Craft With May

I’ve got another page made with yummy new Adornit stuff…

The white paper? yeah, it’s a paper about moms. But I covered up those parts (or cut them off) to make it work for a papa page.  I love how this line worked so well – and was so easy to play with.

My favorite part is this sticker that I attached a 3/4″ paper strip (scalloped on one side) to – LOVE this look and plan to duplicate it often! You can see more pages from this line at Georgana’s blog… and you’ll see more from me here as time allows.

There’s a lot of change, a lot of fun, and new stuff coming down the line over here – I’ll keep sharing!

Georgana from Adornit contacted me with an offer I couldn’t refuse. She said she had two new lines releasing and did I want to make a layout or two to share? I said – OF COURSE!

{here’s the first – featuring their Lapreal line}

I didn’t realize just how sheer my abc stickers were, so I had to outline in order for them to show up. That’s ok – still love them. The stickers for this line + all the fun stuff really was a treat to work with.

I printed my photos out via microsoft word (a trick I love) and then used a scallop blade to cut them out.

You can see the other designer layouts here – http://georganahall.typepad.com/listen_in/

and I’ll be back to share more of my own later!

PS – Saint Cupcake = AWESOME and if you’re in Portland you must stop in.

Hello cherished blog readers! I’ve got a nice big “what’s up with May” post to share right now.

Today I’ve been doing Christmas cards. I could do a whole post about it but here’s the summary: I do them every November and mail them the day before Thanksgiving. It’s my way of saying “hey world, I’m ready for the season to begin!” This year, due to several wild weeks that DID NOT HAPPEN. It bothered me that I didn’t get to keep with my tradition – and my darling husband poked fun at me a few times (‘hey, haven’t you done the cards?’) AND a few people even called or wrote me to ask what was up – my card wasn’t in their mailbox Thanksgiving weekend. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!!

(Deep breath) I’m like 85% done with cards now so I can say “ha ha, it’s cool it doesn’t matter” but more than I realized ever – I really, really, love having cards done before Dec.1. *anyhow* if you stop reading now because you fear I’ve gone insane I understand. Maybe I have. But I’m a fan of all things festive + traditions at the holidays and you need to know I enjoy every precious moment.

So – wanna know WHY I didn’t get the cards done on time this year and they’ll be postmarked Dec.8? Buckle up…

That’s me about 24hrs ago getting ready to host a holiday party here with the Mr.Flaum. He wanted to do a small dinner party instead of big open house. I pouted until I realized his way would be fun to try and ok so I made him promise big open house “everyone invited” can happen next year.

I did desserts & sides, he was in charge of meat & drinks. We work well together since we each enjoy different areas of cooking. (above is a before ‘prep area’ photo)

That’s probably the only good shot I got the whole party. Too busy having fun! My dear friend Kathleen did take more photos than me – so I hope to get ahold of some of hers soon to scrapbook. It was wild fun having the kids run around (watching Elf & eating cheeseburgers) while we adults had a multi-course feast. Of course the party ended too soon and looked something like this –

note: if you sit on my couch my children WILL climb right up on your lap and make themselves comfortable whether you want them to or not. Briana & Bob are cool – I don’t think they minded too much.

So – the last 72hrs or so (plus random decorating & prep hours before then) I was all wrapped up with that. Oh, but there’s more. In fact this is major reason I’ve been a lame blogger lately- 

I am developing a new Big Picture class, set to start end of February (registration opens 12.31.09!!) See, the day I got back from my trip to Washington there was an e-mail from BPS accepting my proposal and asking if I thought I could get the first portion done in time for a very quick turn-around. You know me – I said “of course!”

and then I went and freaked out privately because NO WAY could I get it done!!!

Oh but I kept a smile on my face and told everyone (husband included) that no, I wasn’t insane I could TOTALLY do this. Ladies & Gents – I am here today to let you know I faked that confidence until it became reality. I did indeed get the stuff turned in & we’re on our way! Right now I’m developing week #3… and that’s all I will tell you about class (except it’s all paper layouts – just like I always teach… and that I will use tons of cool digi AND paper product… and that you do NOT need   photoshop to join in) until registration opens. Then I’ll give you loads of peeks & fun insider info. In fact – I’ll probably do a little video about it.

Just add it to my to-do list.

Well that’s it from here – now I must go finish my Christmas cards, work on projects for fun + assignments and then go to bed. This girl? She’s TIRED.

I will talk about my ‘mission impossible’ last 10 days tomorrow – right now I’m giddy because I made deadline #1 and that leaves me free to play with some NEW goodies for deadlines 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Darn it, that’s cryptic and I don’t mean it to be. I’ll tell you more later – I promise!!  for now, here’s a “Woo hoo I’m celebrating!” quick & easy page-

Today in car R’s ‘piggys’ were telling us where she wanted to go next. it was CRAZY CUTE!!

That’s Jenni Bowlin paper, a Lily Bee flower, Prima tiny roses, and MM letter stickers. Oh, and stitching by machine (Matilda, my old machine has been nice lately!) This was one of my famous “put it on a page instead of cleaning up” pages. 15min max – love quickies!!

I’ll leave you with this sneaky image-

because here? it IS go time!!! We’ve got a dinner party for 8 adults + 5 kids on Saturday. eeps!

I’ll be back on a near-daily basis now – I have a back-log of ‘blog abouts’ – but any special requests? wishes? Sometimes I do grant them…

prize winner: heidi y  Congrats! e-mail me mflaum (at) comcast.net to claim your prize.

The girls are helping decorate the house – I need it. With this BIG deadline tomorrow + a party on Saturday I’m maxed out! But it’s good stuff – and we’re enjoying ornament breaks.

 

Have you ever tried having your subject hold something out so you focus in on the hand & not the face/body? I like the blur effect for some things – love it on these ornament pics.

These are their new ornaments this year – from our Disneyland trip. Don’t tell E, but I’m partial to miss R’s tinkerbell on cupcake. Now back to work for me – more soon!