October's digital page and still hope to fit some painting in this week. We'll see. I'm still going strong with Atkins. I am actually kinda liking being on it. No counting. Strict rules. My type A personality is kinda digging that at the moment. Well off to fight the horrible morning car line. *sigh* Hopefully its better this week.

Lion and the lamb

I saw the new challenge over at jinglebelles and knew instantly I wanted to do the whole lion laying down with the lamb iconic image on my card. I found some vintage images of the lion and lamb in one of my books.





























The base is dotted Bazzill cardstock, sticker berries and music border is cosmo cricket, blue ribbon from Michaels, snowflakes unknown, Dark blue pp is Reminiscence and so are the light blue letter stickers. I hand stitched across the bottom. Green is also Bazzill.

Today I'm trying to convince myself that I need to drag my butt to the gym. I absolutely have to get a gift for Logan's friend for his birthday. My parents are coming tomorrow so I need to straighten up things too. I'd like to do some more crafty stuff while I'm at it, but we'll see. October is my favorite month. Yeah for October finally being here!! :)