WOOHOOOIE! A Cricut Swarm!

WOWZERS - This is being held at my beloved Green Tangerines. I will be there working both days and teaching a couple of projects! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!
Come join in the fun and share your love for the bug with others! Choose from 2 different days!

Saturday, August 22nd from 9am-9pm ($50)
or
Sunday, August 23rd from 10am-6pm ($45)

Enjoy hours of uninterrupted cropping and meet new friends who have a bug passion too!
Plus... pick up some new skills during 2 small projects taught by cricut leaders Amanda and Wendy!
And don't forget... try out new cartridges loaned from the store and the girls personal collections.
Cost includes event T-shirt, projects, beverages throughout the event, and 1 meal.
(Saturday's Swarm includes dinner, Sunday's includes Lunch)

Sign-ups begin Friday 7/24 at 9am.
Only 40 spots available each day!

*Cancellations for refund by 8/7/09 at 9pm.

Gearing up for Cricut Club

at Green Tangerines... I love the white-on-white, faux embossed look. This month we will be working with chalks and stamps, along with the Wild Card Cricut cartridge. The gals will be able to make the card with their choice of one of three colors. The swap this month is thank-you cards. I'm thinkin' about gearing up here in a minute to make 3 sets myself to swap with the gals...

I tried the technique

and with some refining and practice, by george I think I got it! Here's a little card I made using scrapperlicious' extreme punching technique. I rather like how it turned out... but I'm not looking forward to cleaning up the mess -- geeeeesh, my scrap table is a HOT MESS! ;)
And... I must thank my sweet friend, Kinsey, for the idea of the circles - she did this similar technique on one of her layouts for Green Tangerines Kit Club, and I just fell in love with it - thank you, again, KinseyGirl!
I also chose to add my initials to the note card... I had been wanting to make myself a set of blank cards for a long time, and now I think I'll make this a set :)

Can you Believe...

It's been almost 2 years since Miss B joined our family... I finished these up for Leslie today - twenty Tinks all in a row. They were very fun to make as her party invites. Now off to create for GT - I've got lots of extreme punching up my sleeve (Thanks scrapperlicious!)or as I refer to it as shot splatter...

This bug's for you -- this is one of my new classes in June at Green Tangerines - I LOVE WORKING THERE!

Happy Birthday, LaLa!

We are all getting together for lunch today for Leslie's 27th birthday -- gosh... 27 - whew has time flown! I had a lot of fun putting together her birthday present... Green Tangerines has certainly bitten me, and now I have the bug again :) Here's what I made for her...

Awhile

That's what it's been... Many things have changed in the year of 2008, with 2009 a change of the numbers...

I was asked in November to join the teaching team at Green Tangerines... I've been having a BLAST. Everyone there is so nice and it feels like a big family. I'm mainly doing Cricut stuff, but chatting now about teaching photography and photoshop classes, which should be very fun, too!

Photography is going GREAT - just have a goal of two weddings a month and enough portrait sittings to fill in the rest. Over the past month, I've done quite a few seniors and have had a great time and gotten rave reviews from my clients. It's a nice feeling to be appreciated for your "art". I must find time this week to update my apertureartnorcal.com website to add all of my recent shoots.

More tomorrow!

Toosday Triv

Okay, the movie was really cheesy and campy, but being with Bob and friends made the late night/early morning totally a treat!

I've been a busy Mrs. B... doing a lot of photography - this one I did yesterday of the sisters, and we had so much fun. I've known the Bartley's since Sara was 2 - now 21! The new restaurant downtown Roseville was nice enough to allow us to take photos inside - love how they turned out! Today, I'm headed to the old field to take more senior portraits, and hopefully can get a hold of another youngin to squeeze him in before dark tonight. Then tomorrow I have 3-4 more guys to shoot - should be fun - they want "urbanisc" shots. Saturday two family sittings... I'm so glad I'm busy this week! Now, just two weddings a month is what I need!

Here's a little collage I did of the girls!

After Midnight!

It's finally here... well, in a couple of hours, that is! TWILIGHT... Can't wait... 10 of us are meeting up at 10p tomorrow, starbuck's in hand! Planning a nap tomorrow, too :)

For the first time in 20 years, I am going to work for someone else - YUP... and doing something I totally LOVE, love, love - scrapbooking! Green Tangerines offered me a job on Saturday, and today I accepted. Beth brought up a lot of good points and enlightened me :) Thanks, Beth! I will head up one of their creative design teams, and I am a bit excited about the whole prospect. Kelly is very savy in the business world, having an MBA and all :) Of course, I will continue building my photography business, which I love, but need to get a bit of dollies rolling in - LOL.

Next week, I have portraits scheduled all week - mainly senior portraits, but also a couple of families and some children. Now, just to get a wedding or two a month - then I'd be set!

Catching up

What a fantastic day! The wedding was awesome, and it was so wonderful having our ENTIRE family there!

The drive down was fun, the stay at the OC fairgrounds was great and very comfortable. I am so glad we chose to take the trailer - it is truly our home away from home. The day at DL was very fun, and seeing the little people enjoy themselves was the highlight!

After we got home on Sunday, my sister and I celebrated her birthday by going to see Tina Turner - the show was over-the-top, and we are still talking about it. That woman, 69 years old, is awesome and looks fabulous! Her voice is still amazing, and she can really shake it up the tina turner way!

We are in the throws of Halloween preparation... The ship looks awesome and Bob is helping Paul get everything together for the "carnevil" across the street. We estimate about 300 kids showing up! He's added so much this year! We will also be showing Pirates of the Caribbean in the front yard! He has about 2 hours of piratey music on the ipod that is hooked up to the palm trees and the lights blink to the music. He also added this cool light that makes the ground look like water - he's soooooo smarty piratey! Arrrrrr, Matey!

Football is also going great - looks like we are headed to the playoffs, which is a first for our HS football! I am starting to get a little sad, knowing that this is my last season as the field photographer for the team... I am a senior! :)