Happy Birthday Dusti

Happy Birthday to Dusti... here is my birthday limerick for you!

There once was a girl named Dusti
Who's camera was really quite trusty
She went digital one day
with her scrapping.... Hurray!
Now her embellishments will
soon become crusty!

For those of you who don't know Dusti - she is an awesome crafter... and amazng scrapper who I have been begging to join me on my digi journey - and recently her friend the talented Laura Ping (designer at Polka Dot Potato) managed to lure her to the digi world... yipee!!

Happy Birthday Dusti - looking forward to celebrating with you tomorrow!

Arrrr - Zach's Pirate Invitation

Finally I got to my blog to update it. It has been a little wild around here working on my grant proposal and keeping my family happy too.

Here is Zach's Pirate Invitation that follows the Save the Date I sent out. On the treasure map portion, I took a map of our nearby streets and superimposed them onto the map so that the X lands on our street. It was quite fund and I was happy with the results. I wanted to put them in a bottle with a bit of sand and pretend jewels... but I had to tell myself just get them out and spend the extra time on the party. Now I have to plan the treasure hunt, which should be fun.
So we stay green, we'll be making pirate telescopes out of old paper towel rolls as one of the party activities. The pirate chest will be an old box that we decorate, and I am going to stop by Whole Foods to buy the "earth friendly" paper plates. I read recently that there are 700,000 birthday parties every day in the US... imagine the amount of garbage that produces.... eww.
So... I'll try to do my small part.

Still putting together ideas for the pirate loot bags - if you have an idea leave me a comment!
Hope you all are having a fantastic week... and I promise to be here more with new posts soon!
Oh... and the credits for the invitation are:
khadfield pirate doodles
hroselli yohoyoho pirate kit (Sweet Shoppe Designs)
font: CK invitation

So Very Lucky

Happy Birthday to me. Today was my birthday and let me tell you how spoiled I was.... First I got to sleep in - a big deal with two early riser children. Then I got to read the newspaper, sip a latte that was made for me, and open gifts while my mom made me my favorite breakfast - juevos rancheros with new mexico chili. My WONERFUL husband and kids gave me a fancy 55 to 200 mm lens with vibration reduction for my new camera. THEN, my parents gave me a camera bag, and my daughter and son took turns giving me kisses and hugs. My day was great like this all day.

Mid-day I had a meeting with a gal who is into art with re-purposed objects. Not only was she a wealth of information, and ideas, but she was a complete sweetheart. I feel so inspired to keep moving forward with my ReCREATE plan.

This evening we went out for a bit and I came home to find a package of goodies from Cathy and Dusti. (My two incredible crafty friends. The pictures are of the cupcakes and the notebook and cards they each made me. ) They also gave me a starbucks card and a design a tumbler!! I LOVE those!! I also got to talk to my old friend Cheryl - and she never forgets my birthday... the girl rocks!

Thanks to all of you for making my day so special. I am SO blessed to have such a great group of friends and family.